Stir threatened over hike in water charges
Mohali, December 30
Former municipal councillors belonging to the Opposition group, and representatives of welfare associations today demanded that the government should withdraw the hike in water and sewerage charges failing which they would be compelled to launch an agitation.

Film star Raj Babbar comes out of Nadha Sahib Gurdwara after paying obeisance at Panchkula on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Police issues directions to hotel owners
Zirakpur, December 30
view of the New Year celebrations, the local police held a meeting with owners of marriage palaces and hotels here today.

MC allotted project on pollution control
Chandigarh, December 30
The Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, has become the first civic body in the country to be allotted the second phase of Central Pollution Control Board sponsored demonstration project for making improvements at the existing dumping ground situated near Dadu Majra colony.

Anti-encroachment drive in Mohali
Mohali, December 30
The anti-encroachment wing of the Municipal Council today seized goods that were illegally kept in market verandahs by shopkeepers.

An anti-encroachment drive by the Municipal Corporation staff in progress in Phase V, Mohali, on Friday. — Photo by Vicky Gharu

Dustbins for green belts
Chandigarh, December 30
The environment and city beautification committee of the Municipal Corporation, today decided to provide dustbins in various parks, green belts and gardens under its jurisdiction.

Welcoming New Year the AoL way
Chandigarh, December 30
The Art of Living reinforces human values and brings people from varied backgrounds together in a spirit of service and celebrations.

Jewellery, cash stolen
Mohali, December 30
Gold jewellery, cash and clothes were stolen from a house in Sector 71 here.

Recall 2005
Mohali witnessed spurt in heinous crime
MOHALI: The year saw a rise in the number of cases of heinous crime as compared to last year despite the police making arrests of suspects from time to time.

51 kg poppy husk seized from rehri
Chandigarh, December 30
The police here today seized 51kg of poppy husk near Kishangarh village. The Station House Officer of the Mani Majra police station, Mr Dhan Raj Sharma, said following a tip-off, the police set up a picket near Kishangarh village this morning.

BUSINESS

Centra Mall to be city’s tallest building
Chandigarh, December 30
City Beautiful has finally broken away from its traditional architecture with the Chandigarh Administration giving its final nod for the construction of the city’s tallest building coming up in the form of a shopping mall in the industrial area.

An artist’s sketch of the proposed Centra Mall building that is to come up in Chandigarh.

Scooter launched
Chandigarh, December 30
A new variant of Kinetic Honda — Kinetic 4s — was today launched in the city. The scooter has a 115 cc four-stroke engine.

Bank extends working hours
Chandigarh, December 30
The State Bank of India, PGI branch, has started 12 hours banking from 8am to 8pm.

Training programme for lecturers
Chandigarh, December 30
The Regional Institute of Cooperative Management here organised a training programme for the lecturers of junior training centres and education instructors of cooperative departments of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Campus interviews at Landran college
Mohali, December 30
The Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, here has invited V Customer Corporation, a leading US-based company, for holding campus interviews for the placement of its MCA, BCA and engineering students on January 3.

Orientation course begins
Chandigarh, December 30
A 10-day orientation course in linguistics and phonetics for language teachers of Punjab began here on Wednesday. It conducted by the Northern Region Language Centre in collaboration with the Shanti Devi Memorial Institute of Language, Chandigarh.

Class VIII exams from Feb 6
Chandigarh, December 30
The Class VIII examinations in government schools across the city would begin on February 6, 2006 and end on March 2, 2006. The date sheet of the examinations was released by the DPI Schools here today. All examinations will begin at 9.30am and end at 12.30pm.

Recall-2005
PU staff had a lot to smile about
Chandigarh: The year 2005 was a memorable year for the education sector in the city. After years of struggle Panjab University employees got the issue of pension resolved this year. Punjab Engineering College, after having crossed the initial stage to become a deemed university last year, saw itself get a new Director and a brand new academic structure.

Recall-2005
City emerges as hub of cultural activities
The City Beautiful turned out to be the most happening place as cultural activities in the performing and visual arts achieved a new high during the year 2005.

Jaspal Bhatti on Aaj Tak
Chandigarh, December 30
Renowned artiste Jaspal Bhatti will feature on ‘Aaj Tak’ channel with his New Year show titled ‘Gang Channel’. The half hour show will be a spoof on gangsters and the prevalent lawlessness in the country.

Ravnoor, Rajveer in final
Chandigarh, December 30
Top seed Akshat Joshi made it to the final after defeating the fourth seed Vishal Suri in straight sets 6-3, 7-5 in the boys under-14 category in The Fort Ramgarh YMCA Total Tennis Championship being played at YMCA total Tennis Academy, Sector 11, here today.

Malwinder Singh chief of Patiala hockey body
Chandigarh, December 30
Mr Malwinder Singh and Dr Manmohan Singh were unanimously elected president and secretary general of the Patiala Union Hockey Association for a term of four years.

Hockey trials
Chandigarh, December 30
Trials, to select probables for the 36th Junior National Hockey Championship to be held at Jabalpur from January 6 to 15, shall be held at the hockey stadium, Sector 18 on January 2 at 4 p m. Interested players have to report to hockey coach S.K. Goswami.

ITF meet: wild cards for local players
Chandigarh, December 30
Local players Vijayant Malik and Shiv Sangwan along with Arnav Jain and Yukti Bhambri have been given wild cards in the boys’ singles main draw of 32 in the Sunny Enclave ITF Junior (G-3) Tennis Tournament to be held at CLTA courts, Sector 10, here from January 2 to 6, 2006.

Young Star CC win
Chandigarh, December 30
A fine knock of 70 runs by Amit Juneja helped Young Star Cricket Club, Delhi beat Shiv Cricket Academy (Haryana) by five wickets in the Bank of India Cricket Cup (U-17) at Government SS School grounds, Sector 19, here today.