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Govt employees rue anomalies in travel allowance
Chandigarh, June 24
While the Government has revised the rules and rates for claiming the Travel Allowance for transportation of personal effects by Central employees, certain anomalies continue to remain.
Soccer fever runs high as UT enter final
Chandigarh, June 24
Soccer fans in city have enough reasons to cheer as Chandigarh junior team has raced into the final of the 47th Junior (U-19) National Football Tournament for Dr BC Roy Trophy, being conducted at Kolkata today.
Admn shocker for pvt nursing students
GMCH ‘not allowed’ to impart training
Chandigarh, June 24
In a significant move, the UT administration has disallowed the Government Medical College and Hospital
(GMCH), Sector 32, from conducting training classes for students of private nursing colleges, a practice which was going on for past several years.
Tuesday’s Assault
Victim’s brother alleges kidnapping, pressure
Chandigarh, June 24
Commotion prevailed in front of the districts courts at Sector 17 here today when
Raju, a brother of one the victims of the murderous assault at Sector 45 on Tuesday, alleged that a group of youngsters supporting the accused had forced him to give a statement in their favour in court.
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Overloaded trucks carrying garbage, like
this, often spill the waste on roads in Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
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Teacher Recruitment
Final list of candidates released
Chandigarh, June 24
The UT education department has released the list of successful candidates in the teacher-recruitment process, which had been in news for all wrong reasons for the past six months.
Consumer Court
Forum corrects its mistake, enhances claim
Chandigarh, June 24
Accepting its mistake of granting less insurance claim to a complainant, the district consumer disputes redressal forum has directed Oriental Insurance Company Limited to enhance it from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.
Tourism dept functions from rented office
Has its own building at Sector 2, Panchkula
Panchkula, June 24
Despite having its own building in Sector 2 here, the Haryana Tourism Department is functioning from a rented accommodation in Sector 17,
Chandigarh.
Row sparks traffic chaos on Ambala highway
Zirakpur, June 24
Traffic came to a standstill today afternoon for over half an hour today near the diversion to Kalka in Zirakpur on the busy Chandigarh-Ambala highway after an altercation between a Haryana Roadways bus driver and two traffic cops. The incident took place at about 2 pm when a traffic policeman on duty objected to the driver parking the bus on one side of the road.
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| A traffic policeman argues with a Haryana Roadways bus driver during a clash between them on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway at Zirakpur on Thursday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal |
Dense smoke clouds Phase III as garbage set on fire
Mohali, June 24
Garbage dumped near the traffic lights, close to Phase III-A, was set on fire in violation of the norms resulting in a lot of pollution in the area.
Burial Ground
GMADA to acquire land in Balongi
Mohali, June 24
The issue of providing a burial ground in Mohali has at last been solved. The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority
(GMADA) has agreed to acquire six acres in Balongi village and hand it over to the local civic body.
Sikh history comes alive on stage
Chandigarh, June 24
A three-day festival of Sikh historical plays organised by the Panj Pani Rangmanch commenced at the Randhawa Auditorium with the staging of a play “Chandni Chowk Ton Sirhind Takk”.
Artistes perform at the play ‘Chandni Chowk Ton Sirhind Tak’ at the Randhawa Auditorium in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pardeep Tewari |
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1,500 open account in good wishes bank
Chandigarh, June 24
In order to carry out a new spiritual experiment, a unique bank named “Billion Minutes Good Wishes Bank” was launched here today to mark the Ascension Day of Mateshwari Jagadamba at the Rajyoga Bhawan in Sector 33.
Tribune employee bereaved
Chandigarh, June 24
Seventy four-year-old Bimla Devi, mother of Ashok Kapila, sectional head, The Tribune, died here today after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband Kesho Ram, former press supervisor with The Tribune, three sons and a daughter.
Proficiency step-up demanded
Mohali, June 24
The Association of Diploma Engineers, irrigation department, Punjab, has demanded that a proficiency step-up be granted to employees after varying periods of service, failing which an agitation will be started.
Need to integrate skills, education
Chandigarh, June 24
CII deputy chairman Vijay Thadani, Northern Region, yesterday called for skills’ movement in India, while speaking at the CII Centre, Chandigarh. “Skills and education need to be integrated and this is going to be one of the primary focuses of the CII,” said Vijay Thadani.
Students develop hi-tech car
Panchkula, June 24
In order to have zero steer capability separating the direction of the motion of the left wheels with respect to the right wheels in a four-wheeler, students of Swami Devi Dayal Group of Professional Institutes have developed a new car “Cyclone”.
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