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Monorail
transport system proposed for city
CHANDIGARH,
June 15 — A straddle beam-type monorail system has
been proposed as the second mode of public transport for
Chandigarh in the next millennium.
VDS scheme extended till June 25
CHANDIGARH,
June 15 — In view of the heavy rush and demands from
various public organsiations, the UT Electricity
Department has extended the simplified voluntary
disclosure scheme till June 25. The scheme was to
conclude today.
Anxious parents make enquiries about admission
forms of Class XI at Government Model Senior
Secondary School, Sector 23, Chandigarh, on
Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph |
Confusion marks
Class XI admissions
CHANDIGARH,
June 15 — Confusion marked the commencement
of the admissions in Class XI of various
government senior secondary schools in the city
here today with shortage of forms reported from
most schools. Admission seekers outnumbered the
forms available at most places. This is despite
the last date of submitting forms being June 30.
The chaos was more pronounced in Government Model
Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 23; the
GMSSS, Sector 22; and the GGSSS, Sector 18, with
majority of parents and students thronging these
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‘Formulate scheme for dirty
water disposal’
KHARAR,
June 15 — Mrs Seema Dhillon, Civil Judge (Junior
Division) Kharar, has directed the Additional Chief
Administrator PUDA, SAS Nagar, Municipal Council, SAS
Nagar, and President Municipal Council, SAS Nagar, to
formulate a scheme for the disposal of dirty water
standing near Phase II, SAS Nagar .
UP Governor visits wounded
soldiers
PANCHKULA,
June 15 — The Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Mr Suraj
Bhan, visited soldiers wounded during the ongoing
military action in the Kargil sector at Western Command
Hospital in Chandimandir here today.
Cars with tinted panes
face challans
CHANDIGARH,
June 15 — For the second time in a year, car
owners, who have put tinted films on the
windowpanes of their vehicles, will have to
remove the films as the Chandigarh traffic police
is set to launch a special challaning drive on
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PU
students for refund of film fee
CHANDIGARH,
June 15 — Students of Panjab University are an
irritated lot as the university authorities, on the
pretext of showing movies, have been charging Rs 20 per
annum as film fee from each student for the past 15
years, hardly screening a film during the period.
Summon
RS to discuss Kargil: Tewari
CHANDIGARH,
June 15 — The Indian Youth Congress chief,
Mr Manish Tewari, wants the Union Government to
summon the Rajya Sabha to apprise members of the
Upper House about the ongoing military action in
Kargil-Dras and other areas.
Stir to repair
transformer
ZIRAKPUR,
June 15— As many as 50 residents of Anand
Vihar, Saini Colony and Gill Colony of Bartana
village staged a dharna for more than four hours
in front of the local electricity subdivision
office yesterday.
HUDA extends
deadline on hedges
PANCHKULA,
une 15 — The deadline for the residents here
to remove all sorts of encroachments such as
hedges, fencing, grills and tow walls from road
berms in front of their houses in the urban
estate has been extended till June 30.
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Six persons drugged
KHARAR,
June 15 — Six members of a family, including four
children, were drugged by two unidentified persons at
Anandpur Sahib in Ropar district yesterday.
5 agro-forestry co. officials
booked
PANCHKULA,
June 15 — The local police has registered a case
against five persons, including three directors, of a
Mani Majra-based agro-forestry company, Surbhi Forest
India Ltd, for being involved in an alleged breach of the
trust by not returning the money invested with it by a
Rohtak-based investor.
Teachers boycott evaluation work
CHANDIGARH,
June 15 — In response to a call given by the Punjab
and Chandigarh College Teachers Union, teachers of Punjab
and Chandigarh boycotted the evaluation work being done
at all the evaluation centres of universities. 
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Drug trade on the rise
