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Vanity number auction makes history
CH-01-AP-0001 sold for Rs 26.05 lakh
Chandigarh, August 9
There seems to be no limit to price tags on status. The craze for vanity numbers set a new record today when CH-01-AP-0001 was auctioned for a whopping Rs 26.05
lakh. Amarjit Singh, an agriculturist from Punjab, made the highest bid for the number.
Photo: Pradeep Tewari
Midnight shocker for 500 voters of Sec 30
Chandigarh, August 9
Krishna Avanti, (75), was shaken out of her sleep by the sound of the doorbell at 10:30 last night. This septuagenarian, who was still groggy, was shocked to see a backdated notice delivered to her at that odd hour by the UT election department.
Mohd Khalid is PUTA President
Chandigarh, August 9
Maintaining their dominance for the second consecutive year, the Manjit-Akhsaya group won three out of the five key positions in the Panajb University Teachers Association
(PUTA) elections held today.
New president of PUTA Mohammad Khalid (centre) with other elected members at the law auditorium in Panjab University on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
 Winning candidates
140 votes found invalid
Bus Queue Shelters
No policy to maintain structures
Chandigarh, August 9
The 260-odd bus queue shelters of three different types, namely brick structure, wrought-iron structure and the latest ultramodern steel structure, are a classic example of UT officials’ belief in putting the cart before the horse.
Broken seats, torn off advertisement panels and posters of a student organisation welcome commuters at a bus queue shelter in Sector 43.
Waterlogging still a problem
Chandigarh, August 9
The claims made by the authorities concerned about the efficiency of the city's underground drainage system fall flat as rain unleashed its fury today. The city roads were turned into rivulets and several low-lying areas and parking lots were transformed into small lakes.
Rainwater accumulates in front of the booth market at Sector 17 in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan
Reshuffling in UT Admn
Chandigarh, August 9
In yet another reshuffling in the UT Administration, the administration today bifurcate the post of joint secretary (home) and distributed the departments between secretary, information technology Prerna Puri, and director public relations MM Sabhrwal.
Six cops transferred
Chandigarh, August 9
In a routine reshuffle, six police officials, including four inspectors, were transferred today. Inspector Rajesh Shukla has been transferred to the VIP security, while Inspector Yash Pal has been designated as the SHO of Mani
Majra.
No bylaws for control of pet dogs
Mohali, August 9
The higher authorities of the local government department have been sitting on a draft of the bylaws for the control of pet dogs in the town for about four years with owners of animals doing whatever pleases them.
Apna Ghar: Bail denied to accused
Panchkula, August 9
A CBI court has denied bail to Harvinder and Dayanand, the two accused in the Apna Ghar case of Rohtak, here today.
Abandoned girl disappears, police has no conclusive reply
Panchkula, August 9
Mystery shrouds the disappearance of a 17-year-old abandoned girl, who was handed over to the police by the residents of Rail Vihar today morning. However, the latter is not aware of the whereabouts of the girl now.
CAT directs UPSC to interview PGI urologist
Chandigarh, August 9
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) providing partial relief to PGI urologist, Dr SK Singh, has directed the UPSC to allow him to appear in the interview for the post of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) director-principal to be held on August 16.
Shopkeepers told not to sell correction fluids to minors
Chandigarh, August 9
The UT police launched a special campaign to check sale of correction fluid to minors in the city. The sale of correction fluid to the minors is banned as per the Magistrate orders under Section 144 of the CrPC. The minors generally consume white correction fluid as a drug.
Rare heart surgery performed
Chandigarh, August 9
In a rare instance, all three valves of the heart of a 54-year-old patient were replaced with artificial ones.
Dance performance to please rain gods
Chandigarh, August 9
The city received rain much before the performance of Daksha Mashruwala, an Odissi dancer, who visited Chandigarh on Thursday to perform at ‘Varsha Ritu Nritya Sandhya’, organised by the city-based Indian National Theatre at the Tagore Theatre, Sector 18.
Odissi dancer Daksha Mashruwala (extreme right) performs with her students at the Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Janmashtami celebrated with fervour in tricity schools
Chandigarh, August 9
Schools across the tricity celebrated Janmashtami with a lot of fervour and zeal on Thursday.
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It was virtually raining money when a team of the Mohali police broke the locks of a steel almirah lying on the first floor of Anuradha Bali, aka Fiza’s house at Sector 48 this afternoon.
Chandigarh, August 9
