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Happiness at work eludes PGI, GMCH docs
Say promotion avenues few, physical environment tough, good work not recognised
Chandigarh, December 26
The general perception that doctors at government hospitals are a dissatisfied lot is not wrong if the findings of a survey conducted by the PGI on doctors at the PGI and the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, are to be believed.
Day after, mall beats a retreat
 Complaint against Pali withdrawn; Babla was not present
Chandigarh, December 26
In a flip-flop less than a day after the incident, the management of the Fun Republic at Mani Majra today withdrew its complaint of misbehaviour against Mayor Ravinder Pal Singh Pali under “political pressure”.
TR Brar, manager of the mall, yesterday lodged a complaint at the Mani Majra police station that the Mayor created a ruckus at the mall and manhandled him.
Ravinder Pal Singh Pali
Increased stress too much to handle
68 committed suicide in city this year, with 49 hanging themselves
Chandigarh, December 26
A majority of the 68 suicides this year occurred in the underbelly of the city, underlining the impact of fast-paced life and increased stress on the downtrodden in particular.
The maximum number of suicides were reported from slums, colonies and villages. The number of male victims was 35 and female 33.
Couple killed in accident
Chandigarh, December 26
A couple died as a rashly driven Swift car hit the carriage auto-rickshaw they were riding at the Sector 27/28 traffic light point here this afternoon.
The victims, 50-year-old Dharam Pal and his 46-year-old wife Sushila, were killed as they received grievous head injuries.
Kaura Murder
Mystery woman eludes police
Mohali, December 26
The investigations into the mysterious death of Chandigarh-based cardiologist Dr Deepak Kaura seem to have hit a dead end, as the mystery woman still eludes the police.
Efforts to trace the other mobile numbers used by the woman to communicate with her contacts have so far not yielded
any results.
 General Hospital
CCTV installed
Panchkula, December 26
After drawing flak over the recent theft of a newborn, the health department finally installed CCTV cameras for surveillance at the General Hospital, Sector 6, here today.
The decision to install CCTVs at the hospital was taken after a one-day-old baby, Mannat, was taken away by two women on December 6.
Sanitation Services
Performance no criterion for
MC?
Keen on extending contract of two companies with poor track record
Chandigarh, December 26
The municipal corporation doesn’t seem to have a yardstick to measure the performance of sanitation service providers while outsourcing work to private contractors.
As for the past three years, sanitation contracts for villages have been allotted to two companies even though councillors have been complaining about their poor performance in their wards.
Year Ender 2011:
Panchkula
Development works take a backseat
Panchkula, December 26
While the status of Panchkula civic body remained in litigation throughout the year, the development works in the district took a backseat. This in addition to putting residents to inconvenience had kept municipal councillors on their tenterhooks.
City colder than Shimla for fourth day
Chandigarh, December 26
Residents continued to brave the coldwave conditions, prevailing in the tricity region during the past one week, with the night temperature hovering around 3 °C.
The weather office has predicted chill during daytime as the minimum temperature is expected to increase in the next couple of days.
Girls brave the elements at Panjab University in Chandigarh on a chilly Monday morning. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Organ trafficking
Gang fudged documents to run racket
Mohali, December 26
A day after a well-organised racket of human organ trafficking was busted, investigations by the Lucknow police have revealed that the members of the gang operated by manipulating the documents of the sanctioning authority (outside the state) concerned in such a coordinated manner that it raised little doubt about the credentials of the documents.
Shortfall in supply leaves residents powerless
Chandigarh, December 26
Local residents have been facing scheduled and unscheduled power cuts due to a shortfall in power supply from various central power generation plants to the UT electricity department.
Residents of Khuda Ali Sher organise a langar as part of Jor Mela celebrations at the
Sector 11-12-14-15 roundabout on Monday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
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A fire broke out in a digital colour laboratory in Sector 22, opposite Sector 17, in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
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Theft in Sec-48 house: A couple look at a ransacked room after a theft took place in their house in Sector 48, Chandigarh, on Monday.
Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan
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Unscheduled power cuts hit life
Mohali, December 26
Unscheduled power cuts during the past three days have disrupted the normal life, affecting day-to-day activities in residential, commercial and industrial sectors in the town.
Though no official intimation about power cuts has been given, the electricity department is resorting to rotational power cuts throughout the day.
245 patients examined at medical camp
Zirakpur, December 26
As many as 245 women and children were examined at a free medical camp organised at the community health centre in Dhakoli here today.
The camp was organised in collaboration with Punjab National Bank and Savitri Charitable and Social Welfare Trust. Besides providing laboratory tests for blood sugar and urine, free medicines were also given to patients.
MC removes 45 hoardings
Zirakpur, December 26
The Zirakpur Municipal Council (MC) today removed around 45 hoardings, put up by various political parties, from
Baltana, Zirakpur and surrounding areas. The drive had been conducted on the directions of the
SDM, Dera Bassi.
Sibling’s murder
Police still clueless
Chandigarh, December 26
A police team that went to Mewat to find clues into the double murder case of teenaged siblings Gaurang and Kavita returned empty-handed.
156 NCC cadets to attend R-Day camp in Delhi
Chandigarh, December 26
The Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh NCC Directorate will be sending a contingent of 156 cadets, including 36 girls, to participate in the Republic Day Camp in New Delhi. Cadets from 17 directorates across the country will attend the month-long camp.
Church clarifies
The news “Special prayer for Manu Sharma” carried in Chandigarh Tribune on Monday stating that “Christ the King Cathedral held a special prayer followed by a midnight mass by Rt Rev Dr Ignatius
Mascarenhas, the Bishop of Simla Chandigarh Diocese, for Manu Sharma, alias Sidhartha
Vashistha” is factually incorrect.
 Year
Ender 2011: PU
A trail of highs and
lows
Chandigarh, December 26
Just like many preceding years, 2011 was also a “newsy” trail of highs and lows with PU oscillating between credit and shame day in day out.
Members of SOPU take out a rally after winning student council elections in Chandigarh.
Destruction of documents
Month later, no action against DEO yet
Chandigarh, December 26
In a classic case of bureaucratic red tape, the UT education department even after one month of being directed by education secretary, DPI (S) Sandeep Hans has failed to initiate any disciplinary action against district education officer (DEO) Chanchal Singh for unexplained and non-procedural destruction of documents pertaining to a complaint against registrar education, Arjun Dev.
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Chandigarh, December 26
