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PU to have Boards of Studies again
Chandigarh, March 5
Panjab University is all set to have regular Boards of Studies for more than 50 subjects at the undergraduate level after nearly an year and a half. The boards could not be constituted because of the Senate’s graduates constituency litigation, due to which counting of votes had been kept pending.

Shoeshine boys take exam
Chandigarh, March 5
There is no clipping their wings. Not even when the chartered flight is dotted with obstacles of the severest order. For these birds, who call the slums of Sector 25 Janata Colony their home, hardship is only as strong as they allow it to be. Otherwise it is always fun to play with....

With sparkle in their eyes, slum kids come out of the examination centre at Government High School, Sector 24, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo Pradeep Tewari

Online voters list for MC poll
Panchkula, March 5
The Election Commission today approved the use of online voters list and other election related procedures, for the Municipal Council elections due in May.

Change of keys Chaos prevailed at Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh on Tuesday after the swearing-in ceremony of ministers, when cars with red lights were handed over to them. Officials issuing the vehicles had to display placards to call the allottees. The ministers car section of the Punjab State Transport Commission issued 19 Contessas and an equal number of Gypsies to the ministers. The vehicles were lying in the ministers car section in Industrial Area for the past about two months. — Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan

Administrator gets more fiscal powers
Chandigarh, March 5
The UT Administrator, will now enjoy more powers to decide issues at his level. This means various development works will be speeded up as the permission of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will not be required for certain matters.

ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS
PCO holders, don’t cheat; BSNL is watching
Chandigarh, March 5
City residents may not have to pay Rs 2 for a local call from PCOs from April onwards following the BSNL's decision to curb the malpractice.

Now download forms from Admn website
Chandigarh, March 5
Various application forms prescribed by departments, organisations and autonomous bodies of the Chandigarh Administration, will now be available on the website of the Administration http://chandigarh.nic.in.

NHRC orders not complied with for 2 yrs
Chandigarh, March 5
Non-compliance of orders passed by the National Human Rights Commission in a case of alleged harassment of a Sainik School teacher even two years after the order was passed, has been alleged by a Panchkula-based former Captain.

COMMUNITY

Political leaders decry communal violence
Chandigarh, March 5
An all-party meeting was held here today to condole the death of those killed in communal violence. It decided to ask cadres of all parties to quell rumour-mongering in the city.

Shiv Sena leaders seek protection Leaders of various political parties observe a two-minute silence at the UT Guest House, Chandigarh, on Tuesday to mourn the death of those killed in communal violence in the aftermath of Godhra incident. — A Tribune photograph

Vulture catching plan okayed
Panchkula, March 5
The Government of India has given its consent to the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) for catching the nearly extinct gyps species of vultures from all over the country. These will be closely monitored in order to assess the reasons for their declining population at the Vulture Breeding and Research Centre, Pinjore.

Ex-servicemen’s potential highlighted
Chandigarh, March 5
The armed forces offer a vast potential of disciplined and skilled ex-servicemen, which can be tapped by the industry for mutual benefit. This was stated by the Punjab Governor, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), while inaugurating a seminar on “Human resource in ex-servicemen”, organised by the Defence Ministry’s Directorate-General Resettlement, here today.

The Chief of Staff, Western Command, Lieut-Gen H.S. Kanwar, (left) interacts with delegates at a seminar held in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Making consumers aware of their rights
Chandigarh, March 5
The Bureau of Indian Standards in association with the Consumers Forum, Chandigarh, organised an interaction meet on “Role of BIS in Consumer Protection” for various consumer groups of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula.

BIS Deputy Director-General V.K. Kapoor (second from left) speaks at an interaction meet in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Others in photo are (from right to left) Mr R.D. Angra, Mr Jaidev Singh and Mrs Renuka Salwan.

A visitor appreciates an exhibit at the 74th All-India Annual Art Show at the AIFACS art gallery, Swastik Vihar, Panchkula.

Beer’s advocate gets a foreign trip
Chandigarh, March 5
Beer had more pleasure for Mr Anand Chhibber, a city-based advocate, for he won a trip to Malaysia a month after he had Fosters beer in Hot Millions.

Employees’ panel office-bearers
Chandigarh, March 5
Mr Yashpal Bhagat, Mr Ashish Goel and Mr S. K. Sharma have been elected Secretary, Joint Secretary and Treasurer, respectively, the Central Government Employees’ Welfare Co-ordination Committee for 2002.

Possession of plot sought
Chandigarh, March 5
The Chandigarh Administration has allotted a two-kanal plot to the Welfare Council Society, Sector 44, Chandigarh, for the construction of Radha Krishan temple.

CRIME

Scooterist killed in mishap
Chandigarh, March 5
A resident of Sector 32, Rajesh Singh, was killed after his scooter (UP-93-A-9865) collided with a bicycle on the Sector 42-43 dividing road late last evening.

BUSINESS

SSIs’ problems deliberated upon
Chandigarh, March 5
The small-scale industries (SSIs) sector in the country has been thrown open to the challenges posed by liberalisation and the WTO regime. This has necessitated insulation of the sector from dynamics of competitive growth.

40 win product promotion scheme

EDUCATION

Board involves varsity dons in exam work
SAS Nagar, March 5
The Punjab School Education Board has decided to involve college and university teachers to help in the conduct of matriculation and plus 2 examinations which are beginning tomorrow.

PCCTU to take part in protest
Chandigarh, March 5
Members of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) will participate in the protest march to Parliament tomorrow on a call given by the All-India Federation of University College Teachers Organisation (AIFUCTO).

Free coaching for meritorious SC/ST students
Chandigarh, March 5
Meritorious students belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes will now be provided free of cost coaching to prepare them for IAS examination and other professional courses.

Dharna by students
Chandigarh, March 5
The Panjab University Campus Students Council staged a dharna in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s office here today demanding withdrawal of the order to cancel admission of certain MSc (honours school), first-year students.

Physics Deptt plans seminar
Chandigarh, March 5
A two-day seminar on “Computational techniques in physics” will be organised by the Department of Physics, Panjab University, on March 6 and 7.

Farewell party organised
Chandigarh, March 5
Psychology had nothing to do with it, but the farewell party organised by the Psycho-Society of Sector 46 Government College gave a clear insight into the working of the human minds. And one thing which became apparent was that everybody wants to dress up “like a queen” even if it is only a department function.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Show cause to CBI on Dabwali fire
Chandigarh, March 5
Nearly seven years after the Dabwali fire, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed Central Bureau of India’s counsel to explain why the investigating agency had failed to make attempts to go into apparent gross negligence on part of the authorities.

• Plea against Badal rejected
• Pass order on notice to Haryana
• Mining order quashed

25 law officer put in papers
Chandigarh, March 5
In less than 24 hours after law officers were requested to resign from the posts they were holding following a change in the government, as many as 16 resignations were received by the Punjab Advocate-General’s office.

DISTRICT COURTS
Bail for Youth Cong chief
Chandigarh, February 5
The Haryana Youth Congress President, Satwinder Singh, was today granted anticipatory bail by a local court in a case of assault and criminal intimidation. He had moved a bail plea on the apprehension that the police might arrest him in the case registered him.

• Plea dismissed
• Two acquitted
• Gambling case

HEALTH

Prof Usha Datta bereaved
Chandigarh, March 5
Mr Yog Raj Bali, a pioneer in the field of cooperative banking administration and father of Prof Usha Datta, Head of the Department of Immunopathology at the PGI, died here this morning after protracted illness.

SPORTS

Silver for Ravinder

CAT
GMCH lecturers’ petition dismissed
Chandigarh, March 5
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has dismissed the petition of 52 lecturers, on contractual appointment with the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, to grant them the pay-scale of regular lecturer.

MC, Health Dept at loggerheads
SAS Nagar, March 5
Water bill collection in the town is likely to become a bone of contention with the Municipal Council deciding to get the work done by its own staff from April 1.

Notice to parking contractor
Chandigarh, March 5
The Municipal Corporation and the parking contractor here today further got into a legal tangle with the MC issuing a notice on the contractor for a cheque bounce case.

F&CC meeting on March 7
Chandigarh, March 5
The Mayor, Ms Lalit Joshi, today decided to call the meeting of the Finance and Contract Committee on March 7 and rejected the Municipal Corporation’s proposal of the professional tax. The tax has been recommended by the resource generation committee constituted by the previous House.

55 sites auctioned
Panchkula, March 5
The auction of commercial sites in various parts of the township, including the industrial area, by the Haryana Development Urban Authority (HUDA) had a massive response with 55 commercial sites being auctioned off today.