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Machine fault puts consumers in fix
Mohali, March 25
Long queues of consumers wanting to pay their power bills were witnessed at the main office of the Punjab State Electricity Board in the industrial area, here today. Reason: The computerised bill collection machine at the premises of the board office was out or order.
Muslim welfare panel members hold protest
 Mohali, March 25
Members of the Muslim Welfare Committee blocked traffic on the road opposite the cremation grounds, here today.
Protesters block the road outside the burial ground in Mohali on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph
COLOURS OF LIFE: Students participate
in a drawing competition related to
AIDS awareness in Chandigarh.
— A Tribune photograph |
Consumer Courts
Health clinic to pay Rs 40,000
Chandigarh, March 25
Dr Batra Super Specialty Homeopathy Positive Health Clinic has landed in the soup for printing “misleading” advertisements. The UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed the clinic to pay Rs 40,000 to Sahil Arora as the clinic failed to cure his
hair fall.
Day 2: 40 sweepers found absent
Chandigarh, March 25
On the second day of raids on sweepers of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, a team comprising councillors and a sanitation inspector found 40 sweepers “absent” from duty in southern sectors today. The team had found 42 sweepers absent in Manimajra on Monday.
Residents form panel to improve sanitation
Chandigarh,
March 25
Aiming to improve the sanitary conditions of their localities,
residents of Sectors 50, 51 and 63 formed a joint action committee
today.
PSEB employees hold protest
Mohali, March 25
Employees of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) burnt the effigy of its chairman in protest against the anti-employee policies, here today.
‘Senior citizens vital for development’
Mohali, March 25
Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh
Badal, while addressing a gathering on the annual day celebrations of Mohali Senior Citizens’ Association here today, said, senior citizens could play a vital role in the development of the nation by virtue of their experience, knowledge and expertise.
— TNS
UIET students stage protest
Completion of second block demanded
Chandigarh, March 25
The students of UIET (University Institute of Engineering and Technology), Panjab University, held a protest on Sector 25 campus today in support of their demands. The students were demanding that the construction of UIET Sector 25 second block hasn’t been completed despite promises made by the director for its completion by March 2008.
PU Notes
450 saplings planted
Chandigarh, March 25
In continuation of tree plantation drive, the PU Campus Students’ Council today planted 150 Chakratia saplings along the wall near UIET building, southern campus, Sector 25, Chandigarh. Tejpal Singh
Cheema, president, PUSU, Parminder Jaswal, president, PUCSC, faculty members and students of UIET along with the
VC were present on the occasion.
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In their endeavour to promote and propagate the visual arts and encourage dedicated artists, the Lalit Kala
Akademy, a cultural body constituted by the Government of India in 1954, has been engaged in various art promotional activities, including exhibitions, seminars and workshops of art, in different parts of India. 