Palsora road a nightmare for motorists
Chandigarh, June 26
A stretch of Palsora road leading to Mohali has become a virtual death trap for motorists, especially those commuting during night.
Congress grass and unkempt open areas being used for dumping of debris has aggravated the problem.
The Palsora road leading to Mohali in dilapidated condition.
— Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu |
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Free parking lots nobody’s baby
Chandigarh, June 26
Free parking lots in the city are nobody’s baby as the municipal corporation has yet to affix the responsibility for their upkeep and maintenance.
There are six free parking lots in Sector 17 earmarked by the corporation for two-wheelers, but these are in a state of neglect.
Road panel nod to building pavements
Chandigarh, June 26
The roads committee of the municipal corporation has decided to construct paved surface along different roads and markets across
the city. A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Ravinder Pal Singh and was attended by members of the committee.
Rowing boats of the Water Sports Lake Club being shifted to near deep waters of the Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Thursday. These boats were used for the Chandigarh State
Rowing Championship held in May this year. — Tribune photo by Karam Singh
CROSS-WATER: A young girl enjoys being caught between water sprinklers at the Rose Garden in Sector-16,
Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari
Students of KV No. 1 take part in an awareness rally on drug de-addiction in Ambala
on Thursday. — Photo by Kamal Sachar |
Experts dwell on performance management
Chandigarh, June 26
“The real success of performance management is to create performance-oriented culture as it brings transparency, openness and an enabling environment.” This was stated by speakers during a one-day training programme on performance management organised at PHD House, here yesterday.
Mining resumes at Ghaggar
Prices of sand, gravel set to dip
Panchkula, June 26
The prices of coarse sand and gravel (bajri) are likely to fall substantially in the region after mining has started once again at Ghaggar river here since yesterday.
Following this, a few stone crushers and washing plants have also started working again after a gap of almost three months.
BSNL Blues
Dial customer care service for inconvenience
Chandigarh, June 26
BSNL customer care services are becoming a major irritant for customers, for these end up as a time-consuming exercise without mitigating their problem. Ironically, BSNL desk executives are also confused about the ambit of the help being extended by such helplines.
Cable theft causing BSNL losses
Chandigarh, June 26
In spite of the intensification of efforts by the BSNL, cable wires are still being stolen.
Sources said last week about seven cable wires were stolen from under a manhole on the road dividing Sectors 34 and 44, after which almost 5,000 telephones in various sectors, including Sectors 31, 32 and 45, went dead.
International Day
Against Drug Abuse
City slums on a high
Sitting in a dingy room in the slums of Mauli Jagran, Shanti (name changed) has a somber look on her face. An HIV +ve sex worker, she also dabbles frequently in drugs and alcohol. Her husband, a chronic intravenous drug (IVD) user, died a year ago, leaving her to fend for herself and her sons.
Addiction up, but NDPS cases down
Even as drug addiction is on the rise, with the Narcotics Control Bureau putting the figure of addicts in India at 90 lakh, the number of cases registered by the Chandigarh Police under the NDPS Act are on a decline.
Private de-addiction centres a hell
In the absence of proper administrative checks, illegal private “drug de-addiction” centres and clinics continue to mushroom, more so in the city’s periphery.
F&CC Meeting
Air ticket issue to be taken up
Chandigarh, June 26
The dispute between the municipal corporation and a travel agency over booking of foreign trip tickets will figure at a meeting of the finance and contract committee tomorrow.
Submit job policy, CAT to education dept
Chandigarh, June 26
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the department of education to specify the policy while appointing retired persons on contract in preference to the younger lot who has worked with the department.
Domestic Violence
Verma refutes allegations
Chandigarh, June 26
Joining investigation with the police today, Anurag Verma, an IAS officer and managing director of Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation, refuted allegations of domestic violence levelled by his wife.
No letup in humidity: Met dept
Chandigarh, June 26
With monsoon rains eluding the city for the past one week, hot weather conditions have been persisting in the area. According to met officials, with no break in the pre-monsoon showers in the region, the city will continue to reel under high humidity.
Vijay Diwas
I was not the chief guest: ADC
Panchkula, June 26
Contrary to the claims of Panchkula additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Parveen Kumar that he was not the chief guest at the ceremony held yesterday to pay floral tributes to martyr Sandeep Sagar on his ninth death anniversary, the family confirmed that he had agreed to be the chief guest on the occasion.
Education dept ties up with British Library
Chandigarh, June 26
To inculcate reading habit among government school students, the
Chandigarh education department has tied up with the British Library in Sector 8 here.
Sixty thousand students would be benefited from this move.
Now, a patent can get you promotion in PU
Chandigarh, June 26
Researchers in Panjab University have a reason to cheer. For very soon, apart from publications, even patents would get them promoted from a reader to a professor under the CAS scheme.
PUSU seeks lift in girls’ hostel
Chandigarh, June 26
A protest was held by the PUSU students’ today lead by Tejpal singh Cheema
(PUSU president) along with Parminder Jaswal (PUCSC president) for the installation of lift in the girls’ hostel No.6. The students said they had already given a memorandum in the month of November 2007 to the vice-chancellor. |
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| Prof Naval Kishore (extreme right) tries to pacify PUSU activists outside the VC’s office in PU on Thursday.
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Workshop on digital film-making
Chandigarh, June 26
A seven-day workshop on film-making on the theme ‘Shoot the city beautiful beautifully’ by Mad Arts, a Jaspal Bhatti Film School, kicked off yesterday at Sukhna Lake. Experts gave free advice to people who got video cameras.
40 delegates attend physics workshop
Chandigarh, June 26
The department of physics, PU, organised a one-day workshop on “Curriculum and teaching methodology for electronics,” on Thursday. The workshop got an overwhelming response as about 40 delegates from different institutions participated.
Central Varsity Status
Students’ bodies to support fast
Chandigarh, June 26
The teachers and research scholars of Punjabi language from the department of evening studies sat on fast on the 81st day of the chain fast. Those who sat on the fast among the teachers were Gurpal Singh, Nirmal Singh, M.S. Bajwa and among the research scholars were Manpreet Kaur and Manjit
Kaur.
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