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Water woes in P’kula to stay as Kaushalya Dam goes dry
Panchkula, June 13
The controversial Kaushalya Dam that was constructed at a cost of Rs 240 crore has disappointed city residents as it has gone dry. Ever since the dam has been completed, the city continues to remain parched as it has not been able to fulfill even the minimum requirement of the city.
The Kaushalya Dam at Pinjore has failed to meet the water requirement of Panchkula. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
BJP leader Malhotra may replace Patil
Chandigarh, June 13
Senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra (82) is likely to be the new Punjab Governor-cum-UT Administrator.
According to sources in Union Home Ministry, his name is among the front runners for the post. Even local BJP leaders also lobbying for Malhotra’s name in Delhi.
NIELIT starts work from Sector 26 guest house
Chandigarh, June 13
The National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Sector 17, has started work from a guest house in the
NITTTR, Sector 26, after its building collapsed in the recent fire incident.
administrator’s advisory council
MP unavailable, Admn calls off meeting
Chandigarh, June 13
The meeting of UT Administrator’s Advisory Council
(AAC) scheduled for June 16 after a gap of over one and a half years, has now been cancelled by the UT Administration courtesy non-availability of newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) Kirron Kher and the UT’s failure to prepare agenda for the meeting in time.
sector 17 building collapse
Estate Office seeks report from UT Chief Engineer
Chandigarh, June 13
After getting reports from experts that adjoining building (SCOs 117-118) is under an immediate serious threat, the UT Estate Office (EO) today wrote to the UT Chief Engineer to give its report on removal of debris from the site (SCOs 114-116) from where the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) was operating.
Sectors 76-80 lack basic infrastructure
Mohali, June 13
In the absence of any basic infrastructure, residents of Sectors 76 to 80 are forced to live in hell-like conditions.
The developing sectors, which have come up in the Mohali Municipal Corporation’s jurisdiction from January 2014, have potholed roads, dilapidated sewerage system, wild growth all around and ill-maintained parks in the name of facilities.
Waterlogging near a market in one of the affected sectors in Mohali. A Tribune photograph
Water, power supply hit in P’kula
Panchkula, June 13
The downpour this evening left the city powerless and waterless.
Liquor vend being run from green belt in Panchkula
Panchkula, June 13
Cocking a snook at the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a liquor vend is being run from a green belt area, that too in front of a temple, in the Industrial Area, Phase I, here. The administration has turned a blind eye to the same.
A liquor vend in the Industrial Area, Phase I, Panchkula. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal
Shortage of premium and popular brands of beer, liquor
Bacchus lovers at the receiving end in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, June 13
The shortage of premium and popular brands of beer and liquor has hit the city, putting the Bacchus lovers at the receiving end.
Auction: City’s heritage furniture fetches Rs 18 lakh
Chandigarh, June 13
While the UT Administration failed to preserve its heritage items, the Chicago-based Wright Auction House once again auctioned heritage furniture lots of the City Beautiful.
medico-legal case
PGI loses eye donor due to delayed post-mortem
Chandigarh, June 13
While over 700 patients have been awaiting cornea transplant due to paucity of eye donors at the PGI, an alleged failure on the part of the institute to quickly communicate with the police and conduct autopsy led to the loss of a potential eye donor today.
Relatives of accident victims and investigating officers wait outside the Senior Medical Officer’s room to give applications for post-mortem examination and release of bodies at the PGI on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Cong MLA backs villagers’ protest
Mohali, June 13
Mohali MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu, along with some Congress activists, supported the protest of Balongi village residents by sitting on a dharna along with them at the village here today.
Balbir Singh Sidhu takes part in the protest at Balongi village in Mohali on Friday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
Chandumajra changes stand on paid parking issue in Mohali
Mohali, June 13
Prem Singh Chandumajra, newly elected MP from the Anandpur Sahib Constituency, apparently changed his stand on the paid parking issue in
Mohali. Chandumajra, who used to claim during his election campaign that he would not allow paid parking in the town, today categorically said the issue would be handled by the Municipal Corporation after its elections.
Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra, MP
Samsung service centre penalised, told to pay Rs 10K as compensation
Chandigarh, June 13
Samsung service centre here has been penalised for refusing to repair the defective refrigerator after dismantling it. The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the
service centre to pay Rs 10,000 as compensation for mental agony to the complainant.
State panel stays conviction of CHB CEO, Secy
Chandigarh, June 13
Two days after the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum sentenced Rodney L. Ralte, CEO, Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB), and Mandeep Kaur, Secretary, CHB, to three months of imprisonment for non-compliance of court orders, the State Commission stayed the conviction today.
Tenants too can land in trouble
Chandigarh, June 13
With the UT police are still in the process of identifying persons responsible for the fire incident that led to building collapse in Sector 17 last Sunday, certain tenants of the building can also land in trouble.
UT police get first woman ASP
Chandigarh, June 13
A woman IPS officer joined the UT police as Assistant Superintendent Police (ASP) today. She is the first woman ASP in the UT police.
Faulty engine halts Shatabdi Express
Chandigarh, June 13
Hundreds of the passengers, who were commuting in the evening Shatabdi from Chandigarh to New Delhi, had a harrowing time as the train halted at Ghaggar for more than an hour.
Class XI admissions
Few takers for online registration forms
Chandigarh, June 13
The number of students thronging government schools for availing prospectus for Class XI has crossed over 14,000 mark. However, the number of students applying for online registration has barely crossed over 50 mark.
NIELIT employees compile the registration data of candidates taking admissions to Class XI at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10, in Chandigarh.
Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan
1,130 posts in education department
Easy recruitment process proposed
Chandigarh, June 13
Learning from their past bitter experience of recruitment scam in 2009, the Education Department has proposed a new process for recruitment of 1,130 teaching posts.
school notes
Summer camp ends
The two-week summer camp, ‘Beat ‘D’ Heat’, organised for the children of junior wing, “Petals”, of PML SD Public School, Sector-32, Chandigarh, at the school concluded on Friday amid grand celebrations. The students took part in various activities, including meditation, yoga, instant cooking, brain and fun games during the camp.
Jairam Ramesh interacts with ISB students in Mohali
Mohali, June 13
“Change has to be disruptive, it cannot be evolutionary. Change has to have a visible symbol of authority,” said Jairam Ramesh, former Union Rural Development Minister while interacting with students of the Indian School of Business (ISB) at its Mohali campus today.
3,574 appear for CET
Chandigarh, June 13
As many as 3,574 candidates from across the country appeared for the Combined Entrance Test (CET) of seven postgraduate courses at Panjab University (PU) today.
Install grills on top floors, PU hostel wardens told
Chandigarh, June 13
Security officials at Panjab University today issued instructions to all hostel wardens to install grills on the top floors of their hostels. This decision has been taken after the suicide of Divya, a student of the biophysics department, who jumped to death from the sixth floor of hostel No 5.
ptu results
Quest students bag top positions
Mohali, June 13
Ujjwal KC and Nava Raj Khatri won laurels to the Quest Group of Institutions by securing the first and the second positions in BTech (ME) 5th semester on the merit list of November 2013 examinations, conducted by Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. Ujjwal secured 87.41 per cent marks whereas Nava Raj got 86.59 per cent marks.
US college institutes award after city golfer
Chandigarh, June 13
Albright College at Reading in Pennsylvania has instituted an international award in its bid to perpetuate the memory of its brilliant student and well-known Chandigarh-based golfer Samarvir
Sahi.
Danisha Higgs of the Bahamas (with crystal globe in her hands) with Samarvir’s father Gurpratap Sahi (in turban) and his sister Meenu Sahi (extreme right) after receiving the coveted trophy from Dr Lex McMillan (extreme left), president of Albright College, based in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.
Aakash Institute students excel in AIPMT
Chandigarh, June 13
The students of Aakash Institute bagged top slots in the All-India Pre-Medical/ Pre-Dental Entrance Test
(AIPMT)-2014, conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
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Hailstorm, accompanied by 17 mm of rainfall, lashed the city this evening, bringing the much-needed relief for residents from the sweltering
heat.
Sarthak Grover of Class VII of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, Panchkula, has done the city proud by getting his name registered in the India Book of Record, Asia book of Record and Unique World Records after winning the Non-Stop 24 hours Skating Event held at
Belgaum, Karnataka.