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PUDA extension fee illegal: HC
Chandigarh, July 11
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has declared the levy of non-construction extension fee by the Punjab Urban Development Authority as illegal and has quashed the demand notice for period extending from January 1997 to December 1999 received by the petitioner. The orders were pronounced by the bench comprising Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi and Mr Justice Nirmal Singh.

Jacob walks in Subzi Mandi slush
Chandigarh, July 11
People wading through ankle-deep slush to purchase vegetables, heaps of garbage all around with all pervading nauseating stink in the air, drainage and sewerage system totally choked and numerous encroachments on government land all around was the scene of wholesale Subzi Mandi cum Grain Market in Sector 26 here during a surprise visit by UT Administrator, Lieut Gen. J. F. R Jacob (retd), today.

Postal circle to woo business mailers
Chandigarh, July 11
Losing out on its mainstay business of carrying personal mail, the postal circle, Punjab and Chandigarh, has prepared to concentrate on grabbing business mail niche but more than a century-old attitude of the organisation stands in the way to change the focus.

Traffic held up for 24 hrs
Landslip on Panchkula-Morni road
Morni, July 11
Vehicular traffic on the Panchkula-Morni road remain suspended for over 24 hours due to land slip near Mandna village about 12 km, from here.

An excavator-cum-loader clears the landslide on Panchula-Morni Road on Wednesday. — Tribune photo Karam Singh

One receives bullet injuries
Panchkula, July 11
One person sustained bullet injuries following an altercation between two youths while playing snooker at a computer centre in the Sector 6 market here this afternoon.

Dhawan’s ouster to echo in today’s CTCC meeting
Chandigarh, July 11
Bickering in the minority ruling Congress Municipal Corporation group is likely to reverberate at tomorrow’s meeting of the Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee, weakened after AICC member Harmohan Dhawan raising a banner of revolt against AICC President Sonia Gandhi.

UT JE suspended
Chandigarh, July 11
A junior engineer of the UT Power Department, Mr Amrik Singh, was suspended for alleged negligence of duty. A line man of the department, Mr Balbir Singh, was electrocuted on July 3 and the JE was supposed to ensure that the high-tension power lines had been switched off before the lineman started work.

Irregularities in entrance exam alleged
Chandigarh, July 11
In an anonymous complaint submitted to the Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, students appearing in the MA English entrance examination today alleged that the answer sheets were evaluated by students with second division.

COMMUNITY

Rally marks World Population Day Chandigarh, July 11 Be world champions by all means, but for God’s sake, not population champion! This was the slogan written by hockey players Roohi Dhillon, Deepa and Prakash at a function to mark World Population Day here today. Enthusiastic children brave the rain to participate in a rally organised to mark World Population Day at the Sector 18 Sports Training Centre , in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan

Kashmiri sabha flays Centre
Chandigarh, July 11
The Kashmiri Sahayak Sabha, a local organisation of the pandits, has accused the Central and Jammu and Kashmir governments for leaving out their problems from the summit agenda of the Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, and the Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee.

Patwari stays as villagers meet DC
Kharar, July 11
A delegation of five villages of the Kharar Area met the Deputy Commissioner, Ropar, yesterday, and requested him to cancel the transfer of the Patwari concerned of these villages.

Sweat’s out, boredom’s in
Chandigarh, July 11
The monsoon is here with a vengeance and the heat has gone out of the fiery summer. The season for ice-creams, swimming and hilly retreats has come to an early close this year.

Govt grants compensation
Kharar, July 11
The local administration organised a function in the Grain Market, here, today, in which a sum of Rs 4,69,569 was disbursed as compensation to 210 farmers whose paddy was purchased in the last paddy season, below the minimum support price fixed by the government.

Transport staff’s demands
Chandigarh, July 11
The Chandigarh Government Transport Workers’ Union today regretted that although more than a month has passed since it submitted its charter of demands, the CTU management had done little to fulfil these demands.

30 neem saplings planted
Chandigarh, July 11
The city police celebrated Van Mahotsav in the CAP complex (New Police Lines Complex) in Dhanas village this evening. As many as 30 neem saplings were planted in the complex by IG, B.S. Bassi, SSP, Parag Jain, SPs, Balbir Singh, Baldev Singh and HGS Dhaliwal, all DSPs and jawans of the city police.

Sector 19 residents sore over Admn’s neglect
Chandigarh, July 11
Residents of Sector 19-C are sore over the callous attitude of the Administration. They alleged that the Administration was not taking any step to solve the problem of unhygienic conditions in the Sector which worsened during the rainy season.

PSSF members hold dharna

FENG SHUI TIPS
Water, wood and earth
Water has potential to overflow and overwhelm the earth just as the earth can overcome water. If one thinks deeply, one would realise that the things that can destroy water is earth. But on the other side, one may realise that water also enriches earth.

CRIME

Film and X-ray rolls stolen from factory
Chandigarh, July 11
Film and X-ray rolls worth lakhs of rupees were stolen from the Industrial Area, Phase II factory of Fuji Films during the intervening night of July 10 and 11.

Kurali resident booked
SAS Nagar
The police today booked a resident of Kurali for cheating two persons of Rs 2 lakh. According to the information available, Dalbir Singh had allegedly duped Mr Harjeet Singh of Bhabhat, and Ms Gurvinder Kaur of Rs 1 lakh each.

BUSINESS

‘Make financial standing of Puncom public’
SAS Nagar, July 11
The Joint Action Committee of the Puncom Employees Union have sought that the government should make public the true facts about the financial standing of the company.

Interest rate up for senior citizens
Chandigarh, July 11
Federal Bank Limited today announced that senior citizens would now get one per cent more interest, instead of 0.50 per cent earlier, on their fixed deposits.

Beopar mandal office-bearers
Chandigarh, July 11
The newly-elected president of the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM), Mr Jagdish Arora, today announced the new office-bearers of the mandal.