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Breather for tainted Jerath
Chandigarh, August 4
The tainted former UT chief engineer, KK Jerath, who is facing a slew of corruption cases against him, seems to have got a respite in a case pertaining to the fixing of an aluminium hedge at the GMCH-32.
Hasty NOC to mall
Station fire officer suspended
Chandigarh, August 4
The MC today suspended SK Gosain, station fire officer (SFO) of the fire and emergency services department, on the basis of an inquiry report which found him guilty of issuing conditional NOC to City Emporio Mall at the Industrial Area, Phase-I, here.
‘Encounter threat’ claims suspect’s life
Panchkula, August 4
A Delhi resident died under mysterious circumstances in the custody of the Haryana police here today. The suspect, Satish Kumar, along with two others, was picked up by the Bahadurgarh police from Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh and the police team was on way to Jhajjar when he allegedly suffered a heart attack, which resulted in his death before he could get the medical aid, it was learnt.
City Beautiful’s Ugly face
Civic amenities a casualty in Sec 20
Chandigarh, August 4
In spite of its central location, Sector 20 continues to be devoid of basic amenities. Defunct streetlights, heaps of garbage, unkempt green belts, delay in widening of roads and stray dogs are just some of the problems sector residents have been forced to live with.
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| Garbage littered around a bin in Sector 20, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
NGOs fail to monitor innovative centres
Chandigarh, August 4
If the report card of the NGOs, who had taken up the task of monitoring the Alternative Innovative Centres (AIE) for educating “out of school” children is any indication then most of them seem to have failed in their task.
Students at an AIE Centre, Sector 27, in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
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Tributes paid to Kishore Kumar
Chandigarh, August 4
The magic of the majestic, magnificent and melodious voice of legendry maestro, Kishore Kumar came alive as over 35 amateur singers paid a musical tribute to him on his 80th birth anniversary at Kalagram here today.
Rakhi spirit grips city schools
Mohali, August 4
The Heritage Public School, Jagatpura, near Sector 48, celebrated Raksha Bandhan with enthusiasm.
A rakhi making competition was held in which students from Class I to VI participated. Students also sang a group song.
Novel way to raise traffic awareness
Chandigarh, August 4
ArriveSafe, a society, in association with the Chandigarh traffic police organised “Bonding for a safe lifetime journey” to mark Rakhshabandhan at Sector 17, 22, 19 and 35 markets here today.
Children of BSNL employees take part in a painting competttion organised by the BSNL Welfare Board at Sector 34 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
Smart traffic signals for 2 intersections
Chandigarh, August 4
In an attempt to reduce traffic congestion on busy intersections, the Chandigarh police will install vehicle actuated traffic signal controller system (VATSCS) on two busy intersections in the city on experimental basis.
Commercial Buildings
Traders resent delay in approval to plans
Chandigarh, August 4
A meeting of the Traders’ Association, Sector 17, was held under the chairmanship of Kamaljit Singh Panchhi today in which members took serious note of the role of the administration in causing delay in approving plans of commercial buildings in Sector 17.
Supply of drinking water
MC told to prepare estimate
Mohali, August 4
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has asked the Municipal Council to prepare estimates for works related to the supply of drinking water and laying of sewerage in Madanpur village so that funds could be provided for executing both the works.
Verdict reserved in PEC defence quota
Chandigarh, August 4
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today reserved verdict in the PEC defence quota reservation case after hearing counsel for the engineering college, who insisted the admissions were being carried out in accordance with the brochure.
Suspension of surgery draws kin’s ire
Panchkula, August 4
A high drama was witnessed at a private hospital in Sector 21 when the family members of a patient alleged that the doctors suspended the surgery after putting a cut on the body and stitched the skin stating that patient could not be operated as of now. It happened even as several diagnosis tests were conducted on the patient before taking her to the operation theatre, said KS
Patwal, husband of the patient.
Murder Case
Dera followers submit memo to DC
Mohali, August 4
Supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda today took out a protest march demanding action against the killer of Lili Kumar, a follower of
dera, who was shot in Mansa recently. The supporters staged a dharna at Phase VII and took out a procession through the city before submitting a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner.—TNS
Supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda protest at Mohali on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph |
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Speaking Out
‘Test code threat to security of players’
Chandigarh, August 4
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the International Cricket Council
(ICC) are up in arms yet again. This time, it is over the board refusing to abide by a clause in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code, which requires cricketers to reveal their whereabouts so as to facilitate testing. The code, which has been signed by the Test-playing nations except India, was incidentally implemented by the ICC earlier this year.
PU to start MSc instrumentation
Chandigarh, August 4
The department of university centre for instrumentation and microelectronics has started a new course in MSc (instrumentation). Eligibility for the course is BSc with physics or electronics, instrumentation science, computer science, vocational physics or BF (E&TC/instrumentation) with minimum of 50 per cent marks in aggregate.
KG classes closed for week at Saupins
Chandigarh, August 4
Saupins School, Sector 32, has closed classes for nursery, LKG and UKG students for a week. The decision comes a day after the UT administration nailed the school for running classes in basement, which is a violation of building rules.
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Chandigarh, August 4
Chandigarh, August 4
