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Shalimar Estates told to pay Rs 1 lakh relief
Chandigarh, October 27
The UT State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Shalimar Estates to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation for deficiency in services and to refund the amount taken towards the allotment of a showroom.
Quashing of land acquisition for Phase III of IT Park
Finally, UT moves to recover Rs 5 crore from landowners
Chandigarh, October 27
Waking up from deep slumber, the UT Administration has now finally started the process to recover Rs 5 crore from landowners who had accepted compensation for the land acquisition for Phase III of IT Park.
PGI doctor devises technique to remove glass pieces from eye
Chandigarh, October 27
A PGI doctor has devised a new technique to remove glass pieces that accidentally enter the eye. Considering that the removal of glass (intraocular foreign bodies) with intraocular forceps (that cost Rs 20,000) is one of the most challenging vitreo-retinal surgeries with a high rate of complication, the doctor used a soft tip needle with active aspiration on 14 patients and successfully restored their vision.
Child rights panel shows the ugly side of Snehalaya
 Chandigarh, October 27
Seepage in walls, leaking roofs, rooms sans whitewash and choked bathrooms aptly describe
Snehalaya, a rehabilitation centre for juveniles, according to the report of the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
Snehalaya at Maloya village lacks the necessary infrastructure. A Tribune photograph
Youth gets jail for hitting traffic cop
Chandigarh, October 27
A local court today sentenced a youth to two year-imprisonment for hitting a traffic policeman on duty. The court sentenced Lovpreet to two years while two others, Vineet and
Bhaskar, were acquitted of all charges. The case was registered on June 28, 2013, when a traffic constable was injured after being hit by a car at the light point in Sector 28.
Dham Special train flagged off from city
 Chandigarh, October 27
The Dham Special with Dakshin Darshan was flagged off from the Chandigarh railway station by Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal
at 7:30 am today.
Union Cabinet Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal flags off the special train from the Chandigarh railway station on Monday.
Tribune Photo: S Chandan
Fourth Delhi Finance Commission
Rap for UT Admn, MC
Chandigarh, October 27
The Fourth Delhi Finance Commission has rapped the UT Administration and the municipal corporation for not recovering full economic cost of providing municipal services to city residents and for lacking in transparency in distributing funds to panchayats.
35-yr-old man’s body found in Sector 17
 Chandigarh, October 27
An unidentified body was found hanging from a tree in front of the Old District Courts gate at Sector 17 today.
The police at the site where the body of a man was found near the Old Districts Courts in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
Second-hand car bazar
F&CC approves draft policy
Chandigarh, October 27
The Finance & Contract Committee (F&CC) of the municipal corporation today approved the draft policy for the sale and purchase of second-hand cars in Sector 7, the biggest car bazaar of the region.
JRAC protest gains political colour
 Mohali, October 27
As the municipal corporation elections will be held soon, the protest staged by the newly-formed Joint Rural Action Committee
(JRAC) against the notices, being sent by the Mohali MC authorities for passing of layout plans of houses, gained political
colour.
Villagers protest in front of Municipal Bhawan, Sector 68, Mohali, on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
MC poll: Proposal on wards cleared
Mohali, October 27
The Delimitation Board has cleared a proposal that each of the 50 wards to be formed for the Municipal Corporation elections here should have a population ranging between 3,100 and 4,200.
Veterans meet at Western Command
 Chandigarh, October 27
Continuing with its series of outreach initiatives, Headquarters Western Command held an interaction with retired junior commissioned officers
(JCOs) and other ranks at the Chandimandir Military Station here today.
Lt Gen V Menon, Chief of Staff, Western Command (extreme right), interacts with veterans at Chandimandir on Monday. A Tribune photograph
property tax
Notices slapped on defaulters
Mohali , October 27
Even as 29,000 owners of various properties within the municipal limits of Mohali have not paid property tax despite several exemptions provided by the government, the Municipal Corporation has now begun slapping notices on the defaulters, giving them a two-week deadline to pay up.
Nostalgia marks Infantry Day
Chandigarh, October 27
Dignity and nostalgia marked Infantry Day celebrations at Headquarters Western Command, Chandimandir, here today. The day is commemorated every year to mark the first Indian soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the Sikh Regiment landing at Srinagar in 1947 to defend the Valley against Pakistani raiders.
Divine Eyes lends voice to visually challenged children
 Chandigarh, October 27
A select group of visually challenged individuals proficient in music and associated with the National Association for the Blind (NAB) today formally launched a musical group — Divine Eyes.
FOR A CAUSE: Flying Sikh Milkha Singh interacts with visually challenged children during a function at Bal Bhawan, Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Rs 2.75 lakh aid for J&K flood-hit
Chandigarh, October 27
To offer help in the rehabilitation of thousands of people affected in the floods in Jammu and Kashmir, an amount of Rs
2.75 lakh was donated under the Jammu and Kashmir Relief Fund by Nirmal Singh Dhillon, Secretary, Dev Samaj Society here today.
Illegal hoardings dot Panchkula
Panchkula, October 27
The trash and solid waste littered in and around the venue, where the newly elected Haryana MLAs including Chief Minister ML Khattar took oath on Sunday, was cleaned up after the swearing-in ceremony of the Haryana CM, illegal hoardings still dot the city.
Centre’s move to shut govt presses flayed
 Chandigarh, October 27
The workers of Government of India Text Books Press, Chandigarh, staged a dharna in protest against the move of the Central Government to wind up all Government of India presses and attached offices across the all country.
Members of the Government of India Textbooks Press Workers Union hold a protest in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: S Chandan
TB incidence in city higher than what govt records say
Chandigarh, October 27
Following Aamir Khan’s show Satyamev Jayate highlighting that incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is much higher than what is being recorded in government agencies in India, a reality check revealed that the fact holds true in the city.
New technique lends hope to colon, anal cancer patients
 Chandigarh, October 27
In view of the rising incidence of colorectal and anal cancers and also patients as young as 16 years old reporting with these problems, a team of PGIMER experts has come up with a new technique that controls radiation delivery using chips installed in skin.
Prof Rakesh Kapoor and Dr O Arun Singh, speak on the new technique during a press meet on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Fissures in SAD-BJP alliance wide open
Zirakpur, October 27
Fissures in the SAD and the BJP came to the fore with the workers of both the parties raising slogans in favour of their leaders during the flagging off ceremony of the ‘Dham Special’, a train, by Harsimrat Kaur
Badal, Union Minister for Food Processing, at the Chandigarh Railway station, this morning.
UT Admn raids animal clinic
Chandigarh, October 27
Acting on a complaint received by the Secretary of the Animal Husbandry Department, a team of UT Administration officials today conducted a surprise check at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(SPCA) clinic in Sector 38 and found numerous inadequacies in infrastructure.
The SHO of Sector 17 police station (extreme right) speaks to leaders of diesel auto-rickshaw operators, who went on strike for nearly three hours, at the Circus Ground in Chandigarh on Monday. The operators were protesting against the UT move to ban plying of diesel autos in Chandigarh from November 1. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
Defence welfare body wants report implemented
Chandigarh, October 27
The Chandigarh Defence Colony Welfare Association in a representation to the UT Administrator, Shiv Raj Patil, has sought early implementation of the recommendations of the Delhi Finance Commission (DFC).
Auto driver succumbs to injuries at PGI
Chandigarh, October 27
Auto driver Dashrath (40) succumbed to serious injuries during treatment at the PGIMER on Sunday. He was hit by a rashly driven car in Sector 34 on the same day.
Airport staff observe vigilance awareness week
Chandigarh, October 27
The Vigilance Awareness Week is being observed at the Chandigarh Airport here.
The programme, which began today and will conclude on November 1, is being held under the theme ‘promote a culture of honesty’.
CRPF holds seminar
Chandigarh, October 27
A two-day senior management seminar on organisational leadership began at the force’s Hallomajra campus here today.
56th Panjab University Inter-Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival
DAV College all set to play host
 Chandigarh, October 27
The 56th Panjab University Inter-Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival will be held at DAV College,
Chandigarh, from October 28-31.
DAV College principal BC Josan (centre), along with other dignitaries, releases the brochure of the Panjab University Inter-Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival on the campus in Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan
Traffic chaos poses challenge for authorities
 Chandigarh, October 27
DAV College, which is organising the event, faces the biggest challenge to manage the traffic chaos outside the premises. Traffic congestion has become a routine affair due to lack of parking space in and around the college.
Parking chaos increases as vehicles are lined up outside DAV College, Sector 10, in Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: S Chandan
Book fair opens at MCM DAV College
Chandigarh, October 27
The Department of Sanskrit, MCM DAV College for Women in Sector 36, in collaboration with the Sanskrit Academy, Chandigarh, organised a book fair-cum-exhibition to promote the understanding of cultural and literal heritage of India amongst the youth.
PU to host conference on plant sciences
Chandigarh, October 27
Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, will host a two-day national conference on recent trends in plant sciences with special reference to phycology and mycology from October 28-29.
TURNING THOUGHTS INTO ACTION : Artistes stage a play, Viaah, at Tagore Theatre in Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
PU Syndicate member bereaved
Chandigarh, October 27
Surinder Talwar, the mother of Panjab University (PU) Fellow and Syndicate member Dr Dinesh Talwar passed away after a brief illness today. She was 77 years of age.
Students taught how to recycle paper
Mohali, October 27
Ryan International School concept of 4R’s – reduce, reuse, recycle and replace was introduced to the students of the primary wing.
from schools
Special assembly
Chandigarh: Banyan Tree School organised a special assembly where Diksha Dadlani took the oath. Sonalilakhi and
Sukhsimar, students of Class X, delivered speeches where they encouraged students to celebrate an eco-friendly Diwali by generating less non-biodegradable waste.
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Chandigarh, October 27
Chandigarh, October 27
Panchkula, October 27
