'Insurance bill in winter session'
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — The Insurance Regulatory Bill would be reintroduced in the winter session of the Parliament, Mr D.S. Narain, Member of the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), said here today.

RI for 2 Estate Office men
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 —The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr S.S. Lamba, who is also Special Judge of the CBI, today convicted Babu Singh and Ramesh, Kanungo and Patwari at the Chandigarh Administration’s Estate Office, respectively, under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Student suspended for ragging
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — Gaurav Sachdeva, a third year student of civil engineering in the local Punjab Engineering College who was removed from hostel on account of ragging recently, has been suspended, an official source said here today.

Sweeping at night?
SAS NAGAR, Oct 15 — In the first experiment of its kind, the Local Government Department of Punjab is toying with the idea of sweeping during the night throughout the state.

Gen Oberoi takes charge of WC
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — Lieut-Gen Vijay Oberoi took over as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, while Lieut-Gen H.B. Kala, the outgoing GOC-in-C, who has swapped with the former as the GOC-in-C of the Army Training Command at Shimla, was given a send-off at the command Headquarters in Chandi Mandir near here today.

Syndics' memo
Chancellor examining PU VC's 'comments'
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — The Chancellor of Panjab University, Mr Krishan Kant, who is also the Vice-President of India, is examining the "comments" of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof M.M. Puri, on the allegations contained in the memorandum which was submitted by half-a-dozen Syndics and members of the Senate some time ago, to the Chancellor.

PU Senate meeting to discuss UGC letter
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — The University Grant Commission's letter asking for a 10 per cent cut on posts will come up for discussion at the Senate meeting to be held on October 18, sources said here today.

Riot of colours at Navratra festival
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — A riot of colours, mood of gaiety and spirit of festivity, this is what the celebration of the navratra festival was all about at the National Institute of Fashion Design (NIFD), Sector 27, here today.

Free bus travel for disabled sought
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — The right to safe orientation and mobility for the disabled people should be implemented strictly in the country. This was demanded in the north zone seminar on 'Orientation and mobility for the disabled' held here today. It was organised by the National Handicapped Welfare Council (NHWC) in collaboration with the Physically Handicapped Association, Punjab (PHAP) to mark 'World Cane Day'.

Workshop on AIDS for children
Panchkula, Oct 15 — The Survival of Young and Adolescent (Surya) Foundation held a one-day orientation workshop on HIV/AIDS at the forest auditorium in Pinjore today.

Daily flight to Delhi begins
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — A daily air service between Chandigarh and New Delhi has been restored with the Jet Airways, the country's largest private airline, introducing one of its two ATR 72-500 aircraft on this sector today.

Sanchayika Day held
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — The National Savings Organisation, Punjab and UT of Chandigarh, in collaboration with the Directorate of Small Savings, Chandigarh Administration, observed the state-level sanchayika day function at the Government College of Education, Sector 20, here today.

Kishore songs with ‘sur & taal’
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15, — The second northern region Kishore Kumar award competition was held at Tagore Theater, Chandigarh, on his 12th death anniversary on October 13. It was organised by the Majlis Journalists and Artists' Association (MJAA).

City dancer for Tashkent
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — Ms Anuradha Arora, well known Kathak dancer of the city, has been appointed by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) as Instructor-cum-Performer at the Indian Cultural Centre, Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.

Peas costliest at Rs 40 a kg
SAS NAGAR, Oct 15 — With the exception of ginger and lemon, the prices of almost all other commonly available vegetables continued to remain stable in different local markets during the past few days. The dearest item in the markets was peas which was being sold at Rs 40 a kg.

Two handball wins for DAV-8
CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, won two of three titles in the UT Inter-School Handball Tournament which concluded here today at GMSSS-23.

SD-32 girls win volleyball title
Chandigarh, Oct 15 — The hosts PML SD Public School, Sector 32, won the girls' title and entered the final of the boys' section in the second CBSE ClusterXI Volleyball Tournament.

Vani reviving spiritual feeling
PANCHKULA, Oct 15 — "The trend towards devotional music reflects the revival of the great spiritual feeling which India represents and is a welcome change,'' Vani Jairam, noted classical singer and winner of three President's awards, said while talking to the TNS here today.