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People throng markets ahead of Christmas in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
Long-drawn battle finally over
Chandigarh, December 18
After a long-drawn battle in a court to get her arrears from the UT Education Department, 72-year-old Pushpa Chandna finally received an interest amount of ` 15,000 today at the lok adalat. While she served as a government teacher for 40 years, her entire retirement period so far has been spent fight for her dues.
At 5.1°C, city hits new low
Chandigarh, December 18
Temperatures in the city touched a new low, with the minimum recorded at 5.1°C, compared to 5.7°C recorded earlier this month. The maximum fell by 2 degrees to 20°C, compared to 22°C recorded yesterday.
Tackling dropout rate biggest challenge: Sibal
 Chandigarh, December 18
“The new education system shall change the very aim of education in the country. We don’t look forward to create a crowd of literates, but get a brigade of
super-specialised human resource,” HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said here today.
Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal in Chandigarh on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Students bring them their real award
Chandigarh, December 18
“No matter what we do, we can never repay the deeds of a teacher. What ever little a nation does for them is just a gesture of gratitude.” These words of India’s first President Dr Rajendra Prasad best described the effort of the Jan Seva Trust.
MC, GMADA to remove encroachments
Mohali, December 18
Joint action by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) and the municipal council has been proposed to remove encroachments that have come up on the backside of showrooms and booths in various markets of the town.
IB team grills Manjit
Panchkula, December 18
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) team from New Delhi grilled Manjit Singh Rattu, who lives under different names and is allegedly responsible for bomb blasts in Pakistan, here today. The allegation was made by family members of Sarabjit Singh, who is on death row in Pakistan in a case pertaining to bomb blasts in Lahore.
Dhakoli nullah remains polluted
Zirakpur, December 18
Tall claims of the Zirakpur Municipal Council notwithstanding, the seasonal nullah near Dasmesh Enclave at Dhakoli village continues to be polluted and choked with garbage and other waste material.
Pvt buses running under PRTC name challaned
Chandigarh, December 18
Officials of the State Transport Authority (STA) today challaned two private buses being run as PRTC buses.The STA challaned the private buses at the Sector 43 ISBT after it found that the buses were running on the kilometre scheme and were not allowed entry to the
ISBT.
CTU employees with a private bus running under the name of PRTC at the
ISBT,Sector 43, in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Posing as security guard, trickster flees with car
Chandigarh, December 18
A street-smart shark took away the Punto car belonging to an engineer near the entry gate of Hind Motors in Industrial Area today.The suspect, who posed himself as a security guard, requested for the keys of the car to park the vehicle and fled with the car.
CHB Functioning
Just don’t react, act: Jain to Bansal
Chandigarh, December 17
Former MP and national in charge of the legal and legislative cell of the BJP Satya Pal Jain has asked Minister for Union Urban Development and Union Parliamentary Affairs to “act” and not just “react” on the working and the shortcomings in the working of the Chandigarh Housing Board and the UT administration.
Housing scheme
UT employees to submit memo to Patil
Chandigarh, December 18
Employees of the UT administration, who could not apply for the allotment of houses under the UT Employees Special Housing Scheme, 2008, floated by the CHB, have demanded that they be given an equal opportunity to have a house under the said scheme.
Camp for measles tomorrow
Zirakpur, December 18
A special vaccination camp for measles will be organised by district health authorities at Pabhat village on December 20. Dera Bassi SMO Meena Kumari said, on the directions of the state government, the camp would be organised at a dispensary in Pabhat village for children.
Conference at Vivek High School
Intellectual deliberations dominate Day 2
Chandigarh, December 18
The second day of Vivek High School Model United Nations saw intellectual deliberations.The Security Council debated on “Conflict in the Middle East”. They encountered a crisis when the USA sent a submarine to defend Israel and China and sent a vessel to help Iran. This could result in an all-out war and delegates were asked to find a solution.
Paper presentation sums up conference
Chandigarh, December 18
The XIII international conference on “The Virtual Transformation of the Public Sphere” organised by the Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda, in collaboration with the department of English and cultural studies, Panjab University, concluded today.
Science Exhibition
DC Model claims top slot
Panchkula, December 18
DC Model School, Panchkula, has bagged the first prize for its presentation “Green Energy-Healing the Earth with Bamboo” during “Buoyancy 2010-An Inter-School Science Project and Galaxy Science Exhibition” organised at Holy Child School here today.
Alumni meet
Chandigarh, December 18
More than 400 alumni of Punjab Engineering College attended the alumni meet organised by the Punjab Engineering College Old Students’ Association
(PECOSA) in association with the PEC University of Technology here today.
Placement drive
Mohali
: Gurukul Vidyapeeth organised “Aspirations- 2011”,
a mega joint placement drive for management and engineering students of
the region, on its Mohali campus. Seventeen corporate houses and more
than 1,200 students from various management colleges of Punjab, Haryana,
J&K and HP took part in the drive.
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Chandigarh, December 18
