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Teachers outsmart cops Enter Sectt, court arrest
Chandigarh, December 4
Exposing slack in the intelligence wing and the security management of the Chandigarh Police, protesting government-aided schoolteachers not only managed to sneak into the Punjab Civil Secretariat, but also raised slogans there this afternoon.
Protesting government-aided schoolteachers raise slogans in the compound of the Punjab Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
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Rs 30,000 looted after brawl at liquor shop
Chandigarh, December 4
In what could be termed as first election-related violence, a group of youngsters claiming to be campaigners of a candidate today entered into a brawl into a liquor vend-cum-ahata in Sector 46 here. The brawl left at least three persons injured.
Staggered power cuts to go in Industrial Area
Chandigarh, December 4
TheChandigarh Administration has decided to discontinue the staggered power cuts in the Industrial Area, with immediate effect. The decision will mean big relief to hundreds of industrialists and workers who faced cuts during weekdays, particularly during the season when demand for power supply was the most. The residents of the city will share the burden of the shortage during the peak season.
This gym is for privileged few!
Chandigarh, December 4
When the Chandigarh Sports Department imported the latest training equipment from Italy, known as techno gym, the fitness freak common city residents took it as a special treat for them. But their perception shattered into pieces soon.
Watch out
Chandigarh-based Mitika Kanwar has clinched the top place in classical music and vocal for the second consecutive year in the Inter-Zonal All-India Mahatma Hans Raj Aryan Youth Festival underway at Ghaziabad. Mitika, a student of DAV Public School, is a disciple of Indore Gharana and is learning classical music (gayan shailies) like thumari, tappa, sufi and devotional music.
In Town
Film journalist, editor and now script-writer and director Pammi Somal is here to present her film ‘Mummy-ji’ which has Kirron Kher playing the lead role. The film is about the present-day ‘Urban-India’ Punjabi mother and traces her life from the kitchen to the clubhouse in the words of the writer.
The film has also been co-produced by her company Creative Steps and has
music by Aadesh Sivastava.
Passing Through
Chandigarh Calling
Check petrol in your vehicle before driving from Chandigarh to Zirakpur. Chances are that you will need someone to pick you up, or else you will have to leave behind your vehicle and walk till beads of perspiration appearing on your brow even in this weather if the tank is empty.
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RTI will check corruption, says Punjab CIC
Chandigarh, December 4
A two-day seminar was organised by Punjab Institute of Cooperative Training, Chandigarh in collaboration with Yashwant Rao Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), Pune on 'Right to Information and Cooperatives' , at the Punjab State Cooperative Bank here today.
BJP stakes claim to Banur segment
Dera Bassi, December 4
The general secretary of the Mohali district unit of the BJP, Mr Suresh Gupta, today announced that the party would stake claim to the Banur Assembly segment in the Punjab elections.
Fauji Beat
A battle that sprung surprise
How could Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, a company commander of 23 Punjab, with only 70 men under his command, beat back an attack by a Pakistani brigade supported by a regiment of tanks?
Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri briefs Britain's Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Field Marshal Carver, on the battle at Laungewala, a few days after the 1971 war. |
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Woman to man traffic
Panchkula, December 4
Traffic violators have zipped around the city undeterred. Having had a field day with hardly any cop to watch out for them, they now have reason to fall in line and begin adhering to rules.
Chaos on city roads
Chandigarh, December 4
It has chaos all the way on city roads during evening hours. With the roads witnessing traffic jams during peak hours, motorists were put to inconvenience as they were caught in jams for more than half an hour at some places.
2 jhuggis, shop gutted
Panchkula, December 4
Two jhuggis and a shop dealing in scrap were gutted in a fire that broke out in Azad Colony in Sector 21 this morning.
Fire in showroom
Panchkula, December 4
Goods worth thousands of rupees were gutted in a fire which broke out in a showroom of readymade garments in Sector 7, this evening.
Sector 20 gets post office
Panchkula, December 4
A new post office was inaugurated in the Sector 20 market, here today.
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