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After remaining indoors due to heavy rain people throng Sukhna Lake to enjoy boating
in the sunny weather. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
UT Administration to model city on Delhi lines
Chandigarh, February 16
The Chandigarh Administration wants to study the functioning of the Delhi Urban Arts Commission. A senior official said studying the success and failures of the Delhi Commission would enable the administration to model the commission for the city as per its needs and requirements.
Allow need-based changes: marla house owners
Chandigarh, February 16
Occupants of the marla houses have decried the double speak of the Chandigarh Administration.
While it is going all out to attract private investors for new projects, the
recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs to give
one-time relaxation in the building bylaws in the marla houses had not been
fully been implemented by the Chandigarh Administration, said association
members.
Sector 7 roads: Society gets MC assurance
Panchkula, February 16
The Panchkula Estate Welfare Society, Sector 7, today, expressed its annoyance over the deteriorating conditions of the roads as compared to the roads of Sector 16 and Sector 17 which are recarpeted over and over again.
Devotees throng Saketri temple on Mahashivratri
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Panchkula, February 16
As many as three lakh devotees from all over the region today gathered at the Sri Shiv Mandir,
Mahadevpur, in Saketri, to pay obeisance on the occasion of Mahashivratri festival, here today.
Devotees pay obeisance at Shiv Mandir, Saketri, on the occasion of Mahashivratri on
Friday.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan
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A Shivratri shobha yatra organised by Brahm Kumaris in Sector 33, Chandigarh, on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Disabled engineer wins battle against electricity board
Chandigarh, February 16
A severely-disabled engineer from the Punjab State Electricity Board has just managed to create history. Having suffered discrimination for long, he has successfully used the provisions of the Persons with Disabilities Act (PWD) to get from his employers what was his right.
Speaking Out
Jagir issue has shaken confidence of public, feel residents
Chandigarh, February 16
Less than a month after the alleged incident of an attempt by a police Inspector, Mr Jagir Singh, to molest woman Sub-Inspector Paramjit Kaur Sekhon, hit headlines, the compromise-happy Chandigarh Police managed to convince both the warring cops to arrive at a compromise.
Haryana objects to UT claim on land
Chandigarh, February 16
Despite claims of the Chandigarh Administration having solved its dispute with Haryana over the demarcation of inter-state boundary in Kishangarh village, officials of Haryana today again objected to UT claim over a part of land allotted to Parsvnath Developers for developing a residential colony.
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