Sector 63 layout plan rejected
Chandigarh, July 10
The housing scheme of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) in Sector 63 here has run into rough weather with the UT's department of urban planning rejecting the layout plan of the scheme.
Rayat student dies in accident on his birthday
Kharar, July 10
Gaurav Sharma, a 19-year-old student of Rayat and Bahra
Engineering and Technology College, Sahauran, Kurali, was
killed in an accident last night.
Gaurav Sharma
Cops scramble as three undertrials faint
Chandigarh, July 10
The undertrials brought to the district courts are
at the mercy of god in case of medical emergency,
as there are no arrangements to take care of them.
An undertrial who fell unconscious lying under a tree as
policemen await help at the district courts complex in
Chandigarh on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
300 illegal structures demolished
Chandigarh, July 10
The enforcement wing of the municipal corporation pulled down over 300 illegal structures at Indira Colony, Mani Majra, here today.
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Stop construction in Sukhna choe bed: DC
Zirakpur, July 10
The deputy commissioner, SAS
Nagar, today ordered stopping of all construction activity in the Sukhna choe bed. DC Rahul Bhandari had visited the area this morning following a report carried in the Chandigarh Tribune regarding the encroachment by builders in the nadi area of
Baltana village.
‘Kidnapped’ Samir was on junket
Chandigarh, July 10
The “kidnapping” turned out to be an excursion. Mukerain-based bank manager of the Punjab State Agriculture Development Bank, Samir Gupta, it seems , was on a ‘tour’ since Sunday, visiting five cities.
C’wealth Games to set off tourism boom
Chandigarh, July 10
The emerging Indian tourism has something to cheer about in the run-up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. In fact, the sports extravaganza would set off a tourism boom with the Indian share in international tourist arrivals expected to touch 1.5 per cent as against current 0.52 per cent with the neighbouring states of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh likely to be most benefited from the spillover effect of the influx of sportspersons and tourists, a study says.
Seven dud bombs found
Panchkula, July 10
Panic gripped the area when a bag containing bombshells was found at a slum area here today. The administration as well as the locals heaved a sigh of relief when a team of the Army reached on the spot and declared the bombs dud.
Army officers inspect the bombs in Panchkula on
Thursday. A Tribune photograph
Doctor, wife penalised Rs 5.5 lakh
Chandigarh, July 10
District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has asked Dr Ajit Singh and his wife Kamlesh Kaur to pay Rs 5.5 lakh in compensation for harassment, deficiency in service and unfair trade practice to a Burail resident.
Plots up to 10 marla allowed conversion
Chandigarh, July 10
Plots of up to 10 marla will be allowed conversion under the Industrial Conversion Policy. In a recent development, the Chandigarh administration has decided to extend the benefit to the owners of industrial plots below two kanal.
Private clinics go ungoverned
Chandigarh, July 10
In the absence of a regulatory body for private clinics, patients are at the receiving end. With private healthcare booming in the city, the number of complaints of negligence on their part is also
on the rise.
Interview deferred at eleventh hour
Chandigarh, July 10
A large number of candidates who had come for interview for the posts of senior resident doctor and casual medical officer here returned disappointed as the interview was called off at the last moment here today.
Commissioner orders probe
Chandigarh, July 10
A day after a contactor locked XEN Surinder Singh Kandhola along with SDO A.K. Dadwal, placed under suspension after being booked in a corruption case, in the corporation building on Wednesday, MC commissioner Dr Roshan Sunkaria today ordered an inquiry into the episode.
Seminar on public perception of media
Chandigarh, July 10
As part of the Founders' Day celebrations, the Chandigarh Press Club is organising a two-day seminar on "Public Perception of Media" beginning from July 12. The exercise is to analyse the different developments and trends in the media and allied professions.
NCC cadets plant saplings
Chandigarh, July 10
The NCC unit (air wing) of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20-D, observed Paryavaran Divas here yesterday.
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IT dept should gear up
Faulty admission process hassles students
Chandigarh, July 10
Unprofessional attitude of the college authorities and faulty admission process are taking their toll on students who are running from pillar to post to get admissions in the colleges of their choice.
BEVY OF BEAUTIES: Students of MCM DAV College look forward to the new academic session in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
Day 3: Outstation students throng
city colleges
Chandigarh, July 10
Students from various states thronged college campuses in the city for admissions to various undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational courses on the third day today.
AIEEE counselling begins
Chandigarh, July 10
The joint counseling for students seeking admission to various engineering courses under the
AIEEE began today at Panjab University’s gymnasium hall.
Pay stipend to students: INSO
Chandigarh, July 10
The Indian National Students Organisation (INSO) has demanded the payment of stipend to postgraduate students of pharmacy, who have not received it for the past one year.
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Chandigarh, July 10
Nirmaljit Kaur today became the first woman advocate from Punjab to be elevated as an additional judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Advocates Rajan Gupta, Ajay
Tewari, Jatinder Kumar Chauhan and A.G. Masih, were also administered oath by Chief Justice Vijender Jain this afternoon.
Mohali, July 10
