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Power cuts trip city, Mohali
Chandigarh/Mohali, April 22
Power cuts, both scheduled and unscheduled, continued to make residents’ life miserable in Chandigarh and Mohali today.
PSEB runs out of power meters
Mohali, April 22
Already battling with power shortage, the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has run out of electricity meters.
Residents lay seige to road
Zirakpur, April 22
Irked residents of Dashmesh Nagar blocked vehicles on the Dhakoli road near K-Area for more than two hours and raised slogans against the Punjab State Electricity Board for erratic power supply here this evening.
Taps run dry
Chandigarh, April 22
Residents of one of the most pampered city of the country seem to be going through a rough phase these days. Thanks to scheduled and unscheduled power cuts that has left the city dry.
Almost half already, and PU still counting
80 unfair means cases registered
Chandigarh, April 22
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Panjab University is just midway through the examination schedule and it has already registered around 80 unfair means cases (UMCs), which works out to be almost half of last year.
Claiming it to be an alarming number, Controller Of Examination AK Bhandari
asserts, “Since the last three years, we have, on an average, registered 150
cases annually. For most of the courses, not even half of the total number of
examinations have been held till now. We already have so many cases. We take so
many measures to curtail it and try counselling students about the harms, but
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Bomb shell found in Bapu Dham Colony
Chandigarh, April 22
Panic gripped Bapu Dham Colony, Sector 26, this morning when a bomb shell was found on a garbage heap on the roadside.
The police said it received information about the bomb shell from a ragpicker
around 8 am.
A policeman puts the bomb shell in a pit, surrounded by sand bags, at the Bapu Dham police post in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo:
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Summer Special
Sixth toy train to Shimla now
Chandigarh, April 22
In view of the heavy rush to Shimla as summer vacations are just a fortnight away, the Railways have started a special train with an attempt to provide respite to tourists stuck in the long waiting list.
Govt school kids get special buses
Chandigarh, April 22
The much-awaited mini escort project of the UT administration was inaugurated today with Home Secretary Ram Niwas flagging off special buses for the government schools at
GMSSS, Sector 16, today.
Students enjoy a ride in a special bus flagged off by Home Secretary Ram Niwas at GMSSS-16 in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
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Rock Garden
Hike in refundable security money
Chandigarh, April 22
The Chandigarh administration on Thursday decided to increase the refundable security money for booking of open spaces in Phase III of the Rock Garden from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000. A decision to this effect was taken at the governing body meeting under the chairmanship of Home Secretary Ram
Niwas.
Bar Poll
Members to submit self-attested affidavit
Chandigarh, April 22
To keep a check on bogus voting, the District Bar Association has told its members, who are going to use their franchise at the election, to provide self-attested affidavit to cast their vote.
Small is big for Bar poll
Chandigarh, April 22
There has been little change in demands and manifestos of lawyers contesting the District Bar Association elections. While the construction of a new district courts complex figures prominently, relatively smaller things are more of concern to lawyers.
MoU on courses for private guards
Chandigarh, April 22
The Punjab Police Security Corporation and the G4S Security Services (India) Private Limited today signed a memorandum of understanding
(MoU) for various certificate courses for private security guards, security officers and security managers.
Misbehaviour proved fatal for contractor
Two held, one at large
Mohali, April 22
It was the misbehaviour with the wife of his roommate at Sunny Enclave,
Kharar, that led to the brutal murder of the 39 year-old Kharar-based contractor Sikander Singh.
Krishan Chander, a suspect in the murder of contractor
Sikander, being produced in Mohali courts. A Tribune photograph |
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Water Woes
Parched residents have reason to cheer
GMADA to instal 10 tubewells in Zirakpur
Zirakpur, April 22
Come June and residents at Zirakpur will experience a new summer, as the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority
(GMADA) is all set to instal 10 new tubewells in different parts of the town to meet the increasing drinking water demand.
6 illegal liquor vends put up
Zirakpur, April 22
At least half-a-dozen illegal liquor vends have sprung up in Zirakpur causing an annual loss of Rs 2.76 crore to the Punjab excise department.
One injured in collision
Zirakpur, April 22
One person was seriously injured in a head-on collision between a canter and a Baleroa jeep near Nabha Sahib Gurdwara at the Zirakpur-Patiala Highway on Thursday evening.
Rallies mark Earth Day
Mohali, April 22
Different schools in Mohali celebrated the Earth Day today. An array of green activities marked the celebrations. At Shemrock Senior Secondary School,
Mohali, the students took out a rally holding placards spreading awareness about environment.
Students of Anee’s School, Mohali, with banners and placards, display messages to save the planet, on the occasion
of the World Earth Day on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan |
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