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Tanishq Heist
How much jewellery was actually robbed?
21.3 kg recovered; owner claims loss of 35 kg
Chandigarh, January 17
Differences over the quantity of jewellery recovered by the police in the Tanishq heist case and the exact quantity of jewellery listed in the inventory submitted by the owner of the showroom have come to light with the arrest of the gang members.
3 hurt in blast triggered by leaking LPG cylinder
Mohali, January 17
Three persons sustained burn injuries in a blast triggered by gas leaking from a domestic LPG cylinder at a low income group house in Phase XI here today evening. Such was the impact of the blast that a large part of the front wall of the house (no 1419/8) collapsed and the common walls of the adjoining
four houses also developed cracks.
Labourer dies after fall
Zirakpur, January 17
A 28-year-old labourer was killed after he fell down from a building under construction at Dyalpura village here yesterday. The victim was identified as Rajesh Chouhan from UP.
Silver City
Promoters barred from commercial use of community centre
Zirakpur, January 17
Dr SS Sandhu, secretary, housing and urban development, Punjab, has barred the promoters of Silver City Construction Limited from the commercial use of a community centre, Richmond Garden. In his order, he has specified that the community centre will be used by residents of the colony alone.
Cong repeats its promise to slum-dwellers
Chandigarh, January 17
Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal yesterday reiterated the Congress resolve to build 25,000 dwelling units for slum-dwellers.
Azad: Chandigarh to get paramedics centre soon
Chandigarh, January 17
Chandigarh has been shortlisted among the 10 cities in India where a centre of excellence in paramedics will be established shortly. This announced the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Gulam Nabi Azad today during the inaugural ceremony of a new academic block in Dr HSJ Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Panjab University (PU).
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Gulam Nabi Azad in Panjab University on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
US hip hop group gears up for big show in Chandigarh
New Delhi, January 17
Fluid dance moves that graduate from break dance to toe and heel maneuvers and back flips achieved their zenith in a rather crazy but original rendition of American hip hop dancing as the famous hip hop dance group “Havikoro” rehearsed at the American Centre here today.
American hip hop dance group “Havikoro” rehearses at the American Centre in New Delhi on Monday.
Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui
Four HC additional Judges elevated
New Delhi, January 17
Four additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court have been elevated as the permanent judges in the same
high court.
Focus on MC poll, BJP workers told
Chandigarh, January 17
Saroj Pandey, BJP national secretary and Chandigarh affairs in charge, yesterday asked party workers to concentrate on municipal corporation (MC) elections, scheduled to be held later this year.
25 pc quota for poor students
Mohali, January 17
All private schools in Mohali, irrespective of their affiliating boards, will have to reserve 25 per cent seats for students from the Economically Weaker Section (EWS).
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Remembering Khushpreet |
Schoolchildren offer prayers in the memory of Khushpreet at AKSIPS, Sector 45,
in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik |
Members of the Mahila Morcha take part in a signature campaign for Khushpreet at the Sector 17 Plaza in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
PU honours Canadian MP
Chandigarh, January 17
Panjab University today honoured its alumnus Sukh Dhaliwal, MP, Newton-Delta, Canada, at a function organised at the university’s Golden Jubilee Hall.
Welcoming Dhaliwal, Bhupinder Singh Bhoop, Dean, alumni relations, PU, highlighted his political and social accomplishments of Dhaliwal as an MP in Canada.
MBBS at PGI gets thumbs-down
Chandigarh, January 17
The move to introduce MBBS courses at the PGI here fizzled out today as the proposal failed to find support from academic committee members at a meeting here today. The issue was included in the agenda of the academic committee meeting held prior to the meetings of the institute body and the governing body.
Victim turns hostile in J&K sex scandal
Chandigarh, January 17
A 40-year-old victim, while deposing in court in the infamous Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal case, today testified that she was never raped.
She was then declared hostile. The woman was declared hostile as she retracted from all her allegations made earlier before the CBI.
City battles icy winds on a sunny Monday
Chandigarh, January 17
The sun shone bright in the city today, but icy winds blowing at 16 km per hour, along with a dip in mercury, made it a chilly day.
High-level team inspects 3 BRD
Chandigarh, January 17
Air Marshal J Neri, Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance at Air Headquarters, arrived on a two-day inspection visit at No. 3 Base Repair Depot (3
BRD) here today.
Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Engineering, Air Vice-Marshal S.C. Luthra (left) is introduced to senior officers on his arrival at 3 BRD in Chandigarh on Monday.
A Tribune photograph
Once is not enough for MC
Second special committee on GPS coming up
Chandigarh, January 17
It may sound strange, but the municipal corporation (MC) will constitute a special committee again to work out modalities for the usage of Global Positioning System (GPS) two years after the submission of a detailed report on similar issue by the committee constituted earlier.
GMSH staff call off stir
Chandigarh, January 17
Nursing staff and contractual workers called off their gate meetings at the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, after the authorities agreed to look into their grievances here today.
PEC Placements
Huge market for engineers
39 BTech students get multiple offers
Chandigarh, January 17
With companies offering more jobs to engineers this year in order to meet the rising demands in the market, 39 BTech final year students at PEC University of Technology have bagged multiple placement offers.
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Time to catch up |
Schools girls catch up their friends after winter vacation. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik |
PU NOTES
Seminar on public health
CHANDIGARH: The third annual national seminar conducted by the Centre for Public Health, Institute for Emerging Areas in Science and Technology, Panjab University (PU), was inaugurated today by Prof VM Katoch, director-general, Indian Council for Medical Research, New Delhi.
Students want 45 pc for clearing exams
Chandigarh, January 17
Representatives of the Students Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) accompanied by the students of University Institute of Hotel Management and Tourism (UIHMT) today staged a protest and submitted a memorandum to reduce the minimum passing percentage from 50 to 45 per cent.
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High drama prevailed in the city’s three missionary schools and later at the UT secretariat today when parents raised a hue and cry over the last-minute change in age eligibility criteria for admission to pre-nursery classes to these (minority) schools.
Panchkula, January 17
