Attendance Shortage
Swine flu bails out PU students
Chandigarh, April 2
In what speaks volume about the “liberal” attitude of Panjab University towards the mandatory criteria of attending 75 per cent lectures, all 250 students of the department of evening studies, who were earlier denied roll numbers, have been given attendance for a week for having developed “swine flu symptoms” in the past.
Distant dreams their route to the bank
Chandigarh, April 2
From helping you clear the mandatory IELTS test to even assuring permanent residency, many of the 350 immigration agents operating in the city are willing to guarantee it all, but for a hefty fee.
Fine realised from cops
Chandigarh, April 2
The UT SSP, in a reply filed to a local court, has stated that Rs 5,000 has been deducted from the salaries of Baljit Singh and Sukhbir Singh Rana for not deposing in Prabhjinder Singh Dimpy murder case. He submitted that Rs 5,000 each had been deducted from their salaries, as directed by the court. —
TNS
Police Complaints Authority
Cops fear reopening of abuse cases
Chandigarh, April 2
The recent decision of the union ministry of home affairs of setting up a police complaints authority (PCA) in union territories has stirred a debate in police circles over accountability in public dealing.
11 deaths in 3 months on airport to Sec 47 road
Chandigarh, April 2
With 11 deaths in the first three months this year, the six-lane stretch, entering the UT near the airport and touching Mohali near Sector 47, has emerged as a killer stretch for commuters.
Don’t bite into that ripe mango!
Chandigarh, April 2
Mango, the ‘king of fruits’, has been making incursions into the city’s market for about a fortnight now, but prices are still to come down to levels where those stop hurting the common man’s pocket.
Devotees take part in a ‘shobha yatra’ on the occasion of Good Friday at Sector 32 in Chandigarh on Friday.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan |
Cement scam scalps 2 firms
Chandigarh, April 2
The municipal corporation has blacklisted Sarpriya building products and with K Sood engineers for the next five years in connection with the cement scam, that hogged front pages of local dailies for the past week.
Sector-63 draw of lots on April 7
Chandigarh, April 2
Finally after two years, the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) is all set to hold the draw of lots of Sector 63 under the housing scheme on April 7.
Online filing of IT returns is in
Chandigarh, April 2
With more people opting to file their income tax (IT) returns online, there has been a considerable decline of 8.6 per cent in manual filing of returns.
Licences of 100 hawkers renewed
Chandigarh, April 2
The municipal corporation has renewed licences of 100 hawkers by charging Rs 1,600 each from them under the Chandigarh Handcart Control and Regulation Bylaws, 1989, and Bylaws of
Hawkers, 1961.
Conveyance Deed
Registration allowed at allotment price
Mohali, April 2
In a major relief to hundreds of re-allottees of residential property, allotted by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), the financial commissioner (revenue), Punjab, has allowed registration of conveyance deeds (CDs) at allotment price.
An electric pole that poses a threat of mishaps near YPS chowk in
Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
Reckless felling of trees, illegal sand
quarrying
Forest officials cite jurisdiction as excuse
Mohali, April 2
Following exposure of the reckless felling of trees and illegal sand quarrying in the Ropar forest division, forest officials have begun passing the buck citing jurisdiction as the excuse.
Hostage Drama
Powermen raise slogans against XEN
Say he had ditched them at the
time of crisis
Panchkula, April 2
Even before the tussle between the powermen and the residents of Saketri village over the hostage drama could be resolved, the board employees turned their tables on their own XEN alleging that he was adopting dual policy on the issue.
Tipper driver killed in accident
Panchkula, April 2
A driver while inspecting the front wheel of his tipper was killed when another tipper hit the vehicle from behind just few yards from the Nada Sahib bridge on the National Highway No. 73 here today.
Housing board seeks forfeiture of Rs 517 crore from Parsvnath
Chandigarh,April 2
In a development that may push the relations between the Chandigarh Housing
Board(CHB) and the Parsvnath over the high-end township - Prideasia - in IT Park here to a point of no return, as the former has sought the forfeiture of Rs 517 crore for the developer’s inability to comply with terms and conditions of the Memorandum of
Understanding(MoU).
Rehabilitation of Colonies
Can MC do it with staff crunch?
Chandigarh, April 2
The million dollars question is will the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation be able to manage all rehabilitation colonies with the sanctioned budget of Rs 13.50 for the current year? The Chandigarh administration is under the process of transferring all colonies to the Municipal Corporation without providing any staff and funds.
‘Art creates another reality’
Chandigarh, April 2
Art is a channel for social change.DS Kapoor, principal, Government College of Art, in his talk on "Keeping Culture Alive", organised by the First Friday Forum here today said art was a way of expressing one's feelings, of creating a beautiful "something" that enriches others.
Role of X-rays in neuroimaging
stressed
Chandigarh, April 2
The two-day course on neuroradiology, including head and neck imaging, organised by the department of radiodiagnosis and imaging, started at the Bhargava auditorium of the PGI here today.
Placement drive at PU
Chandigarh, April 2
As many as 569 students and 16 companies participated in the Jobfest at Panjab University here today.The fest, which was organised by ABVP and Orion consultants, witnessed participation of companies like finance, IT, electronics, electrical engineering, pharmaceuticals and food processing industries.
Students during a job fest at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Friday. A Tribune photograph
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