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Transport policy gets moving
Chandigarh, June 19
A transport policy to guide the public transport system in the city is on the cards. Preliminary discussions to workout the framework of the policy was today initiated by the Chandigarh administration.
Man jumps off 5th floor, dies
Chandigarh, June 19
A 30-year-old Lalru resident died under mysterious circumstances after falling from the fifth floor of the Sector 32 GMCH this morning. The police believes it to be a case of suicide.
Balshri honour for city boy
Chandigarh, June 19
Sahil Agarwal is reaping the harvest of humble sowing. Born to financially average parents and educated in the nondescript government model high school, Sector 28, he has realised something he always thought was a “mighty dream.”
Just awarded the prestigious Balshri by the President, Sahil said, “The dream
was not so mighty after all. It just seemed so.” A winner among 22 other
children from across the nation, Sahil won the award in the category of art.
Clearing hurdle after hurdle, he emerged a winner out of the final eight
contestants, who battled it out during a national camp held in Delhi in
December.
Sahil Agarwal with his mother. — A Tribune photograph |
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Study group bares plight of girl child
Pro-girl plan gets nod
Chandigarh, June 19
A comprehensive action plan to make the city more gender sensitive received the nod of the UT administrator today. The action plan, recommended by a study group of the administration, has also brought out some chilling facts about the state of the girl child in the city.
Residents up in arms against CHB
Chandigarh, June 19
Thousands of residents of Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) flats are on the warpath again against the “apathetic attitude” of the board authorities towards their long-pending demands.
Change in the weather pattern induced mist-like conditions in Chandigarh on Tuesday morning.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Retired officials to oversee meal scheme
Chandigarh, June 19
The administration has decided to engage the services of retired persons to supervise the mid-day meal scheme at government and aided schools in the city.
Now, status of MC works on website
Chandigarh, June 19
City mayor Harjinder Kaur launched the ‘status of projects’ of various wings of the corporation on the MC website here today.
Road Rage
Nameless, his body awaits a claimant
Chandigarh, June 19
Nameless, his body lies in the PGI mortuary, awaiting a claimant. Brought in on June 13 after doctors at the Panchkula general hospital failed to revive him, the 45-something victim had faint chances of survival. His head was gravely injured from an accident he did not even live to remember.
This kidney patient needs help
Chandigarh, June 19
Destiny played a cruel joke with Harpal Singh, a daily wage earner, when he developed a liver problem. The problematic liver resulted in the damage of his kidney. Now, doctors at the PGI have asked him to arrange more than Rs 4.5 lakh for treatment.
CoI begins into NCC cadet’s death
Chandigarh, June 19
A court of inquiry (CoI) ordered by the NCC authorities to ascertain the facts leading to the death of a cadet three days after he returned from a training camp began in Chandigarh today.
Fear of malaria outbreak in Sec 31
Chandigarh, June 19
Even as the Chandigarh administration celebrates June as the anti-malaria month with much fanfare, the fear of outbreak of an epidemic looms large in Sector 31 here.
Stagnant water in Sector 31, Chandigarh, which has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan |
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MC cleaning drive begins today
Chandigarh, June 19
The municipal corporation has decided to start its annual city cleaning campaign from tomorrow. The MC plans to clean two sectors each day in this month-long campaign. Ironically, there seems to be no plan for colonies.
Monsoon — Nightmare for Zirakpur residents
Zirakpur, June 19
Even as people all over the country eagerly await the onset of the monsoons, the residents of Zirakpur dread the very thought of it.
The pre-monsoon showers have already brought misery to the residents of Zirakpur.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan |
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Integrated check posts along international borders
Chandigarh, June 19
To improve the infrastructure at major entry points on international borders, the central government is establishing Integrated Check Posts (ICPs), which would house all regulatory agencies, including customs, immigration and security along with support facilities like parking, warehousing, banking, etc in one complex.
Girl electrocuted
Panchkula, June 19
Fourteen-year-old Anjali, the daughter of a chowkidar of an under-construction house in Sector 10, died of electric shock, late last night. Father of the deceased Charan Singh said Anjali was spreading out a folding bed when she stepped on a naked wire and died on the spot.
Letters
Lets make city smoke-free
The UT administration’s step to make Chandigarh smoke free will go a long way in promoting tourism in the city. Designated smoking places at public places will act as a deterrent because everybody does not like go to a particular place to smoke.
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Ram Kumar murder case
