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In total
violation of the notice put up by the
authorities, a liquor vend operates from Indian
Air Force land in Sector 31, Chandigarh. A
Tribune photograph |
Water tariff hike
likely in winter
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 11 A huge gap between expenditure and
receipts notwithstanding, the Municipal
Corporation of Chandigarh has been ducking the
issue of the revision of water tariff for the
past over three years. The issue of water tariff
revision, which had gained importance following
the advice of the Government of India. |
Another jawan
lays down life
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 11 After Havaldar Bikram Singh of 8
Sikh, who laid down his life during the capture
Tiger Hill in the Kargil conflict, it was the
turn of his cousin to bring glory to the sleepy
village of Kubaheri, 20 km from here.The mortal
remains of Sepoy Sukhpreet Singh of 5 Sikh were
today consigned to the flames with full state and
military honours at his native village. |

Gurinderjeet
Singh, lights the pyre of his brother,
Sepoy Sukhpreet Singh, |
who was killed
while foiling an infiltration bid in the
Chhamb Sector of Jammu, at Kubaheri
village, near |
Kharar,
on Saturday. Tribune photo by
Pankaj Sharma |
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Overbridge to be built at
Bhankharpur
DERA BASSI,
Sept 11 a railway overbridge on the Ambala-Kalka
National Highway-22 at railway crossing in Bhankharpur is
proposed to be built in two years. The project aims to
relieve traffic congestion on this section of the road.
Poll boycotted to vent ire
MASOL
(Ropar), Sept 11 It is hard to imagine the
medieval-like conditions in which inhabitants of this
remote and inaccessible village are being forced to live
with.
Punjab cops replace SSB men
SAS NAGAR,
Sept 11 The personnel of the Special Services
Bureau deputed at collection-cum-counting centre in
Shivalik Public School in Phase VI here have been
replaced with Punjab police personnel.
Workshops
and Conferences |

Audience at
the CME programme on Transfusion Medicine at the
PGI on Saturday. A Tribune photograph |
Blood
cell labs envisaged
CHANDIGARH, Sept 11 A two-day
continuous medical education programme on
transfusion medicine, organised by the Department
of Blood Transfusion and Immunohaematology,
Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and
Research, began here today.
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Course for air hostesses
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 11 Keeping in view the job prospects in
domestic and international airlines, the Institute of
Tourism and Future Management Trends, Chandigarh, has
started a three-month intensive training course for air
hostesses, flight stewards and airlines ground and office
staff.
MFC-I,
II students a harassed lot
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 11 Students of MFC Part I and II of
the Department of Correspondence Studies in
Panjab University are a harassed lot as they have
till date not been given a special chance to
appear for those papers in which they either had
re-appear or fail results in the examination held
in April last year.
Engineers' Day on
September 15
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 11 The birth anniversary of Sir
Visvesvaraya, the only engineer to the awarded
the Bharat Ratna, will be celebrated as
Engineers' Day on September 15.
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DAV
school wins play contest
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 11 The first Champa Mangatrai memorial
inter-school play competition was held here today morning
at the Young Women Christian Association, Sector 11.
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