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A motorcyclist caught in a sudden spell of rain at Sector 23 in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: S Chandan |
Three killed in road mishaps
Chandigarh, August 28
Three persons, including a woman, were killed in separate road accidents in the city in the last 18 hours. The police found the body of a 35-year-old man at the Housing Board light point in Mani Majra in the wee hours today.
The body bore injury marks and it appeared that he had been hit by a vehicle. The body was taken to the Government
Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16.
Another child goes missing from Snehalaya
Chandigarh, August 28
Barely a week after a teenager went missing from Snehalaya, home for the destitute in
Maloya, another 12-year-old child went missing from the institute yesterday.
Michael Masih managed to flee from the institute by scaling a 7-ft-high boundary wall. A missing report has been lodged.
Director Social Welfare Department Varsha Khangwal has sought an explanation from the management of
Snehalaya, in charge Ankur Karan Singh and others within two days.
Centre deaf to needs of hearing impaired
Chandigarh, August 28
The union government seems to have turned a deaf ear to the needs of hearing impaired people of the UT. With no funds coming from the Centre for the last two years, the ambitious National Program for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD), aimed at preventing deafness among people of all ages and free distribution of hearing aids to children less than 14 years, has virtually shut down.
Anna supporters celebrate
Chandigarh, August 28
A day after his three major demands were accepted, celebrations for Anna Hazare’s success continued in Chandigarh, with a car and motorcycle rally being taken out by the India Against Corruption (IAC).
Hundreds of Anna supporters participated in the procession and raised slogans in his support. They also celebrated the success by bursting crackers in the evening.
Supporters of Anna Hazare enjoy at the Sector-7 roundabout in Chandigarh on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Vinay Malik
Development work on Aerocity Urban Estate to be outsourced
Mohali, August 28
Private players will do the planning and composite development of Aerocity Urban Estate. This will be the withdrawal to the traditional practice of the in-house planning being done by the department of town and country planning and the separate tenders allotted for development works of roads, sewer, storm water, water supply, streetlight and horticulture works.
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(Top) A horse injured while crossing a road on Saturday night being treated by a doctor near Sector 38 in Chandigarh in the wee hours on Sunday. Tribune photos: Vinay Malik
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People for Animals activists reach the spot and try to lift the horse into their truck for further treatment to the hospital for animals at Senonk village. photo clicked at 3:30 am |
90 of 500 parks used for car parking in Mohali
Mohali, August 28
Mohali residents are not paying heed to the instructions of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) regarding parking of vehicles in parks. As a result, the parks developed for relaxation of residents are being used as car parking.
HUDA to digitise its records
Panchkula, August 28
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has decided to digitise its entire record, which runs into thousands of files. With this move incidents of documents theft from the files kept in record room of HUDA would be minimised and moreover no HUDA official would be able to temper with the records.
Ball in Punjab, Haryana court
Chandigarh, August 28
The UT Administration, which claimed that it was on the verge of completion of its report on declaring the Sukhna Lake’s catchment area an eco-sensitive zone, was now looking forward to its neighbouring states, Punjab and Haryana, for expediting their work in this direction.
Admn to submit heritage inventory to Home Ministry
Chandigarh, August 28
Over 10,000 items, including furniture, tapestries, models and sketches, designed by architects who designed Chandigarh have heritage value.
This has been revealed in the first-of-its-kind inventory of the heritage items prepared by the UT Administration.
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Traffic rules? Don’t bother! |
Commuters sit on the roof of a mini bus, with a man hanging on its rear side, at Zirakpur on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway. tribune photo: nitin mittal |
Renditions by Hussain brothers delight all
Chandigarh, August
28
Ustad Ahmed Hussain and Ustad Mohammad Hussain mesmerised all during the
Sham-e-Ghazal held at Randhawa auditorium. The concert organised by a Delhi-based NGO, Naad Foundation, was a big draw.
Award for Allengers’ CMD
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 28
Suresh Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director of Allengers Medical Systems Limited, Chandigarh, has been awarded the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Award for “outstanding performance for the year 2010”. President Pratibha Patil will confer the award on Sharma at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on September 2.
Popularity motive behind contesting student poll
I was a student of the UILS department of Panjab University and completed my course earlier this year. I believe that there were times when student leaders commanded a mass popularity like Bhagat Singh who played a more than active role during the Independence struggle.
The act of wooing begins on campus
Chandigarh, August 28
With holidays lined up this week, college student leaders are now biding hard to retain a prime vote bank comprising hostel students in the city till elections on September 2.
Burying all differences, various factions of Panjab University Students Union strike an alliance before declaring Sumit Goklaney (third from right), a student of the UBS department, as the presidential candidate in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep
Tewari
ABVP has woman for top post
Chandigarh, August 28
Even though big guns like PUSU and SOPU talk of women students’ rights, it’s the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarathi Parishad (ABVP) which has chosen a girl as its presidential candidate.
A bagful of promises
Chandigarh, August 28
Following months of separations and speculations, the two estranged Panjab University Student Union groups headed by Simranjit Dhillon and Sukhjeet Brar joined hands today and declared Sumit Goklaney as the party’s presidential candidate.
SOPU, SOI enter alliance
Chandigarh, August 28
Although it is yet to decide its presidential candidate, the Student Organisation of Panjab University
(SOPU) has entered into an alliance with the Student Organisation of India for the forthcoming student elections. Claiming to be on the same pedestal of approach towards students welfare, SOPU president Vicky said it was an ideological alliance.
Activists of SOPU and SOI in a cheerful mood after forming an alliance at Panjab University in Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: Vicky Gharu
Staying connected through SMSes
Chandigarh, August 28
From informing students about holidays to important notices put up in colleges, ‘Short Message Service’ has emerged as a strong canvassing tool adopted by student leaders to stay connected with voters for the upcoming student council poll.
Students woo voters through SMSes. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
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