PSIDC
Case
Cops obtain records
Chandigarh, March 19
The Chandigarh Police today obtained records of the Punjab State Industrial Corporation Development (PSIDC), Sector 17, pertaining to a case of cheating and forgery in which its former managing director and four other senior officials were booked on Saturday.
Fee
Hike
Students in combat mode
Panjab University syndicate meets on Tuesday to
approve an across-the-board 10 per cent hike in fee for courses offered by the
university on the campus and its affiliated colleges. Students are gearing up
for a major battle against the move, writes Chitleen Sethi.
Dedication made all the difference
Chandigarh, March 19
Availability of school benches in government elementary schools of Punjab is a rare thing. But the government school at Tanda Karor village, Mohali, is a school with a difference. Though located at a distance of just 7 km from Chandigarh, the school had initially been showing poor performance.
German engineer W.O. Garathwho, who has donated benches to Government Elementary School, Tanda Karor, Mohali.
Educationist seeks emotional asylum in Pakistan
Chandigarh, March 19
A simmering Pakistan is no deterrent for this 70-year-old, who wants to spend the last days of his life there. Born in Sialkot and raised in Jalandhar where his family migrated after Partition, K.C. Tandon wants the tide of time reversed. He has written to President Pervez Musharraf requesting him for an “emotional asylum” to Pakistan.
K.C. Tandon with wife Prakash Kaur
Making a blood bond
Indian donors come to Pak kids’ aid
Mohali, March 19
Twenty-two persons, including some students, reached Fortis Hospital to donate blood for the Pakistani children who were operated upon for the congenial heart diseases here today.
Parents of Pakistani children who underwent heart surgery in Mohali on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu
Urban
Arts Commission
Consider sentiments of locals: Panels
Chandigarh, March 19
The Chandigarh Industrial Association and the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal has written a letter to UPA chairman Sonia Gandhi in context of the proposed Urban Arts Commission for the city welcoming the proposed world heritage status and strongly suggesting that the commission should be formed keeping in mind the sentiments of the local population.
Navratra: Hooda performs yajna at Mansa Devi
Panchkula, March 19
The nine-day ‘Chaitra Navratra Mela’ began with traditional fervour at the Sri Mata Mansa Devi shrine near here today, where a large number of devotees had queued since early morning to pay obeisance.
Devotees queue up to pay obeisance at Sri Mata Mansa Devi shrine on the occasion of Navratras in
Panchkula on Monday. — A Tribune photograph
Geared to tickle fasting taste buds
Chandigarh, March 19
Come Navratras and vegetarian rules the roost with many of the city’s eateries tweaking their menus to cater to the fasting taste buds for the next nine days.
Dev Samaj girls save a life
Chandigarh, March 19
Members of the Rotaract Club of Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, have literally given the gift of life to a five-year-old girl from Burail village, suffering from a congenital heart condition.
Five-year-old Shehnaz with her mother and principal of Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, in Chandigarh.
VC to release media directory today
Chandigarh, March 19
Panjab University vice-chancellor Prof R.C. Sobti will release Chandigarh media directory at Chandigarh Press Club tomorrow. The directory has been published by the Chandigarh Journalists Association.
New-look parking lots at motor market soon
Chandigarh, March 19
The municipal corporation has decided to upgrade the existing infrastructure at motor market, Mani Majra.
Phone lines dead in Sec 24
Chandigarh, March 19
A number of telephone lines in Sector 24 have been out of order for the past seven days.
Dairy farmers feel the price pinch
Chandigarh, March 19
Dairy farmers are a harassed lot. The spiralling prices of cattle-feed has thrown thousands of them into a major financial crisis.
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