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Kala is acting Mayor Process to elect new Mayor initiated
Chandigarh, July 23 The Senior Deputy Mayor, Mr Gurcharan Dass Kala, took over as the acting Mayor of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, following the resignation of Mr Raj Kumar Goyal from the post on Saturday. Gurcharan Dass Kala is all smiles after assuming charge as officiating Mayor of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, on Monday.

SAD joins race for post
Chandigarh, July 23
The SAD, a two-member alliance partner of their BJP (13 members) forming the largest group in the 30-member Municipal Corporation, today threw in its hat in the Mayoral poll likely to be held early next month. The party maintained that if the senior party leaders did not heed its demand, the party may explore the possibility of putting up its candidate for the post.

Proceedings against Colonel quashed
Chandigarh, July 23
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today quashed the Court of Inquiry proceedings, initiated against an Army Colonel accused of embezzling about Rs 4 lakhs, on grounds of several illegalities. It was on the findings and recommendations of this COI that the Army ordered the officer to be tried by a General Court Martial.

DPC meeting to select XENs postponed
Chandigarh, July 23
The departmental promotion committee meeting scheduled for July 25 to select five Executive Engineers of the Chandigarh Administration has been postponed. It was confirmed this morning.

Vacate premises, lawyers told
SAS Nagar, July 23
Lawyers, stamp vendors, copywriters and typists functioning from the complex of PUDA, adjacent to the office of the SDM, have been asked to vacate the accommodation by PUDA officials. The occupants were reported to be sitting unauthorisedly in the complex.

SECTOR SCAN
PU campus has its problems
Chandigarh
Sector 14, housing the sprawling campus of Panjab University, is not without its share of problems. This sector, which provides an ideal atmosphere for academic pursuits, has better civic amenities than most of the southern sectors. A well-maintained campus, good roads and a market make it self-sufficient.

Road or a rivulet: A flooded road after a heavy rainfall in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo Karam Singh

DIG opens workshop
Chandigarh, July 23
A workshop for training personnel deployed in the Crime Against Women Cell and representatives of NGOs was inaugurated in the Regional Training Centre Hall, Police Lines, Sector 26, here by the UT Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ajay Kashyap today.

Telecom staff to strike work on July 25
Chandigarh, July 23
On the call of the Confederation of the Central Government Employees and Workers, employees of the Chandigarh Telecom District will observe a token strike on July 25 to protest against the “anti-employee” policies of the government.

Civic body sleeps over garbage bins
SAS Nagar, July 23
Overflowing garbage bins in the town during the past few days defy tall claims of the local civic body of having improved the sanitation in the town. At most of the garbage collection points in the town, the garbage is not being cleared on a regular basis, thereby attracting stray cattle and pigs.

CHB residents’ fast continues
Chandigarh, July 23
The relay fast by members of the CHB Residents Federation in different sectors of the city entered the fourth day today.

FENG SHUI TIPS
Doors should not face harmful objects
IT is very important to have a subtle energy flow within the living environment. One requires an acute awareness of all the harmful objects in one’s home. This means becoming sensitive to what is directly facing the door.

CRIME

Man assaulted at Chandigarh Club
Chandigarh, July 23
Mr Rajiv Vashisht was reportedly assaulted by Shalu Malik, alias Shalu, and the latter’s friends at the Chandigarh Club. According to an FIR registered under Sections 147, 149, 323, 379 and 356 of the IPC, it is alleged that the accused assaulted him and also snatched his gold chain.

Evening College president booked
Chandigarh, July 23
Panjab University Evening College president Kushal Raj Sharma was booked by the Chandigarh police for rioting and other offences late in the evening today on the allegation of indulging in a scuffle with two employees.

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EDUCATION

IT programme for teachers
Chandigarh, July 23
Dr D.P. Asija, Principal of the Ambala City Sohan Lal DAV College of Education, said the National Council for Teacher Education would organise a one-day programme in information and communication technology awareness at this college.

Few takers for M.Sc IT Chandigarh, July 23 A few students reported for admission to M.Sc in Information Technology offered by 14 colleges affiliated to Panjab University at the centralised admissions which took place at DAV College, Sector 10, here today. Centralised admissions to M.Sc. in IT for the 14 affiliated colleges of Panjab University in progress at DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

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Dharna by PU’s science students
Chandigarh, July 23
Students of Panjab University’s science departments sat on a in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s office here today. In two separate press notes issued by the Panjab University Students’ Union and Students Organisation of Panjab University, these students’ bodies gave a list of demands on behalf of these students.

Maya academy selects 9 students
Chandigarh, July 23
Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics, which opened in April to train students in computer graphics and animation, has selected nine best students to work at Maya Entertainment Limited, Mumbai.

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HIGH COURT
PEC admission case advanced
Chandigarh, July 23
Permitting 48 city students to be impleaded as a party in the Punjab Engineering College admission case, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today advanced the next date of hearing from July 26 to July 24. The case will now come up for hearing at 11.45 am tomorrow.

HIGH COURT
Notice issued on schools’ plea
Chandigarh, July 23
On a petition filed by Vivek High School, Sector 38, seeking directions to the respondents against interfering in the academic work of the school, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice of motion for August 17.

Rain showers woe in District Courts
Chandigarh, July 23
Justice seekers at the District Courts are put to an inconvenience whenever there is a heavy downpour during the rainy season.

Judicial remand for flesh trade accused
Panchkula, July 23
The eight accused in the flesh trade racket unearthed by the police last night were sent to one day’s judicial remand after they were produced in the court of the Duty Magistrate here today.

‘Breakthrough in AIDS cure in few years’

Chandigarh July 23 ‘‘We as scientists have failed to educate the public about the benefits of science,’’ said Dr Inder Verma while talking to mediapersons at the Panjab University’s Biotechnology Department after delivering a lecture on “Genes, Genetics and Gene therapy” here today. Dr Inder Verma delivers a lecture on “Genes, genetics and gene therapy” at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Monday.

Yoga expert to visit China
Chandigarh, July 23
Dr Chhida Giri, a well-known Physical Educationist and Yoga expert of Northern India, has been invited for “International Congress for Psychotherapy” at Kunming in China from August 20 to 24 on the theme of “Psychotherapy-Dialogues between East and West”.

Yoga training camp
Chandigarh, July 23
Yoga has its own way of strengthening the weak parts of the body. Unlike strenuous exercises, yoga provides a pleasurable feeling during and after the practice. The joints of the body which become inefficient due to constant disuse could be rehabilitated by different stretching exercises of yoga.

Hospital staff found absent
Kharar, July 23
The Punjab Vigilance Department raided the Civil Hospitals in Kharar and SAS Nagar and the Family Planning and Training Centre, Kharar to check attendance of the staff.

SPORTS

Sports Dept in need of full-time Director
Chandigarh, July 23
Sport in the city is being accorded a less meaningful status as no full time director has been appointed to handle the large scale sports activities going on in the city. Though the Chandigarh Sports Department has post of a Director but its charge rests with the Deputy Commissioner, UT, who has more than 15 departments’ load on his shoulders.

YPS in finals of badminton meet
Chandigarh, July 23
Yadavindra Public School, SAS Nagar, made it to the finals in both boys and girls sections in the Ist ICSE Schools (Chandigarh region) Badminton Meet being played here at indoor hall of YPS, SAS Nagar. YPS will meet St Kabir High School, Sector 26, in the boys section while in the girls section, it will take on Little Flower School, Sector 14 Panchkula.

ADMINISTRATION

Work on replacing water meters on
Chandigarh, July 23
The public health wing of the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has started the work of replacing defective water meters in the city on a war footing. The new water meters of all sizes are now being installed by the MC in accordance with the revised notification following the Punjab and High Court directions.

123 encroachers challaned
Chandigarh, July 23
Enforcement staff of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, today issued as many as 123 challans to rehri, phari vendors and other shopkeepers for encroaching upon public corridors and MC land in few northern and southern sectors, besides Mani Majra.

MC’s health wing conducts raids
Chandigarh, July 23
In view of the increasing cases of gastroenteritis in the city, the health wing of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation today conducted raids in various parts of the city.

Engg wing told not to fill posts
Chandigarh, July 23
The Chandigarh Administration has told its engineering wing that no posts, even those which have been sanctioned, are to be filled. This comes following a directive from the Union Government, well-placed sources said.