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Blast: Delayed trains, harried relatives
Chandigarh, February 19
All trains arriving in the city were delayed due to the bomb blast on Samjhauta Express around midnight yesterday. The arrival of the morning Shatabdi was delayed by over an hour while the Himalayan Queen arrived more than five hours late. The Kalka-Howarah Mail was delayed by over nine hours.
| Foreigners being frisked by police personnel at the Sector-17 inter-state bus terminus (ISBT); and (right) security at the Chandigarh railway station following the blast in the Samjhauta Express near Panipat on Sunday.
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Torture: SHO sent to Police Lines
Chandigarh, February 19
The Mohali police today sent the Phase VIII Station House Officer (SHO), to the police lines in a case of alleged torture of a Balongi based boy by certain police
personnels.
Formation of arts panel snowballs into political battle
Chandigarh, February 19
The proposed Urban Arts Commission has snowballed into a major political battle between the Union Minister of State for Finance, Mr Pawan Bansal and his arch rivals and former MPs, Mr Harmohan Dhawan (CVM) and Mr Satya Pal Jain (BJP).
Gross violations at city’s only mall
Chandigarh, February 19
The Deputy Town Planner of the Municipal Corporation (MC) today submitted a report to the Additional Commissioner, MC, on the violations found in the multiplex Fun Republic in Mani
Majra.
Soldier goes missing mysteriously
Chandigarh, February 19
A Maharashtra-based soldier heading for Kargil has gone missing under mysterious circumstances from Chandigarh. He was to board a flight from a transit camp in N-Area here in November last year.
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Drama at INSCOL over release of body
Chandigarh, February 19
High drama was witnessed at a Sector 34-based private hospital over the release of the body of a Yamunanagar-based resident, who allegedly died because of doctors’ negligence, this afternoon.
Call for nationwide bank strike on Feb 23
Chandigarh, February 19
The United Forum of Bank Unions has given a call for a nationwide bank strike on February 23 for supporting “continuous strike” to be undertaken by the Central Bank of India employees from the preceding day.
Baby gets new family
Panchkula, February 19
The one-year-old unidentified girl, who was hit yesterday by a speeding vehicle at the Mansa Devi light point, has found a new family.
An unidentified baby who was injured in an accident at the Mansa Devi light point in Sector 5 on Sunday. The baby was admitted to General Hospital, Sector 6, by passers-by.
— Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh
Traffic cops book Dullo’s son
Chandigarh, February 19
Bunny Dullo, Son of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President, Mr Shamsher Singh
Dullo, was today booked by the Chandigarh Traffic Police for violating traffic rules.
Need to build bridges of communications between industry, institutes
Panchkula, February 19
In a fast-changing world where technologies become obsolete overnight, the two-day National Workshop on Industry Institute Interaction (NWIII-2007), today, focussed on the need to build bridges of communication between the industry and technical institutes churning out skilled work force.
The Haryana Education Minister, Mr Phool Chand Mullana (extreme right), greets GJU,
Vice-Chancellor, Dr RP Bajpai (extreme left), while KU VIce-Chancellor, Dr RP Hooda (second from left), looks on at
a workshop on Industry-Institute interaction in Chandigarh on Monday.
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Workhorses of yore to fly past during IAF fleet review
Chandigarh, February 19
For IAF veterans it would be a nostalgic moment when the Air Force’s workhorses of yore, Canberra bombers and Avro transport aircraft stage a fly past during the Presidential Fleet Review (PFR), scheduled to be held here on March 7.
A file picture of Canberra bombers
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Seminar on emerging world order
Chandigarh, February 19
The Army is hosting an international seminar on “Emerging World Order: Implications for the Security Calculus of the Extended South Asian Region” on February 22 and 23 at New Delhi.
A water-logged road
Panchkula, February 19
Residents of Sector 19 here today protested against the municipal council for the poorly maintained road which goes towards
Bartana. With water-logging a constant problem in the area, the road is flooded with water,
making it impossible for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists to pass.
A water-logged road in Sector 19, Panchkula, has become the bane of residents of the area.
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Biotechnology to effect job glut
Chandigarh, February 19
Biotechnology has taken over information technology. The biotechnology sector is likely to emerge as a major job provider for skilled workers (over 1 million) in the next five years, thus contributing revenue of above $5 billion to the Indian economy.
Exhibition on Chandigarh in Switzerland
Chandigarh, February 19
“Twilight of the Plan: Chandigarh and Brasilia”, an exhibition on Chandigarh and its architecture is being organised in Switzerland by Universita Della Svizzera
Italiana, Mendrisio. Prof Rajnish Wattas, Principal of the Chandigarh College of Architecture, attended the exhibition as a representative of the Chandigarh Administration.
Employees of the UT Wildlife Department catch hold of a sambar that strayed into the Sector 9 market in Chandigarh on Monday.
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Panacea for women alcoholics
Chandigarh, February 19
There is light at the end of the tunnel for women alcoholics. The women alcoholics need not necessarily go through the hell and suffer silently from the deadly disease as help is available through the Alcoholic
Anonymous(AA), a worldwide fellowship of men and women, which helps the alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
They care and they share
Chandigarh, February 19
Competitions in story telling and drawing were organised by ‘Saplings - Care, We Share’, an NGO working for creating environment awareness, in the slum area of Sector 25, here, today in collaboration with the
YTTS.
Senior citizens association celebrates annual day
Chandigarh, February 19
The Senior Citizens Welfare Association of Modern Housing Complex, Mani
Majra, held its fourth annual function at Kalagram.
It is literally a hand-to-mouth existence for this woman and her child, who barely makes both ends meet by selling handmade toys for which there are only a few buyers left, in Chandigarh.
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Lawyers form High Court Blood Contributors Club
Chandigarh, February 19
Judges, lawyers and staff of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today got together to form the High Court Blood Contributors Club.
100 donate blood at KBF camp
Chandigarh, February 19
Over 100 persons today donated blood at the sixth annual blood donation camp organised by the Kamlesh Bansal Foundation
(KBF) in association with the PGI, Chandigarh, at the GK International hotel here.
Rs 1.5 cr sanctioned for 20 ambulances
Chandigarh, February 19
The Chandigarh Administration has sanctioned over Rs 1.5 crore to the Municipal Corporation for buying about 20 ambulances equipped with infrastructure to ferry-senior citizens, chronic patients and road accident victims to hospital.
My FM — Dil Se launched
Chandigarh, February 19
After Big FM-92.7, another FM radio channel, My FM-Dil Se, was launched in the city here today. The Snergy Entertainment initiative was formally launched at the Bhaskar complex by Mr Romesh Chander.
Of dead phones
Chandigarh, February 19
All telephone lines in Sector 46 have been dead for over two days now. Though the residents claimed that complaints in this regard were forwarded to the authorities concerned, the problem had so far not been rectified.
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