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Estate office cramped for space
Chandigarh, August 7
Sample this: For a space earmarked for 61 advocates, 33 typists, one petitioner and 11 stamp vendors, nearly 250 persons are running their work from this space with a daily footfall of almost the same number.
Water dispute turns ugly
Woman hangs herself to death; landlady, daughter held for
Chandigarh, August 7
A landlord-tenant dispute took an ugly turn when a woman hanged herself to death at her residence in Daria village last night.
Violence mars student politics
DAV-10 student receives head injuries
Chandigarh, August 7
Student politics took a violent turn again at the DAV College, Sector 10, here today as supporters of the Students Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) and the Panjab University Students Union (PUSU) clashed with each other.
Blood reunites, at last
Stepbrothers across the border meet
Chandigarh, August 7
A couple got separated during Partition in 1947. The wife landed in India with her two sons. The husband, who stayed on in Pakistan, remarried and had a son. Decades later, the three children met each other for the first time here today.
Showers wash away MC’s claims
Chandigarh, August 7
It took just 2.7 mm of rain to disrupt normal life of the city here today.
Like earlier showers, today also, drainage system of the city collapsed catching the commuters unaware. Several people were seen stranded with their vehicles.
Vehicles caught on the flooded road separating Sectors 17 and 18 after rain in Chandigarh on Saturday.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
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CAUGHT IN THE MUDDLE |
The front wheels of a police van get stuck in mud on the road separating Sectors 9 and 17 in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
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...Bring relief
Chandigarh, August 7
It finally rained. A three-day wait finally yielded results today. The day started with a bright sun and an increase in temperature and humidity. Just around 4 pm, light to moderate showers drenched the city, which triggered relief from the oppressive humidity.
Mobike up in flames
Chandigarh, August 7
A motorcyclist has a miraculous escape when his vehicle went up in flames in Sector 36 here this afternoon.
Eyewitnesses said the motorcycle went up in flames within minutes after the fire started form the engine. The motorcycle was completely gutted before the firemen could extinguish the fire.
Madhavi spins magical web
Chandigarh, August 7
Blending the classical conservations and dynamic spirit of innovations in a well knit choreography, and enchanting Odissi dance recital, acclaimed Odissi Guru Padmashri Madhavi Mudgal and her disciples danced straight to the heart of audience at the Tagore Theatre here today.
Odissi dancer Madhavi Mudgal performs at the Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh
on Saturday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
MC panel on UT villages sans agenda
Chandigarh, August 7
It seems that problems of thousands of inhabitants of the city’s colonies and villages are not on the priority list of elected representatives of the municipal corporation (MC), if one goes by proceedings of the first slum colony and village development committee, held here yesterday.
Pak lawyers touched by India’s warmth
Chandigarh, August 7
For many Pakistan lawyers on their first visit here, India has turned out to be beyond their dreams and perception. Not only are they impressed with the world’s largest democracy, they are also overwhelmed by the warmth and generosity that Indians possess.
Members of the Pakistan team, who are in Chandigarh for a T-20 cricket match.
Tribune photo: Vinay Malik
Senior citizens’ march on Aug 16
Chandigarh, August 7
The Chandigarh Senior Citizens Association has decided to hold a silent march against the Union Government for not executing policies framed for their welfare.
Rare surgery on 3-yr-old child at GMCH
Chandigarh, August 7
Doctors of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) conducted a “rarest of rare” operation on a three-year-old child here yesterday. The patient, Jaskirat of
Gurdaspur, was admitted to the hospital after he fell off a tractor and suffered fracture dislocation at D-12 and D-11 in the spine with neurological deficit.
Resentment against Public Interest Disclosure Bill
Chandigarh, August 7
The RTI Activists Federation, Punjab, has protested against the Public Interest Disclosure (Protection of Informers) Bill, 2010. Terming it as a “lame duck Bill”, president of the federation HC Arora said they had also objected to the change in the nomenclature of the Bill.
Studies hit as campaigning keeps teachers engaged
Chandigarh, August 7
With just three days left for PUTA election, it seems that teachers of the university do not wish to waste a single minute as far as canvassing is concerned.
PU’s English dept
Only 3 pass MPhil entrance exam
Chandigarh, August 7
Figure this: only three students, out of 113 students, who appeared in the MPhil entrance exam of the PU’s department of English and cultural studies this year, passed. The total number of seats in the MPhil course is 20.
PU Notes
Additional seats allotted
CHANDIGARH: Prof Naval Kishore, Dean Student Welfare, Panjab University, announced that 89 additional seats have been allotted to SC, ST and BC candidates in PU hostels in order to provide the much-needed relief to the students belonging to the deprived sections of
society
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Destitute for 8 yrs, with filth, flies for company
Ambala, August 7
