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| Defacement
of school walls to be punishable |
A collage
showing the defacement of school boards, building
walls, telephone junction box, poles and sign
boards in and around government model schools in
sectors 16, 23 and 33 of Chandigarh. —
Tribune photos by Parvesh Chauhan |
CHANDIGARH, Oct 14 — Those
indulging in the defacement of school buildings,
sign posts and notice boards near schools are in
for trouble. They shall be prosecuted by the UT
Education Department and proceeded against under
law. The DPI ( Schools), Mr D.S.Saroya, has in a
circular issued to the heads of private and
government schools in the city directed them not
to allow anyone to deface or spoil school walls
and other sign boards by pasting posters and
pamphlets. He has further asked them to ensure
that all offenders should be told to get the
defaced wall white-washed or re-painted within
seven days. |
| Penalty for defacement of
property |
Dr Anand resigns from Regulations
Committee
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 14 — Dr R.D. Anand, a member of the Panjab
University Senate, has submitted his resignation from the
membership of the Regulations Committee.
More services under service tax
soon
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 14 — Mr Govindan S. Tampi, Chief Commissioner
and Director General of the Service Tax, said today that
the Central Government would bring more services under
the service tax net soon.
‘Promises to Punjab
unfulfilled’
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 14 — Merger of Punjab with the Indian Union was
based on promises of better care and welfare, which
remain unfulfilled till date.
Badal for military training for
youth
CHANDI
MANDIR, Oct 14 — Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh
Badal today advocated the need for a new national policy
for making military training compulsory for the youth of
the country so as to instil qualities of discipline,
sense of duty and commitment in them.
(Badal to expand
ministry by month-end on Punjab page)
Petrol cheapest in Panchkula
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 14 — Panchkula becomes the cheapest place for
refuelling motor vehicles run on petrol. A survey of the
petrol rates after the Punjab Government decided to
increase sales tax on petrol from 12 per cent to 20 per
cent, reveals that compared to Panchkula, a litre of
petrol anywhere in Punjab will cost between Rs 3.20 to Rs
3.50 more.
11-ft tall lady's finger plant
ZIRAKPUR,
Oct 14 — A lady's-finger plant in the kitchen garden
of Mr Sukhdev Singh, a resident of Akali Kaur Singh
Colony here has attained a height of 11.10 feet.
250 AIDS cases in city
CHANDIGARH, Oct 14 — The city has reported
250 positive cases of AIDS since January this year, as
per latest National AIDS Control Programme figures, from
the one blood testing centre at the Post-Graduate
Institute of Medical Education and Research.
Builders urged to follow standards
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 14 — Building construction is an essential
element in the overall development of the country and for
the satisfaction of the social and cultural aspirations
of the people, said Mr Balbir Singh, Chairman of the
Chandigarh Housing Board, here today.
UT Khadi board reconstituted
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 14 — The Chandigarh Administration has
reconstituted the Union Territory Khadi and Village
Industries Board with the Adviser to the Administrator as
its Chairperson.
Blood
donors honoured
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 14 — The Blood Bank Society of
Chandigarh held a function to honour blood donors
of the city on the lawns of the Panjab University
Guest House here this evening.
Chautala performs
havan
PANCHKULA,
Oct 14—Even as devotees continued to throng
the Mansa Devi temple on the fourth day of the
Navratra mela which began on October 11, the
Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Om Prakash
Chautala, visited the temple to pay obeisance
here today.
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honorary doctorate for Anand
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 14 — Mulk Raj Anand, a towering figure in Indian
literature, was the first Tagore professor of art in
Panjab University. 
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