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Vineeta relieves Sagar as Adviser
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — Ms Vineeta Rai, an IAS officer of the 1968 batch of the UT cadre, became the eighth Adviser to the Administrator of Chandigarh today.

PG exams on schedule
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — The postgraduate examination of part I and II are being held as per schedule. This was stated by Prof Paramjit Singh, Registrar, Panjab University, here today.

Exemption order on ‘baptism’
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — The Chandigarh Administration tonight notified exemption order, thus paving the way for the undertrial prisoners to undergo “baptism” inside jails.

A UT Wildlife Department official with fake tiger skins and four women, who were nabbed while selling these at the Sector 20 market in Chandigarh on Monday.
A UT Wildlife Department official with fake tiger skins and four women, who were nabbed while selling these at the Sector 20 market in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph
4 women held for selling fake tiger skins
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — The UT Wildlife Department has nabbed four Karnataka-based women who were trying to deceive people by selling fake tiger skins and parts in Sector 20 here today. Ten make-believe tiger skins, made of calf hides, and other fake parts of tiger such as claws, moustaches, and fake “rudrakshas” were also seized from the women.

Selection of PU Deans deferred
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — The selection of Dean Student Welfare, Dean Foreign Student and Dean Alumni Relations, has been deferred till April 24.

Newspaper staff stir
CHANDIGARH, April 19—The National Coordination Committee of the Newspaper\News Agency Employees Union has given a strike call for April 22 to protest against the proposed wage structure suggested by the Manisana Singh wage boards.

7 booked in dowry death case
SAS NAGAR, April 19 — The Sohana police has booked seven family members of the husband of Baljit Kaur, a married woman in her early twenties, who had yesterday died under mysterious circumstances in her house at Sekhan Majra village under Sohana police station.

3 hurt as car rams into truck
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — Three persons were injured when a car rammed into a parked truck near the Modella chowk here this evening.

Autonomy for banks stressed
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — At the turn of the millennium, the banking industry should put the future in the right perspective by adapting itself to change, said Mr S. Rajagopal, Chairman, Bank of India, while inaugurating a week-long Management Development and Special Training Programme here today.

Villagers allege illegal occupation
ZIRAKPUR, April 19 — Residents of Babhat village, which has been excluded from being merged with seven other villages to form a nagar panchayat, have alleged that some 'influential' people were forcing them to lease the village shamlat land so that they could set up their businesses there.

US singer fails to impress
PANCHKULA, April 19 — A ghazal recital by Edwin Raj Das, a USA-based singer, organised at a hotel in Sector 10 here today, saw a lack of enthusiasm among the audience.

S N I P P E T S
Massey to visit city

Move to amend Act decried

Furniture market body’s plea

K.K. Kaushal

Punjab attitude condemned

Pathak opens analyser

Parshuram Jayanti celebrated

Ambulance service launched

Talent search fest held

Kiran’s mother hospitalised

Telephone woes continue
MULLANPUR- GARIBDASS, April 19—Several telephone users of Mullanpur- Garibdass complain that their telephone services remain disrupted for days together.Mr Khairati Lal, a resident said that his telephone was not working for the past fortnight.

Facility for payment of traffic challan
PANCHKULA, April 19 — The district police will soon start a facility here to facilitate the payment of traffic challan fee, according to Superintendent of Police, Mr Alok Mittal.

All-India police meet from April 21
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — Competitions in crime scene photography, forensic science, police portraits, finger prints, foot prints and medico-legal cases will be the major attractions on the opening day of the All-India Police Duty Meet being organised by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police at Chandigarh, Ramgarh, Bhanu and Ambala from April 21 to April 25.Top



Compendium

Crime File
Scooterist succumbs to injuries

Consumer Courts
Consumer forum order modified

Price Watch
Price list not followed by sellersTop

  Features
Rush at swimming pools picks up
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — Swimming pools are becoming one of the most convenient methods for beating the summer heat for a large number of people in the city. Though swimming pools are normally thrown open to the public by middle of April every year, this time there has been a slight delay.
Kids enjoy a game of water polo at Chandigarh Club swimming pool on Monday.
Kids enjoy a game of water polo at Chandigarh Club swimming pool on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Overloading in school buses
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — The Chandigarh traffic police has asked its staff to check overloading in school buses, autorickshaws and cycle rickshaws carrying school children.

Rural schools show improvement
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — The performance of ordinary government schools, mostly those located in the rural areas and colonies of the city, have shown a marked improvement in their annual middle standard examination results this year as compared to last year.

No check on sale of cut fruit
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — Though summer has set in and the sale of cut fruit and vegetables is on in a big way, the health authorities are yet to notify against the sale of such cut fruit and vegetables or carry out raids to curb the sales.

First LCA flight 'likely this year'
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — The first flight of the much-delayed light combat aircraft is likely to be conducted later this year, the Director of the Aeronautical Development Establishment, Mr K.G. Narayanan, said here today.

JDGFT post vacant for four months
CHANDIGARH, April 19 — With the office of the Joint Director-General Foreign Trade headless for the past over four months, exporters in the city are facing a lot of problems.Top


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