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An air devil from the directorate of adventures of the Air Force lands at the Parade Ground in Panchkula during the Akshay Urja Divas celebrations on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Raid bares chinks in fire control system at mall
Action against authorities soon
Chandigarh, August 20
The fire and emergency department of the Chandigarh municipal corporation has decided to issue a notice to the Centra Mall authorities for discrepancies in the fire control system installed in the mall and for appointment of untrained staff to handle the same.
Faulty public distribution system
Bansal writes to administrator
Chandigarh, August 20
Minister of state for finance Pawan Bansal today called upon the UT administration to lift full entitlement of wheat and rice for distribution under the public distribution system. In a letter to the UT administrator, Bansal said though over 2 lakh ration cards had been issued to above poverty line (APL) families, yet neither wheat nor rice were being lifted by the Chandigarh administration for the distribution to this category of consumers.
Agenda of MC meetings on Net soon
Chandigarh, August 20
The Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) has decided to make agenda of the house meetings accessible to the public through Internet.
Waterlogging
Panel to look into reasons
Chandigarh, August 20
A special meeting of the water supply and sewerage disposal committee of the municipal corporation was called today under the chairmanship of Jagjit Singh Kang.
3 villages honoured on Urja Divas
Resident committees not invited, disappointed
Panchkula, August 20
A rally by more than 15,000 shool children from tricity and participation of thousands of athletes from different parts of city marked national function of Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Divas here today.
Youngsters participate in national half-marathon of 21 km for men and women on the occasion of Rajiv Gandhi
Akshay Urja Divas celebrated at Panchkula on Wednesday. Tribune
photo by Manoj Mahajan |
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Marathon, rallies cause traffic jams
Panchkula, August 20
Chaos prevailed on the city roads, as thousands of people remained stranded on different routes when the police blocked the majority of roads to facilitate the marathon and rallies on the occasion of Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Divas here today.
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| People stranded at a road of Sector 8 in Panchkula as the police blocks majority
of roads in the city to conduct marathon and rallies on Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Divas celebrated on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Mehra is chief electoral officer
Chandigarh, August 20
The Election Commission of India has appointed adviser to UT administrator Pradip Mehra as the chief electoral officer.
A flock of sheep look for greener pastures near the
Chandigarh-Ambala highway. — Tribune photo by Karam Singh |
Philips eyes Indian market
Chandigarh, August 20
India being an important market for Philips India, the latter is now creating custom made products to suit the needs of its Indian consumers. From food processors to water purifiers, and patient monitoring systems to energy saving electrical appliances - Philips is coming out with products after getting feed back from its Indian consumers.
High price of iPhone lets down buyers
Chandigarh, August 20
If you were one of those gizmo freaks, who chose to wait for the ‘cheaper’ iPhone to be officially launched by Airtel and Vodafone, you are in for a rude shock. Against the price of Rs 24,000 for the Apple handset in the grey market, the two companies have priced the high-end handset at Rs 31,000.
Golden day in sports: Sushil’s triumph celebrated
Chandigarh, August 20
This is a 'Golden Day' for the sportspersons of the country, when one medal and other has been assured. Sushil Kumar, freestyle wrestler, won bronze medal by defeating Kazak opponent and later in the evening, Vijendar Kumar ensured the third medal for India at the Beijing Olympics when he thrashed Carlos Gongora of Ecuador.
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| Wrestlers celebrate with coach Darshan Lal at Sports Complex, Sector 42; and (right) Congress youth celebrate the triumph of Sushil Kumar, who won bronze medal at Beijing Olympics at Ambala on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Haryana to honour Olympic gold medallist with Rs 2 crore
Panchkula, August 20
The Haryana Government would honour the gold medalist for the state in Olympics with a sum of Rs two crore. This was announced by the Haryana chief minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, here today. The silver and bronze medalists would also get a prize money of Rs 1 crore and Rs 50 lakh respectively, he added.
Prof Raunki Ram is PUTA president
Chandigarh, August 20
In perhaps, one of the biggest victories in the history of PUTA (Panjab Univeristy Teachers Association) elections, Dr Raunki Ram, chairman of the department of political science, won the elections defeating his rival, Prof Manjit Singh, of the department of sociology with a record margin of 147 votes. Interestingly, this time the elections were only for the post of president for which Prof Raunki Ram contested.
Cycle day on August 23
Chandigarh, August 20
The Chandigarh tourism department, in association with STEPS, will observe August 23 as Cycle Day. A cycle rally will be organised wherein as many as 500 cyclists from various organisations and institutions will take part.
Members of sangharsh samiti to court arrest today
Chandigarh, August 20
The Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti, Chandigarh, today organised an 'Abhinandan
Samaroh' to honour leaders and representatives of the agitating people of Jammu at Parashuram
Bhawan, Sector 37, Chandigarh.
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| K.G. Goswami addresses a rally held by the Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti at Parshuram Bhawan, Sector 37, in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Himanshu Mahajan |
250 jhuggis in Sec 79 removed
Mohali, August 20
The enforcement wing of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) removed about 250 jhuggis during a demolition drive in Sector 79 here today.
Crafts from North-East on display
Chandigarh, August 20
A 13-day ‘North-East Crafts’ fair was inaugurated by Jagdish Burah, managing director of the North-East Handicraft and Handloom Development Corporation, at Bal Bhawan, Sector 23, here today.
Artisans from the north-east exhibit their skills during the inauguration of the ‘North-East Crafts’ fair at Bal Bhawan, Sector 23, in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
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Schools participate in Urja Divas rally
Mohali, August 20
Students of various schools participated in a rally organised in connection with the Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Divas here today. The rally was flagged off by deputy commissioner Rahul Bhandari.
Streetlights off as PSEB staff absent
Mohali, August 20
A number of streetlights in a part of the town have not been functioning for the past about 10 days putting residents to great inconvenience.
Music album of ‘Sat Sri Akal’ released
Chandigarh, August 20
Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha Charanjeet Singh Atwal today launched the music album of an upcoming movie, Sat Sri
Akal, which has one
track sung by late Ishmeet Singh. The movie is a joint production of
Mata Triptaji Charitable Trust, Chandigarh (MTCT), and Frankfinn Entertainment
Company. It is being produced to mark 300 years of Gurta Gaddi Diwas of Sri Guru
Granth Sahib.
Lok Sabha deputy speaker Charanjeet Singh Atwal releases music album of the upcoming movie Sat Sri Akal
in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
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Book on freedom struggle out
Chandigarh, August 20
The National Book Trust of India released its recent title “1857: The Role of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh” by Prof K.C.Yadav at Haryana Raj Bhawan here today.
New version of tubular battery launched
Chandigarh, August 20
Exide Industries Limited launched a new version of tubular battery EL+tubular battery for UPS systems. This was announced at a press conference at the Chandigarh Club here today.
Ludhiana to have veg market
Mohali, August 20
A new fruit and vegetable market will be established at Ludhiana and will be developed as a model market.
Notice served on Moti Ram School
Chandigarh, August 20
Cracking a whip against the schools that do not comply with stipulated guidelines, the Chandigarh education department has issued a notice to Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary School-27 for converting their ‘permanent recognition’ into ‘provisional conditional recognition’.
University misplaces answer sheets, asks students to reappear
Chandigarh, August 20
Lack of co-ordination among different quarters of Panjab University has left some students hapless as even after four years the authorities have failed to declare the result of environmental science for B.Com correspondence students.
Now, teachers on dharna
Chandigarh, August 20
After the students of Punjabi department, PU, ended their protest against the decision to scrap off the internal assessment and optional subjects, it was the turn of two faculty members from the department who sat on dharna outside the VC office.
Seminar on silk
Chandigarh, August 20
The department of clothing and textiles, Government Home Science College , Sector 10, Chandigarh, organised a presentation on silk mark in collaboration with Silk Mark Organisation of India
(SMOI) under the ministry of textiles, Government of India. The key presenters were T. D.
Koshy, deputy director, SMOI, Devender Singh and S.L. Jain from the Central Silk Board.
From Colleges
Gurpreet, Navpreet win talent contest
Chandigarh, August 20
Government College for Girls-11: Gurpreet Kaur and Navpreet Kaur jointly bagged the first prize in bhajan/shabad category of Talent Hunt Contest jointly organised by the music vocal and music instrumental departments of Govt. College for Girls, Sector-11 for the under-graduate and post-graduate freshers.
From Schools
Students visit old age home
Chandigarh, August 20
The students of Path Finder High School , Sector 69 Mohali, today visited the old age home, Sector 15, Chandigarh. They were also blessed by grand mothers and grandpas who loved and shared their experiences with the children, each giving the other much needed love and attention.
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