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NAMS Award for six PGI professors
Chandigarh, October 30
Prof Amod Gupta, head, department of Ophthalmology, PGI, has been awarded with Dr VR Khanolkar Oration 2007-08 by National Academy of Medical Sciences
(NAMS).
Sisters applying tilak to their brothers on the occasion of Bhaiya Duj on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
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He defied odds to reach the top
Chandigarh, October 30
A burning ambition, an unmatched grit and a determination so strong that even the fates took a bow. This is the story of 39- year-old Daniel Chopra, who defied adversity and misfortune to establish one of the biggest shipping companies in India, Doehle Danautic
India.
Sibal for deemed university status to CSIO
Chandigarh, October 30
The Central government is introducing a bill next week that aims to give incentives to the scientific community for creating intellectual property, Union minister of state for science and technology and earth sciences, Kapil Sibal said here today.
Central govt plans incentives for creative scientists: Sibal
Chandigarh, October 30
“Change of mindset, work culture and thinking will enable our country make rapid progress in science and technology. The times are changing fast and the present scenario offers immense opportunities for creating knowledge as wealth, unlike in the past,” said Kapil Sibal, union minister for science and technology and earth sciences, while laying the foundation stone for Centre for Emerging Areas in Science & Technology (near botany department) on the Panjab University campus here today.
Discussion on action-taken reports of past projects
MC to convene special meeting in Nov
Chandigarh, October 30
On the unanimous demand of councillors, mayor Pardeep Chhabra has decided to convene a special meeting of the house of the municipal corporation in the second fortnight of November to discuss the action-taken reports of all projects passed by previous house since January, 2007.
Councillors discuss agenda during a house meeting of the municipal corporation in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Vinay Malik
California, city mayors meet
Chandigarh, October 30
Harvey L Hall, mayor of Bakersfield in California, USA, accompanied by John Hefner, vice-president of Sister City Corporation, along with four other members held a meeting with Pardeep Chhabra, mayor, Dr Roshan Sunkaria, municipal commissioner and other senior officers of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh (MCC) at Punjab Bhavan, here today. The delegation
was on its study tour to the heritage cities in the country.
 Burning of Waste
Junk dealers a headache for
residents
Chandigarh, October 30
Junk dealers in the city have become a major headache for local residents as they have not only encroached upon public land but have also been indulging in burning of waste products, thus causing them inconvenience.
A pile of debris left after burning of waste material by a junk dealer at Raipur Khurd, Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph
Eviction
Woman alleges illegal detention
Chandigarh, October 30
A Badheri resident lodged a complaint with the UT inspector-general of police (IGP) alleging highhandedness and illegal detention by police officials at the police station-39.
Opening of home for special children put off
Chandigarh, October 30
The Chandigarh administration today put off the inauguration of the halfway home for mentally-challenged children in Sector 47 with UT administrator S.F. Rodrigues directing officials to
modify the existing plan and put in place all infrastructure before the inauguration.
15-yr-old rape victim gives birth
Chandigarh, October 30
At an age when she should be attending school and playing with gay abandon, 15-year-old Rakhi (name changed), who was allegedly raped by her stepfather, is rocking the cradle of her five-day-old baby girl.
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Joshi elected youth wing’s media in charge
Chandigarh, October 30
Vineet Joshi, national executive member of the youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), has been appointed as the national media in charge of the youth wing.
Play bares evils of regionalism
Chandigarh, October 30
A street play, ‘Des Mein Pardes’, was staged by Samvaad Theater Group at the Sector-17 plaza today.
The play is based on recent incidents in Mumbai wherein North Indians have been targeted by activists of a political party.
The play showcased the shallow tactics adopted by small political parties in order to gain popularity.
Actors stage a street play, ‘Des Mein Pardes’, at Sector-17 plaza in Chandigarh on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
Seminar on explosives technology
Chandigarh, October 30
A two-day national symposium and exhibition on “Trends in Explosives Technology” is being organised by the High Energy Materials Society at Ramgarh as a part of the Defence Research Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Golden Jubilee celebrations.
Society told to give possession to member
Chandigarh, October 30
The Joint Registrar Cooperative Societies (JRCS) has restrained the Super Cooperative House Building Ist Society Limited, Sector 49, from charging an amount of Rs 90,000 from a member of the society, S.K. Sharma.
PU not a centrally funded varsity: HRD ministry
Chandigarh, October 30
The Union ministry of human resource development (Department of higher education) today made it clear that Panjab University (PU) was neither a central varsity, nor a centrally funded institution.
PU Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
UBS students to visit old age home, school for the blind
Chandigarh, October 30
Stage is set for the culmination of year-long Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Panjab University. While various teaching departments have chalked out conventional plans to mark the d-day, the faculty members of University Business School (UBS) have unique plans up their sleeves.
7 city schools to have cooking sheds
Midday meals project revived
Chandigarh, October 30
Finally, one out of the pending list of ‘ambitious’ projects of ex- DPI, (S) UT, SK Setia, is ready to take off. This idea of constructing exclusive cooking sheds for preparing mid-day meals in seven city schools to cut on the cost involved in outsourcing seems all set to materialise.
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Chandigarh, October 30
Edmund Rice