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No lessons learnt from PGI exam scam
PCS aspirants not frisked at examination centres in city; metal detectors missing; 45,000 take test
Chandigarh, November 25
Not learning any lessons from the PGI entrance exam cheating racket unearthed by the CBI, the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) conducted the examination for the Punjab Civil Services (PCS) at various centres in the city without frisking students. The centres did not have metal detectors.

Candidates come out of a centre after appearing in the PCS examination in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

GMSH gives X-ray norms the go-by
Chandigarh, November 25
Exposing a number of patients to the risk of “chronic ailments”, radiographers at Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, have been found to be violating norms by allowing exposure of waiting patients to radiations.

Unaware of the danger it poses, patients await their turn inside an X-ray room even as another patient (encircled) undergoes a test at the GMSH-16 . Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

UT has big solar power plans
Chandigarh, November 25
Buoyed by the success of the two solar photovoltaic power plants of 50 kWp capacity each, installed at different public buildings in the city, the UT’s Department of Science and Technology is now all set to sell power.

Shortage of sand, gravel hits projects in Mohali 
Mohali, November 25
Shortage of sand and gravel has hit work on most of the projects in the district. Contractors of these projects are in a catch-22 situation as they will be charged hefty penalties in case they fail to meet the deadlines of the projects. The government is also in a fix as the cost of these projects will increase due to the delay.

Work on a bus stand project in Phase VI, Mohali, is yet to be completed. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Chivalry dead on board CTU buses!
Chandigarh, November 25
Chivalrous men on board Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) buses are a passe. Leave aside offering seats for women, they have no qualms about occupying seats reserved for women.

COMMUNITY

Government steps fail to check wheat flour prices 
Chandigarh, November 25
It’s a strange economic paradox. At a time when the government’s granaries are brimming with wheat stocks, the common man is forced to bear the brunt of a sharp hike in prices of wheat flour. Prices of wheat have gone up by Rs 30 per bag in the past fortnight.

Defence experts advocate tough posture against China
Chandigarh, November 25
While holding the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru responsible for the 1962 debacle against China because of his alleged failure to assess the emerging geo-political situation and interpret Chinese intentions, security experts advocated that India should adopt a tough posture vis-a-vis its assertive northern neighbour.

(Left to right) Former Chief of Army Staff Gen VP Malik (retd); Bharat Karnad, Professor Center for Policy Research; former Air Force Chief Anil Tipnis and former High Commissioner to Pakistan G Parthasarathy at a conference in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Rocking end to Chandigarh Carnival
Chandigarh, November 25
The Chandigarh Carnival concluded here today with the spellbound performance by Bollywood singer Alka Yagnik. Thousands of people visited the three-day festivities enjoying various activities of their interest.

All-weather pool nears completion
Panchkula, November 25
With the all weather swimming, the first of its kind in Panchkula, coming up at Mansa Devi Complex near completion, the residents of Panchkula will not have to wait for the summers now to enjoy a plunge in the pool.

Three-day judicial conference concludes
Chandigarh, November 25 
The three-day long ‘North Zone Regional Judicial Conference’ at Chandigarh Judicial Academy concluded here today.

The tribune campaign against encroachments
Finally, some action: eyesores removed
On March 23 this year, the judiciary set its own house in order and directed the Chandigarh administration to remove tents pitched outside judges’ houses. But it seems several serving and retired bureaucrats of Punjab and Haryana have failed to take a cue from it.

No one has right to encroach on public land, says HC
Chandigarh, November 25
If the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh has some misgivings about uprooting tents pitched by the VIPs on public land in Chandigarh, an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court is expected to remove these.

...but many continue to stick out like a sore thumb
AP Pandey House No. 1257, Sector 18C The Municipal Corporation is yet to take note of the violation made by former Punjab DGP AP Pandey outside his residence in Sector 18. Disobeying the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, he has allegedly encroached upon a part of the service lane on the rear side of his residence in Sector 18 and using it as a temporary shelter for his security guards. The tents have not only blocked the service lane but also led to sanitation issues in the area. Residents in the area said the security guards litter around the tents and the create “nuisance” as well.

OPEN HOUSE
Custodians of law become lawbreakers
Senior officials, who do not care about the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, are actually custodians of law. By frequently violating the directive of the court, they himself or herself become lawbreakers. The High Court had ordered the removal of unauthorised security tents pitched on government land outside the residences of higher officials, VVIPs.

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EDUCATION

Ratio criterion for teachers’ promotion
Chandigarh, November 25
The Education Department has proposed to promote master/mistresses and language master/mistresses as lecturers in the ratio of 4:1.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Shortage of staff at Suvidha Centre
Dera Bassi, November 25
Suvidha Center situated in tehsil complex, Dera Bassi, lacks facilities, which has become a cause of harassment for public and that for the staff of this centre.

Social organisations oppose sale of Dasehra ground
Fatehgarh Sahib Nov 25
Strong resentment prevails among the social, religious and Hindu organisation of Bassi Pathana town against the resolution passed by the local municipal council to sell prime land of Dasehra ground to generate income for the development of the town.

Cambridge varsity Prof to teach at SGGS World varsity
Fatehgarh Sahib, Nov 25
Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University Fatehgarh Sahib has appointed Prof Indi Seehra from University of Cambridge as visiting professor in the Department of Business andCommerce. He is a fellow of the Judge Business School and Director of Human Resources of the University of Cambridge and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management of Cambridge University, said Dr. Gurmohan Singh Walia, Vice-Chancellor, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, while talking to the media persons here today.

Thieves decamp with cash, jewellery
Dera Bassi, November 25
Thieves decamped with cash and jewellery from a house situated on the Gulabgarh road, Dera Bassi, on Saturday night.

CRIME

Girl commits suicide
Chandigarh, November 25
An 18-year-old girl reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Industrial Area, Phase I, here today. The police said the victim was alone at home when she took the extreme step and no suicide note was found at the spot.

Arrested youth changes stance during interrogation
Panchkula, November 25
In an interesting twist in the Jyoti murder case, the name of a political leader from Himachal Pradesh is also coming to the fore. During the investigations, the youth, who claimed to be the cousin of the leader, said that he was just attending to the phone calls of the leader during the election time.

SPORTS

Godrej outplay Airtel
Chandigarh, November 25
Godrej defeated Airtel in a thrilling encounter by one ball to spare of the CII-Tata Motors Corporate Cricket Cup played today in Chandigarh.

Four years on, hockey stadium yet to get new AstroTurf
Chandigarh, November 2
Blame it on lethargic bureaucracy or lack of interest in sports, which led to the delay in laying the new AstroTurf Field, at the Hockey Stadium of Sector 42, here. The Tribune has been highlighting the matter in its columns. But it seems that the UT Sports Department is still struggling to get bidders for laying the new field, here.