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Two land in police net for cyber crime
Mohali, November 17
An employee of Indo Global College, Abhipur (Mohali), was today arrested by the cyber crime wing of the Punjab state crime branch for creating a fake e-mail ID and sending defamatory remarks about the college.
Bloody brawl at disc leaves 1 injured
Chandigarh, November 17
In yet another incident of a bloody brawl at a nightclub, armed assailants struck at the F-Bar discotheque at Sector 9 and injured a youth in the wee hours here today.
BJP-SAD meeting
Tempers run high on seat sharing for MC poll
Chandigarh, November 17
Tempers ran high at a meeting of the local BJP-SAD alliance here this evening. Members walked off after inconclusive discussions over seat sharing in the forthcoming Municipal Corporation elections.
GMSH-16
Poor suffer as drugs ‘out of stock’
Chandigarh, November 17
Despite the UT administration's tall claims of providing quality health care to people, especially the poor, both OPD and indoor patients at Government
Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16 (GMSH-16), are being denied free medicines, including antibiotics, for the past three months. The reason: The drugs are "out of stock".
Traffic snarls dot Advani’s Jan Chetna Yatra
Panchkula, November 17
Commuters were a harassed lot as many roads were closed for the smooth flow of Jan Chetna Yatra of BJP leader LK Advani here today.
Commuters caught in a traffic jam near Command Hospital as Jan Chetna Yatra passes through Panchkula on Thursday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
High Security Registration Plates
Central govt returns document to UT with query
Chandigarh, November 17
The Chandigarh Administration is at a loss in framing tender document for implementation of the High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) in the city.
Prevention better than cure
NSS volunteers of GCG-42 hold a red ribbon during an AIDS campaign ‘Junoon’ on the college campus in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
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Proposed expenditure plans
UT Admn misses deadline again
Chandigarh, November 17
The Chandigarh Administration missed the deadline of sending its proposed expenditure plans (EP) to the Central Government for the forthcoming Five Years Plan-2012-16. This is said to be the first time that the UT has been sending its proposed EPs for the Five-Year Plan.
Phase V residents face MC apathy
Mohali, November 17
It appears that the Mohali Municipal Corporation has become indifferent to the problems of its residents. The authorities concerned have not taken any action even when problems like potholed roads, badly maintained road gullies and unsatisfactory sanitation in Phase V were highlighted in these columns more than two months ago.
Industrial tenants seek rehabilitation
Chandigarh, November 17
The Chandigarh Industrial Area Tenants Association has demanded rehabilitation of industrial tenants in the third phase of Industrial Area.
Small savings agents protest
Chandigarh, November 17
Hundreds of members of the Small Savings Agents Association, Chandigarh and Mohali, organised a protest rally against the Centre here on Tuesday
for implementing the Shyamala Gopinath Committee report.
‘Andha Yug’ explores human capacity for moral action
Chandigarh, November 17
The Alankar Theatre group staged playwright Dharamvir Bharti’s most meaningful classic play ‘Andhu Yug’ based on the epic. Mahabharata, in the ongoing CSNA Chandigarh theatre fest at Randhawa auditorium here today. After a mundane start, the play gathered momentum with attempts to recover the explosive truths about the reasons and repercussions of war in Mahabharata.
No check on meat quality
Zirakpur, November 17
No one really cares whether contaminated meat is being sold in
Zirakpur. The proposal to set up a slaughterhouse in Zirakpur still remains on papers and is yet to be translated into reality.
This is not all. The Zirakpur Municipal Council (MC) has no health official.
A view of a meat shop in Zirakpur. Tribune photo: Nitin MIttal
Disappointed
Parents return disappointed when they could not meet a paediatrician at the Civil Hospital, Phase VI, Mohali, on Thursday. No doctor is available for the past 15 days. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
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MC removes illegal signboards
Zirakpur, November 17
The Zirakpur Municipal Council (MC) launched a drive to remove encroachments on both sides of the Baltana-Chandigarh road in Baltana on Wednesday night. They removed illegal signboards and around 25 steel boards, which were lying on the roadside.
Heritage fest
Panchkula, November 17
The Pinjore Heritage Festival will be inaugurated by Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay on December 2. Haryana
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will be the chief guest on the concluding day.
anti-tobacco law
Health dept challans 16, vendors
Zirakpur, November 17
To make Mohali first smoke-free district in Punjab, the health department issued 16 challans to people, including vendors, for violating anti-tobacco law on the second consecutive day.
Goods worth crores gutted
Chandigarh, November 17
Goods worth crores were gutted in a fire at SCO 149, Mani Majra, here tonight. Sources said the fire occurred around 10 pm. No loss of life was, however, reported.
A fire official said a short-circuit in electricity meters could be the cause of the fire. Station Fire Officer SK Gosai said the fire department would conduct an inquiry tomorrow.
Fire officials douse flames in the shop at Mani Majra
on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
DEO directed to file report on Nov 23
Panchkula, November 17
After the district education officer (DEO), Panchkula, failed to file the RTE compliance report, Civil Judge Renu Rana yesterday directed the DEO to file the compliance and final action taken report on or before November 23.
MC Ward Woes
Ward number 24 sans public utility services
At ‘IRIS’, young scientists showcase talent
Chandigarh, November 17
The 2011 Initiative for Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS) event, which seeks to nurture innovative problem solving and a systematic approach to experimental science was inaugurated at PEC University of Technology where 103 projects made by school students from across the country is on display.
A participant displays his project at the IRIS event organised at the PEC University of Technology in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Now, heart attack-alert vest
Chandigarh, November 17
Two students from Chennai have developed a heart-attack detection and alert vest for heart patients. For those persons who could die of a heart attack, this low-cost and effective wearable vest, which can detect heart attack and immediately alerts the nearest hospital, comes as a boon.
R Vignesh and Manoj Kumar have developed the project that has been displayed at IRIS event oraginsed at
PEC.
Students with their innovative heart-attack alert vest at the IRIS event in PEC, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Kolkata lad designs life-saving jacket
Chandigarh, November 17
Inspired by the movie Pearl Harbour where the US naval troops were drowned after being attacked by the Japan Air Force, as some were drowned after failing to pull up the lever of the life-saving jacket. A school student of Kolkata has designed a life-saving jacket that can sense water and automatically inflate the jacket with gas that would prevent the person from drowning.
Education notes
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Chandigarh, November 17
