The Tree of Gold
In full bloom:
Tabebuia Argentea trees cast a spell on a Sector 10 road in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
Nature presents its beauty
A yellow carpet of amaltas at the Rose Garden in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
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MDC residents move court against opening of liquor vends
Panchkula, April 8
The residents of the Mansa Devi Complex (MDC) have moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the opening of liquor vends in the
area.
Yuvraj lands in Delhi today, fans excited
Chandigarh, April 8
As soon as the news of Yuvraj Singh’s return spread here today, fans commenced preparations for welcoming him. He had been under treatment for germ-cell cancer in his lungs.
24-yr-old student commits suicide
Chandigarh, April 8
The fear of failure in examinations drove a 24-year-old engineering student to suicide at his house in Sector 34 here
today.
Student attacked by two pet dogs, falls, injured
Chandigarh, April 8
A 24-year-old MBA student had a horrifying experience as he was attacked by two pet dogs of a woman advocate near his Sector-35 residence here last night.
Horses, an expensive proposition
Chandigarh, April 8
The strength of horses with the police, without any real utility for action on the ground, has raised a question mark over their necessity. The UT police had 15 horses till last year, with 17 more being added this year.
The police was keen on taking the count to 50, but there was little scope for the use of horses in Chandigarh, a city of concrete. The expenditure would run into crores now.
Mounted Chandigarh Police personnel ride horses. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan
Major projects of city in the doldrums
Chandigarh, April 8
It is strange that despite a number of major projects of the Municipal Corporation lingering on for a long time, lakhs of rupees is allocated every year in the budget for these projects work on which has not commenced so far.
The view of a dhobi ghat at Sector 7, Chandigarh. Basic facilities such as toilets for workers are non-existent there. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan
Road or parking lot?
Mohali, April 8
With the authorities failing to solve the parking problem, residents of the town continue to bear the brunt.
Bharat Muni Award conferred on Julfiqar Khan
Chandigarh, April 8
The third Bharat Muni Award-2012 instituted by Samwaad Theatre Group and Punjabi Kala Kendra, Mumbai, was conferred on city’s young thespian.
Artistes stage the play ‘Tota Kahani’ at the Tagore Theatre in Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Complaint against Fortis Hospital
Mohali, April 8
A local resident, Kanwarjit Singh, has lodged a complaint against Fortis Hospital with the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana
High Court.
Where traffic jam is a routine affair
Zirakpur, April 8
Traffic jams continue to haunt residents of the town. Encroachments in the main bazaar, haphazardly parked vehicles outside the main markets and heavy rush, especially on weekends, lead to traffic jams on the Zirakpur-Ambala highway and other parts of the town.
Inconveniencing the public
Defacement is a common occurrence at Phases I, IV and V in Mohali. tribune photo:
Vicky Gharu
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TRICITY SCAN
300 examined at medical camp
The Chandigarh Senior Citizens' Association in collaboration with the UT Administration and municipal corporation organised a socio-medical camp at Government Model High School, Vikas Nagar (Mauli Jagran), Chandigarh, here on Sunday. The Adviser to the UT Administrator, KK Sharma, visited the fourth in a series of five such camps celebrating the 16th anniversary of the association. Over 300 patients were examined by specialists from Ivy Hospital, Grewal Eye Institute (three sent for cataract operation straightaway) and the dental unit of Mata Tripta Charitable Trust.
open house response
Care for elderly, just a concept, but action nil
There is hardly any care for the elderly here. Recent examples of 94-year-old Dayawanti at Sector 18 in Chandigarh and the 75-year-old mother of a Punjab University teacher being found dead are illustrate this. The number of those in the age group of over 60 years is over 1 lakh in a population of 11 lakh. The number is more if those in the age group of between 70 and 80 years is added to the figure. This should not come as a surprise as medical facilities in the tricity have improved.
King of fruits hits market
Chandigarh, April 8
While kinnows have disappeared from most fruit shops, the king of fruits, mango, continues to be out of reach of the common man.
Over 10,000 take IIT-JEE exam
Chandigarh, April 8
Over 10,000 aspirants today appeared for the IIT-Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) in 15 centres across the city. For the first time, candidates were allowed to take home a duplicate copy of their answer scripts after the exam.
Students come out of the examination centre after appearing in the IIT-JEE examination at Dev Samaj School, Sector 21, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
PU Fellow writes to UGC
Chandigarh, April 8
Although the Panjab University Senate recently rejected its proposal after facing strong opposition from the house to allow colleges teachers to attend only two seminars in a year on duty leave, a PU Fellow has written to the University Grant Commission (UGC) for allowing college teachers to attend seminars as per academic provision that prevails for university teachers, so that no such proposal affects their academic growth.
Parents oppose school fee hike
Ambala, April 8
The Ambala School Parents’ Association today held a meeting and decided to protest against the fee hike.
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Tennis player Sonali Bansal today outclassed Naemat Aulakh to win the girls’ (U-18) title during the ongoing AKSIPS Total Tennis Championship, being held at the school courts in
Mohali.
Bollywood stars, martial arts experts, models displaying round’s number, loud music, they all failed to attract the attention of the local masses during the star-studded and highly claimed as ‘attractive’ Super Fight League, at the Circus Grounds at Sector 17 last night. And what the masses might have missed is the new technology used for the comfort of the audience.