Rajasthani nomads, originally from Chittorgarh, on their way to camp at Saketri near Chandigarh.
Tribune photo: Karam Singh |
Punjab teachers besiege SAD office
Chandigarh, September 8
Punjab’s ETT teachers outsmarted the Chandigarh Police and laid a siege on the Sector 28 office of SAD for two hours this afternoon.
Ban on smoking? Prisoners free to puff
Chandigarh, September 8
Had cinestar Sanjay Dutt been lodged in the city’s Burail jail, perhaps he would’nt have faced the controversy over smoking in the barracks of the Yerawada jail. Believe it or not, smoking is permitted in this jail of Chandigarh, which incidentally is the first city in the country to go ‘smoke free’.
Musical soiree for visually impaired
Chandigarh, September 8
“Strange are the ways of the Almighty with contradictory attributes of the creator and destroyer, the blind or persons with low vision are blessed with wisdom and special qualities,” opined H.K. Dua, Editor-in-Chief of The Tribune Group of Newspapers, who was the chief guest at a special musical concert and prize-distribution function at the Institute for the Blind, Sector 26, here today.
Eye for detail: A blind student operates a sewing machine as Editor-in-Chief of the Tribune Group
H. K. Dua and tourism director Vivek Atray look on at the Institute for Blind in Chandigarh on Monday.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Onam with leprosy patients
Chandigarh, September 8
Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala, is round the corner. Malayalis in the tricity have already started their celebrations in right earnest.
A comedy with mythological plot
 Panchkula, September 8
Theatre aficionados were treated to another genre of old Sanskrit drama evolved in Bundeli dialect on the sixth day of the ongoing national theatre festival at Indradhanush auditorium here today. Weaved in mythological orientation, the play, a crisp comedy, was presented by the Nat Bundele theatre group of Bhopal. Written by Bodhayan, the play was directed by
Alakhnandan.
Artistes perform "Bhagwat Jajukan" during the National Drama Festival at Indradhanush Auditorium on Monday.
Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
25 pc Group ‘A’ posts vacant in UT: Census
Chandigarh, September 8
About 25 per cent Group "A" posts are lying vacant in the Chandigarh Administration. This has been revealed in "the Census of the Government Employees the Chandigarh Administration-2007 and the Census of the Public Sector Undertaking and Local Bodies Employees of the Chandigarh Administration-2007" released by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics here today.
Gold medal for scientist
 Chandigarh, September 8
S K Mittal, scientist at the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, here has been conferred with the 19th IETE-Hari Ramji Toshniwal Gold Medal for the year 2007 in recognition of his contribution to research, design and development of advanced public safety instrumentation for snow and avalanche studies and the Railways.
S.K. Mittal
Corbusier’s furniture to be restored
Chandigarh, September 8
In a step towards preservation and restoration of the rich cultural heritage of the city, the Chandigarh Administration has decided to identify and restore the heritage furniture designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. Small-scale movable articles like furniture, small carpets and related things used by Le Corbusier or created in his time would be restored.
‘Reading young authors inspired me to write’
 Chandigarh, September 8
Dressed in a pretty pink frock and engrossed in Harry Potter, Tishaa evades the much professed image of an author, and comes across as just another eighteen year old bubbly girl mesmerized by her dreams and untouched by ground reality, till she opens her mouth.
Talking about her maiden book, Tishaa reveals that what motivated her to write a book at such a young age was reading books of young authors. “I have read these several times. Every time I pick up a book, always read about the author, who wrote the book and at what age.
Tishaa
MC sans vice-chiefs for one year
Mohali, September 8
Democratic norms have been thrown to the winds by the district administration which has failed to hold the yearly election to the top posts of senior vice-president and vice-president of the Mohali Municipal Council.
Pak girl gets new life in Fortis
Mohali, September 8
The Rotary International and the Fortis today announced that the heart surgery on 11-month-old Pakistani baby girl, Yusra, had been successful and she had been discharged from the hospital.
Central business district to outclass Chandigarh: Sukhbir
Mohali, September 8
If the Akali government has its way, the city will soon outdo Chandigarh, as far as ultra modern infrastructure was concerned.
Industrial Plots
UT amends conversion policy
Chandigarh, September 8
The Chandigarh administration has amended the conversion policy for industrial plots in the Industrial Area.
Guv reviews MC’s work on waste management
Chandigarh, September 8
Sticking to his commitment made to the residents of Dadu Majra Colony a week back, UT administrator S.F. Rodrigues today visited the site of city garbage collection near the municipal solid waste management plant. He took stock of the situation and reviewed the work in progress for managing the solid waste by the municipal corporation.
Opening of apple market faces roadblock
Panchkula, September 8
The opening of the apple market at New Grain and Vegetable Market seems to be delayed as commission agents at the grain market have moved the court pleading that the opening of the apple market in the area would lead to the drastic change of layout plan of the market.
‘Sukhna can be desilted at lower cost’
Chandigarh, September 8
Former engineer-in-chief of the Haryana irrigation department SP Malhotra today pleaded that there was no need to desilt the Sukhna Lake at a high cost.
Letters
Bus stop lacks shelter
 PU Student Elections
 SOPU, PUSU focus on UIET
Chandigarh, Septembesr 8
As the PU campus reopened today after two days, it was a race among different student bodies on the campus for canvassing since morning. Evidently, various leaders of the student bodies wanted to outdo each other in reaching out to students and went from one department to the other thoughout the day.
ABVP activists take out a rally at Student Centre, Panjab University, on Monday.
Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
PU set to get new leaders
Chandigarh, September 8
The stringent Lyngdoh Committee recommendations have once again pushed back the “faces” of the major student bodies on the campus. Blame it on the cases registered against the student leaders or their lack of fulfilling the required condition of 75 per cent attendance or even having no examination arrears. The fact is that those who have been the poster boys of PU politics throughout the previous year are ultimately ineligible for contesting council elections.
SOPU raises slogans against law dept
Chandigarh, September 8
Student elections are not only causing difference of opinion among various student groups but also among the university authorities. This was evident when a group of students led by SOPU president Brinder Dhillon created a ruckus inside the compound of the VC’s office today for more than an hour.
SOPU activists protest outside the VC office at Panjab University on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Poll round the corner but frenzy missing
Chandigarh, September 8
The electioneering in Panjab University seems to have lost all
colour. Gone are the days when elections used to electrify the campus and turn it into a happening place - posters all around, young boys and girls thronging Students’ Centre for discussions and debates over a cup of
“chai”, campaigning at odd hours of the day and the late night parties where the distinct flavour was politics.
Violence at PU: No action against erring students
Chandigarh, September 8
Violence is the hallmark of the Panjab University politics. Incidents of violence involving members of different student unions are a routine affair during every elections. The police, too, fulfils its responsibility by registering cases against the students, but there is rarely a case in which conviction takes place despite many gory incidents like vehicle smashing, assaulting, firing bullets etc.
Mid-day meal: HRD ministry raps admn
Chandigarh, September 8
The shocking revelations by the ministry of human resource development
(MHRD) that majority of the students - 84.23 per cent in rural areas and 94.97 per cent in urban areas - in the city schools were deprived of cooked meal under the mid-day meal scheme in the past fiscal has come as a rap on the knuckles of the Chandigarh administration.
Pledges mark Literacy Day
Chandigarh, September 8
Fresh pledges and promises to spread literacy marked the World Literacy Day today in a function organised by adult education unit at Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 10. Jean Rodrigues, president, Indian Council For Child Welfare, congratulated the efforts taken by ‘preraks’ to widen the horizon of education and appreciated their achievements in making 'continuing education and income generating programmes' of National Literacy Mission a success.
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Chandigarh, September 8
Chandigarh Football Academy (CFA) got the better of their mighty rival Indian Football Association (IFA) of Kolkata by 2-0 in semifinals during the 6th Administrator’s Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament for Under-17 held at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here today.
Chandigarh, September 8
