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MC Poll-06
Cold-shouldered, Muslims decide to go their own way
Chandigarh, November 30
Upset at not getting a ticket, the Muslim community of the city has decided to fight it out on their own in the upcoming Municipal Corporation elections.
CVM not keen on detente; BJP to field 16 new faces
Filing of nominations in full swing; tally rises to 65
Resentment among Cong ticket-seekers
VRV gets chance to lift Team India's sagging morale
Chandigarh, November 30
The local cricketer, Vikram Rajvir Singh, popularly called VRV, is lucky enough as he got another chance to don Indian colours in the forthcoming Test series against South Africa in December.
After seeing the disastrous show put up by the Indians in the ODI series in
South Africa, selectors picked him up with a view to make the most of his speed
on the fast pitches of South Africa.
Martyrs’ families threaten to return medals
Say govt delaying Afzal Guru’s hanging
Chandigarh November 30
Serving an ultimatum on the Central Government, family members those security personnel, who sacrificed their lives in defending Parliament during the December 13, 1991, attack, today threatened to return the bravery medals to the President if the the death sentence to Afzal Guru was not finalised by December 13.
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| Family members of those policemen who died during attack on Parliament threaten to return bravery medals to the President if Afzal Guru was granted clemency, in Chandigarh on Thursday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Watch out
Mr I.P.S. Mann is a part of the 47-member delegation currently camping in Lahore, Pakistan, for the Punj-Aab Cup, a Golf
tournament. Besides the game, the event is also an effort towards
improving the bilateral relations between the two countries. This is the
second event in the ongoing series and the first one was hosted by India
last year.
In Town
The Vice President of India, Mr Bhairon Singh Shekawat, will be in Chandigarh on Friday to inaugurate the four-day Agro Tech 2006 at the Parade Ground in Sector 17. This is the seventh fair on advances in agriculture technology being organised by the CII.
Mr Bhairon Singh Shekawat
Passing Through
Tainted officer retires without facing action
Chandigarh, November 30
Mr S.P.Kansal, the Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner, today retired with the administration initiating no action in the harassment case against him.
Congress majority notwithstanding, BJP man becomes ZP chief
Chandigarh, November 30
Mr Bhajan Singh, a BJP leader of Kishangarh village, has been elected as the Chairman of the Zila
Parishad.
Husband of MC president threatens journalist
Panchkula, November 30
A journalist of a vernacular daily, Surinder Bhatia, was allegedly threatened and abused by the husband of MC president, Manveer Gill, here today.
Common man feels pinch of spiralling food prices
Chandigarh, November 30
If you thought that the hike in wheat flour prices was playing havoc with your household budget, think again. In the past one year, monthly grocery budget of a household has gone up by more than 40 per cent, with the rate of inflation increasing from 4.18 per cent in November last year to almost six per cent this year.
ILO backs child labour law
Chandigarh, November 30
The International Labour organisation’s (ILO) representative in India, Ms Leyla
Tegmo-Reddy, today stated that the ILO supported the Modified Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act implemented by the Centre.
In the city for an ILO workshop held at the Centre for Research in Rural and
Industrial Development, Ms Leyla said she was aware of the practical problems
that government agencies were facing in implementing the Act.
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‘Food situation precarious in country’
Chandigarh, November 30
Dr G.K. Chadha, member, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, has said India is very precariously poised between the supply and demand for food this year. While for the past many years the supply of food has been more than the demand, this year the country might be faced with a tricky situation.
Two employees of Tribune retire
Chandigarh, November 30
Mr Subhash Saini, Assistant Circulation Manager of The Tribune, retired from service today after putting in 35 years of service.
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