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M. Sc (Environment Science) at PU 
Chandigarh, April 5
Panjab University has decided to start M. Sc (Environment Science) course from the forthcoming session. It will comprise four semesters. The course assumes greater significance in the context that Panjab University was the first in the country to introduce the subject at the under-graduate level following a direction by the Supreme Court.

IAF officer dismissed
Chandigarh, April 5
A general court martial (GCM) has dismissed an IAF officer from service for allegedly retaining government money with him and remaining absent from duty without leave, and has sentenced him to one month’s rigorous imprisonment.

Auction of parking lots proposed
Chandigarh, April 5
The Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) here today proposed the auction of parking lots in Sectors 17, 8 and 9 along with others on April 22, 24 and 26.

MCC reconsiders waste management project
Chandigarh, April 5
The Sanitation Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) today decided to seek clarifications from Terrasafe Technologies Limited to reconsider the Rs 150-crore municipal waste management-cum-power project in the city.

Should it be Mohali, SAS Nagar or Ajitgarh?
SAS Nagar, April 5
It has been close to three decades ever since the Punjab government has been promoting its Mohali township on the western rim of Chandigarh as Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in memory of the warrior son of the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh. But the township continues to be popularly known as Mohali.

COMMUNITY

Unauthorised construction in Sector 38 (west), which was demolished by the Chandigarh Housing Board on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Seminar on tourism development
Chandigarh, April 5
The Tourism Department of the Chandigarh Administration, in tandem with CITCO, today organised an interactive seminar on ‘‘Integrated Tourism Development in Northern India’’. Apart from officials of the Tourism Departments of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, travel agents and tour operators also took part in the seminar.

Civic body fails to register pet dogs
SAS Nagar, April 5
The civic body in the town seems to be oblivious of the development next door. Officials of the civic body are least bothered to conduct a survey about the number of pet dogs in the township.

New Zealand promises jobs
Chandigarh, April 5
An increasing number of Indians are preferring education in New Zealand because of less formalities, speedier procedures , good living conditions and a large number of education and job opportunities being offered by the country, said Mr Alstair Mc Clymont from Auckland-based Monk and Mc Clymont Barristers and Solicitors, while addressing a press conference here yesterday.

Delivery boys asked not to cut corners
Chandigarh, April 5
The restaurant and fast food joint owners are being asked by the Chandigarh Police to ensure that the delivery boys do not violate the traffic rules.

Talking about Self
Chandigarh, April 5
To bridge the gap between the artists and the laymen, a get together of artists, art critics, art historians and art lovers was organised in Sector 8 here today.

11 jhuggis gutted
SAS Nagar, April 5
A fire broke out in a slum area in Bakmiki Colony near the Dara Studio in Phase VI here late this evening. Eleven jhuggis were gutted in the fire by the time the fire tenders from the local fire station reached the spot.

Cinema owners deny demand for hike
Chandigarh, April 5
The Chandigarh Cinema Exhibitors Association, while reacting to reports in a section of the media, said today that the association had not demanded any increase in price of cinema tickets. If such a step was taken it would lead to decline in occupancy in cinema houses, said a signed press statement by them.

Dr Chaudhry cremated
Chandigarh, April 5
The mortal remains of Dr Iqbal Nath Chaudhry, former Principal, Panjab University Evening college and Secretary to the Vice-Chancellor were consigned to the flames here today.

EDUCATION

Chitrankan of life
Chandigarh, April 5
This is the world of their dreams — virgin, creative and vibrant. For the 15 students who have spilled colours all over the exhibition hall of the Government College of Art, Chitrankan is not just a formal platform which launches their talent every year. It is a fertile ground, where from ideas emerge afresh, grow better adapting and assimilating from existence and assume shapes that define society at large.

Clash in test schedules
SAS Nagar, April 5
Candidates appearing in the entrance test for Engineering, Pharmacy and Architecture, being organised by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on May 19, 2002, have lamented that the JET test being organised by the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training was also scheduled for May 19.

Hitesh Dhiman tops DAV schools
Chandigarh, April 5
Kailash Bahl DAV Centenary Public School, Sector 7-B. School has given 100 per cent result in class VIII examinations. Hitesh Dhiman from the same school has topped all DAV schools in Chandigarh by securing 560 marks out of 600 marks.

Faridabad student tops quiz contest
Chandigarh, April 5
Thirtytwo science students of Chandigarh and Haryana today completed a two-day science popularisation and leadership development programme of the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), a premier scientific facility of the country, here.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Probe ordered into waterlogging scam
Chandigarh, April 5
Taking up a petition filed by Mr Ajit Inder Singh Moffar, MLA and another petitioner seeking a probe by an independent agency into the multi-crore waterlogging scam involving Irrigation Department officials, Mr Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered that the investigation into the matter would be conducted by a senior officer of the Vigilance Department within six month’s of receiving the order.

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