University amends regulation
Berth to PU, DPI (C) in private colleges
CHANDIGARH Sept 15 — Panjab University has by changing a regulation amended the basic structure of the governing body of non-government affiliated colleges to give representation to the university and the DPI (Colleges) in their managements.

Cops told to be people-friendly
To help in case of vehicle breakdown, faulty lights
CHANDIGARH, Sept 15 — In view of the increasing incidence of crime in the city, the UT police has begun strengthening its network at the police station level.

'Langar hall' used during tercentenary celebrations lies dumped
A shed erected on a PUDA land in Phase I of SAS Nagar — A Tribune photograph	Shed or white elephant? SAS NAGAR, Sept 15 — Infrastructure developed by Punjab Government at Anandpur Sahib during the tercentenary celebrations appears to have become a white elephant for it. Temporary infrastructure at the historic place had to be shifted out and virtually dumped at other places.

Traffic inspection by court team
PANCHKULA, Sept 15 — A team of the Punjab and Haryana High Court went around the city to check the implementation of directions on traffic, hoardings and encroachments issued by the court, here today.

Punjab officials booked for fraud of Rs 35 lakh
CHANDIGARH, Sept 15 — The police has registered a case against a Joint Director and a Senior Assistant of the Directorate of Panchayats and Rural Development of Punjab for allegedly defrauding the department to the tune of Rs 35.76 lakh.

Zirakpur nagar panchayat poll soon
ZIRAKPUR, Sept 15 — The elections to newly-formed Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat will be held soon.

Delay in food supply to be probed
CHANDIGARH, Sept 15 — Even as the UT police has initiated a probe into the delay in the delivery of food to 4000 policemen deployed on poll duty, the authorities are contemplating to blacklist the contractor, if he is found negligent.

Protest against exam system planned
CHANDIGARH, Sept 15 —The Haryana Students Association of Panjab University in a press conference here today announced an agitation against the "malfunctioning examination system" soon after completion of student body elections within this month.

Issue of transferred students resolved
CHANDIGARH, Sept 15 — The issue regarding where the plus two students of non-medical stream of Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, who have recently been transferred to Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, would appear for their on-going mid-term examinations was resolved today.

A memorial service in progress at Veer Smriti on the 52nd Raising Day of the Western Command at the Chandi Mandir cantonment on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Western Command turns 52 CHANDIMANDIR, Sept 15 — The Western Command, the largest operational command in the army, celebrated the 52nd anniversary of its raising here today. Tributes were paid to martyrs at a solemn ceremony held at Veer Smriti, the command war memorial. A ceremonial guard of honour was presented in the memory of brave and valiant soldiers who laid down their lives while defending the motherland. Lieut-Gen H.B. Kala, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command, laid a wreath on behalf of all ranks. A large number of officers, JCOs and other ranks participated in the memorial service.

Slow progress of GMCH building
CHANDIGARH, Sept 15 — The construction of a building of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, here for which the Planning Commission has made an allocation of Rs 22,346.22 lakh during the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Five-Year Plans, seems to be making slow progress.

'Indian shooters have talent'
CHANDIGARH, Sept 15 — "The city lacks proper infrastructure for shooting and the game has abundant potential in this vast country, specially in this part of it," said Aignes Szuc'sak, a Hungarian shooting coach. She is now assisting her husband, Laszlo Szuc'sak, who is on a two-year contract as official coach in air rifle and pistol events with the Government of India at Delhi.

Project to help the hapless
CHANDIGARH, Sept 15 — Pramilla, daughter of Mr Shiv Shankar, a gardener, was born with a cleft lip, a common congenital defect that affects 1 to 2 per cent of the new-born babies and also involves expensive surgery.