The yellow brigade
Girls during Basant Panchami celebrations at the Postgraduate College for Girls in Sector 42, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
Retired Major arrested for raping three minors
Panchkula, February 14
The police has arrested a retired Major with the Army for sexually assaulting three minor girls on the pretext of giving them toffees and chocolates.
Officials fail to operate wireless sets, tricity lacks equipment
Chandigarh, February 14
Skills of senior bureaucrats to operate wireless sets were exposed in the mega mock drill that was conducted in the tricity on Wednesday. Be it Chandigarh Deputy Commissioner Mohammed Shayin or Panchkula SDM Sarandeep Kaur Brar, the officials failed to operate wireless sets for the first 30 minutes of the mock drill.
Golf Club lease row heads for end
Chandigarh, February 14
The game of discord between the Chandigarh Golf Club and the UT Administration is apparently heading for an end.
Some celebrate love, some work on valentine’s day
Chandigarh, February 14
The City Beautiful witnessed over 30 parties across various top-notch restaurants and pubs to celebrate Valentine’s Day here today.
Girls, holding heart-shaped balloons, in a jubilant mood on Valentine’s Day at Panjab
University. Tribune photos: Parvesh Chauhan |
Girls wave balloons in Sector 10,
Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photos: Parvesh Chauhan |
Snarl-ups add to chaos, violators challaned
Chandigarh, February 14
Youngsters converged on the Panjab University campus to celebrate Valentine’s Day. By afternoon, to regulate the huge traffic moving through the lone gate opened for security reasons, the authorities had to open the other two gates as well.
Artificial flowers, not natural ones, in demand this year
 Chandigarh, February 14
Valentine’s Day usually sees a sudden spurt in the demand for flowers every year. This year, however, the city witnessed a dip in the sale of flowers.
Bouquets go unsold on Valentine’s Day at a flower shop in Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
Subject specialisation issue raised
Chandigarh, February 14
The issue of teachers teaching subjects other than that of their specialisation cropped up at the Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) General Body Meeting, held on Wednesday. A teacher at University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS) revealed that from the past four years he had been teaching different subjects other than the subject of his specialisation.
Creating magic with a dhol
Mohali, February 14
Meet Rashpal Singh Virk. With a dhol around his neck creating magic with each strike of the sticks, he may be mistaken for just another professional dholi.
PEC employees want management board dissolved
Chandigarh, February 14
The employees union of the PEC University of Technology has written to the UT Administrator demanding that the interim Board of Management (BOM) be dissolved and the Board of Governors (BOG), that has the right to take the decisions, be reconstituted again.
Admn resorts to ‘Gandhigiri’
 Chandigarh, February 14
To discourage the rich and affluent residing in the northern sectors from raising the height of the front boundary wall of their houses, the Chandigarh Administration has resorted to “Gandhigiri” to get the encroachment removed.
The cross mark on a boundary wall at Sector 5 in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
A delight for birdwatchers
Chandigarh February 14
Birdwatchers in the city are all set to slug it out in the third Chandigarh Bird Race. During the event, they will have to list the birds they watch.
Temporary encroachments removed in Sector 25
 Chandigarh, February 14
The enforcement wing of the Municipal Corporation today removed unauthorised temporary encroachments in Sector 25.
An anti-encroachment drive under way at Sector 25 in
Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
UT IG set to crack all nuts
Chandigarh, February 14
Students of Moti Ram Arya School, Sector 27-A, greeted the new Inspector General of Police (IGP), Chandigarh, RP Upadhyaya, with a volley of questions ranging from the juvenile Act to eve-teasing during an interactive session today.
Notice issued to UT Administration
Chandigarh, February 14
Acting on a petition challenging the extension of Dr Raj Bahadur’s tenure as the
Director-Principal of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today served notices on the UT Administration, Union Public Service Commission and Director-Principal to file their replies by February 19.
A car met with an accident at an underbridge at the Sector 11/15 road in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan |
Eight special counters set up for downloading e-Aadhaar letters
Chandigarh, February 14
The UT Administration has set up eight special counters at e-Sampark centres in various sectors to facilitate the city residents to download e-Aadhaar letters in case of delay.
Valentine’s Day celebrated at GCG-42
Chandigarh, February 14
Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector-42, celebrated Basant Panchami and ‘One Billion Rising’today. The day began with kite-making and kite flying competition for the teachers and students.
7 doctors shifted to civil dispensaries
Chandigarh, February 14
The UT Health Department has transferred seven doctors, including medical officers and assistant medical officers, to Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for appointment at civil dispensaries.
Family says no to treatment
Mohali, February 14
Dildar Singh and three of his family members who were yesterday rescued by the Mohali police and an NGO from their house returned to their house in Phase 3B1 today.
Partabpura school bags 4th state-level quiz
Mohali, February 14
Government Senior Secondary School, Partabpura, in Jalandhar district won the first position in the fourth state-level quiz contest held at Manav Mangal Smart School, Phase X, here.
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Chandigarh, February 14
Chandigarh, February 14
