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Result delay not under Consumer Act: Forum
Chandigarh January 9
The Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ruled that cases related to examinations and delay in results do not come within the purview of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and there is no remedy of students seeking relief on such account under the Act.
Rs 35,000 stolen from car in parking lot
Chandigarh, January 9
Pick up your belongings before leaving your vehicle in the parking lot in front of the Leisure Valley in Sector 10 lest you should return to find the rear side glass removed or shattered and the stuff missing.
The car owner points at the broken windowpane of his car from which cash was stolen.
— A Tribune photograph
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Sec 17 multiplex by year-end
Chandigarh, January 9
It will take another year before the first multiplex-cum-shopping mall, adjoining the General Post Office building, is opened to the public in Sector 17, the commercial hub of the city. Currently, the only existing shopping mall and multiplex in the city is Fun Republic at Mani Majra.
Passing Thru
Godrej is a late entrant in the
microwave segment. How do you perceive its growth?
It is true we have entered the microwave market only last year. But microwaves, being one of the fastest growing FMCG products with growth of 60 per cent, are expected to give us a good share of the market.
Himanshu Jain, Product Group Head, Washing Machine and Microwave,
Godrej and Boyce
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The Swami Vivekanand Research and Technology Park, IT arm of the Swami Vivekanand Group of Companies, recently honoured two young entrepreneurs, one of them an NRI, for showing excellence in the field of information technology
by presenting them with the "SVRTP IT Award of the Year 2006". Mr
Anil Sharma, Vice-President, Outline System Inc, New Jersey (USA), and
Ms Deepti Mahajan, Executive Director, Dr IT Planet Limited,
Chandigarh, were the ones presented with the award.
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Leisure Valley problems persist
Chandigarh, January 9
The Leisure Valley is again in news - this time not so much over the stinking Leisure Valley stream as over the authorities’ interest in developing a certain area around it.
This reading room - once a lively meeting place for people - now sports empty liquor bottles and cigarette butts. It was originally constructed for visitors to Leisure Valley, Sector 10, Chandigarh.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
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BJP demands CBI probe in horse-trading case
Panchkula, January 9
The Bharatiya Janta Party, today, organised a march to demand the resignation of the Municipal Council President, Ms Manvir Gill. A handful of activists, raising slogans, began the procession from the party office in Sector 2 and went to the District Secretariat to submit a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner. |
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| BJP activists seek removal of the MC President for alleged horse-trading, in Sector 2, Panchkula, on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Election office
Mohali, January 9
The Municipal Council office building in Sector 68 here will house the election office for Kharar constitutency for the Punjab Assembly elections being held on February 13.
The election related work could not be carried out in the office of the
SDM-cum-Electoral Registration Officer in Phase I due to shortage of space.
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A man enjoys his exercise under a colourful sky in the Rose Garden, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
Jaswal case: War widows seek NCW’s help
New Delhi, January 9
Two war widows from Punjab today brought their complaints of sexual harassment against a retired army official to the National Commission for Women here, a charge he strongly denied.
Tribune Impact
Cops register case on ‘humanitarian grounds’
Chandigarh, January 9
Finally, the Chandigarh Police has registered a theft case on the complaint of a Mohali resident, who was shuttling between the Mohali and the city police regarding the registration of the case of his stolen motor cycle for the past over four months.
Turning taxi into private vehicle costlier now
Chandigarh, January 9
Converting a vehicle registered as taxi into a privately registered vehicle with the Chandigarh Registration and Licensing Authority has become costlier now.
In fresh guidelines issued by the Secretary, Transport, the applicants would now
have to pay Rs 1000 as the conversion fee.
Live with stress and not be affected by it
Chandigarh, January 9
He was like any other college-going student until one day a seminar on ‘Simple Living, High Thinking’, organised by ISKCON, took place in his college. It was only after the seminar that Kamal Lochan, now known as H. G. Kamal Lochan Prabhu, went on to read the ‘Prabhupad Gita’ and after two months, his life was completely changed.
H.G. Kamal Lochan Prabhu |
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Salary hike for Haryana Roadways staff
Chandigarh, January 9
In an effort to placate the protesting employees of the Chandigarh depot of the Haryana Roadways, the first conciliation meeting was held here between the members of the Sarv Karamchari Sangh and the General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Mr Kulwant Kalson, today.
Checks to curb power theft
Chandigarh, January 9
The field officers and Enforcement Cell of the electricity wing of the UT Engineering Department carried out random checks at various residential, commercial and industrial areas to curb the menace of power theft.
Domestic workers listen to talks about their rights on the occasion of World Domestic Workers’ Day in Chandigarh’s Sector 17 on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
1,35,757 children immunised
Chandigarh, January 9
Over 1,35,757 children in the age group of 0-5 years were given polio drops during the three-day campaign which concluded here today. As many as 1,32,615 children were administered polio drops during last round conducted in November 2006.
Stone for multipurpose hall laid
Chandigarh, January 9
The Adviser to Administrator, Mr Lalit Sharma, laid the foundation stone of a multipurpose hall at Lake Club, here today.
The hall will have two badminton courts, a volleyball court, table tennis and
judo enclosures and an exclusive gymnasium.
Woman dies of burns in PGI
Chandigarh, January 9
A 45-year-old mother of two, Sia Rani, who got burnt while she was boiling milk on stove at the night of January 1, succumbed to her injuries at the PGI last night. She was admitted to the hospital with 90 per cent burns.
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