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Roads linking Mohali villages remain in disrepair
Bhagomajra (Mohali), October 2
Life moves at a snail’s pace in this village located in the periphery of Mohali, thanks to potholed and battered link road connecting the rural belt to over a dozen other villages in the area. It is nearly impossible to even travel short distances between the villages due to the virtually nonexistent road.
The damaged Bhago Majra Shoana link road in
Mohali. tribune photo: vicky gharu
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Bapu’s legacy |
A woman tries her hand at a charkha to mark Gandhi Jyanti in Chandigarh on Sunday.
tribune photo: vinay malik
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14 hurt in road mishap
Panchkula, October 2
Fourteen persons were injured when the Maxi-cab in which they were travelling turned turtle near Pinjore this evening. The accident reportedly took place due to the wet road because of rain in the evening in Pinjore.
P’kula admn fails to rein in property dealers
Panchkula, October 2
The Panchkula district administration seems to be going too slow in enforcing the “Regulation of Property Dealers and Consultants Act”, framed by the Haryana Government to regulate the functioning of the property dealers, especially in the light of the land scams that have rocked the district in the recent past. More than two and a half years after the Act was passed, the district administration has failed to initiate any action against the violators.
MC Ward Woes
Unkempt parks, bad roads & indifference
Residents of ward No. 2 of the municipal corporation, comprising Sectors 12, 14 and 15 and Khuda Lahora colony, has a unique predicament. While those living in sectors 12 and 14, housing PGI and Panjab University campuses, respectively, are registered voters of the municipal corporation, when it comes to provision of civic amenities, it becomes the duty of their respective managements.
Amenities In poor health
A garbage bin lies right in the middle of a park in the residential area of the PGI, Sector
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CITY’S CARNIVAL EXTRaORDINAIRE
The depiction of Ramlila has changed over the years. Keeping abreast with the fast changing lifestyle and trends, the city’s 53 Ramlila committees across the city have changed their style over the years and become hi-tech.
Artistes exchange dialogues while enacting a scene of the Ramayana during Ramlila in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Legacy continues
Chandigarh, October 2
“Haif hae mera yaha anna he befaida hua, Waqt hae abhi bhe sambhal aye Ravan kyu maut seida
hua, tere baato sae tera khayal bekaida hua, kya Vibhishana tere kul mae peda nahe hua”, echos the voice in a room at Panjab University where Ritesh Singla is rehearsing his dialogues as Angad in the
Ramlila. This is one of the dialogues delivered by Angad to Ravan as a part of the Ramlila scripted in Urdu that is being performed on Panjab University campus since as far back as 1950s, which is over half-a-century ago.
Ramlila a rage among people
Chandigarh, October 2
Ten-year-old Riya Singh loves to watch “Uttaran”, a sitcom on one of the TV channels. She has rarely, if ever, missed an episode. But for the past few days she has been skipping all episodes. Reason: Ramlila - India’s street theatre that brings to life mythological characters from the Ramayana.
OPEN HOUSE response
‘Don’t criticise, accept the change’
The reality check by the Tribune team on the changed life in the city was a very appreciative attempt by the newspaper to showcase the nightlife. It is true that the lifestyle in the city has changed but it continues to be criticised unnecessarily by critics who are in no way linked with the changing global scenario that has had a definite impact on minds of the youth, particularly in
Chandigarh.
Scholars’ literary tributes to Gandhi, Tagore
Chandigarh, October 2
The Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi today organised a two-tier programme to pay homage to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, and visionary Rabindranath
Tagore.
Prof Mina Surjit Singh, Emeritus Fellow at Department of English, Panjab University, delivers a lecture at a programme organised by the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi on
Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
mc elections
Deliver or perish, traders’ call to politicians
Chandigarh, October 2
With the political class allegedly failing to protect their interest from the unresponsive and unaccountable bureaucracy, the powerful business lobby yesterday flexed its muscles ahead of the December MC elections here. The two major organisations of traders — the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal
(CBM) and the Chandigarh Business Council (CBC) — held parallel functions to expose the “anti-trader” policies of the UT administration and politicians’ failure to redress the grievances of the trading community.
Army has discretion to take action if code of conduct violated: AFT
Chandigarh, October 2
Upholding the dismissal of a soldier who had married twice, first as a minor and then after having joined the Army, the Armed Forces Tribunal has ruled that it is well within the powers of the Army authorities to lay down norms to protect or maintain the type of atmosphere required in the Army.
51 units of blood collected
Chandigarh, October 2
The Apoorva Pande Foundation organised its fourth blood donation camp in association with the Garhwal Ram Lila Mandal (Bijli Board), Sector 28-B, in memory of Apoorva Pande, a budding child artiste.
Residents resent parking of heavy vehicles
Zirakpur, October 2
Residents of the sunny enclave have been facing inconvenience due to illegally parking of syndicate buses and other heavy vehicles near their housing society. They complained that the local administration had removed the shanties from the PWD land to construct the bus terminus but did not remove the buses and other heavy vehicles.
Cooks demand minimum wages
Mohali, October 2
Hundreds of members of the Democratic Mid-Day Meal Cook Front, Punjab, today staged a dharna in support of their demands at Amb Sahib Gurdwara at Phase 8 here.
Hindi, Sanskrit group song competitions
Mohali, October 2
A state level national group song competition was held here today. The competition was organised by Bharat Vikas Parishad Punjab East with the cooperation of Bharat Vikas Parishad Mohali branch at Paragon Senior Secondary School, Sector-71 Mohali.
Identity cards must in cyber cafes
Chandigarh, October 2
The District Magistrate, Chandigarh administration, Brijendra Singh, has prohibited the use of cyber cafes by unknown persons who fail to produce identity cards.
176 donate blood
Lalru, October 2
The Sant Nirnakari Charitable Foundation, Lalru, organised its 14th blood donation camp of the Chandigarh zone in Sant Nirankarti Satsang Bhawan here today.
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badminton meet
Chandigarh, October 2
