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Not a
lecturer but a student leader convincing students
to join their fight against the fee hike at one
of the departments in Panjab University on
Thursday. — A Tribune photograph |
PU students
boycott classes
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 5 — The second year students of various
departments of Panjab University boycotted
classwork in protest against the fee hike here
today. In spite of the call for a strike, many
students had come to attend their classes, which
were discontinued following an appeal from the
activists of various student bodies. |
Hizbul militant held in city
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 5 — The police here today arrested a militant
belonging to the Hizbul Mujahideen faction who had
earlier surrendered before the Army in Jammu and Kashmir
in 1998 and was at present plying a rehri in the city.
MCC proposes, administration
disposes
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 5 — The Chandigarh Administration and the
Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh are on a collision
course again.
Final list of candidates by Aug 21
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 5 — The final list of candidates contesting from
the Chandigarh parliamentary constituency in the
forthcoming Lok Sabha elections will be put up on August
21, the last date for withdrawal of candidature.
Six women court arrest on helmet
issue
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 5 — While the local unit of the Shiromani Akali
Dal (Badal) has withdrawn its ongoing agitation on the
issue of compulsory wearing of helmets by both women
drivers and pillion riders of two-wheelers, the Sikh Nari
Manch and other organisations have decided to continue
their protest till the orders are formally withdrawn.
HUDA drive in low gear
PANCHKULA,
Aug 5 — The third day of the HUDA drive to remove
hoardings in different sectors of the township passed
away without much activity.
Workshop on environment
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 5 — The Punjab State Council for Science and
Technology in collaboration with the Environmental
Monitoring Instruments Division, CSIO, Sector 30, today
organised a one-day workshop on the theme, 'Keep our
Environment Clean and Green'.
‘96 pc city units in non-agri
works’
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 5 —More than 96 per cent of the 39,845
enterprises in the Union Territory of Chandigarh are
engaged in non-agricultural activities.
NIS
to train Indian Railways employees
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 5 — Indian Railways, in its endeavour to
improve its customer services, will have 1,00,000
of its employees trained by NIS School of
Marketing during next five years, says Ms
Vijayalakshmi Vishwanathan, head of marketing
services of NIS Sparta.
‘No genuine
NGO’ for children
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 5 — CRY (Child Relief and You), a
non-government organisation that essentially
raises funds for helping deprived children in the
fields of education, income generation,
vocational training and health care, is yet to
reach out to the children of the city, or for
that matter even of Punjab and Haryana.
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Anita first in poster contest
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 5 — Anita of Government Model High School,
Sector 29, has stood first in a poster-making contest on
“Growing population will eat India” organised
by the population education development cell of the State
Institute of Education here.
Erratic power supply irks
villagers
MULLANPUR-GARIBDASS,
Aug 5 — Residents of Mullanpur-Garibdass village
have been facing frequent failure of power supply for the
past several days. 
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