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City gets Rs 1,030.66 cr
New Delhi, February 28
Although the total outlay for Chandigarh in 2006-07 has been marginally raised to Rs 1,030.66 crore, the city beautiful will be on the fast track of development with the Centre proposing Delhi-Chandigarh Expressway, which will reduce the travel time to less than three hours.

Budget 2006
No hurt for common man
Chandigarh, February 28
The common man need not fear a hike in his monthly expenses. The Union Finance Minister, Mr P C Chidambaram, has ensured that his Budget proposals keep a larger section of the salaried class happy.

Decision on Nayagaon NAC soon
Mohali, February 28
Within a day of the Punjab Chief Minister having decided to form a new district in the state, another good news is expected by Nayagaon residents here regarding the formation of the Nayagaon Notified Area Committee.

Reader to SDM suspended

Chandigarh, February 28 The Deputy Commissioner, Mr RK Rao, today suspended Naresh Gupta, Reader to SDM, South, Mr Vinay Singh, after he was caught red handed by the UT Vigilance Department while taking bribe from a person in the office of the SDM here.

Reader to SDM South Naresh Kumar Gupta being brought for medical examination at General Hospital, Sector 16, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

COMMUNITY

Rs 7.4 cr for improving lighting
Chandigarh, February 28
The first meeting of the Electricity Committee of the Municipal Corporation was held here today. Ms Geeta Chaudhary, chairperson of the committee, chaired the meeting.

Farmers Protest: Activists of Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta) protest at Matka Chowk, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Agro-economists hail renewed focus on agriculture
Chandigarh, February 28
The renewed focus on agriculture, outlined by the Union Finance Minister, Mr P Chidambaram, in his budget proposal today, has brought a lot of cheer among the agro-economists in the food bowl of India.

Fireworks in Mohali
Mohali, February 28
Fireworks marked celebrations over the Chief Minister's decision to form a new district, including Mohali, here this evening. The OSD to the Chief Minister, Mrs Lakhvinder Kaur Garcha, in a celebratory mood, today said a formal announcement to this affect would be made by the Chief Minister tomorrow. She was addressing a press conference here.

End of career, not calibre
Chandigarh, February 28
Retirement doesn’t mean the end of the world for anybody and certainly not for a person of the calibre of Prof Sudha Suri, Dean, PGIMER, and Head of the Department of Radiology.

Pak journalists meet Mayor Chandigarh, February 28 A delegation of 20 journalists from Punjab province of Pakistan, led by Rana Mohammad Azim, visited the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh (MCC) office here today. Pakistan journalists answer fashion-related queries of NIFD students in Sector 8, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Readers Write
Manimajra dwellers continue to toil
T his is with reference to the news published in Chandigarh Tribune under the title 'Manimajra dwellers in a fix". I am thankful to The Tribune for raising this hanging issue to wake up the higher authorities after a long sleep. We are harassed since a year. I have been running from pillar to post since the last one year to get my house regularised but nothing has been sorted out till date even after giving several written requests to the Additional Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.

• Name PAU after Kairon
• Resentment among Sector 40 residents
• Treated sewerage water for irrigation
• Beware of Sukhna's silt

Programme on population education
Mohali, February 28
Fortyfive beneficiaries of Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Mohali, from Daon, Ramgarh and Raipur villages participated in a programme on Population and Development Education (PDE) organised by the sansthan at its field office in Daon village, Kharar block today.

Rasoighar opened
Chandigarh, February 28
A Rasoighar in Rotary Sarai at PGIMER was commissioned, here today. The mayor, Mr Suinder Singh, in the presence of Senior Regional Manager, Mr Sunil Malik, inaugurated the Rasoighar where 10 hotplate points have been set up for the attendants of patients to cook as per their requirement.

• Jaspal Bhatti clarifies
• Central vigilance team in city
• Tribune employees retire

CRIME

Cook killed by speeding Qualis Chandigarh, February 28 A cook working with Hotel Shivalikview was killed in a road accident when a Qualis hit his bicycle from the rear near the Sector 10 petrol station this afternoon.  Policemen inspect the Qualis that was involved in a fatal accident near a petrol station in Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Tuesday afternoon. — A Tribune photograph

BUSINESS

Kazakhstan keen on tie-ups
Chandigarh, February 28
“We are looking for association with India specially on the fronts of Information Technology and other technological arenas. One of the biggest reasons is that the GDP growth of India is showing a very promising future for us to invest.”

EDUCATION

Students present gidha on the inaugural day of the three-day cultural fest, “Jhankaar, at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan Children present folk dance at the sports meet at Saupin’s school in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

Boards are here, 12000 city students ready
Chandigarh, February 28
Around 12,000 students will take the CBSE exams for Class X and Class XII across 35 centres in the city this year. The exams begin tomorrow for the Class XII students, while the Class X exams will begin on March 2. Around 1.75 lakh students in the region will be taking the exam this year. The maximum numbers of centres this year have been made in Haryana (112), while in Punjab there are 94 centres. Jammu and Kashmir has the least numbers of centres (29).

Valedictory function for teachers at RIE
Chandigarh, February 28
The Regional Institute of English (RIE), Sector 32 here organised a valedictory function for teacher trainees in the teaching of English course today. Forty-eight teachers from J and K, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Chandigarh were trained during the three-month course.

Igniting zeal for science
National Science Day observed
Chandigarh/Mohali, February 28
The Chandigarh chapter of the Indian Science Congress and the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) organised the National Science Day celebrations, sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Chandigarh Administration, at the Panjab University today.

Talk on remote sensing technology

Chandigarh, February 28 The Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) here today organised an “open house” for the public as part of the National Science Day celebrations. A large number of visitors, including college and university students, visited the campus. Students look at a bio-molecular electronics machine at the CSIO, Sector 30, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

MSc, BSc in fashion design at PU
Chandigarh, February 28
Panjab University will introduce MSc and BSc in fashion design from the next session. This was decided by members of the university’s Academic Council today. The council members met under the chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor here this morning.

NSS function at GC-46 Chandigarh, February 28 Students and staff of Government College, Sector 46, celebrated its annual NSS function today. Mr Viney Singh, SDM, Chandigarh, presided over the function and gave away prizes to the 70 NSS volunteers for their outstanding performance in various NSS activities taken up during the current session. Parvinder Singh and Chanda Nautiyal were declared the best volunteers.

Students of Government College for Girls, Sector 42, Chandigarh, at their annual prize distribution function on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Fancy dress show by tiny tots
Panchkula, February 28
A fancy dress show was conducted for the students of nursery, LKG and UKG at Holy Child School, on Morni Road on Tuesday. Spring was the theme as numerous students came dressed as butterflies, flowers, fruits and fairies.

Special students at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing for the National Science Day celebrations in Mohali on Tuesday.

Students of Dev Samaj College, Sector 45, Chandigarh, take out a rally to celebrate the National Science Day on Tuesday. — Tribune photographs

Clarification

COURTS

Advocate Bhatti's licence suspended
Chandigarh, February 28
The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana has suspended the licence of Punjab and Haryana High Court advocate J.S. Bhatti for allegedly misbehaving with members of a disciplinary committee constituted by the Bar Council.

SPORTS

Private security to man entry gates at PCA stadium
Mohali, February 28
The Punjab Cricket Association has decided to deploy private securitymen at the entry gates and to check the seating arrangements in the stadium during the coming Test match between India and England from March 9 to 13 here.

Suresh adjudged best pugilist Chandigarh, February 28 The local pugilist Suresh Singh (Chandigarh – B team) bagged the ‘Best Boxer of the Tournament’ title while the ‘Best Loser’ tag went to Suranjay of the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation-yellow (IABF-Y) team on the final day of 13th All-India AK Misra Memorial Boxing championship which concluded at the Skating Rink, Sector 10, here, today.

A boxing bout in progress between Suresh Singh (Chd-B) and Akhil Kumar (IABF-P) on the final day of the 13th All-India AK Misra Memorial Boxing meet at Skating Rink, Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.  — A Tribune photograph

Bhardwaj opposes foreign coaches 
Chandigarh, February 28
"It's not that we lack the killer instinct or the will to win matches and medals for the country, the problem was somewhere with the administrative system or policies for which we have to pay a heavy price. It was either the leadership of coaches or self-motivation of individuals and lack of proper command which can be held responsible for the dismal results in boxing," said O.P. Bhardwaj, first recipient of Dronacharya Award 1985 for training boxers after putting in 30 years of service in this sport.

From humble beginnings to champion
Chandigarh, February 28
Though Paramjit Singh Rawat, an 18-year-old pugilist, could not make it to the national boxing squad to proceed for the Commonwealth Games, which are scheduled to take place at Melbourne next month, he is still zestful to play for the country.

2 selected for varsities training camp
Chandigarh, February 28
Two upcoming local cricketers Akashdeep Sharma and Karanveer Singh of S D College, Sector 32, here have been selected in the training camp for the Combined Universities Cricket (Men) team scheduled to start from March 6 to 23 at the National Cricket Academy, Bangalore.

Saupin’s sports meet
Chandigarh, February 28
The annual LKG cultural and sports meet of Saupin’s school was held today. Various events, including clown race, burst-the-balloon race, balancing race, fox and grape race were organised. Children also presented a colourful folk dance and a western dance item.

ADMINISTRATION

End near for schools in residential areas
Chandigarh, February 28
The Chandigarh Administration is unlikely to give extension to the schools running from residential quarters in the city. Although no decision was taken at a meeting of the administration today, the deliberations hinted at the administration closing down the schools running from residential areas.