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Financier dupes people of crores
Panchkula, April 23
The rumours about fleeing of a financier with crores of unaccounted money of his clients have come to light when two of the victims in the case surfaced in a press conference held by them here today.
Freshly laid pipeline bursts
Chandigarh, April 23
Commuters travelling on the busy Madhya Marg at Grain Market Chowk, Sector 26, continue to face hardships at regular intervals for the past over a month. The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh
(MCC) has not been able to properly lay the pipeline under the busy road, leading to traffic chaos due to construction or maintenance work.
MCC workers carry out repairs on a freshly laid pipeline near the Grain Market rotary in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. The pipeline began leaking a couple of days ago.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan
GMADA to allot plots in Sectors 76-80
Mohali, April 23
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) would allot the next lot of 1,000 plots in Sectors 76 to 80 on May 6 and 7. GMADA chief Vivek Pratap Singh said this was the second lot of feasible plots in the area which would be available for draw of lots.
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With the mercury crossing 40° C, a school student covers head with his shirt to save himself from the scorching heat in Chandigarh.
— Tribune photo byPradeep Tewari |
BJP differs on party nominee for LS poll
Chandigarh, April 23
Differences in the local unit of the BJP came to the fore again at a meeting with national secretary Tepir Gao here today. Leaders of the different factions of the party met Gao, who was here to illicit views of the local leadership and party cadre on the party nominee for the next Lok Sabha elections.
Platform for young to learn public speaking
Chandigarh, April 23
As part of the ongoing world book day celebrations, the British Library launched the speakers' junction here today.
Prohibitory orders arbitrary
Chandigarh, April 23
Adhocism rules the roost in the issuing of the prohibitory orders by the office of the district magistrate.
Increase intake of fluids, salts during summer, says doc
Chandigarh, April 23
Even as the onset of summer season brings with it fresh concerns regarding heart care and cardio vascular problems, effective tips and precautionary measures can indeed go a long way in avoiding any undue problems,
say experts.
Unauthorised passages pose threat to motorists
 Zirakpur, April 23
Be careful the moment you enter Zirakpur. For, the residents have carved out two passageways on the
kilometre-long median on the Chandigarh-Zirakpur highway.
Trucks pass through breaks in median on the busy Chandigarh-Zirakpur highway, endangering the lives of commuters coming from the other side.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan
No breakthrough in woman’s murder
Chandigarh, April 23
The Chandigarh police has failed to achieve any breakthrough into the murder of an unidentified woman, whose half-burnt body was recovered from the open area near the elevated railway track in Phase II, Ram
Darbar, on Tuesday.
Beat the heat: Students of Asmah International School sip water to beat the heat as temperatures soared in Mohali on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu |
Fruits a luxury for common man
Chandigarh, April 23
The season of fruits is here, but the fruits are out of reach for the common man. With mangoes still unaccessible at Rs 50- 150 a kg., and watermelons acting pricey at Rs 20- 30 a kg., the common man is left with no option but to beat the heat with cucumber and snake gourd (kakri).
PIOWA to hold evening bazaar
Chandigarh, April 23
The Punjab IAS Officers Wives’ Association (PIOWA) will organise an evening bazaar from 25th to 27th April, 2008 (5pm to 11pm) at
Vatika, School for Deaf and Dumb Children, here in Sector 19. —
TNS
Fauji Beat
Bureaucrat-Army tussle began in Nehru era
THE decision of the ex-servicemen’s bodies to protest at the Chandigarh War Memorial on April 27, against the recommendation of the sixth Pay Commission, is a step in the right direction. A similar protest will be held at the India Gate in New Delhi as also in other states.
Critically-ill newborn children being treated at the neonatal intensive care unit in the
Command Hospital, Chandimandir.
PUSU leaders ‘defraud’ hundreds of students
Chandigarh, April 23
Student leaders of an organisation at Panjab University have allegedly defrauded hundreds of students, if the complaints of four PU students are to be believed.
Central University Status
PUTA to write afresh to PM
Chandigarh, April 23
At a call given by the Joint Action Committee, constituted of teachers, students and technical staff, five persons sat on the fast. Three teachers, Prof M.S.
Dalal, Dr Dalwinder Singh, both from the department of physical education, Dr Asha
Maudgil, department of philosophy, and two students, Sukhwinder Singh, physical education and Ravi Kant
Garg, pharmacy department, sat for the chain fast today.
DAVC prof to represent India in Bahai’s convention
Chandigarh, April 23
Prof Anil Sarwal, lecturer with DAV College, Sector 10, is one of the nine delegates from India, who will be leaving for Haifa, Israel, on April 25 to elect the supreme Baha’i body, known as the Universal House of Justice.
Anil Sarwal
Vivek school fined
To pay compensation of Rs 5,000 to student
Chandigarh, April 23
Declaring that Vivek High School, Sector 38, is in a habit of furnishing ‘false information’ to CBSE and has a tendency to tell lies; the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the school authorities to pay a compensation of Rs 5,000 to a student. The school had imposed a fine of Rs 500 on her for absenting herself.
55 students wrongly promoted in DAV-8
Chandigarh, April 23
If the Chandigarh education department is to be believed, it was a serious lapse in result criteria for annual examination, committed by DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, which has put the result of around 55 students of Classes IX and XI under question mark.
On the other hand, the school authorities insist that they had conducted the examination within the permissive guidelines issued by the department.
PU Notes
Rally on Earth Day
Chandigarh, April 23
The Centre for Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, PU, today took out a rally jointly with Government High School, Kaimbwala, Chandigarh, in connection with Earth Day, which was observed in the school.
From Colleges
200 participate in management fest
Mohali, April 23
Dr I.T. Business School, Banur, organised management fest ‘Spardha ’08 - The Battle of Minds’ yesterday. The fest was inaugurated by Dr V.K. Arora, dean, academic, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. Addressing the students, Dr Arora said to become a good entrepreneur, it was important for the students to develop communication and human resource skills. Over 200 students from different B-schools participated in the fest.
Job fest begins on May 2
Chandigarh, April 23
A mega job fest of the region for engineering and IT students from all over north India is being organised by Rayat and Bahra Group of Institutes.
Tanya, Anish selected for exchange programme
Chandigarh, April 23
Tanya Kumar and Anish Punj, students of Class XII arts and commerce, respectively, of DAV Model-15 have been selected under Japan East Asian Network of Exchange for Students and Youth Programme
(JENEYS) for 10 days. The CBSE had invited nominations of two students from each school.
Students of Ashiana Public School spread the message of ‘Save water and energy’ while celebrating the Earth Day at Sector 17 plaza in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik
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