|
|
haryana poll
Stars set to light up campaign
Panchkula, October 5
With just eight days left for the campaigning for the Haryana Vidhan Sabha elections to end, star campaigners will make a beeline for Panchkula. From political leaders to Bollywood singers, rappers to actors, Panchkulaites will get to see them all.
Modi’s men don’t care two hoots for ‘swachhta’
 Panchkula, October 5
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), does not seem to care two hoots for his Clean India Mission campaign in Panchkula. After party leaders delivered long speeches on what the BJP plans to do for the development of the city at a public gathering outside the party’s election office in the Sector 8 market, the area kept lying in a mess for hours together.
Waste material lies scattered at the venue of a Bharatiya Janata Party function in Sector 8, Panchkula, on Sunday. A tribune photograph
GMCH, GMSH OPDs closed today
The OPDs at the PGI, Chandigarh, will remain open on Monday. However, the OPDs at the GMCH, Sector 32, and the GMSH, Sector 16, will remain closed on account of
Eid.
Open House response
Strict enforcement of ban, public participation must
Residents must put in efforts
Instead of putting all the responsibility on the Chandigarh Administration, residents should try to put in some efforts as well. Use of recycled paper bags, bags stitched out of old clothes and jute bags should be encouraged.
Prabhpreet Kaur,
Chandigarh
starry affair:
Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary during her visit to a jewellery showroom at the Sector 22 market in Chandigarh on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan |
Goats in huge demand a day before Eid-ul-Zuha
Chandigarh, October 5
On the eve of Eid-ul-Zuha, also called Bakrid, markets at Mani Majra and Bapu Dham Colony saw a lot of activity. Goats costing between Rs 7,000 and Rs 80,000 were sold during the day.
Purity, quality not on Admn’s mind
Chandigarh, October 5
Even as the Chandigarh Administration claims to be having strict regulation on food items on its radar, both in terms of levying a variety of taxes and testing food samples to ensure if its fit for consumption, it has miserably failed to test samples of water being used for cooking at eating joints in the city.
ray of hope for tb patients
IMTECH develops vaccine
Chandigarh, October 5
The Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Sector 39, has developed a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB).
The institution has completed animal trial of the vaccine.
the best up for sale:
A vendor feeds his goats at a market in Mani Majra on the eve of Eid-ul-Zuha on Sunday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal |
Welder electrocuted in Mani Majra
Chandigarh, October 5
A 24-year-old welder died after getting electrocuted at Mani Majra today.
Charanjit Singh Virk, SHO, Mani Majra, said the deceased identified as Tanveer Iqbal was working opposite SCO 292 in Mani Majra along with his brother.
Youth urged to respect elderly persons
Mohali, October 5
A grant of Rs 10 lakh will be given for the extension of the Senior Citizens’ Centre in Sector 68 here, said MP Prem Singh Chandumajra today. Chandumajra, who was speaking at a function organised at Shivalik Public School by the Mohali Senior Citizens’ Association in connection with International Day for Older Persons (October 1), said respect should be given to the elderly by the youth because they acted as a guiding light for society and provided inspiration.Five senior citizens were honoured on the occasion. — OC
General observer reviews arrangements at counting centres
 Panchkula, October 5
With a few days left for the Vidhan Sabha elections, the Panchkula Administration was seen gearing up for poll preparations.
Deepak Anand, general observer for the Panchkula and Kalka constituencies, appointed by the Election Commission of India, today reviewed the arrangements for the counting process to be held on October 19 and gave important instructions to the officers concerned.
Policemen during a flag march in Panchkula on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal
14 poor girls tie knot
 Mohali, October 5
Fourteen girls from the economically weaker sections tied the knot at a mass marriage function organised here today. The function was organised by the Punjabi Cultural and Welfare Society and the Sukhdev Singh Gill Memorial Welfare Club.
The function was held at Guru Ravidass Bhawan in Phase VII here.
The newlywed couples at Guru Ravidass Bhawan in Mohali on Sunday. A Tribune Photograph
Punjab Regiment officers hold get-together
Chandigarh, October 5
The Chandigarh Chapter of the Punjab Regiment Officers Association held their annual get together here today, with around 120 retired officers and their family members attending the event.
Lt Gen BS Sachar (third from right), Colonel of the Punjab Regiment, along with veterans of the regiment during the annual get-together in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Eager to get clicked, hosts overshadow VIPs at function
Even as they gave a warm welcome to VIPs, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Principal Secretary (Health), Vini Mahajan, hosts at a private hospital’s function here last week, happened to forget their importance while posing for media photographs. As soon as they were invited on stage along with the VIPs for a picture, taller officials, wanting to get themselves clicked, happened to step ahead of the secretary while overshadowing her.
Visitors admire a painting during an exhibition organised by the Unique Society of Artists at
Mani Majra on Sunday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan
PANJAB UNIVERSiTY
Furore over Registrar’s appointment
Chandigarh, October 5
Panjab University has filed a caveat in the Punjab and Haryana High Court following the appointment of the new registrar GS
Chadha, which was approved by the Senate in view of the resentment brewing among the faculty and Senators on the campus.
GS Chadha, THE NEW
REGISTRAR
ROYALs in city:
Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck takes a stroll with his wife, Queen Jetsun Pema, at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan |
PU & COLLEGE NOTES
J&K floods: UILS Dept donates
Rs 41,000
The students of the University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University, have sent relief fund for the Jammu and Kashmir flood victims through the PM relief fund. Department chairperson Dr Sangeet Bhalla said the faculty members and students of the department had donated Rs 41,000 to the relief fund. The event was coordinated by Priyank Goyal, department representative of the SOI, along with the help of staff and students.
FROM SCHOOLS
Special assembly held for Dasehra
Mohali: The students of AKSIPS conducted a special assembly for Dussehra. The students came dressed in various characters from the Ramayana and staged important scenes from the epic. Sidhant Kalra, Administrator AKSIPS group of schools was present on the occasion. The students were explained the significance of the festival. They were told to respect their elders and be respectful to all.
model un conference
Work hard, Flying Sikh tells youth
Chandigarh, October 5
The Model United Nations (MUN) Conference-2014, which witnessed heartwarming speeches and feats by young delegates and participants, concluded at Strawberry Fields High School here today.
The three-day event was aimed at provoking thinking individuals, intellectuals and doers to develop an action plan that would highlight a roadmap for the future.
Milkha Singh gives away prizes to students on the concluding day of the Model UN Conference at Strawberry Fields High School in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
More than 12,000 students take part in abacus contest
Chandigarh, October 5
The Challengers ninth national-level Abacus competition was held in the city today.
As many as 12,437 students from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir took part in the nationallevel competition.
Students take part in the ninth national-level abacus competition at Lajpat Rai Bhawan in
Sector 15, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Parvesh Chauhan
|
Chandigarh, October 5
