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Chand, Fiza run into protest at dargah
Panchkula, December 11
Chand Mohammad (Chander Mohan), former deputy Chief Minister of Haryana, visited the town for the first time after his marriage with Fiza (Anuradha Bali) and offered obeisance at the dargah of Nau Gaja Peer here today.
Stipend to dental students withdrawn
Chandigarh, December 11
With the implementation of the Dental Council of India’s (DCI) regulation passed in 2006, dental students of the present batch at Dr H S Judge Dental Institute, Panjab University, will be deprived of the paid rotatory internship.
Water rationing
Rs 260 crore project a non-starter
Mohali, December 11
With water rationing going well beyond the summer months in the town, the Rs 260 crore project under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
(JNNURM) for improving water supply position has turned out to be a non- starter even after an year.
Panchayat Bhavan
Ideals abandoned for commercial gains
Chandigarh, December 11
Constructed in the 60s with lofty ideals of promoting panchayati raj movement, the Panchayat Bhavan in Sector 18 seems to have strayed from its purpose.
With commercial bug biting the authorities concerned, the panchayat bhavan has merely been reduced to a board-cum-lodging place and a centre for organising exhibitions and sales. |
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| A sale in progress at the Panchayat Bhavan in Sector 18, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan |
Disability Certificate
80 pc remain deprived of privileges given by govt
Chandigarh, December 11
Chandigarh has about 15,000 people suffering from various disabilities but only 20 per cent of them have the government’s disability certificate that entitles them to various “privileges”, including job reservation, and special rates for medical aid and travel.
Admn mulls widening of Madhya Marg
Proposes feasibility study to start with
Chandigarh, December 11
The UT administration is toying with the idea of widening the busy Madhya Marg connecting the city with Panchkula. In fact, sparing a thought for the traffic congestion, the administration proposes to commission a feasibility study for taking care of all aspects related to the ambitious project.
Residents up in arms against road digging
Chandigarh, December 11
The municipal corporation’s (MC) tall claim of efficiency falls flat as residents of Sector 55 are raising their voice against the continued haphazard digging of the road for laying a sewerage pipeline.
Terror Threat
Mock drill at airport
Chandigarh, December 11
The Chandigarh police today carried out a mock drill at the Chandigarh airport to check the status of security measures in the wake of the recent threat of terror attacks on airports across the country.
A vehicle of the bomb disposal squad during a mock drill at the Chandigarh airport on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
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Need for ‘collaboration’ to fight diseases
Mohali, December 11
The global prevalence of the dreaded disease, kala azar, is estimated to be 2.5
million cases per year. The incidence of the infectious disease in India is
among the highest in the world and diseases like Leishmaniasis and HIV
co-infection are on rise and pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, said
Prof V.P Sharma, former director, Malaria Research Centre, Delhi, and additional
director, ICMR. |
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| Prof Robert M. Donahoe receives a memento from NIPER director Prof P. Rama at the international conference on ‘Biotechnological approaches to neuro immunomodulation and infectious diseases’ organised at NIPER in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
Free treatment for school students
Mohali, December 11
The department of health and family welfare, Punjab, will provide free treatment to the students studying in government and government-aided schools, who were suffering from heart ailments, under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
‘States cannot be given equal industrial packages’
Chandigarh, December 11
“Just as one recipe cannot be served to all, similarly, funds cannot be distributed to all states in one pattern. A lot depends on geographical conditions of the state, its topography, population and other aspects,” said Vinod Kumar
Duggal, former secretary, government of India and a member of the commission on
Centre-State relations.
‘Aadhi Raat Ke Baad’ staged
Chandigarh, December 11
The host theatre group registered their presence with a Hindi play “ Aadhi Raat ke Baad” in the ongoing TFT festival at the Tagore Theatre, here today.
H.K. Dua, Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune, lights a lamp before the play “Amma” at the Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh.
A Tribune photograph
‘Mahadevbhai’ casts spell on audience
Chandigarh, December 11
The Durga Das Foundation presented a biographical monologue performance in English by
Mumbai-based actor Jaimini Pathak at the Strawberry Fields School Amphitheatre, here today.
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Govt Hospitals
Staff shortage hurts ultrasound facility
Chandigarh, December 11
Driver Sham Lal’s death at the emergency ward of the GMCH, Sector 32, yesterday due to the inordinate delay in treatment owning to non-availability of ultrasound has once again exposed the claims of the city’s premier hospital of having adequate emergency treatment facilities.
Red Cross must help curb social evils: Guv
Chandigarh, December 11
Advocating the need for expanding the role of the Red Cross movement, Punjab Governor and UT administrator S.F. Rodrigues called for focussed attention on the eradication of social ills of drug addiction and female foeticide by adopting multi-prolonged strategies.
Auto-rickshaw panel memo to STA
Chandigarh, December 11
The Chandigarh Mohali Panchkula Auto-Rickshaw Joint Action Committee members yesterday submitted a memorandum with the office of the State Transport Authority (STA).
Purchase of JCB machines VB seeks discharge of Kahlon
Mohali, December 11
The eight-year-old Punjab vigilance case against former rural development and panchayat minister Nirmal Singh Kahlon, pertaining to the purchase of 103 JCB machines, took a new turn today.
Panchayat Polls
Panel flays admn for ignoring Punjabi language
Chandigarh, December 11
The Pind Bachao Committee has criticised the Chandigarh administration for ignoring the Punjabi language while preparing electoral rolls for the forthcoming panchayat polls on December 14.
Councillor ‘manhandles’ Panchkula resident
Chandigarh, December 11
A Panchkula resident, Ajay Teer, today accused MC councillor Anil Dube and others of manhandling him at the level crossing in Mani
Majra, here this morning. The police said the complainant was taken to the GMSH-16 for medical examination, which confirmed minor injuries.
‘Kidnapped’ boy returns home
Panchkula, December 11
A student of Army School, Chandimandir, ‘kidnapped’ from Panchkula yesterday returned his home safely today. The parents of the student, identified as Rohit (12), said he had left for Ambala without informing them.
Favouritism
CTU GM stripped of charge
Chandigarh, December 11
The Chandigarh administration has stripped Surinder Kumar, general manager of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU), of his charge for allegedly favouring a company.
DAV principal’s appointment
Education department wakes up, finally
Chandigarh, December 11
It seems that after sleeping over the conditional appointment of Vibha Ray, principal,
DAV- Sector 8, for about a year, the UT education department has finally woken up and is ‘considering the conditions’ which are must for her to retain
the office.
Zirakpur school lacks basic facilities
Chandigarh, December 11
At a time when India is considered to be at the threshold of emerging as a developed nation, schools san basic facilities like toilets, that too, in a prosperous state like Punjab.
PU Notes
Welfare department to host youth fest
Chandigarh, December 11
The youth welfare department, Panjab University, for the first time is going to host North Indian Inter-University Youth Festival from December 13 to 17 on the campus.
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