Beer cost may get high
Chandigarh, March 20
Beer may lose some fizz this summer, with a marginal increase in its prices.
To avoid a tussle with UT’s excise department over fixing the ex-brewery price
(EBP), new brands of beer are expected to hit the market in the peak season.
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Price war set to shift to periphery, slum areas
* Nod to new design for ahatas
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Finish bank work right away
7-day ‘recess’ from March 27
Chandigarh, March 20
Do not wait for the last week of March to complete your banking transactions or pay your taxes in preparation for the end of this financial year.

Personnel of Ambala administration trying to divert the flow of Ghaggar. |
3 power pacts, but cuts to stay this summer
Chandigarh, March 20
The Chandigarh Administration today signed agreements for power supply with three projects. But city residents are unlikely to see respite from power cuts this summer as the agreements are for the year 2010-2011.
Now, March's hottest day
Chandigarh, March 20
The month of March this year has sprung some surprises. First, it recorded the highest-ever rainfall, crossing the 123.7 mm mark on March 13, then it recorded a severe hailstorm, the first of its kind in March.
Light & Sound
Free entry for 2 weekends
Chandigarh, March 20
Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation Limited (CITCO) has announced free weekend entertainment bonanza for residents and visitors at the Sound and Light Show during the coming two weekends.
J&K sex scandal
Indictment likely today
Chandigarh, March 20
With the local court concluding arguments, a decision on framing of charges against all accused in the Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal is expected tomorrow.
Harassed, NRI family turns to Badal
Mohali, March 20
An NRI has complained to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal that three persons allegedly sold her house in Phase X when the family was out of the country.

Members of the Akhil Bhartiya Uttarakhand Vikas Parishad with the book of
Dr Vishnu Pandey released during a cultural event at Bal Bhavan in Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
Paid parking set to draw flak
MC house takes up issue today
Chandigarh, March 20
The Municipal Corporation at its upcoming house meeting on March 21 plans to bring the issue of paid parking up for discussion in spite of the fact that the corporation has no jurisdiction in the matter and has no authority to remove it.
Isolated, they form panel
Chandigarh, March 20
Unhappy with political parties for their constant opposition to their voting right, nominated councillors of the Chandigarh municipal corporation have formed a core committee that will seek to redress the issue with parties and request them to make their position clear on the issue.
Humble farmer hatches a rags-to-riches story
Chandigarh, March 20
It is a real life rags-to-riches story worth about Rs 1,400 crore. And the architect of this astounding success story is a humble farmer from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, B.
Soundararajan, Managing Director of the Suguna Group, which currently has one of the largest presence in the poultry industry in the country.
B. Soundararajan
Seminar on plant sciences tomorrow
Chandigarh, March 20
A one-day national symposium on “New Trends in Plant Sciences” will be convened by Prof Harvinder Cheema in the department of botany, Panjab University, here on March 22. Eminent scientist from different parts of the country are expected to participate and deliberate on different aspects of plant sciences.
Driving skills of cops tested
Chandigarh, March 20
The Chandigarh traffic police held a two-day training-cum-orientation workshop for drivers of various units of the Chandigarh police in Children Traffic Park (CTP), Sector 23, here on March 18 to 19.
Parishad holds ‘parivar milan’
Dera Bassi, March 20
A “parivar milan” function was the highlight of the Samvatsar 2064 celebrations by the Bharat Vikas Parishad here last night.
Fauji Beat
Base selection on merit, not caste
IN his recent article “Scheduled for recruitment?” in an English daily, Omar Khalidi has tried to justify reservations for the Scheduled Castes
(SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Armed Forces.
A section of the Army personnel kit store.
3-day youth convention ends
Chandigarh, March 20
The three-day state-level convention of National Service volunteers and ‘Yuva Sathees’ organised by the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan in Punjab and Chandigarh ended here today. More than 250 youths participated in the convention.The objective of the convention was to commemorate the 150th anniversary of India’s freedom struggle of 1857. “Yuva Kriti”, an exhibition on handicrafts was another feature of this convention.
Plumbing tool kits distributed
Chandigarh, March 20
Jan Shikshan Sansthan with support from social workers distributed tool kits to persons, who completed their 6-month course in plumbing, in a function organised at its premises in Sector 38, here today.
Award for PWD employee
Chandigarh, March 20
Bharti Kaushik, an employee in the office of chief engineer, Haryana PWD, B&R, Chandigarh, was presented with Rashtriya Gaurav Award Certificate of Excellence at a seminar on “Economic Growth and National Integration” at New Delhi recently.
Media directory released
Chandigarh, March 20
Panjab University is ready to collaborate with the Indian Media Centre
(IMC) and the Chandigarh Journalists Association to bring media studies and media professionals together, PU vice-chancellor Prof R.C. Sobti said while releasing the Chandigarh media directory at Chandigarh Press Club here today.
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