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Runaway coaches trigger panic
Chandigarh, November 5
Panic gripped passengers of the Unchahar Express (14218) at the Chandigarh railway station when the coaches of the Allahabad-bound train suddenly started moving without the engine here this evening.
The Unchahar Express that started moving from the Chandigarh railway station without the engine after the power brakes were
released. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan
LIGHTS OF FAITH: Patshahi Dasvi Gurdwara, Sector 8-C, Chandigarh, all decked up on the eve of Gurpurb, the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: S Chandan
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blast in sector 34 in 1999
Dreaded terrorist Rattandeep in custody of UT police
Chandigarh, November 5
Fifteen years after a bomb blast in Sector 34, the UT police today procured the production warrants of dreaded terrorist Rattandeep Singh and brought him to Chandigarh from the custody of the Punjab Police. He was produced in court and remanded in police custody for eight days where sleuths of the operation cell will interrogate him.
After he was arrested by the Punjab Police on September 18, the Chandiagrh Police had moved a request seeking the custody of top terrorist Rattandeep
Singh.
Man strangles wife to death, ends his life
Chandigarh, November 5
A 30-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan after allegedly strangling his wife to death at their residence in Ramdarbar this morning.
Shalu (27) was found dead in her room while her husband, Sandeep Kumar (30), a driver, was found hanging in the other room.
The police said the incident came to light at around 6 am when the couple did not respond after being called out by family members. The family raised the alarm following which local residents gathered there.
A file photo of Sandeep and his wife Shalu
PGI OPDs closed today
All OPDs in the PGI will remain closed on Thursday on account of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, a gazetted holiday. Emergency services will, however, function as usual.
freak accident
Car was moving at high speed: Bus driver
Lalru, November 5
The Honda City car that met with a freak accident, killing its four occupants, on the busy Ambala-Chandigarh highway near here the previous morning was moving on a high speed.
Right track: Punjabi singer Roshan Prince takes part in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan at Sector 70 in Mohali on Wednesday. Vineet Joshi, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab, accompanied Prince during the drive. A Tribune photograph
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CHB allottees protest cancellation notices
Chandigarh, November 5
A large number of allottees of Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) flats
took out a rally to lodge their protest against flat cancellation/resumption notices being issued regularly for violation of building bylaws.
EO wants Panchkula councillor booked for casteist remarks
Panchkula, November 5
Demanding action against the municipal councillor of Ward No. 13, who alleged misbehaved with the executive officer (EO) of the Municipal Corporation and passed caste-based remarks against him on Tuesday, employees of the civic body suspended official work and staged a day-long dharna in front of the office here today.
Harassment: NRI woman seeks justice
Mohali, November 5
A UK-based NRI woman has been running from pillar to post for the past one month to get justice.
TB in brain leads to blindness
Chandigarh, November 5
Among a host of neurological disorders bringing irreversible losses to patients owing to paucity of advanced neurological treatments in India, recently, TB in the brain has emerged a leading factor causing permanent vision loss to patients.
(From left) Dr Vivek Lal, head of the department of neurology, PGI, Dr JS Chopra and Dr S Prabhakar, former heads, and Dr Manish Modi, assistant professor, at a press conference in Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan
Zirakpur civic body staff hold cleanliness drive
Zirakpur, November 5
Employees of the Zirakpur Municipal Council and the
NHAI, led by local MLA NK Sharma, today launched a cleanliness drive under the Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan.
Biweekly Kalka-Katra train from Nov 11
Chandigarh, November 5
The Kalka-Katra train that was announced in the Railway Budget will start plying from November 11. Ambala Division Divisional railway manager Anil Kumar Kathpal confirmed that from next week the train will ply as the division got a formal approval from the Northern Railway for it.
diabetes week
GMCH-32 to hold blood sugar camps
Chandigarh, November 5
Government Medical
College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, is going to hold two diabetes
and eye-screening camps on November 9 and 16 respectively in different
areas in the city as a part of diabetes week that will begin from
November 13 and culminate on November 20.
41st Jawaharlal Nehru National Science, Mathematics and Environment meet
City to host exhibition from Nov 11
Chandigarh, November 5
As many as 400 participants from across the country are likely to attend the 41st Jawaharlal Nehru National Science, Mathematics and Environment Exhibition for children (JNNSMEE) at Leisure Valley, Sector 10, from November 11-17. The exhibition is organised by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
Relieve headmaster on deputation: JAC
Chandigarh, November 5
A delegation of the Joint Action Committee
(JAC), UT, met Director Public Instructions DPI (S) Kamlesh Kuma, seeking immediate relieving of Shekhar
Chandar, headmaster at GMHS, Sector 26, who is on deputation from Punjab.
CCET students hold roadshow
Chandigarh, November 5
As part of the ongoing celebration of their annual techno-cultural fest —APRATIM 2014— Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology organised a roadshow here today. As many as 500 people took part in the event.
Students atop a tank during a roadshow in Sector 10, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Curtains on Abilympics
Chandigarh, November 5
The Telecom Sector Skill Council should offer skill-oriented courses designed exclusively for the participants of the Abilympics as well as specially-abled persons across the country. This was announced by Lt Gen Dr SP Kochhar (Retd.) AVSM, chief executive officer, Telecom Sector Skill Council
(TSSC).
Physically challenged persons on the concluding day of the National Abilympics at the
NITTTR, Chandigarh. Tribune Photos: Manoj Mahajan
Winners of Techno-Virsa honoured
Mohali, November 5
Punjab Education Minister Dr Daljit Singh Cheema honoured the winners of the Techno-Virsa 2014 at Rayat-Bahra University.
Plethora of activities mark founder’s day at Vivek School
Chandigarh, November 5
The 90th founder’s day celebrations of Vivek High School concluded with a march past by the students of four Houses here today.
As many as 500 students of the school displayed their dancing skills on the ground. The students were trained by well-known choreographer Uma Shankar from Mumbai. The students danced on Michael Jackson’s classic song ‘Heal the world.’
Students present a dance performance during the 90th founder’s day celebrations at Vivek High School in Sector 38, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
Institute director invited to Germany
Chandigarh, November 5
Director of Goethe Zentrum (German centre), Chandigarh, Surinder Maken, has been invited as a guest to Goethe Institute to study possibilities of higher studies for Indian students at German universities.
Conference held at Indo Global
Mohali, November 5
More than 500 delegates, faculty members, industry experts and students participated in the inter-national conference on management organised at Indo Global Colleges here today.
from schools
Special assembly
Chandigarh: To mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, Tribune Model School organised a special assembly. The assembly began with the mool mantra and advanced into the life of the guru.
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Traffic snarls and chaos were witnessed at the entry points to the city as followers of Sant Rampal held commuters, including train passengers, to ransom for over five hours today.
A 55-year-old woman was killed while her 28-year-old son sustained serious injuries when the car they were travelling in was hit by an unidentified SUV at the traffic light point near the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
(NIPER) in Sector 67 here today.
Paddlers of Shri Aurobindo School defeated Trishakti Table Tennis Academy 3-0, in the boys’ (U-18) event, on the commencing day of the 27th Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championship for S Gurmeet Singh Grewal Memorial Trophy, held at the table tennis hall of Sector 23, here today.