|
Prof Paramjit
Singh.........Prof M.M. Puri |
PU exploring
alternative on exams
CHANDIGARH, April 17 — “We are
exploring the idea of conducting examinations in
schools and even in government colleges for the
final year students," Prof Paramjit Singh,
Registrar of the university, said. |
Vigilance
probe: UT’s rejoinder
The following is the rejoinder issued by
the Director, Public Relations, UT, Chandigarh,
to The Tribune story titled “Charges against
ex-DC one-sided, unfair” published on April
16, 1999. (April 16 report) |
The Editor adds:
We stand by our April 16 story based on extensive
documentary investigation.
|
Training
of poll staff begins
CHANDIGARH,
April 17 — The two-day training session of
staff which will check claims of city residents
for inclusion in the electoral rolls got underway
at the Bhargava auditorium at the PGI here this
morning.
12 illegal taxis
challaned
DERA
BASSI, April 17 — The local police today
challaned 12 Maruti vans and cars for plying as
taxis from the local bus stand without permit .
Structures
demolished
PANCHKULA,
April 17 — The enforcement wing of local
estate office demolished unauthorised structures
raised in the premises of Pashu Nath Mandir near
Mata Mansa Devi temple here this morning.
|
|
Sewers choked in Industrial Area
CHANDIGARH,
April 17 — Entrepreneurs of Industrial Area, Phase
II, have been at their wits’ end to get the problems
of inadequate water supply and choked sewers solved for
the past many months.
'Distinguish between faith,
religion'
CHANDIGARH,
April 17 — The fourth meeting of 'Khayal', a
multilingual group of intellectuals, poets and writers of
Chandigarh, was held in the shape of a seminar-cum-poetic
symposium at Lajpat Rai Bhavan, Sector 15, today.
Police-NGO body envisaged
CHANDIGARH,
April 17 — A meeting of all Chandigarh
non-government organisations and the Chandigarh Police
will be held on May 1, in the traffic auditorium in order
to have a police-NGO set-up that would work towards
effectively dealing with problems concerning women,
children and other social issues.
Medical reps plan protest
CHANDIGARH, April 17 — The Punjab and
Chandigarh Medical Sales Representatives Union has
decided to organise a demonstration on April 28 to
protest against the government decision to pass the
Patent Amendment Bill.
PEC students get degrees
CHANDIGARH,
April 17 — Degrees were conferred on over 300
students of Punjab Engineering College, Sector 12, at the
28th annual convocation of the college here today.
‘More centres to handle
trauma cases needed’
CHANDIGARH,
April 17 — There should be more centres in the
country to handle trauma cases for implanting amputated
body parts like toes, fingers, hand and limbs, opined Dr
R. Sabapathy from Coimbatore at the PGI today.
Karsan school pass percentage up
CHANDIGARH,
April 17 — Government Senior Secondary School,
Karsan, has bagged several medals at state-level
championships during the last academic year and improved
upon its pass percentage.
Kavi sammelan
PANCHKULA,
April 17 — Noted Hindi poets recited their poems
dedicated to Maha Kavi Surdas at a kavi sammelan
organised by the Haryana Sahitya Akademi in collaboration
with the State Cultural Affairs Department to celebrate
the 521st birth anniversary of Surdas at the Yavanika
Open Air Theatre here yesterday.
|
Cases of cash snatching on the
rise
