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Sunday, March 18, 2001,
Chandigarh, India

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Premium liquor and beer costlier
Cess to benefit MC, social sector
Chandigarh, March 17
Prices of premium and top brands of liquor and beer will rise in the Union Territory from April 1 as the Chandigarh Administration while announcing its excise policy today preferred to hike the sales tax from the existing 13.2 per cent to 22 per cent to follow the pattern in Punjab.

Farmers firm on continuing agitation
Chandigarh, March 17
The agitation of the Bharat Kisan Union entered its third day, and several more unions joined the agitation at Matka Chowk here today. The leaders of unions have announced that they would continue their indefinite agitation if their demands were not fulfilled by March 19.

‘We have no option’

A group of farmers who have come to Chandigarh to take part in protest rallies, wash their clothes at the Rose Garden fountain in Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

BOTTOMLINE
PU seeks help from students for hostel
Chandigarh, March 17
A cash starved Panjab University is raising its hands for help towards students asking for a contribution of Rs 100 each for construction of a sports hostel.

REGIONAL BRIEFS

EARLIER STORIES

	PUDA earns 13.77 cr in auction March 17, 2001
	MC cuts down water, sewerage rates March 16, 2001
	HC clears decks for computer education in govt schools March 15, 2001
	Panchkula MC defines its limits March 14, 2001
	MC meeting to take up privatisation of sanitation March 13, 2001
	HC summons SSP, SHO March 12, 2001
	City painted red, gold, pink, green.... March 10, 2001
	Liquor may cost more from April 1 March 9, 2001
	Residents to have voice: panel March 8, 2001
	New road to Mohali March 7, 2001
	Admn fixes conversion rates March 6, 2001
	Four international awards for Nek Chand March 5, 2001
	Why is UT spending crores to rehabilitate migrants? March 4, 2001
	Court stays vote-counting for Chandigarh Club March 3, 2001

Cows die mysteriously
SAS Nagar, March 17
Anxiety gripped officials of the local administration when at least seven cows were found dead under mysterious circumstances near the Phase X market here today. Though officials believe that these stray cows had died after consuming some poisonous substance from a garbage dump, a team of veterinary doctors was called from Ropar to conduct a post-mortem on the carcasses of the animals.

COMMUNITY

Russian geologist visits crack site
Panchkula, March 17
“It is a great learning experience for all of us to witness the manifestation of neo-tectonic activity, an amazing geological event, witnessed rarely,” remarked Dr Alexander Strom, a Russian geologist.

Russian geologist Dr Alexander Strom examines the crack that appeared at Nada, in Panchkula on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

Cheques for quake relief presented
Chandigarh, March 17
Responding to the appeal of Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Lieut-Gen. JFR Jacob, (Retd.), contributions continued to pour in for Red Cross Earthquake Relief Fund-Gujarat.

Minor fires reported
Chandigarh, March 17
The evening walkers in the Sector 33 Terrace Garden were surprised to see a smoke bellowing out of the ground near the garden today. They rushed to the spot to find a fire engine struggling to control a fire in some bushes.

47 more auto drivers challaned
Chandigarh, March 17
Continuing with its drive against the autorickshaws plying in the city without fare meters, the Chandigarh Administration challaned 47 such auto rickshaw drivers in various parts of the city today.

Youth missing

CRIME

4 vehicles stolen in city
Chandigarh, March 17
A scooterist, Muni Lal Yadav, was hit by a Maruti car near the Piccadily chowk here yesterday. According to police sources, Muni Lal was admitted to the General Hospital, Sector 16, where his condition was said to be stable.

Police unable to trace killer truck driver
Panchkula, March 17
Fate could not be more cruel for the Ahujas, residents of Mansa Devi complex, who lost a member of their family, 32-year-old Anil Kumar in an accident at the sales-tax barrier here on March 15.

45 gm smack seized from 2 Kenyans
SAS Nagar, March 17
The local police today seized 45 grams of smack from two Kenyan nationals on the basis of a tip-off near the Phase 7 Industrial Area here .

Man drugged, robbed in bus
Chandigarh, March 17
A man who had come from Dubai was reportedly robbed in a city-bound bus from Delhi, after he was drugged by a fellow passenger. The victim had boarded the bus as he had to go to Jalandhar. A case has been registered.

1 killed, 1 hurt in mishap
Chandigarh, March 17
The driver of a Swaraj Mazda was killed while the cleaner was seriously injured when the vehicle hit a tree on the Kharar-Morinda road near Khanpur village in the early hours of the day today.

Students of Punjab Engineering College present a play Ek Tha Gadha at PECFEST on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

PECFEST
Events scrapped due to chaos
Chandigarh, March 17
The second day at PECFEST was the one of chaos due to a large number of events and participants. Only a few of the scheduled events could be held today, causing confusion among participants. Some of the events hard to be postponed or cancelled due to a lack of time.

Students clash

CULTURE

Pak singers to perform at Mohali
Chandigarh, March 17
A 60-member cultural delegation from Pakistan will arrive here next week to participate in the Nur Jehan Memorial Cultural Mela being organised by the Alami Punjabi Parivar at SAS Nagar on March 24 and 25.

HEALTH

Saving babies from AIDS possible
Chandigarh, March 17
“Even though the rate of paediatric HIV infection is increasing, it is now possible to control it by following anti-HIV therapy with Nevirapine drug. Children born of HIV-infected mothers can be saved from the infection, said Prof Vijay V. Joshi, Director of Paediatric Pathology at Hartford in Connecticut, USA.

New OPD to be functional from Monday
Chandigarh, March 17
All out patient departments ( OPDs) except the Department of Oral Health Sciences and Radiotherapy of the PGI will start functioning from the new OPD block with effect from March 19, according to an official release issued here today.