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RLA introduces Punjabi for learner’s licence test
Chandigarh, May 22
City residents who are comfortable with the Punjabi language and could not appear for computerised test for learner’s driving
licence, which is in five different languages, including Hindi and English, have something to cheer for. The UT Registering and Licensing Authority
(RLA) is going to start the computerised test in the Punjabi language from Friday.
Mandate 2014: How the city voted in the LS elections
The Modi wave, anti-incumbency and debut of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) together helped the BJP pull out all the stops to make inroads into the fortress of the ruling Congress. After a span of 15 years, the BJP tasted a historic win by a record margin. The Tribune reporter
Amit Sharma
brings out the detailed sector/area-wise analysis of votes polled to the BJP, the Congress and the AAP in the Lok Sabha elections for the Chandigarh seat.
Heritage panel dwells on conservation of exposed RCC facades at City Centre-17
Chandigarh, May 22
The fourth meeting of the Chandigarh Heritage Conservation Committee (CHCC) held under the chairmanship of KK Sharma, Adviser to the Administrator, took up the issue of preservation and conservation of exposed RCC facades in the City Centre, Sector 17, a heritage precinct.
Board resumes land allotted to coop society
Chandigarh, May 22
The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has resumed the land allotted to the Chandigarh Sector 16 Cooperative House Building Society, Sector 50, for violation.
AAP activists protest Kejriwal’s arrest
Panchkula, May 22
To lodge a protest against the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind
Kejriwal, party activists staged a dharna outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office here today.
Workshop on autism
Chandigarh, May 22
A joint workshop on autism and cerebral palsy was organised by the Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped Children in collaboration with the National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disability
(NIEPMD), Chennai, here today.
Body found in P’kula
Panchkula, May 22
The body of an unidentified person was recovered from near the parking
of the local Civil Hospital in Sector 6, here, late last night.
PEC ‘negligence’ costs student dear
Chandigarh, May 22
Due to alleged negligence on the part of the authorities of the Punjab Engineering College
(PEC), a part-time student of mechanical engineering (ME) environmental chemistry and microbiology ‘failed’ to appear in the re-test scheduled for May 19.
Vivek High School introduces Montessori curriculum
Mohali, May 22
Vivek High School introduced Montessori education for the pre-primary section on the school premises here today.
 Biodiversity Day
Students rally for ‘eco justice’
Chandigarh, May 22
On the occasion of World Biodiversity Day, the students of St. John’s High School held a ‘Stand up speak out eco justice campaign’ at the Sukhna Lake today.
Students take part in the ‘eco justice’ campaign at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune Photo: manoj mahajan
English learning centre launched
Chandigarh, May 22
WORDZ — the debating society (Regd) — launched Wordzworth centre for English language training today.
Ashmita Gupta addresses a press conference at the launch of the Wordzworth centre as Tarika Mital (centre) and Navdeep Kaur look on in Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: parvesh chauhan
from schools
Student scores 8.8 CGPA
Chandigarh: Shaily, a student of Government Model High School, Dhanas, scored 8.8 CGPA in the CBSE Class X examinations. She had lost her right hand when she was six-years-old in an accident. She wants to pursue the non-medical stream.
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Mohali, May 22
