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Due to lower wages, NREGA finds few takers in Mohali
Mohali, April 11
Mohali’s phenomenal 32 per cent population growth, attributed to the economic boom in Chandigarh’s periphery, has not helped hundreds of job seekers registered under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (NREGA) in the district.
At 92, this doc serves mankind tirelessly
Chandigarh, April 11
He is the oldest practising doctor in the union territory and continues to work with a commitment and vigour that will put many a youth to shame.Nonagenarian
Dr (Brig) Manohar Lal Kataria, chairman-cum-managing director of the Chandigarh
Rural Health Care Mission, that has established rural health care centres in
Chandigarh and adjoining districts of Punjab and Haryana, can be role model for
social workers in the city.
Dr (Brig) Manohar Lal Kataria
MC’s ‘demolition man’ whose axe failed to cut
Chandigarh, April 11
MC Commissioner Roshan Sunkaria, a Punjab-cadre IAS officer, who will complete his tenure on April 15, will, like outgoing UT Adviser, be remembered for his three-year lacklustre innings.
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Tapping Feet |
Old students and teachers of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, dance to ‘bhangra’ beats during the second alumni meeting, in which at least 25 old teachers were honoured. A Tribune photograph
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Judge bribery case deferred to April 30
Chandigarh, April 11
The CBI Special Court of Ritu Tagore today deferred the hearing into the judge bribery case to April 30 when it will be decided whether or not notices will be issued to Justice Nirmal Yadav (retd), who is accused in the case.
One man’s mission to curb female foeticide
Panchkula, April 11
In his fight against female foeticide, ‘mahant baba’ Ramdass Udasin has been almost single-handedly been launching various campaigns to inculcate awareness on the pressing need to eradicate the social evil and persuade newly-wedded couples against it.
‘More steps needed to make city disabled-friendly’
Chandigarh, April 11
The Chandigarh administration needs to take more steps to make the city disabled friendly so that people on wheelchairs can easily access all places, including markets, parks, banks, post offices, cinema halls and restaurants.
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TEST DRIVE! |
Bizarre are the ways of the UT Administration when it comes to earmarking lanes for traffic on key roads of Chandigarh. Acting on the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the UT engineering department has embarked on a not-so-friendly way of directing motorists to their specified lanes by painting lengthy instructions on the road. With the city known for its fast-moving traffic, reading the directions may not only be a challenge for motorists but can also prove dangerous for some. Tribune lensman Manoj Mahajan captured one such a point on Madhya
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2,500 take part in SBI officers’ meet
Chandigarh, April 11
The ninth triennial general council of the SBI Officers’ Association, Chandigarh circle, was held here yesterday.
Animal house for research
Now, lab to prevent infection at PGI
Chandigarh, April 11
After setting up an Advanced Facility for Small Animal Research, the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research will now have a bio-safety laboratory having facilities for prevention of airborne infection to animals in the facility.
Danger looms large on residents of Bharat Enclave
Zirakpur, April 11
Hanging electric wires from the poles are posing a great threat to the lives of residents of Bharat Enclave located on the Zirakpur-Kalka highway in
Baltana.
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Bloom amid the gloom |
Chrysanthemums blossom against the backdrop of a dark sky in Chandigarh
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Over 1.25 pay obeisance
Panchkula, April 11
More than 1.25 lakh devotees paid obeisance at the Mansa Devi shrine on the eighth day of the ‘Chaitra Navratra’ festival here today.
Hike in land fee opposed
Zirakpur, April 11
Members of the Zirakpur Residents Welfare Association took out a candle march on Sunday. They were protesting against the multiple hike in building map and land fee in Zirakpur.
Classical musician weaves magic
Chandigarh, April 11
Salil Bhatt created a magic of momentum and melody on his Satvik Veena only to enrapture the receptive audience at the Randhawa auditorium here today. The internationally acclaimed maestro, Salil
Bhatt, bared the melodic character in the systematic and authentic exposition of raga “ Vishwa Kauns ”.He left the audience spellbound with his dazzling display of permutation and combination of music notes. A ‘sawaal-jawaab’ session was also held.
Packed like sardines
249 students in two classrooms!
The primary school has just a solitary functional tap for students to quench their thirst. Not only this, people residing in the neighbourhood also use this tap for drinking water. The broken boundary wall of the school complex at many places has added to the woes of the school authorities, with children living in the area often using the swings in the playground.
Panchkula, April 11
How serious is the education department in providing quality education to students in this district which boasts of the state’s highest literacy rate can be gauged from the fact that there are as many as 249 students spanning across six classrooms huddled in two rooms-averaging 125 per room - at a primary school with just three teachers at Fatehpur village in Sector 20 here.
(From left) Rear view of the primary school; students trying to quench their thirst from the solitary functional tap; cow dung stacked outside the broken boundary wall of the school at Fatehpur village in Sector 20, Panchkula. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal |
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Noble gesture |
Students of Government Model School, Sector 8, all smiles after receiving keys of a school bus given by the State Bank of India, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik
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Good news for Class X students
Free career counselling by SIE resumes
Chandigarh, April 11
In what comes across as a relief to thousands of Class X students of this region, State Institute of Education
(SIE), Sector 32, has resumed its free career counselling service after a gap of almost seven years.
Professor submits attendance records of students
Chandigarh, April 11
Questioning the academic standing of 17 students, who have accused him of deliberately failing them twice, history department professor Surinder Singh has submitted various documents to the acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof Bhupinder Singh
Brar, who is also the Dean University Instructions (DUI), highlighting the poor performance and attendance of these students.
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The UT police stood mute spectators, for a while, to an incident of brawl and road rage, that was an outcome of an eve-teasing incident, at Sector 45 here
today.
Kharar, April 11
Riding high on a valuable knock of 82 runs by Rajeshwar Brar, hosts Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, defeated Woodstock School, Mussoorie, by 209 runs in the 10th edition of T20 Cricket Tournament being played on the YPS ground.
