Ram Niwas gets charge of key depts
Chandigarh, November 30
Punjab governor & UT administrator Shivraj V Patil today reposed faith in the old guard while allocating various departments held by finance secretary Sanjay Kumar by entrusting most of them to home secretary Ram Niwas in a reshuffle. Kumar proceeded on long leave after he was hit with allegations of tampering with official records in a bid to secure membership of the Chandigarh Golf Range.
Finally, city airport to have ILS this month
Chandigarh, November 30
After several postponements and delays of many months, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is finally going to stick to its December deadline for the installation of the instrument landing system (ILS) at the city’s airport.
Nature’s bounty: A farmer stands amidst his swaying mustard crop at Dharamgarh village in Mohali on Tuesday.
Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
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1 killed, 2 hurt in mishaps
Chandigarh, November 30
A 19-year-old youth was killed while his 22-year-old cousin was seriously injured in a road accident early Tuesday morning when a car rammed into their motorcycle they were riding near the traffic lights on the road separating Sectors 20 and 30 here. In another incident a scooterist was hurt after being knocked down by a car.
Estate Office official held for graft
Chandigarh, November 30
The anti-corruption branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today caught red-handed Mahal
Chand, superintendent, UT Estate Office, while allegedly accepting a bribe of
Rs 1 lakh at his office.
The accused (centre) in CBI custody on Tuesday.
Tribune photo: Vinay Malik
UT official shifted on corruption charges
Chandigarh, November 30
The UT administration today transferred the Employment Officer-cum-Registering and Licensing Officer (additional charge), Anil Sharma, following a complaint to the department of Social Welfare.
MC to auction apni mandi sites
Chandigarh, November 30
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has decided to auction all apni mandis to private contractors to earn more revenue.
As per the fresh draft tabled before the apni mandi committee today, the authorities have proposed that the contractors will have to deposit Rs 1 lakh as security with the MC after the allotment of mandis to them.
File photo of an apni mandi.
Allottees gherao GMADA office
Demand possession of remaining plots
Mohali, November 30
Allottees of Sectors 76 to 80 gheraoed the office of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority
(GMADA), here, today and demanded possession of their remaining plots and development of
these sectors. The protesters blocked the gate of the GMADA office for about an hour and nobody was allowed to enter or move out of
the building.
Hearing on EWS quota case deferred
Panchkula, November 30
Hearing on the quota for the economically weaker sections (EWS) in private schools has been deferred by the local court today when the Panchkula district administration and six respondent private schools sought time to file their reply.
Draft Electoral Rolls
Names deleted in arbitrary manner, says Janata Party
Chandigarh, November 30
Deletion of thousands of names in the draft electoral rolls for 2011 has come in for sharp criticism from the local unit of the Janata Party.
In a representation to the Adviser to the UT Administrator, president of the Janata Party Ajay Jagga alleged that thousands of entries existing in the Electoral rolls for 2010 have been deleted in an arbitrary manner.
Hike in vehicle-registration fee mooted
Chandigarh, November 30
Following the proposed hike in the road tax for four-wheeler, the UT administration is all set to hike the vehicle-registration fee.
The proposed hike is on the pattern of neighbouring states, including Punjab, Delhi and Haryana. A proposal in this regard was sent to the UT administration around three months ago by the Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA).
Illegal structures razed in Sector 45
Chandigarh, November 30
Officials of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) today conducted a demolition drive at Sector 45-A.
Led by MM Sabharwal, secretary, CHB, the team along with the police demolished 34 out of 37 illegal structures, including illegal garages, sheds ad others structures on government land. The CHB had served notices to these violators a month back asking them to remove the structures voluntarily.
Workers remove debris from the demolition site in Sector 45, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik
Noise Pollution
Crackdown begins on violators
Chandigarh, November 30
As part of its special ongoing drive against noise pollution in the city, the Chandigarh Police had directed all station house officers and in charges of police posts across the city to catch violators in their areas.
Evaluation of Research Papers
PU fails to devise
mechanism
Chandigarh, November 30
Contrary to its usual claims of striving to strengthen research activities in the campus, Panjab University has till date failed to devise any mechanism to evaluate research papers and detect plagiarism.
FROM SCHOOLS & COLLEGES
Poster-making contest
CHANDIGARH:
The Sohanjana Eco Club of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 46, and Orchid Eco Club of Gurukul Global School, Mani Majra, in collaboration with the UT department of environment and forests organised a poster-making competition on “Nature conservation and safety of migration birds” at Sukhna wetland. Chief guest Santosh Kumar, conservator of forests, chief wildlife warden-cum-director environment, stressed that we should provide protection and shelter to migratory birds.
Students of The Gurukul engaged in sculpting during a 10-day workshop; and (right) schoolkids participate in a painting competition on environment at Sukhna Lake
in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photographs
PU Notes
CHANDIGARH:
Professor VK Jindal of the physics department, Panjab University, and a former coordinator, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Centre, has been appointed as the governing council member of three universities of Mumbai, Kolkata and Madras. The emeritus scientist has been offered this distinction following fulfillment of stringent criteria laid down by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for the appointment.
YOGA COLLEGE
Students continue chain fast
Chandigarh, November 30
While instructors at GCYEH (Yoga College), Sector 23, reportedly withdrew their strike today, students continued their hunger strike demanding an action against principal KL Sodhi for his alleged objectionable behaviour with girl students.
Stress to take social research at micro level
Chandigarh, November 30
The department of political science on behalf of Academic Staff College, Panjab University, started a refresher course on “Social sciences in India: Emerging trends” for assistant professors on the campus here today.
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Unable to achieve any breakthrough in the sensational Neha Ahlawat murder case during the past four months, the UT Police today announced a reward of
Rs 1 lakh to anyone providing a clue to crack the case. The announcement of the reward is a clear indication that the police has so far exhausted its means to crack the case and has come out openly admitting that it could not crack the case.
Thieves strike at six shops in grain market,
attempt to burgle bank in Dhanas
Niranjana declared best sports girl
