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Man embarks on ‘green mission’
Plans to plant 25,000 saplings in a year’s time
 Chandigarh, August 4
Nazim Ahmed, a 30-year-old small-time entrepreneur, is a man on a green mission. Sparing a thought for the environment preservation, Nazim embarked on a unique one-year mission to plant 25,000 saplings in the neighbouring states of Punjab and
Haryana.
Nazim Ahmed (left) with his modified Maruti car in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
New parking norms for city
Chandigarh, August 4
Under the revised bylaws, the administration has made the new parking norms for the city with effect from July 21, the date the bylaws were approved by the administrator, Gen SF Rodrigues
(retd).
ISBT-43 contractor overcharging
Chandigarh, August 4
Even as the CTU authorities had slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on the parking contractor at the
ISBT, Sector 43 a month back for overcharging, it seems that contractors there have not learnt the lesson from the incident.
Downpour has city inundated
Chandigarh, August 4
A downpour which continued till late night on Monday once again left residents in trouble and the municipal corporation witnessed the scene like a mute spectator. Many areas in the city witnessed a flood-like situation with water entering the houses and streets in the colonies.
| Traffic chaos on road following heavy rain in Chandigarh on Monday.
A Tribune photograph |
Heavy rain virtually submerged this car at the Sector 34-35 roundabout in Chandigarh on
Monday. Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan |
Dimpy Murder
Cops fail to extract vital details
Chandigarh, August 4
Investigations into the sensational murder of “gangster” Prabhjinder Singh Dimpy seem to have hit a roadblock once again. Officials probing the case have reportedly failed to extract any vital clues from the prime suspect, Jaswinder Singh Bhullar alias Rocky, even after six days of police remand.
Acquisition
Admn following two sets of rule
Chandigarh, August 4
The city administration is adopting a contradictory approach in dealing with land transactions.
Prices of pulses continue to soar
Chandigarh, August 4
With inflation within a kissing distance of 12 per cent, the household budget has received yet another jolt. Prices of most pulses and legumes, edible oils, sugar and desi ghee have shown an upswing in the past fortnight.
Mohali sanitation in state of neglect
Consumer forum writes to GMADA, MC
Mohali, August 4
The consumer protection and grievances redressal forum said here today that if diseases like dengue, cholera and malaria spreads in the town, both the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) and the municipal council should be held responsible as the sanitation in Mohali was in a state of neglect.
Mohali gets Press Club
Mohali, August 4
In order to bring transparency and solve the problems related to the profession, Press Club, SAS
Nagar, has been set up after holding a meeting of the members of the print and electronic media here today.
9-yr-old goes missing from Mansa Devi temple
Panchkula, August 4
A 9-year-old child has gone missing from a slum at Mansa Devi Complex. The father of the child, Ghanshyam Dass, a resident of Gandhi Colony, has lodged a complaint with the police that his daughter Santosh went missing when she had left her home to have langar at Mata Mansa Devi temple on July 20. She did not return till today, said Ghanshyam.
Kishore Kumar remembered
Chandigarh, August 4
As many as 31 artistes, including nine female singers, participated in a music contest held at Kalagram to mark the 79th birth anniversary of Bollywood actor and legendary playback singer Kishore Kumar.
Widen passage to Naina Devi shrine: Panel
Chandigarh, August 4
The Iqra Foundation of Minorities, Chandigarh, has demanded a relief of Rs 5 lakh for relatives of the deceased at the Naina Devi temple tragedy.
Probe into ‘misconduct’ by DSP
Chandigarh, August 4
The police today ordered a time-bound department inquiry into a complaint lodged by sub-inspector Poonam Dilawari against DSP (CID) Satbir Singh, alleging that he had used foul language against her.
Inspector murder:Cops clueless
Chandigarh, August 4
Even after a lapse of over 48 hours, the police is groping in the dark into the blind murder case of inspector Kashmir Singh, whose battered body was found in Dadu Majra Colony on Saturday morning.
— TNS
Girl rams car into bus, injured
Chandigarh, August 4
Rash driving continues among youngsters as a 20-year-old girl was injured, following her car collided with a CTU bus in Sector 11, here this morning.
Honda City, which rammed into the stationary CTU bus in Chandigarh on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Failed in exam, youth hangs himself
Chandigarh, August 4
Avinash, a resident of Dadumajra colony, today allegedly ended his life by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house here this evening. The police so far ruled out any foul play behind the death, however, it was yet to find the reason behind the incident.
ewild wild
Endangered Internet security
Letters
Provide homes to the poor
Midday
Meal
Hygiene hardly matters
Staff dig into their share while kids go hungry
Chandigarh, August 4
Cooks smoking and chewing tobacco while preparing meals with bare hands; food containers lying unattended with no lids over them; lizards and worms moving around in plenty; and no dearth of dirt and filth.
Staff transfer food with bare hands at Government Model High School, Colony No. 4,
on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
PU Notes
Fine Art result declared
Chandigarh, August 4
The result of final year examination of Bachelor of Fine Art (four year course) held in May, B. Ed (Computer Science and Engineering) 4th and 6th Semester, April 2008, M.A-I Sanskrit, April 2008 and second Professional M.B.B.S. Examination, June 2008, has been declared.
From Schools
Student leaders elected
Chandigarh, August 4
Tswang Stanzin of Class XII was elected the head boy and his classmate Seep was adjudged the head girl of Saint Soldier International School during its Annual Student Council Elections held today. Abhikaran Singh and Simran Kaur Bains both of Class XI were declared deputy head boy and deputy head girl respectively.
CBSE Class XII compartment result out
Panchkula, August 4
The result of Class XII compartment examination, held on July 19, was declared today.
Samwarthak new DPI (S)
Chandigarh, August 4
HCS officer Samwarthak Singh will be the new DPI (S) as the Chandigarh administration has repatriated DPI (S)
S.K. Setia to his parent state Haryana. Setia, who will be relieved tomorrow, joined the UT education department on April 3, 2007. Setia had applied for his repatriation last month. On deputation, Setia worked in the Chandigarh Housing Board, technical education department and estate office.
Depinder Case
Bring child to court: HC tells in-laws
Chandigarh, August 4
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the in-laws of Depinder Kaur
Hundal, a Canada-based NRI, to bring the child in the court during the next hearing on August 7.
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It was the turn of the judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to have a taste of the incompetence of the MC today.
