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Zirakpur to have first taste of octroi
CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 — The residents of the newly created nagar panchayat at Zirakpur will soon have the first taste of municipal taxes with the levying of octroi on almost all articles of food and drinks, tobacco, alcoholic drinks and other intoxicants as notified by the Punjab Government.

Traffic chaos near school
CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 — It was a traffic chaos this morning. Parents and guardians had a trying time dropping their wards at St Stephen’s School in Sector 45. The reason: the front gates of the school opening out on to the main road had been sealed as per a notification of the Chandigarh Administration.
Students of St Stephen’s School help the police in checking traffic near the school entrance in Chandigarh’s Sector 45 on Monday.
Students of St Stephen’s School help the police in checking traffic near the school entrance in Chandigarh’s Sector 45 on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

PCR cops to be shifted
CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 — The functioning of the police control room is being revamped and all the personnel who have served for more than six years will be shifted to the various police stations in the city.

Luxury train inaugural runs in Shimla hills start
CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 — Inaugural runs of the much-awaited luxury train in the Shimla hills have started. Modelled on the lines of the world famous “Palace On Wheels”, running on the popular tourist circuit in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the train will start its regular runs from Delhi on December 10.

PUDA puts off drive against hedges
SAS NAGAR, Oct 25 — In a surprise move the local estate office of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority has deferred its drive to remove hedges, fences, grills and tow walls raised by residents in front of their houses in the township for at least two weeks.

Stenography students boycott classes
CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 — Students of the stenography course in Government Central Crafts Institute, Sector 11, today boycotted their classes and observed strike to protest against the extension in the timings of the teaching schedule from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. instead of 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

'Exit polls represent vested interests'
CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 — Prof Pradeep Kumar of Department of Political Science, PU, denounced market-driven polls including exit polls as representing vested interests and narrow sections of society like urban educated classes, mostly males and those belonging to particular ethnic or communal groups.
S N I P P E T S
250 participate in science exhibition

Inter-class painting contest

UN day celebrated

Talk on fashion designing held

300 students get prizes

Polio drive continues
CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 — On the second day of the first phase of the four-phased Intensified Pulse-Polio Immunisation 1999-2000, the Health Department of the UT and the Chandigarh Administration today carried out a door-to-door immunisation programme to cover all those children in the age group of zero to five, who had not made it to the polio-immunisation booths yesterday.Top



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Crime File
Four booked for seeking dowry


Campus Beat
Engg, arch students to stage play


Cultural Scene
Ugandan troupe performs in city


Price Watch
Capsicum dearest vegetable

The Planets, a dance and music group of Uganda, performs on vibrant beats at a cultural evening organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations at the TTTI Auditorium, Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph


Sacred Heart, DAV-8 cagers win

Pallah chosen best athleteTop



  Features

GH-16 to have incinerator, waste boxes
CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 — The Union Government had notified that all hospitals and nursing homes with a capacity of 500 beds should install waste treatment facilities like incinerators or microwave systems latest by December 31, 1999.

'Give students free atmosphere'
CHANDIGARH, Oct 24 — ''In a system where the child is perpetually burdened with vast syllabus, homework and examination system, schools should try to give an atmosphere of freedom to the child,'' says Mrs Indu Maitra, principal of Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education, Sector 27.

Roads not repaired for 5 years
ZIRAKPUR Oct 25 — Poor roads in Zirakpur and its adjoining villages have become a cause of concern.

Jagman Singh to head Institution of Engineers
CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 — Mr Jagman Singh has become the first engineer from the Punjab and Chandigarh State Centre to be elected President of the prestigious Institution of Engineers.Top



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