No-holds-barred reporting
Centre mulls over law panel’s opinion
Chandigarh, September 12
With an overzealous section of media often crossing ‘Lakshman rekha’, particularly in the domains of legal and crime reporting, the Law Ministry babus are busy pondering over a report submitted by the Law Commission, recommending amendments to existing contempt law or framing of a new law, a few months back.
State of Info Panels
Costing more, delivering less
Chandigarh, September 12
State information commissions of both Punjab and Haryana seem to be delivering less and costing more. Every hearing an information commissioner conducts costs the state not less than Rs 30,000, as evident from the information some RTI activists have gathered under the RTI Act.
To spruce up stadium, full-grown trees
axed
Chandigarh, September 12
The thick green cover in the Leisure Valley in sector 16 faces danger from the Chandigarh Administration. To spruce up the sector 16 cricket stadium for the coming one-day international match between India and Australia, the UT’s engineering department has uprooted a number of full-grown trees while channelising the N-choe, passing near the stadium.
A number of full-grown trees have been uprooted for widening of the choe at the rear end of the sector 16 cricket stadium in preparation for the international match next month.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik
IT Park
PM’s assurance on land acquisition
Chandigarh, September 12
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today assured a delegation of the Chandigarh Sanjha Morcha that there would be no forcible acquisition
of land.
Teacher killed in accident
Chandigarh, September 12
A woman was killed and four others were injured when the autorickshaw in which they were travelling was knocked down by a speeding car in Sector 39 here this morning. All victims were rushed to the PGI, where the woman succumbed to her injuries later.
Tipsy employee creates scene at dist courts
Chandigarh, September 12
A drunk employee of the district courts in Sector 17 allegedly created a scene on the court premises this afternoon.
Madanpur village nobody’s baby
Mohali, September 12
Even as the government is going ahead with its plans to make Mohali a model township, it has failed to bring about the much-needed development in villages falling within its limits.
Garbage littered at Madanpur village in Mohali. — Photo by Vicky Gharu
Developers welcome govt policy change
Mohali, September 12
The Punjab Colonizers Association yesterday welcomed the change in the state government policy pertaining to the external development charges
(EDC), conversion charges and licence fee at a meeting held here under the chairmanship of secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, Punjab.
As many as 128 persons donated blood at a camp organised in Government College in Mohali on Wednesday. |
Year-old infant burnt to death
Mohali, September 12
One-year-old child was burnt to death in a fire that broke out in a jhuggi in Mataur village here today.
Literary works of Hyder hailed
Panchkula, September 12
The Haryana Urdu Akademy organised a seminar on the life and literary works of late Qurratulain Hyder, an eminent Urdu novelist and fiction writer here yesterday.
Power failure in PGI
Chandigarh, September 12
Nehru Hospital in PGI today faced power cut for two hours in the morning.
Functions banned at Shanti Kunj
Chandigarh, September 12
The administration has banned all public functions in Shanti Kunj, Sector 16. The decision has been taken in light of the recent damaged caused to the garden during the Teej celebrations organised by the municipal corporation.
Man found hanging at temple
Panchkula, September 12
The body of an unidentified man was found hanging in a shed at the temple complex of Shiv mandir in Sector 21, here today. The body was found by devotees who had gone there to offer prayers in the morning.
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Chandigarh, September 12
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