Major units close down in Industrial Area
Others opt for conversion
Chandigarh, October 17
A number of fully functional units in the Industrial Area have closed down and a number of others have opted for conversion or have changed the use without informing the authorities. Big plots are lying idle and an indefinite number of employees were rendered jobless after the closure of the units.
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TIME FOR MELAS: Going by the festive spirit, a family takes time off to enjoy the show at one such Divali mela in Sector 34, Chandigarh.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
Land acquired for expressway
Chandigarh, October 17
Work on the much touted 135-km Kundli-Manesar- Palwal (KMP) Expressway has gone full steam now, after 3,300 acres of land required for the project has been acquired by the Haryana Government.
Over 95 per cent of this land has already been handed over to the concessionaire led by DS Constructions, the company that has been awarded the contract for executing the project on a build operate and transfer
(BOT) basis.
Centre likely to issue directive on police reforms
Chandigarh, October 17
The Union Government is likely to issue a directive to the states with regard to the Supreme Court’s directions on police reforms. Concerned with the issue of timely implementation of the apex court’s directive and to clear the perceived air of confusion, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and four senior Cabinet Ministers are learnt to have held a meeting on the issue yesterday.
Indian cops to vie for best police station spot
Chandigarh, October 17
The police forces have acquired the dubious reputation of wielding authority on helpless and innocent persons across the world. Later this month things will change. This time the men women in uniform will be at the receiving end when they will be put under the public scanner. This will happen not only at the police stations in Chandigarh or neighbouring Haryana and Punjab, but across 20 countries.
“Probe killings” by cops during terrorism
Chandigarh, October 17
Khalra Mission Organisation, a Sikh rights body, on Sunday claimed that National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has lost its credibility on the issue of extending relief to the kin of “unidentified” persons allegedly cremated secretively by police in Punjab during terrorism.
An unusual case of forgery
Chandigarh, October 17
An unusual case has come to light where a brigadier has been accused of tampering with and falsifying the annual confidential report (ACR) of his subordinate officer, who on the other hand, is facing disciplinary proceedings for allegedly forging his own ACR.
12 sites identified for sale of crackers
Mohali, October 17
As many as 12 sites in different areas of the town have been identified by the authorities concerned for the sale of crackers in connection with the festival of Divali.
Punjab BJP holds protest over price hike
Chandigarh, October 17
The Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab, today protested the unprecedented increase in the prices of essential commodities at their Sector 37 office in the city today. Protesting in a novel way they put up a Divali gift shop outside the office selling various pulses, including rajmah and kala
chana.
Mr Vineet Joshi showing special Divali gifts of rajmah and pulses outside the Punjab BJP office in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photo |
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Sweets’ traders under IT scanner
Chandigarh, October 17
With just three days left for Divali, the Income Tax Department today conducted searches on the premises of two major sweets’ manufacturers — Sindhi Sweets and Shiv Mishthan Bhandar — in city. Sources said searches were conducted to match the stocks register with the products being sold.
Understanding international humanitarian law
Chandigarh, October 17
The International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is by very nature mystic. Small wonder then that the day-long workshop on the subject organised at Panjab University by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Press Institute of India (PII) drew mixed responses from participants who debated the role of the IHL, its difference from the International Human Rights Law and its connection with global terrorism.
Limiting human suffering in times of war
Chandigarh, October 17
As guardian of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been involved in reaffirming its validity. Time and again, the law which seeks to limit human suffering in times of armed conflict, has come under question from the international community that has found its own ways of denouncing it.
MC turns blind eye to overflowing sewage
Chandigarh, October 17
A constantly overflowing sewage has been troubling residents of Attawa village (near Sector 42) over the past few months.
The residents allege that the sewerage line, which runs near Akash Hotel, has been a source of problems for the past many years.
Engg Corps showcase innovations
Chandigarh, October 17
Engineering units of the Western Command today showcased a vast range of innovations and modifications on their existing equipment.
A soldier displays the
use of a computer-based training simulator fabricated by an
engineering regiment at an exhibition in Chandimandir on
Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan |
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Councillors to visit Goa on study tour
Chandigarh, October 17
While the Municipal Corporation is just coming out of a recent controversy regarding study tours, MC councillors are all set to go for two more study tours. One study tour is scheduled to leave for October 22 to Chennai, while another is for November 1 for Mumbai and Goa.
UT divided into 15 constituencies
Chandigarh, October 17
The Chandigarh Administration has divided the Union Territory area into 15 constituencies for the purpose of election of the members of the Panchayat Samiti.
An official list was also issued yesterday determining the area and the reserved wards for the Scheduled Castes and women.
Speaking Out
Traffic plan during rallies needed: residents
Chandigarh, October 17
A lack of traffic control and crowd management strategies by the Chandigarh Administration during big rallies on the city roads is the biggest drawback in the system. This was highlighted by a cross-section of the city residents in response to a speaking out by the Tribune reporters here today.
Girl killed as wall collapses
Chandigarh, October 17
A 15-year-old girl was crushed to death after a wall of Hans Raj
serai, which is under construction at the PGI, collapsed here this
afternoon. The accident occurred when a log in the scaffolding she was
holding on to, gave way.
Spreading AIDS awareness through film
Chandigarh, October 17
“Tilkan”, Gurdip Bhullar’s Punjabi film on HIV/AIDS, was screened at Punjab Kala Bhavan last evening. The film, directed by actor-director
B.N. Sharma, explores the predicament of a family that contracts HIV infection from a single carrier — the man of the family, played by Shaminder
Malhi.
Scribes updated on forensic modes
Chandigarh, October 17
Latest forensic techniques used in solving infamous Anara Gupta case and the city's own child swapping case were explained at a workshop organised by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) here for the media personnel.
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