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UT staff, students to take ‘Swachhta pledge’ today
Chandigarh, October 1
In a withdrawal from the earlier practice when government employees and students used to observe Gandhi Jayanti as a national holiday, all employees of the Chandigarh Administration, including teachers, and students will be seen taking the “Swachhta pledge” before carrying out a cleanliness drive in their respective premises.
BIG HURDLE:
Traffic moves at a snail’s pace as a truck lies overturned at the airport light point on Wednesday. The mishap occurred while the driver was trying to take a U-turn towards Zirakpur. Cranes arrived at the spot, but failed to lift the truck, resulting in the disruption of traffic from 12.30 pm onwards till late in the evening. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
Panchkula, Kalka Votes 2014
17 in the fray for Panchkula seat
Panchkula, October 1
With the last date of withdrawal of candidature ending today, the Panchkula election office released a list of 17 candidates vying for the Haryana Vidhan Sabha seat from the constituency.
DK Bansal, Congress candidate from Panchkula, seeks the blessings of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at a party function in Panchkula on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal
Doon MLA catches the eye at Congress function
Panchkula, October 1
While the Haryana Police are all set to reopen the Jyoti murder case,
Doon MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary, who was recently acquitted in the case, gave a “surprise appearance” in the town, attending the release of Congress manifesto.
Young donors pledge to motivate relatives
Chandigarh, October 1
Over 1,000 young volunteers, who have donated blood more than 15 times, pledged to motivate their parents for the noble cause as well. The volunteers, mostly members of Rotaract Club, formed a human chain along the Madhya Marg to mark National Voluntary Blood Donation Day.
Property tax
Landlords reluctant to pay up
Mohali, October 1
Many residents, who have rented out their buildings in Mohali, are reluctant to pay property tax because of higher rates, frustrating the Municipal Corporation’s bid to mop up the targeted amount.
Race against rain: A biker caught unawares by sudden showers in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan |
Teachers stage dharna
Mohali, October 1
High drama was witnessed at the office of Director Public Instructions (DPI), Phase 8, when hundreds of teachers ‘gheraoed’ the office and blocked the lobby, this afternoon.
AAP workers hold protest
Mohali, October 1
Staging protest against killing of two workers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the activists of local unit of the party staged a dharna in front of the office of Mohali Deputy Commissioner, today.
International Day of Older Persons
Walkathon for senior citizens in city
Chandigarh, October 1
To mark the celebrations of International Day of Older Persons, HelpAge India Chandigarh organised a walkathon today.
UT Admn proposes de-addiction centre in Sector 32
Chandigarh, October 1
The Chandigarh Administration has proposed the setting up of a de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation centre in Sector 32. Information to this effect was provided to the Punjab and Haryana High Court during the hearing of a six-year-old case on drug de-addiction in this part of the region.
CHB replaces affidavits with self-certification
Chandigarh, October 1
For the convenience of city residents, the Chandigarh Housing Board has done away with the requirement of affidavit while applying for various services and replaced the affidavit with self-certification.
New currency notes distributed among traders
Chandigarh, October 1
The Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM) in association with ICICI Bank, NAC, Mani
Majra, and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), today organised a ‘coin-cum-currency exchange mela’ at Mani
Majra.
Office-bearers elected
Chandigarh, October 1
Surjit Singh Kohli was elected as president for the year 2014-15 in the general body meeting of Gurdwara Sahib, Patshahi Dasveen, Sector 8C, held here today.
Honour for Dr RK Jaswal
Chandigarh, October 1
Prime Time Research Media Private Limited recently awarded the Best Cardiologist of Punjab honour to Dr RK Jaswal, director cardiology, Fortis Hospital, Mohali.
Traders launch cleanliness campaign
Chandigarh, October 1
Members of the Traders’ Association, Sector 17, Chandigarh, assembled near Hotel
Taj, to organise a cleanliness campaign here today.
Pensioners fete hike in monthly dues
Chandigarh, October 1
Union Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensioners Dr Jitendra Singh has said that the interest of employees has always been on the top of the government’s agenda.
Decomposed body found from house in Sector 44
Chandigarh, September
A highly decomposed body of a 45-year-old man was found under mysterious circumstances at a house in Sector 44 (A) today.
The police said, the deceased had been identified as Baljeet Singh who was staying as a tenant
on the top floor of the building.
909 violators challaned
Chandigarh, October 1
The State Transport Authority, (STA), in September challaned, impounded and issued notices to 909 violators.
Recruitment
Age relaxation for contractual health workers
Chandigarh, October 1
Contractual multipurpose health workers are to get age relaxation for participating in the recruitment process being carried
out by the Chandigarh Administration.
CTU gets new buses
Chandigarh, October 1
At last, the first lot of new mini buses today arrived at the Industrial Area depot of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) here.
Ankit is member of hotel body
Chandigarh, October 1
Ankit Gupta, president of the Chandigarh Hospitality Association, was elected unopposed as member of the Managing Committee of Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India (HRANI) at the AGM held at New Delhi on September 30.
BUSINESS NEWS
LIC celebrates social security month
LIC has been celebrating the month of October every year as a Social Security month. The event was inaugurated by Subash Chander, Senior Divisional Manager, LIC, Chandigarh Division, at Jeevan Prakash Building, Sector 17, today. At present a major scheme sponsored by Government of India and administered by LIC for the benefit of weaker sections is Aam Admi Bima Yojana.
Chadha takes charge as PU Registrar
Chandigarh, October 1
To sustain Panjab University’s ranking at the international level is a big challenge for the authorities.
This was stated by
Col GS Chadha while interacting with mediapersons after joining as the Registrar of Panjab University here on Wednesday.
The 54-year-old Registrar, who is a retired Army personnel, said the best practice of the Indian Army is to streamline work and he would implement the same by changing the work culture in the university, if required.
Col GS Chadha at his office in Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan
Times Higher Education
PU retains No. 1 position
Chandigarh, October 1
Panjab University has once again retained its position as the number one university in India as per the Times Higher Education rankings of the top 400 universities in the world. In 2013, the PU had slipped in the 226-500 range in the ranking chart.
Regional conference
Chandigarh, October 1
The Indian Institute of Public Administration Punjab and Chandigarh (UT) regional branch in collaboration with the Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, organised a regional conference on the theme paper of annual conference of IIPA, titled trends in centre-state relations, authored by Professor Dolly Arora of the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. — TNS
DSW cancels freshers’ party; UIET students go ahead
Chandigarh, October 1
Even as the PU authorities did not give permission to the University Institute of Engineering and Technology
(UIET) Department to hold a freshers’ party, the department representatives (DRs) — whose elections were nullified — held the event today.
pu & college notes
Freshers’ party at SSIET
Tanu and Pushap were adjudged Ms Fresher and Mr Fresher, respectively, in the freshers’ party-2014 organised by students of MBA and BTech at the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology
(SSIET), here today. While Pushpanjali received the title of Miss Charming, Mukul Gautam was chosen Mr Handsome.
from schools
Dasehra celebrations
Chandigarh: To mark Lord Rama’s victory over Ravana, Dasehra was celebrated at St. Xavier’s Senior Secondary School. Glimpses from Ramayana were depicted by the students glorifying Lord Rama and his fight with Ravana for Sita’s
honour.
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Opener Smit Patel's 64-run knock helped Reliance defeat Bengal by 77 runs at the PCA Cricket Stadium in Mohali today. By winning the game, Reliance garnered four points in the ongoing 21st All-India JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament.
