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‘DPI exchanged over 75 calls with accused’

Tuesday 8 September '09

Samwartak Singh Khangwal, Director, Public Instructions (Schools) of the Union Territory, may land in trouble, as sources said he had exchanged over 75 phone calls with Jolly, the prime accused in the teachers’ recruitment scam.
Re-designation: Centre said no to scheme

Tuesday 1 September '09

The re-designation scheme floated by the Chandigarh Administration in 2007 for faculty welfare was never approved by the Finance department...
Re-designation: GMCH wanted to fool MCI?

Monday 31 August '09

The re-designation scheme, floated by the Chandigarh Administration about two years ago, apparently came in handy for the authorities of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32...
Estate officer takes field staff off work, posts them as PAs

Thursday 27 August '09

In the Enforcement Wing of the UT Estate Office, only one sub-inspector is left to check violations in the city.
Re-designation Scheme hurts seniority status, GMCH doctor writes to CIC

Monday 24 August '09

After making headlines for its demand for deemed university status, the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, is in the news again.
B&B scheme goes packing; UT to withdraw permits

Wednesday 19 August '09

With many people blatantly violating the prescribed norms for the Bed-and-Breakfast scheme, the Chandigarh Administration has finally decided to withdraw the permissions given to them to run such accommodations.
UT set to cancel permits of erring B&B units

Tuesday 18 August '09

After the UT Administration issued ‘misuse’ notices to Bed and Breakfast unit operators — which have not stopped them from flouting rules — there are now ripe chances of their permits being cancelled.
Guesthouse operators back in business under B&B garb

Saturday 15 August '09

A day after the UT Administration issued showcause notices to several Bed and Breakfast operators for violating norms, Newsline has discovered that most of the culprits are former guesthouse operators.
Notices to B&B operators for violating norms

Friday 14 August '09

After waking up to the blatant misuse of the Bed and Breakfast scheme, the UT Administration today issued showcause notices to 16 B&B operators found violating norms.
Admn wants ‘deemed’ status for an institute with 70 students

Tuesday 11 August '09

The UT Administration’s eagerness to get a deemed university status for Government Medical College and Hospital...
UT seeks ‘deemed’ status for GMCH-32, faculty not happy

Sunday 9 August '09

Amid resistance from the hospital’s faculty and senior doctors, the Chandigarh Administration has forwarded a proposal to the Union Ministry to get a deemed university status for the Government College & Hospital, Sector 32.
UT seeks ‘deemed’ status for GMCH-32, faculty not happy

Sunday 9 August '09

Amid resistance from the hospital’s faculty and senior doctors, the Chandigarh Administration has forwarded a proposal to the Union Ministry to get a deemed university status for the Government College & Hospital, Sector 32.
UT seeks deemed varsity status for GMCH-32, faculty says ‘murky affair’

Sunday 9 August '09

Amid resistance from the hospital's faculty and senior doctors, the Chandigarh Administration has forwarded a proposal to the Union Ministry to get a deemed university status for the Government Medical College &Hospital, Sector 32.
When it comes to expert opinion, investigators turn to CFSL Chandigarh

Thursday 6 August '09

In many sensational and high-profile cases, the police and other investigative agencies knock at the door of the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory (CFSL), Chandigarh.
Admn still flaunts ‘unlikely’ mega projects

Wednesday 5 August '09

Even as the ‘mega’ projects of the UT Administration are being probed by several agencies, the Administration’s website boasts about its ‘initiatives’.
Refund of deposit not necessary, UT told

Saturday 1 August '09

More trouble seems headed towards Parsvnath, the developer of the multi-crore Filmcity project...
Rodrigues assures, dept delays

Thursday 30 July '09

On July 6, UT Administrator General (retd) S F Rodrigues assured the city industrialists that they would be allowed to get their plots converted from lease hold to free hold.
Haryana minister’s son is the only ‘eligible’ candidate to be Chandigarh DC

Thursday 30 July '09

The names of three IAS officers forwarded by the Haryana government to the UT Administration for appointing any one of them as the UT Deputy Commissioner seems to tilt...
Power lost in corridors of power

Wednesday 29 July '09

Last year, the UT Administration displayed exemplary eagerness in getting several buildings inaugurated by the Administrator, General (retd) S F Rodrigues.
Five months on, still no light for Estate Office’s self-certification scheme

Tuesday 28 July '09

To reduce the anomalies and corruption in the Building Branch of UT Estate Office, the Administration, in February, had framed a ‘self-certification’ scheme.
Two years of wait for an allotment letter

Monday 27 July '09

For two years now, Tech Mahindra has been running from pillar to post for allotment letter for 5 acres of land the company was allotted in August 2007.
UT policy set to change face of Industrial Area

Saturday 25 July '09

The Chandigarh Administration is all set to change the definition of “industry” in the city-sectors like information technology, biotech, telecom, retail, healthcare, entertainment have been included in the draft industrial policy, recently formulated by the Administration.
Warehouse bonanza for violators

Saturday 18 July '09

The Administration is all set to make honest men out of owners of illegal warehouses, who in a blatant violation of the Periphery Control Act have camped on area meant for green belts.
Raze & rehabilitate: UT way of dealing with encroachment

Friday 17 July '09

Encroach upon government land without fear, for the Chandigarh Administration will return the favour by rehabilitating you at the earliest...
Final plan ready for a ‘solar Chandigarh’

Thursday 16 July '09

To conserve energy under the ‘Solar City’ initiative, the UT Administration has proposed several measures for both residential and commercial areas of the city.
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