10 heads of cattle sustain burns
Dera Bassi, January 7
At least 10 heads of cattle reportedly sustained burns in a fire that broke out in the hutments in Trivedi Camp near the railway track in Mubarakpur village here this evening.
NRIs add lustre to gold
Chandigarh, January 7
The peak of the gold purchase season due to the NRI rush has brought cheer to jewellers in the city. With fluctuating gold prices keeping buyers at bay last year, jewellers say that the NRI rush has meant boom time for them.
GOLD RUSH: The NRI season has led to a boom in gold sales in the city.
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Watch Out
Narinder Singh Sodhi
The city-based hockey coach, Narinder Singh Sodhi, has accompanied the Chandigarh team for the second time as coach in the third edition of the Premier Hockey League underway at Chennai.
In Town
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, the greatest living master of the North Indian bamboo flute, will be in Chandigarh on Monday at the invitation of SPIC
MACAY. The legendary musician is coming here to inaugurate, with his recital, the celebrations that mark 30 years of the existence of SPIC
MACAY.
Elderly put best foot forward
Chandigarh, January 7
It seemed like any other venue for a fashion show-cum-variety programme with the
place buzzing with activity. The only thing that made it stand out was the fact
that unlike reedlike female models or hunky-dory male models walking down the
runway, the participating models were members of the Chandigarh Senior Citizens’
Brotherhood Association, Sector 37.
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| Senior citizens pose for a photograph during a fashion show held to mark the annual day of Senior Citizens Association at Parshuram Bhawan in Sector-37
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Need to involve panchayats, NGOs in running primary health centres: Expert
Chandigarh, January 7
While the central government has been giving a major attention to the tertiary healthcare, primary healthcare has deteriorated to a large extant in the country. A majority of the Primary Health Centres
(PHC) have been running short of doctors, staff nurses and other paramedical staff. There are cases where Class IV employees are running the
PHCs.
Prof M.S. Valiathan
LPG consumers protest
Chandigarh, January 7
LPG consumers of Khuda Ali Sher, Nayagoan, and other surrounding areas raised slogans in front of Kang Gas Service in Sector 8-B here for not maintaining the domestic supply of cylinders for the past few days.
LPG consumers raise slogans outside Kang Gas Agency in Sector 8-B for alleged failure to maintain supply of domestic cylinders on Sunday.
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Exhibitor of designer clothes fined
Chandigarh, January 7
The Excise and Taxation Department yesterday penalised the organiser of an exhibition of designer clothes for running the show without taking permission.
Posh Panchkula areas sans streetlights
Panchkula, January 7
Plunged in darkness, roads in one of the most elite sectors of the area are no less than a big black hole. They move from light to darkness with the sunset as street lights in most sectors are practically non-functional.
Awards given on Road Safety Week
Chandigarh, January 7
On the concluding day of the 18th Road Safety Week today, the Chandigarh Police distributed prizes to winner of various contests held during the week.
From nonentity to centre of learning
Chandigarh, January 7
Help has been pouring in from all corners for students of Government Elementary School, Tanda Karor, Mohali, after years of neglect, that had resulted in high dropout rate and poor education level. Thanks to the efforts of members of the Punjab Performers Association, the school has been transformed from a non-performing entity to a centre of learning.
Doctor seeks action against bus conductor
Mohali, January 7
A doctor working in a government subsidiary health centre, Balachaur, complained to the SSP here yesterday that the police allegedly failed to take any action on her complaint against a conductor of a Punjab Roadways bus.
Old man missing
Chandigarh, January 7
A 57-year-old resident of village Kumbran near Mohali, has been missing since December 28.
Calendar released
Chandigarh, January 7
The calendar for the year 2007 of Haryana Civil Accounts Association office of the Accountant General, Haryana, was released by Accountant General, Mr Mohinder Singh, IAAS, here today.
Peace march from Leh reaches city
Chandigarh, January 7 Demanding an amicable solution to the Tibet
problem and opening of the Ladakh-Kailash Mansarovar route to facilitate
pilgrimage, a group of people from Ladakh in association with the
Himalayan Buddhist Cultural Association reached the city on Saturday.
Shatabdi late by 2 hrs
Chandigarh, January 7
The New Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi Express (2005) arrived late by around two
hours at the Chandigarh Railway Station here this evening.
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