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Stick to rules or get a sticker
Chandigarh, February 26
Imposing traffic cops looking for preys with challan books in their hands are going to become a thing of the past. The Chandigarh Police has started issuing challan stickers to motorists who park their vehicles in no-parking areas.

Train to Chennai promised
Chandigarh, February 26
City residents, changing trains for going to the South, will now be able to reach Chennai directly. The Railway Budget, announced today, made it clear that a weekly train between Chennai and Chandigarh via Dehra Dun and Delhi would be introduced.

Cricket buffs cheer for India
Chandigarh, February 26
Cricket buffs, impatient for action, rushed back home to witness men-in-blue slam the ball ruthlessly in crucial match against England after clearing their office tables by about 5.30 in the evening.

Crazy little game called cricket Crazy little game called cricket: As the Indian team descended on the field to "tackle" England, residents gathered around the television sets even in markets in Chandigarh on Wednesday. 
— A Tribune photograph 




 

EARLIER STORIES
 

Consumers ‘draw’ more power
SAS Nagar, February 26
Thousands of power consumers in the town have more than the sanctioned load on their premises and have not declared the enhanced consumption to the Punjab State Electricity Board.

No rules framed even as April 1 deadline nears
Chandigarh, February 26
Even as the Government of India has given a green signal to VAT (value added tax) as a more acceptable replacement to the existing Sales Tax structure, the UT Administration is still waiting to gear up for its implementation.

Traders pin hopes on Budget
Chandigarh, February 26
After the Haryana government’s refusal to cut down stamp duty for the registration of property from 15.5 per cent, the industrial and traders’ associations are now pinning hopes on the Central Budget.

 

COMMUNITY

Rs 70 lakh for 12 markets
Chandigarh, February 26
The local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, had sanctioned Rs 1.06 crore to the MC under MPLAD for various projects. Out of this Rs 70 lakh had been exclusively reserved for development works in 12 markets.

MC to modernise fire wing
Chandigarh, February 26
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has planned to upgrade and modernise its fire wing by adding hydraulic platform-cum-turn table ladder, increasing the staff at fire stations and by modernising other equipment.

Lift ban on construction near defence installations
Zirakpur, February 26
Lifting the ban on constructions within 900 metre of defence installations located in Bhabhat, Zirakpur and Lohgarh villages will be the main issue in the ensuing Nagar Panchayat elections.

SPECIAL SERIES
Life under HT lines
Panchkula, February 26
Unmindful of the danger hanging over their heads, thousands of people continue to live in hutments built right under the 66 KV high tension transmission lines. These 66 KV lines, from the Ramgarh-Madanpur sub-station, pass over Azad colony in Sector 21, comprising over 6000 hutments and the recently constructed Sports Complex in Sector 3. 

EATING OUT
Unique khana-gana combo
Chandigarh, February 26
Blues, the Night Club, Sector 34 (behind Picaddily cinema), has acquired a new look. And, not unexpectedly, the cricket mania that has gripped the city is part of the refurbishing. But the unexpected part is that the Blues’ way of giving vent to the cricket theme fever is not only via the screen, big or small. 

Kelkar report anti-employee, says union
Chandigarh, February 26
The Tribune Employees Union today criticised the Kelkar Committee report and termed it as anti-employee. The union said the Union Budget had provided certain concessions in income tax for the salaried class in the past, but the Kelkar Committee report had shocked tax-payers from the salaried class.

AIIEA chief to visit city today
Chandigarh, February 26
Mr N.M. Sundaram and Mr K. Venugopal, President and General Secretary, respectively, of the All-India Insurance Employees Association are visiting the city tomorrow, and will address a rally of employees in front of the LIC divisional office, Sector 17.

SPRINGFEST-2003
Docs let their hair down
Chandigarh, February 26
It was goodbye to daily grind for the young doctors and students at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Instead of walking around the campus with stethoscopes around their necks and that serious expression, they participated in a dance party, group and solo dances, besides a mock press conference — all during — Springfest, 2003.

Festival of Gardens from Feb 28
Chandigarh, February 26
Like every year this year also the annual Festival of Gardens will be marked with the Adviser to UT Administrator throwing open the green belt of Sector 23 for general public. The three-day festival will be inaugurated by Governor of Punjab and UT Administrator on February 28.

Shivratri shoba yatra
Panchkula, February 26
A shobha yatra was taken out by the Sanatan Dharam Kendriya Parishad here today. 

 

CRIME

50-year-old man stabbed
Chandigarh, February 26
A 50-year-old resident of Palsora colony in Sector 56 received multiple stab wounds after being attacked by a 17-year-old boy of the colony this afternoon. The victim had objected to certain activities of the assailant.

Swiss national’s purse stolen
Chandigarh February 26
Purse stolen: A Swiss national has reported to the police that her purse containing Rs 7,000 cash, $ 200, a Visa card and some documents was stolen from a shop in Sector 22 yesterday. 

BUSINESS

SPOTLIGHT — 30C & 30D
Sector 30 market getting cramped
Chandigarh, February 26
Thinking of buying crockery, handlooms, branded clothes, imported non vegetarian food stuff, or the just plain old burfi, you cannot do without checking up varieties in Sector 30. Not to miss the various tent houses and dhabas famous for their non-vegetarian and vegetarian food. 

Airtel centre at Sector 22
Chandigarh, February 26
Bharti Mobile Limited, the leading mobile service provider under brand name Airtel, today inaugurated another centre —Airtel Points and Connects — near Piccadily Hotel in Sector 22. According to Mr Vinod Sawhny, CEO, Bharti Mobile Limited, Northern Region, the company has plans to open more such centres.

Another Shahnaz Husain clinic
Chandigarh, February 26
The city will have a chance of being treated to several beauty therapies devised and advocated by Shahnaz Husain. As the Shahnaz Hussain’s Herbal Skin and Hair Clinic opened in Sector 8-C last afternoon, there was speculation about whether the services provided therein will be at par with the real services which Shahnaz Hussain is associated with.

 

EDUCATION

Marginal hike in PU budget estimates
Chandigarh, February 26
Presenting budget estimates of Rs 95.85 crore for the year 2003-04, the Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Prof K.N. Pathak, said keeping in view the financial constraints coupled with decisions taken by the consultative committee, only an 8 per cent increase in the budget estimates for 2003-04 have been made over the actual expenditure of last year.

Students going around the Museum of Man in the Department of Anthropology
Students going around the Museum of Man in the Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, which was thrown open to mark the National Science Day in Chandigarh on Wednesday. A science exhibition where students displayed models and projects, was also organised. 
— Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma

Designation issue referred to ministry
Chandigarh, February 26
Amidst heated discussions, Panjab University’s Board of Finance today reportedly referred a budgetary item concerning grant of lecturer’s designation to certain persons holding the post of programmers, to the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development.

Students impleaded as party
Chandigarh, February 26
A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today allowed the impleading of certain teachers and students of Dev Samaj Junior Model School as party petitioners in a petition filed by Ms Surjit Kaur Brar, a former Principal of Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School.


COURTS

DISTRICT COURTS
Jerath gets bail in corruption case
Chandigarh, February 26
Chandigarh's former Chief Engineer K.K. Jerath was today granted regular bail by a local court in a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act registered against him by the UT Vigilance Department. Jerath was today granted bail by the UT Additional and Sessions Judge, Mr Balbir Singh, on furnishing bail bond of Rs 50,000.

 

CULTURE

When colours flow like music
Pind daan an installation by Sridhar IyerChandigarh, February 26
There is little to be said about Shridhar Iyer simply because he has a world of art to speak for him. Occupying the space of all the 12 galleries at PU Fine Arts Museum are the vibrant forms created by the artist, who has learnt about art more from mythology than from techniques prescribed in text.

Pind daan an installation by Sridhar Iyer at Panjab University Fine Arts Museum. 

Mushaira tomorrow
Chandigarh, February 26
The Qalam Qabila, in collaboration with the Haryana Urdu Akademi and the Rotray Club of Ambala Cantonment, will organise the Hazratzar Allami Ambalavi Memorial All-India Mushaira on February 28. The event will be held in Kumari Rukmai Devi Memorial Hall of Ambala Cantonment.

 

SPORTS

MCM college athletics meet begins
Chandigarh, February 26
Ashdeep, BA III (left) winner in long jump and Manju Hooda, BA III winner in 100 mtr hurdle race The annual athletics meet of the local MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, began, today. Manju Hooda of BA part III got the first prize in 200-metre event while Sharda of the same class and Sudha of BA part I got the second and third positions respectively in the event.

Ashdeep, BA III (left) winner in long jump and Manju Hooda, BA III winner in 100 mtr hurdle race at the annual athletics meet of MCM DAV College, Sector 36, Chandigarh.
— Tribune photos Parvesh Chauhan

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