Budget estimates
Admn achieves year’s targets
Chandigarh, November 26
The budgetary spending is above the set targets, while revenue collection has increased for the Chandigarh administration for this financial year.
A review of the first seven months i.e. up to October 31 shows that the
administration has achieved all targets set for the current year in budget
estimates.
Expert's blueprint for slum rehabilitation
Feels
relocation not a solution
Chandigarh, November 26
At the receiving end of the criticism on its much-touted rehabilitation policy, the Chandigarh administration can learn a lesson or two from Himanshu
Parikh. Acclaimed planner-engineer, credited with providing a decent standard of
living to over 10 lakh slum dwellers in Gujarat, yesterday came out with a
blueprint for better living conditions for slum dwellers.
Himanshu Parikh
3 villages get e-sampark centres
Chandigarh, November 26
Continuing with its drive to take “e-governance” to the doorstep of the rural folk, the Chandigarh administration opened three more “gram sampark” centres today, taking the number
to seven.

Sagarika Ghatge, who played the role of hockey player from Chandigarh in ‘Chak De India’, will promote local team “Chandigarh Dynamos” during the Premier Hockey League tournament.
The league will start at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium from December 20. |
Tenant credentials must for landlords: magistrate
Chandigarh, November 26
The Chandigarh administration, as an emergency measure, has ordered landlords, owners or managers of commercial establishments not to rent out any accommodation to anyone without furnishing the particulars of the tenant to the SHO concerned.
Traders meet Bansal
Chandigarh, November 26
A delegation of the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM), led by its president Charanjiv Singh, today called on minister of state for finance Pawan Bansal in connection with the balanced rent act.
Pathologists must pool knowledge: Expert
Chandigarh, November 26
More study and frequent exchange of knowledge among pathologists in the field of skin cancer is needed for accurate diagnosis of the disease, said Dr Manoj K. Singh, department of pathology, AIIMS, New Delhi, here today.
Youth’s death to be probed
Suicide note recovered
Dera Bassi, November 26
The police will begin a probe into the death of 19-year-old Akbar who was found dead here in mysterious circumstances on Saturday.
State facing power crisis: BJP leader
Panchkula, November 26
The Bhupinder Singh Hooda government had failed on every front, alleged R.K. Gautam, leader of the BJP legislative party and MLA from Narnaund.
Allotment of Plots
Long wait ahead for LoI holders
Mohali, November 26
There seems to be a long wait ahead for majority of the letter of intent holders of Sectors 76 to 80 here.
Maintain news sense, minister tells media
Mohali, November 26
“Media has played a very responsible role in India since Independence. But there is a need for the media to maintain its sense of news without ignoring the human element in every situation,” said Manoranjan
Kalia, Punjab minister for local bodies and industries today.
1/4 GR sesquicentennial celebrations begin
Chandigarh, November 26
The sesquicentennial celebrations of the First Battalion of The Fourth Gorkha Rifles (1/4
GR) began today with the flagging-in of the 4th Gorkha Rifles Car Rally in Chandi Mandir Military Station by
Lieut-Gen Y.M. Bammi (retd), a former Commanding Officer of the unit.
Commanding officer of 1/4 Gorkha Rifles Col S.K. Sharma (left) greets a member of the Fourth Gorkha Rifles Car Rally on its culmination in Chandi Mandir on Monday.
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