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Mayoral poll on January 1
Chandigarh, December 12
UT Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Shayin today announced the election schedule for posts of Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the municipal corporation.
Nigerian arrested with cocaine
Chandigarh, December 12
The UT police today arrested a Nigerian national, identified as 42-year-old Godwin Ulo Awa, with 30 gm of cocaine. The value of the drug is estimated to be Rs 80 lakh in the international market. The police suspects the accused to be part of the gang busted in Amritsar two months ago when heroin worth Rs 115 crore was seized from a goods train.
The accused was staying as a paying guest in Sector 69, Mohali, and was smuggling drugs for the past few years, the police said.
The accused being produced in a court in Chandigarh on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
Mothers of babies born on 12.12.12 consider themselves fortunate
Chandigarh, December 12
For Reetu Arora, who has been yearning to have a child for the past nine years of her marriage, nothing could be as fortunate as delivering a baby girl on a date, which comes once in 100 years.
Strike cripples postal delivery system in city
Chandigarh, December 12
The postal delivery system collapsed in the city today as the employees of group C and D went on a strike on a call given by the National Confederation of Central Government Employees Association. The employees of group C and D of four other Central government departments held a silent protest in their respective departments by staying away from office work. Around 500 employees of the postal and income tax departments, the central ground water board and the Survey of India were on strike.
Residents stage dharna outside Raj Bhawan
Chandigarh, December 12
A Hallomajra resident, Om Prakash, who was allegedly manhandled by the security staff of UT Administrator Shivraj Patil during a public darbar in October, today staged a dharna outside the Punjab Raj
Bhawan.
Developer penalised for cancelling plot allotment
Chandigarh, December 12
The UT Consumer Forum has penalised a city-based builder for failing to issue a No-Objection Certificate for the sanctioning of a loan to the complainant and cancelling the allotment of a plot after receiving 30 per cent of the payment of the plot from the complainant.
red ribbon express
Curious students pose queries on spread of HIV
Chandigarh, December 12
Defying the taboos associated with sex education, several school students shot a volley of questions related to sexual transmission of HIV during their visit to the counselling centre of the Red Ribbon Express stationed in the city today.
Children board the Red Ribbon Express in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photos:
Nitin Mittal
booth scam
UT to submit report to Union Ministry
Chandigarh, December 12
Waking up from deep slumber, finally, the UT Administration is going to submit the action taken report on the infamous booth scam to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA).
assault on Punjabi singer
Cops yet to identify culprits
 Mohali, December 12
The Mohali police is yet to identify the culprits who were involved in the assault on Punjabi singer Subhash Sharma, alias Babbu
Chandigarhia, allegedly by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) supporters at a marriage ceremony at the PCA Club on Monday night.
MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu (right) with the victim, Subhash Sharma, in Mohali on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
Mohali selected for Green India Mission project
Mohali, December 12
Mohali district now has the distinction of being selected for implementing the Central Government’s Green India Mission project.
Three other districts in Punjab - Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Hoshiarpur - will also be covered under the project.
Tricity Scan
PU mulls online roll numbers
Chandigarh, December 12
The Panjab University’s rule of sending roll numbers and mark sheets to the students, enrolled under correspondence course, through ordinary posts instead of regular posts and charging Rs 110 from students for duplicate roll numbers and Rs 360 for duplicate degrees in case they get misplaced has earned the ire of students, who are now demanding that the university should send all the documents through registered posts or else the students should not be asked to pay for the duplicate documents. A representation regarding this was also submitted to the Registrar by the students today.
Engineering students study Sukhna biodiversity
Chandigarh, December 12
A team of Techfest Green Campus Challenge of Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering and Technology studied the biodiversity in the Shivalik area and the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary. The team, comprising 19 members, will participate in the Techfest of the
IIT, Bombay.
Beeline for admission forms
Chandigarh, December 12
Parents continue to make beeline for getting their children admitted to entry-level classes. St Anne’s School began the sale of admission forms today. Parents turned up in huge numbers at St Anne's School.
Poor response to admission process in govt schools
Chandigarh, December 12
In contrast to private schools, the government schools in Chandigarh are getting dismal response with respect to the sale of admission forms for the entry-level classes. There is hardly any government school, which has sold admission forms more than the number of seats available.
Over 200 TGTs appointed
Chandigarh, December 12
Over 200 trained graduate teachers (TGTs) were given appointments letters by the Education Department today. The teachers have been appointed by the Sarav Shiksha Abhiyan Society, Chandigarh, on contractual basis. Officials said the teachers have been asked join in a week .
Misplaced service books: Attested copies available for teachers, says PU
Chandigarh, December 12
In a bid to save teachers from harassment due to misplaced service books, Panjab University has asked the teachers to avail the attested copies of their service books from PU after paying a nominal fee.
Contractual teachers meet DPI(S), raise salary issue
Chandigarh, December 12
Facing delay in getting salaries , the contractual computer teachers and data entry operators of government schools in Chandigarh met DPI (S) Upkar today. They also raised the issue of enhancement of their salaries which they said was pending for the past one year.
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Water conservation campaign
Taking a huge leap, students of Gian Jyoti Global School, Phase II, Mohali, bagan a campaign for the cause of water conservation in adjoining areas. A team of the students made message cards, bearing the slogan, "Every drop of water is precious", and gave them to the residents of Phase II,
Mohali.
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Kindergarten admissions no child’s play |
Parents stand in serpentine queues to get LKG admission forms at Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
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City Mayor Raj Bala Malik, whose year-long tenure is coming to an end this month, has failed to solve the problem of encroachments in city markets and on public land.
Large-scale encroachments and the failure of the municipal corporation to remove these forced three councillors to resign from the enforcement committee of the civic body.
