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Krishanjit is UT chief engineer
Chandigarh, December 8
The departmental promotion committee (DPC) today selected Krishanjit Singh as the regular UT chief engineer.
According to sources, at its meeting in New Delhi, the DPC selected Krishanjit Singh ahead of S.K. Jaitley.
PU students collecting money by selling Tricolour stickers to commemorate the armed forces’ Flag Day. The amount will be donated to the defence forces. A Tribune photograph |
Taj Rescue Operation
Fire dept team moots study tour
Home secy opposes it, suggests intensive training for firemen
Chandigarh, December 8
While authorities in Mumbai are still accessing the shortcomings in the rescue operation carried out at Taj Hotel, a team of the fire and emergency services of the municipal corporation is planning to visit the hotel to do on the spot study of the problems faced by the fireman during the operation.
Home secretary inspects roads
Chandigarh, December 8
Home secretary Ram Niwas today inspected the ongoing work of roads in Phase-I of the Industrial Area.
He inspected the roads in front of the Centra Mall, the Ordinance Cable Factory, that between Modern Bakery to Junction 39 and another from Hind Motors to Pasco Motors.
Kidwai opens MRI facility at PGI
Chandigarh, December 8
Haryana Governor A.R.Kidwai inaugurated a new state-of-the-art 3T MRI facility in the Department of Radio diagnosis, PGIMER, here today.
Delhi Win: Cong in upbeat mood
 Chandigarh, December 8
The mood in the local Congress is upbeat following the party’s victory in three states, including Delhi. In fact, Sheila Dixit's hat trick in Delhi has led the party’s top brass to believe that minister of state for finance Pawan Bansal can replicate Dixit's feat in
Chandigarh.
Congress leaders dance to the dhol beats in Chandigarh on Monday following the party’s victory in the three state assemblies. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Army Service Corps commemorates 248th anniversary
Chandigarh, December 8
The Army Service Corps commemorated its 248th anniversary by paying tributes to martyrs in Chand Mandir today. Officiating head of the ASC branch at Headquarters Western Command, Brig Harjeet Puri paid floral tributes on behalf of all ranks at the Veer Smriti War Memorial.
Projects hang fire since 1977
Just 5 pc BRO troops get govt accommodation
Chandigarh, December 8
Just about 5 per cent of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel entitled family accommodation have been able to avail
the benefit. The project for the construction of houses, which began as far back
as 1977, continues to hang fire.
BS Ghuman dean of arts faculty
PU Syndicate Elections
Chandigarh, December 8
Following the declaration of the deans and secretaries of the few faculties of the Panjab University, elected members for the remaining faculties was declared today.
Tricity auto-rickshaw drivers stand united, form panel
 Chandigarh, December 8
Auto-rickshaw drivers of the tricity resolved to come on one platform by forming a joint action committee today. The panel, Chandigarh Mohali Panchkula Auto Rickshaw Joint Action Committee, will submit a memorandum to the home secretary on Wednesday.
Auto-rickshaw drivers of the tricity at the Sector-17 stand to discuss the future course of action. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Power Failure
Generator made operational at Tagore Theatre
Chandigarh, December 8
A day after fiasco at the Tagore Theatre when a play was staged in virtual darkness following a power failure, a generator set was “commissioned” at the theatre today.
Preparations in full swing for the Chrysanthemum Show-2008 at Terraced Garden in Sector-33,
Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
Food Street
Install CCTV, police to MC
Chandigarh, December 8
Taking note of inadequate security arrangements at the recently opened Night Food Street, the UT police has approached the municipal corporation asking them to set up proper security infrastructure there.
Dell cab drivers go on strike
Mohali, December 8
Hundreds of employees working at a call centre of Dell in Industrial Area, Phase VII, had to reach the call centre on their own as the taxis ferrying them failed to turn up.
e wild wild web
Net generation more tolerant
Lest we are caught off guard by the Generation Y (our next or next-to-next generation) for lacking even the basics of the new technology, the onslaught of the information technology in every walk of life cannot be get away. Generation Y, sometimes referred to as “Millennials” or “Net Generation”, were born between 1978-1995, and grew up in the 1990s and 2000s. It is also called the first global generation. In a new book “Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World” by Don
Tapscott, who coined the term “Net Generation”, has defined the term and analysed its implication:
PARTNERS IN CRIME: Three younsters flout traffic rules by riding a bike without helmet in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik |
Nagarkoti is Kumaon Sabha chief
Chandigarh, December 8
Bachan Singh Nagarkoti won presidentship of
the Kumaon Sabha by a huge margin. The Nagarkoti group has won all three seats.
Sec-22 police post to be vacated
Chandigarh, December 8
The administration has reportedly set into motion the process of vacating the Sector 22 police post.
Sources said the home department had in a communication to the UT police department, instructed it to get the government accommodation in Sector-22 D vacated where the police post is functioning for the past 20 years.
Punjabi play enthrals audience
 Chandigarh, December 8
The Offstage Ensemble, Moga, staged a Punjabi play “Wrong Number” on the second day of the ongoing TFT national theatre festival at Tagore theatre here today.
The play, dealing with human relationships under the best and the worst of times, was marked with its power of prolific text and brilliant performances by actors that held the crowds swayed.
A Punjabi play, “Wrong Number”, staged at the Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh, on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Letters
Finally, PU hostels get parking space
 Chandigarh, December 8
Finally, the university has started constructing the hostel parking, taking the cognizance of the repeated pleas of hostellers against lack of proper parking space.
The move proves vital considering the fact that earlier, there was no parking for the four-wheelers in most of the hostels. Earlier, two motorcycles were stolen from the Hostel No 4.
The ongoing work on the parking lot of the boys Hostel No 4, Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Kids get ride on hot-air balloon
Ambala, December 8
PKR Jain Vatika conducted a “Hot-Air-Balloon” activity, in association with the “Star Adventure Sahasi group”, for the first time here today.
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Chandigarh, December 8
