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UT plans 4,100 houses for govt employees
Chandigarh, February 24
The Chandigarh Administration is planning to construct more than 4,100 new houses in the city to provide accommodation to employees of Punjab and Haryana governments.

Three property dealers arrested
Chandigarh, February 24
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Chandigarh Police has arrested three property dealers on the charges of duping a city resident of Rs 3.5 lakh by selling him a plot by forging documents.

CAT quashes notification on employees’ transfer options
Chandigarh, February 24
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today quashed the 2004 notification by which the employees of the Chandigarh Administration were asked to give their options for transfer to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation after they had been declared surplus.

Lalu’s ‘populist’ Budget ignores city
Chandigarh, February 24
The Railway Budget has been widely hailed by city residents, who say, the Union Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav has passed the exam with distinction, scoring at least nine out of 10.

Tyagi brothers remanded in police custody
Chandigarh, February 24
Chandigarh Police today produced Tyagi brothers, the co-accused in the Sector 34 triple-murder case, before a local court here, which remanded them in police custody till March 27. They were brought to the city early this morning.

COMMUNITY

City gardens bloom with festivities Chandigarh, February 24 Chandigarh will soon have a Rose Society the main aim of which will be to popularise roses, propagate rose culture and also inculcate the love and interest for roses among the masses. Folk artistes of Punjab perform Bhangra at the Festival of Gardens in Chandigarh on Friday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Winners of ‘Festival of Gardens’ contests

Chandigarh, February 24 Results of various contests of Festival of Gardens were announced today. Result for Class-D for flowers and plants grown in pots: Amitabh Mohan (first); Gurbaksh Singh (second), for aster plant. Simar Grewal (first and second), Ms Kavita Soni (second), for antirrhinum. Simar Grewal (first and second), for Verbena. The lawn of the Sekhon family in Sector 9, Chandigarh, which got the first prize in the “best-maintained lawn category” in the 4-kanal houses section. — Photo by Manoj Mahajan

Saini Samaj honours Bhujbal Chandigarh, February 24 “Education is must for the upliftment of family and society but active participation in politics is the key of success,” Sainis are ten per cent in India but their participation in politics is one to two per cent. Mr Chhagan Rao Bhujbal, (second from right), PWD Minister, government of Maharashtra with the sword presented to him at Saini Sammelan in Chandigarh on Friday. Mr Harbhajan Singh Saini, Mr Gurnam Singh Derabassi, Mr Jaswant Singh and Mr Kamal Chaudhary are also seen in the picture. —  A Tribune photograph

100 structures demolished in Kharag Mangoli
Panchkula, February 24
The enforcement wing of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) today demolished 100 permanent structures and 20 hutments that had come up illegally on HUDA land in Kharag Mangoli today.

Lecture on AIDS, drug addiction
Mohali, February 24
An interactive lecture on ‘Problem of AIDS’ and ‘Drug Addiction’ was organised at the Rayat and Bahra Institute of Engineering and Technology today. The objective of the lecture was to enlighten the youth about the growing menace of AIDS.

1,459 riot victims apply for grant
Ropar, February 24
The district administration has received total 1459 applications from the victims of 1984 riots for the grant of Rs 2 lakh.

Plaza Carnival
Chandigarh, February 24
A variety of cultural events will be held at the Plaza Carnival, Sect 17, on Feb 25. These will include various state folk dances like Raibenshe from Chd, Klabelia from Rajasthan, Bihu from Assam and Bamlahiri from Haryana.

And now a pocket surfer!
Chandigarh, February 24
Innovation is undoubtedly the buzz word in this age of technological advancement. With this in mind, the media product division of Savi Vision has now come up with a sophisticated version of a communicator — pocket surfer.

IAF to organise recruitment rally
Chandigarh, February 24
The Air Force will organise a recruitment rally in Chandigarh next month exclusively for the youth of the city. It is, perhaps, for the first time that the IAF is organising such an event here.

BUSINESS

BSNL scheme to woo back customers
Special marketing awareness group formed
Chandigarh, February 24
Fighting with its back to the wall against private telecom operators, public sector telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited(BSNL)today came out with yet another scheme to woo back the customers who had disconnected their landline connections, and announced the formation of a marketing awareness group to aggressively market its services.

Cellphone operators offer low-cost handsets
Chandigarh, February 24
In the age of tariff war and with a vast 82 per cent of the population yet to be tapped, cellphone operators are now wooing the clients by offering low-cost handsets.

CBM chief announces ‘dream team’
Chandigarh, February 24
In a bid to check factionalism in the trading community, the president of the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM), Mr Subhash Sethi, today announced the ‘‘dream team’’ aimed at giving representation to different sections to face the challenges posed by the MNCs in the liberalised and globalised regime, ahead of the Union Budget.

Spice gifts and goodies for children
Chandigarh, February 24
In continuation to its efforts of sharing the joys of life with the less privileged children, Spice Telecom today brought in much cheer and delight for children of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity located at Sector 23, Chandigarh.

EDUCATION

Nek Chand interacts with students
Chandigarh, February 24
Nature and man-made things should be in harmony with each other as conflict between them leads to destruction, said Mr Nek Chand, the creator-director of the world-famous Rock Garden, at Abhipur village, about 25 km from here in Ropar district today.

Sikhya brings promise of five-star education for slum children
Chandigarh, February 24
A philanthropic effort will now make every slum child, eligible to receive first class education in a school that will give fierce competition to the high-fi public schools.

Prize distribution function at DPS Pinjore, February 24 To honour students of their achievements in academic and co-curricular activities, Delhi Public School Pinjore organised a prize distribution function here today. Students of DPS Pinjore being honoured at the school’s prize distribution function on Friday

UT clarifies on quota in schools
Chandigarh, February 24
The Chandigarh Administration yesterday clarified its stand on the recent announcement of making it mandatory for all schools to reserve 15 per cent seats for the children belonging to the families of the low income group.

Teachers sensitised on health ailments of school-goers
Chandigarh, February 24
Training to sensitise teachers regarding health and ailments of schoolchildren was organised under the School Health Scheme by the Department of Health, UT, at the General Hospital, Sector 16, here yesterday.

PU receives pension notification
Chandigarh, February 24
Panjab University today received the Government of India’s notification regarding the grant of pension to university employees. The notification dated February 16, 2006, was received by the Vice-Chancellor’s office today.

Campus interviews at Landran college
Chandigarh, February 24
Persistent Systems Pvt.Ltd, Pune, ranked as the 11th fastest growing Indian company, selected Chandigarh Engineering College (CEC), Landran (Mohali), for holding campus recruitments of final year B.Tech (CSE, IT) and final year MCA students. Candidates from other Institutes, including UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh, have also been asked to report at CEC, Landran for appearing in this interview.

HEALTH

CME on Onco-Imaging
Chandigarh, February 24
The Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGIMER is organising a one-day CME of ‘Update in Onco-Imaging’ on February 26. The CME is being organised under the auspices of ‘Indian College of Radiology and Imaging, the academic wing of the Indian Association of Radiology and Imaging.

SPORTS

Hindon win handball tourney
Chandigarh, February 24
The Hindon area team defeated Chandigarh area by a margin of 29-23 goals to lift the Western Air Command inter-area Handball Championship at the Twelve Wing Air Force today.

ADMINISTRATION

CITCO to upgrade, renovate hotels
Chandigarh, February 24
The Board of Directors of CITCO at its meeting at Hotel Mountview yesterday took important decisions relating to the growth of CITCO and for new initiatives to promote Chandigarh as a tourist destination.