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Few takers for CFO’s post
Chandigarh, May 5
Albeit the city is a favourite posting destination for officers from Punjab and
Haryana, there seems to be few takers for the post of chief fire officer (CFO) in the Chandigarh municipal corporation. The post is lying vacant for around three-and-half years either due non-availability of a qualified officer or lack of serious efforts on part of authorities to take any action.
Act in place, but public has no right to information
Info Officer refuses to give details of officials’ foreign jaunts
Chandigarh, May 5
If one goes by the UT engineering department officials then providing details of expenditure of public money does not qualify as public information under the Right to Information Act, 2005.
Casteist Remarks
Fireman seeks reinvestigation
Chandigarh, May 5
Accusing the city police of shoddy investigation, Anil Kumar Sharma, a fireman from the UT fire department, accused of passing castiest remarks, took up the matter with the UT SSP S.S. Srivastva, here today.
Centre still not checking exports: Badal
Mohali, May 5
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today launched an attack on the central government blaming it for the inflation and ruining the agricultural and industrial sectors in Punjab.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal (Centre), Hira Singh Gabria and Capt Kanwaljit Singh at a function to mark the 285th birth anniversary of Jassa Singh Ramgarhia in Mohali
on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Integrated devp plan for UT mulled
Chandigarh, May 5
If the UT administration has its way, the tricity could soon witness an integrated development programme on the lines of the National Capital Region. It is learnt that the issue was discussed at a recent meeting with Haryana officials.
Beehives should be tackled
in an eco-friendly manner
Chandigarh, May 5
The Environment Society of India (ESI) has criticised large-scale destruction of beehives as it leads to a
dis-balance in the ecosystem. As per officials of the health department, so far 500 beehives have been destroyed in recent months.
FLOUTING NORMS: The domestic help of a car owner washing his vehicle at a public facility in Sector 24-D market, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
CHB properties worth crores lying waste
Chandigarh, May 5
With the ‘cash-rich’ Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) caring two hoots for its assets, property worth hundreds of crores of rupees, including prime commercial property, has been lying vacant for years bringing the allotment policy under a cloud.
BSF to upgrade 4,000 border posts
Chandigarh, May 5
The Border Security Force (BSF) will be upgrading about 4,000 border out-posts (BOPs) by providing better amenities for personnel manning them, both on the eastern as well as the western fronts. Stating this here today, BSF director- general A K Mitra said this year has been dedicated to improve the living conditions in BOPs by providing them with portable water, electricity and toilets.
Mahesh Sekhri re-elected VP of federation
Chandigarh, May 5
City-based carrom enthusiast Mahesh Sekhri has been unanimously re-elected as the vice-president of the All India Carrom Federation in its annual general meeting at Guwahati (Assam).
Three MC house committees set up
Chandigarh, May 5
The Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) constituted three new house committees and announced their members, here today.
Rain offers some respite
 Chandigarh, May 5
An early morning shower, which was preceded by a thunderstorm, brought down the temperature and provided a welcome relief to city residents today. But the relief was shortlived as by the afternoon the mercury rose to 36.2 degree Celsius, which led to increased humidity levels.
WELCOME RELIEF: A rickshaw-puller views his image in a puddle of water created due to the rain on Monday. Tribune photo: Karam Singh
Letters
Respect turban
PU Violence
Syndicate’s decision sparks row
UILS director’s role doubtful: PUSU
Chandigarh, May 5
The incident of violence that rocked the Panjab University’s UILS (University Institute of Legal Studies) on Saturday has taken a fresh turn with the director of the institute, in whose presence a student was brutally attacked with swords and other sharp-edged weapons in the examination hall, is being accused of being hand in glove with the culprits by PUSU activists.
PUSU activists burn an effigy of Dr R.S. Grewal, director UILS, in Panjab University
on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Some find it bizarre, others back it
Chandigarh, May 5
The decision of the Panjab University Syndicate to suspend students named in FIRs, an apparent fallout of Saturday’s violence at the University Institute of Legal Studies, has evoked a strong reaction from various sections of society.
FUN TIME: Tiny Tots of Small Wonder School visit a fruit and vegetable sales centre in Phase VII, Mohali, on Monday.
Tribune photo: Vickey Gharu |
PU embroiled in student violence
Chandigarh, May 5
The incidents of violence in the campus are on a rise. If one goes by the latest directions of the VC of suspending students whose names are included in FIRs, the university will surely have its hands full.
Panel to look into FIRs against students: VC
Chandigarh, May 5
Two days after the incident involving a group of students who attacked a UILS student at the institute, the vice-chancellor, as an afterthought, today said that the university was going to constitute a standing committee to look into all the cases wherein FIRs have been lodged against the students of the university. “Depending on the nature and the seriousness of the case, penalty will be recommended by the committee, ranging from suspension to imposing fines on the students,” said the vice-chancellor, Prof R C Sobti. The committee will recommend the course of action maximum in a month’s time, he added.
Senators join PU struggle
Chandigarh, May 5
The agitation for central university status for PU took a new turn today with all 16 senators from the campus joining the chain fast.
Senate members of Panjab University sit on a relay fast demanding central university status in Chandigarh
on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Assailants still on the run
Chandigarh, May 5
Despite efforts by the Chandigarh Police, the PU accused still managed to give the police a slip. To nab the culprits, the police disputed raiding parties to Patiala and Batala today after assessing their location from the mobiles, being used by the accused.
From Schools & Colleges
Col Bala is secretary of Sikh Educational Society
Chandigarh, May 5
Col Jasmer Singh Bala (retd), noted educationist and Punjabi poet, has been appointed as the secretary of the Sikh Educational Society (SES),
Chandigarh. This decision was taken in a general body meeting of the society. The SES is managing half a dozen educational institutions in Punjab and
Chandigarh, including SGGS College and SGGS College for Women, Sector 26.
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Col Jasmer Singh Bala
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Show-cause notice to teacher
Chandigarh, May 5
The Chandigarh education department has issued show-cause notice to Ravinder
Kaur, librarian, Government Girls High School, Sector 25, Chandigarh, for remaining absent from her duty for long period.
City students create animation movie
 Chandigarh, May 5
An apple suddenly falls on the head of a cockroach who is sitting under a tree and it shouts, “Oh! Its law of gravity and I invented it”. This is not a comic character of any TV channel but dialogues of an experimental animated movie directed by schoolchildren under workshop name Orange Pumpkin of
Chandigarh.
Chandigarh kids who created the animation movie. Photo: Vinay Malik
International Students Day celebrated
Chandigarh, May 5
The office of the dean, international students, celebrated the International Students Day at a dinner held in the Garden of Memories of PU today.
Prof re-elected council president
Chandigarh, May 5
The Chandigarh District Council of Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union has re-elected Prof Rakesh Mehta of SD College, Sector 32, as the president and Rupinder Chatha of MCM DAV College, Sector 36, as the secretary of the council.
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Harkirat ‘misbehaved’ with bouncers; gang called in to tackle him
Rajpura, May 5
Chandigarh, May 5
