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CAT quashes 84 employees’ transfer to MC
Chandigarh, November 12
Declaring the transfers of 84 employees of the UT Administration mainly from the Engineering Department to the Municipal Corporation as illegal, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the Union of India through the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, the UT Administration, and others to provide a fresh chance to them for exercising their option for their permanent transfer or absorption to the Municipal Corporation.

70 UT employees serving Punjab & Haryana
Chandigarh, November 12
As many as 70 employees of the Chandigarh Administration have been drawing wages from the Administration while providing their services in Punjab and Haryana.

Third Shatabdi to be discontinued from
Nov 17
Chandigarh, November 12
The operation of the third Shatabdi between Chandigarh and New Delhi will stop from November 17, the Railway board is understood to have decided to scrap the train following a ‘‘poor response’’.

MC poll: model code from today
Chandigarh, November 12
The use of official machinery by ministers or those in power, announcement of financial grants, laying of foundation stones, promises of providing public facilities and making ad hoc appointments in a bid to influence voters may attract ire of the Election Commission from tomorrow.

COMMUNITY

Cable TV operators, subscribers at loggerheads
Chandigarh/SAS Nagar, November 12
Confrontation is brewing between subscribers and cable TV operators in Chandigarh and SAS Nagar over the recent hike in the subscription amount. Subscribers in Phase XI of SAS Nagar have resorted to non-payment of monthly subscription which has resulted in disconnection of about 20 per cent connections by the cable TV operator of the area.

Haryana to have cultural academy
Chandigarh, November 12
The Haryana Chief Minster, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, while unveiling a portrait of former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal at Punjab Kala Bhavan, Sector 16, here today, announced that the Haryana Government would soon set up ‘Haryana Cultural Academy’.

The Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Om Parkash Chautala, unveils a portrait of former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal at Punjab Kala Bhavan, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Housing societies to get loans at lower rates
Chandigarh, November 12
Members of cooperative housing societies in the country will soon be able to get loans at lower rates of interest.

Students’ rally against crackers
Chandigarh, November 12
Students of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, took part in a rally to create awareness about the ill-effects of crackers here today.

• Rally against use of crackers

WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR
From dress designing to restaurant
Chandigarh
Almost 24 years ago when the concept of working women was not very popular, she decided to start her own business. A post-graduate in Zoology, she decided to design dresses for her garment selling unit. Today she is managing a venture entirely different from this — a restaurant.

DC addresses farmers
Panchkula, November 12
The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Jyoti Arora, has called upon the farmers to adopt judicious use of fertilisers and also crop rotation for maintaining soil fertility.

Appointed
Chandigarh, November 12
Mr Rishi Kant has been appointed general secretary of the Chandigarh unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe Cell).

CRIME

Woman dies in road mishap
Chandigarh, November 12
Savitri Devi, a resident of Madrasi Colony, Sector 26, died after an unidentified tractor trailer hit the rickshaw in which she was travelling.

Woman driver booked
Panchkula, November 12
A woman driver has been booked on charges of rash and negligent driving and injuring a scooterist near the Ghaggar bridge. The injured, Krishan Lal, was rushed to the PGI, Chandigarh, while the driver fled away from the spot.

BUSINESS

Spate of business enquiries at CII fair
Chandigarh, November 12
Business enquiries more than Rs 20 crore were received during the four-day CII Chandigarh Fair 2001, which concluded here today . Nearly 1.65 lakh visitors, including businessmen, visited the fair.

EDUCATION

STATE OF HOSTELS
A cozy place for working women
Chandigarh
The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in Sector 11 is a 20-year-old organisation which organises a number of activities in the city but its primary purpose remains that of providing a safe and economical hostel to women who are recommended by its members.

Exhibition by KU students
Chandigarh, November 12
Paintings highlighting on various issues such as gender bias and environment protection, adorn the Punjab Kala Bhavan art gallery Sector 16, where about 30 students from the Fine Arts Department of Kurukshetra University have put up an exhibition of paintings and posters.

Visitors admire paintings made by students of Kurukshetra University at Punjab Kala Bhavan, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Monday.

Schools celebrate Children’s Day
Panchkula, November 12
As Divali and Children’s Day falling on the same day, the celebrations for the latter seem to have been subdued. Nevertheless, a large number of schools celebrated Children’s Day today.

A SALUTE TO CHACHA NEHRU: Tiny tots of Gurukul, Sector 20, Panchkula, celebrate Children’s Day on Monday.
— Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma

5 more night schools from Nov 24
Chandigarh, November 12
Five more night schools will start functioning at Karsan, Palsora Kaimbwala, Colony No 5, Indira Colony and Manimajra from November 24. This was announced by the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), at a function of a night school at Kajheri, were he distributed bags, text books and uniforms among students.

The UT Administrator and Governor of Punjab, Lieut Gen J.F.R. Jacob, distributes school bags among students of night school at Kajheri on Monday.

VCs discuss holiday schedule
Chandigarh, November 12
Vice-Chancellors of three universities in the region met at Panjab University here today to discuss the holiday schedule in the universities and affiliated colleges in view of the forthcoming National Games.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Stay on proceedings against DRDA men
Chandigarh, November 12
Staying further proceedings against two employees of the Jind-based District Rural Development Authority, allegedly implicated in a cheating and forgery case at the behest of Jind’s Additional Deputy Commissioner R.P. Bhardwaj, Mr Justice Nirmal Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice of motion for December 10.

• Pre-arrest bail plea dismissed

Bail for accused in contract killing case
Chandigarh, November 12
A local court today granted bail to all accused allegedly involved in a contract killing case.

CULTURE

Miss Lashkara beauty contest final on Dec 5
Chandigarh, November 12
The Lashkara Punjabi digital channel will hold the Miss Lashkara Beauty Contest- 2001 on December 5 in Ludhiana. The preliminary rounds of Miss Lashkara beauty contest were held at K.K.Trams (Heights), Jabli, today in which 45 Punjabi girls from different states of India participated.

Of folk tunes and wet earth...
Chandigarh, November 12
Her green eyes sparkle like divine flames, as if testifying the purity her voice embodies. And whether or not you have ever drowned in the ocean of her melody, you know it before she tells...

HEALTH

Quacks thrive as admn sleeps
Panchkula, November 12
The health authorities in the township seem to have turned a blind eye to a large number of quacks who have mushroomed in the township. These quacks, who claim to be practising Ayurveda have set up shops on the city’s periphery and near slums and labour colonies. They have erected their tents near such places which are generally thronged by labour class.

A large number of quacks have converged on Panchkula because of the laxity of the health authorities to check them. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

PGI union resents delay in bonus payment
Chandigarh, November 12
The PGI Employees Union has registered a strong protest with the PGI Director against the delay in the payment of bonus and festival advance to Group B, C and D employees.

SPORTS

Sports meet organised for Sec 15 residents
Chandigarh, November 12
Residents of Sector 15, gathered in large numbers to watch and participate in a sports meet organised by the Welfare Society, Sector 15, in collaboration with DAV Model School, Sector 15, in the open grounds adjacent to the school. Mr Pawan Bansal, local MP, was the chief guest on the occasion.

• Cricket tourney

• Edmund Rice Cricket

• Nominated
  
  

Service postage stamps may be replaced
Chandigarh, November 12
The Chief Postmaster General, Haryana Circle, has stated that the Union Government is considering the discontinuance of service postage stamps and replacing these with public postage stamps from January 1, 2002.

Sandhu new SP CBI