Draw of lots held for CHB flats
Chandigarh, January 18
The Chandigarh Housing Board conducted the draw of lots for the one and two bedroom flats in Sector 49, in separate categories, at the CHB office here today.

MC to remeasure Durga nursery’s land
Chandigarh, January 18
The Municipal Corporation will be again measuring the land acquired by the Durga Das Nursery situated in Manimajra.

Fog envelops city
Chandigarh, January 18
The city spent the night wrapped in a thick blanket of fog leading to poor visibility and taking city residents by surprise. A cloudy day gave way to fog in the evening even as the temperatures rose further. While the maximum temperature went up to 22°C, 12.4° was the minimum temperature recorded in the city today.

‘Phone tapping’ by police: lawyer questioned
Chandigarh, January 18
The Crime Branch of the Chandigarh Police today quizzed Mr Arvind Thakur, General Secretary, Lawyers for Human Rights International, in connection with the phone-tapping controversy in which the local police was alleged to have tapped the telephones of six persons including two judicial officers.

40 hoardings removed
Chandigarh, January 18
The Municipal Corporation today launched a drive to remove the illegal advertisement hoardings in Sector 22-D and Sector 36. Glow signs and hoardings of showrooms and institutes more than two feet in size were removed by MC officials.

Protest against PUDA
Mohali, January 18
A protest was organised by members of the Punjab Field and Workshop Workers Union in front of the office of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) here today against the “anti-employee” policies of the PUDA authorities.

Members of the Punjab Field and Workshop Workers Union hold protest in front of the office of PUDA in Mohali on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Action sought on shifting of Punwire furniture
Mohali, January 18
The Punjab Wireless System Employees Union has demanded action against persons who had allegedly shifted some furniture and other material from one unit of Punwire to another in violation of court orders.

Irate villagers block Burj-Kotian link road
Panchkula, January 18
Over 200 residents of Burj Kotian village near Chandimandir today blocked the Burj Kotian link road to the crusher zone for over seven hours. The irate villagers were demanding that the link road be repaired at the earliest.

Villagers block the Burj-Kotian link road near Chandi Mandir on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Protest by SBoP staff
Chandigarh, January 18
Employees of the local branches of State Bank of Patiala today (SBoP) sat on a day-long dharna, on a call given by the All-India State Bank of Patiala Employees Association.

11 held for rioting
Chandigarh, January 18
The police arrested 11 persons on the charges of rioting and causing injuries following a clash between two families in Mauli Jagran here. Three of the injured belonging to a family were admitted to Sector 16 General Hospital.

One booked for selling leased booth
Chandigarh, January 18
The local police yesterday booked a resident of Bapu Dham Colony in a cheating case for allegedly selling a booth allotted to him on lease. In another incident a resident of Sector 56 was held for allegedly possessing 120 bottles of liquor.

Youth dupes shopkeeper
Mohali, January 18
A shopkeeper of Phase VII here has complained to the police that he was cheated by a youth who took away goods from his shop without making any payment.

Rodrigues kicks off meal scheme for schoolchildren
Chandigarh, January 18
As a new initiative to combat malnutrition among school children, the Administrator, Union Territory, of Chandigarh, Gen (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues, today launched a ‘Pilot Mid Day Meal Programme,’ at the Government Primary School, Sector 52.

Schoolchildren being served food at Government Primary School, Sector 52, by UT Administrator S.F. Rodrigues and Ms Jean Rodrigues at the launch of pilot mid-day meal programme in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

296 students given scholarships
Chandigarh, January 18
The India International Education Trust, promoted by Indians and NRIs based in the UK, awarded scholarships to 296 students from 52 government schools of Chandigarh at a function organised at the Baba Makhan Shah Lobana Auditorium here today.

PU non-teaching staff hold protest
Chandigarh, January 18
Members of the Panjab University Non-teaching Employees Federation staged a protest against the university’s move to consider the implementation of the National Academic Calendar and the proposed change in the timings of the Evening Studies Department.

DPS bags ‘Best School Trophy’
Chandigarh, January 18
The Central Institute of General Knowledge and Learning has awarded ‘The Best School Trophy’ to the Delhi Public School for the third consecutive year.

COURTS

Pension adalat brings smiles on many faces; 48 cases solved
Chandigarh, January 18
A 56 year-old widow, Gurbax Kaur, was all smiles after getting her Pension Payment Order three months after she sought voluntary retirement from the State Bureau of Education and Vocational Training, Punjab.

Penal costs of Rs 500 imposed on Citibank
Chandigarh, January 18
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I, Chandigarh, today imposed penal costs of Rs 500 on Citibank for its failure to file evidence in a complaint of alleged misrepresentation of terms and conditions and excess charging on credit card.

RO’s ruling on lawyers having dual membership
Chandigarh, January 18
The returning officer appointed for the February 3 election to the District Bar Association, said today that the advocates holding dual membership could cast votes either at the District Bar Association or at the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association.

Docs organise camp on drug de-addiction
Chandigarh, January 18
The Drug De-Addiction and Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, PGIMER, organised a drug de-addiction-cum-awareness camp at Bhankarpur village near Derabassi here yesterday.

Punjab cops win All-India tennis tourney
Chandigarh, January 18
A Punjab Police officers team comprising Mr S. M. Sharma, IGP, Patiala Zone, (Captain), Mr Arun Oraon, A.I.G. (Intelligence), Mr Rakesh Kaushal (SP HQ. Amritsar), Mr Ashish Kapoor (DSP Civil Lines, Amritsar), and Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma, SMO (4 th IRB, Jalandhar) won the V1th All India Police Officers Lawn Tennis Championship held at Pondicherry from January 8 to 12.

• PHL matches resume today

• Football trials on January 20