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Open Hand now open to public
Chandigarh, February 2
One of the landmarks of Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh, the Open Hand, has been opened to the public.
This was decided during a meeting chaired by Home Secretary Ram Niwas and
attended by the SSP, the SP (Traffic), the Director, Tourism, the Joint
Secretary, Home, and officials from the Punjab and Haryana High Court. It was
decided that the site would be opened from 10:30 am to 3 pm on workdays and from
10 am to 5 pm on Sundays and holidays.
Doctors form forum, repatriation in mind?
Chandigarh, February 2
On the face of it, the ‘initiative’ of a group of doctors of the Sector 16 hospital to form the Doctors Forum General Hospital, may sound innocuous, but the timing of its formation is certainly raising many an eyebrow.
Upgrade network of milk plants: Badal
Mohali, February 2
There is a need to prepare a long term state dairy plan to upgrade the entire network of milk and cattle feed plants run by
Milkfed. This should be supplemented with a proper marketing network, said the Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh
Badal, while addressing a gathering of dairy farmers at Verka Milk Plant in Phase VI here.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at Verka Milk Plant, Phase VI, Mohali on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph |
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New policy on religious places in offing
Chandigarh, February 2
The Chandigarh administration is planning to frame a new policy on religious places after demolishing those constructed illegally on government land.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Students of environment science paint their faces in protest against BT brinjal at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
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Encroachments removed
Chandigarh, February 2
An anti-encroachment drive was conducted by the Chandigarh Housing Board and the Chandigarh police in Sectors 63 and 45 here today.
Jeweller penalised for deficient service
Chandigarh, February 2
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has held city-based Nikka Mal Babu Ram Ludhianawale guilty of deficient service and unfair trade practice by selling gold bangles of low purity to a customer.
Builder told to pay interest
Chandigarh, February 2
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I has directed Mani Majra-based Uppal’s Marble Arch to pay interest on the amount of Rs 1,45,70,250, deposited by the complainants at time of booking, along with litigation costs of Rs 5,000, with effect from April 1, 2009, till the completion of the apartment.
Painter robbed by youths
Zirakpur, February 2
A 22-year-old painter alleged that he was robbed by three unidentified youths while he had gone to the Zirakpur branch of the State Bank of India here today.
Office-bearers elected
Zirakpur, February 2
The annual general meeting of the Savitry Enclave Residents’ Welfare Association, VIP Road, Zirakpur, was held recently.
PU students to attend conference at Harvard
Chandigarh, February 2
The University Institute of Legal Studies has been invited to attend the 56th session of the Harvard National Model United Nations
(HNMUN) starting from February 11 to 14 at Boston, Massachusetts.
Environment fest at MCM DAV- 36
Chandigarh, February 2
MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, organised “Environment Fest”, here today. The festival was inaugurated by the adviser to the UT administrator Pradip Mehra.
Students of MCM DAV College queue up to perform a tribal dance on Environment Day in Chandigarh
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‘Jalsa’ ignites war of sponsors at PU
Chandigarh, February 2
Much before its start, Jalsa, the inter-college festival, to be held at Parade ground from February 4-7, has run into controversy.
PU holds debate on mercy killing
Chandigarh, February 2
Aiming to familiarise students with bioethics and science, Panjab University has organised a series of ten lectures on the campus beginning with a vigorous debate on euthanasia today.
Disaffiliation Threat
Shivalik school to be inspected again
Chandigarh, February 2
The UT education department has decided to inspect Shivalik school again before ascertaining its stand on the CBSE’s decision to disaffiliate it.
Cleanliness drive by Saupin’s students
Chandigarh, February 2
As many as 150 students of Saupin’s School, Sector 32, observed the World Wetland Day by organising a cleanliness drive at Sukhna Lake here today.
Workshop on teachers’ training
Zirakpur, February 2
Reading newspapers help a teacher to look beyond textbooks and update students with current happenings. This was stated by Emma McDonald, a fifteen-year-old veteran educator and co-author of several books, including Survival Kit for new teachers and Survival Kit for new secondary teachers during a one-day workshop on “Reading and Writing across the curriculum strategies” at Dikshant International School here today.
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