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Two-year jail term for coop society secretary
Chandigarh, November 15
The secretary of the SBOP Employees Cooperative USE Thrift and Credit Society has been sentenced to a two-year jail term for non-compliance of the orders of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum.
Chhat Bir Zoo loses a lion
Zirakpur, November 15
Gagan, a two-and-a-half-year-old Asiatic lion, died at Chhat Bir Zoological Park this morning. The lion was acquired from Rajkot Zoo in Gujarat on March 6 along with a lioness.
It’s final — Those registered after Nov 1 can’t vote
Chandigarh, November 15
Voters registered after November 1, 2011, will not be allowed to cast their vote in the coming Municipal Corporation (MC) elections. The issue was today clarified by the UT election department following a three-page reply received from the Election Commission of India (ECI).
UT Admn falls behind in census compilation again
Chandigarh, November 15
Once again the UT Administration has failed to meet the deadline to complete the caste and religion-based census. A technical snag that developed in a specially designed software (supervisory module) for reviewing the locked/left out houses to prepare the final report of the caste census, is said to be the reason for the delay.
No new project initiated in past five years
Ward No. 23, comprising Ram Darbar, Indra Colony and Hallo Majra, has not got any major development project in the past five years. In fact, the old approved projects for the area are yet to
materialise.
A slushy road in the absence of recarpeting at Hallo
Majra;(Right) An internal park in a state of neglect at Ram
Darbar. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan |
Saudamini Bambah cremated
Chandigarh, November 15
Prof Saudamini Bambah, Florence Nightingale of Panjab University (PU), was cremated at electric crematorium, Sector 25, here today.
Wife of Prof RP Bambah, former Vice-Chancellor of PU and former Trustee of The Tribune Trust, she left for her heavenly abode yesterday after a brief illness, leaving behind a void which would be difficult to fill.
Students, farmers from J&K are here
Chandigarh, November 15
Two contingents from Jammu and Kashmir, one of school students and the other of farmers, are being shown around various parts of the country under a programme sponsored by the Army.
Maj-Gen GP Singh, head of Army Service Corps, Western Command, interacts with students from Jammu and Kashmir at Chandi Mandir in Panchkula on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Hefty penalties for building misuse
Chandigarh, November 15
The owners of properties violating building bylaws in the city are set to face more stringent action with the UT estate office going ahead with levying hefty penalties under misuse charges.
Cong finalises candidates
Chandigarh, November 15
The list of Congress candidates for the forthcoming MC elections was finalised at a meeting today. The names would be officially announced soon.
Cancer patients take up queries with experts
Chandigarh, November 15
A meeting for cancer patients, suffering from chronic myeloid leukaemia (most common blood cancer among adults), was organised under the aegis of MAX Foundation at Bhargava auditorium, PGI, yesterday. More than 1,000 patients interacted with experts from across the country.
Narco test on victim’s friend soon
Chandigarh, November 15
The Chandigarh Police will conduct a narco-analysis test on Kanika in the Neha murder case. Neha’s close friend Kanika gave her consent for the test at the district courts to help the police crack the case. Neha was brutally murdered near Sector 38 on July 30, 2010. The court has issued directions to the UT police to decide the schedule for the test.
Traffic advisory for Advani’s yatra
Chandigarh, November 15
Owing to Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader LK Advani’s yatra, the traffic will remain affected from 5.15 pm to 6.15 pm on the Zirakpur-Tribune Chowk road on Wednesday. The Chandigarh Police has requested general public to either avoid the route at this time or use alternative routes.
Taneja Developers penalised Rs 1 lakh
Mohali, November 15
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Mohali, has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh on Taneja Developers for harassing an investor on account of not registering a plot at TDI City, Ballo Majra, Mohali, is their name.
Talk on cancer awareness
Chandigarh, November 15
The Cancer Awareness Society and the Community Hygiene and Public Health Society of the Postgraduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11, organised a talk on cancer awareness here today.
Non-functional traffic signals dot Mohali roads
 Mohali, November 15
The 6-km stretch from the PTL traffic junction near Phase V to Phases VII and VIII traffic junction is witnessing chaos, thanks to the non-functional traffic signals on one of the busiest road sections that is being widened by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority
(GMADA).
Non-functional traffic lights at the junction of Phases III and V in
Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
Two school buses impounded
Panchkula, November 15
In order to check illegal plying of vehicles by private educational institutes, the traffic police impounded two school buses, besides issuing challans to 54 others here this morning.
Now, ‘easy bill’ for consumers’ convenience
Mohali, November 15
As the earlier scheme “Payment on your doorstep” of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited has failed to take off, the authorities concerned have now launched another concept “Easy bill” for the convenience of power consumers. Under the new plan, consumers can now pay their electricity bills at shops authorised by the power corporation authorities in various sectors. The shopkeepers authorised to collect power bills will receive payments only in cash and up to Rs 5,000.
Intricacies of marriage bared
Chandigarh, November 15
“Married life is a mingled web of romance and hatred; its recurrent joys and woes, lavish gifts and mysterious denials but a sincere relationship based on mutual trust, making it a miracle to be celebrated and sung about.”
PU mess charges up
Chandigarh, November 15
Following months of discussion and speculation, the Panjab University
(PU) authorities, in consultation with the student council, has hiked food charges at hostel messes from Rs 22 to 25 per meal.
Chandigarh Scan
Panel discussion on taxes
Chandigarh, November 15
The commerce department of MCM College today organised a panel discussion on “Paying taxes is your real income; sow today reap tomorrow”.
The event witnessed taxation and audit scholars and experts, besides over 300 enthusiastic participants. The discussion was followed by a interactive interface, providing an opportunity to learn from their insight and experience.
Visit to bygone era, for them
Chandigarh, November 15
Clad in red uniform, 33 students of Yishun Secondary School in Singapore could not curtail their excitement when they entered the ‘chalk-and-talk’ classrooms at the GMSSS in Sector 35 here today.
Students from Singapore pose with their local peers at Government Model Senior Secondary School in Sector 35 of Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
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Chandigarh, November 15
The Rs 8 lakh daylight gunpoint robbery that rocked the city on November 12 turned out to be a story cooked up by 26 year-old Abir Malhotra who had invested the money belonging to his sister.
In a gruesome incident, Dhanna Ram, a resident of Indra Colony, murdered his three-year-old daughter in the wee hours of this morning.
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 15
