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Today is World Environment Day
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Unaware of health hazards this dumping ground poses, these ragpickers go about their work in Chandigarh on the eve of World Environment Day on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
Cos were passing off inverters as UPSs to save tax
Racket involving evasion
of VAT unearthed
Rajpura, June 4
The Punjab excise and taxation department has unearthed a major racket by three electronic companies involving alleged evasion of value added tax on the sale of inverters and uninterrupted power suppliers in the state.
The racket was detected at the information collection centre on the
Punjab-Haryana border in Shambu, near here, recently.
Fire-hit pick up the pieces
Chandigarh, June 4
Devastated by the fire, people in Colony No. 5 have started re-building their dwellings. The flames that destroyed almost everything in more than 60 shacks also brought people together as help for the affected poured in from
neighbours.
Affected families in Colony No. 5 being provided meals by neighbours in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
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Janata Market Fire
Kiosk owners, tenants squabble over relief
Mohali, June 4
Even as the inquiry being conducted in connection with the incident of devastating fire at the Janata rehri market in Phase III B 1 is under way, heated arguments took place between kiosk owners and tenants here today over claims on compensation to be given by the government.
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Beautified island adds to Sukhna’s charm
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Chandigarh, June 4
Sukhna Lake, one of the tourists’ attraction in the city, got another boost as the UT administration today launched a project for the beautification of the island at the lake. Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Lieut-Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd) inaugurated the project here this evening.
The newly beautified island of Sukhna Lake that was inaugurated on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari
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Police ‘dragging feet’ on lodging FIR
Chandigarh, June 4
If the allegations of a city-resident are to be believed, the Chandigarh police has been dragging its feet on registering a case of cheating for the past over two months.
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Get rich by bounty of knowledge, Anupam Kher tells children
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Chandigarh, June 4
Sporting a lime-green shirt and literally warbling his arrival, actor Anupam Kher strode into the British Library in Sector 9 here exactly at 5 pm even as parents were rushing in to drop their children at the place.
Anupam Kher poses with children who had gathered to hear him speak on books and reading at the British Library in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik
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I have come to discover more Anupams: Mahesh Bhatt
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Chandigarh, June 4
Mahesh Bhatt is known as one who started off as a young iconoclast, was a breaker of idols and a man who lived a frenzied, mystified, contentious and multi-faceted life. So when Mahesh Bhatt landed in the city, accompanied by his ‘wonder boy’ Anupam Kher for the formal launch of the latter’s acting school tomorrow, the excitement and frenzy soared.
Mahesh Bhatt and Anupam Kher in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
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Army to project Gandhi’s
message in war-torn Lebanon
Chandigarh, June 4
To commemorate the centenary of the Satyagraha Movement, an exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi is being organised by the Indian Army contingent deployed on a peacekeeping operation in Lebanon this week.
Mohali admn prevents protest by Gujjars
Dera Bassi, June 4
The Mohali district administration today ‘foiled’ an attempt by the Gujjar community to organise a protest march from Mukandpur village to Dera Bassi in solidarity with the community's demand for inclusion in the scheduled tribe list in
Rajasthan.
Even as this cart-puller takes his time off, the poor animal stands with the weight on his back in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu |
MC gears up to tackle stray animals
Panchkula, June 4
The Municipal Council today approved allotment of contracts for rounding up stray cattle and stray dogs as also the allotment of contract for the upkeep of streetlights.
Overcharging at parking lots
Chandigarh, June 4
In gross violation of the rules, contractors at parking lots in Sector 17 are forcing motorcyclists to pay for cars while parking their vehicles here.
Pedalling for city’s lungs
Chandigarh, June 4
An NGO, Asia Pacific Jurist Association, Punjab and Haryana chapter,
will hold a cycle rally, “Pedal for Chandigarh - Save Environment”,
on the World Environment Day tomorrow.
Mercury relents
Chandigarh, June 4
After bearing the sweltering heat for more than a week, city residents had some respite from the soaring mercury, as the day’s temperature came down to 39.8 °C today.
Yesterday, the mercury touched 43.4 °C, making it the hottest day of the season.
Rail union poll on June 25
Chandigarh, June 4
The elections to the uttar railway mazdoor union will be held in Delhi on June 25, the registrar, trade unions, announced today.
The Supreme Court had appointed the registrar, trade unions, Delhi, as administrator to resolve the union dispute and hold the elections.
Rodrigues to meet sarpanches
Chandigarh, June 4
The Punjab Governor and UT administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), will hold a meeting with sarpanches of UT villages on June 6 in the conference hall of the UT secretariat, an official press note said here today.
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