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Students told to bring school uniforms for SAD leader’s sake
Mohali, December 21
 Students
of Government Primary School, Mauli Baidwan, were in for a shock when they were
asked to return the school uniforms which they were given last month under the
Centre government’s Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan. Reason: Amanjot Kaur Ramoowalia, daughter of former Union Minister BS
Ramoowalia, who lost Assembly elections on the SAD ticket from Mohali, had to distribute the uniforms.
Students of Government Primary School, Mauli Baidwan, carry uniforms in polybags
on Friday. A Tribune Photograph
Bouncers make revellers dance to drug-trade tune
Chandigarh, December 21
Bouncers employed with discotheques in the city are under the police scanner for allegedly selling drugs to girls and boys frequenting discotheques.
UT admn violated minority rights: NCMEI
New Delhi, December 21
The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) has come down heavily on the Chandigarh Administration for “tormenting” the principal and an art teacher of St John’s High School. The Commission stated that the UT officials demonstrated “hearts of stone” and interfered “with the internal administration of a minority educational institution despite protections which the Constitution guarantees”.
Caught
in a crawl 5
Commuting on Madhya Marg no child’s play
Once the crown beauty of Chandigarh, Madhya Marg, now remains chaotic and breathless throughout the day. In the fifth part of the series on city’s traffic chaos, Tribune reporter Vivek Gupta and photographer S Chandan take the road and check out the bottlenecks.
Matka Chowk roundabout dividing Sectors 10/17
Due to influx of traffic from all sides, there is congestion during peak hours. |
Officials wake up from slumber
Chandigarh, December 21
Waking up from a deep slumber, officials of the UT Administration and Municipal Corporation have started discussions on various proposals to ease traffic congestion at major junctions namely Tribune Chowk, Housing Board Chowk, Transport light point and railway station light point.
CTU staff threaten stir
Chandigarh, December 21
The CTU Workers Union today accused the officials of the Chandigarh Administration of including the annual maintenance contract (AMC) in the agreement clause for purchase of 98 new buses.
Surprise check at Chandigarh Club
Chandigarh, December 21
A team of the UT officials today conducted surprise checks at Chandigarh Club, Golf Club and Central Club to verify the nature of commercial activity and violation of the Excise Act, if any.
Inauguration spree continue
Chandigarh, December 21
Making the most of her final days in office, Mayor Raj Bala Malik inaugurated yet another green
belt in Sector 32-C today. The ceremony saw the installation of a plaque bearing her name in the same green belt, where 33 days earlier she had installed another plaque while inaugurating a
water fountain.
Two plaques bearing the Mayor’s name installed in the same green belt during the inauguration of a fountain; and (left) the green belt in Sector 32-C, Chandigarh.
Tribune photos: Parvesh Chauhan
Committee recommends energy-efficient units in Industrial Area
Chandigarh, December 21
The UT Administration has proposed setting up of industrial units which are not labour intensive in Industrial Area, Phase III.
Joining hands to wage a battle against heinous act
Chandigarh, December 21
Hundreds of youngsters took out rallies in the city to express solidarity with the Delhi gang rape victim.
Students of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, seek justice for the Delhi gang rape victim in Chandigarh on Friday.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Missing girl back home
Panchkula, December 21
Three days after the police came to know that a girl who had been reported missing was in Mumbai, she was traced and brought back to Panchkula today. The girl’s parents, residents of Sector 21, accompanied the police team to Mumbai.
Central secy inspects government offices
Mohali, December 21
The Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India, today visited various government offices in Mohali to know about the services being provided to the public.
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Students take out a rally to spread awareness on crime against women in Mohali on Friday.
Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
Man commits suicide
Chandigarh, December 21
A 30-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his Manimajra residence last night.
The victim, Parmod, thrashed his wife and turned her and his children out of the room before hanging himself with a plastic rope. The victim's body was discovered by his wife in the morning after she broke the door to open it.
ESI Corporation fined
Mohali, December 21
The Mohali District Consumer Forum has imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the ESI Corporation for delaying the reimbursement of a factory worker's medical bill of Rs 3,272. The forum has directed the corporation to pay Rs 15,000, along with Rs 5,000 as costs of litigation, to the complainant, Jai Parkash, an employee of Synergy Telecommunication Ltd.
Induction programme begins for TGTs
Chandigarh, December 21
The Sarav Shiksha Abhiyan Society, Chandigarh, began three-week induction programme for the newly recruited 224 TGTs at the the State Institute of Education, Sector 32, Chandigarh.
Students conduct road survey
Chandigarh, December 21
Students of National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Institute, Sector 27, Chandigarh, are conducting road survey as part of their academic project to ascertain the volume of traffic around the city.
About 48 students of the masters of engineering in construction technology and management conducted the survey around the Madhya Marg and registered several aspect regarding traffic around rotaries and roundabouts.
Students of the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Institute carry out a road survey in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan
From Schools
Bachpan celebrates annual day
Children of Bachpan, a play school, celebrated their annual day at Prachin Kala Kendra, Sector 71, Mohali, with a fun-filled programme of dance and song on Friday. Parents were overjoyed to watch their children performing on a number of songs.
Doaba college students develop all-terrain vehicle
Mohali, December 21
A group of 10 enterprising final-year mechanical engineering students of the Doaba Group of Colleges,
Kharar, has developed an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), which can move on the road as well as off-road and uses both petrol and
CNG.
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leader Ram Kumar Chaudhary was elected an MLA from the Doon constituency in Himachal Pradesh, the Panchkula police today issued arrest warrants against him and his three accomplices after they were named in the Jyoti murder case.
Chandigarh, December 21
