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multi-level parking
Civic body to pay Rs 2.61 cr to agency
Chandigarh, September 9
In a major blow to the municipal corporation in a case related to the construction of the first multi-level parking lot in Sector 17, the Arbitration Tribunal rejected all claims of the civic body and directed it to pay Rs 2.61 crore to the agency shortlisted for the construction of the multi-level parking near Sahib Singh and Sons.
60-year-old protester dies in Panchkula
 Panchkula, September 9
A 60-year-old man died under mysterious circumstances while taking part in an agitation on the road separating Sectors 6 and 7 here this afternoon. Though the exact cause of the death will be known only after a postmortem, to be conducted tomorrow, sources said cardiac arrest might have caused his death.
A traffic jam on the road dividing Sectors 7 and 8 in Panchkula on Monday during a protest held by the Sarv Karamchari Sangh, Haryana. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
Six cases of dengue reported from city this monsoon season
Chandigarh, September 9
The number of dengue cases reported from the city has reached six. The first case was reported last month. According to officials, the number may go up by the end of this month.
Condemned buses may soon house libraries of government schools
Chandigarh, September 9
Soon, government school students will get a chance to study in libraries set up on condemned CTU buses. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the UT Education Department is eagerly working on a plan to convert off-the-road CTU buses into libraries for various government schools.
City airport gets two aerobridges
Chandigarh, September 9
The Chandigarh domestic airport has got an international look as two aerobridges have become fully operational here. These new aerobridges are the part of the modified bay layout plan of the airport. These aerobridges will enable passengers to board and disembark from the aircraft without going outside the terminal building.
An aerobridge at the Chandigarh airport. A Tribune photograph
Civic body transplants 27 trees in Sector 16
Chandigarh, September 9
The Municipal Corporation today transplanted 27 trees in Sector 16 that were pulled out from
the site of a multi-level parking in Sector 17 on Sunday.
Trees kept at a Sector 23-based nursery, which were cut by MC staff at the multi-level parking site in Sector 17. These trees will be auctioned later. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan
Parking contractors to pay 12.36% service tax to MC
Chandigarh, September 9
The Municipal Corporation today decided that the contractors of paid parking lots will have to pay 12.36 per cent service tax to the MC. It was also decided that those contractors, who are not willing to pay the tax, can surrender their parking lots.
No home-based deliveries in city this year: Survey
Chandigarh, September 9
In a significant development, 100 per cent institutional deliveries were conducted both in the urban and the rural areas in the city in the first quarter of this year, as per a survey of the Department of Health and Family Welfare.
CLOSE SHAVE: A man looks at the mangled remains of a car hit by a tempo on the Panchkula-Zirakpur highway on Monday. No one was hurt in the
mishap. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal |
Councillors' honorarium
MC to send letter to UT Admn
Chandigarh, September 9
After pressure mounted by nine nominated councillors, the Municipal Corporation will send a letter to the UT Administration to amend the notification for increase in honorarium for councillors.
RWAs to get more funds for maintenance of parks
Chandigarh, September 9
The Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) today increased the amount, which was given to the RWAs for the maintenance of parks and green belts. The MC approved Rs 2.48 per sq m per month, which was earlier Rs 1.5.
GMCH-32 mulls regional drug abuse and rehabilitation centre
Chandigarh, September 9
Following the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Government Medical College and Hospital
(GMCH), Sector 32, has proposed to set up a 40-bed regional drug abuse and rehabilitation centre on the campus. The proposal sent to the UT Administration is aimed at setting up a centre that will offer long-term care to the patients that may extend up to one year or six months. The centres currently available in the city offer acute care that lasts for nearly a week.
Flats
for slum dwellers
Harmohan Dhawan to court arrest on September 12
Chandigarh, September 9
Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Harmohan Dhawan
today said as the UT Administration was not giving two-room flats to slum dwellers, he, along with his supporters, would court arrest on September 12.
2 special trains to clear festive rush
Chandigarh, September 9
clear the extra rush of passengers of the region during the festivals from the next month, the railway authorities have decided to start two special trains from the Chandigarh Railway Station. Taking cognisance of the demand of tickets, the authorities have decided to commence weekly express to Dibrugarh and tri-weekly express to Varanasi from the Chandigarh Railway Station.
Protests leave commuters high and dry
Panchkula, September 9
Traffic in Panchkula came to a standstill for hours when around 18,000 persons staged a protest and tried to gherao the Vidhan Sabha today. Routes on the
Panchkula-Chandigarh border, particularly from the Housing Board to sector 17/18 light point, were blocked from morning till evening causing inconvenience to the commuters.
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| Members of the Sarv Karamchari Sangh, Haryana, hold a protest at the Chandigarh-Panchkula border on Monday; and (right) Haryana Police personnel keep a vigil . Tribune Photos: Nitin Mittal |
Chief Minister’s Cancer Relief Fund
Rs 1.66 crore given to 111 patients in Mohali
Mohali, September 9
Financial aid totalling over Rs 1.66 crore has been given to 111 patients in Mohali district from the Chief Minister’s Cancer Relief Fund for their treatment, Deputy Commissioner Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu said here.
Land acquisition
Cong leaders demand market price for farmers
Mohali, September 9
Local Congress leaders today asked the district administration to implement the Centre's new Bill on land acquisition and pay the farmers accordingly.
Process for setting up residential urban estate in Mullanpur expedited
Mohali, September 9
Punjab government has expedited the process for setting up a residential urban estate (Phase II) on more than 335 acres in the Mullanpur area by issuing a notification in this regard.
Stress laid on eradication of gender inequality
Chandigarh, September 9
There is a need to change the mindset of people to eradicate gender inequality. This was emphasised during a panel discussion organised by the Public Relations Council of India, Chandigarh chapter, at Chandigarh Press Club yesterday. One of the panelists, Dr KK
Rattu, station director, Doordarshan Kendra, Dehradun, said society was going through a cultural tsunami where values, morals and ethics were crashing.
Teachers, lawyers, students oppose attack on Syria
Chandigarh, September 9
A number of peace loving individuals belonging to different parties and activist groups, teachers, lawyers, and students gathered in the Sector 17 Plaza at Chandigarh to raise their voice for peace against the proposed limited attack on Syria by the Obama government.
CPI (ML) members hold a protest against the US plan to attack Syria, in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: manoj mahajan
Law graduates get enrolment certificates
Chandigarh, September 9
The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, under the chairmanship of Randhir Singh Badhran organised a function to distribute enrolment certificates among law graduates interested to enter into the legal profession and applied for issuance of licence under the Advocates Act - 1961. The function was organised in the auditorium of the Law
Bhawan, Chandigarh.
Sub-inspector sent to Police Lines after brawl
Chandigarh, September 9
Sub-inspector of the Chandigarh police Harinder Singh Sekhon has been sent to the Police Lines, Sector 26, for allegedly indulging in a brawl outside a discotheque at Sector 35 on August 9.
Agitating PU students refuse to relent
Chandigarh, September 9
Though the District Magistrate imposed Section 144 CrPc around the office and the resident of the Panjab University Vice -Chancellor, the student leaders continued to demonstrate outside the VC's office. Of the nearly 50 student leaders protesting over alleged rigging in the PU student council elections , three landed in the hospital after their health deteriorated due to the fast.
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11 students of city school to visit Germany under student exchange programme
Chandigarh, September 9
Eleven students of Vivek High School, Sector 38, have been selected for the Indo-German Student Exchange
Programme, funded by the German Government under its programme “Schools: Partners for the Future (PASCH)”.
Students with their teachers after a press conference at Vivek High School, Sector 38, in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan
PU/college notes
Capacity-building programme
A two-week training workshop on capacity building programme in social sciences started at the North-Western Regional Centre of the ICSSR Complex, Panjab University
(PU), today. Young reserch scholars and teachers of the region participated in the workshop. Professor Surinder Kler
Shukla, honorary director, ICSSR, North-Western Regional Centre, introduced and welcomed the distinguished guests and the participants.
from schools
Career counselling
The school management of Gurukul Global School, Mani Majra invited Bruce Osborne, director of the international business at Universal College of Learning, New Zealand, to its campus to speak on studying abroad. Bruce gave an introductory speech and highlighted the objective of the seminar by informing about options of studying in New Zealand, which is turning out to be an hub in the field of technology.
Poster-making competition organised
Mohali, September 9
A poster-making and group drama competitions were held at Chandigarh University,
Gharuan, to celebrate the International Literacy Day. The team of Nikhil
Singla, comprising Ashish Rauthan, Ashish Sethi and Atul Mishra won the top honours in the competition while the Udaan team won the first prize in a drama competition.
The winners were awarded trophies and certificates of merit.
— TNS
GMCH-32 celebrates annual day
Chandigarh, September 9
The Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, today celebrated annual day. The chief guest for the function was Padma Bhushan Professor JS Chopra, founder Director-Principal of the GMCH-32.
— TNS
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