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Tricity stranded as strikes continue
Fuel stations out of stock as no end in sight to oil strike, prices soar as supply is hit and truckers remain unrelenting; only good news: Sector-26 market traders have ended their protest

With transporters, traders and executives of oil companies stayed away from work to have their demands met by the authorities, normal life was thrown out of gear in Chandigarh on Thursday.

Long queues could be seen at petrol pumps throughout the day. With no word on when the strike will end, panicked residents queued up to get the tanks...

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Friday , 9 January '09

Another fatal accident in Bhankerpur

Another fatal accident on the Chandigarh-Delhi National Highway-22 near Bhankerpur village in Dera Bassi claimed the life of a 24-year-old autorickshaw driver Jagdeep Singh alias Sonu on Thursday morning.
Friday , 9 January '09

Annual police report: 7% rise in crime

Boasting of keeping the crime rate under check with only a seven per cent rise in crime in 2008 as compared to last year, Inspector General of Police Shanti Kumar Jain released the annual crime figures of the city on Thursday.
Friday , 9 January '09

City a victim of ineffective policing?

A record of 213 snatching incidents and 1,094 vehicle thefts took place in the city last year, out of which, only 98 and 260 cases respectively, have been cracked by the Chandigarh Police.
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Friday , 9 January '09

Time to act firmly against Pak for terror acts: Naidu

Condemning terror activities perpetrated by Pakistan from across the border, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Venkaiah Naidu criticised the Congress for going slow on the issue and said it was time to act.
Friday , 9 January '09

Both Dhumal, Shanta to share LS responsibility

With top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party expected to meet soon to decide candidates for the Lok Sabha elections...
Friday , 9 January '09

Jindals invest Rs 300 cr to set up Global Law School

Domestic steel producer Jindal Steel and Power has invested about Rs 300 crore for setting up a law school as part of its O P Jindal Global University project.
Friday , 9 January '09

Illegal structures demolished in Ambala

A demolition squad, led by naib tehsildar Daljit Singh and Municipal Council executive officer M S Jagat, demolished unauthorised structures on the drain behind the Railway Road market in Ambala Cantonment on Thursday.
Friday , 9 January '09

HUDA offers 11 sites for education city in Sonepat

The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has offered 11 sites for setting up educational institutes in the upcoming Rajiv Gandhi Education City at Sonepat.
Friday , 9 January '09

Another sex racket busted near Solan

The police busted a sex racket on Wednesday by arresting five men and five women from Zurich Resorts on the Kalka-Shimla National Highway, under Kandgahat police station.
Friday , 9 January '09

‘India must be cautious as Pak may suddenly declare war’

History is testimony to the fact that Pakistan never makes any formal declaration of war and has a tendency to stab in the back. While the 1965 war was the first such incident of back-stabbing...
Friday , 9 January '09

Badal plays kisan card to woo voters

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today played the kisan card to woo voters in Punjab, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, and again blamed the Centre for all the ills plaguing the state.
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