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Girl involved in MMS-making stabbed on cheek
Panchkula, October 6
Two unidentified motorcycle-borne youths allegedly stabbed the right cheek of one of the girls suspected to have been involved in the making of an obscene MMS in Panchkula.
Lord Rama raises his bow, signalling his victory after the effigy of Ravana goes up in flames at Parade Ground, Sector 17,
Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune Photo Pradeep Tewari |
YK Chawla set to head PGI
Chandigarh, October 6
It is more or less official now. The region’s premier institute, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), is all set to have new director again from within the ranks, Dr YK Chawla, presently head of the hepatology department.
PGI admission scam
Bangalore-based doc held
Chandigarh, October 6
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested a Bangalore-based doctor in connection with doctors’ admission scam that rocked the PGI last year.
The CBI arrested Dr Rajnikant, who is a doctor in Bangalore Medical College, for impersonating in the exam in place of Dr Amit Musle. The accused was arrested last night.
CCA Golden Jubilee
Rock’ing time at architecture college
Chandigarh, October 6
In an innovative gesture to mark its golden jubilee celebrations, the Chandigarh College of Architecture (CCA) will place on its campus a 20-million-year-old 5.5-tonne rock that has been fetched from Jabli near Kasauli.
CCA completes 50 years
Golden jubilee to be a gala affair
Chandigarh, October 6
The Chandigarh College of Architecture is all set to host its golden jubilee which will witness a three-day celebration with lectures, workshops, photo exhibition and a rock night.
Established in 1961, the college will celebrate 50 years of completion. It has produced over 1,000 alumni, including world-renowned architects.
Students of the Chandigarh College of Architecture make arrangements for golden jubilee celebrations starting from October 7. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
And the evil comes crashing down
Chandigarh, October 6
Tricity residents came out of their homes in large numbers to attend the Dasehra festival today. All grounds were jam-packed much before the effigies of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhkaran were set afire. As the sun set, loud explosions reverberated across the tricity as the gigantic effigies of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhkaran came crashing down, symbolising the triumph of good over evil.
Safeguarding impounded vehicles a nightmare
 Chandigarh, October 6
The UT excise and taxation department has been facing a peculiar problem of finding a place to park vehicles impounded by its officials.
In the absence of any proper site, the department has been forced to park these vehicles at different places and depute its officials to keep a vigil on them during night.
UT Excise officials check goods unloaded from a truck at a parking lot in front of their office in Sector 17. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
A trip down memory lane
Chandigarh, October 6
With the passage of time, the Chandigarh College of Architecture has undergone a complete transformation. A new library, a student centre and a night studio that replaced a cycle stand are likely to welcome old students. In the next three days, the alumni will walk down memory lane and recall their college days. Golden Jubilee celebrations will bring together hundreds of architects spread across the globe who are excited to come back to their alma mater and share nostalgia.
BSNL emergency numbers remain disconnected
Chandigarh, October 6
More than a week after BSNL disconnected its services to private telecom operators except Reliance and Tata, thousands of customers using services of Airtel, Vodaphone and Idea are unable to connect to BSNL numbers, particularly the emergency services concerning health, police and fire departments.
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Residents all set to burn an effigy of the garbage dump in Dadu Majra on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
Chandigarh airport
Another 10 months to upgrade old terminal
Chandigarh, October 6
The work on upgrading the old terminal site, which will help increase the apron area as well as the space in the hanger, is likely to take another 10 to 12 months to complete.
IFB told to pay Rs 10,000 for deficiency
Chandigarh, October 6
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on IFB Industries Limited for its failure to give prompt service to a city resident who had purchased two machines under the annual maintenance charges (AMC) scheme.
Garbage piles up, so does residents’ woe
Zirakpur, October 6
With safai workers on strike, the town has turned into a virtual dumping ground. Be it the lanes in front of houses or pavements along the roads, garbage is everywhere.
Curb on heavy traffic on Mohali road
Mohali, October 6
To curb the increasing number of accidents on the main road connecting the Kharar-Chandigarh Nati-onal Highway No. 21 with the Mohali bus station in Phase VIII here, the district administration has decided to restrict the movement of heavy vehicles, including long-haul buses, on the section.
Devotees immerse an idol of goddess Durga in Ghaggar at Panchkula on
Thursday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal |
UHBVN told to pay Rs 15,000
Panchkula, October 6
The Panchkula District Consumer Forum has asked the UHBVN to pay Rs 15,000 to two farmers for not restoring electricity supply to their
tubewell.
The complainants, Rajinder Kumar Sharma and Joginder Kumar Sharma, both brothers hailing from Hangola village, alleged that they had suffered a loss of Rs 4,52,000 due to the deficiency in service on the part of the electricity provider.
Panchkula admn set to start survey
Panchkula, October 6
The Panchkula administration is all set to start a survey for the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) in the district.
Besides data on caste and tribe, information on parameters like occupation, highest educational level completed, disability, religion, housing, employment and income characteristics and assets will be collected during the survey.
Chandigarh scan
Environment education—Not an optional subject anymore
Chandigarh, October 6
Going by latest guidelines of the National Council of Educational Research and Training
(NCERT), environment education will soon cease to be a side subject based on the conventional “study-text-books-write-examination” mode.
Exam centres to have CCTV
Mohali, October 6
The Punjab School Education Board has decided to install CCTV cameras in examination centres to check copying. It was also decided that examination process would be videographed. The CCTV cameras will be installed in examination centres located in Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran and Pathankot.
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A 13-year-old boy was crushed to death by a CTU bus in Colony Number 4 here this morning.
The victim, Vikas Kumar, a Class VI student of Government School in the colony, died on the spot.
Chandigarh, October 6
