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Unhygienic: A water tap for residents of Nayagaon, provided by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, is adjacent to a garbage dumping site. This could prove hazardous to people who use the tap. —
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Is Cong serious about tackling encroachers?
Chandigarh, August 30
Is the Congress, the ruling party in the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC), really serious about removing encroachments in the city? On the one hand, Congress councillors blame officials of the enforcement department for their inefficiency in removing encroachments while on the
other.
Cocaine Seizure
Police remand for accused
Mohali, August 30
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local court today remanded both the accused - Haryana DSP Gurdarshan
Singh Sodhi and ex-serviceman Dara Singh - arrested yesterday by the
Mohali police with 1.23-kg cocaine, in police custody for two days.
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Stress on transparency in implementing economic reforms
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Chandigarh, August 30
Emphasising on the need for transparency while implementing the economic reforms policy by the Chandigarh Administration, former Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court, S.S.
Sodhi, opined that no proposal should be materialised until it is properly published and thoroughly discussed along with community
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| (from left) Manmohan Sareen, Justice S.S.Sodhi, S.S. Boparai and M.N. Sharma during a discussion on issues affecting the character and environment of Chandigarh at the Chandigarh Press Club on Saturday.
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For armed forces, the wait for better deal continues
Chandigarh, August 30
Civilian government employees now have a reason to cheer over drawing fatter salaries, but for the armed forces the wait continues. The notification for implementation of the revised recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission (SPC) does not cover defence personnel.
Fee for new models of vehicles likely
Chandigarh, August 30
The UT State Transport Authority (STA) has proposed a fee that would be levied on every new model of vehicle launched in the city. Depending upon the seating capacity of the vehicle, a fee ranging between Rs 5000 and Rs 10,000 would be charged for every model that comes for approval to the STA.
Ghazal singer casts spell
Chandigarh, August 30
“Ghazal usne chhedi mujhe saaz dena, zara umar-e-rafta ko awaaz dena”. These lines reflected the spontaneous reaction of the audience submerged in the sublime spell of ghazals by versatile vocalist Rinku Kalia at the Randhawa auditorium here today.
Vocalist Rinku Kalia performs at the Randhawa auditorium in Chandigarh on Saturday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Drive to sterilise stray dogs
Panchkula, August 30
The residents of the city can assure themselves of getting rid of the stray dog menace in the near future as, after some dilly-dallying, the municipal council has decided to take the help of Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) in this regard.
Schools rate poor in design
Chandigarh, August 30
A majority of schools in Chandigarh have architectural flaws. A quick survey of various government schools of the city by this correspondent found that blackboards are not positioned well in classrooms, rooms are not spacious with inadequate light and ventilation and improper water drainage system.
Students sit on the floor to read the blackboard at a government school in Chandigarh.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
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MEd counselling cancelled
Chandigarh, August 30
The second counselling of MEd for Panjab University and its affiliated colleges, which was held today, was cancelled today late in the evening. The first counselling was held on August 25.
PU student polls likely in 2nd week of Sept
Chandigarh, August 30
The much-awaited elections to the Panjab University’s campus students’ council are most likely to take place in the second week of September. Confirming this, Prof Naval
Kishore, dean, students’ welfare, said: “Though we have not yet decided any specific date, we are trying our best to conduct the elections in the second week.”
From Schools & Colleges
Akshita wins paper reading contest
Chandigarh, August 30
Akshita Chaudhary emerged the winner in the English paper reading contest held at Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, here, today. Gursimran Kaur and Bhawna Kaushik got first place in Hindi and Punjabi language.
A student participating in the paper reading contest held at SPS-41 on Saturday.
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From Schools
St Soldier awarded for computer literacy
Mohali, August 30
It was the time for celebrations and jubilations at St Soldier International Convent School here as the school had bagged 5th Computer Literacy Excellence Award, 2007, for Punjab. The school received the award in an award distribution ceremony held on Thursday at Vigyan
Bhawan, New Delhi.
Engg placement draws crowd
Mohali, August 30
A huge rush of engineering students was witnessed at Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology
(SUSCET), Tangori, as joint campus-placement interviews were organised here yesterday. The selection process for software company HCL started at 8 am and continued till late evening.
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