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Coming soon: a contest to boost entrepreneurship

Friday 3 July '09

In order to lease out space in the newly-constructed Entrepreneur Development Centre (EDC), the Chandigarh Administration will hold a business plan competition...
Fun Republic scam: CBI gets prosecution sanction from Admn, chargesheet soon

Friday 3 July '09

After investigating the case for more than two years, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has finally got the prosecution sanction from the UT Administration...
Now, e-Sampark centres to come up in schools

Wednesday 1 July '09

The city is set to have four new e-Sampark centres, with additional facilities.
Paper Projects

Sunday 28 June '09

The much-hyped mega projects, which could have changed the face of the city, may just remain on paper.
Soon, subsequent GPA holders can transfer property too

Sunday 14 June '09

Owing to the increasing number of complaints pouring in at the UT Estate Office against managements of housing societies by General Power of Attorney holders...
Yr-old garbage disposal plant turns out a waste

Friday 12 June '09

More than a year after the solid waste management plant was inaugurated at Dadumajra, the condition of garbage at the site remains as dismal as ever.
Dot on deadline, Admn completes land acquisition

Wednesday 10 June '09

Completing the land acquisition process for the multi-crore Modern Terminal Market project, the Chandigarh Administration has announced an unprecedented sum-Rs 87 lakh per acre-as compensation for the acquired land.
14 get into PU law course without a test

Saturday 23 May '09

Panjab University authorities seem to have allowed backdoor admission to at least 14 people in a law course last year who had neither applied for it, nor taken the entrance test.
MHA seeks details, point by point

Saturday 23 May '09

The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the UT Administration to give an explanation on the “excessive and extravagant expenses” incurred by its bureaucrats on foreign tours in the last few years.
No investor will ever come to Chandigarh: Parsvnath adviser

Friday 22 May '09

The Prideasia site at Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park bears a deserted look. As the billboards, glowsigns and signboards of the Rs 821-crore project...
Administration to take call on refunding money to Parsvnath

Tuesday 19 May '09

Months after the controversial mega project Filmcity came to a grinding halt, the Central Vigilance Commission has finally given clearance to the UT Administration to settle the ‘financial matter’ with the developer.
Heaviest poll rush in city since ’85

Thursday 14 May '09

Recording a 65 per cent turnout in the fifth and final phase of the general elections, the city seemed to have responded well to the nationwide awareness campaigns on exercising the right to vote.
UT in a time warp

Sunday 3 May '09

Imagine owning a site in the city for the last 50 years without the right to either change the building plan or initiate construction.
Few words, fewer people at Cong rallies

Monday 27 April '09

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s rallies in Ambala constituency, inducing voters to vote for Congress candidate Kumari Selja, failed to attract crowds, both at Barwala and Brara.
Haryana LS poll: 3 lakh less voters, 50 more candidates

Saturday 25 April '09

With about 3 lakh less voters and 50 more candidates, Haryana will witness a tough competition in the Lok Sabha elections...
Chander Mohan may cost Congress dear in Ambala

Saturday 25 April '09

The Congress may not be missing its legislator Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammad as Haryana goes to general elections next month, but the people of Kalka Assembly constituency are, it seems.
Chander Mohan may cost Congress dear in Ambala

Saturday 25 April '09

The Congress may not be missing its legislator Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammad as Haryana goes to general elections next month, but the people of Kalka Assembly constituency are, it seems.
Flamboyant fountains draining UT exchequer?

Tuesday 21 April '09

The four corners of Industrial Area will soon boast of extravagant fountains, all set to come up at a cost of Rs 53 lakh-Rs 13.25 lakh per piece.
Beware! Web conmen out to net you

Monday 20 April '09

As dollar dreams of more and more residents turn sour, the authorities have finally woken up to the menace of online tricksters, who lure their prey by offering huge amounts of prize money or appointment letters for lucrative jobs.
Beware of conmen of the virtual world

Monday 20 April '09

As dollar dreams of more and more residents turn sour, the authorities have finally woken up to the menace of online tricksters...
UT Advisory Council’s 2-year term over before first meeting

Thursday 9 April '09

It seems UT Administrator General S F Rodrigues (Retd) forgot to call a meeting of the Advisory Council, which was constituted more than two years ago.
62 days and counting: Advisor’s power yet to be restored

Sunday 5 April '09

It has been more than 62 days since it received its first communication from the Ministry of Home Affairs...
UP lawyer accuses Chand, Fiza of hurting religious sentiments, moves court

Saturday 28 March '09

An uttar Pradesh-based advocate has filed a petition in a Bulandshahar court, demanding legal action against Chand Mohammed and his second wife Fiza for “hurting religious sentiments”.
UT Admn considers all three Parsvnath proposals ‘unviable’

Friday 27 March '09

It seems the Chandigarh Administration has a catch-22 situation on its hands. With real-estate giant Parsvnath listing three options to decide the fate of the multi-crore Prideasia project, the officials are in a tizzy to choose the best option.
As public money sinks in sunken road, who is to blame?

Thursday 26 March '09

As public money continues to be pumped into the recarpeting of a nearly 2-kilometre long stretch of the Sector 5 and 8 dividing road (Vigyan Path), sheer lack of accountability has started surfacing.
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