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Conman blames it on kidneys!
Chandigarh, July 21
Swindling gullible people seems to be a way of life for Sohan Lal, a resident of Vikas Nagar at Mauli Jagran here, who has been in and out of jail five times this year for duping people of over Rs 10 lakh in the last one year.
A majority of his victims in nine cases of cheating registered against him over the years are housewives. Sohan
Lal, who is in his early forties, lives with his wife and two daughters. He otherwise makes lenses for spectacles.
Deep Slumber
Garden projects sans nurturing
Chandigarh, July 21
The UT administration seems not to have learnt any lessons from embarrassment on account of the poor follow-up on much-hyped projects in the past.
MC moots hike in water service charge, tariff
Chandigarh, July 21
Based partly on the Delhi Jal Board pattern, the Chandigarh municipal corporation is considering a proposal to impose service charges of Rs 25 on consumers for water connections, a step that will add to the woes of the already harassed city residents.
MC records show there are about 140,000 water connections in the city.
Consumer Courts
Bank told to pay up for harassment
Chandigarh, July 21
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed a branch manager of ICICI Bank to pay Rs 25,000 as compensation to a bank customer for causing him “mental agony.”
IAF top official visits High Grounds
Chandigarh, July 21
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command, Air Marshal VR Iyer visited the Air Force Station High Grounds here today.
65 swanky bus queue shelters soon
Chandigarh, July 21
Come Commonwealth Games and the City Beautiful will also be in for a makeover. With hotels being spruced up for guests and taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers learning languages to converse with foreign tourists, the UT administration has finally spared a thought for the old ramshackled bus queue shelters.
The proposed bus queue shelters, to be built on the lines of Delhi (see photo), are expected to cost a whopping Rs 9 crore. These shelters will be made of stainless steel and will be foolproof to ensure that miscreants are not able to steal any material. They will also have water tanks along with other basic facilities.
Booking Irregularities
Surprise checks by rly officials
Chandigarh, July 21
In the wake of mass irregularities in the advance booking of railway tickets, especially increasing number of complaints about non-availability of “tatkal booking”, Northern Railways yesterday launched surprise checks at reservation counters throughout the Ambala division to prevent touts from cornering seats.
| Admn’s Apathy, Pilferers’ Delight! |
The plaque on the day of inauguration (left), which has now gone missing at the site for the Garden of Conifers at Sector 52 in Chandigarh. Tribune photos: Parvesh Chauhan |
Check noise pollution near hospital, GMADA told
Mohali, July 21
In order to check noise pollution near a hospital, the office of the sub-divisional magistrate has directed officials of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) not to give permission for public functions in the ground, which was being used for this purpose earlier.
Non-functional transformer
Chhat farmers demand replacement
Zirakpur, July 21
Farmers of Chhat village have been facing inconvenience as the Powercom failed to change the non-functional transformer in their fields. They claimed that repeated representations to the officials concerned had fallen on deaf ears. They have demanded that the transformer should be replaced on priority basis.
Councillor seeks removal of barricades outside Fortis
Mohali, July 21
A municipal councillor has requested the police to remove all barricades put outside Fortis Hospital as these were not only an encroachment but also proved to be a traffic hindrance.
Vet doctors demand regularisation of service
 Mohali, July 21
The Punjab State Veterinary Doctors Association (PSVDA) has demanded regularisation of the services of rural veterinary officers who were employed on a contract basis under zila parishads failing which they will start a non-cooperation movement from July 25.
Members of the Punjab State Veterinary Doctors Association during a press conference at Phase IV in Mohali on Wedneday. A Tribune photograph
Accidental fire injures CRPF personnel
Chandigarh, July 21
A head constable and a constable of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) got injured in a gunshot at the Sector 39 police station when a pistol which was being cleaned accidentally shot off. Both the victims were injured during the incident. The police said the incident occurred when constable Shiv Pal started cleaning a .9 mm pistol and its trigger got pulled accidentally.
Traffic Blues
Monsoon clouds city schools
Chandigarh, July 21
Come monsoon and traffic havoc in front of various city schools seems to have worsened the situation.
68 aspirants get trade certificates
Chandigarh, July 21
The Chandigarh Scheduled Caste, Backward Classes and Minorities Finance and Development Corporation today organised a certificate distribution ceremony at Aasha Kiran Vocational Training Centre, Sector 46-D.
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others: Children enjoy cool weather after the rain in Mohali and (right) a motorcyclist makes his way through the accumulated rainwater at Sector 49 in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Photos: Vicky Gharu and Parvesh Chauhan |
‘Exam centre changed for PUSU leader’
Divided over report, students’ unions hold protest
Chandigarh, July 21
Student Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) today protested in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s office for over one hour.This protest was followed by another major protest by members of the Panjab University Students Union
(PUSU).
Members of students’ unions protest in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s office at Panjab University in
Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Semester system for BCom, too
Decision will be taken on July 30
Chandigarh, July 21
Panjab University is all set to introduce semester system for Bachelors’ of Commerce
(BCom) course in all its affiliated colleges. The titles of the new curriculum have already been approved and a final nod to implement the system in colleges would be discussed at the next meeting of the undergraduate board of studies of commerce on July 30.
Applications for MA in disability studies
Chandigarh, July 21
Panjab University’s department of community education and disability studies has invited applications for admission in MA (I semester).
PU Notes
Death mourned
Students, teachers and officials of Panjab University, condoled the sad demise of Prof PD Sharma who passed away on July 17.
Implementation of CBSE’s guidelines at rural schools
Co-curricular activities still a distant dream
Chandigarh, July 21
While co-curricular activities may form an important part of the CBSE’s new evaluation system for classes IX and X, these activities are yet to find a place at a majority of rural government schools.
Advancement in footprint research
Chandigarh, July 21
Dr Kewal Krishan, assistant professor at department of anthropology, Panjab University, delivered a lecture in the International Association for Identification’s
(IAI) annual International Educational Conference held from July 11-17 in Spokane, Washington.
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In a brutal display of indifference, the medical fraternity at the PGI and the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector
16.
Panchkula, July 21
“Don’t take supplements. The only supplement that I recommend is hard work,” this was advised by former Olympic champion Kurt Angle to the budding wrestlers here.
Chandigarh, July 21
