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Getting blood a Herculean task at PGIMER
Chandigarh, May 21
Getting a unit of blood from the blood bank at the PGI is a daunting task if experiences of patients and their attendants are an indication.
Now, pay more to park your vehicles at Sector 17 Plaza
Chandigarh, May 21
In yet another setback to the traders at the Sector 17 Plaza, who have already been facing losses following the relocation of the ISBT and the District Courts Complex from Sector 17 to Sector 43, the MC today gave its nod to hike the parking rates at the two major parking lots in the sector.
All is well at Panchkula Mini-Secretariat
Panchkula, May 21
A day after Chandigarh Tribune highlighted in its columns about 200 supporters storming into the Mini Secretariat and dancing to the beats of dhols inside the office, while candidates filed their nomination papers, the police force was deployed in the morning itself today.
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| A policeman diverts the traffic from the main road; and (right) the police prevents supportors from entering the Mini Secretariat building in Panchkula
on Tuesday. Tribune Photos: S.Chandan |
City reels under heat wave
Chandigarh, May 21
The city today continued to reel under heat wave conditions for the second day with the mercury still hovering around 42.6 degree Celsius. The minimum temperature recorded in the city was 22.2 degree Celsius, which is the highest in the past nine years.
Chautala’s bail a boost to INLD
Panchkula, May 21
With the Indian National Lok Dal’s Chief Om Prakash Chautala getting bail in the teachers recruitment scam case, the position of the Indian National Lok Dal
(INLD) in the MC elections has been strengthened now.
Statements of four board employees recorded
Chandigarh, May 21
On the third day of the hearing of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) and Parsvnath Developers Limited, the arbitrators recorded the statements of four board employees.
Thrust for tourism growth must come from private sector: Patil
 Chandigarh, May 21
The government will play a catalytic role in promotion of tourism, but the thrust for better and more amenities for the tourists must come from the private sector.
Mumbai film industry celebrities Kirron Kher and Kabir Bedi address the conference at Hotel Shivalikview in Chandigarh
on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Play by visually impaired students on May 24
Chandigarh, May 21
Visually impaired students of the Institute for the Blind, Sector 26, will stage
Kabir, adapted from Shekhar Sen's one-act play, at Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, at 10.45am on May 24.
MCom students in a fix
Chandigarh, May 21
Second-year postgraduate students of commerce at Panjab University are in a fix as their semester exam on June 3 is clashing with the Company Secretary (CS) entrance exam, in which many students are to appear.
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Environment Week concludes
 Chandigarh: Environment Week concluded at Stepping Stones Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, on Tuesday. During the week, students were sensitised about the need to preserve the environment through a number of activities.
Good Samaritans: Members of the Interact Club of Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, pay a visit to cancer-affected children at the paediatric oncology OPD of the PGI in Chandigarh. This was a part of a drive by an NGO, Sahayta, that aims at providing social and emotional support to children undergoing treatment at the hospital. A Tribune photograph
Edu Dept to do away with subject teachers up to Class V
Chandigarh, May 21
The UT Education Department has adopted the single teacher policy for all the primary classes. The policy, which was already in place for Classes I and II at government schools, will do away with the practice of having subject-wise teachers up to Class V.
Devashish tops MD/MS entrance
Chandigarh: Devashish Sahoo has topped the MD/MS entrance exam conducted by the PGI on Sunday. In the results declared on Monday, Sahoo secured 99.991 percentile among 9,000 candidates.
CET: PU extends date for form submission
Chandigarh, May 21
The students appearing for the Common Entrance Test (CET) at Panjab University who deposited their fee on time but failed to complete the online form submission have been given a chance to complete their forms by May 23.
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Chandigarh, May 21
Chandigarh, May 21
