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MC scraps sanitation tenders
Chandigarh, May 29
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh today scrapped the tenders floated to invite bids for sanitation work in southern sectors, including four villages —Burail, Badheri, Attawa and Butrela — besides Mani Majra and colonies in the city.

PEC teacher’s selection quashed
Chandigarh, May 29
Declaring that the grouping of posts of professor in engineering and applied science was illegal, the Central Administrative Tribunal(CAT) has quashed the selection and appointment of Dr Harminder Kaur as Assistant Professor in applied science (Chemistry Department) at Punjab Engineering College (PEC).

Ravi Kant’s family feud hots up
Panchkula, May 29
The on-going feud between the mother and family of former Inspector-General of Police and accused in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, Mr Ravi Kant Sharma, today reached a flashpoint when his mother, Mrs Kamla Sharma, was barred from entering their house in Sector 6 by Haryana Police security guards deployed outside the house.

SARS SCARE
Libyan ban on travel may go
Chandigarh, May 29
As many as 600 Indian workers who are stranded here at the end of their annual leave may be able to resume their duties in Libya soon as the authorities there are favourably inclined to lift the ban on travel to and from India. The Libyan authorities had imposed a blanket ban on travel after the outbreak of SARS some time ago.

• Talk on SARS

Extra classes for govt school students
Chandigarh, May 29
Concerned over the poor performance of government school students in the examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the UT Education Department has asked teachers to conduct extra classes during the summer vacations.

• Govt schools to hold summer workshops

HIGH COURT
Anticipatory bail plea of Bhardwaj rejected
Chandigarh, May 29
Chandigarh’s suspended Judicial Magistrate S.S. Bhardwaj’s petition for the grant of anticipatory bail in a bribery case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was dismissed by Mr Justice Virender Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today.

• Case adjourned

NH four-laning on BoT basis
Chandigarh, May 29
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MRTH) has decided to hand over the four laning work on 131 km of two National Highways in the region on a build operate and transfer ( BoT) basis. These projects are to be taken up during the current financial year.

COMMUNITY

Kashmiri Pandits flay Digvijay’s remarks
Chandigarh, May 29
Several organisations representing Kashmiri Pandits living in the region today criticised Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh for his reported remarks terming the exodus of Pandits from the valley nearly 13 years ago a big mistake.

Demolition drive comes to a halt
SAS Nagar, May 29
The demolition drive of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) came to a grinding halt this afternoon, with PUDA officials allegedly succumbing to a protest by residents of the unauthorised colony and a nearby market in Phase I.

Shopkeepers of khoka market, Phase I, protest outside the PUDA office against the removal of encroachments in SAS Nagar on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph

25 houses demolished
Chandigarh, May 29
The Municipal Corporation and the Chandigarh Housing Board here today removed between 20 and 25 illegal houses constructed on a green belt in the Indira Colony of Mani Majra.

Encroachments on periphery to be removed
Panchkula, May 29
A meeting to discuss the removal of encroachments on the periphery of Panchkula was taken by the HUDA Administrator, Mr. M.P. Bansal. Officials from Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, National Highways Division, District Town Planner and Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory were present.

Pind Bachao panel for CBI probe
Chandigarh, May 29
The Pind Bachao Committee, a body of villagers who were ousted to make way to establish Chandigarh, today, demanded a CBI inquiry against those officials who allowed encroachments in the city, especially unauthorised occupation of government land by migrant labourers.

• Remove vendors outside Command area, PWD told
• 80 get challans for dumping debris

9-year-old wants to live like a child
SAS Nagar, May 29
Nine-year-old Sagar wants to live the life of a child. Having wandered through his tender years cleaning, washing, cooking and mopping in strange homes, without the soothing love of any of his parents, Sagar has run away from these homes thrice and has already taken to petty thefts.

Sagar, the nine-year-old abandoned orphan, who was handed over to a social organisation by the child protection unit, SAS Nagar, on Thursday. — Photo Parvesh Chauhan

ULTA PULTA: Bus diplomacy

EDUCATION

Where kids of a lesser God prosper
Chandigarh May, 29
Who says the job market is grim? Not for these confident passouts who, despite their handicap, are being preferred for jobs because of their capability and dedication as they have been groomed to be rounded personalities.

Children use a group hearing aid during classes at “Vatika”, a school for deaf and dumb children, in Sector 19, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — Photo Manoj Mahajan 

UBS students seek early counselling
Chandigarh, May 29
Students wishing to secure admission in University Business School of Panjab University are witnessing moments of anxiety as the university could not keep its date with the proposed schedule of counselling for the final admissions.

PU to decide on fee hike today
Chandigarh, May 29
A meeting of the sub-committee of the Panjab University Syndicate is scheduled for tomorrow to decide the fee structure of the affiliated colleges and the campus students in the forthcoming academic session, sources said here today.

• BCA III result declared
  

CCET’s affiliation with PU approved
Chandigarh, May 29
With the north-zone committee of the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approving the upgradation of the Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET) and recommending its affiliation as an engineering college with Panjab University, a major hurdle has been cleared in this regard.

Summer club for toddlers
Panchkula, May 29
Eurokids, the fun, exploration and adventure-oriented school began its summer club, 2003, at its newly opened branch at Sector 9, Panchkula, yesterday.

DAV students visit Tribune office
Chandigarh, May 29
Students of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, visited the office of The Tribune here today as part of an educational trip organised under the TIE (Tribune in Education) programme.

Students of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, watch newspaper printing at The Tribune office on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

HC issues notice of motion
Chandigarh, May 29
Acting on a petition filed by the Head of the Gynaecology Department, of the PGI, Dr Sarla Gopalan, challenging the appointment of Dr Sudha Suri as the Dean of the institute, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice of motion.

Lok Adalat: 3000 summoned
Chandigarh, May 29
As many as 3000 persons have been summoned in summary cases, including traffic challans and shop Act, by a local court for a special Lok Adalat to be held on May 31.

Flesh trade case: directive to cops
Chandigarh, May 29
A local court today directed the UT Police to verify the addresses of the two girls arrested in a flesh trade racket. The court had directed the police personnel concerned to visit Delhi to verify the addresses of two girls furnished by them.