What’s your wishlist?
Students of The British School, Sector 44, have a ball during a pre-Christmas bash in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Tribune photo: manoj mahajan
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Another embezzlement at RLA
Chandigarh, December 22
A special audit of the Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA) has revealed a scam worth about Rs 26.5
lakh, adding more fuel to the already raging fire over another embezzlement worth around Rs 5.6 lakh reported in the last week of October.
compensation to bulbul
22 days on, admn yet to calculate amount
Chandigarh, December 22
Even 22 days after the directions issued by the UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil to compensate the Bulbul case victim and her family members, the administration has failed to even calculate the compensation amount so far.
Suspended judge flaunts status, still
Panchkula, December 22
In a case of professional misconduct, Dr Mewa Singh, a former judge, is practising at the local court and using the nameplate of “judge” on his car. He was placed under suspension on September 12, 2007, when he was posted as the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Narnaul.
The car being used by Dr Mewa Singh is parked at the Panchkula courts on Thursday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
race for mayor
Cong, BJP ready with aces
Chandigarh, December 22
If all goes well for the Congress, which is being seen as the party that will take up the reins of the municipal corporation, it will have to make a choice between two strong contenders for the Mayor’s post.
ut administration
Scams gave no respite to officialdom
Chandigarh, December 22
Year 2011 did not bring any respite to the Chandigarh administration, which had lost its credibility in the backdrop of a series of recruitment scams involving teachers, police constables, CTU bus drivers, CITCO staff and firemen in the past couple of years.
Siblings’ murder: Parents quizzed
Chandigarh, December 22
The Special Investigating Team of the UT police, formed to crack the double murder case, questioned the parents of the two victims today.
3 coaches clipped from Duronto
Panchkula, December 22
Following a poor response from public, the Indian Railways has decided to reduce the number of coaches in the Duronto Express, which was started amid fanfare on August 24.
Raid at liquor vend
Chandigarh, December 22
A team of the UT police today recovered expired beer cans from a liquor vend in Sector 19.
A call was received at the Police Control Room in the afternoon and the informer was the relative of
DSP/lines Suman Kumar. The caller said the cans were being sold at the liquor vend owned by Amrik Singh
Dhillon.
Policemen seize expired liquor bottles from a vend at Sector 19 in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
An appeal for communal harmony, mutual love
Chandigarh, December 22
Hindi play “Ajaat Ghar” was staged by Chandigarh Art Theatre (CAT) in collaboration with the North Zone Cultural Centre
(NZCC) at Randhawa auditorium here today. The play, Ajaat Ghar, written by a noted playwright Rameshwar Prem and directed by Shyam Juneja focused on the fanning of vandalism in the country and the world
at large.
Artistes stage a play ‘Ajaat Ghar’ at Randhawa Auditorium in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
On the road to defiance
Pharmacists protest at Phase VI in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Vicky Gharu
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Don’t give up exercise in winter, say doctors
Chandigarh, December 22
Prolonged morning nap in the warmth of your quilt may be the best way to spend time in winter, but this laziness with no exercise is taking its toll on people’s health, especially those suffering from diabetes and heart ailments.
consumer courts
Joshi Honda, Fiat India fined Rs 2 lakh
Chandigarh, December 22
Coming down heavily for adopting unfair trade practice, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has slapped a fine of Rs 2 lakh on Joshi Honda and Fiat India.
sector revisited
Amenities still a far cry
Mohali, December 22
Heaps of garbage, stray cattle and unkempt vacant spaces describe the state of affairs of Sector 70.
Garbage dumped on the road separating Sectors 69 and 70. Tribune Photos: Vicky Gharu
overhead signages
MC looks the other way
Mohali, December 22
The municipal council has failed to remove overhead signages put up on road berms even about a year after the expiry of the contract period with the companies concerned, leading to huge financial loss.
The signage that has not been removed at a road near the PCA Stadium in Phase IX of Mohali. Tribune Photo: Vicky Gharu
medicity project
Farmers to get Rs 1.46 cr per acre
Mohali, December 22
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) today announced the award in connection with the Medicity project.
PU Dean elections
Winners dance to the tune of democracy
Chandigarh, December 22
The elections to the posts of Dean of various faculties of Panjab University were much more exciting than the Syndicate elections, with the winning margin of two faculties being just one vote.
In no way behind
NCC cadets line up during an annual training camp at Sector 26 in Chandigarh on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
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PEC students devoted to lighting up lives
Chandigarh, December 22
Eleven students of PEC University of Technology are busy lighting the lamp of learning among kids residing in slums. While their classmates remain glued to social networking sites, these young innovative students remain busy shaping up the destiny of these children through their programme “Science and Maths Shiksha Pariyojna”.
NSS volunteers interact with special kids
Chandigarh, December 22
The seven-day camp organised by the NSS unit of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College concluded today. During these seven days, student volunteers and non-student volunteers of the college held various activities related to social scenario of society and visited various places.
Shreyas, Suyash stand out
Chandigarh, December 22
Two students of St Kabir Public School Shreyas and Suyash Singh brought laurels to the school by securing first and second positions in the National Creative Olympiad organised at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, recently.
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The fencing team of PG Government College for Girls, Sector 11, secured the first place in Panjab University Inter-college Fencing (Division A) for Women held at PU gymnasium hall here. In the team championship, Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, finished second, while the team of Khalsa College for Women,
Ludhiana, and PG Government College for Girls, Sector 42, stood third and fourth places, respectively.
