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MC staff thrash vendor
 Chandigarh, August 5
A vendor, Rampal, selling eatables on his bicycle today fell prey to the wrath of enforcement staff members of the municipal corporation (MC) who thrashed him in full public view at around 1 pm outside the UT police headquarters in Sector 9 here.
Rampal
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Water On The Way |
The municipal corporation commenced work on connecting a water pipeline to the Air Force station society at Sector 31-B in Chandigarh on Thursday. The action followed a report in these columns on August 2 on non-supply of water to the area, due to which 84 of the 98 dwelling units are unoccupied.Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
HS no longer to be CVO
HCS officers land plum postings
Chandigarh, August 5
Reposing faith in the new officers from Haryana, the UT Administration today entrusted prized postings to four HCS officers in a bid to project the “new-look” administration.
Bulbul Case
Was newborn alive?
Chandigarh, August 5
The Government Multi Speciality Hospital-16 authorities will face more anxious moments as the histopathology report of the newborn, who allegedly died due to the negligence of the staff, is expected on August 7.
PU ragging case hits dead-end
Chandigarh, August 5
Investigations into the alleged ragging of a PU student have hit a roadblock with the victim turning “hostile”.
Rakhi Round The Corner
Busy days ahead for good old postman
Chandigarh, August 5
Thanks to the Internet and e-mail, the traditional way of delivery of letters by the postal department has earned the name ‘snail mail’.
When it comes to expressing emotions and love through a few strings of thread (‘rakhi’) on
Rakshabandhan, women still tend to rely on the good old postman rather than virtual ‘rakhis’ on the web.
Surprise checks on PCR personnel
Only two cops pass test
Chandigarh, August 5
Following reports of the lackadaisical attitude of police control room
(PCR) personnel in attending to distressing calls made by general public, senior officials of the Chandigarh Police have constituted a special team to conduct surprise checks.
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WATERY GRAVE |
Officials of the forest
department fish out a dead sambar from the Sukhna Lake on
Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
Security heightened at airport
Chandigarh, August 5
A red alert has been sounded at the Chandigarh airport in order to check any untoward incident following the Independence Day celebrations.
Tribune Impact
Result late students have reason to cheer
PSEB to give proportionate marks
Mohali, August 5
Three days after The Tribune highlighted the plight of hundreds of students whose result was being shown as result late
(RL) by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) as their awards in some subjects were untraceable, the board authorities today passed orders to give marks proportionate to their performance in the remaining subjects.
Minister orders repair of roads
Panchkula, August 5
Illegal possession on the land of HUDA and the municipal corporation was the main issue raised in the Public Relations and Grievances Committee meeting held here at mini secretariat.
Urinary Inconsistence
PGI starts behavioural therapy for patients
Chandigarh, August 5
The PGI has started the facility of behavioural therapy for patients with urinary inconsistence (UI) at its gynaecology outdoor patient department following a research conducted in the city on the plight of women suffering from this disease.
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THE HEAT IS ON |
PUSU and SOPU activists exchange heated words near the law department at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan |
Sec 25 sole place for protests: admn
Chandigarh, August 5
In view of the farmers’ agitation from August 10, spearheaded by the Bharti Kisan Union, the Chandigarh administration today clarified that the Rally Ground, Sector 25, was the spot authorised for rallies and
dharnas.
PUTA group for teacher-friendly PU
Chandigarh, August 5
The Akshay Khalid group today released its manifesto for the forthcoming PUTA election, wherein the key agenda seems to be ensuring a teacher-friendly implementation of new UGC regulations.
33 villages get computerised
Getting copies of land records easier
Mohali, August 5
Landowners in villages of Mohali district will no longer have to run after patwaris to get copies of their land records as the land records of 33 villages of Mohali tehsil have been computerised and is available at ‘fard kendra’ set up at the district administrative complex here. This record includes ‘jamabandies’, mutation registers and patwaries ‘roznamchas’.
Slapgate: UT schools to be fenced
 Chandigarh, August 5
Having finally woken up to the need of beefing up security in UT schools, Home Secretary Ram Niwas has asked the UT education department to install fences around all schools.
Learning a lesson from the third slapping incident in a row, where a teacher of a government school in Karsan was slapped by an outsider after the school hours, the administration claims to be already working on a security module for UT schools.
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Chandigarh, August 5
