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14 banks under scanner
Chandigarh, August 17
Investigations into cheating cases registered against Amit Kakkar have put the alleged dubious role of banks under the scanner. The police said operators of the immigration firm had opened fake accounts for their clients across various banks with the connivance of bank employees. The fake accounts were opened to facilitate visa procurement process for his clients.
Appoint senior official to save Sukhna, orders HC
Chandigarh, August 17
Delving deeper into the issue of conservation of Sukhna Lake, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday noted the situation was worsening and ruled in favour of the UT administration appointing an official responsible for salvaging and maintaining the lake.
3-yr-old girl kidnapped from Sec 27
Chandigarh, August 17
A three-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped from outside a house in Sector 27 this evening.
Mannat, who was playing near the garage with three children, was picked up by a masked youth in a turban who fled with her on a motorcycle. The kidnapper was accompanied with another person in turban who had covered his face with a handkerchief and was waiting near the motorcycle.
Mannat, who was kidnapped from outside a house in Sector 27, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.
Forest department gains
215 acres of lakebed now green cover
Chandigarh, August 17
Over the years Sukhna Lake has lost around 215 acres of its original lakebed to green cover, which has since come under the control of the UT forest department. Now, even if the administration’s engineering wing wants to reclaim the land to restore the lake’s original size it will have to seek the central government’s nod.
Wild growth of plants covering the once dry bed of Sukhna Lake, which has now come under the control of the UT forest department. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan
Officer crunch in UT Admn to get acute
Several key positions to fall vacant by next month, no replacement in sight
Chandigarh, August 17
With the Director Tourism and Director Cultural Affairs and CITCO Chief General Manager Amandeep Kaur, a PCS officer, being repatriated to her parent cadre of Punjab tomorrow, the “officer crunch” with the UT Administration is set to get acute with the likelihood of it adversely affecting routine administrative working.
Steady rise in death count at PGI
An average of 12 patients died every day in 2009-10
Chandigarh, August 17
If figures are any indication, the number of patients dying at the region’s premier institute, the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) has been steadily increasing over the last few years, with 4,464 patients dying in 2009-10, an average of 12 a day.
Day 2: City residents stand by Anna Hazare
Peaceful protests witnessed across
tricity; more people join the anti-corruption movement
Chandigarh, August 17
Being in the list of top 50 most influential people for the year 2011, Anna Hazare justifies his title after attracting people from different states to join him in his ongoing nationwide movement against corruption.
Supporters of Anna Hazare take out a procession at the Tribune Chowk; and (right) BJP activists protest at Phase V in Mohali on Wednesday. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan and Vicky Gharu |
GGDSD College students wear black bands
Chandigarh, August 17
Spearheading the anti-corruption campaign in their college, a group of youngsters at GGDSD College, Sector 32, today adopted an innovative way of expressing their solidarity with Anna Hazare’s countrywide campaign and ‘India against corruption’.
Students of GGDSD College, Sector 32, wear black bands on their arms on Wednesday. Tribune photo:
Manoj Mahajan
Believe it or not — this is in Panchkula
Sector 19 has garbage heaps, stray cattle, damaged & potholed roads, streets without lights
Panchkula, August 17
Name the problem concerning civic amenities and Sector 19 here has it! Heaps of garbage, stray cattle grazing in parks, damaged roads with big potholes and dark streets at night are a common sight in the area.
40 acres cleared of encroachments
Panchkula, August 17
The enforcement wing of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) got nearly 40 acres cleared at Sector 3 here during an anti-encroachment drive today.
Infotech cancels site allotment
Mohali, August 17
Punjab Infotech has decided to cancel the allotment of the commercial site that was recently sold for Rs 62 crore. This decision was taken during its board meeting today.
Artistes, get set for the big stage
Coming soon: Ultra-modern theatre at Sector 68
Mohali, August 17
There is now a ray of hope for stage artistes starved of proper facilities to show their talent at
Mohali, with the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) planning to construct an ultra-modern theatre at Sector 68 here.
A man walks past the neglected open-air theatre at the Silvi Park in Phase 10 of Mohali on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Vicky Gharu
Complaint lodged against immigration firms
Mohali, August 17
People from Punjab, Chandigarh and Haryana who were allegedly duped of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of sending them abroad, lodged a complaint with the police here today. They met SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar who marked the case to SP (City) Harpreet Singh.
Filing RTI applications in vain, civic body goes slow on replies
Chandigarh, August 17
Filing an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to seek information from the Municipal Corporation (MC) authorities does not necessarily guarantee a response from them.
pu poll 2011
Are student elections relevant in PU?
Chandigarh, August 17
A little less than a decade-and-a-half after Panjab University restarted student elections in 1997, one wonders if the exercise had any relevance in the current academic surrounding at all.
TRICITY SCAN
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As a teenager, he distributed milk packets in Attawa village and its surrounding areas. His father owned a small illegal grocery store in the village, which was demolished by the UT estate office in 2003. Later, he was employed on contractual basis for a clerical job at the Government Medical College Hospital in Sector 32 at a monthly salary of Rs 6,000.
