Sarvjit Singh likely to be UT Finance Secy
Chandigarh, December 10
Sarvjit Singh, a 1992-batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre, is likely to be posted as the new UT Finance Secretary.
Anti-encroachment drive:
The confiscated goods loaded on to a truck at Sadar Bazaar in Sector 19, Chandigarh,
on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
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Cheating racket
Candidates were to pay Rs 3 lakh each
Chandigarh, December 10
The investigations into the cheating racket busted by the Chandigarh Police during the Railway Recruitment Board Group D exam has revealed that each candidate, who was provided with the answer keys to questions before the exam on cellphone, was supposed to pay around Rs 3 lakh to a middleman.
Pedestrian killed in accident
Chandigarh, December 10
An unidentified pedestrian was killed after a motorcyclist hit him near the Sector 25-38 roundabout on Monday.
Licence of drunk driver suspended
Chandigarh, December 10
A local court suspended the driving licence of a 45-year-old man after he was challaned for the third time for drunk driving.
Year 2013 ender
UT Administration’s unkept promises
The UT Administration went on a promising spree this year. It made a number of promises, but when it came to delivering on those, it chose to look the other way. Residents’ demands such as relaxation in building bylaws and improvement in the public transport system went unheard, with Metro still a distant dream.
A peep into past: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh interacts with Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal and MP Pawan Kumar Bansal during a function held to hand over the possession of flats to slum-dwellers at Dhanas
Rs 1.68-crore heist
Sketches of main accused out
Panchkula, December 10
The Panchkula police today released sketches of the main accused in the heist of Rs 1.68 crore from the CMS security van at Taparian village
(Pinjore). Commissioner of Police Rajbir Deswal said they had released two sketches of the accused who was sporting a turban.
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MC means business this time
Chandigarh, December 10
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation will shift 88 head of cattle to gaushalas in Punjab on Wednesday.
The civic body had signed an MOU with the gaushalas in this regard. City Mayor Subhash Chawla stated that 1,000 head of cattle would be shifted to two gaushalas at Chandpur Rurki village and Bhaddi village
in Garhshankar and Nawanshahr. “Eleven trucks will shift the animals to Chandpur
Rurki," he stated.
Demolition of slums put off
Chandigarh, December 10
The UT Administration has put off the demolition of labour colonies.
PGI, PU get nod for land expansion
Chandigarh, December 10
The UT Administration has agreed to the demand of land expansion of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and Panjab University (PU), on the condition that both the authorities will have to reduce the area demanded, so that the authorities could allocate a piece of land near Sarangpur.
vegetable and grain market
Fresh survey of Sec 39 ordered
Chandigarh, December 10
UT Finance Secretary VK Singh today issued directions to the engineering department to conduct a fresh survey for the setting up of vegetable and grain market in Sector 39.
Documents of Sub-Registrar’s office under scrutiny
Chandigarh, December 10
The legal sanctity of legal documents registered by the UT Sub-Registrar between November 2012 and May 2013 has come under scrutiny.
Pending demands
Contract employees’ body holds protest
Mohali, December 10
Members of the Contract Employees Association of the department of water supply and sanitation held a protest in front of the office of the department concerned at Phase II, here today.
Admn forms panel to check violations
Chandigarh, December 10
The UT Administration today formed a team to check violations by candidates and their supporters in the panchayat elections.
Treat for art lovers on December 17
Chandigarh, December 10
A play based on an internationally acclaimed adaptation of Parts of Desire, which was written and performed by Heather
Raffo, will be staged at
the Tagore Theatre on December 17.
An artiste rehearses at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Tuesday. A
Tribune photograph
Nature Park being spruced up for guests from Pakistan
Mohali, December 10
Elaborate arrangements are being made for a state dinner to be hosted for Pakistan’s Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif in Nature Park at Sector 62,
Mohali, on December 13.
GMADA officials review arrangements ahead of the Punjab (Pakistan) Chief Minister at Nature Park, Sector 62,
Mohali. Tribune photos: Vicky Gharu
Ansal Lotus told to pay Rs 2 lakh
Chandigarh, December 10
Ansal Lotus Melange Projects has been penalised for delaying possession of a flat to a complainant.
medical store at pgi
57.2% the highest discount quoted
Chandigarh, December 10
The 57.2 per cent discount quoted by a Sector 45-based chemist in the tender for PGI's first shop on
discount-based allotment is the highest offered by any chemist across the country.
entry-level admissions
Parents told to submit error-free forms
Chandigarh, December 10
As parents have been making mistakes while filling in admission forms of their wards, the school authorities have asked the former to submit error-free applications.
Parents queue up to submit admission forms of their wards at Carmel Convent in Sector 9, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
7 Deans elected from Goyal group
Chandigarh, December 10
The Goyal group, who suffered in the syndicate polls recently, managed to regain the loss today when seven of the 11 deans got elected from their group.
PU admn happy with syndicate poll results
Chandigarh, December 10
It would have not been a cake walk for the Chatrath-BJP-DAV alliance group, who bagged eight seats out of 15, to influence the decisions of the syndicate meetings of the Panjab University.
Panjab University observes Human Rights Day
Chandigarh, December 10
The Centre for Human Rights and Duties, Panjab University, in collaboration with the MC today celebrated the Human Rights Day.
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Chandigarh, December 10
Better policing by utilising resources available with the Chandigarh Police will be the priority for Sukhchain Singh Gill, a 2003-batch Punjab-cadre IPS officer, who will be taking over as the new Senior Superintendent of Police
(SSP).
In the ongoing Annual Athletic Meet of The Millennium School, Muskan Raj bagged the first place in the girls (U-12) category, being held at Sports Complex, Sector 7, here today.
