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Zero Dark Thirty: Oscars in LA, bhangra in city
Chandigarh, February 25
People in Chandigarh had their Oscar moment on Monday when director Kathryn Bigelow's Hollywood movie "Zero Dark Thirty" won an Oscar for sound editing at the 85th annual Academy Awards held at Los Angeles.
Darshan Aulakh distributes sweets among friends in
Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph
BJP leader manhandled
Chandigarh, February 25
High drama was witnessed at a UT police checkpoint on the road separating Sectors 23 and 36 late on Monday night when police personnel on duty allegedly misbehaved and roughed up BJP councillor Saurabh Joshi.
Colours of
culture: Students from Lahaul-Spiti perform during an annual function at Bal Bhawan, Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Monday.
Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari |
Slush, trampled rose beds is all that is left at Leisure Valley
Chandigarh, February 25
It will take more than a month for the main lawn of the Zakir Rose Garden to regain its glory, lost after it hosted a three-day rose festival here.
Heavy rainfall and unexpected rush of visitors, being estimated at one lakh, caused serious damage to the sprawling lawn, which hosted all the activities including competitions, exhibitions and cultural functions during the festival that concluded yesterday.
Flowers that once decked up the Leisure Valley were seen strewn;(centre) damaged flowerbeds adjoining Shanti Kunj where the vehicles were parked; (right) the lawn full of slush after the Rose Festival ended on Manday. Tribune photos: Pradeep Tewari
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Savouring liquor inside cricket stadium flayed
Chandigarh, February 25
The cricket fraternity has been shocked at the incident involving IAS officers of Punjab and UT savouring liquor inside the cricket stadium during a friendly match here yesterday.
NRI’s body found from his house in Sector 41
Chandigarh, February 25
NRI’s body was found at his house in Sector 41, Chandigarh, on late Sunday evening. Neighbours informed the police after smell began emanating from the house. The body has been kept at Government Multi Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, for autopsy.
Panchkula gets a ‘temporary makeover’
Panchkula, February 25
Panchkula got a ‘temporary makeover’ when Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana, visited the town today. Encroachments were removed from every point and roads. But once the visit was over, the situation was back to square one.
House tax to be taken up at MC House meet on February 28
Chandigarh, February 25
The Municipal cuncillors will discuss the house tax issue during the upcoming meeting of the house on February 28. An agenda item regarding the imposition of house tax was proposed by the nominated councillors at the last house meeting.
Washing away the claims of the civic body, showers have eroded roads in different sectors of the City Beautiful. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan |
PGImer gives free hand to NGO
Chandigarh, February 25
In what raises a question on the functioning of its administration, the PGIMER has failed to look into the accounts maintained by an NGO which charges a nominal fee from patients for providing services at its
serais.
Joining hands to eradicate polio
Chandigarh, February 25
A team of 28 Rotarians from Australia, New Zealand, France and the USA were in the city to take part in the fight against polio.
Residents demand train from city to Jammu
Chandigarh, February 25
A delegation of the House Owners’ Welfare Associations of Panchkula met Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and demanded that a train be started from Chandigarh
to Jammu.
Deadline to fix new number plates nears
Chandigarh, February 25
The work of affixing high-security registration plates (HSRP) on vehicles in the city will be started at the Sector 17 office of the Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA), State Transport Authority office in Sector 18 and SDMs offices in Sector 42 and Industrial Area.
Session on pre-budget assumptions
Chandigarh, February 25
A session on pre-budget assumptions was held this evening by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), in association with The Indus Entrepreneurs
(TiE).
Vehicles make their way through the dense fog on the
Chandigarh- Ambala highway at Zirakpur on Monday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal |
Education department raises demand
Chandigarh, February 25
After months of discussions, the education department has finally sent the proposal to the Ministry
of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to get 3,472 new teaching as well non-teaching posts sanctioned, for the effective implementation of the RTE act in Chandigarh.
PG courses syllabi to be upgraded
Chandigarh, February 25
The syllabus of Post-Graduate courses at Panjab University (PU) is soon going to get broader
and lengthier with a lot more topics added to them. The university has decided to revise the
syllabus as per the University Grant Commission (UGC) since most of the departments at PU do not cover the entire syllabus as per UGC.
PU seeks faculty of subject experts
Chandigarh, February 25
All the appointments for the teaching posts at Panjab University, in future will be advertised on the basis of subject experts required in the department. Dean University Instructions (DUI) RK Kohli stated that the departments would have to identify the subject expert they required based on which the posts will be advertised.
PU mulls over introducing paid parking
Chandigarh, February 25
Panjab University (PU) is mulling over to introducing the concept of paid parking deal with the growing traffic on the PU campus that has also led to parking woes. A draft of the proposal has already been sent to the Vice-Chancellor for consideration.
school notes
World thinking day
Chandigarh: The scouts and guides of GMSSS-19 celebrated the ‘World Thinking Day’ with great enthusiasm. As many as 50 scouts and guides participated on this occasion.
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