The PCA authorities seem to have realised the futility of hiring chairs due to a very poor spectator turnout in the ongoing Test between India and New Zealand in SAS Nagar. As a result, the chairs are being removed. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan (Details on Sport page)

Membership of BIC begins CHANDIGARH, Oct 11 — The Chandigarh Administration has released its first grant to Bradlaugh International Centre, which is being established in the city on the pattern of India International Centre in New Delhi.The Bradlaugh International Centre Managing Committee has paid the extension fee to pave way for the start of construction work on a prime 1.96 acres plot on Madhya Marg in Sector 15 here.

Running home to escape violent ragging
CHANDIGARH, Oct 11 — Amit Goyal of Sector 35 is yet to come to terms with the agony faced by him at the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow.

New DC, SP take charge
PANCHKULA, Oct 11 — The public and affairs related to it top the priority list of the new Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.K. Monga, and the Superintendent of Police, Mr Sudhir Chaudhary, who took charge at the district secretariat here today.

UT’s lone sniffer dog overworked
CHANDIGARH, Oct 11 — The police department here has decided to buy six more sniffer dogs. While four fully trained dogs will be bought from the Border Security Force,Tikanpur, two pups will also be purchased for future use.

PU departments to get extra Rs 2 crore
CHANDIGARH, Oct 11 — Apart from its annual budget, Panjab University has cleared an extra amount of nearly 2 crore to meet additional demands of teaching and administrative departments.

• PU exams from March 20

Statements recorded
CHANDIGARH, Oct 11 — The Sessions Judge, Mr B.S. Bedi, who held court at Burail Jail, today recorded the statements of two prosecution witnesses in the ongoing Beant Singh assassination case.

HUDA told to give plot possession

New houses recommended

Peas down, ginger up

Use of mobile phone while driving banned

Skating rink opens in Panchkula
Pawandeep, Sunil 200 m champs
Dr Kochhar wins golf trophy

Preparing ragpickers for exams
CHANDIGARH, Oct 11 — Picture this, children busy learning by rote various letters of the alphabet, or the mathematical multiplication tables, and then getting together sometimes to stage a play which highlights the issues of health and hygiene.

• One teacher for 5 classes
• 2 rooms and trees for 5 classes
• Kids to be taught to respect elders

Rice millers face payment problem
KHARAR, Oct 11 — Rice millers of Kharar subdivision are facing a financial crisis as the Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Department has allegedly failed to make payment to them for the levy rice given to the central pool.

Problems galore in Sector 42
CHANDIGARH, Oct 11 — Sector 42, perhaps the least-developed sector in Phases I and II of City Beautiful, is a study in contrast. While a portion of the sector has been developed, residents of a major portion of the sector are forced to live with problems galore.

Fall in paddy arrivals
CHANDIGARH, Oct 11 — Staying away of private traders and a uniform support price offered by procurement agencies have adversely affected the arrival of paddy, particularly from the surrounding areas, in the local grain market.