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PU accommodates principal’s request
Shifts daughter’s exam centre to his college
Chandigarh, April 2
The Panjab University authorities went out of their way to accommodate a college principal and Senator’s request to get his ward’s examination centre shifted to his own college on security grounds when university examinations took off yesterday.

Sunday Special
Hiss...s there are snakes in our Eden
Chandigarh, April 2
In a bizarre incident yesterday in Sector 15-D, snake charmers caught not one or two but five snakes from a house.

Bardhan all set for fourth term as General Secretary
Chandigarh, April 2
The Communist Party of India General Secretary A.B. Bardhan is all set to continue as the party’s chief for the fourth term, as there appears to be no other contender for the post.

CPI to ‘positively consider’ JD (U) request
Chandigarh, April 2
The Communist Party of India today said it would positively consider” JD (U) chief Nitish Kumar’s move to form a non-RJD, non BJP government in Bihar, provided he leaves the BJP-led NDA coalition, and the new coalition government is not dependent on the support of the saffron party even from outside.

Job security for public servants harmful, says Uttaranchal Governor
Chandigarh, April 2
Reconsider the decision of providing job security to public servants in India for weeding out corruption. Also formulate an in-house mechanism to discipline judges with deviant behaviour, said Uttaranchal Governor Sudarshan Agarwal.

Law has to keep pace with changing times: SC Judge
Chandigarh, April 2
About one-third of law colleges and institutions in the country are proposed to be shut down because they do not fulfil requisite norms.

Worried about daughters, man ends life
Chandigarh, April 2
Worried about the marriages of his three daughters, a man ended his life by hanging himself at his Dadu Majra house late last night.

UT launches “Kaya Kalp” to brighten up anganwaris
Chandigarh, April 2
The Chandigarh Social Welfare Department has decided to give a facelift to all anganwaris centres operating in the city under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS).

Listless children stand against the dilapidated wall of an anganwari centre in Sector 41, Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Conditional NOC to Quark City on fire safety
Mohali, April 2
The local fire brigade authorities have given a conditional no-objection certificate (NOC) to the multi-crore Quark City project which is still under construction here.

Passing Thru: Tutu Dhawan

EDUCATION

Consistence paid off, says topper
Chandigarh, April 2
Swati Jindal, the topper of the Class VIII examination conducted by the UT Education Department, is on cloud nine and her principal, Mr Sanjay Sardana, and her teachers at Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21, can’t stop raving about her performance.

Swati Jindal, who topped the Class VIII examination on Friday, with her mother in Chandigarh on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Assn holds dharna in front of MP’s house
Chandigarh, April 2
The Association of the Private Educational Institutes today staged a dharna in front of the residence of Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, MP, here today.

Quota for poor students inadequate: BJP
Chandigarh, April 2
The local unit of the BJP today resolved to continue its agitation for 25 per cent quota for poor students in the private schools from the current academic session.

CET rescheduled
Chandigarh, April 2
The common entrance test (CET) for admission to MBBS, BAMS, BHMS, BA, LL.B (Hons) integrated course, B Pharmacy and B.Sc (Hons. School) scheduled to be held on May 22 will now be held on May 24.

WTO discussed at seminar
Chandigarh, April 2
The second day of the three-day seminar organised by Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Sciences had WTO and globalisation as its topics yesterday.

CULTURE

Film Review
‘CU at 9’ is best avoided
A skin flick like “C U at 9” cannot have much sale value even at multiplexes. Tagged as a thriller with passionate scenes as its selling points, it reeks of the director’s inability to handle the subject. He has added one more malady to the scores of existing ones. Except for its attention-grabber title, it does not have any other value. No surprises for guessing how unsound it can be. Shweta Konnur, a South Indian beauty, hits the Hindi silver screen for the first time, recording a new low.

Shweta Konnur in ‘C U at 9’

LEISURE

Products come alive in ad campaigns
Like every year, applied arts students of Government Art College, Chandigarh, have put together a powerful show of advertisement campaigns. Students have picked up themes from markets as well as from life. So we have two sensitive campaigns on the themes of age care and child labour put up by Guleen Kaur and Supreet Kaur, respectively.

A student with one of her exhibits at Government Art College, Chandigarh.

IPTA cultural fest concludes
The four-day cultural festival organised by the Indian Peoples Theatre Association (IPTA) concluded with the honouring of folk artiste Surinder Kaur and writer Tera Singh Chann.

HEALTH

Conference on lung cancer
Chandigarh, April 2
Mr Prasanna Hota, secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, inaugurated the first national conference of the Indian Society for Study of Lung Cancer organised by the Department of Pulmonary Medicine of the PGI.

400 attend GMCH conference
Chandigarh, April 2
More than 400 delegates are attending the annual conference of the North Zone Chapter of the Indian Orthopaedic Association at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32.

Centre keen to set up blood banks in rural areas
Chandigarh, April 2
The Centre is mulling with the idea of establishing storage houses for blood in the rural areas, Mr P.K. Hota, Union Health Secretary, said here today.

SPORTS

SJOBA rally flagged off
Chandigarh, April 2
Conceptualised and organised by the St John’s Old Boys Association, alumni association of St. John’s High School, Chandigarh, the 18th edition of the SJOBA Thunderbolt Sub-Himalayan Open was flagged off at 7 am from St John’s School, Sector 26, here today.

One of the participants waves during the 18th edition of SJOBA rally that started from St John’s School, Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

DAV School outplays St John’s in ICL tournament
Chandigarh, April 2
DAV School, Sector 8, outplayed St John’s Cricket Academy in the first match of the ICL Cricket Tournament being played at St John’s High School, Sector 26, here today.

Mixed luck for city kabaddi team
Chandigarh, April 2
Chandigarh lads had mixed luck on the second day of the ongoing 17th Senior National Circle Style Kabaddi Championship being played here today at the Football Grounds, Sector 17. They outplayed Jharkhand 31-19 and lost to Himachal Pradesh 37-48. Jharkhand beat Vidarbha 37-30, Punjab downed Jharkhand 32-22 while Himachal Pradesh beat Uttar Pradesh 40-25.

ADMINISTRATION

Councillor writes to MC over sanitation privatisation
Chandigarh, April 2
The municipal corporation is working on the idea to rope in a multinational company for privatising sanitation in the city. On the other hand the Sweepers Union is on a warpath, demanding total ouster of private hands with regard to city’s sanitation.

MC denies reports on tenders
Chandigarh, April 2
The Municipal Corporation has denied the news items in certain newspapers regarding the MC inviting tenders for the sanitation of Sectors 30, 32 and 47. “No area where regular safai karamcharis are working have been included in the fresh tenders. Some vested interests are misguiding public”, the official press note said.