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Universal Society Row
Illegal members resort to
‘kundi’ connection
Chandigarh, September 9
The unauthorised members of the Universal Cooperative House Building Society in Sector 48, who have illegally encroached upon the dwelling units, have again restored the electricity supply through ‘kundi’ connections.
Kundi connections at Universal Society in Sector 48,
Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Pravesh Chauhan
MC indifferent to encroachment
of service lanes
 Chandigarh, September 9
While the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is going all out to remove small time squatters from commercial areas, it has done little, or rather nothing, to tame city bigwigs who are encroaching service lanes behind their bungalows with impunity.
A garden developed by a resident in a service lane in Sector 16,
Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Bid to burn Buta’s effigy
Chanidgarh, September 9
The police today thwarted the move of the BJP’s Scheduled Caste Morcha to burn the effigy of Buta Singh, chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, New Delhi.
The supporters of the BJP’s SC Morcha being rounded up by the police from Sector 22 Nehru Park,
Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Sahara India told to pay Rs 2.5 lakh
Chandigarh, September 9
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Sahara India to pay a compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh to a resident of Sector 35 for deficiency in services.
Play dwells on intricate ties
Panchkula, September 9
The belief that fiction is of greater philosophical importance than history represents the things as they are while fiction represents them as they might be and ought to be found expression in the immaculate staging of a play “Begum
Jaan” at the Inderdhanush auditorium here today.
Juhi Babbar and Nadira Zahir Babbar perform in " Begum Jaan" at
Indradhanush Auditorium in Panchkula on Tuesday. Tribune photo:
Parvesh Chauhan
India has the best theatre actors: Nadira
Panchkula, September 9
“Besides offering engrossing entertainment, good theatre must be loyal to its language, people and social realities. What it offers should have meaning for the lives that we live and the society we live in,” maintained the acclaimed theatre actor Nadira Zaheer
Babbar.
183 votes in a house!
Fake votes made for Kharar MC poll: MLA
Mohali, September 9
Kharar MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu alleged that the government had indulged in irregularities while making votes for the Kharar municipal elections scheduled to be held on September 14.
Now, Sidhu in the role of a crusader
Chandigarh, September 9
“Soch ka andolan” seems to be next on feisty Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu’s mind after the success of his first movie “Mera Pind — My Home” which he said had the power to change the mindset of the youth of the state.
MP Navjot Sidhu makes a point at a press conference with Manmohan Singh, the director of film Mera Pind — My Home. A Tribune photograph
Justice-On-Wheels
Free legal aid on your doorstep
Chandigarh, September 9
In a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at coming to the rescue of the harassed litigants, particularly those belonging to the underprivileged sections of society, a local NGO has started a mobile van for free legal consultation.
Free legal aid van "justice-on-wheels" which has started operations in the tricity. A Tribune photograph
Tribune employees union organises blood donation camp
Chandigarh, September 9
More than 150 employees of The Tribune group of Publications donated blood at a camp organised by The Tribune Employees Union on the occasion of the 110th death anniversary of the founder of the Tribune Trust Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia on The Tribune premises here today.
Tribune employees donate blood at a camp organised on the occasion of the 110th death anniversary of Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, the founder of the Tribune Trust, on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Pistachio intake cuts risk of diabetes: Experts
By 2025, India will become ‘diabetes capital’ of the world
Panchkula, September 9
The comments of US President George W. Bush linking world food crisis with the prosperity in India recently created flutters in the Indian
diaspora, notwithstanding the international organisations and companies involved in food business have started venturing out to tap the dramatic change in eating habits of people in this country.
Thumbs up to ‘D-day experiment’
Chandigarh, September 9
With the participation of five Panjab University scientists, Chandigarhians have given a thumbs up to the “doomsday experiment” being carried out near Geneva.
Day of alliances
SOPU- ABVP shake hands; PUSU,
NSUI, HSA share seats
Chandigarh, September 9
The Congress and the BJP may be baying for
each other’s blood at national level, but their
“little avatars are brother in arms” in Panjab
University students election.
Sukhdev Kundu (INSO-SOI); Sahil Nanda (SOPU-ABVP);
Jashandeep Randhawa (PUSU-NSUI-HSA)
Students’ bodies bank on unfulfilled promises
Chandigarh, September 9
The students’ organisations are by no means different to the political parties when it comes to implementing the long list of promises made in their election manifestos
Confusion over canvassing deadline
Chandigarh, September 9
The Panjab University authorities are a confused lot when it comes to the campaigning deadline for the student elections.
POLL CALL: Students of GCG-42, Chandigarh, campaign for their presidential candidate on Tuesday.
Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
SCA polls a low-key affair
Chandigarh, September 9
While all eyes are set on the Panjab University Campus Students’ Council
(PUCSC) elections, a body representing around 8,000 students, little attention is being paid to the Students’ Central Association
(SCA) of the department of evening studies, which also goes to the polls on September 12.
Campaigning ‘ends’ in colleges
Chandigarh, September 9
Campaigning in the city colleges officially ended today. Candidates and principals were busy obeying the most feasible directives of the Lyngdoh Committee.
Selected UT staff to be treated on duty
Chandigarh, September 9
Employees of the administration who are selected for coaching camps/training in India or abroad as athletes, coaches or other attached officials like doctors, masseurs, managers in connection with the 2010 Commonwealth Games will be permitted for the aforesaid purposes.
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