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Admn unlikely to sell land to Punjab
Chandigarh, July 3
A proposal by the Punjab government seeking 100 acres of land for a residential complex for is officers and employees in Sarangpur village bordering Punjab is unlikely to find favour with the UT Administration.
GMCH undertakes study on efficiency of dapoxetine
Chandigarh, July 3
The psychiatry department of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, has initiated a study on the effectiveness of
dapoxetine, a newly introduced medicine for patients suffering from premature ejaculation
(PME), a sexual disorder. A large of number such patients from the region are reporting at the hospital.
Conversion of open spaces into parking lots
Chandigarh, July 3
To resolve the long-pending problem of parking in residential areas of the city, the municipal corporation (MC) is drafting a proposal to convert the open space in each sector into a community parking lot. As per the proposal, the corporation will identify open spaces as per the requirement of each sector.
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Same old story after the rain |
(Left) Commuters wade their way through a waterlogged road along with the Zirakpur railway overbridge; and a car splashes water accumulated on the Panchkula-Zirakpur highway causing inconvenience to drivers of vehicles following it near Dhakoli on Sunday. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal
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Fresh deadline: Mohali bus service by August
Mohali, July 3
As the case related to running of the Mohali City Bus Service is stuck in official rigmarole, there is little hope that the much-awaited public transport system will start this year.
Tricity scan
3-member media research commitee constituted
Chandigarh, July 3
To strengthen partnership with media, a three-member media research committee has been constituted to assess the training needs of the mediapersons, develop a training module and to encourage mediapersons for research activities.
Residents apprised of social welfare schemes
Chandigarh, July 3
The social welfare department organised an awareness-cum-welfare
scheme-channelisation camp at Government Senior Secondary School, Dadu Majra colony, Chandigarh.
An awareness camp under way at Dadu
Majra. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tiwari
Dust storm, rain bring respite from humidity
Chandigarh, July 3
Taking city residents by surprise, dust storm and light rain hit the city this evening, providing the much needed relief from hot and humid weather condition.
Dusty trail A boy covers his face during a dust storm in Sector 20, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo Vicky Gharu
Patient dies as ambulance rams into roundabout
Chandigarh, July 3
Doctors in Hisar referred him to the PGI here for treatment, but the ambulance he was travelling in met with an accident and he succumbed to his injuries in the premier medical institute today.
Kidney patient needs help
Chandigarh, July 3
Mohammad Nadeem, a 17-year-old boy from Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, is inching towards death for want of money at the
PGI. Nadeem is suffering from chronic renal failure. His mother is ready to donate her kidney to save her younger son, but the family is helpless when it comes to the cost of the surgery.
Mohammad Nadeem with his parents at the
PGI. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Illegal mining goes unchecked in Ghaggar
Panchkula, July 3
Residents of Ramgarh village and Sector 28 submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner on Friday stating unauthorised mining activities in their areas had been going on for the past one year. “Even though the matter was brought to the notice of the police and mining department officials nothing has been done to check illegal mining that has been going on here for the past one year,” they claimed.
13,324 appear for teachers’ test in Mohali
Mohali, July 3
The first Punjab State Teachers Eligibility Test (PSTET) was conducted peacefully at 13 centres across the district here today. District Education Officer,
Mohali, Harbans Singh, said Section 144 of the CrPC was enforced around the examination centres to ensure peaceful conduct.
Candidates come out of an examination centre after appearing in the Punjab State Teachers’ Eligibility Test at Government Senior Secondary School, Phase IIIB1, Mohali, on Sunday.
A Tribune photograph
Now, travel more to reach Paras Downtown Square
Mohali, July 3
In order to streamline traffic on the road leading to the Paras Downtown Square Mall, the Mohali Traffic Police today imposed certain restrictions on the visitors. Zirakpur Traffic in charge Inspector Devinder Singh said the visitors coming from Panchkula side would now have to move to the Chandigarh Airport traffic lights and then take a U-turn to enter the mall.
Traffic police regulates traffic near Paras Downtown Square in Zirakpur on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
open house response
Rain exposes chinks in MC’s armour
The arrival of monsoon in the tricity has made the weather pleasant, though it has brought along miseries for some residents. The first rain was recorded at 44 mm resulting in
waterlogging. It threw life out of gear at several places. The rain has exposed the chinks in the city’s drainage system, with roads getting waterlogged and water entering houses in certain low-lying areas. The Sector 40-D market turned into a pool.
A car makes its way through a waterlogged road in Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph
Eating out to cost more
Chandigarh, July 3
After the annoying hike in LPG and diesel rates, eateries in the city, too, seem to be mulling over increasing menu prices.
Yet another engg college on the city’s periphery
Chandigarh, July 3
Chandigarh’s periphery, which is already bursting at the seams with the mushrooming of engineering and management colleges, has got another engineering college. Cashing in on craze of the youth for an engineering degree, the Aryans Group of Colleges will start an engineering college from this academic session, a development which will spark off a stiff competition among the engineering colleges for admissions.
DAV-10 witnesses huge rush for admissions
Chandigarh, July 3
Unaffected by the delay in releasing prospectuses or violent clashes between student organisations in the last one week, unprecedented rush for admissions is being witnessed at DAV College, Sector 10, to buy forms. As many as 450 application forms are being sold each day, according to college sources.
B.Com admission
Dates for submission of fee announced
Chandigarh, July 3
Panjab University’s BCom coordination cell has released the dates for students to submit their fee in colleges allotted to them. This allocation has been done through the centralised counselling conducted by Panjab University and only selected candidates are required to attend the admission process in colleges allotted to them on July 5, 6 and 7. “Out of the 1,991 seats across all colleges, 1,841 have already been filled under the general category. Around 150 seats are yet to be filled under the reserved categories,” said AK
Vashish, coordinator, BCom admission.
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