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9 CEC students suspended after brawl
Kharar, August 28
Nine students from various disciplines of the Chandigarh Engineering College group have been placed under suspension for fighting among themselves and injuring a student in the brawl.
UT turns cool on LPG auto deadline
Chandigarh, August 28
In the absence of adequate back-up for supplying LPG and legal hurdles, the Chandigarh Administration is compelled to defer its deadline of August 31 against plying of diesel and petrol-driven auto-rickshaws in the city.
RBI’s fresh appeal on fake currency
Chandigarh, August 28
Seizure of counterfeit notes of Rs 1,000 denomination by the Anti Terrorist Squad
(ATS) in Mumbai has set the alarm bells ringing for most banks in the country. In a fresh appeal to all public sector, private and foreign banks, the RBI has warned of large-scale counterfeit currency notes of Rs 1,000 denomination (of 2 AQ and 8 AC series) being in circulation.
Midday Meal Menu
Changes suggested for better food value
Chandigarh, August 28
Following medical check-ups in various alternative innovative education (AIE) centres, changes have been recommended in the menu of midday meal to the UT Education Department by the NGOs which have shouldered the task of improving these centres.
Manjit is PUTA president
 Chandigarh, August 28
With the results of the Panjab University Teachers Association declared today, Manjit Singh of the sociology department was elected PUTA president.
Manjit, who got 294 votes, defeated his rival Rajan Gaur of anthropology department, who got 250 votes.
The elected team of the Panjab University Teachers Association at the Law Auditorium in Panjab University on Friday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
City greenest in Asia: Report
Chandigarh, August 28
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With 35.7 per cent forest cover, the UT tops the list of the greenest cities in Asia followed by Delhi which has 20 per cent forest cover.
Workshop on PET-CT scanning
Chandigarh, August 28
A two-day educational programme “Update on PET-CT-Applications in Current Medical Diagnosis” will be organised by the department of nuclear medicine, PGIMER, tomorrow.
‘Kisaan’ crew lands in city
Chandigarh, August 28
The cast and crew of the upcoming Bollywood movie, “Kisaan”, today landed in Big Cinemas, Zirakpur, for a special premiere organised for farmers. Many of these farmers have worked in the movie with the Khan brothers.
“Kisaan”, which is a joint effort by UTV Spotboy and Sohail Khan, hits cinema halls all over the county today.
(From left) Film actor Diya Mirza, Jacky Shroff, Sohail Khan and Arbaz Khan at Paras Down Town Square in
Zirakpur on Friday. Tribune photos: Nitan Mittal
Sec 40 residents face power cuts
Chandigarh, August 28
A large part of Sector 40 has been experiencing unscheduled power cuts for the last over 15 days.
According to a representation by the Residents Welfare Association, eight unscheduled power cuts were reported last night causing a lot of inconvenience to the residents.
Panjab University students caught in rain near the library on Friday.
Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
Small Flats Scheme
18 licences under CHB scanner
Chandigarh, August 28
Eighteen licences under the Chandigarh Small Flats Scheme-2006 have come under a scanner following raids conducted by a team of Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) here today.
UT disappoints national awardees
Chandigarh, August 28
While the UT Education Department is all set to announce this year’s state award winners, the discontinuance of service extension to national award winners has come as a disappointment for these awardees.
Swine flu
5 more suspected cases reported
Chandigarh, August 28
Five more suspected cases of swine flu have been reported in the city, with three blood samples coming for tests to the PGI from Chandigarh, one each from Mohali and Uttar
Pradesh. Three out of the five samples were collected from the PGI, while the other two from the GMCH, Sector 32.
Meanwhile, two of the samples tested collected earlier were declared negative. — TNS
Darshan Singh is market panel chief
 Chandigarh, August 28
History of horse-trading has repeated itself in the election to the post of chairman of the cash-rich Market Committee with a turncoat, Darshan Singh, winning the elections, dealing a severe blow to majority Congress.
In a dramatic turn of events, Darshan Singh and another Congress director Subhash Chand switched over to the BJP just before the elections, exposing the murky politics of the committee.
Darshan Singh with victory sign in Chandigarh on Friday. Photo: Parvesh Chauhan
18 yrs on, sports complex on paper
 Mohali, August 28
Even 18 years after of its inception, the Rajiv Gandhi Modern Sports Complex
(RGMSC) here, the only sports complex of its kind in Punjab, has failed to take off.
In 1991, a chunk of 23.11 acre in Sector 63, was allotted on lease to the state government to promote sports in the state.
Heaps of garbage inside the Rajiv Gandhi Modern Sports Complex, Sector 63, in Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
Curbing Violations
Traffic marshals to assist cops
Mohali, August 28
The local police is contemplating declaring certain road as “no tolerance zones” to curb traffic violations and running trafficlights on uninterrupted power supply or on solar panels. This was stated by SSP JS Aulakh while launching traffic marshal scheme here today.
Hooda on inauguration spree
Panchkula, August 28
While on an inauguration spree before the code of conduct is invoked for the forthcoming Assembly elections, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda inaugurated the office building of the Haryana Agro Industries Corporation and Department of Women and Child Development here today.
DAY OR NIGHT? A view of Sector 17 Plaza as dark clouds cover the Chandigarh skyline on Friday afternoon.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
Rs 2 lakh for journalist’s kin
Panchkula, August 28
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced a relief of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of journalist Pravesh Sharma, who died at his residence in Raipur Rani on Sunday.
SDM, team take stock of residents’ problems
Zirakpur, August 28
The SDM, Dera Bassi, and the DSP, Dera Bassi, and the NHAI Director, officials of the drainage department and MC today visited Zirkapur, Dera Bassi and Lalru to take note of the inconvenience to residents and commuters at Chandigarh-Ambala and Zirakpur-Kalka highways.
No facilities for jail panels in Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh, August 28
Justice Jai Singh Sekhon has being “hoping against hope” that Haryana would provide infrastructural facilities to the jail committee constituted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Online shopping new way of life
Online shopping is the process consumers go through to purchase products or services over the Internet. An online shop, e-shop, e-store, internet shop,
webshop, webstore, online store, or virtual store evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or in a shopping mall.
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Patiala, August 28
