Where’s the MC? Thousands of gallons of water is going waste in Sector 30, Chandigarh, due to this pipe leakage. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
Panchkula to have ISBT
Panchkula, August 27
In order to give facelift to the town and providing better facilities to residents, a high-powered committee has approved many projects, including an ISBT in Sector-1A, at a meeting held at Chandigarh today.
Chandigarh region pays over Rs 9000 cr income tax
Chandigarh, August 27
Thanks to Gurgaon and Faridabad, Chandigarh region, comprising Haryana, Punjab, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Chandigarh, is in the list of the ‘top 10’ cities paying the highest income tax.
Rickshaw-pullers carrying overloaded apples boxes from the nearby stationed trucks to the fruit market in
Sector 26, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Karam Singh |
IT Surveys
Unaccounted income worth Rs 6 cr detected
Chandigarh, August 27
Surveys conducted by the Income Tax Department on the city-based Vardhman Chemitech and Anmol Watches have unearthed unaccounted income to the tune of Rs 6
crore.
Slum Rehab Colonies
CHB detects 31 cases of subletting
Chandigarh, August 27
Continuing its drive against malpractices by the allotees of slum rehabilitation colonies, a team of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) today detected 31 more cases of the licensees having illegally sublet their pre-fabricated shelters in Sector 52.
Ban on sale of correction fluid to minors
Chandigarh, August 27
The district magistrate today issued several orders, including banning the sale of correction fluid to the minors.
Senate Polls
Record win for Prof Naval, Malhotra
Chandigarh, August 27
The first phase of Panjab University (PU) Senate polls concluded here today with Naval Kishore and Keshav Malhotra registering record wins from their respective faculties.
GMHS-29 staff, principal at loggerheads
Chanidgarh, August 27
The staff of Government Model High School-29B may not get this month’s salary on time. Reason: Lack of coordination between the principal and the school staff.
Panel to keep eye on de-addiction centres
Mohali, August 27
With a view to check the working of drug de-addiction centres, the Mohali district administration has constituted a committee to see the inmates get proper facilities.
Chandigarh to have Martyrs’ Gallery
Chandigarh, August 27
A Martyrs’ Gallery, dedicated to the memory of armed forces personnel who had laid down their lives in the line of duty, is set to come up in the city. The matter is expected to come up for approval before the Municipal Corporation’s Finance and Contract Committee on Friday.
Ankit to start course in ethical hacking
Chandigarh, August 27
The young boy who switched over from being a casual hacker to an ethical hacker is now all set to start a certification programme on ethical hacking. He has tied up with Reliance Communications to start the Ankit Fadia Certification Program in Ethical Hacking at Reliance World outlets across the country.
Missing Daughter
Mother accuses police of inaction
Chandigarh, August 27
Bhateri Devi, an elderly woman of the New Indira Colony, has been running from pillar to post for the last four weeks to find her missing daughter Sonu.
Protest against GMADA 
Mohali, August 27
The Plot Allotment Sangharsh Committee of Sectors 76- 80 staged a protest outside the office of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority
(GMADA) on Wednesday. They were protesting against the failure of the authority to hold a draw of lots in connection with the plots allotted seven years ago.
Members of Plot Allotment Sangharsh Committee, Sector 76-80, protest outside the PUDA office in Mohali on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
Seven dengue cases confirmed at PGI
Panchkula, August 27
Spreading its tentacles in the state, the dengue fever has reached the city too. Two patients, from the city, suffering from the fever have been confirmed as victims of dengue at PGI, Chandigarh.
Power cuts back in Mohali
Mohali, August 27
Mohali residents, who had a brief relief from power cuts, are facing the crisis once again.
Zirakpur, Lalru reel under power crisis
Zirakpur, August 27
With mercury rising again, power cuts are back to haunt the residents of Zirakpur, Dera Bassi and Lalru.
Tribune employee dead
Chandigarh, August 27
Hari Chand, Foreman, Rotary Section, The Tribune, died after a brief illness, here today. He was 50 years old.
Letters
Poor standard of English
Slapping of a class IX student by a teacher of Kendriya Vidyalaya had been highlighted in the Chandigarh Tribune. Apart from the corporal punishment being given to a class IX student, who must be quite grown up, I wish to draw the attention of people towards the knowledge standard of English language of a teacher teaching high school classes of a reputed institution like Kendriya Vidyalaya managed by the Central government.
Cruelty towards students
Principal, teacher in a spot
Chandigarh, August 27
Taking cognizance of cruelty towards students by teachers, the Chandigarh Education Department seek explanation from guilty teachers.
Academicians flay Punjab’s nod for central status to PU
Chandigarh, August 27
In a joint press statement issued here today some of the academicians belonging to Punjab have expressed their resentment against the Punjab Government’s decision to give a no-objection letter for PU’s Central status.
Singapore students leave city
Chandigarh, August 27
As all beautiful things come to an end, the meetings of young students and equally enthusiastic teachers from Yishun Secondary School, Singapore, with their buddies, host schools and colleges under a programme of the education department, Chandigarh, ended today amid fun and fervour.
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