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Truck driver’s body found
Chandigarh, May 16
The body of a 28-year-old truck driver was recovered under mysterious circumstances from a truck parked at Mandi Ground near the transit camp in Ram Darbar in Sector 31 this afternoon.
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HAMMER: Workers demolish part of a house in Sector 22, Chandigarh, during a demolition drive carried out by the Estate Office on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
PEC ‘cream’ faces peculiar situation
Attendance shortage blocks entry to IIMs
Chandigarh, May 16
Missing classes to crack the challenging common admission test (CAT) and appearing for admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Managements (IIMs) has cost the prestigious electronics branch students of the local PEC University of Technology dear.
Bid to block highway
Panchkula, May 16
High drama was witnessed at the Housing Board Chowk late in the evening here today when about two dozen persons belonging to a community tried to block the Chandigarh-Shimla highway in protest against the arrest of a member of their community.
86.43 pc literacy rate in Chandigarh
Chandigarh has a literacy rate of 86.43 pc. In 2001, it was 81.9 pc and the city has now slipped from the sixth position to the eighth at the national level. Other Union Territories besides Chandigarh in literacy rate, Lakshwadeep (92.28 pc), Daman and Diu (87.07 per cent) and Puducherry (86.55 pc).
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Providential escape for many |
pile-up: A speeding black Scorpio overturned after colliding into four vehicles that included two cars, a three-wheeler and a Haryana Roadways bus after it reportedly went out of control. The driver of Scorpio, who was allegedly drunk, fled from the spot . The incident occurred near the airport traffic lights in Chandigarh on Monday. Two persons were injured in the mishap. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal |
collision: A Honda City car overturned, injuring the couple inside, while a Scorpio SUV turned sideways following a collision between the two vehicles at a T-point in Sector 38 (West) in Chandigarh on Monday. The driver of the Scorpio, which is registered in Punjab, fled immediately after the accident. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
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Classical dancers mesmerise audience
Chandigarh, May 16
Well-known bharatanatyam exponent Suchitra Mitra led her 35 old and new disciples of Padam Institute for a captivating dancing spell at the Randhwa auditorium here today. The programme was inaugurated by Sameer Mathur, Home Secretary, Haryana, which commenced with a Ganesh Stuti, followed by Todayam, an invocatory dance performed by her senior disciples.
dangerous: A car moves on the wrong side on the Zirakpur-Panchkula highway near the railway line. A Tribune photograph |
Kitchen budget goes for a toss
With an increase in the prices of almost all essential commodities, including milk, pulses, vegetables and fruits, managing the kitchen budget has become a daunting task for housewives
Chandigarh, May 16
In the last one year, an average increase of 25 to 35 per cent in the kitchen budget of an average household has been witnessed, which includes services charges of maidservants. An interaction with a few homemakers revealed that there was a sense of helplessness and anguish among them on the issue of price hike, particularly when it has started affecting essential commodities like vegetables, sugar, pulses and now milk.
speak Out
Residents have flayed the government for enforcing a steep hike of ` 5 on petrol price. Venting their ire against the authorities, they said this would upset their monthly budget at the time when prices of essential commodities are already hitting the roof. Akash Ghai and lensman Manoj Mahajan met a cross section of people for their reaction.
City petrol dealers also feel the pinch
Chandigarh, May 16
The steep hike in petrol price has not only left the common man fuming but even local petrol dealers are feeling adversely affected.“We are losing business drastically. A dip of around 40 per cent was witnessed in sale of petrol after a day the hike,” said Amanpreet Singh, owner of a petrol pump in Sector 28.
MC to crack whip against private slaughterhouses
Chandigarh, May 16
Cracking a whip against private slaughterhouses in the city, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has decided to shutdown all of them in the coming week.This was decided at the Finance and Contracts Committee meeting held here today under the chairmanship of Mayor Ravinder Pal Singh.
Provide security to witness in kickback case
Chandigarh, May 16
Punjab Governor UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil today ordered the IGP to provide security to Municipal Corporation SDO AK Dadwal, prime witness in the infamous engineering department kickback case.
Draw for Wembley co-op housing flats stayed
Mohali, May 16
The additional registrar of the Punjab cooperatives department, Chandigarh, has granted interim stay on holding the draw of lots for 62 apartments in the Wembley Cooperative House Building Society, Sector 91.
Recreational park project likely to hit roadblock
Panchkula, May 16
The recreational park project of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is likely to hit a road block as hundreds of illegal houses have come up in Manav Colony in Sector 1, Mansa Devi Complex (MDC), near here.
Ex-minister’s fondness for health portfolio evident
Mohali, May 16
Even before senior BJP leader Laxmi Kanta Chawla took oath as the Punjab Social Security Minister, her fondness for “health portfolio” was too evident on Sunday. Though she was allocated the Social Security portfolio in the reshuffle on Sunday, she and her supporters organised a get together at the auditorium of the Punjab Health Systems Corporation in Phase VI here.
PSPCL found guilty of unfair trade practice
Mohali, May 16
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has been found guilty of unfair trade practice for harassing a power consumer of Manauli village here on account of theft of electricity after tampering with the
metre. The PSPCL’s findings of the theft of electricity by the consumer were found to be baseless. The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum comprising BS
Mehandiratta, president, Dr SS Dhaliwal and H Ghuman, both members, also held the corporation responsible for deficiency in services.
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DANGER: An uncovered manhole in Sector 26 near St Kabir School poses danger not only to residents but also to animals. A cow fell into it on Monday morning and was extricated by firemen after an hour-long struggle with the help of ropes. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan |
‘Gap between practical, theoretical training in
schools’
Chandigarh, May 16
With the coming up of smart classrooms and change in the attitude of tech-savvy students towards schooling, there is also a visible change in the quality of school education in the city.
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attention: Students engrossed in their books at a school in
Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph
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