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Carrying
placards and banners, students hold an awareness
rally on World AIDS Day in Chandigarh on
Wednesday — A Tribune photograph |
Rallies, contests
mark World AIDS Day
CHANDIGARH Dec 1 — Debates, on-the-spot
slogan writing, essay writing and paper reading
contests were organised by various educational
institutions of the city today to mark World AIDS
day.
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HC not to vacate stay on PGI
acting chief
CHANDIGARH, Dec 1 — The Punjab and Haryana High
Court today declined to vacate the stay against Dr N.K.
Ganguli, Director-General of the Indian Council of
Medical Research, taking over as acting Director of the
PGI.
UT overlooks SC verdict
CHANDIGARH
Dec 1 — The writ of the Supreme Court (SC), it
seems, runs short of the Union Territory of Chandigarh if
inaction by the Chandigarh Administration on a directive
of the Apex Court regarding payment of arrears to
part-time lecturers is any indication.
Develop
back lanes, be safe
CHANDIGARH Dec 1 — A decision on the utilisation of
back lanes, or service lanes, that exist behind the
houses in the first 30 sectors of the city seems to be on
the cards.
JEs made accountable
SAS NAGAR Dec 1 — Junior Engineers with the
estate office of the Punjab Urban Development Authority
(PUDA) have been made accountable for any encroachments
which come up come up on PUDA land in their respective
areas.
In
pain, and away from home
CHANDIGARH
Dec 1 — A 40-year-old stone-cutter, who came from
the state of Bihar in search of work at Ropar, got hit by
a speeding truck and was admitted to the PGI emergency
about three days back, with both legs broken.
Peaceful march by traders
PANCHKULA
Dec 1 — Over 100 members of the Traders Association,
Sector 16, Panchkula, took out a peaceful march today,
protesting against the lack of amenities in the Sector 16
market.
Open
boozing at public places
PANCHKULA Dec 1 — Public areas in Panchkula are
becoming places for many people for consumption of
liquor. Besides causing distress to the passers-by it
also puts a question mark on the effectiveness of the
Police Department.
Central directive to UT on
industrial plots
CHANDIGARH Dec 1 — The Union Home Ministry, has
asked the Chandigarh Administration to hammer out an
out-of-court solution to the 18-year old dispute between
the Administration and allottees of industrial plots in
the city who could not be given possession of their
plots.
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PU scientists’ success in lab
CHANDIGARH Dec 1 — Three faculty members of the
Chemistry Department, Panjab University, have achieved
success in the form of a US patent in the field of
''direct deposition of metals''.
Driver acquitted inaccident case
CHANDIGARH Dec 1 — A resident of Kangra district in
Himachal Pradesh, accused of ramming the van he was
driving into a cyclist and injuring him, was today
acquitted by the UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Mr
Mahinder Singh.
Beant
case: DSP'sstatement recorded
CHANDIGARH Dec 1 — The assassination case of former
Chief Minister of Punjab, Beant Singh, resumed today with
the prosecution witness — Punjab Deputy
Superintendent of Police, Dilbagh Singh, saying that
intimation regarding a threat from human bomb had been
passed on to the officials responsible for the former
CM's security.
Fresh
warrants against Punjab DSP
CHANDIGARH Dec 1 — Issuing fresh bailable
warrants against Punjab Deputy Superintendent of
Police Surjit Singh Grewal and five other accused
into S.A.S. Nagar resident Kulwinder Singh Kid
murder case, UT Chief Judicial Magistrate Sant
Parkash today also issued warrants of arrest
against constable Dayal Singh for January 3,
2000.
Contractor told to re-lay
channels
SAS NAGAR Dec 1 — Following reports of poor
quality of curb channels being laid by a private
contractor in Phase X here, the engineering cell
of the local municipal council has directed the
contractor to immediately relay them, failing
which payment will not be released.
Syal gets remand
till Dec 15
CHANDIGARH Dec 1 — Director of Marigold
Forests Rajesh Syal, accused of duping investors,
was today further remanded to judicial custody
till December 15 by the UT Judicial Magistrate
(First Class), Mr Pushvinder Singh. He had
surrendered before the court on November 3.
UT to revolutionise IT
education
CHANDIGARH Dec 1 — The Education Department
of the Chandigarh Administration is going in for
an ambitious project to revolutionise information
technology (IT) education in government schools
with the start of the next session.
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