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PU likely to hike tuition fee
Chandigarh, December 6
The tuition fee of various courses in Panjab University is likely to be hiked from the forthcoming academic session. A proposal in this regard comes up for discussion in the Senate meeting later this month.

‘HC order not implemented’ 
SAS Nagar, December 6
The Department of Technical Education and Industrial Training, Punjab, is likely to face contempt for its alleged non-implementation of a Punjab and Haryana High Court order on the issue of payment of salaries to contractual lecturers working in technical colleges in the state.

Musical moods of war heroes
Chandigarh, December 6
Not everyday one sees soldiers holding fort outside the battlefield, but the evening today in the Chandigarh Press Club was special.

Members of Ibexthrillers, the music band of Ladakh Scouts, present nostalgic melodies during a concert in the Press Club, Chandigarh, on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Chandigarh Admn cuts 3 holidays
Chandigarh, December 6
The employees of the Chandigarh Administration and its various boards and corporations will enjoy 19 holidays in the next year while their counterparts in the Governments of Punjab and Haryana will be better off in this regard as political compulsions will force Punjab to close down its offices for 34 days while offices in Haryana will not open for 32 days in the next year.

Two hurt, as Sumo jumps red light
Chandigarh, December 6
Two persons were injured, one seriously, when a Tata Sumo vehicle jumped a red light and banged into a Tata Indica car and two bicycles. It happened on the road dividing Sectors 29 and 30 at about 10 pm here today.

A Tata Sumo, a bicycle and a Tata Indica car that were involved in an accident on the road dividing Sectors 29 and 30, Chandigarh, late on Friday. — Photo Pawan Sharma

COMMUNITY

Id celebrations go peacefully
Chandigarh, December 6
Id-ul-Fitr, coinciding with the Babri mosque demolition day, was celebrated in the city peacefully with the Muslim community offering prayers and being careful in not raising the issue of demolition.

Devotees offer prayers on the occasion of Id-ul-Fitr in the Sector 20 mosque, in Chandigarh on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph

Beopar mandal to organise bandh next week
Chandigarh, December 6
The Chandigarh Beopar Mandal today decided that a bandh and a rally will be oganised next week in Nehru Park in Sector 22, where all heads of beopar mandals of the adjoining states will participate.

‘No clash between head injury, religious injury’
Chandigarh, December 6
Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, a wellknown Sikh scholar and former Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Patiala, today suggested that an amicable solution must be found to the problem created by the High Court order for compulsory wearing of helmet by two-wheeler drivers that should respect court order as well as the Sikh sentiments.

House chokes village drain
Floods houses; trouble ahead
Banur, December 6
Trouble is brewing in Khijargarh-Kanour village, where an influential person has constructed a house in a low-lying area where the sullage from the village drains used to accumulate for the past several decades.

Women of Khijargarh-Kanour village, near Banur, flush out sullage from houses after collecting it in a street. — Photo Pankaj Sharma

HUDA urged to follow Vaastu principles
Panchkula, December 6
Over 130 allottees of commercial sites in Sector 14 have urged the architectural wing of the Haryana Urban Development Authority to change the elevation of the commercial centres on the principles of Vaastu Shastra.

Misery unlimited for family
Chandigarh, December 6
Thanks to the help and financial support from relatives that Kishan Chand, a shopkeeper from Rajpura, near Patiala, could manage to get a kidney transplant done, but with his 20-year-old disabled son faced with the same problem, he is losing hope.

Devotees participate in a procession taken out on the eve of the martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadar, in Chandigarh on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Martyrs remembered on Flag Day
SAS Nagar, December 6
Widows and family member of those who laid down their lives for the country in the line of duty were honoured during the Flag Day celebrations held at Paragon Public School, Sector 71, here today.

Residents bid farewell to cop
Chandigarh, December 6
It was just like any other farewell party and yet there was something very special about it. Very few cops can boast of getting a farewell party from area residents.

Tohra to announce stir on Dec 26
SAS Nagar, December 6
Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, SHSAD President, will announce the start of an agitation in connection with the demands of Punjab and public grievances at Fatehgarh Sahib Shaheedi Jor Mela on December 26.

Police raids Jain's house
Chandigarh, December 6
The police ‘‘raided’’ the Sector 7 residence of controversial Haryana bureaucrat N.K. Jain here today. The police obtained a non-bailable warrant against Jain.

Protest rally
Chandigarh, December 6
AITUC, INTUC, CITU, the BMS, the HMS and the ACTU here yesterday decided to hold a protest rally on December 8 against the “anti-labour” policies of the Central government.

Tribune employee bereaved

EDUCATION

Alliance Francaise to issue NOCs for student visas
Chandigarh, December 6
No objection certificates (NOCs) for French visas to Indian students will now be available at Alliance Francaise de Chandigarh. This was stated here today by the Scientific Officer of the Embassy of France in India and Director of EduFrance, Mr Benjamin Demiere, while talking to reporters.

Cultural bonanza by Ankur kids
Chandigarh, December 6
The cultural bonanza presented by students of Ankur Nursery to mark their annual function kept their parents and visitors spell bound throughout the programme in Panjab University Law Auditorium here today.

Children of Ankur School in Panjab University wait for their turn to perform a cultural item on the annual-day function, in Chandigarh on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Ambedkar remembered
Chandigarh, December 6
Members of the Dr Ambedkar Students Association (ASA), Panjab University, today paid tributes to Dr B.R. Ambedkar by observing a two-minute silence.

No decision on special lectures
Chandigarh, December 6
Panjab University deliberated on organising special lectures for students who have been denied roll numbers for the ongoing semester examinations of the Departments of Political Science, Sociology and Laws, here today.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Insecticide dealer’s plea allowed
Chandigarh, December 6
Allowing a petition, Mr Justice Viney Mittal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a complaint against an insecticide dealer. The Judge agreed with his counsel that the proceedings against him were liable to be quashed “since the sample had been taken by the inspector in the same position as it had been delivered”.

Maintain calm, HC tells parties
Chandigarh, December 6
Taking up a petition filed by the Panchkula Truck Operators Union, seeking directions to Haryana, the Ambala Deputy Commissioner and other respondents to prevent the organisation of any agitation that could obstruct traffic, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court said here today that it trusted all parties concerned to maintain normalcy.

3 more members declared elected
Chandigarh, December 6
Three more candidates — Mr Bhupinder Singh Rathore, Mr Ashok Singla and Jai Vir Yadav, were declared elected as members of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana at the end of the second round of counting of votes here today.