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Hotel & Restaurant Association to legally examine UT Admn’s order
Chandigarh, November 1
A day after the UT Administration issued an order to stop charging service charge from customers in hotels, restaurants and eating outlets in the city, the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Chandigarh, today decided that they would legally examine the orders.
Now, special traffic lok adalat every month
Chandigarh, November 1
With the UT district courts amassing a whopping Rs 35 lakh on an average, every month towards the traffic challans’ fine, a special lok adalat on traffic will now be held every third Saturday of the month to encourage litigants and provide relief. The decision was taken today by the court authorities keeping in view the large number of traffic violators who throng the courts every day to get their challans released.
near Sector 17 bus stand
Trader robbed of Rs 1.1 crore
Chandigarh, November 1
A forty-five-year old man was robbed of Rs 1.10 crore by unidentified persons outside the Sector 17 bus stand after midnight. Two miscreants attacked the victim with a stick and snatched the bag containing cash from him.
The victim, Sameer Jain, at the GMSH in Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Saturday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Kurali girl makes it to U-21 Indian hockey team
Mohali, November 1
Seventeen-year-old Inderpreet Kaur, a resident of Muddo Sangatia village in
Kurali, has made her family and the area people proud as she has made it to the U-21 Indian hockey team.
Inderpreet, a class XI student of Government Model Senior Secondary School at
Sector 18, Chandigarh, is extremely happy with her achievement. “It was my
dream to play for India and win the World Cup.
Inderpreet Kaur
Auto operators to intensify stir
Chandigarh, November 1
Continuing their strike, members of the Tricity Auto Rickshaw Joint Action Committee have threatened to stop CTU buses and other means of public transport at the Mani Majra light point here on Sunday. The agitators also maintained to intensify their protest if the UT administration failed to roll back its decision of banning diesel-run autos in the city.
Protesting auto drivers stop a CTU bus at the MDC in Panchkula on Saturday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
Passengers harassed in P’kula
Panchkula, November 1
Agitating auto drivers in Panchkula today stopped a CTU bus near the underpass in Mansa Devi Complex leaving its passengers harassed.
Ensure safety of CTU buses, UT tells Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh, November 1
In view of the ongoing strike by diesel-run auto operators, the Chandigarh Transport Department today wrote to the neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab to ensure safety of CTU buses in their respective areas, failing which the department would be forced to discontinue its bus service to Panchkula and Mohali.
IB sleuths grill extortion accused
Chandigarh, November 1
A day after a Panchkula resident was arrested for demanding extortion from local businessmen by posing as a member of a terrorist outfit, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) sleuths questioned him during the police remand.
Shoddy road re-carpeting: HUDA does a cover-up
 Panchkula, November 1
Officials of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) seems to be in a cover-up mode as a patch on the road leading to the venue of the new Haryana CM’s oath-taking ceremony in Sector 5, which was re-carpeted on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit and came off three days later, was re-carpeted again on Friday night.
A patch on the road that has been re-carpeted near Shalimar Mall in Panchkula on Saturday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
Officials, cops take to streets
Panchkula, November 1
Bureaucrats and other officers in Panchkula took to the streets for the ‘Clean Panchkula mission’ on the directions of new Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar that began today.
Police personnel clean a police station during a cleanliness drive at the MDC in Panchkula on Saturday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal
Relief for property tax defaulters
Mohali , November 1
Defaulters who have not paid their property tax here for 2013-14 till now have been given relief by the government, which has cut the penalty amount from 100 per cent to 20 per cent.
Army Aviation Corps celebrates 28th Raising Day
Chandigarh, November 1
Army Aviation Corps, one of the youngest arms of the Army, celebrated its 28th Raising Day at Chandimandir Military Station today. To commemorate the occasion, a wreath-laying ceremony was organised where RS Yadav, Brigadier, Aviation, Western Command, paid floral tributes on behalf of all ranks of Army Aviation Corps at the Veer Smriti war memorial to pay homage to the martyrs.
Intelligence Corps
Get-together marks anniversary
Chandigarh, November 1
The 72nd Raising Day of the Intelligence Corps was celebrated with solemnity and traditional verve at the Chandimandir Military Station today. It was on this day in 1942 that the then Governor General-in-Council sanctioned the formation of the Intelligence Corps (India).
Lt Gen KJ Singh, GOC-in-C, Western Command, interacts with officers of the Intelligence Corps at Chandimandir. A Tribune photograph
Literature Fest
Author interacts with critic on Day 3
Chandigarh, November 1
The third day of the Chandigarh Literature Festival began with author and translator Arshia Sattar interacting with critic Salil
Tripathi. The author is credited for her English translations of Valmiki’s Ramayana and Kathasaritsagara (Penguin).
Cancer awareness at PGI
Chandigarh, November 1
The Department of Radiotherapy, Regional Cancer Center, PGI, Chandigarh, today organised a poster exhibition and interaction for general public to increase awareness on various forms of cancer. Dr Amod Gupta, Dean,
PGIMER, inaugurated the exhibition highlighting the causes of cancers and its warning signs and stressing on the need for screening and early diagnosis. Cancer-related information brochures were also distributed.
— TNS
Monkey terror grips UIPS
Chandigarh, November 1
The University Institute of Pharmaceuticals Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University, which is known for its excellent research at the international level, is facing monkey menace these days.
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(right) a monkey sits at the entry of the institute at Panjab University on Saturday. Tribune photos: Pradeep Tewari |
Founder’s Week
Vivek High School students showcase talent at exhibition
Chandigarh, November 1
To observe the 19th founder’s week in the memory of Sardar Bhagwant Singh, students of Vivek High School, Chandigarh, exhibited artistic creativity through their work in performing arts and crafts titled “The World Within” on the school premises today.
Students during an exhibition at Vivek High School in Sector 38, Chandigarh, on Saturday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Cleanliness drive begins
Chandigarh, November 1
Inspired by the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, launched by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, students, faculty and staff members of the Dr SS Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology
(SSBUICET), Panjab University, took a
pledge to work towards a clean India.
PECFest 2014
Over 2,000 students descend on PEC campus
Chandigarh, November 1
The second day of Hero PECFest 2014 commenced amid much fanfare. The fest attracted enthusiastic participation as over 2,000 students from the best institutes of the country descended on the PEC campus.
Balancing act: A student performs during a street dance competition at the PECFest on the PEC University of Technology campus in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
80 special children take part in quiz, painting contests
Chandigarh, November 1
In order to prove that knowledge needs no support of language or sound,
specially-abled children took part in the 6th Haryana Inter-School Quiz Competition for the Deaf. The children showcased their vast knowledge about current affairs in the competition.
Special children take part in a painting competition at St Stephen's School in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
 From Schools
Cleanliness drive
Nursery students of Government High School, Dadu Majra, participated in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan under the guidance of their class teacher Jai
Lakshmi. The students, along with their class teacher, cleaned the herbal garden of the school. Headmistress Lovleen Kaur told the students to keep their school and home clean and green.
Students explain a model to visitors during the ICSE Inter-School Science Symposium at St Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, Chandigarh, on Saturday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
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