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| IN STEP WITH FITNESS: Senior citizens take part in the brisk walk competition organised by the Chandigarh Police in association with the Senior Citizen Association at Sukhna Lake on Thursday morning. More than 250 persons took part in the event.
— Tribune Photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Bank strike total, hits transactions worth Rs 500 cr
Chandigarh, September 25
Residents had a tough time today as the two-day strike call given by the United Forum of Bank Unions hit banking operations in the region. With all nationalised banks remaining closed, banking transactions worth Rs 500 crore could not be affected during these two days.
On an average, banking transactions worth Rs 250 crore take place in the tricity
each day.
The Bank Square in Sector 17, Chandigarh, wears a deserted look on the second day of strike on Thursday.
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Child Labour Pangs: These two children eke out a living by selling eatables when they
should rather be attending school. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu |
Ram Niwas will have to tread tightrope
Chandigarh, September 25
Striking a right balance between the UT administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), and minister of state for finance Pawan Bansal will be the biggest challenge for the new home secretary, Ram Niwas, who assumed charge here yesterday.
Setia repatriated
Chandigarh, September 25
The UT administration today repatriated DPI (schools) S.K. Setia to his parent state, Haryana, with immediate effect.
Though the tenure of Setia, who joined as the DPI (schools) in April last year,
had ended in May this year, as he managed to get extension for few months.
Medical aspirants left in lurch as forms run out of stock
Chandigarh, September 25
Medical aspirants in the region are at their wits’ end as far as the availability of application forms for CBSE and AIIMS are concerned.
According to sources, hapless parents and candidates are running from pillar to
post to get the forms, the reason being, the forms are available only at Panjab
University’s branch of State bank of India and that too they are out of stock.
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| A notice conveying that forms of AIIMS and CBSE are available at the SBI cash counter, PU, while another notice (right) at the cash counter conveys that forms in the bank are out of stock.
— Tribune photos by Pradeep Tiwari |
Corruption
MC follows double yardstick
Chandigarh, September 25
When it comes to dealing with corruption cases, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, it seems, has two sets of rules - one for its employees and the other for the contractors.
Prof R.C. Sobti offers sweets to the newly elected students’ council members after the oath-taking ceremony at Panjab University on Thursday.
— Tribune photo by Himanshu Mahajan |
200 structures razed
Chandigarh, September 25
In a joint drive by the enforcement wing of the Chandigarh administration and the municipal corporation, around 200 temporary structures were demolished by a team at Industrial Area, Phase I, today.
Delay in salaries irks school staff
Chandigarh, September 25
The issue of non-payment of salaries of the employees of Government Model School, Sector 29, could snowball into a major controversy with the staff, including teachers, threatening to take to streets to protest against the callous attitude of the school authorities.
PU Senate Results
Rabindernath leads with 2,203 votes
Chandigarh, September 25
The counting of votes for the graduates’ constituency of PU senate entered the third day today. With the results of five seats already been declared yesterday, the contest was now for the remaining 10 seats. However, as the trends were pouring in, the picture on who will be elected was becoming clearer.
City to host peace fest
Chandigarh, September 25
The city will host 3rd International Students’ Peace Festival to be held from September 28 to October 1. The event will be organised jointly by education department, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi, CYP Asia Centre, KB DAV Senior Secondary Public School, DAV College, Gurukul School and Yuvsatta.
Workshop by Raghu Rai
Chandigarh, September 25
The Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi is organising one and a half day photography workshop by ace photographer Raghu Rai on October 4 and 5 at the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10.
Jhota Kut: Bid to evict remaining occupants thwarted
Mohali, September 25
Occupants of dwelling units in Jhota Kut Colony, Sector 71, thwarted an attempt by GMADA officials to evict them from the illegal colony today.
Last Saturday, GMADA officials had demolished around 130 commercial and
residential structures in the colony. The officials had planned to undertake a
second drive for the remaining structures today.
Occupants of Jhota Kut Colony, Sector 71, flash court papers against their eviction in Mohali on Thursday.
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Commendation certificates for banks
Chandigarh, September 25
The Chandigarh administration has awarded commendation certificates to State Bank of India, State Bank of Patiala, Punjab National Bank, Syndicate Bank, UCO Bank for exceeding target under the Pradhan Mantri Rozgar
Yojana.
Firing: UT police shuts case
Chandigarh, September 25
Ignoring the missing links into the fracas involving personnel of the Chandigarh Police and the Punjab Police, the top brass of the UT police preferred to close the matter without going into the details of the incident.
Two bodies found
Chandigarh, September 25
The bodies of a youth, Prince (25), and a rickshaw puller, Sudham alias
Pauyaa, were found from different parts of the city this morning. The police ruled out any foul play behind the deaths saying the deceased were alcoholics and the bodies bore no visible injury marks.
One killed in mishap
Panchkula, September 25
A resident of Panchkula died while a head constable and constable were injured seriously when their vehicle carrying a police party overturned near Phagwara today. The police party had gone to Ludhiana to recover a girl abducted by resident of Mouli Jagran.
Letters
Staff crunch hits services
A large number of vacant posts in almost every UT department and these have not been filled for the past more than a decade. Consequently, city residents are suffering as the stock reply in every department is that we are unable to do your work as “there is a shortage of staff”.
Youth Fest
Social issues take centre stage
Chandigarh, September 25
It was a day of impassioned performances by students of various colleges in and around the city participating in the Panjab University Youth Festival being organised at MCM DAV College.
Students perform a skit during the Panjab University Youth Festival at MCM DAV College, Sector 36, in Chandigarh on Thursday.
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Tension prevailed in Industrial Area-I, after four Ram Darbar youths received serious multiple injuries in a clash between two groups late this evening.
Some policemen of the PCR also received injuries when they tried to intervene
and control the situation.
