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Election Commission to get updates through SMSes
Panchkula, May 22
Presiding officers will keep the State Election Commission officials updated through SMSes during the Panchkula MC elections.
Officials scrutinise nomination papers at Mini-Secretariat in Panchkula on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
No let up in heat in coming days
Chandigarh, May 22
With the record-breaking minimum temperature of 26.8 degree Celsius today the city residents continued to reel under heat wave conditions. Records of the Met department revealed that in the past one decade, the highest minimum temperature recorded in the city was 22.2 degrees Celsius on May 14, 2011.
Girls protect themselves from the sun in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: S Chandan
Trees chopped off in Sector 27
A resident has allegedly chopped off trees in the green belt of Sector 27-B. The green belt falls under the neighbourhood park category and is maintained by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. A complaint in this regard has also been submitted to the UT IG. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
300 units of blood discarded at PGI in over 3 months
Chandigarh, May 22
The demand for blood remains endless at the PGI, but over 3,000 units of blood have been discarded by the blood bank in the past three-and-a-half months.
Blame it on the delayed response from the departments at the PGI, or the blood bank authorities, who fail to keep a tab on the supplied units of blood. The unused units are never sent back within the prescribed time frame of 30 minutes, forcing the blood bank authorities to arbitrarily discard the units returned by doctors.
Dance guru Saroj Khan visits town...
Mohali, May 22
Saroj Khan. a well known Bollywood choreographer visited the town to teach the basics in dance to students here today. While addressing the students of Shemrock School, Sector 69, she said dancing was an exercise.
...gets locked in Mohali school’s washroom
Mohali, May 22
Choreographer Saroj Khan got locked in a washroom at Gian Jyoti Global School today. According to reports, she entered the washroom in the principal’s office but got stuck there. Efforts were made to open the lock from outside, but to no avail.
Waterlogging outside PGI renal unit
Chandigarh, May 22
A week after Chandigarh Tribune highlighted in its columns the problem of waterlogging at the PGI's Renal Centre due to leakage in sewer pipes and the authorities repaired it, the problem has resurfaced since Tuesday morning, causing inconvenience to patients in the area.
The waterlogged area near the Director's office; and (right) overflowing sewage near the Kidney Unit at the PGI in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photos:Parvesh Chauhan
Tragedy in the waiting
Chandigarh, May 22
Risking the lives of hundreds of patients, including newborns, Government
Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, has been operating its gas plant from the main building of the hospital for the past many years.
The oxygen plant near the maternity ward at the GMSH-16 in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
ASI, ‘munshi’ accused of demanding bribe
Panchkula, May 22
In another bribery case, an ASI and a “munshi” of the Sector 20 police station have been accused of demanding a bribe of Rs 500 from a local resident for giving a police clearance certificate.
Looks to die
for
Bollywood actor Bipasha Basu sizzles on the ramp during a fashion show at JW Marriot in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan
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Health Department to promote ban on tobacco
Chandigarh, May 22
Marking World Tobacco Day this year on May 31, the UT Health Department is going to promote this year’s theme “Ban Tobacco Advertisement, Promtion, and Sponsorship”.
MC road panel
Construction material to be provided for urgent works
Chandigarh, May 22
A meeting of the Roads Committee of the
municipal corporation was held under the chairmanship of Sat Parkash Aggarwal and attended by other members of the committee. In the meeting, the committee members decided that construction material would be provided in each division of the MC so that emergency works could be executed on time.
British Columbia Assembly elections
Indo-Canadians’ seat count down from five to three
Chandigarh, May 22
While the ruling Liberal Party defied prognosticators and pundits to win the fourth consecutive election, nearly a million-strong Indo-Canadian community had its share slashed from five in the last assembly to three in the new assembly elections held last week.
New technique to remove kidney stone
Mohali, May 22
A new technique to remove kidney stone has come as a boon to patients. Holmium laser, which has been introduced at Fortis Hospital, eliminates the discomfort and long hospitalisation associated with the kidney stone and prostrate treatment.
CAG slams PGI for failing to prescribe generic medicines
Chandigarh, May 22
Slamming the PGIMER for failing to prescribe generic medicines to patients and staff, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has pointed out an excessive expenditure of Rs 1.19 crore on branded medicines by the institution in 2011-12.
Mohali to have American Business Corner
Mohali, May 22
The Mohali Industries Association (MIA) has signed a MoU with the US Commercial Department to set up an American Business Corner (ABC) at the MIA Bhawan in the Phase VII Industrial Area here.
Poetry recitation contest
Mohali, May 22
Ashmah International School, Sector 70, organised a poetry recitation competition here yesterday. Students were given burning issues as subjects for the poems i.e. environment, water, trees and animals.
tricity scan
Nominated
Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Harmohan Dhawan has been nominated as the member of the BJP National Working Group for Union Territory Affairs by Raj Nath Singh, National President of the
BJP.
Water woes hit students hard this summer
Chandigarh, May 22
Children studying at various government schools in the peripheral areas of the city are facing a harrowing time due to the lack of proper water supply. With the mercury rising further up with each passing day, these children are at the receiving end.
Children drink water directly from the storage tank at Government Primary School in Hallo Majra. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan
Sanitation given a miss too
Chandigarh, May 22
Government schools in the city are woefully short of toilets, both for boys and girl students. The UT Education Department, in its latest survey, found the department needed to provide 100 additional toilets—50 each for boys and girls—in government schools here.
Stress on importance of language skills
Mohali, May 22
Chairperson of the Punjab School Education Board Tejinder Kaur Dhaliwal today stated that books should be prepared
keeping in mind the needs of students.
Sexual harassment
UBS faculty comes out in support of professors
Chandigarh, May 22
The faculty of University Business School (UBS) has come out in support of two professors charged with outraging the modesty of an assistant professor.
Students raise issues
at ‘Vidyarthi Panchayat’
Chandigarh, May 22
The first ever monthly meeting of the students the with the Panjab
University (PU) authorities called as ‘Vidyarthi Panchayat’ was held
here today. The students came-up with various problems along with a
demand of scrutinising the attendance of teachers in classes.
SSA teachers seek regularisation
Chandigarh, May 22
The Sarva Siksha Abhyan (SSA) teachers launched a signature campaign in the city to seek UT Adminstrator Shivraj Patil's urgent attention on their regularisation issue.
Anti-Terrorism Day observed at Mohali college
 Mohali, May 22
The Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology observed the Anti-Terrorism Day here yesterday.
The day was observed to commemorate the sacrifice of the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and generate awareness among the masses about the danger of terrorism, violence and its effects on the people, society and the country as a whole.
Students and faculty members of Gian Jyoti Institutes of Management and Technology, Mohali, light candles to observe
Anti-Terrorism Day. A Tribune Photograph
EPFO recruitment results declared
Chandigarh, May 22
The result of the written test held for the recruitment of social security assistant, has been declared and is available on the website of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO): www.epfindia.com or
www.epfindia.gov.in.
from schools
Pool party
Chandigarh: To beat the heat and add to have fun, a 'Splash Pool Party' was arranged for the students of kindergarten of the Tribune Model School, Sector 29, Chandigarh. The children enthusiastically participated in the pool party with their toys and thoroughly enjoyed it. Later, they enjoyed snacks and watched their favourite cartoons.
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Chandigarh, May 22
