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Four bodies found in a day
Chandigarh, June 2
It was a day of deaths for the City Beautiful. Four bodies were recovered from different parts of the city. Two friends of Sohana village was found dead in Kajheri, while the other two was recovered from Sector 51 and Grain Market, Sector 26, here.
Bed and breakfast scheme okayed
Tourists to enjoy Punjabi hospitality
Chandigarh, June 2
Opening a new chapter in social tourism, expensive Chandigarh will now offer budget accommodation to the tourists in a homely environment with the Chandigarh Administration approving the ambitious bed & breakfast scheme.
Irregularities in EO, coop societies
Rodrigues orders probe, seeks report
Chandigarh, June 2
UT Administrator SF Rodrigues today directed the officials to hold an inquiry into the alleged malpractices in the estate office and the cooperative housing societies and submit a time-bound report against guilty officials.
Jaljeera still rules: Despite cola wars, this tangy drink remains a thirst quencher. A jaljeera stand near Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh, on Monday.
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Nurse detects expired injection; girl saved
Chandigarh, June 2
A PGI nurse turned out to be a saviour for a two and a half years old baby girl, Jasleen Kaur, as she saved her from being administered an expired injection,
Maxicine, on Saturday. But for Alka Massey’s presence of mind, the story of the recovery of the little girl, suffering from a heart ailment, would have been something else.
Next govt at Centre
BSP, regional parties to call shots, says Chandraswami
Chandigarh, June 2
Unsure of his own fate in a slew of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) violation cases against him, controversial godman
Chandraswami, alias Nemichand Jain, today predicted that the BSP and other regional parties would call the shots in the next government at the Centre after the 2009 General Election.
Dismal state of Pinjore-Kalka
road
NHAI to start repair work tomorrow
Panchkula, June 2
Much to the relief of Pinjore and Kalka residents, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to start repair work on the road from Pinjore to Parwanoo barrier in Kalka at a cost of Rs 3.33 crore on Wednesday. Panchkula deputy commissioner Rajinder Kataria, along with SP Sandip Khirwar and NHAI project director Lieutenant Colonel (retd) K.P. Sharma, visited the spot today.
Social worker, author honoured
Chandigarh, June 2
The Academy of National Literature and Culture, hosted an international literary programme to honour social worker Balhar Singh
Ramewal, based in the UK, with Shirmoni Smajak Chetna Award 2007-08 for his contribution towards spreading Punjabi literature. During this occasion, a book named ‘Darr’ by Major H.S.
Noor, was also released. Gurpartap Sing Riar, president Akali Dal (B), Chandigarh unit, was the chief guest on this occasion.
Seminar
Chandigarh, June 2
A seminar on ‘Alternative Dispute Redressal Mechanism for Bank Debt’ was organised here recently by the Bankers’ Executive Forum, Chandigarh, at CII Auditorium, Chandigarh. Justice H.S. Bedi, judge, Supreme Court of India, was the chief guest.
Letters
Training CPIOs, a wise move
This is apropos news item ‘Admn officials to get lessons in RTI’ dated May 26. UT administration’s decision to train CPIOs is a welcome move. Though CPIOs already have refined tactics, it will help them to deal with active
RTIs. Recently the management of RTI cases at official-level has been at the receiving end and this move will no doubt give extra teeth to CPIOs and appellate.
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Wild wild web |
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 Blogging, the engine of the WWW (Worldwide web), is coming of age in India too. To borrow the recent observations of Shekhar Kapur (shekharkapur.com ), the noted film director and avid blogger, "Blogging is an interactive and democratic process through which no person is allowed to become so powerful that he/she becomes the ‘gatekeeper’ of public opinion and even news, bloggers carry the responsibility to nourish and nurture this new medium (New Media).
Snippets From Blogosphere
e wild wild web
Blogs – the shortened term for “web logs” – are a lot like sexual fetishes. If you can think of a subject (or especially if you can’t), there’s one out there. The beauty of the blog is that it’d infinitely and instantaneously
updatable; user-friendly blogging software has revolutionised the internet and the way media is done.
Some gadgets to lure the eyes and lighten the pouch!
CECT WRIST is a wrist watch mobile phone
Though numerous cell phone wrist watches have hit the market, but cell phone wrist watches have never really taken off really. The CECT WRIST is a wrist watch mobile phone with a dedicated keypad built on to its strap and stands apart in it league with this peculiar keypad built on strap feature. The GSM phone also features a small 1.3? TFT Touch screen,
Bluetooth, FM radio, MP4 and 3GP video support, a WAP browser and the phone retails for £151.57.
Poor Results
Admn guns for teachers
Chandigarh, June 2
Taking cognizance of the downfall in the CBSE Class X and XII results of government schools, the Chandigarh administration is identifying teachers and officiating principals who had been negligent in performing their duties.
PU puts light on alternate sources of energy
Chandigarh, June 2
Centre for Adult, Continuing Education & Extension (CACEE), Panjab University, in collaboration with Energy Resource Centre, department of chemical engineering and technology, PU, organised a training programme for more than 30 men and women of Sarangpur village , Chandigarh, on “Alternate sources of energy: Their impact on environment and health” today.
Attack on PU student inside exam hall
Two arrested; sent to police remand
Chandigarh, June 2
Almost a month after a Panjab University student was stabbed inside the examination hall, the police at last managed to arrest Harpreet Singh Multani, the main accused, along with Vickram here this morning.
Harpreet Multani (second from right) and Vikram outside the Sector 4 police station on Monday. Tribune photograph: Manoj Mahajan
From Schools
Camp to develop kids’ skills ends
Chandigarh, June 2
With an aim to develop special skills among school kids, a week-long summer camp titled ‘POET- Hobby Hub’ organised by Kundan International School, Sector 46-B, concluded here.
Central Varsity Status
UIPS join relay fast
Chandigarh, June 2
The teachers and students of university institute of pharmaceutical sciences (UIPS) took the charge of the dharna site today on the 57th day of the relay fast for the central university status for Panjab University. Anil Kumar, Rajesh Yadav, Anupam Saini, Ranju Bansal and Renu Chadha were the five teachers of UIPS who sat on the fast. Prof S.K. Kulkarni, dean, university instructions, also visited the site to give moral support to the colleagues from the department.
Teachers and students sit on chain hunger strike for the central university status at PU on Monday. Tribune photograph: Pradeep Tewari
Landran college, Nirula’s sign MoU
Mohali, June 2
Nirula’s will be recruiting students of Chandigarh College of Hospitality
(CCH), Landran, every year for their eating joints across the country.
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Acting tough on the violators of the Periphery Act, the land acquisition office of the Chandigarh Administration today carried out a day-long demolition drive in Daria village here today.
Chandigarh, June 2
