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sector 34 firing incident
Wanted gangster active on Facebook
Chandigarh, September 2
Wanted gangster Gurdeep Sekhon, who managed to escape after firing at a team of the Punjab police near Sector 34, Chandigarh, on August 30, has been found interacting with his friends on the social networking site, Facebook. Despite this, the police is clueless about him.
PGI waiting hall turns patients' ward
 Chandigarh, September 2
With a consistent increase in the number of patients visiting the PGI, the waiting hall at its Emergency Ward has turned into a patients' ward, accommodating more than 100 patients and their attendants, almost everyday.
Patients under treatment at the waiting hall of the PGI Emergency. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Women power at play on Panjab University campus
Chandigarh, September 2
Women power is in play on the Panjab University campus. Considering the fact that girl students dominate the PU vote bank, all parties have mobilised their girl teams for campaigning in girls' hostels and teaching departments. Girls can be seen moving in hostels, delivering speeches on behalf of their party leaders.
300 BPL families get rotten foodgrains
Panchkula, September 2
In a shocking revelation, around 300 BPL families in Sector 28, Panchkula, have been supplied decayed and fungus-ridden foodgrains by the district administration. The beneficiaries have got 35 kg each of these foodgrains.
Open House Response
Community parking need of the hour
The vehicular density in the tricity is increasing day by day without any systematic check. As a result, the cars are parked on roads in front of houses, and anywhere and everywhere possible. The Chandigarh Administration has been proposing basement parking lots and community parking since quite some time but nothing concrete has come up so far.
Caught unawares
A woman and two children brave heavy showers in Chandigarh on Sunday.
Tribune photo: parvesh chauhan |
Girl jumps into lake
Chandigarh, September 2
A 22-year-old girl, who was drowning in the Sukhna Lake, was rescued by the Chandigarh police constables this evening. Although the police stated that the girl accidentally fell into the lake, one of the eyewitnesses claimed that she jumped into the lake in a bid to commit suicide.
Emergency number 100 fails to aid Panchkula residents
Panchkula, September 2
Vinod Kumar along with his wife was left alone in an isolated area near
Raipurrani. He was robbed of his Verna car at a gunpoint by masked youths on his way to Panchkula from Paonta Sahib.
Show of strength
Tibetan nationals take out a protest march against China in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tiwari |
MLA supports Congress candidate
Chandigarh, September 2
Poonam Sharma, Congress candidate for ward number 7 byelection, along with sitting Congress MLA Jagmohan Kang, today went door to door as part of her campaigning at Maloya village.
Provisions of juvenile Act given a miss
Mohali, September 2
Mohali police lacks knowledge on provisions of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. The fact came to fore during a training session of policemen up to the rank of inspectors conducted by Gopal Arora, Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Roopnagar, who also holds additional charge here in Mohali.
Mohali residents lash out at Badal govt
 Mohali, September 2
There has been strong opposition to Tuesday's decision of the Punjab Cabinet to impose property tax in urban areas with residents here describing it as an unwarranted and unjustified financial burden at a time when they are already battling spiralling prices.
A residential area in Mohali. A file photograph
Snake scare at Mohali Colony
Mohali, September 2
Residents of MIG Colony in Phase XI were up in arms against the ‘careless’ attitude of the local Municipal Corporation, which has led to huge wild growth in and around their locality.
UT to allot land to Armed Forces Tribunal
Chandigarh, September 2
The UT Administration has agreed in principle to allot two acres of land to the Chandigarh Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) so that it could have its own premises to function from.
SMO accused of 'rude behaviour'
 Chandigarh, September 2
A resident of the city has moved a complaint against the Senior Medical Officer
(SMO) posted at the government dispensary at Sector 45, alleging rude behaviour towards him and negligence “which resulted in his mother’s death”.
The government dispensary at Sector 45,
Chandigarh. Tribune photo: parvesh chauhan
Pizza delivery boy hurt in accident
Panchkula, September 2
Delivering a pizza within the assured time of half an hour cost an employee of Dominoz dear as he was injured seriously after his bike rammed into a stationary car near the bus stand at Sector 5,
Panchkula. The victim, identified as Chandan (24), is a resident of Mauli Jagran.
‘Dev Purush Haar Gaye’ staged
Artistes stage a play at Paragon School, Sector 71, in Mohali on Sunday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
Proposal to install solar tree near Sukhna rejected
Chandigarh, September 2
The proposal of the UT science and technology department to install the country's first solar tree near the city's landmark Sukhna Lake has been rejected by the urban planning department of the UT Administration.
Nayagaon residents protest at CM's house
Chandigarh, September 2
High drama was witnessed outside the residence of Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal at Sector 2 here when the residents of the NAC, Nayagaon, protested outside his house. Led by Kharar MLA and former minister Jagmohan Kang, the agitators alleged that they were not being provided the basic facilities at Nayagaon, Nada, Karoran and Kansal villages.
Education Dept streamlines school inspection
Chandigarh, september 2
In order to streamline the inspection of government schools that has so far been irregular and ineffective, the UT Education Department has appointed four senior department officials to monitor the performance of all the government schools in Chandigarh at regular intervals.
PU poll: ABVP to go it alone
 Chandigarh,
September 2
The Akhil Bhartiya Vidyrathi Parishad (ABVP) has decided to contest the Panjab
University Campus Student Council (PUCSC) elections independently. The party
today launched its panel which has two girl candidates.
ABVP supporters make posters on the PU campus on Sunday.
Tribune photo:pradeep tewari
Hostel inmates lose sleep
Chandigarh, September 2
It's not just the student leaders who are going through sleepless nights
following the student elections at Panjab University (PU). The residents of PU
hostels are going through the same trauma due to the late night campaigning in
the hostels that continues till early morning.
keeping tabs: Chandigarh police officials take a round of the Panjab University campus during the student election campaign on Sunday. Tribune photo: pradeep tewari |
Abhinav is PUSU's presidential candidate
Chandigarh, September 2
Panjab University Students Union (PUSU), in alliance with the National Students Union of India (NSUI), today declared Abhinav Puri, a fifth-year student of the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), as their presidential candidate.
PUSU promises better infrastructure
Chandigarh, September 2
A day before the nominations for the student elections, the Panjab University
Students Union (PUSU) released their manifesto with a long list of promises
covering various departments, focusing on raising the standard of education by
updating the syllabus and providing better infrastructure.
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Chandigarh, September 2
Chandigarh, September 2
Chandigarh, September 2
