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35 structures of top companies razed
Chandigarh, March 14
In a major demolition drive, the Estate Office of the Chandigarh Administration today razed at least 35 illegal structures, mostly belonging to big companies, at Daria village.

General sets deadlines for IT park
Chandigarh, March 14
General (retd) S.F.Rodrigues, the Governor of Punjab and the UT Administrator, today directed all departments and agencies concerned to work in time to complete Phase-I to III of the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park.

Bhajji plays Holi with slum kids
Chandigarh, March 14
Over 160 slum children from Durga Das Foundation’s Night School celebrated Holi with ace spinner Harbhajan Singh today.

Harbhajan Singh celebrates Holi with slum kids from Durga Das Foundation’s Night School in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

Devotees perform Holika Dahan at Rajasthan Bhavan, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph	ISKCON devotees perform abhishek of Chaitanya Mahapra- bhu at Hare Krishna Dham, Chandigarh.	Drizzle and the nip in air failed to keep youth away from Holi fun at Fun City, near Ramgarh, on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Cops corner cricketers’ autographs
Chandigarh, March 14
After India scripting a stunning win over England in the second Test played on the Mohali strip, both cricket teams left for Mumbai, the venue of the final Test of the series, here today.





A police personnel takes autograph of cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Chandigarh on Tuesday. 

India well prepared in disaster management: expert
 Chandigarh, March 14
"Response'' is the single most important reaction in disaster management. To mitigate impact of any disaster, preventive steps have to be taken, but in India no one was willing to introduce a preventive drill to deal with disasters till it was stressed that minimising the impact of disaster not only reduces loss to life and property, but also made perfect economic sense.

Websites of various regiments closed down
Chandigarh, March 14
In the information age, army regiments' march to project their guts and glory through the cyber-world has hit an old world obstacle. Showing its conservative attitude of preventing the flow of information, the Army has ordered "official" websites hosted on the Internet by various regiments to shut down.

Provisions on pollution control being flouted
Chandigarh, March 14
Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh have appointed non-technical persons — politicians and bureaucrats — as Chairpersons and Member Secretaries of State Pollution Control Boards.

PPS must shun elitist image, says Governor
Chandigarh, March 14
Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, while presiding over the Meeting of Board of Governors of Punjab Public School, Nabha, at Punjab Raj Bhavan, here today called for changing the image of the elitist culture of the institution and redefining its role by expanding the opportunities for quality education to all sections of society.

COMMUNITY

PSEB fails to clarify
Chandigarh, March 14
The Punjab State Electricity Board could not clarify the points raised by an industry member in the public hearing before Mr. J S Gill, Chairman, Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission ,here today.

Mercury dips by 6.4 °C in city
Chandigarh, March 14
Continual rain in the city since morning saw a steep decline in the maximum temperature, thereby forcing residents to take out their woollens once again.

Rain chased a team of the Teachers Training Institute, Karaikal, Pondicherry, in the Zakir Rose Garden, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik	Ms Kamlesh, former Mayor, helps a resident out of a trench full of water at Ram Darbar, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

MC discusses village bylaws with Adviser
Chandigarh, March 14
The MC today held a meeting with the Adviser to the UT Administrator, Mr Lalit Sharma, to discuss building bylaws for taking over villages from the Administration.

Green car centre of attraction
Chandigarh, March 14
A green car prepared by a leading industrialist of Mohali, Mr Ramesh Dudhani, has virtually turned into a centre of attraction for anybody who sees the car. Also, what started as "an exercise to cut costs" could soon become a cash-cow for him.


Mr Ramesh Dudhani with his green car in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

GOLFERS' DAY OUT: The inclement weather fails to dampen the spirit of these golfers who set out on the greens with all bag and baggage at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Car stickers on consumer rights
Chandigarh, March 14
On the eve of the World Consumer Day, the Chandigarh Consumer Court Bar Association today released car stickers relating to the rights of consumer. Four sets of stickers with various slogans to increase consumer awareness were issued. The first set of stickers was presented to Justice K.C. Gupta (retd), President of the UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, by Mr Pankaj Chandgothia, President of the Consumer Court Bar Association.

Voters views sought on delimitation
Mohali, March 14
Even as the Kharar MLA, Mr Bir Devinder Singh, had demanded that the delimitation of wards be done all over again, the Punjab government today issued a notification inviting objections and suggestions from voters in connection with the delimitation of municipal wards.

Brothers sustain burns
Chandigarh, March 14
Two brothers of Behlana village sustained burns this morning in a fire caused by a leaking LPG cylinder. The police while ruling out foul play said the fire broke out in the morning due to the gas leak.

CRIME

Another car recovered from cops
Chandigarh, March 14
The operation cell of the police claimed to have recovered another car from the inter-state gang of car thieves arrested earlier this month.

Car theft: two cops dismissed
Chandigarh, March 14
Two of the seven Punjab Police constables who were caught by the Chandigarh Police for allegedly stealing cars have been dismissed from service, following orders issued by the Punjab Police here tonight. Both were attached with the 28nd Battalion of the Punjab Armed Punjab stationed here.

Couple booked for duping man of Rs 60 lakh
Chandigarh, March 14
The Chandigarh Police has booked a city-based businessman and his wife on the allegations of cheating and hatching a criminal conspiracy for duping a man of Rs 60 lakh.

BUSINESS

UT gives conversion option to trades
Chandigarh, March 14
In a new policy decision, the Chandigarh Administration has decided to allow all trades the option of conversion into alternate fields, targeted specifically at the seven trades which had been left out in the earlier policy decision in January this year.

Cricket Test brings good business for Verka
Mohali, March 14
Milkfed was able to sell products worth more than Rs 3 lakh during the India-England Test match played at the PCA stadium here.

Kashmir emporium gets
new look
Chandigarh, March 14
The mystique of chinar is omnipresent
— be it the stylised kutis, woolen carpets, pashmina shawls or the papier-mache and wooden handicrafts.



Artifacts displayed at the newly renovated Kashmir Government Arts Emporium in Chandigarh. 

EDUCATION

Architecture college gets master’s course
Chandigarh, March 14
The Chandigarh College of Architecture (CCA) will start Master's in Architecture from the next academic session. Panjab University has given clearance to the new course. This was stated by Prof Rajnish Wattas, Principal of the college, while reading out the annual report of the college during a prize distribution function here today.

Students at a prize distribution function at the Chandigarh College of Architecture on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph

Rs 50 lakh earmarked for Mohali college
Mohali, March 14
A sum of Rs 50 lakh has been earmarked for providing various facilities at the local government college.

Mr Surinder Singla, Finance Minister, Punjab, (centre) and Mr Bir Devinder Singh, MLA, Kharar, at Government College, Mohali, on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph

CBSE affiliation goes online
Chandigarh, March 14
In order to facilitate faster processing, the CBSE has introduced the system of accepting application forms for affiliation and other allied matters online from November 1, 2005.

HEALTH

People educated on brain diseases
Chandigarh, March 14
“Brain Awareness Week”, organised to educate the common man about various problems of the brain, was inaugurated by Prof J.S. Chopra, former Director Principal, Government Medical College, Head of Department of Neurology, at the New OPD Block, PGIMER, yesterday.

SPORTS

• Kabaddi tourney from March 17