Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Chandigarh Tuesday to attend two convocations and police were on high alert since morning with traffic snarls expected in the city during his day-long visit.
The prime minister will first attend a convocation at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). He will also inaugurate the advanced cardiac centre at the institute.

He will then attend a special convocation at his alma mater, Panjab University, Tuesday afternoon where he will be honoured with a Doctor of Laws degree.

This is his first visit to PU, where he was a postgraduate student and later joined as a faculty member.

Tight security measures were in place across Chandigarh in view of the prime minister’s visit. The routes that he will take during the day were manned by armed police and traffic personnel.

Major parking lots in commercial areas of Sector 7 and 26 (along Madhya Marg) were made out of bounds for all vehicles. Office goers had a harrowing time parking their vehicles behind these markets as the regular parking zones were sealed.

Traffic was halted on roads taken by the prime minister from the airport to the PGIMER.

The Congress sees Prime Minister’s visit to the city on November 3 as the golden opportunity to give a final push to the decision to revert back to the old system of Chief Commissioner, which had already been taken by the Ministry of Home Secretary (MHA) in principle.

The local unit of the Congress deciding to take up the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to the city on November 3 Read

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Congress Candidate from Chandigarh Parliamentary Constituency is leading in Chandigarh by 16326 votes.

It is to mention that Chandigarh has witnessed one long month political campaigning, the action pack drama of Indian democracy had shown its all flavour, from money to liquor with religion as special appearance. Read the rest of this entry »

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its 9 year old site www.voteindia.com as Indian Political and Voting
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starting of India Lok Sabha Election 2009 it is re –launched as
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It could qualify as a real rags-to-riches story with a lot of determination and guts thrown in. A strong contender for the Chandigarh
Lok Sabha seat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former MP Satya Pal Jain has come a long way from being a newspaper hawker.

The quick-speaking Jain, 56, is one of the youngest and probably the most educated contestant among the main contenders in the poll fray in Chandigarh.

“I have my feet firmly on the ground as I still remember the days when I used to help my father in his small newspaper shop on the roadside. I have faced many difficulties in life and all the memories are still fresh in my mind,” Jain told IANS. Read the rest of this entry »

On account of the Lok Sabha election, the Chandigarh Administration has declared a public holiday on May 13 in all offices/ boards/corporations/institutions under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

The holiday will be a paid holiday in industrial shops, commercial establishments and for daily wage earners.

The central parliamentary board of the Janata Party has decided to extend support to Satya Pal Jain, BJP candidate. This was stated at a joint press conference by Jain and Ajay Jagga, president of the local unit of the Janata Party.

Jagga alleged that the Congress had failed to deliver on all fronts, including extension of lal dora, land acquisition and proper planning for the city. Read the rest of this entry »