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Sec 63 housing project ready to roll
Chandigarh, March 4
The ambitious general housing project comprising over 2,000 flats in Sector 63 took a concrete shape today with the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) deciding on the pricing structure of the dwelling units.

Sec 34 sub-city centre goes to MC
Chandigarh, March 4
The Chandigarh administration has finally agreed to transfer the Sector 34 sub-city centre to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. The decision was conveyed to officials of the MC during a coordination committee meeting chaired by UT adviser Pradip Mehra.

Budget blues set in, prices look up
Chandigarh, March 4
It’s time to forget the Budget hype. Just four days after it was unveiled, the prices of pulses, grains and edible oil have gone up. With money being injected into the economy, the prices of most dry kitchen ingredients have soared by seven to 25 per cent.

RTI Act
HC dismisses DAV trust plea
Chandigarh, March 4
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition by the DAV College Trust and Management Society seeking stay of orders issued by the central public Information officer directing the principals of DAV College-10 and MCM DAV College for Women-36 to provide information within 10 days to applicants R.P. Singh, Arun Kumar Aggarwal, and Avanindra Chopra.

Central varsity status: PUTA to stage dharna
Chandigarh, March 4
After its long standing struggle in demanding a central status for Panjab University, the members of PUTA (Panjab University Teachers Association) along with members of district council of PCCTU and members of Panjab University Campus Students’ Council today decided to put its foot down on the matter.

CAT stays transfer of PT teacher
Chandigarh, March 4
Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today stayed the transfer of physical education teacher Shashi Sharma to Kendra Vidyalaya in Bandhipura, Jammu and Kashmir.

COMMUNITY

Gazelle, pashmina goats face death in Ladakh
Chandigarh, March 4
Unexpected long and severe winter this time has wiped out various flora and fauna species in and around the Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary in Ladakh. The sanctuary is home to a large number of endangered species, including the Tibetan gazelle, Tibetan wild ass, black-necked crane and the Tibetan antelope. The small population of the Tibetan gazelle that was also affected by food shortage has made environmentalists to ponder over its conservation.

Safai Karamchari Union protests police inaction
Chandigarh, March 4
Members of the UT Safai Karamchari Union staged a dharna near the Sector 34 police station, here today. The group was protesting against police inaction on a complaint filed by a woman employee of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32.

Members of the UT Safai Karamchari Union and employees of GMCH, Sector 32, stage a protest near the Sector-34 gurdwara. A Tribune photograph

Religious fervour marks yatra’s march
Mohali, March 4
After an overnight halt at Gurdwara Amb Sahib in Phase VIII, the historic Guru Manyo Granth Jagriti Yatra resumed here today covering various parts of the town amid scenes of enthusiasm and religious devotion.

Traffic lights being installed at the Sector 30, 20, 32 & 33 interjection, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

MC’s enforcement wing overhauled
Chandigarh, March 4
In a bid to check corruption in MC’s enforcement wing, R.K. Rao, municipal commissioner, today recalled all 10 inspectors/sub inspectors working there, and transferred them to their original place of postings. Newly posted inspectors will work under the direct supervision of tehsildar, enforcement who will further report to secretary, MC.

Demolition order
Chandigarh, March 4
Answering a query by Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khera, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the enforcement wing of the Punjab Urban Development Authority has filed 56 civil suits against violation of the Punjab New Capital (periphery) Control Act, 1952, in Kroran and Kansal village in Punjab, near Chandigarh. He said the enforcement wing had detected one illegal construction at Nada, 200 at Karoran and 120 at Kansal.

Rats spoil dinner party
Chandigarh, March 4
A dinner outing to a popular sweet shop-cum-restaurant in Sector 8 proved to be a nightmare for a group of friends tonight.

Workshop on child rights
Chandigarh, March 4
A one-day workshop for sensitising nurses about child rights was organised by Childline, a 24-hour telephone helpline for children, at the advanced pediatric centre, PGI, here today.

Award function held
Mohali, March 4
Punjab labour minister Tikshan Sood today presided over the Punjab State Safety Awards ceremony held here today.

Letters
Check malpractices by traders

EDUCATION

From Colleges
250 awarded for outstanding achievements
Chandigarh, March 4
Over 250 students received prizes for their outstanding achievements in academics, sports and extra-curricular activities during the 26th annual prize distribution function held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, here today.

Students of DAV College dance at their farewell party in their college on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

GMCH students to evaluate faculty
Chandigarh, March 4
Now, students will evaluate the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, faculty. In fact, the student evaluation along with other major reforms forms a part of a new system put in place by the authorities concerned for the writing of the annual confidential reports (ACRs) to make the system more objective and faculty-friendly.

COURTS

Court directs inquiry against SHO
Chandigarh, March 4
Taking up a petition filed by a Mohali resident against Sohana station house officer Mohinder Singh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the deputy superintendent of police to take a decision on her representation within four weeks.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Delegates of peace march welcomed in Ambala
Ambala, March 4
The delegate of medical students who will take part in the peace march to be organised by the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) were given warm welcome by the Ambala unit of Indian Medical Association here today evening.

ITI students hold rally, burn Badal’s effigy
Bassi Pathana, March 4
Reacting to the call of a state-level two-day strike in all ITIs of the state, students of ITI, Bassi Pathana, today observed a complete strike in protest against the privatisation policy of the state government and burnt the effigy of the Chief Minister.

214 given degrees
Dera Bassi, March 4
As many as 100 add-on vocational courses would be introduced by Punjabi University, Patiala. This was stated by the vice-chancellor of Punjabi University Dr Jaspal Singh. He was addressing students at the annual convocation of the Government College, Dera Bassi, here today.

Students of Government College, Dera Bassi, during their annual convocation on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

Declining funds affecting library resources: Expert
Patiala, March 4
A workshop by the department of library and information scienc, Punjabi University, was held here today. Academic libraries were an integral part of the higher education system and should be equipped with competent staff and state-of-the-art technologies. Decreasing library budgets had adversely affected the quality of library resources and services.

Farmer shot at
Ambala, March 4
Parvinder Randhawa, a farmer of Sambhalkha village in Ambala district, was shot at and injured by sarpanch of the village Satpal Rana late yesterday night.

SPORTS

Bollywood celebrities to attend charity match
Chandigarh, March 4
Come March 13, a cricket match with a difference is on the agenda of the Paralympic Committee of Punjab. The two politically rival groups- SAD/BJP and Congress parties will face each other in this Twenty20 charity match at PCA Stadium, Mohali.

From left: Bikram Singh Majithia, cabinet minister, Punjab, Parminder Singh Dhindsa, PWD, B&R minister, and Rana Gurmeet Sodhi, MLA, Guru Har Sahai, address mediapersons at Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

FAST TRACK: Girls participate in 400m race during the annual sports meet of Government Polytechnic College for Women in Patiala on Tuesday.

Ladies’ golf meet opens today
Chandigarh, March 4
Twenty-five lady golfers from different age-groups will converge on the lawns of the par-72 Chandigarh Golf Club for the three-day Chandigarh Ladies Amateur Golf Championship which gets underway here tomorrow.

Sports meet flagged off at CCET
Chandigarh, March 4
UT home and education secretary Krishan Mohan today inaugurated the annual sports meet of Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Sector 26.

Harpreet wins gold in powerlifting
Chandigarh, March 4
Harpreet Singh of Public Sports Club, Chandigarh, won top honours in the 110 kg during the 23rd Senior Men Powerlifting State Championship being held at the Sector 42 Weightlifting Coaching Centre here today.

C’ Wealth games
Officials to be marked on duty
Chandigarh, March 4
The Chandigarh administration has decided to consider all employees who are selected for coaching camps in India or abroad as athletes, coaches or other attached officials like doctors, masseurs, managers in connection with the 2010 Commonwealth Games on duty for the entire period of stay in the coaching camps and for participating in competitions till 2010 Commonwealth Games.

ICL reschedules matches
Chandigarh, March 4
Some matches of the Indian Cricket League have been rescheduled. According to information, the match, which was to be played between Chandigarh Lions and Ahmedabad Rockets on March 12, has been rescheduled for March 9 at Tau Devi Lal Stadium.

Cricket trials
Chandigarh, March 4
Satluj Public School, Sector-4, Panchkula, is holding cricket trials in the school premises tomorrow at 3 pm. The selected team would participate in a Cricket Tournament scheduled to be held at Thailand from April 14 to 23.

CRIME

C’ Wealth games
Five in dock for forging documents
Chandigarh, March 4
Police here have booked five persons on charges of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy for taking possession of a piece of land belonging to an association of auto-mechanics.

One held for gambling
Chandigarh, March 4
The police arrested Panna Lal of Rajiv Colony, Sector 17, Panchkula, from a park in Mauli Jagran yesterday on charges of indulging in gambling at a public place. Around Rs 900 were recovered from his possession. A case under the Gambling Act has been registered at the Manimajra police station.

CULTURE

Jhankaar-2008: PU team first in western dance
Chandigarh, March 4
The ongoing youth festival ‘Jhankar-2008’ entered its second day on a zesty note. Randeep S. Surjewala, minister for water supply and sanitation, Haryana, who was the chief guest on the occasion, announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh for Panjab University Campus Students’ Council.

ALL SMILES: Participants in the folk dance category perform during the ongoing ‘Jhankaar 2008’ at PU in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

City artiste wins national award
Chandigarh, March 4
The National Sangeet Natak Academy has conferred the ‘Ustad Bismillah Khan Puruskar- 2007’ on young Vijay Kumar, a city-based theatre artist, and director of street plays. The newly constituted award carrying a citation and cash prize of Rs 25,000 will be presented later at a function in New Delhi.