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20 fresh complaints against Healthyway
Chandigarh, August 18
The UT police today received 20 fresh complaints against the owner of Healthyway Immigration for duping them of their hard-earned money on the pretext of sending them abroad.
Akshay elected PUTA president
Chandigarh, August 18
Following its defeat the previous year, the Manjit-Khalid-Akshay group made a comeback by bagging four of the five top positions in the Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) elections today.
Admission quota at model schools?
Chandigarh, August 18
In a move to ensure seats for wards of government schoolteachers and UT education department officials in ‘prized’ model schools, the department is deliberating over a UT teachers’ demand to reserve or set aside a few seats for them.
Parking woes continue to plague GMCH
Chandigarh, August 18
Unauthorised parking has become a nightmare for faculty members and patients at Government Medical College and Hospital
(GMCH) in Sector 32.
A sorry picture of civic affairs
 Panchkula, August 18
Sector 10, once considered as an upmarket area of Panchkula town, is no different than a part of any other small towns in the state. Heaps of garbage, ill-maintained parks, dangling electricity wires, and potholed roads have put the residents of the sector on the receiving end who otherwise decided to set up their house in the area presuming it to be a prime location in the town.
Garbage lies in an open manhole at Sector 10 in Panchkula. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
Protests in support of Anna continue for third day
Chandigarh, August 18
The token protests to show solidarity with social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare appeared to have toned down on Thursday, with small groups of people staging peaceful protests in the city.
Supporters of Anna Hazare take out a 'mashal' march on Madhya Marg in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Theme Park Project
Director’s repatriation to hit arbitration proceedings
Chandigarh, August 18
The repatriation of PCS officer and Director (Tourism) Amandeep Kaur to Punjab is set to take its toll on the arbitration proceedings in the controversial multi-crore amusement-cum-theme park project at Sarangpur.
UT consumer panel puts Tata Motors on notice
Chandigarh, August 18
Tata’s small car Nano is heading for a big legal battle. Sliding down the popularity chart, Nano’s already mangled image today received a direct hit after the UT State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission put Tata Motors on notice.
In fact, Tata Motors and Hind Motors Limited have been virtually hauled up before the Consumer Commission on a complaint alleging gross deficiency in product and service.
Subjugation of Iraqis brought to fore
Chandigarh, August 18
The elite city crowd was treated to a diverse genre of theatre as Bollywood producer-director Mahesh Bhatt and Asmita Theatre group, Delhi, in association with Yellowstone Landmark Infocity presented a play, “The Last Salute in Hindustani”, at the Tagore Theatre here today.
Artistes stage the play “The Last Salute in Hidustani” at Tagore Theatre in Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Parking contractors fined
Chandigarh, August 18
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation imposed a fine of Rs 6,000 on eight paid parking contractors during a special drive.
Kidnapped girl recovered;
father, friend arrested
Chandigarh, August 18
A day after three-year-old Mannat was allegedly kidnapped from outside a house at Sector 27, the police recovered the girl from Mandi Gobindgarh.
Suman case: Forum summons PGI doc
Chandigarh, August 18
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has asked the PGI doctor, who discharged Suman on January 21, to appear in court on August 24 and explain the circumstances leading to her discharge.
Auction of quarries fetches Rs 38 cr
Panchkula, August 18
The auction of minor mineral quarries of the district fetched a total of Rs 38.55 crore here today. The reserve price of the 54 quarries in the district was fixed as Rs 38.38 crore at the auction held at the office of the assistant geologist, department of mines and geology.
CBI files closure report in HMT-Pinjore ‘fraud’ case
Panchkula, August 18
Over a year after the Central Bureau of Investigation filed an FIR in connection with the alleged embezzlement of crores of rupees in the purchase of tyres by the tractor manufacturing division of state-owned engineering firm Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd in
Pinjore, the agency has filed a closure report in the case.
Stray cattle impounded
Chandigarh, August 18
Continuing its drive against stray cattle in the city, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation today caught 20 stray cattle from Madhya Marg, Dadu Majra and Kajheri village.
CHB to get Rs 260 crore
Chandigarh, August 18
In a bid to help the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB), which has been facing financial crunch to complete the slum rehabilitation project, the Chandigarh Administration has decided to release Rs 260 crore to the board.
Anti-Encroachment drive
Slum dwellers injure 2 HUDA workers
 Panchkula, August 18
The driver of a JCB machine, along with a helper, got injured when slum dwellers pelted stones on the workers of the Haryana Urban Development Authority
(HUDA) who were removing encroachments in Sector 3 here today.
Teachers’ mandate loud and clear in
puta poll
Chandigarh, August 18
Following its defeat last year, the Manjit-Khalid-Akshay group made a commendable comeback by bagging four out of five key positions in the Panjab University Teacher Association
(PUTA) elections held today.
(From left) Prof Akshay Kumar, Navneet Agnihotri, Mohammed Khalid, Kitty Sidhu and
Shivani Sharma flash victory signs after their triumph in the PUTA elections at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Thursday.
Tribune photo: vinay malik
Upshot of syndicate elections?
Chandigarh, August 18
When it comes to Panjab University, nothing probably is ‘senate/syndicate-free’. The Panjab University Teachers’ Association
(PUTA) elections may on the surface be for and by faculty members, but if the undercurrents are to go by, then the results
of today’s elections are the aftermath of last year’s Ashok Goel and GK Chatrath split that changed the decades old PU power equation.
120 votes invalid!
Chandigarh, August 18
The number of invalid votes cast in today’s PUTA elections has left the election officials perturbed, as over 120 votes were found invalid for different posts.
SOPU members go on indefinite fast
 Chandigarh, August 18
The student election fever has set in the university with the first hunger strike of the season starting today. Robin
Brar, president, Student Organisation of Panjab University, along with six girls proceeded on an indefinite hunger strike, demanding the interlinking of girls’ hostel Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and getting girl students a permission to move freely on the hostel premises till 12 am.
SOPU members protest outside a girls’ hostel in support of their demands at Panjab
University, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: vinay malik
Principals get training in issuing licences
Mohali, August 18
The District Transport Officer, Mohali, conducted a final drill for principals of government technical institutions, engineering colleges and other colleges to enable them to issue learner’s driving licence to students. District Transport Officer Karan Singh said 25 principals were imparted training. Only those colleges having the strength of 500 students will be allowed to issue
licences.
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