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Housing loan scam unearthed
Chandigarh, November 16
In a multi-crore bank fraud case, the UT police today arrested a former manager of Punjab and Sind Bank, Sector 24, Rajinder Singh
Kalsi, along with two others. With these arrests, the police has unearthed a racket of sanctioning of housing loans under fictitious names by duping the bank.
The accused in the loan fraud case in police custody in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: S Chandan
Factory blast: Bid to hush up case?
Panchkula, November 16
A day after a worker, Ram Dheer, died in a blast in a boiler installed illegally in a sweets manufacturing unit, the Panchkula police has not registered a case of negligence against anyone. The unit belongs to former Haryana Financial Commissioner Raj Kumar.
SIM card dealer held
Chandigarh, November 16
A team of the CBI today rounded up a SIM card dealer from Behlana village who sold as many as 48 SIM cards to Shaik Afroz, one of the accused in the PGI paper leak case. A team of the CBI nabbed the dealer, Naval Kumar. He is being interrogated to get further clues in the case.
PM’s daughter walks down memory lane
Chandigarh, November 16
It was a nostalgic moment for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s daughter who visited the house where she had spent many years of her childhood when the Prime Minister was a teacher at Panjab University. Upinder Singh, a history Professor who was in the university for a lecture, visited house F-15 to relive old memories. UBS professor Dinesh Gupta’s son, who was alone at the home, played host to the PM’s daughter.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s daughter, Prof Upinder (right), comes out of the house where she stayed during her childhood, at the PU on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Mohali district divided into seven zones
Mohali, November 16
Taking another quick step in the direction of imposing property tax in Mohali district, the authorities are ready with the plan of zone determination for the
purpose.
Lurking danger
The road dividing Sectors 64 and 49 is in bad shape. Tribune Photo: Parvesh
Chauhan
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CTU GM, PGI officer to be quizzed
Chandigarh, November 16
In another development in the Anupama case, the PGI nodal officer of the Advanced Trauma Centre and the General Manager (GM) of the CTU will be questioned on November 29, 2012 before the UT State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.
P’kula admn didn’t keep word on relief ompensation given to victim’s kin
Panchkula, November 16
While the Panchkula Administration was beating drums in the previous blast case at a factory in Industrial Area, Phase II, that due compensation would be given to the kin of the deceased worker by them, it has come to light that no such compensation was given.
Shell out more for power in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, November 16
The amount spent by the UT Electricity Department on purchasing electricity during the summer to meet the shortage of power will be recovered from consumers. The consumers will have to shell out more in their next electricity bill.
MC fails to start afternoon water supply
Chandigarh, November 16
More than five months have passed since the Municipal Corporation had stopped afternoon water supply in the city to solve water crisis in summers, but the civic body failed to start afternoon water supply till now. In May, when the MC stopped afternoon water supply, they had assured that soon they would start the service. Sources revealed that the MC would not be able to start the service in the coming days as well. Mukesh
Bassi, Chairman of the Water Supply Committee, said they would raise the issue at the next meeting.
Darshan is Mohali SP (HQ)
Mohali, November 16
Darshan Singh Mann is the new Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) of the town.
Mann joined his new posting today evening.
Darshan Singh Mann
UT Class IV staff get peanuts for uniform
Chandigarh, November 16
Sample this: A class IV male employee of the Chandigarh Administration is entitled for just Rs 594 to buy three pairs of shirts, three pairs of trousers and a turban as the official uniform for a period of three years. This also includes the cost of stitching the uniform.
Protesting MLA rounded up
Chandigarh, November 16
The UT police today rounded up Kuljit Singh
Nagra, MLA, Fatehgarh Sahib, as he protested in front of the house of the CM, Punjab, which is a prohibited area.
Wipro wants to come to IT Park
Chandigarh, November 16
Information Technology (IT) giant Wipro is once again interested in investing in Phase II of the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park
(RGCTP).
The site which was allotted to Wipro at the IT Park in Chandigarh.
Tribune photo: S Chandan
Former Principal Secy to vacate house by Nov 20
Chandigarh, November 16
Under the spotlight for not vacating the sprawling government accommodation in Sector 5 without holding any post after losing the last assembly elections, Darbara Singh Guru, a former principal secretary of the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has given an undertaking to the Chandigarh Administration that he would vacate the house by November 20.
Darbara Singh’s residence at Sector 5 in Chandigarh.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
PM’s daughter dwells on ‘problem of war’
Chandigarh, November 16
Upinder Singh, daughter of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, delivered a lecture on "The Problem of War Perspectives from Ancient India" at Panjab University today.
New technique for treatment of asthma patients
Chandigarh, November 16
In a good news for asthma patients, a new technique has been developed to bring relief to them. Jyoti S Datta, a Calfornia-based doctor presented a new technique and procedure at the PGI, Chandigarh,this morning.
Dr Jyoti S Datta (right) explains the thermoplasty technique to Dr SK Jindal at the PGI in Chandigarh on Friday.
Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
‘Bobby Breaker’ staged at Tagore Theatre
Chandigarh, November 16
The play "Bobby Breaker", directed by Geeta Aggarwal, was staged at the Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, today as the part of the annual theatre festival of the Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Academy.
Artistes stage a play at the Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Participants perform gatka during a sports festival at Phase VII in Mohali on Friday. Tribune Photo: Vicky Gharu
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Science express reaches city
Chandigarh, November 16
Feel your body lighter by calculating your mass on other planets. A weighing machine for this is available on the Science Express Biodiversity Special Mobile Exhibition Train. For the next two days the mobile exhibition train will be at the Chandigarh Railway Station.
Students submit fake medical certificates?
Chandigarh, November 16
With the semester exams around the corner, The PU students, who are short of attendance, are on a spree of submitting medical certificates and interestingly, abdominal pain is the common problem reported by the students. They submit medical certificates issued by private doctors of adjoining areas. There are also some cases, in which the same doctor has issued certificates.
SSA contractual teachers yet to get revised salaries
Chandigarh, November 16
Although, the Chandigarh Administration revised the monthly-consolidated salary of its contractual employees with effect from September this year, yet over 500 contractual teachers, recruited under the Sarav Shikha
Abhiyan, are waiting revision in their salaries.
Posts of teacher to be filled in a year, says minister
Mohali, November 16
All the vacant posts of teacher in the government school would be filled within a year. This was stated by Sikander Singh Maluka, Education Minister, Punjab, after laying the foundation stone of new building at Shaheed Lt Bikram Singh Government Senior Secondary School , Sialba Fatehpur.
After PU, city colleges to increase mess charges
Chandigarh, November 16
After Panjab University, several city colleges are ready to increase the meal charges in their hostels, citing hike in LPG prices and inflation as the main reasons.
Conference held at PEC
Chandigarh, November 16
A conference on entrepreneurship was held at the PEC today. Nischal
Kesarwani, founder of Preseed, a company which empowers ordinary people, conducted the conference.
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The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today issued bailable warrants against UT Home Secretary Anil Kumar after he failed to appear before the Bench following a show-cause notice issued to him on October 19. The show-cause notice was issued to him for failing to implement an order pertaining to quashing of "accelerated promotions" of UT police inspectors under the reserved category.
An IAS officer of Punjab is disobeying the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court by allegedly encroaching upon a part of the road outside his house in Sector 7 here.
