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Panchkula youth shot dead in Canada
Panchkula, December 30
Moving to Canada for greener pastures proved fatal for a 27-year-old youth from the town when he was killed by an unidentified gunman at a grocery shop in Surrey in British Columbia on December 25.
Entry to Sukhna banned after 10 pm
Chandigarh, December 30
The Chandigarh Police has banned entry to the Sukhna Lake after 10 pm in view of the New Year celebrations on roads on Saturday night. The adjoining strip of road that has been a site for overspeeding, hooliganism and even fights on this day in the past will be under strict police vigil.
1 held for Jiya, Arnav, Mehak kidnappings
Panchkula, December 30
The local police today claimed to have cracked three separate cases of kidnappings in Panchkula and Mohali with the arrest of Ravinder Singh Gill of Kansal village.
UT cop commits suicide
Chandigarh, December 30
A 45-year-old UT police constable committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in the Police Lines here today. The constable, Anil Kumar, was posted as an additional munshi at the Police Lines in Sector 26.
mc wastefulness
Year-old paver blocks make way for new ones in city
Chandigarh, December 30
In a sheer waste of public money, the municipal corporation is busy digging up neatly laid out paver blocks to replace these with new ones. Fresh paver blocks are being laid in Sector 29 by replacing the old ones, laid just a year ago.
Paver blocks laid a year ago are being replaced with new ones in Sector 29,
Chandigarh. Tribune photo: S Chandan
| Going green in a big way |
Students of Banyan Tree School perform during their annual function at Sector 48 in Chandigarh on Friday.
Tribune photo: parvesh chauhan |
Mayoral Elections
BJP nominees meet nominated councillors
Chandigarh, December 30
Voting right to nominated councillors featured big in an interaction session between nominated councillors and BJP mayoral candidates today.
CITCO MD gets extension
Chandigarh, December 30
The UT administration, already facing shortage of senior officials, heaved a sigh of relief after the Union Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA) agreed to give extension to CITCO Managing Director DK Tiwari till the arrival of another official as his replacement. DK Tiwari’s tenure was to end on December 31.
 Fleet expansion
CTU plans put on back burner
Chandigarh, December 30
The plans to procure new buses by the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) in the current financial year seem to have got delayed with the proposal still awaiting a nod from the administration.
A file photo of a fleet of CTU buses.
INLD protests new toll plaza
Panchkula, December 30
Hundreds of INLD workers today organised a dharna near the Chandi Mandir cantonment, demanding the shifting of the upcoming toll plaza or exempting residents of Pinjore and Kalka from paying toll.
| March of the faithful |
Panj Piaras take out a nagar kirtan procession ahead of Guru Gobind Singh’s birth anniversary at Rurka in Mohali on Friday.
Tribune photo: vicky gharu |
kidney scam
Civil Surgeon submits report
Mohali, December 30
The Civil Surgeon, Usha Bansal, in her report submitted this evening to the Mohali Deputy Commissioner, Varun Roojam, pointed to the anomaly in maintenance of records relating to kidney transplants by the two hospitals under the scanner.
Illegal parking still goes on
Mohali, December 30
Traffic violations continue here as the office of the Deputy Commissioner has been unable to check the menace of illegal parking till date.
Rs 4.6 lakh, liquor seized
Mohali, December 30
The Mohali police has seized Rs 4.6 lakh and 8,151 bottles of IMFL at nakas here.
Party within limits: Police
Zirakpur, December 30
The Zirakpur police today issued a warning and directions to hoteliers and revellers. It said music should not be played loud after 10.30 pm, adding that cases would be registered against violators.
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Fruit-sellers occupy space along the Chandigarh-Ambala highway at Zirakpur on Friday. Tribune Photo: nitin mittal |
consumer courts
Immigration firm told to refund Rs 1.08 lakh
Chandigarh, December 30
The district consumer disputes redressal forum - II has directed immigration consultant firm RIMWEA Career Forum Limited to refund Rs 1.08 lakh along with 9 per cent interest per annum from the date of filing of complaint till the date of payment for its failure to provide student visa documents.
Avoid exposure to extreme cold: Doc
Chandigarh, December 30
Exposure to cold weather can cause injury or serious illness like frostbite or hypothermia (when body temperature goes under 95 °F). Injury or illness depends on factors like physical activity, clothing, wind, humidity, working, living conditions, person’s age and state of health.
Folk music, dance perfomances regale audience
Chandigarh, December 30
The audience were treated to diverse forms of folk music and dance by artists form Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim and Assam, besides the divine utterances of Sufiana “kalaams” sung by Patiala gharana maestros Manak Ali and Nanak Ali of
Malerkotla, during the New Year Extravaganza at Sector 17 here today.
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Special coach for Goa on January 4
Chandigarh, December 30
Residents who wish to visit Goa during the winter vacations have a reason to cheer, as the Indian Railway Catering Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has decided to attach a 72-seat coach with the 12218 Kerala Sampark Kranti Express that leaves Chandigarh on January 4 at 9.20 am.
Chandigarh scan
Offices closed
on Saturday
All sampark centres in the city will remain closed on Saturday on the eve of Guru Gobind Singh’s birth anniversary. A press note said the day would be observed as public holiday in place of January 5 next at government offices and institutions, under the Administration. Panjab University Vice-Chancellor declared a holiday for affiliated colleges.
It was year of confusion and chaos
  Chandigarh, December 30
Confusion marked 2011, which started with chaos over nursery admissions and implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act and was ending on the same note.
Admission form seekers queue up at Sacred Heart School in Sector 26. Tribune file photos
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Mohali, December 30
Chandigarh, December 30
For city residents the year 2011 has been an eventful with rising crime graph, unscheduled power cuts, violence in the district court premises or scams that remained unsolved. But the most memorable event was the ‘clash of the titans’ in the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
