RTI Act
Kanungo fined Rs 25,000
Chandigarh, August 26
The Estate Office of the Chandigarh administration is in trouble yet again with the Central Information Commission (CIC) imposing a fine of Rs 25,000 on a kanungo for not providing requisite information to Shakuntala Sethi of Sector 28.
In Basta
Leads lead cops nowhere in murder case
Chandigarh, August 26
Failing to track the killers of Mainpal Singh, an inkman at the Haryana Cooperative Press, Industrial Area here, who was found brutally murdered in Sector 45 on Independence Day in 2003, the police sent the case as untraced after working on it for 30 months.
High alert sounded in city
Chandigarh, August 26
The city police today sounded high alert in the wake of the bomb blasts that rocked Hyderabad on Saturday.
Miffed GPA holders approach head of coop societies
Chandigarh, August 26
Even as the Chandigarh administration clears the mega projects post-haste, issues of public welfare continue to hang fire for years together. A case in point is the regularisation of the general power of attorney (GPA) holders in the cooperative housing societies in the UT.
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| Hundreds of GPA holders of such flats in the housing cooperative societies in Chandigarh are yet to get ownership rights as the Chandigarh Administration has failed to frame a policy.
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Crusade for Heritage
Original residents seek recognition
Chandigarh, August 26
If the Chandigarh Administration has started the work to preserve the works of Le Corbusier, the master architect, it should also work on saving bits of history from the 50 villages whose people gave their land for the emergence of one of the greatest modern day cities in the world. The history of more than 500-year-old villages, which were uprooted to make way for the city, deserves to be recognised.
Inspired by Maya’s UP magic, CVM to merge with BSP
Chandigarh, August 26
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati’s UP experiment of social engineering is set to be replicated in Chandigarh with the former union minister and president of Chandigarh Vikas Manch
(CVM) Harmohan Dhawan throwing his lot with the party.
A scene of a road cave-in in
Sector 22 following the recent heavy rains in Chandigarh. —Tribune
photo by Parvesh Chauhan |
The college bus (HR-68-7502) that was completely burnt after it caught fire due to a
short-circuit near showrooms of pocket no. 8 in Mani Majra on Sunday. The bus, which used to ferry students of Swami Devi Dayal College, Barwala, had no one on board at the time of the incident.
—A Tribune photograph |
10 hurt in accident
Lalru, August 26
Ten persons, including five women, were injured when the Tata Sumo in which they were travelling crashed into an autorickshaw here this morning. They were on their way to Raipur Rani to attend a bhog ceremony.
PU Poll
Student bodies await admn nod for elections
Chandigarh, August 26
Will Panjab University get the nod of the UT Administration to hold elections to the student body this year is a million dollar question. Nevertheless the election fever is in full swing at different college campus.
IAF man dies in accident
Chandigarh, August 26
A sergeant posted at the local Air Force station, John Joseph, lost his life in a hit-and-run accident in Phase II, Industrial Area, last night. He was in his mid-thirties.
Dairy prices rise due to less yield
Chandigarh, August 26
There has been a sharp increase in the prices of the dairy products over the last month. With the production of milk declining during the past couple of months, the prices were bound to rise, retailers said here today.The milk prices were quoted at Rs 10.50 per half kg for the Verka brand. The price was Rs 9.50 last month.
Serving the mankind - Simrit Josan
Chandigarh, August 26
She is all set to head an all-women’s ‘lion’ team and take her ‘pride’ a long way in the service of her society. Tomorrow as the soft-spoken Simrit Josan is appointed as president of the all-woman Lions Club Nightingale at an installation ceremony, she is determined that nothing, not even her gentle demeanour will come in the way of her making a difference.
Students showcase flair for writing
Chandigarh, August 26
As many as 103 school students participated in a one-day workshop on creative writing organised by the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademy at their conference hall yesterday.
Decomposed body of man found
Chandigarh, August 26
A highly decomposed body of an unidentified man, who was apparently strangled to death, was found lying near government tubewell at Daria village, near here, this morning.
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