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PU to have upgraded computer networking
Special training facilities for faculty
Chandigarh, December 27
Last minute details are being worked out to make Panjab University one among the dozen-odd universities in the country which has been selected by the University Grants Commission to allow upgraded computer networking in the coming few days.

Burglars’ arrest gives vital clues 
Chandigarh/SAS Nagar, December 27
The arrest of 10 members of an organised gang of burglars in a recent joint operation by the police forces of Chandigarh and SAS Nagar could be just the tip of the iceberg.

• IG rebukes officers

New signboards to be put up in Mohali
SAS Nagar, December 27
In a move that is likely to bring uniformity to the myriad signboards and pointers that show directions and landmarks to commuters in the township, Ropar Deputy Commissioner Seema Jain today ordered putting up of night-reflective signboards throughout the township.

Live in our ‘gully’: Euphoria boys

Euphoria Group in Chandigarh for the promotion of its new music album “Euphoria Gully”.
— A Tribune photograph

COMMUNITY

Cong fields Subash Chawla for Mayor’s post
Chandigarh, December 27
The Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee here today announced Subhash Chawla, Kuldeep Singh and Geeta Chaudhary as its candidates for the posts of Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively in the annual elections scheduled for January 1.

YEAR-END REVIEW: MC
A ‘taxing’ year for residents
Chandigarh, December 27
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) has given the city a moderate ‘taxing’ year resorting to slapping user charges or hiking them, imposing the property tax and introduction of paid parking.

YEAR-END REVIEW: CRIME
Rise in theft cases kept police on its toes
SAS Nagar, December 27
The SAS Nagar police struggled through the year trying to keep a tight leash on crime that showed an upward shift. The saving grace, however, in the SAS Nagar sub-division was the police recording a corresponding rise in the number of solved cases this year.

NEW YEAR EVE PLANS
‘No special plan for the day’
Chandigarh, December 27
Routine work throughout the day and a relaxing evening at home — that’s how Chandigarh’s Inspector General of Police Rajesh Kumar plans to move ahead into 2003. No special plans as such for the New Year Eve, the officer asserts.

Barber snips child’s ear
Chandigarh, December 27
The next time you take your child to the barber, be sure you keep your fingers crossed while the barber snips your child’s curly top. He might just snip your kid’s ears too.

One-and-a-half-year-old Chaitanya with stitches on his right ear after it was cut during a haircut. 

NCC R-DAY CAMP
Ludhiana girl to present bouquet to PM
Chandigarh, December 27
The honour to present a welcome bouquet to the Prime Minister during the PM's rally at the NCC Republic Day Camp (RDC), commencing at New Delhi next month, has gone to a cadet from Ludhiana.

FIGHTING FIT: NCC cadets inspect their rifles on the eve of their departure for New Delhi to attend the Republic Day Camp in Chandigarh on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Religious leaders to mobilise masses
Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign
Chandigarh, December 27
For the first time, Health officials of the Chandigarh Administration have got in touch with religious leaders and heads for the implementation of their schemes and projects.

Scheme to build flats for slum-dwellers
Chandigarh, December 27
The National Federation of Cooperative Housing Societies today met with the Chandigarh Administration and presented a scheme to build 1,000 subsidised flats for slum dwellers under the Government of India’s Ambedkar Awas Yojna.

Pind Bachao Committee demands better deal
Chandigarh, December 27
Coinciding with the ongoing visit of a contingent of the Institute of Town Planners of India to the city, the Pind Bachao Committee — a body of villagers who were uprooted to make-way for Chandigarh — said the town planners should not ignore the genuine grievances of 40,000 inhabitants of the Union Territory.

Police intensifies patrolling in Raipur Rani area
Panchkula, December 27
The police has intensified patrolling in the Raipur Rani area following an attempt by an unruly group to stop a Himachal Roadways bus a few days ago.

Freedom Fighters’ pension

Gold chain found

EDUCATION

Symposium on solid state physics
Chandigarh, December 27
Seven talks by eminent scientists marked the second day of the symposium on solid state physics being organised by the Department of Atomic Energy at the Panjab University here.