Stray dogs in city to be sterilised
Chandigarh, July 4
The Finance and Contract Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh ( MCC) at its meeting held here today under the chairmanship of Mayor Raj Kumar Goyal gave its consent to the proposal of sterilising of stray dogs in the city with a view to controlling their increasing population.

Haryana, Punjab favour VAT
Chandigarh, July 4
Haryana and Punjab will support the introduction of value added tax with effect from the next financial year. This issue will come up for deliberation at the Chief Ministers’ conference to be held tomorrow in Delhi under the chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha.

Steps to save Chhat Bir zoo boundary wall Chhat Bir, July 4 Continual rain in catchment areas of Himachal Pradesh and lower Shivalik Hills has forced the Drainage Department of Punjab to provide more safety for the boundary wall of the Chhat Bir zoo, apart from protecting human life in flood-prone villages located on the banks of the Ghaggar.
This uprooted tree, which was washed away by the raging Ghaggar on Tuesday, lies on a protective spur, built by the Punjab Drainage Department to save the boundary wall of the Chhat Bir zoo, adjacent to the lion safari. — Photo Karam Singh

Chandigarh Club notices to Mayor, 194 others
Chandigarh, July 4
The Chandigarh Club has issued notices to its 195 members, including the Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal, for defaulting on payments to the club. According to the defaulters list released by the club, these members owed an amount of the Rs 19.70 lakh to the club till June 30.

Sohi cremated
Zirakpur, July 4
The cremation of Ravinder Singh Sohi, who died of a heart attack here yesterday, was attended by various political leaders and residents of Bartana village today. Leaders of all political parties joined the cremation and paid homage to the departed soul.

Housing society members' grievance
Chandigarh July 4
The Shivalik Cooperative Residents Welfare Association has said that work in the housing society in Sector 49 was not progressing even after the UT Administration appointed an official to administer the working by replacing the previous managing committee.

FENG SHUI TIPS
Landshapes around your building
The laws and the fundamentals of landshapes around a building relate to simple living in harmony with the environment, creating balance in the living space. Blending with the natural landscape of the terrain of the earth, the rivers, sunlight, vegetation, moonlight, orientation, wind and water that surround us enjoy much significance.

Date for professional tax extended
Panchkula, July 4
The Municipal Council has extended the last date for depositing professional tax and procuring licences for their establishments till July 30 here today.

Public service commission for city demanded
Chandigarh, July 4
The local unit of the Nationalist Congress Party has demanded that the local eligible persons belonging to the handicapped, the Scheduled Castes and other backward classes should be allowed to appear in the PCS(Judicial Branch) to be held by the Punjab Public Service Commission from August 16 to 18.

• Vasudeva on experts panel
• Auto mechanics on fast
• Labourer missing

PGI security superviser slaps villager
Chandigarh, July 4
A resident of Khuda Lahora village was injured after he was slapped on his ear by Sanjay, a security supervisor of the PGI, here yesterday. According to the police, Mr Ram Prashad was slapped by the security supervisor on the fifth floor of the hospital building. Mr Prashad was later admitted to the PGI for treatment.

Fire averted in PEC hostel room
Chandigarh July 4
A major fire in one of the Punjab Engineering College hostels was averted here today when a raging fire in the room of a resident was brought under control late last night by the hostel residents.

STATE OF HOSTELS
In the midst of wild growth
Chandigarh
The vast lawns surrounding the Working Women’s Hostel in Sector 24 lend it a picturesque but wild look. These lawns which cry for upkeep are so thick with wild growth that according to a resident it looks as if the building has been raised in the middle of a jungle.

The original Teachers Day
Chandigarh, July 4
Vyasa Poornima has been celebrated as Bharat's Teachers Day since the ageless past of an eternal Pilgrim at the gates of Time. India was there before the saints and sages gave it a local habitation and a name.

Resource centre for primary teachers
Chandigarh, July 4
A primary-level learning resource centre for training primary school teachers is expected to come up at the Regional Institute of English by the first week of August. Students of non-model government schools would be free to use the pupils corner, a part of the centre. The corner would comprise games, books and toys.

Interviews for admissions
Chandigarh, July 4
Interviews for admissions to M.Sc (I) Chemistry (Honours School), Panjab University, will be held on the basis of an entrance test scheduled to be conducted on July 9 in the Department of Chemistry, an official press release said here today.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
HC sets aside CAT order on IPS officer
Chandigarh, July 4
Allowing two writ petitions, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today set aside the orders passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal quashing the Central Government’s decision to accept IPS Officer R.K. Sharma’s request for withdrawing an application for voluntary retirement.

• Former minister gets bail

• Fresh applications for mining lease

• Directive to file status reports

• Chohan files plea for anticipatory bail

• Directive to Asst Labour Commissioner

‘Women more prone to osteoporosis than men’

Chandigarh, July 5 Severity and incidence of osteoporosis is more in women than men. Out of 184 patients screened for the disease during an osteoporosis detection camp organised at the GMCH Orthopaedics Department today, as many as 117 were women. And out of these, 74 per cent of the women patients were found to be either osteopaenic or osteoporotic. In males the corresponding figure was 61 per cent.

Doctors examine a patient at a osteoporosis detection camp organised by the department of orthopaedics, GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

PGI to incinerate waste from nursing homes
Chandigarh, July 4
Nursing homes in Chandigarh will start disposing of their biomedical waste in a scientific manner from next Monday. Earlier, the Indian Medical Association has reached an agreement with the PGI for incineration of biomedical waste produced by various nursing homes and clinics in the city.

MO's concern about cleanliness
Chandigarh, July 4
With a view to sprucing up the cleanliness of Sector 17 Plaza, the Medical Officer of Health (MoH), Dr G.C. Bansal, today held a meeting with the representatives of the Sector 17 traders' associations.

Controversies mar badminton camp
Chandigarh, July 4
Controversies continued to mar the ongoing national schools badminton camp at Sector 42 with more discrepancies being noticed while the team was ready to take off to Selangor (Malaysia) on July 7 for the Asian Schools Badminton Meet. First the delay in laying out synthetic courts hampered the ultimate aim to have good practice.