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Mundari Lal plays a folk instrument and (right) an artiste from Braj performs Raslila at the Chandigarh Carnival on Sunday.
— Tribune photos by Pradeep Tewari |

A seven-storeyed havan ‘mandap’ made of wood and dry grass erected for world peace yagya, which will start from November 29 at the Sector 34 ground in Chandigarh.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan |
Bus, container collision holds up traffic
Dera Bassi, November 25
At least six persons were injured in a headon collision between a Haryana Roadways bus and a container carrying a truck on the Ghaggar bridge on the
Chandigarh-Ambala highway here this evening.
Kangana spell on school principal
Chandigarh, November 25
Teachers of a local school have been forced into following a dress code, all for Bollywood star Kangana
Ranaut, who is expected to make an appearance at the school function tomorrow.
LIG Housing
Selja promises incentives to pvt players
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Chandigarh, November 25
Minister of state for housing and urban poverty alleviation Selja today advocated a public-private partnership in the social housing sector.
Addressing a conference on housing organised by the Saakaar Foundation, she claimed that the government would provide some incentives to private players undertaking the construction of EWS and LIG housing projects.
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Union minister of state for housing and urban poverty alleviation Selja (first from left) at a conference in Chandigarh on Sunday.
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Infant chokes on toffee aboard IA flight
Staff’s quick response saves golfer Kahlon’s son
Chandigarh, November 25
Aval Kahlon, the one-year-old son of famous city golfer Harmeet Kahlon, choked on a toffee as soon as he had boarded the Indian Airlines flight from Chandigarh to Delhi yesterday. Slated for take off at 3.15 pm, the flight was delayed, as airport staff joined hands to avert a crisis they described as “rare”.
Rise in matrimonial disputes
Chandigarh, November 25
It was a dream come true for them. After Rajinder and Kiran (names changed) tied the knot in 2002 after being in a relationship for five years while studying at a medical college, life looked promising. Both were doctors and had a decent accommodation.
Gen: Transition of society has major ramifications
Chandigarh, November 25
Stating that India was passing through a major transition phase, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Lt-Gen
H.S. Lidder said that the society, moving from a socialist economy to a market-driven economy, has major ramifications for the country and it requires a total change in mindset.
‘Persian is the language of Indian culture’
Chandigarh, November 25
Koorosh Safavi is among the few academic experts who do not believe in being politically correct.
Soon as you get into a conversation with him about Jalaludin Rumi, Safavi says: “Rumi belongs to the educated people. In Iran where I come from, Rumi is not a subject of common knowledge.
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No need to relocate slums: Expert
Chandigarh, November 25
There is no need to relocate slums from the urban areas. On the other hand, the authorities should upgrade the basic amenities in the slum areas to provide a decent standard of living to the urban poor with slum dwellers as the stake holders.
This was stated by Himanshu Parikh, engineer-planner from Ahmedabad who is
credited with the rehabilitation of over 10 lakh slum dwellers. Himanshu
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‘Use media to create disease awareness’
Chadigarh, November 25
Noted physician, Dr Ajit S Puri,who is presently working as senior consultant in medicine at the Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation,
Ludhiana, has requested Dr Karan Singh, president of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, to launch a cultural campaign to create awareness about warning signals and symptoms of diseases like cancer.
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Dr Ajit S. Puri (right), senior consultant in medicine, Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, Ludhiana, discusses vital points of disease prevention with Dr Karan Singh (left), president, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, in New Delhi on Saturday. |
Bhagat Singh’s nephew seeks UPSC apology
Chandigarh, November 25
Taking umbrage at the reference made to Shaheed Bhagat Singh as a “revolutionary terrorist’ in the civil services examination, a nephew of the freedom fighter has asked that the Union Public Service Commission should
apologise.
In Basta
Probe into murder case hits roadblock
Chandigarh, November 25
The police failed to achieve any breakthrough in the murder of an unidentified man whose highly decomposed body was recovered from near a government tubewell at Daria village, near here, on August 26 this year.
Transport secys invited to panel meeting
Chandigarh, November 25
Transport secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh have been invited to participate in a meeting of the special committee to recommend the best possible mass rapid transport system for the region.
BSNL staff find exam tough, walk out
Chandigarh, November 25
A large number of candidates opted not to take the exam conducted by the BSNL scheduled to be held at Shishu Niketan School here today.
Over 1,000 aspirants, already in service, came to take the telecom technical assistant examination, but after finding it tough, decided not to appear for the second shift of the exam.
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