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8 youths injured in acid attack
Ambala, April 2
The police has registered a case against Ajay Kumar, a resident of Baldev Nagar, Ambala City, and a few others on the charge of throwing acid on eight youths late last night.
MC to auction 150 residential plots in Mani Majra
Chandigarh, April 2
The Municipal Corporation is going to auction 150 residential plots in Mani Majra for which 8 acres have been earmarked in this pocket number 6. As per the proposal prepared by the MC, four categories of plots will be auctioned in Mani Majra which include 4, 6, 8 and 10 marla plots. Besides, a site for the construction of a primary school in the pocket of Mani Majra has already been earmarked by the MC.
Bee Menace Part II
No action on ground, depts pass buck
Chandigarh, April 2
Sounds strange that even after its inception more than a decade ago, the Municipal Corporation is uncertain as to which department will entertain the complaints regarding the removal of beehives in the city. The departments of the medical officer of health
(MOH) and horticulture in the corporation pass the buck to each other when it comes to removing beehives in the city.
A beehive hanging from a tree on the road in Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph
H1N1 vaccine for PGI doctors, staff
Chandigarh, April 2
After the detection of three confirmed cases of human H1N1 pneumonia at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
(PGIMER), it has decided to immunise all the front-line physicians and paramedics involved in acute medical and emergency care with the H1N1 vaccine.
| Rath yatra taken out |
Devotees take part in Jagannath rath yatra organised by Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Muth at Sector 20 in Chandigarh
on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
DC office in the dock
Chandigarh, April 2
The office of the Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh, is in the dock for not maintaining sensitive record of the arms licences that was destroyed in a fire 12 years ago. In response to an application seeking the record pertaining to arms licences, the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), Deputy Commissioner Office, has maintained that the record was not available owing to a fire and shifting of the record.
Centre asks UT to lift quota of food grains
Chandigarh, April 2
The Department of Food and Public Distribution, Union Ministry of Food and Public Distribution, in a communication to the UT Secretary, Food and Civil Supplies, has sought lifting of the allocated food grains and various measures to be taken to strengthen and streamline the targeted public distribution system (TDPS).
Tricity jewellers launch chain fast
 Chandigarh, April 2
The jewellers’ associations of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali today collectively launched a chain fast as a part of their nationwide agitation the call for
which was given by the All-India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation. Eleven members from the associations would daily observe fast to press for their demands.
Members of the jewellers associations take part in a chain fast at Sector 22 in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Water tariff collection surpasses target
Chandigarh, April 2
The Municipal Corporation has collected an additional Rs 2 crore as water tariff against the target amount in the last financial year. The records of the corporation show that the MC public health department has a target to collect Rs 57 crore as water tariff whereas this year the department has collected Rs 59 crore.
Collector rates raised by 4 pc in Panchkula
Panchkula, April 2
The realty sector in this district is likely to get a boost with a nearly 4 per cent hike in collector rates of commercial, industrial and residential property by the district administration here today.
Up to 20 pc hike in Mohali
Mohali, April 2
The Mohali administration has increased the collector rate for residential, commercial and institutional property by between 15 per cent and 20 per cent.
 Four-laning of Yamunanagar highway from November
Panchkula, April 2
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded the work of the
four-laning of the Panchkula-Yamunanagar National Highway 73 to a private company.
A view of the Majri chowk-Ramgarh road in Panchkula. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal
Punjab Police ready for IPL duty
Mohali, April 2
While pending dues of about Rs 12 crore are yet to be recovered from the Indian Premier League
(IPL) and the Punjab Cricket Association authorities, the Punjab Police is geared up again for ‘free’ duty during the league, starting April 12.
Woman found dead
Mohali, April 2
Baljinder Kaur (55) of Mundi Kharar was found dead at her residence under mysterious circumstances today.
Patwari suspended
Mohali, April 2
The Mohali Deputy Commissioner, Varun Roojam, today suspended a
patwari, Charanjit Singh, for issuing forged documents to help a person get ownership rights of a property.
TRICITY SCAN
Chandigarh scan
No water supply
There will be no water supply in the city from 1 am to 2 pm on Tuesday, a press note of the municipal corporation said here on Monday. A water leakage has been reported in a pipeline near Daun and Jhugian villages. The city will also witness low water supply between 6.30 pm and 9 pm.
KEEPING IT ALIVE: Students perform a traditional dance during the farewell party organised by the Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology at the Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: S Chandan |
panjab university
Examination branch in fix
Chandigarh, April 2
Woes refuse to desert the PU examination branch, which is now struggling to make the last-minute arrangements for centre superintendents. While over 2 lakh students will sit for their final examination tomorrow, centre superintendents of over 25 centres, out of a total of 180, have ditched the branch by refusing for duty at the last moment.
Power tussle ails education dept
Chandigarh, April 2
The UT education department’s idea of reinstituting the post of deputy director schools seems to have backfired. Rather than increasing the efficiency, it has sparked off a power struggle between deputy director Chanchal Singh and DEO Ram Kumar. If whispers in corridors are to go by, the idea of shifting the DEO office to Sector 19 is the key reason of the tiff.
High drama at GGSSS-18
Chandigarh, April 2
High drama prevailed at Government Girls’ Senior Secondary School, Sector 18 (GGSSS-18), today when parents of around 30 students of Class XI staged a protest against principal of the school. The girl students of same class have been declared “fail” and were detained. When the parents tried to meet the principal, she allegedly refused to meet them, which left them agitated and they blocked her way when she was returning to her home.
Parents protest against their children being detained in Class XI outside the GGSSS-18 in Chandigarh on Monday.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
pu medical stream
Own faculty to evaluate answer sheets, now
Chandigarh, April 2
Medical students, studying under Panjab University (PU), have something to cheer up for now. In a recent decision taken, it has been decided that their own faculty will evaluate answer sheets. Medical was the only stream where re-evaluation was not permitted. The PU Senate giving its nod to the re-evaluation for postgraduate and undergraduate courses under the medical stream would prove as a major breather to the students.
world autism awareness day
Training for teachers, parents need of the hour
Chandigarh, April 2
The authorities are required to do a lot for the children suffering from autism, as they and their families remained a neglected lot in the region. This was stated by Promila Chandermohan on the World Autism Awareness Day today. She is running the Society for Rehabilitation of Mentally Challenged
(SOREM) for the last 26 years.
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Chandigarh, April 2
shooting championship