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Today is World Environment Day
Pollution taking a toll on city’s health
Chandigarh, June 4
With the number of vehicles plying on city roads consistently on the rise, the level of pollutants is also increasing. Taking a toll on the health of residents, the increased vehicular density, causing frequent traffic jams and concentration of air pollutants, has not allowed the respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) levels to move down to normalcy in the past five years. Over nine lakh vehicles are registered with the Registering and Licensing Authority, Chandigarh.
2 challaned for smoking on court complex
Chandigarh, June 4
Found smoking in the District Courts by a Judge, two youths were today challaned for smoking at a public place. The Judge immediately summoned the police to issue a challan to the two who were found smoking in toilets at the District Courts. They were issued a challan of Rs 200 each as per the rules.
LENDING A GOLDEN TOUCH:
Models walk down the ramp during a fashion show organised by the Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology (NIIFT), Mohali, at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
Thieves decamp with cash, jewellery
Panchkula, June 4
Thieves struck at a flat in Rail Vihar, Mansa Devi Complex, Sector 4,
Panchkula, and decamped with cash and jewellery worth 1.70 lakh in the wee hours yesterday. Interestingly, they locked the house of a neighbour of the victim family before committing the crime. The owner of the flat, VAK
Mahajan, former deputy manager with a bank, was out with his family to Amritsar when the incident took place.
Man stabs wife to death
Chandigarh, June 4
A woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband at their residence in Mauli Jagran this evening.
The victim, identified as Rita, was taken to the PGI, where she succumbed to her injuries. — TNS
Biker killed
Chandigarh, June 4
A youth died after his motorcycle hit the divider on the Sector 18/21 road before colliding with a Chandigarh Police bus that was coming from the opposite direction on the other side of the road late tonight.
No paediatrician at Civil Hospital
Mohali, June 4
The Civil Hospital, Phase 6, Mohali, is functioning without a paediatrician and parents of children are having tough time.
The hospital, which used to have two paediatricians, is being run without any child specialist for around past one month.
Shergill murder: Mohali police reconstruct crime scene to get leads
Mohali, June 4
To get any lead in Congress leader Rajwant Singh Shergill blind murder case, the Mohali police reconstructed the murder scene.
Better Chandigarh
City Beautiful struggles to quench its thirst
Chandigarh, June 4
As the city reels under scorching heat with the temperature crossing 40 degrees Celsius, taps have gone dry in several areas. Every summer, city denizens grapple with water woes.
Against the 87 million gallons per day (MGD) water available to the city per day from all sources, the demand goes up to 116 MGD during the peak summer months.
A water-logged street due to leakage in a pipeline at EWS Colony in Sector 38 West, Chandigarh. tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
City’s North gulps more as South suffers
Chandigarh, June 4
At a time when the city is struggling hard to provide sufficient water supply to its residents, the posh northern sectors are using over 1,000 litres of water per person against the national norm of 135 litres per day.
WATER SHARING
Punjab-Haryana row has city at receiving end
Chandigarh, June 4
Uncertainty looms large over the supply of additional water for Chandigarh from Phases V and VI of Kajauli Waterworks owing to a dispute between Punjab and Haryana over the issue of water sharing.
A view of the waterworks in Sector 39, Chandigarh, that feeds the remaining waterworks in the city.
Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
PGI gears up to mark No-Honking Day
Chandigarh, June 4
With the increasing noise pollution in the entire country and practice of blowing horns not coming down, a team of experts from the PGIMER have planned to observe a ‘No-Honking Day’ in the city.
jyoti murder case
Doon MLA hatched the conspiracy: ACP Sangwan
Panchkula, June 4
The investigating officer in the Jyoti murder case, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Virender Sangwan, who faced transfer after he was accused of favouring Doon MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary during the probe, today told the court how the MLA had hatched the conspiracy to kill Jyoti.
GMADA to impose 12.36% tax on various services
Mohali, June 4
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) will be levying service tax at the rate of 12.36 per cent on various services.
According to sources, service tax has been imposed by the Central Government under Section 66 B of the Finance Act, 1994, as amended from time to time, on various services.
Another extension for Chief Architect?
Chandigarh, June 4
Even as the UT Administration had announced to relieve the Chief Architect, Sumit Kaur, of the charge, the Punjab-cadre officer continues to render her services here.
P’kula gets new DCP
Panchkula, June 4
Y Puran Kumar will replace Ashwin Shenvi as Panchkula Deputy Commissioner of Police
(DCP). Puran is a 2001-batch IPS officer and was posted as Superintendent of Police (SP), Kurukshetra. The orders for his new posting were issued this evening. Shenvi has been shifted to Kurukshetra to take Puran’s place.
Sanitation drive held in Maloya
Chandigarh, June 4
Mayor HC Kalyan along with the area councillor, Poonam Sharma, flagged off a sanitation awareness campaign at Maloya here today.
BUSINESS NEWS
Free PUC check today
FIAT Group Automobiles India Pvt. Ltd (FGAIPL) has undertaken a massive after sales initiative across India. FGAIPL will set up free PUC check up camps at its exclusive dealerships across India on “World Environment Day” – June 5th , covering all the states.
Visual Delight: Children present an item during a workshop at the Punjab Kala Bhawan in Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph |
Special classes for summative assessments
Govt schools fail to comply with orders
Chandigarh, June 4
Despite the Education Department’s written instructions that students of Class IX who had failed to qualify for the summative assessments (SA) should be given guidance classes for their improvement examination, which is to be held in July, majority of the government schools have failed to comply with the orders as no extra classes are being held.
Form submission: Admn to launch helpline numbers
Chandigarh, June 4
To avoid inconvenience to undergraduate students in the online form submission process, the UT Administration is going to launch a helpline number for each of the five government colleges of the city.
PhD Programme
PU issues revised guidelines
Chandigarh, June 4
Panjab University has issued revised guidelines for awarding the PhD degree.
PU spokesman said the admission to the PhD programme was being given through an entrance test. In order to promote teachers to undertake the PhD programme, the approved permanent teachers (regular for government colleges) of the PU and colleges affiliated with it with two years experience would be exempted from the entrance test for admission to the PhD course.
PU UILS
Admission schedule of BA LLB (Hons) to be declared on June 9
Chandigarh, June 4
The admission forms for BA/BCom LLB (Hons) five-year integrated course at the University Institute of Legal Studies
(UILS), Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh; UILS, Hoshiarpur; and UILS, Ludhiana; would be available at
http://uglaw.puchd.ac.in from June 9, 2014.
Heat is on:
Demanding regular jobs, PGT teachers hold a protest against the state government near Shiksha Sadan in Sector 5, Panchkula, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal |
mission admission
SGGSC introduces online form facility
Chandigarh, June 4
Sri Guru Gobind Singh College (SGGSC), Sector 26, has started online form facility on its website for students from this academic session.
Earlier, the information about the courses of the college was available on the college website but this time it is also providing the online form facility.
from schools
Personality enhancement camp
Chandigarh: Prajapita Brahma Kumari Ishwariya Vishwas Vidyalaya would be organising an eight-day personality enhancement camp for children between 12-20 years of age at the Rajyoga Bhawan in Sector 33, Chandigarh, from June 5 to12. The Organisers said the idea of organising the camp was to prepare the children for facing challenges in the world as children experience stress and emotional challenges in schools, colleges and other places.
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The suicide by Deputy Director (Vocational) of the Punjab Education Department Vinod Kumar at Sukhna Lake in broad daylight yesterday lays bare the tall claims of the UT police of extensive patrolling in the area. The officer jumped into the lake at 11 am yesterday after climbing stairs No. 4 on the Golf Club side. This is the second case of suicide at the lake in the past and the incidents expose shoddy police presence at the city’s favourite hot spot, which has also been time and again tagged as the suicide point.
There seems to be no end of troubles for the UT Sports Department. Numbed over the recent revelation by Chandigarh Tribune team on Wednesday, the UT Sports Department may face tough times ahead.
Calling it a successful season, 26- year-old leg break googly bowler Karanveer Singh, shared his experience of playing in his first ever IPL (Indian Premier League) tournament. While representing home team of Kings XI Punjab, for the first time, he claimed 11 wickets in 5 matches.
