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20-year-old girl dies in hit-and-run
Zikarpur, November 24
In another hit-and-run case, a 20-year-old girl employed with a real estate firm, was run over by a vehicle on the Kalka-Ambala highway in Singhpura village here late last night.
GURU’S WARRIOR: Devotees partake of langar on the martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur at a gurdwara in Sector 34-D, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan |
Building violations at commercial sites
22 UT officials under the scanner
Chandigarh, November 24
At least 22 UT officials, including some posted in the Engineering Department, are under the scanner for their role in the eight-month-old case pertaining to violations in the construction of commercial buildings.
The construction was not in accordance with the sanctioned building plans.
consumer forum
CCD to pay for levying service charge
Chandigarh, November 24
At a time when the UT Administration has barred city restaurants from levying the service charge, the UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Café Coffee Day and its franchisee at Elante Mall here to pay Rs 3,000 compensation for levying a service charge of Rs 8.19.
Dumping of bio-medical waste at Dadu Majra
MC wants Fortis booked
Chandigarh, November 24
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation today wrote to the UT police for registration of an FIR against erring officials of Fortis Hospital,
Mohali, and contractors who dumped hazardous bio-medical waste at the dumping ground in Dadu
Majra.
Medical waste at the dumping ground in Dadu Majra. Tribune photos
Come December, rly station to have new entry, exit points
Chandigarh, November 24
The Chandigarh railway station will have a new entry and exit point for commuters from next month. The facelift work is over and the contractor is ready to handover the infrastructure to the railway authorities for opening it for public use.
Escalators will be opened to commuters at the Chandigarh railway station soon. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal
Remove building violations in Sector 49 coop housing society, registrar tells
Chandigarh, November 24
Going ahead with its plan to act against building violations in cooperative house building societies, the registrar of cooperative societies today directed the SDO (Building) to remove building violations in Rajdhani Cooperative House Building Ist Society Ltd, Sector 49. The encroachments are on the common land of the society.
A housing society in Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: S Chandan
CII Agro-Tech 2014: Eco-bin gets thumbs up from residents
Chandigarh, November 24
For plant lovers shelling out good money on fertilisers for their gardens, here is an economical option. An entrepreneur from
Amritsar, Rohan Singh, has designed an eco-bin that treats kitchen waste and converts it into fertiliser in seven days.
City residents throng the eco-bin counter at the CII Agro-Tech 2014. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan
pending demands
Teachers take out rally in Mohali
 Mohali, November 24
Members of the Master Cadre Union, Punjab, took out a rally in support of their demands today.
The teachers, who had come from several districts of the state, sought the withdrawal of a letter of the Personnel Department that changed their category from Group A to Group C.
Members of the Master Cadre Union protest in Mohali on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
Admn bids farewell to DC
Panchkula, November 24
Employees and officers of the district administration bid a farewell to Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr SS Phulia in the District Administrative Complex today. Dr SS Phulia thanked the employees for their cooperation and listed development works that he had executed and proposed during his tenure in the district. SP
Arora, ADC, Capt Shakti Singh, SDM, Kalka, and some other officers were also present.
CALM AND SERENE: With the winter chill setting in, Sukhna Lake wears a deserted look in Chandigarh on Monday evening. Tribune photo: S Chandan |
DC Phulia’s tenure saw no big change in Panchkula
Panchkula, November 24
No implementation of new projects, no end to parking woes/encroachments, old projects continue to hang fire and no welcoming changes. This sums up the one-and-a-half-year tenure of the Deputy Commissioner, SS Phulia.
Phulia was transferred to Yamunanagar on Friday evening.
Sambar strays into Panchkula
Panchkula, November 24
A day after UT Wildlife officials trapped an injured male sambar from the Reserve Bank of India premises located in the heart of the city, another wild beast was found straying into Sector 16 here early this morning.
Staff shortage hits policing in Zirakpur
 Zirakpur, November 24
Poor police-public ratio has adversely affected the policing in the village-turned-town
Zirakpur. It has forced the residents to live in an unsecure atmosphere for the past over a decade.
There is one policeman for 1,500 residents in Zirakpur, which is against the standard guidelines of the police-public ratio.
Punjab Police personnel deployed at a naka on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway at the UT border in Zirakpur. A Tribune Photograph
BKU (Rajewal) calls off dharna
 Mohali, November 24
The BKU (Rajewal) called off its dharna in Sector 52 here today. Balbir Singh Rajewal said a bigger stir by the farmers would be organised in the next three months.
A “jhanda march” would be held and meetings would be organised in villages to highlight the dangers posed to the agricultural sector.
Dewinder Sharma, an economist, addresses members of the BKU near YPS Chowk in Mohali on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
Health notes
PGI pain clinic offers spinal cord stimulation
A 39-year-old patient approached to Dr Babita Ghai (Additional Professor, Department of Anaesthesia) in pain clinic in April 2013. He had been crushed between two cars while crossing the road in 2005. He suffered extremely bad pelvic fracture and had to undergo replacement of both his hips.
Take care of your heart in winter: Expert
Chandigarh, November 24
With mornings and evenings becoming cooler, experts issued an advisory and shared simple tips and precautions to safeguard ones health.
“Winter is especially a difficult period for the heart,” said Dr RK Jaswal, Director, Department of Cardiology, Fortis Hospital,
Mohali.
Renovation work hits studies at PU
Chandigarh, November 24
Without making any alternative arrangements for the students of Panjab University — whose examinations will commence from next month — the authorities have initiated renovation work at the AC Joshi Library’s outer hall.
This has inconvenienced students as their studies are being affected.
Students prepare for their exams in the corridor of AC Joshi Library at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
Teachers’ body meets Education Secretary
Chandigarh, November 24
A delegation of the Joint Action Committee of UT teachers today met Education Secretary Anil Kumar and submitted a memorandum of their demands.
The union members also apprised Kumar about various problems plaguing the Education Department.
pu & college notes
58 units of blood donated
The NSS Department of Desh Bhagat University organised a blood donation camp today. The camp was organised in association with Lions Club, Mandi Gobindgarh, wherein members of the faculty and students, volunteers, officials and members of Lions Club donated 58 units of blood. Desh Bhagat University Pro Chancellor Tejinder Kaur was the chief guest on the occasion.
British delegation meets PU VC, discusses research projects
Chandigarh, November 24
A British Delegation from Nottingham City Council, UK, and the University of Nottingham
(UoN), today visited Panjab University and other Chandigarh Region Innovation Knowledge Cluster
(CRIKC) institutions.
PU VC Arun Grover (second from right) with the delegation from the University of Nottingham at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
from schools
Cleanliness drive
Chandigarh: Under the Swachh Balak mission, a special drive to clean the boundary wall of the school was launched at the GMSSS, Sector 44-B. Dewan, founder of Support a Child, an NGO, along with school principal Rajinder Kaur, faculty members, NSS volunteers and Class IV staff cleaned the area around the boundary wall.
Students apprised of exam techniques
Chandigarh, November 24
A seminar on Art of Study was organised at the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI), Mohali, today.
It was attended by faculty members and students of Shemrock Senior Secondary School, Yadavindra Public School, Doon International School, The British School and St Jones School.
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A 24-year-old youth was stabbed to death by two unknown persons near the light point of Sectors 38 and 40 at 6.30 pm here today. The deceased has been identified as Jasbir Singh Rana, a resident of Sector 41. The victim was going on his Activa scooter.
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