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Centralised exam up to Class VII
from this year
Chandigarh, January 22
On the lines of the examination system of Class XI, the education department has decided to introduce centralised examination pattern up to Class VII from this session.

Education offices get their facts wrong
Chandigarh, January 22
The Chandigarh administration, it seems, is not sure about the number of schools in the city if one goes by the information available in education offices. The figures on display in the offices of the DPI (schools) and DEO, the official website and even the sarv shiksha abhiyaan survey report do not match.

Metro
Centre nod to project report
Chandigarh, January 22
The Chandigarh administration has said that the city people will be able to travel on Metro rail in future as the Government of India has given the go-ahead for the preparation of a detailed project report for a grade separated Metro for the city.

Reliance Power IPO
Late investors scurry for exit
Chandigarh, January 22
The crash in the stock markets has dealt a severe blow to the Reliance Power IPO, as a large number of investors have decided against investing in the shares.

COMMUNITY

GMADA scheme runs into rough weather
Mohali, January 22
The innovative ‘garbage bin free’ scheme initiated by Greater Mohali Area Development Authority for new sectors here has run into a storm, with a confrontation building up between private safai sewaks and a Jaipur- based organisation that have been assigned the sanitation job.

Trump-it: The Chandigarh police band rehearses for the Republic Day parade at Sector 17 on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

For commuters the furniture market road in Mohali has become a literal death trap following the cutting of trees on both sides of the road and digging up of the roots now. The digging has left pits on the footpaths, rendering them unusable. According to the contractor it will take another week to clear the road. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Bitter pill for Hallomajra residents
Chandigarh, January 22
After euphoria over getting exemption from provisions under the periphery Act, Hallomajra residents are now feeling the heat.

Polythene
DC meets traders, welfare bodies
Chandigarh, January 22
In a move to create awareness among public regarding the dangers and ill-effects of polythene, deputy commissioner-cum-commissioner, municipal corporation, R.K. Rao today held a meeting with presidents of market associations and sector welfare associations/manufacturers of plastic bag associations to discuss the issue of making the city polythene-free.

Beggars teach education department a lesson
Chandigarh, January 22
In a bizarre finding, after 10 days of the campaign started by Sarv Shiksha Abhyan of the education department, Chandigarh, all the beggars in the city disappeared suddenly. This leads to so many questions about the beggars.

Army transfers officer after contempt notice
Chandigarh, January 22
After contempt proceedings were initiated against it, the Army issued orders to permanently transfer an artillery officer to the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Department.

Special treat for girl child
Chandigarh, January 22
Volunteers of the Beti Foundation today visited Mother Teresa Home in Sector 23 here and celebrated a girl child’s birthday with the inmate children, especially 10 infant baby girls.

Jhuggis in Sector 17
Chandigarh, January 22
While the Chandigarh administration has intensified its drive against jhuggi dwellers who squat on the government land, it has failed to take notice of encroachment on prime government land in Sector 17.

Jhuggis have come up on government land adjoining the upcoming James Plaza hotel in Sector 17. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Brig R. Singh takes NCC charge
Chandigarh, January 22
Brig Rajendra Singh has taken over as the Deputy Director General, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh, NCC Directorate. An alumnus of St John’s School, Chandigarh, he was commissioned into the Garhwal Rifles in 1977.

F&CC Poll
Candidates file nomination papers
Chandigarh, January 22
Nominations for the January 28 elections to the finance and contract committee were filed today.

Sec-35 Brawl
Police rubbishes robbery theory
Chandigarh, January 22
A day after a robbery of Rs 58,000 was alleged at Reliance Webworld in Sector 35, the police today confirmed that it was not a robbery and that it was investigating the case.

Letters
Reckless bikers
It was disturbing to see the images of young bikers risking their lives by performing stunts on their bikes. Whether it is for bets or fun; nothing can be valued more than life and limbs.

EDUCATION

PU Notes
Mohanmeet Khosla chairperson of mass communication dept
Chandigarh, January 22
After a long standing tussle allegedly going on between the teachers in the department of mass communication in Panjab University over chairmanship, the university authorities have appointed Mohanmeet Khosla as the chairperson of the department.

From Schools & Colleges
Shifa best in poster making
Chandigarh, January 22
Shifa Mahajan of SD College, Sector 32, emerged winner in the poster making competition held at the Sector 46 Government College here today. The inter-college painting competition was a part of the week-long Republic Day celebrations of Chandigarh Administration on the theme of spirit of nationalism.

International conference on mechanical engg
Banur, January 22
The Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology (SUSCET) is going to host an international conference on recent developments in mechanical engineering. The conference is being held from January 23 to 25.

Delegation leaves for South Korea
Mohali, January 22
A delegation of Paragon Senior Secondary School, Sector 71, Mohali, comprising eight students and seven teachers left for South Korea today on a 10-day trip under the educational exchange programme with Jeong Myeong Girls High School, Mokpo, situated 500 kms from the capital Seoul.

COURTS

Day 2: Lawyers block road, burn effigy
Panchkula, January 22
Continuing with the protest against demolition of their sheds at the local court complex on the second day, lawyers here blocked the road to the mini-secretariat by parking their cars near the court complex today. Later, hundreds of them marched towards the residence of deputy commissioner Rajinder Kataria where they burnt an effigy while raising slogans against the district administration.

Courts closed
Chandigarh: Showing solidarity with the ongoing protest at district courts Panchkula, the DBA has decided to keep the district courts closed on Wednesday. TNS

Association flays demolition

Entry restriction on vendors
High Court dismisses plea
Chandigarh, January 22
The Mohali police and city administration’s move to restrict the entry of vendors here has failed to find favour with the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s division bench headed by Justice M.M. Kumar.

Molestation case: Ex-RBI official pleads innocence
Chandigarh, January 22
Reserve Bank India’s (RBI) former deputy manager S.K. Sharma, accused of molesting a German national, today stated in court that he had been falsely implicated in the case. German national Karin Fichtner had accused Sharma of allegedly misbehaving with her during her visit to the city in August, 1999.

Karin Fichtner (right) with Harbet

Consumer Courts
Aggarwal movers penalised Rs 1.3 lakh
Chandigarh, January 22
The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Aggarwal Packers and Movers, DRS Transport Private Limited, to pay Rs 1.3 lakh as compensation for the loss of a Maruti 800 car belonging to an SAS Nagar resident.

Murder accused gets 3-day police remand
Panchkula, January 22
Snehlata, wife of Padam who was found murdered at a farm house near here last week, was remanded in three-day police custody by additional chief judicial magistrate Ritu Garg at the local court here today. She was arrested on charges of murdering her husband yesterday.

Snehlata being escorted by the police at the Panchkula district courts on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Youth’s body found
Ambala, January 22
The body of a youth, missing from his house since the last 17 days, was found in a sugarcane field near village Tohba on Ambala-Jagadhri road, 15 kms from here today morning. The deceased was identified as Ravi Kumar, a resident of village Tohba.

SPORTS

Chandigarh beat Zone-A by 5 wickets
Chandigarh, January 22
In the first match of Punjab state inter-district one-day cricket tournament for the S.C. Mittal trophy being played at the Sector 16 Stadium here, Chandigarh defeated Zone -A by 5 wickets and logged 5 points, including a bonus. Winning the toss, Zone - A were all out for 219 in 49.4 overs.

PU judokas emerge champs
Chandigarh, January 22
Punjab University, Chandigarh, won the All India Inter University Judo (Men) championship for the session 2007-08, garnering a total of 15.5 points. The meet concluded at PU gymnasium hall, here today.

Panjab University judokas with the vice-chancellor after winning the overall title during the All-India Inter-Varsity Judo Championship in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

CRIME

Woman’s suicide
Husband held
Chandigarh, January 22
A day after a woman committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in Sector 22, the police today arrested her husband and brother-in-law on charges of abetting suicide.

CULTURE

Stars in their eyes
Chandigarh, January 22
Working for a serial that means ‘the better half’, these two young stars promise a fresh lead in their serials. As Sudeepa Singh and Ajay Krish, leading actors of Zee TV’s ongoing soap ‘Ardhangani’ were in the city today, it was the lure to play something different that brought them in the soap, they said. Born and brought up in Amritsar, Sudeepa is purely inclined to her cultural Punjabi roots and acting to her happened by chance. “I went for an audition for Zee TV’s antakshari two years back and got selected. After that, there was no looking back and after a stint in a serial by Sony titled ‘Kabhi toh nazar milao’, Ardhangani for Zee finally happened,” she said.

Ajay Krish and Sudeepa Singh

9th annual art exhibition of fine arts opens
Chandigarh, January 22
“Art is impression and expression on one side and representation and communication on the other” but for Panchkula-based Ram Kumar Sharma, in charge of Bama Academy of Fine Arts, it is more of a promotion and propagation among the masses.