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Ban on vaccine triggers panic among parents
 Chandigarh, April 27
The death of an infant at the PGI four days ago and the subsequent ban on the sale of the Easy Five vaccine, which was administered to the infant before his death, has led to panic among parents.
While certain parents said they never paid attention to the vaccines being
recommended by the doctors and purchasing them from chemists, others said they
were perplexed and didn't know whom to trust.
A couple from Dhuri at the PGI in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
stale food on train
Union Railway Minister orders probe
Chandigarh, April 27
Taking cognisance of serving stale bread sticks to passengers on board the New Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi yesterday, Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has ordered an enquiry into the matter.
Star
appeal
Bollywood stars Jimmy Shergill and Neha Dhupia (riding two-wheelers) take part in an awareness campaign of the traffic police at the Sector 36-37 light point in Chandigarh on Saturday. They distributed prizes among women who were riding two-wheelers wearing helmets.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
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Now, PU repeats Punjabi paper
Chandigarh, April 27
Making a mockery of the examination system, Panjab University made another blunder today. The question paper of Punjabi (BA-III) turned out to be exactly the same as that of 2012. This is the second time that the university has committed this error. Earlier, the mathematics paper of BA and BSc, which was held on April 17, had been repeated.
Teaching English the Sanskrit way!
Chandigarh, April 27
Imagine a Sanskrit teacher teaching maths in Vedic shalokas or his tongue stuttering with English words! This is precisely going to happen in government schools across the city, courtesy the UT Education Department’s recent promotion of 187 trained graduate teachers (TGTs) as lecturers.
MLA seeks exclusion of 23 areas from panchayat poll
Mohali, April 27
MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu has sought exclusion of 23 areas from the purview of the upcoming panchayat, block samiti and zila parishad poll, saying these were expected to be included in the long-pending Mohali Municipal Corporation elections.
MC forgets politicos’ promise
Chandigarh, April 27
Politicians are quick to give assurances to the public, but when time comes to act on them they fail to deliver. Justifying this common accusation against them, the civic body left out an item regarding providing job to the wife of a victim of a road accident involving stray cattle in the agenda of the House meeting delivered to the MC councilors today.
in
solidarity
Navjot Kaur Sidhu (in blue) and other volunteers take part in a candlelight march in support of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national lodged in a Pakistani jail, at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune photo: S Chandan
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Suspended inspector in the dock again
Chandigarh, April 27
The Chandigarh Police has initiated a fact-finding inquiry after receiving a complaint from a businessman against a suspended inspector for allegedly threatening and robbing the keys of his showroom in Sector 20
this evening.
PGI doc wins global award
Chandigarh, April 27
A PGI doctor has been honoured with the Best of the Best Award for designing a special intraocular lens which was safely placed in a child born with two lenses in his right eye, with each lens located in corners.
No power to take action against erring officials, says I-T Ombudsman
Chandigarh, April 27
What is the point of setting up an Income-Tax Ombudsman for the redressal of income tax payers’ grievances when it is toothless and unable to take any action against the negligent officials?
High drama prevails after bank siren goes off
 Mohali, April 27
High drama was witnessed when the siren of a branch office of the Union Bank of India at Phase 1 in Mohali went off last night.
Residents gathered on the spot to witness the proceedings, which resulted in the blockade of the road in front of the bank.
Police officials investigate after a bank siren went off on Friday in Mohali. A Tribune photograph
City residents’ interest in vanity numbers waning
Chandigarh, April 27
In wake of the drastic increase in the road tax, the Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA) has received multiple applications for only 40 vanity numbers.
IAF’s 12 Wing gets award
Chandigarh, April 27
The IAF’s 12 Wing at Chandigarh has been declared as the best operational transport station in the Western Air Command
(WAC). In addition, the Chandigarh-based No 44 Squadron, called Mighty Jets, has been bestowed the best transport squadron award in
WAC.
theatre Festival
Play captures tragedy of relationships
Chandigarh, April 27
On the second day of the third TFT Baisakhi Festival saw Punjabi play
"Baldey Tibbey", was staged at the Tagore theatre here. An adaptation of the American play “Desire under the Elms” written by Eugene O’ Neil’s, the play was a tragic in nature, involving a jatt farmer’s lust for “zar, zoru and zamin”.
PU colleges
Senate nod to 5-day week
Chandigarh, April 27
The PU Senate unanimously resolved to replace the six-day working schedule in the PU affiliated colleges with five-day working schedule. The house has authorised the Vice-Chancellor to take-up the issue with the Punjab Government and UT Administration for the final decision.
Senate’s special meeting an exercise in futility
Chandigarh, April 27
A special senate meeting called by the Panjab University to take-up the issues related to the colleges, turned out to be a futile exercise. The meeting concluded with a simple ecision to form a coordination committee of representatives from Punjabi University, Patiala, and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, to take-up the common issues pertaining to the colleges with the Punjab Government.
Bansal grants Rs 6 lakh to upgrade classrooms of Vatika School
Chandigarh, April 27
Local MP and Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced a grant of Rs 6 lakh from his MPLAD fund to upgrade the two classrooms of Vatika School for Special Children in Sector 19 with the latest modern facilities.
Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal(extreme left) greets students of Vatika School, Sector 19, Chandigarh, on Saturday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan
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The fire and emergency services wing of the Municipal Corporation has rapped the authorities at the Punjab Mini-Secretariat for lack of fire safety measures in the building.
