CHILDREN IN CUSTODY: Two women were arrested for stealing taps in Sector 18. When they were sent to judicial custody by a local court in Chandigarh on Friday, their infants accompanied them to jail since they had no one to look after them.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
HC intervenes to get patient discharged
Mohali, May 24
The state of private health care services recorded a new low today. A resident of Behlan Khanpur village in Fatehgarh Sahib had to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court to get his ailing mother discharged from a private hospital here.
Ration Scam
Questionnaire sent to former Army chief
Chandigarh, May 25
The Army has sent a questionnaire to former Chief of Army Staff and now Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Gen J.J. Singh, eliciting his remarks on issues pertaining to alleged irregularities in the procurement of dry rations for troops that were detected during his tenure as Army chief.
UT Home
Secretary
54 days gone still counting ...
Divide the dept
The delay in selection of Home Secretary is directly affecting the city residents. Due to one official holding the post of Finance Secretary and Home Secretary, the public meeting hours are reduced.
James Plaza Hotel
Estate office videographs construction site
Chandigarh, May 24
After resuming the site of the James Plaza hotel site in Sector 17 city centre here, the estate office today videographed the construction going on at the site.
This would ascertain whether the proprietor of the hotel had completed the hotel
or not.
Anuradha Murder
I am innocent, says Noor
Chandigarh, May 24
While Noor Kataria’s mother and sister remained missing during the hearing of the court, some of her friends and a youngster, who claimed to be one of the close relatives of Noor, said she is being falsely implicated in the case.
Exposure to Crime
Growing violence triggers insecurity among kids
Chandigarh, May 24
"I wake up in the middle of the night dreading about what had happened to Arushi and that it could have happened to me also. I get nightmares of eyes peeping from behind the gate and following me wherever I go," says 12th standard student, Divya Kundra. “A father killing her daughter... this thought is making me insecure.
Pan masala packet uses National Flag as trade mark
Admn forwards matter to Central govt
Chandigarh, May 24
After holding an inquiry on the National Flag being used as a trade mark on the packets of pan masala the administration has forwarded the matter to the Central government.
Electricity wires catch fire in Sec 38-C
 Phone
calls to dept go unattended
Chandigarh, May 24
A locality in Sector 38-C had a harrowing time during the wee hours today when overhead high power electricity wires caught fire and snapped following a series of sparks before falling over a house and on cars parked in the lane.
Uprooted electricity poles lie unattended in the parking lot of Sector 47-C market in Chandigarh on Saturday.
— A Tribune Photograph
Fire at beauty saloon
Chandigarh, May 24
A minor fire broke out at a beauty saloon and at a photo studio in Sector 9 here this evening, due to a short circuit in an air conditioner.
According to the sources, the fire department received a call at around 7:20 pm,
immediately two fire tenders were rushed to the spot, who brought the fire under
control.
Firemen try to control the fire at Sector-9 in Chandigarh on Saturday. — Tribune
photo by Pradeep Tewari
Constitute panchayats through consensus: Minister
Zirakpur, May 24
Cabinet minister Capt Kanwaljit Singh yesterday appealed to residents of villages in Dera
Bassi, Kharar and Banur that they should constitute panchayats through consensus.
Children of Mountview Public School, Zirakpur, enjoy themselves at a fresher’s party on the school premises recently.
— A Tribune photograph |
Pinjore shop owners to protest delay in road repair
Shops to remain closed today
Panchkula, May 24
The woes of shop owners of Pinjore have not ended even after the repair of the national highway passing through the main market by the local police on Wednesday night.
Central Varsity Status
Now, Physics dept joins stir
Chandigarh, May 24
The teachers and students of the department of physics joined the relay fast today demanding central university status for Panjab University. C.N Kumar, Bimal
Rai, and A.K. Bhatti were three teachers and Vineet Khullar was a research scholar from the department who joined the stir.
Engineer’s Suspension
Union to stage protest
Chandigarh, May 24
Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Employees Union (CMCEU) today held a meeting and decided to protest against the suspension of junior engineer Balraj Singh. The union decided to hold a protest march on Monday in the Municipal Corporation (MC) building in Sector 17 against the commissioner’s decision to suspend Balraj without any reasons.
Play on foeticide
Chandigarh, May 24
A play “Hum Kathputli Nahi Hain”, based on female foeticide, was staged by the students of the GMSSS-40 in the school campus today. DPI (S) S.K. Setia was the chief guest on the occasion.
220 passengers caught without tickets
Chandigarh, May 24
Northern Railways today apprehended 220 persons for travelling without tickets on 24 different mail express trains in the Ambala
section.
Letters
Service tax on free service
when I took my motorcycle for service to a dealer in Chandigarh I though that it would be free. On return from the workshop I got a cash memo for Rs 164.27, Rs 155 as engine oil charges and Rs 9.27 as service tax.
Arts dept to have semester system
Chandigarh, May 24
Panjab University is all set to switch to semester system, instead of annual system, in almost all postgraduate courses under the arts department from the ensuing academic session.
Style, attitude mark Anukama-08
 Mohali, May 24
Style and attitude marked the evening at ‘Anukama-08’, a design collection show organised by the Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology
(NIIFT) at Shivalik Public School here today. The designs created by
final-year fashion graduates of NIIFT were unveiled at the show against a
spectacular background.
Models walk down the ramp during Anukama-08
in Mohali on Saturday. — Tribune photo by
Vicky Gharu
Geology dept invites visitors
Chandigarh, May 24
The geology department of Panjab University has invited the citizens of the city and adjoining areas to visit its Museum of Natural History from May 26 to June 7 to celebrate World Earth Day.
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