Blanket cover
Motorists make their way through dense fog in Chandigarh on Tuesday morning. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
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2 die in mishap on Pinjore bypass
Panchkula, January 3
Taking a shortcut via the yet-to-be-opened Pinjore-Parwanoo bypass proved fatal for a family of Kalka and their relatives when their car had a head-on collision with a tipper, resulting in the death of two persons, including a 3-year-old child.
School bus operators flout norms
Panchkula, January 3
Even as the traffic police and regional transport officials claim to have been keeping a check on the compliance of norms by school bus operators in the district, the rules are being flouted blatantly in the rural area of the district.
The name of the school is missing on the front end of a bus. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan
218 challans issued to school bus operators
Chandigarh, January 3
The threat of accidents is lurking around schoolchildren in the city who are commuting through school buses, as 218 school buses have been penalised from June to November last year by the UT State Transport Authority (STA) for violations that include rash driving and over speeding.
Officials of the State Transport Authority and UT traffic police senitise school bus drivers about traffic rules in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj
Mahajan
School Van Tragedy
Man pins hope on son’s recovery before birthday
Chandigarh, January 3
With a blank look on his face and tears rolling down his cheeks, Pawan Kumar stood outside the PGI's Neurosurgery ICU this afternoon, muttering something. Whenever the door of the ICU opened, his head turned almost instantaneously towards it and the blank look gave way to an expectant one.
Administration wakes up from slumber
Ambala, January 3
After the death of 12 students in a school van-truck collision on the Saha-Ambala road yesterday, the administration has started taking preventive measures. Nobody had so far taken notice of the violations of the Supreme Court guidelines by school vans and buses.
Tertiary Water
Work on civic body’s Rs 35-cr project comes to a halt
Chandigarh, January 3
The municipal corporation’s (MC) Rs 35-crore project to pump tertiary water to four populated sectors, green belts and houses that are above one kanal has came to a grinding halt, as the UT Administration has cancelled the permission for road cutting. As a result, the MC cannot lay the tertiary water pipeline in Sector 36. In last three years, the project has missed three deadlines, ever since the project commenced in 2008.
Construction work of an underwater reservoir in progress in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Abandoned Baby
Parents traced to Moradabad
Chandigarh, January 3
The police has finally managed to trace the parents of a one-and-a-half-month-old baby girl, who was abandoned by her mother on December 22 at the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16. They have been traced to a remote village in Moradabad and are likely to come to the city tomorrow.
MC challans 100 violators
Chandigarh, January 3
During a special anti-encroachment drive in the Sector-17 Plaza, Bank Square, near district court, 100 challans were issued to encroachers today by the enforcement wing of the municipal corporation. The team seized readymade garments, table, counters, chairs and gas cylinder.
kidney SCAm
Grave anomalies in transplants found
Mohali, January 3
The inquiry being conducted by the Civil Surgeon, Mohali, in connection with the recently busted kidney scam is learnt to have found grave anomalies in most of the transplants conducted by Surya Kidney Centre, Sector 69, in the last one year.
Civic body impounds 16 rehris
Mohali, January 3
The tehbazari wing of the Municipal Council got verandhas in market areas of three sectors vacated during an anti-encroachment drive carried out here today.
Members of the enforcement wing of the municipal council load material on to a truck during
an anti-encroachment drive in Mohali on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
power tarrif proposal
Two-slab system to stay in UT
Chandigarh, January 3
In the proposal prepared by the UT electricity department for the power tariff hike in the fiscal 2012-13, no change has been made in the existing two-slab system of charging tariff.
2 secy-level officials to join admn
Chandigarh, January 3
Two new secretary-level officials would join the UT Administration this month.
Canada shooting victim cremated
Panchkula, January 3
The body of Alok, a 27-year-old youth of Sector 21, who was shot dead in Canada last week was cremated at the Mani Majra cremation ground here today.
Southern area plunged in darkness
Chandigarh, January 3
There was no power in the southern area of the city, which comprised of Sectors 38, 38 (West), 39, Dadu Majra village and colony and Maloya village and colony from the previous night to this morning due to a blast in the 66 KV station of Sector 39.
No afternoon water supply till Jan 5
Chandigarh, January 3
There will be no supply of water during afternoon for the next two days in the city due to urgent repair of the delivery head and rising main at the Kajauli water works by the municipal corporation.
PU hikes mess charges
Chandigarh, January 3
Undeterred by recent protests of the various student groups, the Panjab University has finally decided to hike its mess charges from Rs 22 to Rs 24 to meet the rising prices of food items.
Basking in sun
Students make the most of the sun during lunch time near AC Joshi Library, Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
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Windfall for PEC trainees
Chandigarh, January 3
It’s raining money for the students of PEC University even during their six-month training with students earning up to Rs 40, 000 per month. Over 150 students have already enrolled themselves for the training. On an average, the students during their training are paid Rs 20,000 per month.
Over 8.7 lakh to take CTET
Chandigarh, January 3
Over 10,000 city aspirants will appear in the Central Teacher’s Eligibility Tests (CTET), an entrance test conducted by CBSE, for aspiring teachers willing to join CBSE schools. The test will be held on January 29.
NSS camp kicks off
Chandigarh, January 3
A seven-day NSS camp was inaugurated at the Government College of Education, Sector 20, today. NSS volunteers will undertake organic farming as a project during the camp.
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