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Relief from unwanted phone calls
Chandigarh, September 1
Harassed subscribers can now get rid of the unwanted telemarketing calls as the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched the "national do not call registry".
Hitch-hiking
rides around the world
Chandigarh,
September 1
It was on January 1, 2003, when Ludovic Hubler stuck out his
thumb in Strasbourg, France, for the first time and since then
this twenty-something has been hitch-hiking across the world,
learning the lessons from the best school, “the school of
life”.
French hitch-hiker Ludovic Hubler makes a point while interacting with students of Government College, Sector 46, in Chandigarh on Saturday.—Tribune
photo by Manoj Mahajan |
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Neerja
Bhanot awards nominations
Chandigarh, September 1
The Neerja Bhanot Pan Am Trust has called nominations for the Neerja
Bhanot Awards-2007.The awards, constituted in 1990, are given annually
in the memory of Neerja Bhanot, the brave 23-year-old Indian
airhostess who gave up her life saving the lives of hundreds of other
passengers on board a Pan Am flight hijacked at Karachi airport on
September 5, 1986.
Chairman of the Raj Gram Udyog Samiti being conferred the National Award for Excellency in the field of khadi and village industry by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
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LIC
plans to go ‘paperless’
Chandigarh, September 1
Taking a giant leap in providing
single window service to its policy holders, the Life Insurance
Corporation of India (LIC) plans to go “paperless” with the
commissioning of its state-of-the-art enterprise data management
system (EDMS) for digitising its 280 million policy records
It is a political conspiracy, says Ramnik
Chandigarh, September 1
Congress leader Ramnik Sharma, who was arrested after a CCTV camera was recovered from the bathroom of a paying guest accommodation given to two girls at his residence in Sector 38-C, here, alleged today that he was made a scapegoat of a political conspiracy.
Hotel owner’s son booked
Chandigarh, September 1
Chandigarh police has booked Rohit Bajaj, son of Sweety Bajaj, the owner of Solitaire hotel, Manimajra for kidnapping, rioting and causing injury. The FIR was registered at Sector 3 police station following a complaint of Sidharth and Noshant, two Sector 44 residents, who alleged that late last night, they were kidnapped by Rohit Bajaj and some others, thrashed and then dumped in Panchkula. SHO of Sector 3 police station, while confirming the case, said that the accused were absconding and no arrests had been made so far.
144 motorists challaned
Chandigarh, September 1
The Chandigarh Traffic Police booked 144 motorists for violating traffic rules, here today.
Traffic lights at the Tribune Chowk are not properly synchronised and, as a result, those who enter the rotary when the light goes green are not able to exit properly. This photograph showing the resultant chaos was taken by Karam Singh on Saturday. |
Race for UT chief engineer hots up
Chandigarh, September 1
With just two months left for UT chief engineer V.K. Bhardwaj to retire, the race for the top post has begun.
Mansa Devi board holds review meeting
Panchkula, September 1
Fifth review meeting of the Standing Committee of Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board to discuss about ongoing works and plans held at Mata Mansa Devi temple complex, here on Thursday.
Employees threatened for asking dues
Mohali, September 1
Former employees of a company dealing in automobile sales here have complained to the police that the company’s management allegedly threatened them when they asked the company to pay their outstanding dues.
Development projects face govt apathy
Mohali, September 1
Expressing concern over the stalling of the development projects in the Morinda assembly constituency, former Punjab minister Jagmohan Singh Kang alleged that projects initiated during the previous Congress regime had come to stand still after the SAD-BJP combine took over power in Punjab. As such public exchequer already spent on the ongoing projects had gone down the drain.
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