Water Fun Park proposed
CHANDIGARH, May 22 — The Union Tourism Ministry has agreed to finance Water Fun Park in the city by contributing 28 per cent of the project cost, subject to a maximum of Rs 95 lakh. The park is proposed on the lines of "Oysters" Fun Park at Pragati Maidan in the Union Capital.

Illegally felled trees seized
PANCHKULA, May 22 — Illegally-felled khair trees worth thousands of rupees were seized while being loaded on two camels by a team of the Forest Department in the forest area of Raipur Rani on the night of May 20.

Overturned truck hits traffic
SAS NAGAR, May 22 — Traffic remained disrupted for hours on the Mohali-Ropar road as a truck, being chased by a gypsy of the Enforcement Wing of the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department, overturned at the Balongi bridge on the outskirts of the city last night.

City girl is best designer
CHANDIGARH, May 22 — Ms Gunjan Virk, a student of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Ahmedabad, has done the city proud by winning the best designer award of the year.

Submit revised plan on water scheme: Gupta
CHANDIGARH, May 22 — Mr Gian Chand Gupta, former Mayor, and Mr Des Raj Tandon, leader of the BJP-SAD group in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, have condemned the present ruling group in the civic body for not presenting the revised plan for the Phase IV water supply augmentation scheme before the Union Government in right earnest.

Play acquaints kids with culture
CHANDIGARH, May 22 — “Khalsa Mero Roop Hai Khas”, a play staged at Tagore theatre, Sector 18, here, today by students of New Public School, Sector 18, was a powerful performance depicting the atrocities committed by Aurangzeb on Kashmiri Pandits.

ESIC raises per capita expenditure
CHANDIGARH, May 22 — The Employees State Insurance Corporation has raised per capita expenditure towards medical from Rs 500 to Rs 600 per insured person family unit per annum from April 1, according to Mr P.C. Bhardwaj, Regional Director, ESIC, Punjab Region.

HUDA to compensate consumer

Bittergourd, beans costlier

Athletic coaching camp on

Butterfly population declines CHANDIGARH, May 22 — Due to gradual increase in urbanisation in Chandigarh, the existence of butterflies has been severely affected and only about 70 species of these winged creatures are left in the city.

Holiday hobby classes aplenty
CHANDIGARH, May 22 — Summer vacation is fun time for students and though the scorching heat is unrelenting, students, on two-wheelers are scurrying from one hobby class to another.

Reciting shabads is Ali's love
CHANDIGARH, May 22 — Mubarak Ali Kanwal is not merely known as a ghazal and folk singer but also for being an ardent follower of Gurbani and the one who has compiled about 1,800 couplets of various authors scattered all over Pakistan — his motherland — in appreciation of the Sikh Gurus.

Parthenium growth goes unchecked
CHANDIGARH, May 22 — Growth of parthenium hysterocarpus or congress grass, as is commonly known, in Chandigarh and its periphery is becoming a cause of serious concern.

A feast of yellow blooms
CHANDIGARH, May 22 — What is proving to be a rich and colourful feast to the weary eyes of the city residents during the peak of summer these days?

Dry taps and garbage heaps
CHANDIGARH, May 22 — The residents of Milk Colony, Dhanas, are sore about the indifference of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, towards the inadequate water supply in the area.