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Litigants seek relief as per land-pooling scheme
Acquisition of Land for Sectors 76 to 80
Mohali, December 16
The litigants of Sectors 76 to 80 here who did not accept the compensation awarded to them by the government following the acquisition of their land have now demanded that they should be compensated as per the new land-pooling scheme of the government.
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Architects of UT concerned over city’s future
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Chandigarh, December 16
Former chief architects of Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana today expressed serious concern over the diminishing role of the UT’s Urban Planning Department in the decision making process and its adverse consequences on the city’s future.
Some of former chief architects of Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, who assembled at the residence of M.N. Sharma, a former UT chief architect, to discuss issues concerning the future of the city.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik
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Too ‘careless’ to nab car thieves
Chandigarh, December 16
Carelessness on part of the Rajpura police has “ensured safe passage” to two members of a suspected gang of car thieves, who had decamped with a car from Chandigarh on December 4.
Traffic police to have alcoholmeters
Panchkula, December 16
The district police is all set to add punch to its challan drive by acquiring alcoholmeters to keep a check on drunken driving.
“It was found that people involved in road accidents quite often are under the influence of liquor making others suffer for their fault,” said Panchkula SP Sandip
Khirwar.
In Basta
Student’s Murder
Cops reach a dead end
Chandigarh, December 16
“Untraced” reports even in heinous crimes, including rape and murders, seem to have become the favourite line of action of the police. Nothing else can explain it better than the gruesome murder of an 11-year-old boy, Satbir Singh alias Bobby, whose case was closed after 22 months of investigation, after his body was recovered on March 1, 2000.
Land Usurp Case
Chief secy to probe war widow’s
allegations
Mohali, December 16
The ministry of defence, Government of India, has asked the Punjab
chief secretary to inquire into the allegations of Mahinder Kaur, a
war widow and a resident of Sil village whose piece of land was
allegedly usurped.
Capitol Complex to have museum of knowledge
The museum of knowledge will be the state-of-the-art building with discussion rooms, seminar
rooms, research facilities and a library-cum-research centre
Chandigarh, December 16
The administration has decided to set up a museum of knowledge (MoK) in the Capitol Complex. This will be as per the original design of the Governor's Palace building and will be at the same location, as planned by Le
Corbusier.
Sector 10 residents protest multi-storey houses for staff
Chandigarh, December 16
Construction of multi-storey houses in place of Type-13 houses in Sector 10 for government employees has now triggered protest from the occupants of private houses in the area.
Residents of Sector 10 discuss the implications of multi-storied houses being constructed for government employees in the sector, Chandigarh, on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Vijay Diwas: ’71 war heroes paid homage
Chandigarh, December 16
The Western Command today celebrated Vijay Diwas at its headquarters here to commemorate the victory of Indian armed forces over their Pakistani counterparts on both eastern and western fronts during the 1971 war.
Lt-Gen T K Sapru, GOC-in-C, Western Command, interacts with veterens on Vijay Divas at Chandimandir on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Raising Day celebrated
Chandigarh, December 16
A special Sainik Sammelan was held by the 25 Air Defence Regiment to celebrate its 48th Raising Day, somewhere in the Western Sector today. The sammelan was addressed by Colonel Vikash Sharma, Commanding Officer of the Regiment.
Rs 15 lakh for paraplegic centre
Mohali, December 16
Punjab minister for cooperation and defence services welfare Capt Kanwaljit Singh gave a grant of Rs 15 lakh to General Commander-in-Chief of the Western Command Lt General
T.K. Sapru for the upgradation of the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre (PRC),
Mohali.
Punjab cooperation and defence services minister Capt Kanwaljit Singh at the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre on Vijay Divas in Mohali on Sunday.
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Singapore woos Chandigarhians
Chandigarh, December 16
A special open top bus, along the orchard road, will be free for every visitor to Singapore this season, said Kenneth Lim, area director, Northern and Eastern India, Singapore Tourism Board, who is on a visit to the city to promote Singapore Tourism.
BJP to approach admn on delimitation of wards
Chandigarh, December 16
The BJP will approach the district administration afresh for reconsideration of delimitation exercise carried out for the wards of the Panchkula municipal council.
Addressing a press conference here, Haryana senior vice-president of the party Gian Chand Gupta termed the delimitation of wards.
Tourism dept’s New Year treat
Chandigarh, December 16
The Chandigarh tourism department will celebrate the Chandigarh New Year Festival at various tourist places from December 26 to January 1.
The festival will start on December 26 with a musical evening dedicated to R.D. Burman at Sukhna Lake at 5:30 pm and at Plaza Carnival, Sector 17, at 6 pm.
Pensioners demand CSD canteen facilities
Chandigarh, December 16
The Coordination Committee of the Central Government Pensioner’s Association celebrated pensioners day to discuss the problems related to health among the pensioners at the auditorium, Art Gallery, Sector 10, here today.
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