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PU Syndics meet today
CHANDIGARH, April 23—The Panjab University Syndicate, which meets tomorrow, will discuss issues related to students, formation of selection committees for approvals to courses, affiliations and awarding Ph.D degrees to candidates.
Visitors at the photograph Exhibition, ‘Rooh Punjab Di’, at Sector 17, on Friday
Visitors at the photograph Exhibition, ‘Rooh Punjab Di’, at Sector 17, on Friday — A Tribune photograph

Electoral rolls revision today
CHANDIGARH, April 23 — The first phase of revision of electoral rolls will be held at 524 polling stations set up all over the city tomorrow.

Rs 34.33 crore for GMCH
CHANDIGARH, April 23 — The Sector 32 Government Medical College and Hospital will get a major share in the Chandigarh Administration's Annual Plan for 1999-2000.

Punished for obeying order
PANCHKULA, April 23 — Different branches of the local Estate Office of the Haryana Urban Development Authority seem to be at cross-purposes when it comes to public dealing.


Physical test cleared by 79
CHANDIGARH, April 23 — Seventynine candidates, including 27 women and eight ex-servicemen, have cleared the physical examination for the selection to the post of Assistant Sub Inspector of the Chandigarh police.

Police holds welfare seminar
RAMPUR\ BHANU, April 23 — In view of the poor attendance at the welfare seminar organised at the ongoing All-India Police Duty Meet, it was proposed that the seminar be a part of the Directors-General Conference in the future and not of police meets.

S N I P P E T S
Class IV employees demand bonus

Bhog ceremony of Major tomorrow

Aussie duo visits grain godowns

World Book Day celebrated

From Pakistan with love

Folk artistes to be gurus
CHANDIGARH, April 23 — To revive the arts of Punjab, the Department of Culture, Chandigarh, would appoint old masters of folk traditions as ‘gurus’ for a cluster of guru-shisya schools for learning the arts of the ‘dhadis’, ‘naqqals’, ‘malangs’, ‘bhands’ and the like.

1-week power cut stirs villagers
ZIRAKPUR, April 23 —Residents of Lohgarh village have protested against the power cut in the village for the past one week. They gheraoed electricity department authorities for about two hours here today.

City may ‘need metro rail system’
CHANDIGARH, April 23 — If the population of Chandigarh and its surrounding areas is touching 10 lakh then the administrators have to start thinking in terms of having a metro railway system that will speed up the movement of passengers, opined Mr Anuj Dayal, Chief Public Relations Manager, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Protest march by BJP
CHANDIGARH, April 23 — The local unit of Bharatiya Janata Party today demanded that Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, who is the leader of the single largest party in the Lok Sabha, should be invited again to form the government at the Centre.

Anand, Kaifi, Asghar let down fans
CHANDIGARH, April 23 — The three-day 12th All-India Progressive Writers' Conference was inaugurated today at Guru Gobind Singh Bhavan, Sector 15, by the Governor of Punjab, Lt-Gen B.K.N. Chhibber.

Post office staff a harassed lot
CHANDIGARH, April 23 — The staff and visitors to the Sector 29 Post Office are a harassed lot. While the entry to the post office has been virtually blocked by a sweetmeat shop owner, the area used by a barber shop owner and a scooter mechanic has become a haven for anti-social elements.Top



Compendium

Crime File
Injured man dies in hospital

Campus Beat
PUTA asks teachers to do exam duty

Price Watch
Hike in prices of cold drinksTop


  Features
Cops have no clues to robberies
PANCHKULA, April 23 — Even as the local police is yet to achieve any breakthrough in last Wednesday's daylight dacoity at a jewellery shop in Sector 4 here, residents have expressed concern over the growing incidents of robbery and cheating in the city during the past few months.

Water shortage in Mani Majra
CHANDIGARH, April 23—With the demand shooting up, certain parts of Mani Majra have started experiencing a shortage of water.

‘Conferences a learning exercise’
CHANDIGARH, April 23 — While the political stalemate continues at the Centre, the Public Relations Society of India was today talking about 'Image India' as a challenge for the PR professionals.

PGI to have modern paediatrics facilities
CHANDIGARH, April 23 — State-of-the-art paediatric surgical services, in the Advanced Paediatric Centre, will be inaugurated by Prof B.K.Sharma, Director of the PGI, on Sunday.

Non-release of UGC scales worries teachers
CHANDIGARH, April 23 — The Non-issuance of UGC pay scales to the lecturers in the city colleges and the non-implementation of the pension-cum-gratuity scheme for the teaching and non-teaching staff of the seven non-government aided colleges have become a matter of concern for the affected employees. Top


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