Admn refers to records for assessing loss
Kabari Market Colony fire
Chandigarh, March 21
In view of the exaggerated caims of the jhuggi dwellers regarding the number of jhuggis which were gutted in a major fire which broke out in Kabari Market Colony in Industrial Area, Phase-I, on Sunday night, the UT Administration has finally used the records of the Estate Office to detect the exact number of affected people and the loss incurred.

Speed thrills many, kills 19
Chandigarh, March 21
Overspeeding — courtesy the city’s wide roads — and rash driving as a result of the burgeoning vehicular traffic are the two most important contributing factors for the hundreds of accidental deaths that take place in the city each year.

Dy Mayor meets Jacob
Chandigarh, March 21
The Senior Deputy Mayor, Mr Gurcharan Dass Kala along with Congress Councillor, Sunita today met the UT Administrator, Lt Gen (retd) J.F.R Jacob, and gave a memorandum highlighting specific problems of their respective wards.

Two MC officials to relinquish charge
Chandigarh, March 21
Two senior officials of the engineering wing of the Municipal Corporation will be relinquishing charge at the end of this month.

Front constituents fail to work out joint strategy
Chandigarh, March 21
The People’s Front, floated as an alternative to the BJP and the Congress in New Delhi a week ago, seems to be a non-starter in the city.

Action against NDA Govt sought
Chandigarh, March 21
The Rashtriya Raksha Dal today demanded harsh and timely action against those found guilty in the expose by the tehelka.com. a statement issued by the RRD chief, Col Harsharan Singh (retd), decried the incompetence of the Central Government to detect security lapses not only in the case of Kargil intrusion but also in the the current case of corruption in the Ministry of Defence and the PMO.

Baithak inauguration on March 23
Chandigarh, March 21
CITCO is all set to open a new restaurant ‘Baithak’ at Kalagram on the Chandigarh-Panchkula road, Mani Majra. The outlet will be inaugurated by Lieut Gen JFR Jacob (retd), Administrator, UT, on March 23. This information was given by Ms Neeru Nanda, Adviser to the Administrator and Chairperson, CITCO, here today.

Plea to reverse PSEB decision
SAS Nagar, March 21
Mr Amrik Singh, a local municipal councillor, today demanded that the Punjab State Electricity Board should reverse the decision to charge commercial rates for power supplied to government schools and other establishments.

Sidhu Press Club President again
Chandigarh, March 21
The office-bearers of the Governing council of the Chandigarh Press Club, Sector 27, were today declared elected unopposed. The results were announced by the Returning Officer, Mr Surinder Singh, after the withdrawals till 5 pm today.

• Recruitment rally
• Sewer connection annoys residents

Two girls commit suicide
Chandigarh, March 21
Two young girls allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at their residences in the past 24 hours. According to reports 21-year-old, Vineeta, allegedly committed suicide at her Sector 20 residence following her failure in Architecture course examination, even after several attempts. 

• Courier company Booked

• Foreigner Looted

• Mobile Cash Card Stolen

• Burglary

• Firm director held

SAS Nagar

• Youth commits suicide

School board directed to examine daily wagers’ case
SAS Nagar, March 21
At last there is a ray of hope for employees working on daily wage and contractual basis in the Punjab School Education Board with a minimum three years of service. 

Corbusier’s style fails to impress French student
Chandigarh, March 21
The Indian education system at the university level is certainly more interactive than the French education system, said Nora Kanane of Nantes University, France currently studying history and architecture of Chandigarh in the city. Nora, who chose Le Corbusier’s brainchild Chandigarh as the topic for her pre doctorate, is studying history and architecture of the city from 1947 to 1966 under the guidance of Dr Ms Kamlesh Mohan of the History Department, Panjab University.

Engineering institute adopts village
SAS Nagar, March 20
The Institute of Engineering and Technology (Bhaddal) under the aegis of the local Kandi Friends Educational Trust has adopted Bhaddal village, located near Rangeelpur village on the Chandigarh-Ropar Highway.

• College directory soon

HIGH COURT
Pay relief to members, coop official told
Chandigarh, March 21
Coming down heavily on Punjab’s Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Societies Ajit Singh Khera for acting in an unfair manner after apparently “dancing to the tune of his political masters”, Mr Justice Mehtab Singh Gill of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed him to personally pay Rs 16,000 as compensation to eight society members.

• 2 XENs’ removal quashed

• Restraint on putting up structures

DISTRICT COURTS
Bail granted in assault case
Chandigarh, March 21
The UT Additional Sessions Judge, Mr R.C. Godara, today granted anticipatory bail to Happy in a case of assault and criminal intimidation. The case against the accused was registered under Sections 323, 506, 34 of the IPC on March 11, at the Sector 39 police station.

• Cheating case

• Theft case

HC issues notice of motion in ZP poll case
Chandigarh, March 21
On a petition for quashing the notification declaring Shimla Devi and Sohan Lal as the president and the vice-president of Panchkula Zila Parishad, Mr Justice Amar Bir Singh Gill and Mr Justice R.C. Kathuria of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice of motion for May 3.

• Lok Adalat settles 2 cases

Markfed meet
Chandigarh
Markfed will organise a state-level sports meet here on March 26 and 27 in which four zones — Patiala, Bathinda, Jalandhar and head office zone, will participate. The matches will be played at the table tennis hall, Sector 23, badminton hall, Sector 42, and volleyball ground, Sector 46.

ADMINISTRATION

MC in a hurry to spend
Chandigarh, March 21
The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh is now in a hurry to spend the amount sanctioned to various wards under the ward development fund, keeping in view that this year is the last year of its five-year tenure. 

F&CC meeting on March 26
Chandigarh, March 21
The Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal, has fixed the next meeting of the Finance and Contract Committee of the Municipal Corporation on March 26, which will mainly take up the review of cable network policy to fix the ground rent of cable operators and the issue of privatisation of streetlights besides other agenda items which were deferred during the last meeting.

75 saplings planted
Chandigarh, March 21
“The Chandigarh Administration should adopt the Delhi Tree Preservation Act, 1994, for protection and preservation of trees in the city,” the president of Environment Society of India, Mr S.K. Sharma, said at the Nature Park, Sector 26, today on World Forest Day.