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Family awaits body of doc killed in US
Mohali, April 28
Tragedy struck a family in Phase X here with the murder of Dr Vijender Singh Toor, 34, a Yale University doctor who was allegedly shot dead in the United States by a former colleague. His pregnant wife was also attacked but escaped unhurt.
Grief-stricken family members of Dr Vijender Singh Toor (inset) at their Phase X house in Mohali on Wednesday.
A Tribune photograph
Kings XI official visits I-T office
Chandigarh, April 28
Four days after an income tax raid on the Punjab Kings XI office in Sector 68, Mohali, Col Arvinder Singh, CEO, cricket operations, Kings XI, visited the income tax office in Panchkula.
Zero Deficit
Task force asks varsity to clarify declaration
Chandigarh, April 28
A “boisterous” declaration made by Panjab University a couple of years ago of ensuring zero per cent deficit has caught attention of the special task force constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), which visited the university recently, with the officials now demanding a “progress” report in this regard.
Trees with their roots exposed behind the Municipal Corporation building in Chandigarh on Wednesday. The MC has damaged these trees to extend the parking area. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
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Students of Kendriya Vidyalaya perform during the school’s annual function
in Zirakpur on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
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Armed policemen during a mock drill carried out at Hotel Mountview in Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Wednesday evening.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
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What A Waste! : People take bath as water flows freely in Colony No. 4, Chandigarh.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
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Challenges before stakeholders discussed
Mohali, April 28
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) under the aegis of Department of Information Technology, Government of India, organised an awareness raising national workshop on Internationalised Domain Names (IDN) for Indian languages here today.
MC damages trees to widen parking
Chandigarh, April 28
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, which is entrusted with safeguarding civic affairs of the city, has ended up damaging 45 trees for extending its car parking behind its office building. Most of the trees that have been damaged are of ‘chakrasia’ or ‘pilkhan’.
Assault
Clerks, lawyers reach truce
Chandigarh, April 28
The impasse between the Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyers and the Bar clerks ended amicably here today.
The strike call given by clerks was called off this afternoon, after a compromise was reached with mediation of Bar Association members.
Underpass Project
Wait another month
Chandigarh, April 28
Residents of the city will have to wait for at least another month before the UT administration finalises the document on the
much-publicised Underpass Project.
While the project has been hanging fire for three years now, officials attribute the inordinate delay to technical hitches.
New traffic plan for Patiala from May 1
Under the new plan, several busy city roads will be made one way
Patiala, April 28
With a view to decongest city roads and to bring down the number of road mishaps, new traffic plan for the city would come into effect from May 1. Making this announcement, Patiala Deputy Commissioner Deepinder Singh stated that the new traffic plan had been formulated in coordination with the Municipal Corporation and the traffic police.
Zirakpur sans fire station
Zirakpur, April 28
It seems that authorities concerned have somehow ignored one of the very basic requirement of Zirakpur, which is considered a gateway to Punjab and is one of the most rapidly developing and expanding town in the whole Mohali district. Amidst a series of various plans and new projects one of the nearly two-year-old proposed project of establishing a fire station in Zirakpur is still struggling to see the light of day.
Road widening in Sector 10 has forced residents to walk on the road instead of
pavements.
A woman walks in the middle of the road separating Sectors 46 and 37 as pavements have been removed from both
sides.
Pavements are missing from a road in Sector 22, Chandigarh. Tribune photos: Pradeep Tewari and Pravesh Chauhan
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16 inspectors transferred
Chandigarh, April 28
The UT Inspector-General of Police today transferred 16 inspectors, including three station house officers, with immediate effect.
Sources said inspector Sri Parkash, additional SHO in Sector 34 police station, has been appointed as the SHO of the Sector-26 police station, while inspector Dilsher Singh, in-charge of the Sector-49 police post, has been given the charge of the Industrial Area
police station.
Unhygienic working condition
PGI docs submit memo
Chandigarh, April 28
The Association of Resident Doctors
(ARD) of the PGI, Chandigarh, feel that they were not only over burdened with work, lack of basic amenities in the institute were also taking a toll on their performance.
Are you obese and diabetic? Go for cosmetic surgery
Panchkula, April 28
Cosmetic surgery once considered for the fashion conscious people was now being used on obese patients to reduce the risk of diabetes and knee problems.
Dr Harpreet Bakshi, consultant cosmetic and plastic surgeon, Alchemist Hospital, said now “superwet” technique was being used to evacuate 8 to 10 liter of fat in once single sitting. He said recently they had conducted the procedure on a diabetic patient who was overweight and took 100 units of insulin before meals. He said after the liposuction, the patient lost 12-kg weight and as a result his insulin dose also went down to about 30 units.
Three missing boys found
Mohali, April 28
Three minor boys, who had gone missing from Karoran village two days ago, were traced by the police today.
Lakhwinder Singh, SHO, Nayagaon, said they were traced by the police near a mandir in Sector 38. They have been handed over to their parents.
‘Letter to God’ staged at Kala Bhawan
Chandigarh, April 28
RG Theatre group staged a Hindi play “Letter to God” at the Randhawa Auditorium here today.
Based on a popular funny story juxtaposing the orthodox nature and psyche of a poor farmer Raju Vaid sculpted the instant drama, which was directed by Rajesh Kumar, an alumnus of film and theatre department of Punjabi University.
Artistes stage a play ‘Letter to God’ at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
2 class X girls missing
Chandigarh, April 28
Two Class X girls of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, were reported missing after the school hours today.
The girls, residents of sectors 20 and 19, respectively, came to the school and according to the school authorities they were present during the school hours, but did not reach home.
Committee discusses means to regulate traffic
Chandigarh, April 28
Spreading awareness about lane driving and synchronisation of trafficlights were among some of the suggestions made during the 11th meeting of the Central Traffic Advisory Committee
(CTAC) meeting held at the UT police headquarters in Sector 9 here today. Members of the committee stressed the need for making CCTV cameras at trafficlights functional and installing cameras on remaining major intersections.
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What can we expect from a common man when the law enforcers (police) don’t care two hoots for traffic rules in Zirakpur. Tribune photographs
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Sec 17 traders up in arms against sealing
Chandigarh, April 28
The sealing of the basement of a commercial building in Sector 17 by the UT estate office yesterday has sparked off resentment among traders of the market.
The traders led by members of the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal gathered as a mark of protest at the piazza in Sector 17 today.
CBSE responsible for failure of evaluation reforms: Expert
Chandigarh, April 28
Professor HS Srivastava, the key founder of the Comprehensive Evaluation System, which has been adopted by the CBSE, has held arbitrary policies of the board responsible for the confusion and prevalent lapses in the recently introduced educational reforms.
Harassment Case
2-member committee constituted
Chandigarh, April 28
Reacting to the complaint of students of Sri Dhanwantri Ayurvedic College, Sector 46, who had alleged harassment at the hands of college authorities, Panjab University today constituted a two-member committee to look into the matter. Members of the committee visited the college today.
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