| Dada’s comeback |
Sourav Ganguly, who recently joined the Yuvraj
Singh-led Pune Warriors, arrives in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal |
Work on metro project report gets under way
Chandigarh, May 5
Putting the city’s ambitious metro rail project under the mass rapid transport system back on track, a team of the Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) on Thursday commenced preliminary work on the preparation of the detailed project report on its feasibility. A DMRC team, led by executive director SD Sharma, inspected various proposed corridors and alignments for the metro.
Khushpreet Murder Case
Court lets matching of suspects’ voice samples
Chandigarh, May 5
A lower court on Thursday allowed the application of the Chandigarh police seeking permission from the court to match voice samples of two suspects arrested for the murder of a five-year-old boy, Khushpreet Singh, with that of the child’s uncle to whom the ransom calls were made.
Punjab Land Preservation Act
2,500 violations detected
Mohali, May 5
In the last five years, several chunks of undulating eco-fragile Shivalik Hills in Chandigarh’s periphery were ruthlessly levelled to make roads accessible to farmhouses. Waking up to the reality, the Punjab Forest Department has detected around 2,500 violations of the Punjab Land Preservation Act 1900 in Nadha, Karoran, Perch and other nearby villages. So far, 1,120 violators (including some high ups) have also been identified.
PU dept loses ‘advanced’ status
Chandigarh, May 5
The Centre of Advanced Study (CAS) in Paleontology and Himalayan Geology in Panjab University has lost its “advanced” status since March 31 and is now merely functioning as the department of geology.
 Old-Age Home, Sector 30
Where elderly don’t feel at home
Chandigarh, May 5
A PGI study portraying the poor conditions at Sri Sai Baba Old-Age Home in Sector 30 seems to be the tip of the iceberg. A realty check by a Tribune team at the old-age home run found appalling conditions in the
three-storeyed building.
A room in the old-age home being run by Sai Seva Samiti Ashram, Sector 30, tells the tale of the upkeep of the building. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Auction of liquor vends
Second bid fetches Rs 4.93 crore
Chandigarh, May 5
The UT adinistration fetched Rs 4.93 crore in the second bid for 11 liquor vends out of the remaining 27 at the Deputy Commissioner’s office here today.
1 Para to scale Mt Bhagirathi
Chandigarh, May 5
To commemorate 250 years of its existence, 1 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces), one of the oldest units of the Army, is undertaking a mountaineering expedition to Mount Bhagirathi-II in
Garhwal.
L Gen SR Gosh, GOC-in-C, Western Command, interacts with the team members in Chandimandir on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
Latest cardiac lab for Command Hospital
Chandigarh, May 5
A state-of-the-art cardiac catheterisation laboratory (CCL) was inaugurated in the Command Hospital, Chandimandir, today.
Zirakpur sans bus-queue shelters
But MC has sheds to park its vehicles
Zirakpur, May 5
The Zirakpur Municipal Council apparently has misplaced priorities and has somewhere lost its true purpose. Though on one hand, the council has set up sheds for parking its vehicles and machineries but on the other here are no sheds to protect the passengers disembarking from public transport vehicles.
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| (Left) A car and an auto-rickshaw parked under a shed used by the MC at the water supply
office in Zirakpur; (right) Passengers wait for buses at the Kalka-Zirakpur traffic light point in absence of a bus stop and a shed. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal |
No power cuts in Mohali
Mohali, May 5
With no power cuts being imposed by Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd so far this summer, residents of the town are a happier lot.
Civic bodies told to be strict on polythene bag ban
Mohali, May 5
The Mohali district administration has asked civic bodies, zila parishads and panchayats in the district to strictly implement the ban imposed on the use of polythene bags.
| Filth everywhere |
Garbage littered around Gandhi Bhavan at Panjab University,
Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
Death of ETO
‘Transfer vigilance officials’
Mohali, May 5
The Confederation of Punjab Excise and Taxation Employees today gave an ultimatum to the Punjab Government to transfer the vigilance officials behind the alleged suicide of Excise and Taxation Officer Ranjit Singh.
Musical tribute to Shiv Batalvi
Chandigarh, May 5
The admiration and compelling charm of legendary Punjabi poet Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s poetry is still alive.
Man injured by stray bull
Mohali, May 5
Negligence on part of the Mohali municipal corporation employees while catching a stray bull nearly cost a scooterist his life here today.
‘Jayanties’ celebrated
Chandigarh, May 5
The Vishvakarma Sabha, Chandigarh, on Thursday celebrated the ‘jayanties’ of great personalities, including Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, a great warrior, and Giani Zail Singh, former President of India.
CBSE: Class X result likely on May 16
Chandigarh, May 5
Just like the last year, the CBSE board results will set new precedents this year as well. For the first time in the last decade, the board will be declaring Class X board and school conducted exam result before Class XII result, while Class X result is expected to be out on May 16, Class XII result may be announced on May 23.
Paper Leak
Panel constituted to set question paper
Will ensure that difficulty level remains at par with the test conducted on May 1
Chandigarh, May 5
Will the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination, scheduled for May 11, to be more difficult than the one conducted on May 1, around 2,500 city students, who have been left perturbed by this question ever since the rescheduling of
AIEEE, can now relax.
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Chandigarh, May 5
