Plot owners get another year to build
Chandigarh, August 5
The Chandigarh administration has decided to give a year’s extension (till March 2008) to owners who have not built on their plots within the stipulated period from the date of allotment. The last extension ended on March 2007.
Boy dies in mishap
Chandigarh, August 5
Ashish (3) of Faidan village was killed in a road accident in the village today. The police said the child was coming on his cycle when a tractor trailer hit him. At the time of mishap, the driver was reversing the tractor.
OF HUMAN BOND: Youngsters at a Friendship Day party at Aerrizona in Sector 9, Chandigarh, on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
Even generosity didn’t help them
Three kids held for stealing Rs 1.8 lakh
Chandigarh, August 5
It was three days of “affluent” life for three minor boys of Burail village, who allegedly stole Rs 1.80 lakh from a scooter in their locality on August 1, before the police arrested them yesterday. However, two members of the group are still absconding.
5 injured as cars collide
Chandigarh, August 5
At least five persons were injured when two cars collided on a road separating Sectors 15 and 16 here tonight.
‘Conserve’ office of Le Corbusier
Chandigarh, August 5
UT administrator S.F. Rodrigues yesterday visited the building in Sector 19 here which housed the office of Le
Corbusier.
Mohali lad for IAEA
Mohali, August 5
A Mohali lad has been selected to test the software used in energy system analysis and planning at the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), Vienna.
STANDING TALL: Wild mushrooms add a sparkle to Leisure Valley’s green landscape.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
No headway in trespass case
Panchkula, August 5
Five days after the trespass case in the Army flats, Mansa Devi Complex, the police investigations have met with little success. Atul Nibber, the Chandigarh-based businessman, also the main accused in the case, is still absconding and the police has been unable to identify Nibber’s accomplice in the case and the house where the two had come visiting is locked.
CM’s Friendship Day gesture
Mohali, August 5
In his Friendship Day gesture, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today called on his close friend Zora Singh Mann, Ferozepore MP, at his residence here.
Within hours of the publication of a picture of a bunch of “naked” electricity wires (inset) in Sector 7, the electricity wing of the engineering department swung into action and fixed the wires on Sunday. — Tribune
photo by Karam Singh |
Kidney patient awaits help
Chandigarh, August 5
Subhash (37), who was suffering from failure of both the kidneys for years, got his kidney transplant done at the PGI on June 26 with the help of donors and relatives. Though his sister (the kidney donor) is willing to help him in managing his finances, he requires money to continue his post transplant treatment.
Help in fight against obesity at hand
Formal launch of NGO on August 8
Mohali, August 5
The Association for Study of Obesity (ASO) has invited memberships from all obese persons willing to seek help to rid themselves of obesity.
Unravelling mysteries behind artworks
Chandigarh, August 5
We often take our heritage for granted, unmindful of the painstaking processes that go into ensuring its survival. But here’s a chance to unravel the mysteries behind artworks’ timeless appeal. Government Museum, Chandigarh, has just fashioned a mobile exhibition around the theme.
The unique mobile exhibition of Government Museum, Sector 10, Chandigarh, offers information on the conservation of precious heritage.
— A Tribune photograph
City-Hardwar train sought
Chandigarh, August 5
Joginder Singh Bhogal, a member of the Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee, has urged the Divisional Railway Manager, Ambala, to introduce a direct train between Chandigarh and Hardwar.
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Chandigarh,
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Chandigarh, August 5
