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UT gets cold feet on new projects
Chandigarh, May 31
In what could be termed as a classic case of once bitten twice shy, the UT administration has decided to refer all development matters pertaining to new projects in the left out area of the city, especially in its periphery, and even major changes required to be made in the existing ones, to the its nine-member master plan committee.
No verdict on Ruchika expulsion yet: CBSE
Chandigarh, May 31
Even after two months of issuing a show-cause notice to Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, in the case of alleged arbitrary expulsion of Ruchika Girhotra, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is yet to decide on it.
Heist at PC Jewellers
Witness identifies accused
Panchkula, May 31
Poonam Sharma, an employee of PC jewellers, standing by her earlier statement given to the police, identified Amit
Yadav, Sunder, alias Kala, Pawan Saini and Sunil, alias Leela, during a cross-examination by the accused’s counsel before additional district and sessions judge Ritu
Garg.
Switching over to automatic system causes delay
Chandigarh, May 31
Lack of proper homework by the Chandigarh Police before signing its much-publicised project of installing CCTV cameras at 20 major intersections in the city, has resulted in avoidable delay.
MC Art and Culture Panel
Committee members threaten to resign
Chandigarh, May 31
All members of the Art and Culture Committee of the Municipal Corporation threatened to resign from the committee if MC Mayor Anu Chatrath did not stop interfering in the functioning of the committee.
Ailing jail inmate dies in hospital
Chandigarh, May 31
An ailing inmate at the Model Jail in Burail died at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, today . Sources said the deceased was identified as 48-year-old Anil Rishi. He was not keeping well of late. He was suffering from high-blood pressure and other complications. He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday where he died today.
Advisory panel to meet on June 9, finally
Will set ball rolling for public
participation
Chandigarh, May 31
With the meeting of the rejigged Administrator’s Advisory Council (AAC) to be held after over four years on June 9, both AAC members and residents feel that the reconstituted advisory panel will set the ball rolling for public participation in the decision-making process. The last meeting of the AAC was held on May 6, 2006, and last council’s two -year tenure ended on February 9, 2009, without holding even a single meeting.
MC power panel approves agenda items worth Rs 28 lakh
Chandigarh, May 31
The Electricity Committee of the Municipal Corporation has approved agenda items worth Rs 28 lakh today at a meeting held under the chairpersonship of Anju Beniwala.
Move to Reappoint Retired Professor
GMCH adopting multiple yardsticks for its depts
Chandigarh, May 31
In what may seem to be an irony, the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, authorities are seeking to reappoint a retired professor in the anatomy department, where another professor already exists, even as two of its other departments, paediatric and physiology, are working without professors for over a year.
Training centre for paramedics soon
Chandigarh, May 31
Union Minister of Health Ghulam Nabi Azad has agreed to consider the setting up of a centre of excellence for education and training of world class paramedics in Chandigarh. As many as five such high-quality centres of excellence are being established in the country.
Don’t delay knee surgery, says doc
Chandigarh, May 31
Delaying the knee-replacement surgery could be dangerous, as the patients suffering from the disease are required to take painkillers, which can damage kidneys over the years.
A view of the parched Leisure Valley, Sector 10,
Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
Student council’s term ends
Chandigarh, May 31
With certain promises fulfilled and others unfulfilled, protests against authorities and allegations against rival parties, the term of Panjab University Campus Student Council (PUCSC) has finally come to an end today.
Mockery of students’ politics at PU
Chandigarh, May 31
If the police records of the past few years are any indication, all presidential candidates of the Panjab University Campus Student Council (PUCSC) have either indulged in serious acts of violence or have been dragged into the police cases due to the long-standing PUSU-SOPU rivalry.
Smoking can damage looks
Panchkula, May 31
Smoking can play havoc with your looks and people should avoid smoking as it damages the appearance of skin. Skin damaged by smoke has a greyish, wasted appearance.
Admn proposes to improve road infrastructure
Chandigarh, May 31
The Chandigarh administration, in its endeavour to provide better infrastructure to residents, has proposed to the Government of India to improve road infrastructure in various parts of the city.
Children try their hand at a bhangra workshop at Bal Bhawan, Sector 23,
Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
4 sectors’ residents send SOS to MC
Mohali, May 31
Unhappy with the functioning of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), residents living in Sectors 66 to 69 want the municipal council to take over the charge of the area.
Assault Case
Two head constables suspended
Zirakpur, May 31
The Mohali police today suspended two head constables, who were found harassing people and exhorting money unnecessary from drivers of outstation vehicles.
Impure Water Samples sent to lab
Zirakpur, May 31
Residents of Badal Colony today complained that water provided by the water supply department, Zirakpur, was impure and had foul smell. Medical specialists, however, had collected three water samples from the affected houses in the colony. Residents are living in a fear, as a few days ago typhoid had broke out at Lohgarh village due to contaminated water. Residents said they had complained to authorities concerned about the impure water.
Saupin’s bag 13 prizes at science exhibition
Panchkula, May 31
The students of Saupin’s School have won 13 prizes in the inter-school science exhibition held at Chaman Vatika School,
Ambala, on May 29.
PSEB Class XII Results
Guard’s son tops district, awaits scholarship
Mohali, May 31
It’s a story of grit and determination against odds that saw Dharminder Singh on top in the Mohali district in the vocational stream (mechanical) of the class XII results declared today by the Punjab School Education Board.
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Chandigarh, May 31
Chandigarh, May 31
