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Over 200 industrial units face resumption
Chandigarh, April 11
More than 200 units in the Industrial Area of the city face resumption because of altering the use of the industrial plots without permission and not paying the conversion charges. The Land Acquisition Officer has served a notice to explain why "the lease of the site be not cancelled and 10 per cent premium of the site and ground rent be not forfeited".

Devotees hold a shobha yatra on Mahavir Jayanti in Sector 27, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Post-Meerut fire, Governor calls for safety steps

Chandigarh, April 11 To ensure that Meerut-type incident is not repeated in Chandigarh, the Administrator, UT, Gen S.F. Rodrigues, today asked the senior officers of the Chandigarh Administration to implement the Fire Safety Act strictly. Interestingly, the post of Chief Fire Officer, who can rightfully implement these orders, has been lying vacant in the city for the past two years.
A fire engine at the ongoing shopping fair at the parade ground in Sector 17 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune Photograph

One held for setting jeep afire Chandigarh, April 11 The Chandigarh Police today arrested a Sector 43 resident on the charges of setting a jeep on fire by hurling a petrol bomb in Sector 35 on Sunday last. The police has identified the other two accused. However, they are still at large. The suspect, Kunal, alias Sunny, in police custody in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Power wing to revamp complaint redress system
Chandigarh, April 11
The electricity wing of the engineering department of the Chandigarh Administration will undertake a complete revamp of its complaint redress system.

Ground floor residents back to encroaching land
Chandigarh, April 11
Encroachment on public land in front of flats at Modern Housing Complex in Mani Majra has surfaced again due to the apathy of the Chandigarh Housing Board. A few days after the board’s anti-encroachment drive to remove unauthorised occupation of vacant spaces adjoining ground floor flats, occupants of ground floor flats have started fencing open spaces again in the name of maintaining gardens and mild steel railings have been erected.

Open Source Software may revolutionise computer teaching
Chandigarh, April 11
It is indeed a strange world when educators need to be convinced that sharing information, as opposed to concealing information, is a good thing, believes Prof Ravinder Singla.

COMMUNITY

Cong leader’s charge on OSD’s photograph
Mohali, April 11
The president of the local Block Congress Committee, Mr Kuljeet Singh Bedi, today alleged that some persons having political links had cut the photograph of Mrs Lakhwinder Kaur Garcha, OSD to the Punjab Chief Minister, from hoardings that had been put up at various places in the town.

Summer brings python out of hibernation

Chandigarh, April 11 Come summers and the Indian python in the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park, Chhatbir, is out of hibernation. During winter the python was “admitted” to the veterinary hospital in the zoo. The Indian python that has been shifted to its cage with the onset of summer in the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park, Chhatbir. — A Tribune photograph

Power cuts irk residents
Zirakpur, April 11
With the summer setting in, certain colonies in the township are already facing a power crisis. Residents of the Shaheed Flt-Lt Bharat Sharma Preet Vihar Welfare Association, Baltana, in a representation, said power cuts were putting residents to inconvenience.

SIZZLING SUMMER: Hot air conditions create mirage on a road in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Canter driver hurt in mishap
Panchkula, April 11
The driver of a Baddi-bound canter was injured when a truck coming from the opposite direction collided head-on with the vehicle on the busy Panchkula-Naraingarh highway, near Ramgarh, this evening.

Train late by over 4 hrs
Chandigarh, April 11
The Howrah-Kalka (2311) train arrived more than four hours-and-a-half behind its scheduled time of arrival today.

CRIME

Man commits suicide
Mohali, April 11
One person allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a mango tree in Phase VIII . His body was recovered by the police today.

BUSINESS

Brewers’ body appeals to Admin over prices
Chandigarh, April 11
Reacting to the statement of liquor licence holders that manufacturers had increased the price of liquor, the All-India Brewers’ Association today said it was a misinformation that was being spread by certain vested interests which were against the new licensing policy of the Chandigarh Administration.

SBI has “not lost business”
Chandigarh, April 11
A day after the striking SBI employees re-joined their duties, the Chief General Manager of the Chandigarh circle, Mr Hemant Contractor, said the bank had not lost business becuase of the strike.

Split ACs register fast growth rate
Chandigarh, April 11
The search for better home aesthetics, smaller dwelling units without balconies and decreasing cost differential between window air-conditioners and split ACs has led to the latter segment registering one of the fastest growth rates among consumer durables.

Western Union to open 90 more branches
Chandigarh, April 11
Leading Indian agent of Western Union Money Transfer in South Asia, Paul Merchants, is targeting an 85 per cent growth this year.

EDUCATION

Sec 8 model school turns into beauty hub
Chandigarh, April 11
A snip here and a cut there. Students of Government Girls Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, have mastered the art of making others look beautiful.

PU dispatches roll numbers
Chandigarh, April 11
According to a press note issued by the Controller of Examinations, Panjab University, the roll number cards of candidates appearing in various postgraduate examinations being conducted by the university from April 18 have been dispatched.

275 degrees conferred
Mohali, April 11
The annual convocation of B.Tech students of Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Tangori was held in the college premises here yesterday.

Students attend leadership programme
Lalru, April 11
Over 30 students from the region are taking part in the three-day leadership development programme, which began at Golden Public School, near here, on Sunday.

Dr Ambedkar institute holds annual day function Chandigarh, April 11 The Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Catering and Nutrition, Sector 42, here, organised its annual day function today. Students of the Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Catering and Nutrition, Sector 42, in jubilant mood after the prize distribution function at the institute in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

College signs MoU with MNC
Mohali, April 11
Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, has said that it is the first institute in the region to have signed an MoU with a US based multinational company for the training and placements of its students.

SPORTS

St Stephen’s win cricket tie
Panchkula, April 11
A fine half century by Gaurav Puri (53) enabled St Stephen’s, Sector 45, Chandigarh, to beat Little Flower, Sector 14, Panchkula, team by 83 runs in the league match of the Satluj Under-16 Cricket League tournament held at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, here, today.

ADMINISTRATION

Dry leaves burnt in violation of norms
Mohali, April 11
Dry leaves are set on fire by employees of sanitation contractors in various parts of the town in violation of pollution control norms.