Appointments issue likely to figure at Syndicate meeting CHANDIGARH, Aug 22 — The issue of appointment of seven lecturers to the Department of Physics, Panjab University, rejected at the Syndicate meeting of March 21, 1998, is likely to figure at the forthcoming meeting of the Syndicate scheduled for August 27, following a directive by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Where will I be when I am as big as you? Whether India's population crossed the one-billion mark on this Independence Day or it will cross it in nine months seems irrelevant to this little child for whom crossing the corridor was the important issue in Sector 17, Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Gautam Singh

3rd counselling session likely in PEC
CHANDIGARH, Aug 22 — Punjab Engineering College may go in for a third counselling session to fill vacant seats in various streams offered by the institute for the I999-2000 session.

Ballot boxes dispatched
SAS NAGAR, Aug 22 — Ballot boxes to enable the postal voters, registered in the Kharar assembly segment, to cast their vote in the forthcoming parliamentary election were today dispatched to different destinations throughout the country by the Assistant Returning Officer.

'Chandigarh to remain UT'
CHANDIGARH, Aug 22 — Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal and Mr Krishan Lal Sharma, Congress and BJP candidates, respectively, for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, expressed similar views on some of the major local issues but differed sharply on the national issues here today.

City’s last CC K. Banarji is dead
CHANDIGARH, Aug 22 — K. Banarji, the last Chief Commissioner and the first Adviser to the Administrator of Chandigarh, died at his residence in Delhi this morning.

Fall in garlic price

Executive Magistrates

Passion overcomes handicap

HUDA’s dubious role on encroachments

Trauma of seeking licence
CHANDIGARH, Aug 22 — When Shivani Gupta, daughter of Mr Darshan Gupta, 1223, Sector 19-B, Chandigarh, applied to the Licensing Authority, Chandigarh Administration, nearly six months ago for a driving licence hardly did she realise the amount of harassment she would suffer at the hands of officials concerned.

Only 8 rooms for 10 classes
PERCH (Kharar), Aug 22 — Students sitting on jute mats in scorching heat and humid weather and classrooms without adequate space indicate the condition of the primary and high schools in Perch village of Kharar tehsil.

Craze for English medium schools
CHANDIGARH, Aug 22 — Scores of unrecognised private schools have come up in the rural areas on the city's periphery. What attracts students to these schools is their claim of having English as the medium of instruction.

Housing complex faces problems
CHANDIGARH, Aug 22 — The Modern Housing Complex, Mani Majra, has been facing many problems in regard to basic civic amenities.

Neglected roundabouts
PANCHKULA, Aug 22 — The roundabouts in the township, most of which have been allocated to private institutions and business houses for maintenance, are in a state of neglect.

Herbal park with 150 plant varieties
SAS NAGAR, Aug 22 — A novel experiment by the horticulture wing of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) to develop an open space of land in Sector 65 (Phase XI) as Herbal Park has proved to be a success.