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Previous night’s shower fails to spoil festivities
Panchkula, October 24
Panchkula witnessed a talking Ravana this Dasehra with special fireworks. Not only this, the city got its tallest-ever effigy of Ravana with a height of 70 feet.
The festival was celebrated with great fervour in the city this evening, leading to traffic jams on the Sectors 4 and 5 dividing road, Sector-11 roundabout, Sankla Chowk and other areas near the venue.
An effigy damaged due to previous night's rain being repaired at Sector 46 in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Tribune photos: S Chandan, Nitin Mittal and Parvesh Chauhan
Stampede-like situation in Panchkula
Panchkula, October 24
A stampede-like situation prevailed at the Sector 5 parade ground during Dasehra celebrations when thousands of people broke the barricades to take the remains of the effigy of Ravana.
Minor raped by foster father
Panchkula, October 24
Thirteen-year-old girl was raped by her foster father in Kalka. He had adopted the girl 11 years ago. The accused, who was arrested by the Panchkula police last night, has been identified as 55-year-old
Krishan, a resident of Kalka. He had been raping the girl for the past six months.
The accused, Krishan
Protector turns predator
Panchkula, October 24
Fearing for her mother's life, the victim, a student of Class VII, remained mum.
Spurt in dengue spreads panic in tricity
Chandigarh, October 24
With more than 290 dengue cases reported in the trictity so far, residents are in a state of panic and seeking urgent medical advice to save themselves from the fast spreading vector-borne infection.
Private clinics and government hospitals are witnessing huge rush of patients.
Dengue patients undergo treatment at a hospital in Chandigarh. a
Tribune photograph
UT Administration’s claims fall flat
Chandigarh, October 24
Tall claims of the UT Administration of carrying out fumigation to check the outbreak of dengue have fallen flat with residents of various Sectors saying they had never seen a single fogging machine operating in their localities.
Poor unable to afford treatment
Chandigarh, October 24
The treatment of dengue, in critical cases, varies from Rs 8,000 in government hospitals to Rs 30,000 in private hospitals making it difficult for some people to afford it.
Fogging being carried out in Chandigarh. A file photograph
Councillor suggests MC to be self-reliant
Chandigarh, October 24
Having lost faith in the malaria wing of UT Administration that fails to provide fogging machines on demand to councillors, ruling party councillor Harphool Chander Kalyan has come up with a proposal for Municipal Corporation to purchase its own machines.
Commercial charges on power to go
Chandigarh, October 24
The Chandigarh Administration has assured the cooperative house building societies that commercial rates would not be charged on the electricity consumed for streetlighting and
other essential services in societies.
A dug-up road in Sector 51, Chandigarh, has been causing inconvenience to commuters. Tribune photos: Parvesh Chauhan
Durga bids adieu
Devotees immerse an idol of Goddess Durga at Ghaggar in Panchkula on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal
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Deshraj's wife meets him in jail on Dasehra
Chandigarh, October 24
While the entire city was celebrating Dasehra, Chandigarh City SP Deshraj Singh spent his time behind the bars in his barrack number 10. He had been gracing the event as a chief guest for the past two years.
Conference on advanced material
Chandigarh, October 24
The Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ram Nagar, Banur, organised a national conference on “Advanced Materials and Their Applications in The Era of Globalisation”. The conference provided a platform to the participants to deliberate on the emerging issues in material science and technologies, including designing of materials with properties required for specific applications such as solar energy, space science and mobile chips.
A boy looks at a car without its wheels, which were stolen, at Sector 44
in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Parvesh Chauhan
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Retired employees in dilemma
Chandigarh, October 24
Hundreds of employees of the Chandigarh Administration, who have retired in the past four years, are in a dilemma.
Corruption set ablaze in Mohali
Mohali, October 24
Dasehra was celebrated with fervour as hundreds of people reached the Dasehra Ground, Phase VIII, here to witness the victory of good over evil this evening.
Traffic chaos prevails at venues
Panchkula/Mohali, October 24
Heavy traffic congestion was witnessed near Parade Ground, Sector 5, in Panchkula since afternoon. Though six checkposts were established to check the flow of traffic, the haphazard parking of vehicles near the venue led to a 45-minute traffic jam.
Vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on road separating Sectors 4 and 5 in Panchkula on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal
from Schools
Children learn lesson of victory of good over evil
Chandigarh, October 24
Sri Guru Harkrishan Senior Secondary Public School, Sector 40-C, wore a festive look as it celebrated Dasehra on its premises. The literary and drama club of the school put up an adaptation of epic Ramayana.
The students enacted the scene of 'Laxman Murcha' and also depicted the fight between Rama and
Ravana. Effigy of Ravana was set ablaze to mark the victory of good over evil. The students also presented songs, speeches and poems on the importance of the festival.
With fireworks in the backdrop, an actor poses as Lord Rama at the Parade Ground in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan
NCC cadets felicitated
Chandigarh, October 24
As many as 72 cadets, including 24 girls, of the NCC Air Wing were felicitated by the Additional Director General,
NCC, Maj Gen PS Mander, at a function organised here today, for performing well at the All India Vayu Sainik camp held at Bengaluru earlier this month.
Additional Director General, NCC, Maj Gen PS Mander felicitating a cadet in Chandigarh. A Tribune photo
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Effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkarna and Meghanada worth over Rs 50 lakh went up in smoke across the city during the Dasehra celebrations.
