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  The long pending Memorandum of Understanding for the execution of Chandigarh metro has been officially formalised after the ministry of urban development has signed the document and sent it back to the local administration to further initiate the formation of Special Purpose Vehicle.  Punjab, Haryana and UT have already signed the document last month.  The administration has begun the process to form Special Purpose Vehicle that will execute the Rs 12,000 crore mass rapid metro system project with the ministry giving its green signal.  The Special Purpose Vehicle will be called Greater Chandigarh Transport Corporation (GCTC) whose prime job will be to develop metro project connecting Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula in the first phase and then further covering other semi-urban areas in Chandigarh to create seamless mobility solution.  According to the MoU, the initial equity of GCTC will be Rs 100 crore that will be equally contributed, that is 25 per cent each, by the

Facebook's 'notes' section has long been neglected on the site - mostly because it's buried in a crowded drop-down menu next to a small button on your profile page. For many people, it will be remembered as a place where people posted cringeworthy Q&As about themselves in the halcyon days of late-2000s Facebook. Over the course of a few site resdesigns, it's been pushed out of Facebook's main features. But now it's back, and with a new, much slicker look. Notes has been turned into something of a minimalist, Medium-style blogging platform - complete with nice, full-width images, a much wider text column, and a bigger font that sets it apart from a regular status update. According to   Wired , Facebook is also working on new ways to tag people, link, hashtag and add images into your notes, to turn it into a richer blogging experience. It seems an odd thing for Facebook to work on given the domination of other blogging platforms like Tumblr, W

Complaints on social media that a cafe in the popular tourist resort of Kasol in Himachal Pradesh was refusing entry to Indians have prompted authorities to order an inquiry into the matter on Tuesday. At least two posts on Facebook alleged that the man who runs Free Kasol cafe had refused to serve Indians and claimed that the establishment was open only to members. The cafe is mostly frequented by Israeli tourists who visit Kasol in large numbers throughout the year. Stefan Kaye, a British musician based in Delhi, wrote on Facebook he was given a menu when he visited the cafe on Sunday while his companion, an Indian woman, was not served because of her nationality. When Kaye accused the cafe’s owner of blatant discrimination, he responded that he could do whatever he wanted at his establishment. Another post on Facebook said the cafe was set up by “some Israelis” who were denying entry to Indians. The administration of Kullu district initiated an immediate inquiry into the m

 High alert has been issued in Punjab, Himachal and Jammu and Kashmir after terrorists were spotted in three areas in the past four days. Days after the Gurdaspur attack, terror continues to haunt the people of Punjab. After the sporadic use of banned satellite phone at three places in the state, the terrorists have now made their presence felt as many as three times at three places in the last four days. A massive search operation was launched in Mukerian district's Purika village on Monday after a government school teacher spotted three to four militants in a car. A school teacher on Monday told the police that the suspected terrorists dressed in an army gear were moving in a Maruti Alto car .The police force descended on the area immediately and launched a massive search operation to nab the terrorists. The school authorities also informed the locals about the presence of militants who also joined the huge posse of policemen . Earlier on Sunday, two heavily armed mi