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Panchkula all set to get its first Mayor today
 Panchkula, July 3
Panchkula will get its first Mayor tomorrow. The elections for the post of Mayor of the Panchkula Municipal Corporation will be held at the conference hall of the Mini-Secretariat in Sector 1 here. The newly elected 20 councillors of the corporation will also take oath tomorrow.
A worker arranges chairs at a hall in the Mini-Secretariat in Panchkula on Wednesday on the eve of the mayoral poll. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
HC refuses to stay poll
Chandigarh, July 3
A day before the mayoral poll in Panchkula, a Division Bench of the HC today refused to grant a stay on the poll process.
Farooq inaugurates 2 solar plants in city
Chandigarh, July 3
Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah today appreciated the efforts of the UT Administration in making Chandigarh a solar city. This despite the fact that the Administration has managed to complete just three solar power projects in past five years.
Union Minister Farooq Abdullah inaugurates a solar plant at Model Jail,
Burail, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Colleges flouting UGC norms on prospectus cost
Chandigarh, July 3
Violating norms of the University Grant Commission (UGC) which stipulate that the cost of the prospectus should not be more than its cost of printing, colleges in the city are charging between Rs 400 and Rs 650 from students with Panjab University acting as a mere spectator.
Students queue up to buy prospectuses at a college in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
bus fire incidents
CTU ignores passengers’ safety
Chandigarh, July 3
Learning no lesson from three incidents of fire in low-floor buses reported in the last six months, the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking
(CTU) is still in a deep slumber. It has failed to propose any action plan for passengers' safety.
Tragedy Waiting to happen: A caved-in road lies unattended for more than a month; and (right) loose gravel on the road at the roundabout of Sectors 43, 44, 50 and 51 in Chandigarh poses danger to motorists .
Tribune photos: manoj mahajan |
UT press note to further hit Bassi-Chawla ties
Chandigarh, July 3
If a letter by councillor Mukesh Bassi to city Mayor Subhash Chawla, carrying grievances and sayings from the Bhagavad
Gita, was not enough, a press note by the UT Administration has further deepened the differences between the two.
Bansal has done little for city residents, says Harmohan Dhawan
Chandigarh, July 3
Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader, Harmohan Dhawan, today levelled allegations against local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal that he had done nothing for the city residents.
Illegal factories demolished
Chandigarh, July 3
Two illegal factories, which had come up on government land in the Industrial Area, Phase II, were demolished today during a joint drive of the UT Estate Office and the Municipal Corporation. The Estate Office officials said a furniture showroom was running on the government land and power generator sets were dumped on a vacant plot, which were removed during the drive.
A JCB machine removes encroachments from the Industrial Area, Phase II, in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Tribune photo: manoj mahajan
Panchayat poll
Humid weather fails to deter enthusiastic voters
Mohali, July 3
Enthusiasm marked the panchayat poll in the district today. Rural folk were so enthusiastic that several started coming to polling booths early in the morning.
An elderly man; and (right) people wait for their turn to cast vote at Balongi village in Mohali on Wednesday. |
Women voters stand in a queue to cast their vote at Dhaun village; and (right) Deputy Commissioner Tejinderpal Singh Sidhu and SSP GPS Bhullar take a round of an election booth in Mohali on Wednesday. Tribune photos: Vicky Gahru |
Clear govt land of encroachments, demand residents
 Mohali, July 3
Taking up issue of encroachments on government land with the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority, members of the Mohali Citizen Welfare and Development Forum, a body consisting 34 resident welfare associations of the town, demand immediate survey to detect such encroachments and action against the hazard.
An encroached portion of a park at Sector 70 in Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky gharu
City cop makes it to Limca Book of Records
Chandigarh, July 3
An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) with the UT police has been named in the Limca book of records for his outstanding achievement in social service while in the force.
Top docs join P’kula hospital
Panchkula, July 3
Now one won't feel the need to go abroad to get treatment for serious ailments as five well known doctors in various specialties have joined the Alchemist Hospital management.
(From right) Dr SK Sharma, Dr Inderjit Singh Virdi, Dr SP Kaushik and Dr Shubha Nagpal address the media at Alchemist Hospital, Sector 21, in Panchkula on Wednesday.
Tribune photo: nitin mittal
Night Food Street kiosks auctioned
Chandigarh, July 3
The Municipal Corporation today auctioned the remaining two kiosks of Night Food Street, Chinese Food and North Indian Food, by lot.
The scene of an accident on the road separating Sectors 31 and 32 in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Tribune photo: manoj mahajan |
Staff union opposes overstay on deputation
Chandigarh, July 3
The UT Cadre Educational Employees Union has made a representation to the UT Education Department on the issue of deputation.
High drama at Sector 16
Chandigarh, July 3
drama was witnessed near the Rose Garden at Sector 16 today evening when four persons after beating up a roadside tea vendor were chased by an escort of the UT SSP.
Photo therapy units donated
Chandigarh, July 3
Nanhi Jaan, an initiative of NGO Veeranwali Foundation, today presented five photo therapy units costing Rs 2.75 lakh to the Paediatric Department of the Government
Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16.
PU students protest against hostel warden
Chandigarh, July 3
Students of Panjab University today staged a protest outside the Boys’ Hostel Number 1 against a warden alleging that he locked the room of one of the residents while he was sleeping inside.
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| Vineet Jakhar, a student of PU, sits in the balcony. He was locked in his room at the Boys' Hostel Number 1 at Panjab University in Chandigarh; and (right) a policeman opens the lock of the room on Wednesday. Tribune photos: S. Chandan |
Same admit cards
Inquiry hits roadblock as student fails to appear before panel
Chandigarh, July 3
The inquiry by the committee formed into the case of two girls who appeared for the Combined Entrance Test for MCA held at Panjab University on June 16 with the same particulars on their roll number cards, except for their names, has hit a roadblock. The candidate, who had the details of the other candidate on her admit card, has twice failed to turn up before the committee.
New session for Class XI begins today
Chandigarh, July 3
The new session for Class XI will begin tomorrow in government senior secondary schools here. Today was the last date of depositing the fees by the students who were allotted seats in the first
counselling.
Students deposit admission forms at Government Senior Secondary School in Sector 33, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan
Over 2,800 opt for school bus facility
Chandigarh, July 3
This year, more than 2,800 students of government schools in Chandigarh have so far opted for the special school bus facility started by the CTU last year.
Many pvt schools yet to submit details
Chandigarh, July 3
Several private schools in Chandigarh defaulted on submitting their financial details to the committee appointed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the issue of fee hike despite the questionnaires being sent to them twice in the past one-and-a-half month.
Students meet university officials over fee hike
Chandigarh, July 3
Students of Panjab University today held a
meeting with the PU authorities over the recent decision to hike the fee of regular courses by 10 per cent and that
of self-finance courses by 20 per cent.
Ferozepur girl tops PU BSc-I exam
Chandigarh, July 3
Kour of RSD College, Ferozepur City, has topped the
BSc first-year examination of Panjab University, the results of which were declared here today.
PU notes
Counselling schedules
Panjab University has declared the interview and counselling schedule for admission to first-year of Master in Public Health (MPH) course. The interviews and counselling for this course will be held on July 12 from 10 AM onwards in the Centre for Public Health, Aruna Ranjit Chandra Hall,
PU. The candidates will have to bring their original documents at the time of the
counselling.
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Chandigarh, July 3
Chandigarh, July 3
