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SHOs to check hooliganism on New Year’s Eve
Chandigarh, December 29
Acknowledging the need for being extra cautious to prevent planting of bombs and shootouts on New Year Eve, the Chandigarh Police today issued instructions to Station House Officers of all police stations to ensure the deployment of adequate police force at the venues of celebrations.

Looking Ahead: 2007
Great expectations from UT
Chandigarh, December 29
As the year draws to a close, residents of the city can look up with great expectations to a list of projects drawn up by the Chandigarh Administration for upgrading the current facilities and adding new ones to the existing infrastructure.

Unanimous win for 8 Deans
Chandigarh, December 29
Elections of Deans of various faculties of the Panjab University were held here today.

A MUSICAL TREAT

Playback singer Udit Narayan performs at the Leisure Valley in Chandigarh on Friday. —  Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

New bylaws to change village landscape
Developers can construct 6-storeyed flats
Chandigarh, December 29
The Chandigarh Administration has notified rules for the erection and re-erection of buildings in villages falling in the limits of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC).

Bajwa makes last-minute appointments before poll code
Mohali, December 29
In a controversial decision, the Minister for School Education, Punjab, Mr Pratap Singh Bajwa, has made last-minute appointments in the Punjab School Education Board with one person joining less than an hour before the model code of conduct was enforced across the state.

Doc leaves surgery midway
Chandigarh, December 29
A Sector 21-B doctor allegedly left the mother of a doctor in pain on the operation table without completing an endoscopic procedure here today.

Drunk neighbour sets woman afire
Victim suffers 90 pc burns; money dispute cited as reason
Chandigarh, December 29
In a fit of rage, a Burail resident in an inebriated condition allegedly set afire a woman in his neighbourhood by pouring kerosene on her at her residence late last night. The police cited an old financial dispute with the victim’s husband as the reason behind the attack.

Watch out
Mr Rajesh Bhasin, director of the Zirakpur-based ONS Developers and Promoters, will be in New Delhi on Saturday in connection with the business plans of the group. Promoted by professionals, the group plans to venture into real estate projects, including housing and shopping malls, on Chandigarh's periphery, particularly Zirakpur and Kharar. The main emphasis of the group is going to be on timely possession and quality construction.

In Town
Deepa Narayan Jha, wife of playback singer Udit Narayan, will be in town on Saturday in connection with the ongoing New Year celebrations by the Chandigarh Administration. A talented singer, Deepa has many songs, both duets and solo, to her credit.

Passing Thru

COMMUNITY

Zirakpur's municipal limits extended
Zirakpur, December 29
The municipal limits of the township of apartments and shopping malls - Zirakpur - have been extended with the inclusion of two more villages - Nabha and Singhpura.

Mercury dips
Chandigarh, December 29
Snow in the upper reaches of the Himalayas and cloudy weather throughout the day here brought down the temperature to the lowest ever during this season.

New winter home for migratory birds Chhatbir, December 29 Nestled in verdant forests, grassy swamps and serene pollution-free atmosphere, the Chhatbir zoo lake is once again agog with activities of feathered guests. Migratory birds take a flight at the Chhatbir zoo lake on Friday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

‘Kalka to be No.1 constituency in Haryana’
Panchkula, December 29
Stating that special emphasis was being given to initiating new projects in Kalka constituency, the Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Chander Mohan, yesterday, said Kalka would become the number one constituency in the state.

Industrialists unhappy with their lot

Panchkula, December 29 Pot-holed slushy roads, inadequate street lighting, a shabby road network, a practically non-existent transport system topped by non-availability of power has taken the sheen off the city’s industrial hub. Plagued with problems, industrialists maintain that it is not lucrative to run their businesses in the given conditions. Stretch of a vanished road in Phase I in Panchkula. — Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh

Renewable energy schemes reviewed
Chandigarh, December 29
The Adviser of Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), New Delhi, Dr N.P Singh, reviewed renewable energy schemes, implemented by Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh at a meeting held here yesterday.

CAPTURING BEAUTY

Even as fog looms large over the horizon, two youngsters busy capturing nature at its best at the Rose Garden in Chandigarh on Friday morning. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Will Admn get World Heritage status for city in New Year?
Chandigarh, December 29
“Culturally speaking”, 2007 will be no cakewalk for Chandigarh Administration which has its hands full with promises. And when promises have been made, they must be fulfilled, too, especially when everyone is watching. In a way then, the year ahead will be less about making announcements about new projects and more about crystallising those already made.

Sharing honeydew of happiness
Chandigarh, December 29
Consider this, one of the senior most teachers of the Art of Living who is an engineer by profession and also a singer. And if that’s not all, he happens to be a professional bike racer as well. Meet “Rishi Nityapragya”, better known as ‘Nitin Bhiaya’ who is in town for conducting a course designed for the decision makers of the society. Nevertheless he comes across, as a whiff of fresh air as he talks about Art of Living and his life.

SMSing your way to New Year
Chandigarh, December 29
Happy New Year… Soch rahe ho ki itni jaldi kyon?... Kya ab tum Don ko bataoge ki kab New Year wish karna hai?

General visits paraplegic centre Chandigarh, December 29 Reaffirming the commitment of the Western Command towards rehabilitating paraplegic and tetraplegic ex-servicemen, Lt-Gen Daljeet Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, has stressed the need for providing the most modern facilities to the inmates of the centre. The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, Lt-Gen Daljeet Singh, interacts with inmates of the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre during his visit to the centre in Mohali on Friday.

PGI shines in rose show
Chandigarh, December 29
The horticulture wing of the PGI has topped in the All-India Winter Rose Show held in New Delhi on December 23 and 24.

Nostalgic speeches mark MC meeting
Chandigarh, December 29
The concluding meeting of the present House of the MCC today, saw nostalgic speeches by outgoing councillors who lost in the recently held elections.

Rodrigues’ New Year gift to prisoners
Chandigarh, December 29
The UT Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues, today awarded special remission to prisoners on the occasion of New Year Day, i.e. January 1, 2007.

CRIME

Cyclist killed
Chandigarh, December 29
A 40-year-old cyclist was crushed to death by a rashly driven truck near Colony Number 4 this evening, here.

BUSINESS

Uppals to invest Rs 800 cr in realty projects
Chandigarh, December 29
The Uppal Group will be investing over Rs 800 crore for its realty projects in the city, over the next one year. With three of its projects already on the ground, the group is now eyeing for projects in the Chandigarh Technology Park, Chandigarh City Centre and another housing project.

Online travel market to reach $2 billion by 2008
Chandigarh, December 29
The online ticket booking system is clicking like never before with passengers travelling frequently in and out of India. The programme is expected to expand in the near future with more internet users logging on to it.

EDUCATION

Competition Master contest results
Chandigarh, December 29
The Chandigarh Librarians Association organised the 14th Competition Master library-related competitions - 2006 on November 19, at the Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45B, Chandigarh.

NSS volunteers exhibit skills
Chandigarh, December 29
The NSS unit of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, organised a 10-day camp on the school premises here.

Extended weekends for PU staff in 2007
Chandigarh, December 29
Panjab University employees are in for a big bonanza of extended weekends in the coming year. With a large number of holidays falling on either Fridays or Mondays, the employees can look forward to at least nine extended weekends during which short trips can be planned.

Cyber security centre to start in Jan
Chandigarh, December 29
Come January and the city will have the country’s first Regional Cyber Security Research Centre (RCSRC). The centre is being set up in collaboration with NASSCOM and it will be located at Punjab Engineering College here.

Casual approach won’t help, VC tells teachers
Chandigarh, December 29
The valedictory programme of the 72nd Orientation Course organised by the Academic Staff College, Panjab University, here came to an end yesterday with the chief guest Prof R.C. Sobti, Vice-Chancellor delivering the valedictory address in which he stressed on the educational scenario of the country.