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Budget raises hopes for better health care in City Beautiful
 Chandigarh, February 18
City residents can hope for better secondary health care during the next financial year as of the Rs 122.74 crore sanctioned for medical and public health facilities in the Budget for the city, Rs 23 crore has been set aside for strengthening Government
Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, and a 100-bedded hospital in Mani
Majra.
Construction work in progress for upgrading a poly clinic in Sector 45, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Boy dies in accidental firing
Dera Bassi, February 18
A 12-year-old boy was killed in accidental firing at a marriage palace in Handesra village here this evening.
Youth brigade: Students of the UIET during a road show for an upcoming event, GOONJ, at Panjab University on Tuesday. Tribune photo: S Chandan |
Plea against Khemka dismissed
Panchkula, February 18
In a relief to senior Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, a local court today rejected a plea filed by a youth to book the officer for instigating his father to commit suicide.
Excise notice on Modi rallies withdrawn
Chandigarh, February 18
The Central Excise Department today hastily withdrew a notice sent to the city unit of the BJP demanding payment of service tax on rallies of its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. The decision was taken after BJP leaders strongly reacted to the notice.
Prospective car, TV buyers in no hurry
Chandigarh, February 18
With the announcement of a cut in the excise duty on cars, TVs, refrigerators and washing machines in the Interim Budget yesterday, prospective buyers are preferring to wait for the prices to fall.
Chandigarh votes 2014
BJP launches ‘missed call’ campaign
 Chandigarh, February 18
To woo the voters in Chandigarh, the local unit of Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) has given a hi-tech twist to its election campaign.
Members of the BJP during the launch of the party’s call centre in Mohali on Tuesday. Tribune photo Vicky Gharu
BJP revs up campaign, Cong yet to set its house in order
Chandigarh, February 18
While the BJP has already formed its booth-level, ward-level and various other committees and started its hi-tech and door-to-door campaigns in the city, the Congress is yet to set its house in order.
Team Modi sets out on ‘Jago Yatra’ to accomplish Mission 272 plus
 Chandigarh, February 18
To help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) achieve the target of 272 plus seats in Lok Sabha elections and make Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of the country, the Team Modi began a campaign
'Jago Yatra-2014' here today.
BJP members hold placards in support of Narendra Modi during an event organised to launch
Jago Yatra-2014 at Sector 27 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
MC told to take call on awarding contract
Chandigarh, February 18
Acting on a petition filed by Selvel Media Services Private Limited alleging that their contract for maintenance of public toilets in sector markets was approved but tender was not allotted, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MC) and others to take a decision on the matter.
Dismiss power hike petition: Residents
Chandigarh, February 18
Terming the power tariff hike petition filed by the UT Electricity Department as ‘baseless’, city residents have demanded that the petition be dismissed and power tariff not be increased.
Poster-making competition brings creativity to the fore
 Mohali, February 18
As many as 100 students of nearly 10 schools and colleges from the
tricity, Ludhiana and Jalandhar took part in a poster-making competition organised by the Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology
(NIIFT) here today.
Students take part in a poster-making competition at the Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology in Mohali on Tuesday. Tribune Photo: Vicky Gharu
Indo Global students attend convention in Hyderabad
Mohali, February 18
A group of 33 students of the Indo Global College of Architecture participated in the annual convention of the National Association of Students of Architecture (NASA) held at the Vaishnavi School of Architecture and Planning, Hyderabad.
Sec 21 park adjudged the best
Chandigarh, February 18
The Municipal Corporation adjudged the neighbourhood park maintained by the Citizens’ Association, Sector 21, as the ‘best park’ in the city during a competition held here today.
Youth creates ruckus at hospital
Panchkula, February 18
High drama was witnessed at General Hospital, Sector 6, here, today when a man who claimed himself to be a senior official with a local government department smashed the glass of the emergency ward's door by punching on it when the staff stopped him from entering and asked him to use the general way.
Civil dispensary to come up in Sector 49
Chandigarh, February 18
The foundation stone of a civil dispensary in Sector 49, here, was laid today in the presence of UT Mayor Harphool Chander Kalyan.
Five students hurt as school wall collapses
Mohali, February 18
Five students of Government High School, Kandala village, were hurt when a wall of their school building collapsed this afternoon.
UILS row: PU Senators end strike
Chandigarh, February 18
The two PU senators — observing a hunger strike outside the Vice-Chancellor's office since Monday — called off their agitation late evening today after the authorities agreed to their demands.
VIRASAT-2014 casts a spell
 Chandigarh, February 18
The annual Prof Roshan Lal Verma Memorial Cultural Function —‘VIRASAT’ was organised at Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharama College
(GGDSD College), today.
Students present a folk dance during Virasat-2014 at GGDSD College on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
FROM SCHOOLS
Students to showcase project in US
CHANDIGARH: Seven students of Dikshant International School have been chosen as ambassadors for ISS- Kalam-NSS Indo-US space-based solar power project.
PU AND COLLEGE NOTES
Teachers hold protest
Awaiting salaries for the last eight months, the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union
(PCCTU) today held a protest rally in front of DPI (colleges), Punjab. “Following the disbursement of the first quarterly grant (March-May) in the month of November, the grants of other three quarters are still pending with the government,” said the union members.
Students take part in a signature campaign at Panjab University on Tuesday. Tribune photo: S. Chandan
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Chandigarh, February 18
