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Flights remain grounded
Chandigarh, January 2
Passengers remained stranded at the Chandigarh airport today as air traffic remained disrupted throughout the day due to poor visibility. Except the one Jet Airways flight which take off at 4 pm, all other outbound flights were cancelled.
Patient tests positive for swine flu at PGI
Chandigarh, January 2
A case of swine flu was confirmed at the PGIMER on Wednesday. The 23-year-old patient, a resident of Saharanpur in UP, was admitted to the hospital last week.
TB cases on the rise
Chandigarh, January 2
More than 150 cases of tuberculosis are being reported per day at the rural dispensaries in the city. Going by the figures recorded by officials at three of the dispensaries located across Ramdarbar, Maloya and Hallo Majra, tuberculosis has emerged as one of common ailments since the beginning of December 2012.
Dark, dingy dispensaries disgust patients
Chandigarh, January 2
Tall claims of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation of providing state-of-the-art healthcare services to city residents have fallen flat, as a majority of the civil dispensaries are grappling with problems of theft, shortage of doctors and lack of basic amenities such as water and electricity.
Patients wait for their turn at the dispensary in Ramdarbar, Chandigarh. There was only one doctor to attend to over 100 patients. Tribune photos: Pradeep Tewari
Received: Rs
40 lakh, spent: Rs 3 lakh
Chandigarh, January 2
Ward No. 14 received an amount of Rs 40 lakh for development works last year. Out of this only Rs 3 lakh could be spent by the end of November.
Garbage is dumped in the open on the dividing road of Sector 45-C and Burail village
Kidnap drama by girl sends UT police in a tizzy
Chandigarh, January 2
A complaint by an engineering student that a girl from the US has been kidnapped in the city kept the UT police on toes the entire day today.
2,008 calls at police control room
Chandigarh, January 2
The UT police was on its toes on New Year's Eve as the police control room received a total of 2,008 calls last night, catering to minor incidents of brawl, thefts, noise pollution, eve-teasing and accidents.
Live bomb shell recovered
Chandigarh, January 2
A live bomb shell that weighed around 25 kg and was big enough to cause damage over a radius of 1 km was found in a forested area at Colony Number 5 here today.
Teamwork must to curb crime: Adviser
Chandigarh, January 2
UT Adviser KK Sharma today held a meeting with the senior officials of the police, transport, education departments to discuss the issue of women's safety in the city.
p’kula robbery
DCP orders inquiry into concealment of facts
Panchkula, January 2
Deputy Commissioner of Police Nazneen Bhasin has ordered an inquiry into the “concealing of facts” by the MDC police station personnel in the robbery that took place here yesterday.
A trailer impounded by the UT traffic police has been parked outside the Police Lines in Sector 29. The trailer, carrying cars, belongs to a multinational unit. It was impounded in the no-entry area near the Labour roundabout. Traffic police officials said the height of the trailer made it difficult to park it with the impounded vehicles as it was likely to damage the electricity wires. Moreover, there is no space inside the Traffic Lines where other impounded vehicles are kept. DSP (Traffic) Kamaldeep said, “We will find a way to park it somewhere else so the traffic is not affected”.
Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan
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Review ambulance model of Punjab, Haryana: Health Secy
Chandigarh, January 2
The UT Health Secretary has directed the senior UT health officials, including the Director, Health Services, and Director, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, to review the108 ambulance model of Punjab and Haryana to plan its launch in Chandigarh.
DC asks departments to submit disaster management plans
Mohali, January 2
The deputy commissioner has asked various departments to submit their disaster management
action plans within two days to the Disaster Management Cell, Mohali.
teachers’ recruitment
At last, 2 get permanent appointment
Chandigarh, January 2
The skeletons of the "tainted" recruitment process that created an uproar during the appointment of 536 teachers in 2009 seem to have tumbled out of the closet again. Two candidates, who failed to appear in the final merit list during the recruitment process, managed to get permanent appointment from the UT Education Department about a month-and-half ago.
Cold wave: Schools open, but attendance remains low
Chandigarh, January 2
After a week-long winter vacations, the government schools opened with thin attendance as the effect of prevailing cold wave was visible on their attendance. While the education department extended the vacations of primary classes (from Class I to V) till January 6 but the students of the rest of the classes were asked to join schools as scheduled.
minority status
Minority panel begins hearing of city-based private schools
Chandigarh, January 2
The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI), New Delhi, began the hearing of several city-based private schools, seeking the certificate of minority status from the commission. Last month, the case of Vivek High School, Sector 38, came up for hearing before the commission. The UT Education Department is expected to file its reply in the case before the next hearing, which is scheduled for February 7.
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Bone-chilling cold continued to sting the region today with the mercury dipping to a three-year low in the city.
