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PGI’s liver transplant patient dead
Underwent surgery on April 15
Chandigarh, May 14
After a month long struggle, the patient who underwent the first liver transplant at PGIMER breathed his last at 10:30 pm today. Vijay Khurana, a resident of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, underwent PGI’s first liver transplant surgery on April 15 as he was suffering from end-stage liver cirrhosis and liver failure and had a poor expected survival without transplant.
MNCs on income tax dept radar
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Pepsi, GSK and Quark defaulters n
Rs 338 cr undisclosed income
Chandigarh, May 14
The international taxation wing of the income tax department has assessed “undisclosed income” to the tune of Rs 338 crore during “transfer pricing assessments”, a method to assess values of all cross-border transactions, of seven multinational companies (MNCs), including Pepsi. The multi million-dollar deals involving overseas merger and acquisition pertain to the assessment year 2007-08.
Tricity Scan
Immigration fraud
Proprietor of Green Pacard, an immigration company in Sector 22, has been booked for misleading students and government employees on the pretext of sending them abroad.
panic buying: Petrol stations in the city saw long queues of vehicles with people in a hurry to fill up the tanks before the hiked prices came into effect.
Tribune Photo: Vinay Malik |
Sector 8 gets two greenbelts
Ornamental plants, play equipment provided in parks
Chandigarh, May 14
Mayor Ravinder Pal Singh inaugurated two greenbelts in Sector 8-A and C today.
Addressing the gathering, the Mayor lauded the development works done by the horticulture division of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation by developing greenbelts not only in the northern parts of the city but also in southern sectors.
Implement PNDT Act, MTP centres told
Chandigarh, May 14
With an objective to improve the child sex ratio in the city, a meeting under the chairmanship of Dr Chander Mohan, appropriate authority-cum-director of UT Health and Family Welfare, was held in the auditorium of District Family Welfare Bureau, Sector 22, here today.
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A power department employee sits on a pole as he repairs an electric connection near Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
Short-circuit destroys rubber unit in Mohali
Mohali, May 14
Fire broke out in a rubber factory here this afternoon damaging machinery and a part of the building. No loss of life was, however, reported. Soon after the fire broke out thick black smoke had engulfed the area leading to suffocation.
29 days later, Nagla ends protest
Zirakpur, May 14
Just a day before completion of one month, protesting Avtar Singh Nagla today descended from his treetop abode. He ended his hunger strike and the treetop protest after he was told that the Mohali Deputy Commissioner has sought a report from the District Revenue Officer on the issues raised by him in a land sale matter within 20 days.
Panchkula’s Nirjhar Vatika loses its charm
Panchkula, May 14
Once a popular haunt for visitors from the tricity, drawn by its artificial lake, Nirjhar Vatika Garden in Sector 5 has gradually turned into a seedy place that has become a hangout for antisocial elements as a result of official apathy.
New grant for disabled paramilitary personnel
Chandigarh, May 14
Personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) can now expect a better deal if they are invalided out on medical grounds.
Bhavan Vidyalaya’s RTE
plea dismissed
Local schools heave sigh of relief
Panchkula, May 14
A majority of schools here have heaved a sigh of relief, with a local court dismissing the application filed by Bhavan
Vidyalaya, Sector 15, for impleading all schools of the town as defendants in the right to education (RTE) case.
Shiamak’s Summer Funk from May 25
Chandigarh, May 14
Shiamak’s Summer Funk 2011 will begin from May 25 to June 11 in the city. Enrolments will start from May 16 at Nehru Bhavan, Sector 24, and at Strawberry Fields World School, Sector 26, Chandigarh. Shiamak Davar’s Institute for the Performing Arts (SDIPA) in partnership with the Durga Das Foundation has for the past many years been holding summer and winter workshops in Chandigarh.
Student council promised more, delivered little
Chandigarh, May 14
With the tenure of Panjab University Campus Student Council (PUCSC) coming to an end on May 31, the “divided student council” failed to deliver on its promises and gave a miss to commitments which it made last year.
Health promotion in schools
Chandigarh, May 14
The department of paediatrics, PGIMER, in collaboration with the UT administration school health department organised a workshop on ‘health promotion in school setting’ here today.
PEC admission
Chandigarh, May 14
Admission process for various BE courses at PEC University of Technology will start in June immediately after the declaration of AIEEE-2011 result. The admission will be based on the merit of AIEEE-2011, however, interested candidates will have to register separately on the website chdenggadmissions.nic.in .
Process in eye of storm
Filling of key administrative posts at PU
Chandigarh, May 14
The process of filling key administrative posts at
Panjab University is yet again in the eye of storm with a Syndicate member objecting to the qualification fixed for the posts. Vice-Chancellor RC Sobti has called an emergency Syndicate meeting on May 17 to address the issue.
ICSE classes X, XII result on May 17
Chandigarh, May 14
With the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) announcing to declare the ICSE results (Class X and ISC Class XII) on May 17at 3 pm, the wait is finally over for over 1,500 tricity students.
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