Poll rage: Assaulted Dalit seeks justice
Chandigarh, December 8
On the
evening of December 4 another tale of atrocities on Dalits unfolded on
the streets of Chandigarh. On the receiving end was Dalip Chouhan, a
Valmiki suffering 40 per cent disability, who paid the price for
asserting his right to vote for a candidate of his choice.
MC Poll
Candidates add steam to campaign
Chandigarh, December 8
Door-to-door campaigning for the
forthcoming elections to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has picked
up. Today, candidates also held rallies within their wards. Mr B.B.
Bahl, president of the Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee, joined
the campaign of Mr Ravinder Pal Singh, alias Paali, Congress candidate
from ward No. 21.
In the reckoning
Power play: Kabhi on kabhi off
Chandigarh, December 8
Residents of Mani Majra, particularly, of Modern Housing Complex, are facing frequent power cuts for the past several days. The problem has aggravated since the last 15 days. Besides, frequent instances of no supply for over 15 minutes due to ‘‘tripping’’ throughout the day, residents have witnessed more than two hours of power cut on at least three occasions.
5-yr-old crushed to death
Panchkula, December 8
A five-year-old girl was crushed to death and two others were injured in a road accident here today.
Chrysanthemum charisma unfolds
Chandigarh, December 8
“Chrysanthemum (guldaudi) show is a great feast for the eyes, as a wide variety of beautiful, lovely and unusual colours of flowers are artistically displayed by the organisers and participants,” said Ms Jean Rodrigues, wife of UT Administrator Gen S F. Rodrigues (retd), while inaugurating the Chrysanthemum Show 2006, today.
Watch out
Chandigarh-based Pooja Jallan is showing her prowess in the All-India Varsity Judo Championship underway at
Naded. Pooja, a regular trainee at the Sector 42 Judo Coaching Centre, is a bronze medallist of Asian Junior Judo Championships 2005. She had brought many laurels in national judo competitions at Junior and sub-junior levels, and made her presence felt during the 3rd International Sports Games held at Sakha
(Yekutie).
In Town
Mr M. Venugopalan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Federal Bank, will be in town on Saturday, to preside over the function of the opening of their new bank branch with ATM, at Panchkula. Mr Venugopalan has earlier also served as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of India, and an Executive Director of the Union Bank of India. He has nearly 40 years of experience in the banking industry. The bank branch will be inaugurated by Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, Union Minister of State for Finance.
Passing Through
Which game do you specialise in?
I
know the basics of almost all games and have been officiating for long time.
Otherwise, I have played two national kabaddi tournaments besides,
inter-district tournaments in senior hockey and basketball during 1965-66.
Dr K. Anjiah, Lecturer, Physical Education at College of Teachers’ Education, Warangal.
He needs money for renal transplant
Chandigarh, December 8
Hailing from Jharkhand, Mohammad Minsar Alam, a 38-year-old vegetable vendor, and his family have been running from pillar to post to get financial assistance for a renal transplant at the PGI for the past over three months.
‘Bal Kahani’ workshop to review gender portrayal
Chandigarh, December 8
SAARC Day of the Girl Child (which falls today) passes by without a flutter every year. But this time, India Alliance for Child Rights, North Zone, is all set to address the culture of gender discrimination, which finds expression in the images of the girl child in literature.
Parents ignorance costs infant life
Chandigarh, December 8
Ignorance on the part of parents today led to a tragedy that could have been averted.
2 ‘Special’ city lads awarded
Chandigarh, December 8
It was a special occasion for two 'special' city lads —Prabhjot and Varun. They were among the privileged few who were awarded with cash prizes by the UT Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retired), organised by the Chandigarh Sports Council in a function held at the Lake Sports Complex two days back.
Social life discussed
Chandigarh, December 8
Dr John V. George, Additional Director-General of Police, Haryana, on Wednesday said democracy could not take firm roots in the Indian value system unless individual human dignity and multicultural ethos of Indian society were recognised.
Happy days for bacchus lovers
Chandigarh, December 8
Customer is the king in the city’s under the new liquor policy, says the Chandigarh Wine Merchants’ Association.
Cyber cafe owners ‘netted’
Chandigarh, December 8
Owners of cyber cafes in the city will now have to maintain a proper record of those using the facility. Acting upon the advice of the Chandigarh Police, the district administration is going to make it mandatory for the owners of cyber cafes to satisfy themselves about the credentials of Net surfers.
Bijli nigam to hold exhibition
Chandigarh, December 8
The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam is organising an exhibition and seminar on National Energy Conservation Day, at Panchkula tomorrow. Mr Ashok Lavasa, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary (Power) will inaugurate the celebrations.
Tribune employee
dead
Chandigarh, December
8
Mahendra Lal, a foreman in the Bromide Paster section of The Tribune Trust, died here today.
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