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              |  Magic of dusk Myriad hues of the setting sun add to the beauty of City Beautiful while a policeman atop a watchtower keeps a vigil during Crafts Mela at Kala Gram on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
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        md/ms entrance examPGI to keep hawk’s eye on candidates
 Chandigarh, December 6
 Candidates appearing in the PGIMER’s MD/MS entrance exam, rescheduled for December 8, would have to ensure their entry to the exam centre one hour before it begins. To avoid last-minute checking, the institution has decided to disallow entry after 9 am. The exam would start at 10 am.
 
 
        UID card must for driving licence, RC
Chandigarh, December 6
 Close on the heels of the Centre’s initiative for direct transfer of food subsidy based on UID card, the Chandigarh Administration has now made the document mandatory for the driving licence and the registration certificate of a vehicle.
 NCC revamps
          its training curriculumChandigarh, December 6
 Revamping its training curriculum
          to meet present-day requirements, the Nation Cadet Corps (NCC) is
          reverting to the three-year training schedule for senior division
          cadets. A few years ago, the training schedule was truncated to two
          years. “A new training policy has been formulated in this regard and
          is expected to be implemented shortly,” NCC Additional Director
          General, Maj Gen PS Mander said.
 
 
 
 
 
 Ramoowalia continues to misuse public park Mohali, December 6
 Former Union Minister BS Ramoowalia continues to misuse a public park by dumping construction material in Phase IX, here.
 
 
 
 Children Park is still being used for dumping construction material by SAD leader BS Ramoowalia at Phase IX in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
 
 
 Multi-level parking project yet to take off Chandigarh, December 6
 The slack approach of the officials of the municipal corporation has delayed the  multi-level parking project in Sector 17.
 
 
 
 The site where the multi-level parking lot is to come up in Sector 17, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
 
 
 
            
              | Effort fructifies |  
              |  Farmers collect water chestnuts at Motte Majra village on Thursday.
                Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
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        Green belts to have glob lights
Chandigarh, December 6
 The electricity committee of the municipal corporation today decided that a uniform policy would be framed for the installation and augmentation of lights in green belts, parks and streetlights in
        Chandigarh.
 
 
        Police station visit week begins
Chandigarh, December 6
 The "Police Station Visit Week" began at the Sector 17 police station today.
 
 
        Power cuts leave residents fuming
Mohali, December 6
 Despite it being winter, unannounced power cuts are back, making residents' lives miserable.
 
  
 
UT Education Dept sets up helpline
Chandigarh, December 6
 Overcoming all the speculations, the UT Education Department has finally come up with a helpline number to redress the grievances regarding admission in the local schools. The landline number will function from 9 to 5 am on all working days and the district education officer will directly deal with all the queries.
 
affiliated	collegesPanjab University exempts regular teachers from PhD entrance test
 Chandigarh, December 6
 Bringing an end to the debate over exempting teachers from PhD entrance test, the university has decided that the regular teachers, teaching in the colleges, affiliated to
PU, need not to appear for the test and the fixed number of seats will also be reserved for the teachers in Phd programme in the each department of Panjab University.
 
Syndicate electionsPU discloses faculties opted by Senate members
 Chandigarh, December 6
 The faculties opted by each member of the newly constituted Senate were disclosed at Panjab University today. The members, who have opted for the particular faculty, will be able to vote for the candidates contesting the Syndicate elections from that particular faculty.
 
 ‘Maa’: A  salute to motherhood
Chandigarh, December 6
 Everyone respects his or her mother but what is the exact reason behind such respect. The line may sound strange but this was highlighted by 170 students of The Tribune Model School, Sector 29, through a play at  the Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, this evening.
 
            
            
              
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                | Students give a performance at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Thursday. |  
from schoolsStudents honoured
 Neetu Morya of St Xavier's School, Mohali, won a gold medal in the discuss throw event of girls' (U-14) category during the Zonal Athletic Meet, which was held at Government Senior Secondary School, Mohali . Athlete Terence Whyte won the silver medal in 100 m boys' (U-17) category. Both the players were honoured by principal Georgina Roy on Thursday.
 
 
            
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              | Students take a look at photos during an exhibition at the State Institute of Education; and (right) parents queue up for admission forms at Saupin’s School in Chandigarh on Thursday.
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