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Stumpy, the insignia for the ICC World Cup, is to be displayed for the great cricket show to be held at PCA Stadium, Mohali. A Tribune photograph |
Cricket Mania
You bet, students too in it!
Chandigarh, March 2
Examination days seem to have no impact on the spirits of students, who are habitual punters. To earn quick bucks through illegal gambling, a number of young punters of the city and its periphery have been putting bets on the ongoing World Cup matches.
STAY ON AICTE NOTIFICATION
State govts won’t ‘remote control’ B-schools
Chandigarh, March 2
With the Orissa High Court staying the controversial December 12 notification of the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), which gave wide-ranging controlling powers to the state governments over the B-schools, private management colleges in the country have a reason to rejoice.
Delay in projects costing MC dear
Chandigarh, March 2
The lackadaisical attitude of the municipal corporation (MC) authorities is resulting in the delay in commencement of many projects and a hike in estimated cost.
Rain likely to continue
Chandigarh, March 2
Overcast sky and intermittent drizzle continued for the second consecutive day today in the city. The sky will generally remain overcast tomorrow.
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| (Left) Visitors at Rose Garden silhouetted against an overcast sky in Sector 16,
Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: S Chandan;
(Right) Showers lashed the city on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik |
Thousands of devotees throng temples to celebrate Shivratri
Panchkula, March 2
An estimated 250,000 devotees from all over the region gathered at the Sri Shiv Mandir, Mahadevpur in Saketri village near here on Wednesday on the occasion of the major Hindu festival of ‘Mahashivratri’. As the crowds spilled over on to the streets the entire temple premises resounded with slogans of ‘om namah shivay’.
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| (Left) Devotees throng Saketri temple in Panchkula on Wednesday.
(Right) Milk being offered to Lord Shiva at Shiv Mandir in Sector 21, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.
Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan |
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Leaders of the Congress (left) and the BJP address mediapersons in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan |
Roadwork leaves motorists stranded for hours
Zirakpur, March 2
Commuters heading for Ambala from Chandigarh were stranded for several hours as the public works department carried out recarpeting of the Chandigarh-Ambala highway in
Zirakpur.
GRIDLOCK:
Vehicles caught in a traffic jam caused by the recarpeting work of the Chandigarh-Zirakpur highway
on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal |
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Rehabilitation of Ambedkar Colony
MC to approach GMADA
Zirakpur, March 2
The Zirakpur Municipal Council has decided to write to GMADA for rehabilitation of Ambedkar Colony located on the Zirakpur-Kalka Highway.
Abuse of minor domestic help
Child welfare dept sound asleep
Panchkula, March 2
In spite of several incidents of suicide by minor domestic help in the past three years and the recent assault on two minor girls with iron bars by their employers, the child welfare department here seems to have turned a blind eye to the menace.
Looking above for greener today
Chandigarh, March 2
The Spring Theatre Festival organised by the Theatre Arts group opened with a majestic presentation of the Hindi play ‘Parlok Ikk Darshan’ by the Sajag Natya Sanstha from Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
A scene from the play ‘Parlok Ikk Darshan’. Tribune photo: S Chandan
Student hurt as car overturns
Zirakpur, March 2
An engineering student was injured after his car overturned on the flyover here today.
Cong to marry off 101 girls
Mohali, March 2
The Mohali District Congress Committee (DCC) will organise a mass marriage of 101 girls at a cost of Rs 80
lakh.
Online cheating guides may take you for a ride
Chandigarh, March 2
“ There are no shortcuts to success, try short chits” or “ success lies in your hand or between your fingers to be more precise”. This is what a series of communities and blogs available on the social networking sites say, even as the CBSE continues to advise examinees against the “use of unfair means”.
CBSE to do away with manual assessment of answersheets
Chandigarh, March 2
All set to bid farewell to the manual assessment of answersheets, the Central Board of Secondary Education is on its way to adopt onscreen marking system or OMS, a popular practice abroad.
Books read by Kalpana a hit with students
Chandigarh, March 2
Exam time is no hindrance for students of PEC University of Technology to read fiction novels, as they continue to throng the library dedicated to its illustrious alumnus Kalpana Chawla in the girls hostel on the campus.
Kalpana Chawla’s husband Jenne Pierre Harrison and her sister donating books to the warden of a girls hostel at PEC University of Technology,
Chandigarh. A file photo |
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‘Cyanide 2011’
Acting skills of students put to test
Chandigarh, March 2
The second day of ‘Cyanide 2011’, the annual cultural event of University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, kicked off with Pagg Yaar Di, a turban-tying competition, in which more than 60 youths participated. The UICET lawns were abuzz with activities such as face painting, tattoo making, Tell-a-Tale, sudoku and draamebaaz- where the acting skills of students were put to test. |
Rock on
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| A rock band performs at Panjab University on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
Going the green way
Chandigarh, March 2
What would happen if everybody on this earth had the lifestyle you have, ate what you eat and polluted the planet exactly the way you do, how many more “Earths” would be needed to suffice?
Convention at Gian Jyoti
Mohali, March 2
The seventh NorthWest QualTech Awards for 2010 were presented during a day-long convention held at PTU’s Gian Jyoti School of TQM and Entrepreneurship here.
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