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MC razes furnace of master potter
Chandigarh, April 2
Nothing seems to matter to the Enforcement Wing of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation when it comes to executing official orders. No wonder then that it bothered little before razing to the ground six standing furnaces, which helped Chandigarh produce a master potter, who brought laurels to the city in the field of craftsmanship.

Truckers hurt in group clash

Dera Bassi, April 2 Three truckers, including a former president of the truck operators union, were severely injured in a clash between two groups of the Bassi Mubarikpur Truck Operators Union here today.

Seriously injured Tajinder Singh and Sarabjit Singh; and (right) former president of the Dera Bassi Truck Union Gurcharan Singh lying unconscious in the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi.

Girls present a folk dance during the Orissa Day celebrations organised by the Utkal Sanskrutik Sangh at Lord Jagannath temple in Sector 31, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

City to have 19 ‘e-centres’
Chandigarh, April 2
Following the Andhra Pradesh model, the Chandigarh Administration today decided to have 19 "e-centres" across the city which will be computerised and networked. At these centres, residents will have the facility of getting work done relating to seven important public dealing and revenue collecting offices at a single window.

Red alert sounded on ‘pneumonia’
Chandigarh, April 2
The UT Health authorities today sounded a red alert as two isolation wards in city hospitals were set up and a copy of the WHO regarding the killer pneumonia dispatched to all local medical officers and private practitioners.

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Administration issues notice to BSNL
Chandigarh, April 2
The UT Administration’s Excise and Taxation Department yesterday issued a notice to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), directing the telecom company to furnish details of telephone rentals collected by it from the subscribers over the past three years.

Carnivores get meat after two days
Chhat Bir (Patiala), April 2
After a long wait of over 50 hours, the hungry carnivores at the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park had a taste of meat this evening.

COMMUNITY

No check on sale of adulterated food items

SAS Nagar, April 2 With residents unmindful of serious health hazards that await them, ‘summer-special’ food items are selling like hot cakes in the township. And sleeping over the matter are the Ropar district health officials who state that they will take action shortly. Unmindful of the effect the unhygienic ice would have on the consumers’ health, an ice-seller starts his business from a footpath in SAS Nagar on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

16,000 trees behind Sukhna saved
Chandigarh, April 2
Nearly 16,000 trees on forest land immediately behind Sukhna Lake have escaped extinction following the decision of the UT Administration to give up its proposal regarding wet dredging of the lake bed in a bid to increase its depth.

INLD wooing BJP councillors
Panchkula, April 2
The inability of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) to get the elusive 16 councillors on its side in the Municipal Council here has prodded it to now woo the BJP councillors.

Navratra Fair begins Panchkula, April 2 The Navratra Fair began with traditional fervour at the Shri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine complex, near here, today. Thousands of devotees from all over the region thronged the shrine to offer their prayers. Thousands of devotees throng the Mata Mansa Devi shrine in Panchkula on the first day of the Navratras on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Dog menace triggers panic
Mullanpur Garibdass, April 2
Panic has gripped residents of several villages adjoining Mullanpur Garibdass following the death of a woman, reportedly due to rabies.

Project launched
Chandigarh, April 2
Agro-mass, an NGO working for the promotion of science and technology within the agriculture sector, has launched a project ‘Bio-Force’ to promote eco-friendly farm concepts among the rural people of 22 villages of UT in phased manner.

Defence Ministry team visits firm
Chandigarh, April 2
A two-member team from the Supplies and Design Department of the Ministry of Defence visited STF Electronics, a defence equipment manufacturing firm in Panchkula today.

CRIME

Local doctor booked
Panchkula, April 2
The police has booked a local doctor on charges of threatening a resident of Mansa with a gun and snatching away Rs 4.5 lakh from him. Dr Tarsem Lal Jindal, Nirmal and two others reportedly threatened Harbans Lal on March 27 with a gun and forcibly took away Rs 4.5 lakh from him. 

Excise evasion of 1.70 cr detected
Panchkula, April 2
The Central Excise Commissionerate at Panchkula has detected central excise evasion of Rs 1.70 crore in 54 cases in the past four months. This was stated by Mr P.K. Sirohi, Commissioner, Central Excise, while addressing mediapersons here today.

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MARKET SPOTLIGHT SECTOR-19-D
This market for the elite needs total revamping
ONE of the oldest markets in the city is Sector 19-D. It has 46 shops and another 16 booths. First shops here had started coming up in 1956. Today 45 years later, it has some of the better known shops selling cloth, leading departmental store and a leading stationery shop which stocks all kinds of forms required in government transactions, besides shops selling photographic equipment. In all these years the city has grown. The market, despite its quite upper-end clientele, needs total revamping.

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EDUCATION

PEC to develop innovative computer devices
Chandigarh, April 2
A Netherlands-based firm has approached Punjab Engineering College (PEC) here for collaborating on a project to design and develop some computer input devices which will be more user friendly and cause considerably less fatigue than present day conventional devices.

Coaching centre opened
Chandigarh, April 2
Free coaching classes for students appearing for engineering and medical entrance tests were inaugurated by the UT DPI (Schools), Mr D.S. Mangat, at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, here today.

Centre not to shift courses
SAS Nagar, April 2
The Centre for Design and Advanced Computing has decided to postpone the shifting of its DOEACC courses from its campus in SAS Nagar to the Regional Computer Centre in Chandigarh for six months. The decision has been taken following a protest by over 100 students doing these courses in CDAC who refused to be shifted from here to Chandigarh.

Orientation programme
Panchkula, April 2
Dikshant International School yesterday began its orientation programme for new children with a welcome concert by kindergarten teachers, which was followed by a magic show.

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Double murder case: hearing on June 3
Chandigarh, April 2
The UT Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ms Sneh Prashar, today fixed the hearing in the infamous liquor shop double murder case for June 3. The prosecution has so far recorded the statements of four witnesses and more 10 witnesses are yet to be questioned.

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HEALTH

Delayed power connection cost PGI Rs 22 lakh
Chandigarh, April 2
It does not matter, least of all to the PGI if patients have to wait for months to get a CT scan done, as they take their own sweet time not only to install the already acquired new machines, but also do not think twice before wasting Rs 22 lakh on a condemned machine.

Release salaries: PGI staff
Chandigarh, April 2
Not having received their salary for the month of March, the PGI Employees Union today urged authorities to release their salaries as they were facing a lot of inconvenience .

SPORTS

Floodlit court of volleyball opened
Chandigarh, April 2
A floodlit court of volleyball for trainees of Sports Training Centre (STC) of the Sports Authority of India was inaugurated at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, this evening. The court was inaugurated by the local MP, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal. The total work costing Rs 1.30 lakh was executed by the UT Engineering Department under the MP Local Area Development Fund.

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New Astroturf at sports complex soon Chandigarh, April 2 Finally, the hockey fraternity in the city has reasons to cheer, when the much-awaited synthetic turf with brand name Astro-Turf would be available for players in the Sector-42 sports complex in a few weeks. The turf was laid in 80s and it has been in a bad shape for the past few years. A new Astroturf will be laid in another few days in the Sector 42 hockey stadium in Chandigarh. — A Tribune photograph

Drive to check sale of sub-standard products
Chandigarh, April 2
The enforcement staff of the Prevention of Food Adulteration of the Chandigarh Health Department has launched a drive to check the sale of adulterated and sub-standard food stuff in the city.

Notification on bar licencees for discos
Chandigarh, April 2
Discotheques in the city can now have bar licencees by paying Rs 1.25 lakh per annum as fee to the Chandigarh Administration. Pubs have been permitted in discos for the first time here and today a notification was issued to fix the fee. Also the fee payable for licencees wanting to sell flavoured alcoholic beverages was fixed.