CITCO staff await new uniform
Chandigarh, July 18
Guests at the Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO)-run hotels these days are welcomed by a rather depressing sight. While CITCO has been busy calculating its profits, staff members of the corporation are in dire straits. Worn-out uniforms of waiters tell bare-all stories.
Right from kitchen staff to front office, it has been around two years
that the staff members have not got their uniform
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Even a paid parking lot can be unsafe
Tata Safari with central locking stolen from Sector 22
Chandigarh, July 18
If you think your vehicle - that too equipped with a central locking system, which you have left behind in any of the city’s authorised parking lots is secure, you are dead wrong. The theft of a new Tata Safari SUV last night from a paid parking lot in front of a Sector 22 hotel has again exposed the lack of safety of parked vehicles.
| Simian menace grips city |
Monkey menace is on the rise, with reports coming in from various parts of Chandigarh.
Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal |
Commencement of international flights a distant dream
Chandigarh, July 18
The much talked about Chandigarh International Airport may still take some time before it is completed as the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has not given the mandatory permission to the Airports Authority of India (AAI). No construction work has been started as yet.
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COLOURS OF DEVOTION |
A gurdwara at Sector 44, Chandigarh, in all its glory. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
Residents seek dispensaries, e-sampark centres in each sector
Chandigarh, July 18
A meeting of the Executive Committee of Chandigarh Residents Welfare Federation was held under the presidentship of MR Lakhanpal. The meeting was attended by 35 representatives of various residents’ welfare associations.
Panchkula residents fear outbreak of epidemic
Panchkula, July 18
Residents of Sector 23 here fear the outbreak of an epidemic as some private companies and sweetmeat shops are dumping garbage near residential buildings in the area despite a notice board installed by the municipal corporation (MC).
Govt releases Rs 25.6 cr for new district complex
Mohali, July 18
The Punjab government has released a sum of Rs 25.63 crore for acquiring land for the proposed Mohali district administrative-cum-judicial complex (DAJC) and for constructing the Kharar subdivisional magistrate’s office.
Seminar on direct tax code held
Chandigarh, July 18
While the Central government is preparing to implement the new Direct Tax Code replacing the 50-year-old Income Tax Act, it is expected that the outcomes would result in putting a cap on the number of SEZs being set up in different parts of the country.
Renowned author on direct taxes Dr Girish Ahuja (right) and ICWAI president GN Venkatraman at a seminar in Chandigarh on Sunday.
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Couple seeks security from parents
Zirakpur, July 18
A couple of Chhat village here was forced to stay away from their own village as the girl’s family did not agree to the marriage and allegedly threatened to kill them.
Sakinder Singh (27) and Navjeet Kaur (24), both residents of Chhat village, got married on January 1.
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PLEAS FALLING ON DEAF EARS |
Residents of Dadu Majra protest against the non-availability of drinking water in Chandigarh
on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
Open House Response
No democracy survives without public opinion
I fully support the suggestion that ‘PU's hurried decision on Senate needs a re-look’ published in the Open House columns of Chandigarh Tribune, recently, by Sanjeev Singh Bariana. We owe it to history as well as to our future generations who will be beneficiaries or victims of our decisions to explain the logic behind the decisions we take.
Reporters' Diary
Stray cattle menace continues
The menace of stray cattle on the periphery of the city, especially on the
Chandigarh-Ambala national highway, is contributing to road accidents.
As many as three such mishaps were reported only this week, when drivers lost control over their vehicles, causing injuries to both passengers as well as
cattle straying on the highway.
Student bodies’ new poll mantra
Lure voters by offering free accommodation
handigarh, July 18
Offering free accommodations to meritorious and poor students is the latest gimmick adopted by Panjab University student organisations to lure students two months before the student council elections.
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Students come out after appearing in the B.Ed entrance examination on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
KU committee inspects infrastructure at college
Panchkula, July 18
There seems to be a ray of hope for rural students in the district, as a two-member team from the department of law, Kurukshetra University (KU), yesterday visited Government College, Sector 1, Panchkula, to inspect the infrastructure at the college.
Applications of 3D imaging discussed
Chandigarh, July 18
A two-day symposium on “Image processing, analysis and clinical applications” concluded yesterday at University Institute of Engineering and Technology
(UIET), Panjab University.
Prodigies show music skills
Chandigarh, July 18
Young prodigies from tricity schools attempted to bring alive the serenity of Hindustani classical music, romance of ghazal and earthen flavour of folklore in a musical contest held under the aegis of the Mount Carmel School, Sector 47.
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