Amit 2nd in IIT entrance test
CHANDIGARH, June 6 — Amit Aggarwal, a student of the local DAV College, has brought honours to the city by securing the second position in the prestigious all-India entrance test for admission to various IITs of the country.

Morni Wildlife Sanctuary PANCHKULA, June 6 — After gathering dust for a few years, a proposal to set up a wildlife sanctuary in the Shivalik hills falling in the Morni forest range has again been moved by the Wildlife Department of Haryana. The proposal originally conceived in the late eighties has been hanging fire due to differences between the Wildlife and the Forest Department. While the Wildlife Department has been pressing for setting up the sanctuary, the Forest Department has been objecting as Section 33 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, gives control of a Wildlife sanctuary to the Chief Wildlife Warden.

Proposed area of the Morni Wildlife Sanctuary.

Parents feel cheated by Punjab Government
SAS NAGAR, June 6 — Resentment prevails among local residents whose children study in Chandigarh schools over a notification issued by the Punjab Government reserving 85 per cent seats in different technical courses for students having passed their qualifying examinations from schools of the state.

'Freedom Fighter' released
CHANDIGARH, June 6— The Kendriya Punjabi Rangmanch Sabha, in collaboration with the Punjab Kala Parishad, today held a function on the book release of the play 'Freedom Fighter' at Punjab Kala Bhavan, Rose Garden, Sector 16.

Voter I-cards on June 7, 8
PANCHKULA, June 6 — Another drive to make identity cards of the left-out voters will be held at the Mini-Secretariat here on June 7 and 8.

'Polluted ethics caused mid-term poll'
PANCHKULA, June 6 — A mid-term poll in the country was an outcome of lack of participation by the educated sections of society in successive elections.

Punjab matric results on June 10
SAS NAGAR, June 6 — The results of the matriculation examination conducted by the Punjab School Education Board are scheduled to be declared on June 10.

Action in draft theft case sought
CHANDIGARH, June 6 — The Punjab Irrigation Draftsman Engineers Association has demanded immediate action in the case of stolen bank draft which deprived an employee of his retirement benefits.

Potato, beans, peas prices up

Walkers to enjoy bird songs

Tanveer, Saroj win carrom titles

Protect and project honest, efficient officers

Government vineyard dries up CHANDIGARH, June 6 — One of the oldest vineyards maintained by the Punjab Horticulture Department in Sector 23 has perished in mysterious circumstances during the past few years. The vineyard comprising about 150 grapevines is part of a plant nursery being run by the department and was set up in 1961.

Bereft of any fruit, only a couple of grapevines survive in the Sector 23 Punjab Horticulture Department vineyard. — A Tribune photograph

'Collaboration among schools needed'
CHANDIGARH, June 6 — "Collaboration in education shall be the key to development in the next millennium,'' says Mrs Sarita Manuja, Principal of DAV Public School, Sector 8 C, who believes in giving the existing system an international look in various qualitative aspects.

Illegal constructions continue
CHANDIGARH, June 6 — The slum-dwellers of Nizampur Kumbra, popularly known as Shaheed Bhagat Singh colony, in Sector 49 are a harassed lot. besides charging a lump sum for every piece of land sold here, some land owners, in connivance with middlemen, charge monthly rent from the slum-dwellers.

School in state of neglect
MANAULI (SAS Nagar), June 6 — Roofless classrooms and broken windows of the Senior Secondary School at Manauli, about five km from Phase XI, SAS Nagar, speak volumes of the neglect of the education system in rural areas.

'TV has no time for classical music'
CHANDIGARH, June 6 — "The electronic media has taken to projecting the western culture in a big way and the youth are falling prey to it while becoming increasingly alienated from their own culture and heritage,'' Satish Vyas, santoor maestro and the son of the renowned vocalist Pandit C.R. Vyas, said here today.

‘Three career options wise’
CHANDIGARH, June 6 — Students thronged the various stalls giving information on educational oppourtunities abroad, information technology and other courses and careers at the career exhibition 'Alternatives', being held at the CII, Sector 31 here.

'Check influx of migrants'
CHANDIGARH, June 6 — "Strict enforcement, proper control on further development and scientific management of water to minimise wastage are the minimum steps required to maintain the unique and special character of Chandigarh," says Mr R.K. Aggarwal, retired Engineer-in-Chief and Councillor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.