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PU ELECTIONS
Student parties make voters dance to their tunes
Chandigarh, September 2
If politics is all about making voters dance to parties' tunes, then PUSU is halfway through. The students' front has come up with in-house peppy numbers in a bid to enter the hearts of PU students and garner their support for the coming student council elections.
HEAD OVER HEELS: A supporter dons the code of an alliance panel in style at Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
Tribune photo: S Chandan |
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Votes up for sale on varsity campus
Chandigarh, September 2
It's pouring money for small-time leaders on the Panjab University campus having an assured vote bank. Depending upon the number of votes, the leaders, especially those in professional courses, are being bribed with money to swing votes in favour of parties.
Students board a private bus from the PU campus for a party on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
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Mirror image: A waterlogged street at the Sector 17 Plaza after showers on Tuesday. Tribune photo: S Chandan |
STAND-UP ACT: Gurpreet Ghuggi entertains the audience at Tagore Theatre on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
Students take part in an inter-school poster-making competition on eye donation at Manav Mangal Smart School, Phase X, in Mohali on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
Spreading awareness: To mark the Nutrition Week celebrations, a programme
on paediatric nutrition was held at the Government Medical College and Hospital,
Sector 32, Chandigarh on Tuesday. The event was organised by the Department of Dietetics. Tribune
photo: Manoj Mahajan |
outbreak of diarrhoea
HUDA officials failed to act: MLA
Panchkula, September 2
The functioning of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) came under a scanner with the local MLA accusing the officials for not taking precautionary measures against diarrhoea that affected more than 320 residents in Sector 19 and Abheypur village of the city.
CTU bus catches fire at ISBT-17
Chandigarh, September 2
Panic gripped passengers at the Sector 17 Inter-state Bus Terminus (ISBT), when the engine of a bus caught fire today.
Some of the passengers were standing on the rear side of the bus when the incident took place.
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| The CTU bus which caught fire; and (below) a conductor examines the extent of the damage at the ISBT, Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune
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PGI
gets FICCI healthcare awards
Chandigarh, September 2
The PGIMER has been conferred two awards by the Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industries (FICCI) Healthcare Excellence Awards for 2014 under the
categories of medical technology and diagnostics, pathology laboratories.
Dr Yogesh Chawla (right), Director of the
PGI, receives the
FICCI Healthcare Excellence Award in New Delhi. A Tribune photograph |
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Community centres to have solar plants
Chandigarh, September 2
Solar plants will soon be installed at community centres in the city. The Municipal Corporation (MC), has given a go ahead to the proposal of installing solar plants at the Community Centre in Sector 40.
Residents face 8-hour power cut
Zirakpur, September 2
Unscheduled power cuts have put residents of Baltana, Pabhat and parts of Zirakpur at the receiving end.
Power supply remained suspended for more than 8 hours here on Monday night.
vanity numbers
RLA to hold auction on Sept 13
Chandigarh, September 2
The Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA) is going to hold an open auction for vanity numbers of the CH-01-AZ series.
The auction of numbers from 0001 to 0100 will be held on September 13, while the auction for the number 0101 onwards will be held the following day.
For nature’s sake: As many as 51 saplings were planted during a tree plantation drive organised by Shree Durga Mandir Sabha and the Generation Saviour Association at Shree Durga Mandir in Phase X, Mohali. A Tribune photograph |
Bishnoi Jr mobilises youth
Panchkula September 2
In an effort to encash the legacy of his grandfather, former Haryana Chief Minister late Bhajan Lal, Bhavya Bishnoi, lead a ‘Chhatra Chetna Rally’ in different colleges of the district today.
non-compliance of Lok Adalat orders
PSPCL XEN’s funds attached
Mohali, September 2
Following non-compliance of its orders, the Permanent Lok Adalat (Public utility services) today attached a sum of Rs 1.05 lakh from the account of an Executive Engineer (XEN) of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), Anandpur Sahib, and directed the manager concerned of the State Bank of Patiala, Patiala branch, to send the said amount to the court.
Builder-MC officials’ nexus leaves residents of Peer Muchalla society at receiving end
Zirakpur, September 2
As the occupants of flats in Royal Empire, a housing project in Peer
Muchalla, are at the receiving end in absence of an electricity connection, enquiries reveal that a nexus between the Zirakpur MC officials and the builder is to be blamed for their woes.
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Coffee table book on UT police released
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Chandigarh, September 2
Strong and credible police is necessary to safeguard public interest and for the common good of people, said Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil at the release of the maiden coffee table book on the Chandigarh Police here today. |
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| Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil (fifth from right) with senior UT officials during the release of a coffee table book on the Chandigarh Police at Tagore Theatre on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
citco board meeting
Mountview may reduce room tariff
Chandigarh, September 2
The Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Corporation (CITCO), is mulling to lower the room tariffs at Hotel
Mountview, Sector 10.
The hotel is running into losses for the past few years and the issue came up for a discussion during a meeting of the board members of CITCO today.
PUSU, SOPU join hands at PGGC-11
Chandigarh, September 2
Rising above their long-standing enmity, the Panjab University Students’ Union (PUSU) and Students’ Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) have joined hands for this year’s student council elections at the Post Graduate Government College (PGGC), Sector 11.
Supporters of SOPU and PUSU in a jubilant mood after entering into an alliance at the PGGC-11 on Tuesday. Tribune
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SOI, NSUI make poll pitch
Chandigarh, September 2
In a show of strength, the Students’ Organisation of India (SOI) and National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) today took out rallies on the Panjab University campus.
While, the former held a rally at the UIET, the NSUI campaigned at the pharmacy department.
Students take out a rally in support of the NSUI alliance on the Panjab University campus in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan |
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PUSU supporters disturb classes
Chandigarh, September 2
Supporters of the PUSU alliance today entered into an argument with the chairperson of the Centre for Microbial Biotechnology during canvassing on its premises.
The supporters, allegedly, entered the classrooms without taking permission from any teacher and started canvassing.
Supporters of the PUSU alliance on Tuesday entered a laboratory at the Centre for Microbial Biotechnology and defaced the equipment kept there by writing the code of their alliance panel on it (see
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It’s all just hubbub, say new students
Chandigarh, September 2
While many eyes are set on the ongoing poll activities at Panjab University, for certain newly admitted students, all the hubbub is just disturbing normal life on the campus.
Many freshers believe that the elections are a sheer waste of money and time.
SOI supporters raise slogans during the election campaign
at the UIET on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan |
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Students take PU officials, cops for a ride
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Chandigarh, September 2
The authorities of Panjab University (PU) and the Chandigarh Police had a tough time stopping the students of the Department of Chemical Engineering who were going to a attend a ‘sponsored’ trip to an amusement and water park this morning.
PU security officers round up students who had gathered on the university campus to leave for an amusement park on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan |
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Gate timings changed
Chandigarh, September 2
The PU authorities have changed the timings of closing and opening of the varsity’s Gate No. 1. On September 5, i.e. the day of polling, Gate No. 1 (opposite the PGI) will remain closed from 12pm to 4.30pm. However, Gates No. 2 and 3 will remain open as per the earlier schedule. — TNS
Strawberry students pay musical ode to September
Chandigarh, September 2
“Come September” is an annual event when students of nursery and LKG at the Strawberry Fields present to a very special audience – their parents - half an hour of songs and rhymes.
Tiny tots of Strawberry Fields usher in the month of
September with a musical event in Sector 24, Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph |
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FROM SCHOOLS
Putting waste to use
Chandigarh: Students of the junior wing of the Eco Club of Banyan Tree School, Sector 48, Chandigarh, held a best-out-of-waste event. They prepared waste bins using old cardboard to collect pencil shavings and waste paper.
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