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Patil to take oath today |
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Former union minister Shivraj Patil, who arrived in the city late on Thursday, would be sworn in as the Punjab Governor by the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Raj Bhavan on Friday.
Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
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Airlines’ loss is taxi operators’
gain
Chandigarh, January 21
Foggy conditions and the subsequent cancellation of flights from the Chandigarh airport have been proving a boon for taxi operators.
Rape of Toddler
Accused gets 10-yr RI
Chandigarh, January 21
Convicted of raping a 20-month-old girl, a local court today sentenced Joginder Sharma (20) to 10-year rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 70,000 on him.
Death of contractual safai
karamchari
Municipal employees seek compensation, block Sec 20 road
Chandigarh, January 21
Emotions ran high on city roads today morning following the death of a contractual sweeper, who was ran over by a tractor trolley while collecting garbage in Sector 44 on Wednesday afternoon, as his colleagues demanded compensation.
Mehar Singh shows a photograph of his son Krishan, who died on Wednesday; and (right) police officials try to pacify agitators near Sector 20 gurdwara in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photos: Vinay Malik
Sarangi concert enraptures audience
Chandigarh, January 21
The soulful strains of melody that emanated from the singing strings of sarangi played by Ustad Kamal Sabri enraptured audience at a special music concert held at the Randhawa Auditorium here today.
Sarangi recital by Ustad Kamal Sabri in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Vinay Malik
Bidders told to give names before auction
Mohali, January 21
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) is all set to crack its whip on the property cartel in the city.
In the forthcoming auction of commercial and residential sites, the authority has decided not to allow “sleeping partners” to participate in auctions. “It has been seen that after a property is auctioned, the sleeping partners crop up to get their names entered in the respective property,” said officials in the authority.
GEARING UP FOR R-DAY: Schoolchildren during parade rehearsal at Government College, Phase VI,
Mohali. A Tribune photograph
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Realty scene hots up in
Mohali
Now, own a duplex villa for Rs 41.8
lakh
Chandigarh, January 21
Realty scene in Chandigarh’s satellite town of Mohali is hotting up with yet another major project being launched at the TDI City, Sector 110, setting off a price war among the builders.
HUDA gives nod to install security gates
Panchkula, January 21
Conceding a long-standing demand of residents, Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has decided to allow resident welfare associations to install entry gates in the various localities.
However, it made it clear the expenses to be incurred would have to be borne by the association concerned.
LIC employees observe strike
Chandigarh, January 21
A large number Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) employees today observed a strike against the alleged delay in
implementing their revised pay scales.
Two trailers carrying sand impounded
Mohali, January 21
With the police stepping up its pressure on the members of the sand quarrying mafia in the
Nayagaon-Nada area, the police and the forest department last evening impounded two tractor trailers at a joint naka set up at
Nayagoan.
POOR’S RESPITE: Girls carry firewood to fight the chill in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
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For Rs 100, indoor patients to get medicines
Panchkula, January 21
Come Monday and the patients admitted at the General Hospital of Sector 6 can expect a hassle-free treatment as the medicines meant for such patients would be provided by the hospital itself.
Hearing on Rathore’s plea on Feb 8
Chandigarh, January 21
The application moved by former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore to reinvestigate the matter would be taken up by the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Raj Shekhar Attri on February 8, the day when the appeal against his conviction would come up for hearing.
44 get key to a bright future
Chandigarh, January 21
Mayor Anu Chatrath and Municipal Commissioner Roshan Sunkaria handed over LPG-run auto-rickshaws to 44 BPL beneficiaries at the Sukhna lake parking lot here yesterday.
School ground turns into pool of dirty water
Zirakpur, January 21
Students of elementary school at Dyalpura village in Zirakpur are unable to play as the school playground has turned into a pool of dirty water.
BPL families to get Smart Cards from tomorrow
Chandigarh, January 21
The administration would organise a camp from January 23 to January 25 at Government High School, Sector 25, for issuing smart cards to all those who had applied for these under the public distribution system in Chandigarh.
Rodrigues exhorts ragpickers to educate children
Chandigarh, January 21
As a part of the social security programme of the Chandigarh Social Welfare Department, UT Administrator Gen SF Rodrigues
(retd) and First Lady Jean Rodrigues visited the ragpickers colony in Sector 56 yesterday evening and distributed blankets and 11
BPL/APL cards among them.
‘Forced’ Retirement at PEC
UGC quashes order, seeks probe
Chandigarh, January 21
Taking cognisance of the alleged punishment of forced retirement awarded to one of its faculty members by PEC (Punjab Engineering College) authorities, the UGC has not only quashed the order, but has also asked the UT administration to mark an inquiry into the functioning of the institute.
Earn while you learn
Chandigarh, January 21
Gurukul Vidyapeeth, educational group, today added another feather in its cap by starting "earn while learn" programme for its management and engineering students.
Seminar on women’s rights
Chandigarh, January 21
A two-day national seminar on “Women and Denial of Human Rights: Global Agenda and Local Deterrents” was inaugurated by Panjab University Vice-Chancellor RC Sobti on its campus here today.
Seminar on new mgmt modules
Chandigarh, January 21
The Indian School of Business and Finance (ISBF) organised a seminar on new management modules here today.
Apprising the city students about diversification of management studies and array of courses provided at the institute, representatives put forth an impressive power-point presentation.
A seminar by ISBF in Chandigarh on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
Moti Ram School first in singing contest
Panchkula, January 21
The Sarswati Kala Sangam, an organisation dedicated to promote Hindustani classical arts, organised its ninth annual patriotic song contest at Satluj Public Secondary Public School here today.
MPhil students stage protest
Chandigarh, January 21
Students of masters in philosophy
(MPhil), Panjab University, in collaboration with the Panjab University Students’ Union
(PUSU) staged a protest in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s office today.
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Hardly any flight took off or landed, trains crawled or were cancelled, and vehicles moved at a snail’s pace even as people shivered as a thick blanket of fog covered the city today.
Dense fog coupled with reckless driving snuffed out the life of a 19-year-old youth in a freak accident at Sector 17 here at midnight.
