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PU concessions for poor students
Chandigarh, March 31
Panjab University has initiated certain special concessions for wards of poor parents, including those belonging to the reserved categories. Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, said “as a welfare measure for the students belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, a provision of Rs one lakh had been made for the first time in the budget subsidy, grant and assistance to deserving students”.

3 killed as school bus falls into khud
Panchkula, March 31
Thundering noise, shattering of glass and a deadly silence. This is how survivors of an accident involving a bus of a local school remember the incident in which three persons died. The accident occurred at Thedpura village, 10 km from Barotiwala today.

Staff members of Springdale Public School and their children being administered first aid at the General Hospital, Sector 6, Panchkula, after their school bus fell into a khud at Thedpura village near Barotiwala in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.
— Tribune photo Parvesh Chauhan

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Ishan, Neha top Class VIII exam
Chandigarh, March 31
Ishan Aggarwal of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, who scored 666 marks out of 700, topped the ClassVIII annual examinations conducted by the UT Education Department in the model category. Neha Khanna of Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, bagged the first position in the non- model category by securing 615 marks out of 700 marks.

Top cardiologists to arrive on April 7
Chandigarh, March 31
Renowned cardiologists from country’s premier institutions would be converging on the city on April 7 to address doctors at the CME being organised by the Prime Academic Society.

Sanitation contract in jeopardy
SAS Nagar, March 31
The contract for sanitation of the town is likely to be terminated as Municipal Council is low on funds.

CHANDIGARH CALLING In a step which shows a lot of care for the disabled the Chandigarh Administration has decided to reserve 3 per cent of seats for the disabled students in all educational institutions, including professional colleges, engineering colleges, medical colleges, polytechnics and I.T.I.s. The new ruling will be enforced from this academic session. What heat? Books galore Real and reel Leading by example Special bus What ‘Tribune means!’ Here are the heroes! BOT toilets Paid parking Portraits

COMMUNITY

Parking: MC panel steps decried
Chandigarh, March 31
An emergency meeting of the Anti-Paid Parking Joint Action Front held here today condemned the recommendations made by the Finance and Contract Committee of the Municipal Corporation regarding the functioning of paid parking system in the city.

Farewell to Gen Surjit Singh
Chandigarh, March 31
The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, Lt Gen Surjit Singh, was given a ceremonial farewell on his superannuation after 41 years of distinguished service at Chandi Mandir today.

Lt Gen Surjit Singh inspects a guard of honour on his retirement in Chandi Mandir on Sunday.

Review of booth allotment terms sought
SAS Nagar, March 31
Allottees of booths under the allotment scheme for 506 freehold booths in the town have urged the Minister for Housing and Urban Development to review the terms and conditions of allotment.

Modern face of Berlin’s architecture
Chandigarh, March 31
The ongoing exhibition at Alliance Francaise, Sector 36, represents cross-section of debates that have shaped Berlin’s new architecture. Conceived, designed and executed by a young Indian architect, Vandana Baweja, who worked out of Delhi with material collected from all over the world, this exhibition examines post-wall architectural developments in Berlin, in context of the city’s history.

Bacchus beckons as prices go down
Chandigarh, March 31
Tipplers had a fie1d day as liquor was available at throw away prices in the city and its satellite towns, Panchkula, Zirakpur, Dera Bassi and SAS Nagar. The reason: liquor contractors were disposing of their remaining stocks today.

A person beats drum at the Dhakauli barrier on the Ambala-Kalka highway to catch the attention of road users and general public as liquor contractors sold their remaining stocks at rock bottom prices on Sunday.
— Tribune photo Parvesh Chauhan

Pandher to lead Press Club team
Chandigarh, March 31
Mr Sarabhjit Pandher and Mr Ramesh Chaudhary were elected president and secretary-general, respectively, of the Chandigarh Press Club here today.

Baisakhi programme
Chandigarh, March 31
The gurdwara Kalgidhar Singh Sabha, Bapu Dham, Phase I, Sector 26, has planned an elaborate programme for Baisakhi. An Akhand Path will start at 11 am on April 11.

Dr Dhaliwal felicitated

Workshop on environment