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MC bats for officials, stumps staff
Showers Rs 1 lakh on top brass, keeps workers penniless
Chandigarh, December 3
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is a classic example of misplaced priorities. Councillors in the team for a one-day cricket match between the Mayor XI and the Commissioner XI have each been given sportswear of a leading international brand worth
Rs 4,150 each. However, class IV employees of the MC are struggling for the last five years to get an annual allowance of
Rs 356 for their uniforms. MC records show an expenditure of Rs 1 lakh on sportswear of 28 players of two teams and two umpires.
Industrial Area
Admn under fire from industry, yet again
Collection of conversion fee after 2006 dubbed illegal
Chandigarh, December 3
The ghost of the controversial conversion policy has come to haunt the Chandigarh administration again. Picking holes in the policy, city industrialists have alleged that the administration ignored the provisions of a central Act while collecting conversion fee after 2006.
Even after collection of crores of rupees through conversion fee, roads continue to be in a bad shape in Industrial Area, Phase I, Chandigarh.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Police encounter spreads panic
Kharar, December 3
Panic spread among residents and shopkeepers of Sunny Enclave area on the National Highway-21 after a firing incident occurred between the police and snatchers here this afternoon.
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The mangled remains of a demo Maruti Suzuki SX4 car after it hit cars parked outside an automobile showroom in Industrial Area, Phase I; people lift a damaged Alto car to pull out 10-year-old schoolboy Suraj, who was trapped following the accident; and the injured boy being taken to the hospital in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal
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UT replies to MHA queries on IT park land
Chandigarh, December 3
After of delay of four days, the UT administration today sent a detailed reply to the ministry of home affairs’ letter pertaining to land acquisition and utilization in phases I and II of the Information Technology Park and efforts to acquire land for phase III.
Taj fined Rs 25,000
Chandigarh, December 3
The UT Financial Commissioner today slapped a penalty of Rs 25,000 on Hotel Taj after it filed an appeal against the order of suspension of its bar licence for 10 days recently.
GPA
Business council hails admn’s decision
Chandigarh, December 3
A meeting of Chandigarh Business Council (CBC) was held today under the presidentship of Jagdish Arora and passed a resolution to thank Adviser to the UT Administrator and the Deputy Commissioner for acceding to their request to honour transfer of property through the GPA in Chandigarh.
Conference on hospital administration
Chandigarh, December 3
A two-day national conference on “Challenges and Issues in Hospital Administration-2010” started at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, here today.
Power cuts are back again in mohali
Dark winters for residents
Mohali, December 3
Unscheduled power cuts are back again here causing inconvenience to residents even in winter season. While power cut is for about two hours daily in residential areas, weekly power cuts have once again been announced for the industrial sector.
Aerocity
Applicants to get refund amount by Dec 10
Mohali, December 3
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) today stated that refund of money to the unsuccessful applicants of Aerocity would be completed by December 10.
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Eminent author Ruskin Bond with St John’s students during an interactive session in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
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Realtor’s Death
Police groping in the dark
Mohali, December 3
With the police unable to procure call details of the Airtel connection in possession of the Panchkula-based realtor Suresh Kumar, who was purportedly using it on the day of the suspected murder, investigations in the week-old case seems to be heading nowhere.
Residents decry proposed airfare hike
Chandigarh, December 3
The proposed move by private airline operators for a steep rise in tariffs for all domestic circles, if implemented, will make flying to Delhi from the city as costly as Rs 10,500, has evoked a sharp reaction from residents with many describing it as "robbery".
Kathak performance today
Chandigarh, December 3
“Inspiration”, a kathak performance, will be held tomorrow at the Punjab Kala
Bhavan, Sector 16, here. Shuchi Sharma, Vandana Bhatt, Prarthna, Soumya and Swati
Awal, all disciples of renowned choreographer, Dr Jaswinder Kaur, will give a performance during the event, which will be inaugurated by Director Higher Education Ajoy Sharma.
Diverse folk culture comes alive
 handigarh, December 3
The magnificence and grandeur of diverse folk cultural traditions of West Bengal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ladakh and India was brought alive by accomplished artistes from respective countries in the third Folklore and Heritage Festival organised by the Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature at the Tagore theatre here today.
Prakash Nath and troupe perform during the SAARC Folklore and Heritage Festival at the Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
SOREM signs MoU with Global Autism
Chandigarh, December 3
The Society for Rehabilitation of Mentally Challenged (SOREM) has signed an MoU with Global Autism Society, New York, to impart training to parents, teachers and professionals for better handling of individuals with special needs.
Talk to create awareness about AIDS
Chandigarh, December 3
As part of the World AIDS Day celebrations, a workshop on HIV/AIDS awareness was organised at No. 3 Base Repair Depot (3 BRD) in association with the State AIDS Control Society (SACS), Chandigarh, today.
Chandigarh Housing Board gets national award
Chandigarh, December 3
The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has been conferred with a national award for the “Best City in implementation of the Planned Habitat for Urban Poor”
(BSUP) under the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
Capt Kohli’s mother plans to move HC
Chandigarh, December 3
Expressing shock over Defence Minister AK Antony’s statement in Parliament that the death of Capt Sumit Kohli in 2006 was a case of suicide, the deceased officer’s mother Veena Kohli said she was contemplating moving the Delhi High Court to seek a probe into the matter by an independent agency.
Capt Sumit Kohli
PEC mess workers go on indefinite strike
Chandigarh, December 3
Mess employees of Panjab Engineering College (PEC), Sector 12, proceeded on an indefinite strike today after the management’s reported failure to fulfill their long pending demands.
Seminar on banking
Chandigarh, December 3
In coming years more than one lakh vacancies will be filled by Banking Industry in India due to retirements, resignations and expansions.
Majority of bank employees are getting retired in coming years. There is going to be a lot of opportunities for MBA students, especially for those who are having finance as their
specialisation.
PU sanctions Rs 3 cr to complete hostel building
Chandigarh, December 3
At its financial board meeting held today, Panjab University has sanctioned Rs 3 crore for completion of the new student hostel building.
In addition to this, funds were also sanctioned for renovation or upgradation of certain existing hostels.
Question paper out of syllabus
Students walk out of exam hall
Chandigarh, December 3
A high drama prevailed at Panjab University campus today when students of BA BEd course, who had come to take English examination, walked out of the examination hall, claiming that all questions were based on topics not specified in the syllabus.
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Chandigarh, December 3
Cracking a whip against food kiosks owners at the Night Food Street near the PGI, a UT administration team today suspended the operations and challaned six stall owners for preparing and serving food under unhygienic conditions.
Panchkula, December 3