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PU blocks YouTube on the campus
Chandigarh, September 23
Sudents of Panjab University (PU), who are addicted to downloading and watching songs and movies from
YouTube, will not be able to do so using the wifi facility as the university has blocked the website in academic blocks and all 18 PU hostels.
34-year-old man feared drowned
Dera Bassi, September 23
A 34-year-old man was feared to have drowned while immersing an idol of Lord Ganesha in the Ghaggar river here today. Divers from Ropar had failed to find him till the filing of this report.
Most tourists weren't aware of disturbed area tag
 Chandigarh, September 23
Though the disturbed area notification was in force since 1983 till it was quashed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently, it seems tourists, both domestic and foreign, were not aware about the disturbed area tag of
Chandigarh.
Foreign tourists at the Government Museum in Sector 10, Chandigarh. A File photo
Cut the flab, study warns city residents
Chandigarh, September 23
A whopping 74 per cent of Chandigarh residents have failed to maintain good cholesterol levels and 75 per cent have been found to be overweight or obese, the Saffolalife Heart Study-2012 has revealed.
Civic body yet to axe 328 dead trees
 Chandigarh, September 23
Instead of taking immediate steps to axe 328 dead trees posing risk to the lives of residents, the Municipal Corporation is more interested in making monetary benefits out of it and is delaying the felling of these trees.
Dead trees alongside a footpath in Sector 19,
Chandigarh. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan
Henna should tender apology, feel residents
The Chandigarh Police has done nothing wrong as far as Henna Bakshi's case is concerned. She should tender an apology. People in India need to realise that civil behaviour is important under all circumstances, irrespective of age of a person. Our society has suffered a lot due to such
behaviour.
Malaria cases on the rise in Panchkula
 Panchkula, September 23
Malaria cases are on the rise in the town. Despite seven cases of malaria being reported everyday at General Hospital in Sector 6, the district health authorities are yet to wake up to the alarming situation.
Water accumulated outside General Hospital at Sector 6 in Panchkula. Tribune photo: nitin mittal
Over 600 blood donors felicitated at PGI
Chandigarh, September 23
As a part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the PGI, the department of transfusion medicine honoured its voluntary blood donor organisations as well as donors in a function organised at the Bhargava Auditorium here today.
Bumpy welcome to commuters in Mohali
Mohali, September 23
Commuting on the road connecting Phase V and Phase I police station has become a nightmare.
Bank employee helps trace missing girl
 Chandigarh, September 23
With the UT police failing to find a missing girl for over four years, a cyber trainer managed to trace the girl on the basis of financial tracking techniques. The police has rewarded Manpreet Singh, with Rs 25,000 for tracking the missing girl.
Cyber trainer Manpreet Singh (extreme left) being awarded by the police. A tribune photograph
SHO’s gunman ‘slaps’ woman constable
Chandigarh, September 23
A woman constable of the UT police alleged that a male constable manhandled and slapped her near the traffic beat box in Sector 17 today. An inquiry has been marked into the incident.
Banks driving force behind country’s development: Bansal
Panchkula, September 23
Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal assured the banking sector that he would put forward their demands, as their representative with the Union Government, at the sixth triennial circle general council meeting of the State Bank of India Staff Association (SBISA), Chandigarh Circle, held at Indradhanush Auditorium, Sector 5, Panchkula, today.
Officers in a dilemma over postal charges
Chandigarh, September 23
A recent communiqué from the Ministry of Personnel and Training regarding non-charging of postal expenses while supplying information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has put the Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) in various offices of Chandigarh Administration in a dilemma.
AFT’s Chandigarh Bench down to single court
Chandigarh, September 23
After being augmented briefly, the strength of the Armed Forces Tribunal’s (AFT) Chandigarh Bench has been reduced to a single functional court again. The Chandigarh Bench has three authorised courts, but now only one court remains functional after a judicial member was transferred out a few days ago.
Admn plans retaining wall at Nada village
Panchkula, September 23
To address the impending danger at the Nada village, where five houses got washed away due to the overflooding of a seasonal rivulet on September 16, the administration is planning to construct a retaining wall around the area soon.
Theatre enthusiasts treated to shadow puppetry
 Chandigarh, September 23
Theater enthusiasts in the city experienced a different genre of the art through the play
'Kalpataru' staged as a part of the ongoing Chandigarh theatre festival at Tagore Theatre here today.
Play Kalpataru being staged at the Tagore Theatre in Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
Panjab University Senate
Last phase of polling gets over
 Chandigarh, September 23
The fate of 65 candidates in the race for 15 seats under the graduate constituency of the Panjab University Senate has been sealed with the last phase of polling ending today. The polling was held for a total of 31 seats. Other constituencies included
PU-affiliated arts colleges’ principals and teachers, with eight seats reserved for the both.
People wait in a queue to cast their votes for the Panjab University Senate at Government Model Senior Secondary School in Sector 37, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
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Chandigarh, September 23
Chandigarh, September 23
