Refund money, forum tells builders
Chandigarh, February 18
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum today directed Mehta Builders of Sector 46 to refund Rs 75,000 to a Sector 49 resident. The builders were asked to pay Rs 2,100 towards litigation cost to the petitioner.
Several UT officials have ad hoc charge
Fallout: Important projects being delayed
Chandigarh, February 18
From top to bottom, officials in various wings of the Chandigarh administration are holding ad hoc charge.
CONE ZONE: Girls make the most of a sunny day by enjoying ice cream at the Sector 17 Plaza
in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Airport expansion shrinks facilities
Chandigarh, February 18
Expansion work on the terminal building at the Chandigarh airport is putting passengers to great inconvenience.
Water scheme to save MC Rs 4.25 crore
Chandigarh, February 18
Water conservation is going high-tech in the city. In a unique initiative, the MC is set to commission a Rs 20-crore computerised project for the conservation of water with the objective of providing water supply round the clock.
Sector 47 waterless for 3 days
Chandigarh, February 18
Days after the city remained without water for a few days due to the replacement of delivery header and machinery for the water supply scheme for Phases I and II, parts of Sector 47 are without water since three days.
ALL AT SEA: Signboards at the ISBT, Chandigarh, are in English which makes it difficult for passengers from the hinterland visiting the bus terminal to comprehend.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
Students can do summer jobs in US
Chandigarh, February 18
If you are a regular student enrolled in any graduate or postgraduate course and thinking what to do in the coming summer vacations, you can get a temporary summer job
in the USA.
Housing Scheme
Eligibility of staff on deputation challenged
Chandigarh, February 18
Taking up a petition challenging the provisions that allowed employees on deputation to UT to be eligible for self-financing housing scheme, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed a stay on the clause related to the provision.
Book on career in aviation industry out
Chandigarh, February 18
The union minister of state for finance, Pawan Kumar Bansal today released the book ‘Winning Strategies- Serving with a Smile’ during a function held at Hotel Taj, here today. The book, an authentic and rich treatise on a career in aviation and hospitality management, is a book by Sapna Gupta, the founder-director of Air Hostess Academy.
Pawan Kumar Bansal releases Sapna Gupta’s book on winning strategies, in Chandigarh on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph
Sports comes to rescue of special children
 Mohali, February 18
That sports can make a real difference in the lives of children with special needs is evident at the sports camp, underway at Shivalik Public School here. Many such children, who could not walk properly earlier, are now leading a normal life.
Around four years ago, Maninder Singh could not have even dreamt about leading a normal life because he could neither speak nor walk properly.
Special children during a sports camp at Shivalik Public School in Mohali on Monday.
— Tribune photo by
Manoj Mahajan
Hospital staff found absent, disciplinary action sought
Panchkula, February 18
All 10 doctors, class four employees and half of the paramedic staff was found absent from the Kalka hospital near here today.
TIMED FLIGHT: Winged visitors at the PCA Stadium clock on Monday morning.
— Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu |
Mohali In Mess
City of dreams or urban slum?
Mohali, February 18
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal are selling Mohali to the world as the city of the metro, international airport, Central University and what not. But its residents know that the truth lies elsewhere.
District admn to build houses for employees
Panchkula, February 18
In order to provide relief to its employees from tremendous hike in house rent in the city, the district administration has planned to build houses for them. Six-acre land is being earmarked in Sector 21 for the purpose.
Tribune employees bereaved
Panchkula, February 18
Sunita (50), wife of Parmod Bansal, executive with the circulation department of The Tribune died here yesterday after a brief illness. She is survived by a daughter. The chautha and uthala will be held at Shanti Sneh Mandir, Sector 5, Mansa Devi Complex, on February 20 from 2
pm to 3 pm.
Reduction in subsidies flayed
Mohali, February 18
Lakhwinder Kaur Garcha, member of the All India Congress Committee, today condemned the move of the Punjab government to reduce subsidies.
‘Officiating’ principals still on tenterhooks
Chandigarh, February 18
All hopes of ‘officiating’ principals of government colleges in the city fizzled out once again after the Departmental Promotion Committee meeting — scheduled for the first time on February 12 — was postponed indefinitely.
Chemical engg dept gears up for annual fest
Chandigarh, February 18
The department of Chemical Engineering, Panjab University, is all set to hold their annual fest - Cyanide - from February 19 to 22. The theme of this year’s fest is ‘no smoking’.
THE OUTLAWS? A group of boys without helmets participate in a roadshow organised by the chemical engineering department of the PU in Sector 10, Chandigarh, on
Monday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik
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Schools & Colleges
Workshop on enterpreneurship
Chandigarh, February 18
A one-day workshop on entrepreneurship, sponsored by the director of industry, UT administration, was organised by the placement cell and department of commerce of the Government College, Sector 46, here today.
Chandigarh police DSP J.S. Cheema gives road safety tips to rural students from Hoshiarpur at Traffic Park, Sector 23, Chandigarh on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph
From Schools & Colleges
‘Rendezvous with Mothers’ at Hallmark School
Panchkula, February 18
Hallmark School of Education put up a ‘Rendezvous with Mothers’. The programme started with a welcome note by co-ordinator Preetaj Sidhu followed by a lecture by counsellor Reeti on the ‘Seven Standards of Effective Parenting’. The school had organised an orientation session with VLCC wherein they gave tips on personal grooming.
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Chandigarh, February 18
Chandigarh, February 18
