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mayoral election
Congress wins ward No. 7 bypoll
Chandigarh, September 17
The Congress has won the byelection to ward number 7 of the local municipal corporation, the results of which were declared here today. This is the third consecutive time that the Congress has won a byelection of the municipal corporation.
Poonam Sharma (centre) with MP Pawan Kumar Bansal’s wife Madhu Bansal after winning the byelection in Chandigarh on Monday.
Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Gets the edge in number game in MC House
Chandigarh, September 17
Majority in the General House of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is once again with the Congress with the party winning the byelection of ward number 7 today. Now, the Congress has 12 members in the House, which includes Union Minister and Member of Parliament Pawan Kumar Bansal, while the BJP-SAD alliance is left with 10 councillors.
Heated arguments at photo session
Mayor Raj Bala Malik and former councillor HS Lucky engaged in a heated argument when Poonam Sharma, after winning the byelection, reached the residence of Member of Parliament Pawan Kumar Bansal for a photo session. Sources said Lucky alleged that the Mayor had pushed him aside when they were standing in the front row posing for a photograph. When he protested her behaviour, she misbehaved with him.
3 hurt in brawl during victory march
Chandigarh, September 17
Three Congress workers were injured in a brawl among workers of the Congress and the BSP during the victory procession of the Congress candidate Poonam Sharma at Maloya village today.
One of the injured at the GMCH-16 in Chandigarh on Monday.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
MC employees seek relief for deceased’s kin
Chandigarh, September 17
Employees of the Municipal Corporation (MC) today staged a protest against the MC authorities for not implementing in toto the Punjab rules in the corporation for providing compensation to an employee who died in harness.
Sukhna Lake full to the brim
Chandigarh, September 17
Water in the Sukhna Lake, which almost dried up a few months ago, is now near the danger level. The good rainfall, especially in the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, has increased the water level of the Sukhna to 1161.25 feet (above the sea level), which is only 1.75 feet less than 1163 feet, the water storage capacity of the lake, usually called the danger mark.
Good rainfall has increased the water level in the Sukhna Lake to the 1161-foot mark.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Diesel price hike
Majithia leads cycle rally to Raj Bhawan
Chandigarh, September 17
Activists of the Youth Akali Dal (YAD), led by its president Bikram Majithia, today pedalled their way to the Raj Bhawan here in protest against diesel price hike and limit on the use of subsidised LPG cylinders.
Youth Akali Dal president Bikram Singh Majithia during a protest against diesel price hike in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Chandigarh won’t withdraw disturbed state notification
Chandigarh, September 17
The Chandigarh Administration has clarified that it has no intentions of withdrawing the notification issued in December 1986, declaring Chandigarh as a disturbed state.
Appearing before the Punjab and Haryana High Court during the hearing of a petition seeking withdrawal of the disturbed area notification, UT senior standing counsel Sanjay Kaushal opposed the plea.
Admn ignores Principal AG’s observations
Chandigarh, September 17
In the Rs 23.68 lakh embezzlement at the Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA), Chandigarh, there is more than what meets the eye.
While seeking registration of a criminal case against six officials working at the RLA between April 2010 and October 2011, the Chandigarh Administration seems to have completely ignored the key observations made by the Principal Accountant General (Audit), UT, against controlling officer at the RLA.
Experts dwell on interpretation of pathology material
Chandigarh, September 17
The two-day CME on “Recent advances in cytology and gynaecological pathology” and workshop on “Liquid-based cytology” ended with 250 delegates from India and abroad at the PGIMER yesterday.
Rainwater enters houses
Mohali, September 17
Heavy rains that lashed the town in wee hours today brought misery to residents of Phase XI with water entering a number of houses.
There was knee-deep water in parts of Phase XI. Many people were caught unaware, as they were sleeping when the heavy downpour started.
PGI doc wins laurels
Chandigarh, September 17
The PGI’s Advance Eye Centre’s ophthalmologist, Prof Jagat Ram, has brought laurels to the institute, as he received first prize at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS) Conference held at Italy in the category of special challenging cases for implantation of customised intraocular lens in a child.
PPCB acts to check pollution by industries
Mohali, September 17
The Mohali Industries Association (MIA) in association with the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) today launched a common effluent treatment facility programme for electroplating industries in Mohali.
Rainwater floods college library
Chandigarh, September 17
The Library of Dabur Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College and Hospital in Sector 46 was in a state of flood here today.
Sources said rainwater entered the library as a pipe, discharging rainwater, broken down today.
Workers drain out water from the library at the Dabur Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Sector 46, in Chandiagrh on Monday. Tribune photos: manoj Mahajan
Admn swings into action
Mohali, September 17
Following reports of two cases of swine flu in the town, the district administration has swung into action and called a special meeting of senior health officials to initiate preventing measures.
Tree falls on parked car in Sector 44
Chandigarh, September 17
A car which was parked in front of house number 3057 in Sector 44 was damaged when a tree fell on it late night yesterday. The residents have alleged negligence on the part of the horticulture wing of the municipal corporation as they say that no action was taken even after a complaint was made that trees in the area needed to be cut
An uprooted tree which damaged a car parked under it in Sector 44, Chandigarh.
Tribune photo; Manoj mahajan
NHAI closes 12 illegal openings
Zirakpur, September 17
Continuing with its drive to close all illegal openings, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) today closed at least 12 such openings.
Officials have dug trenches in front of gates of these establishments and also issued warning that if these trenches would be filled by owners of the establishments, a formal complaint would be lodged against them.
A JCB machine digs up a trench on the Chandigarh-Ambala Highway on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court; and (right) a student jumps over a trench at Dera Bassi on Monday. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal |
‘Sukhi Basay Maskeniya’ staged
Chandigarh, September 17
A play ‘Sukhi Basay Maskeniya’ written by late Gursharan Singh was staged today at Punjab Kala Bhawan.
The play was based on the impact of liberal economic policies in context of political corruption of our society. The play surged through three generation, showing the changing challenges and values with time.
Artistes present an item during the inauguration of a theatre festival held to pay tributes to a well-known director and playwright, the late Sardar Gursharan Singh, at the Punjab Kala Bhawan in Chandigarh on Monday. tribune photo:
Pradeep Tewari
Pay relief to consumer, power corp told
Mohali, September 17
Claiming sundry charges to the tune of Rs 34,223 and the subsequent disconnection of an electricity connection of a consumer for non-payment of dues has cost Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd dear.
NIA fails to turn up at hearing, fined
Panchkula, September 17
The court fined the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Rs 200 for not turning up during a hearing in the Samjhauta blasts case here today.
The sources said the NIA was asked to provide a list of witnesses to the opposite party by the court during last hearing on September 3. The NIA had told the court that time the list in question would be given on or before Aug 17.
Residents demand repair of boundary wall
Mohali, September 17
A delegation of the Residents Welfare Association (HIG Complex), Phase 2, today met the GMADA Chief Administrator. The association demanded the repair of the boundary wall dividing of the complex and that of Madanpur
village.
12 teachers’ fate sealed in ballot boxes
Chandigarh, September 17
The elections to four reserved seats in the Senate for teachers of Panjab University witnessed a great response from the teachers.
The fate of 12 teachers, candidates in the race to become Senators of PU, has been locked in the ballot boxes, the results of which would be declared on September19.
Candidates for the PU Senate elections wait for voters outside the polling booth at the Law Auditorium in PU on Monday.
Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Chandigarh scan
Reimbursement to private schools under RTE Act
UT Education Department studying Delhi model
Chandigarh, September 17
The UT Education Department is studying the criteria adopted by the Delhi Government regarding reimbursement to private schools for enrolling children under the RTE Act.
PU students stage protest over promotion norms
Chandigarh, September 17
Ex-PUSU leaders staged protest at PU today. They demanded relaxation of norms in promotion criteria for the selection to MSc
programmes.
About 20 students took part in the protest, including two who observed hunger strike for an indefinite period. The students said in 2010, the university had increased the credit points from 80 per cent to 100 per cent for the promotion from BSc to MSc.
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Chandigarh, September 17
A 55-year-old cyclist was crushed to death under a CTU bus near the roundabout of Sector 16 stadium here today.
The victim, Ram Bahadur, a resident of Maloya village, near Sector 39, was crushed under the wheels of a low-floor CTU bus.
Mohali, September 17
The four accused in the priest murder case have been sent to two-day police custody by the court today.
The accused, identified as Ajay Kumar, a resident of Sector 25, Chandigarh; Vikram Singh from
Ambala, Ganesh from the Industrial Area, Chandigarh; and Pramod, had murdered 60-year-old Duni
Chand, a priest at a temple in Morni, with a sharp-edged weapon when he objected their entry in the temple after consuming liquor last evening.
Chandigarh, September 17
