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Year-ender
A year of controversies for education dept
Chandigarh, December 23
Tall claims and broken promises is probably the best way to describe the year 2008 for the city schools and colleges.
While throughout the year, the administration made “sincere” efforts to revolutionise things, the student fraternity was, however, not much benefitted due to the thoughtless and overambitious plans or lack of implementation, but most of the times lack of accountability on the part of those at the helm of matters.
Fiscal
Gloom
Bail us out, hotel industry sends
SOS to government
Chandigarh, December 23
Hit hard by the dwindling tourist flow in wake of the Mumbai terror strikes and global financial crisis, the hotel industry is now looking at the government to bail them out of the present financial gloom. With the high realty prices and slowdown in credit flow, growth in the hotel industry has hit a plateau.
Citco MD: Tiwari’s name cleared at last
Chandigarh, December 23
Almost five months after the Punjab government sent the panel to the administration for the post of managing director of Citco, the union government has cleared the name of DK Tiwari for the post.
5,000 join in Christian procession
Chandigarh, December 23
Various Churches, Christian institutions and congregation in the tricity today took out a procession for the resolution of the communal rights in Orissa. Over 5,000 people joined the procession.
An Xmas procession being taken out in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Parking ban being flouted in cops’ backyard
Chandigarh, December 23
Even as the local police has banned the parking of vehicles on the road adjacent to the parking lot behind the Chandigarh police headquarters in Sector 9, visitors continue to flout the ban with impunity, under the very nose of the top brass.
Vehicles parked in a “no parking zone” in Sector 9, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: S. Chandan
11 cops transferred
Chandigarh, December 23
The Chandigarh Police today transferred four inspectors and seven sub-inspectors.
1.31 lakh immunised in polio campaign
Chandigarh, December 23
As many as 1,31,832 children were immunised in the national pulse polio immunisation campaign carried out for three days with one-day booth activity and two days of house-to-house
coverage.
Fog delays flights
Chandigarh, December 23
The weather has taken its toll on air connectivity from the city. Flights of all major airlines are being delayed by one to three hours due to fog and bad weather.
GAIL donates Rs 9 lakh for needy patients
Chandigarh, December 23
Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), Chandigarh, donated a sum of Rs 9 lakh to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, for the treatment of poor patients here today.
Letters
Lok adalats a boon for litigants
The two days lok adalats held as a part of Samadhan-2008 at various places in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh have proved to be a boon especially for the poor litigants.
PGI OPDs closed on Dec 25
Chandigarh, December 23
All OPDs of the PGI shall remain closed on December 25 on account of Christmas. Emergency services will function as usual. TNS
PU to go soft on late fee penalty
Chandigarh, December 23
After many deliberations, a committee constituted by the Panjab University authorities to look into the issue pertaining to late fees and penalties on various accounts has recommended rationalisation of fines/ late fee charges imposed on the students.
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A bomb hoax call at the Punjab and Haryana High Court this morning kept the police on its toes for over three hours.
