| HE GOT IT:
A triumphant youngster who managed a ticket but could not find an exit is lifted out of the rush |
THEY DIDN’T: Disappointed girls who failed to get tickets |
HELPING HAND: A cop lends his hand to a youngster who fell following a stampede at the ticket counter |
IRON FIST: A cop throws a fan out to quell the crowd at the ticket counter for the India-Oz ODI match at Chandigarh.
— Tribune photos by Manoj Mahajan |
UT hastens trial of delinquents
Chandigarh, October 4
Juveniles in conflict with law finally stand a chance of speedy trial. Alarmed by the backlog of cases pending for years under the Juvenile Justice Act, the UT has finally constituted a second juvenile justice board for Chandigarh. The purpose is to handle cases at the earliest as the Juvenile Justice Act directs disposal within four months.
BSP: Govt gone wrong with atta-dal scheme
Chandigarh, October 4
Criticising the Punjab government for its anti-poor policies and failure to implement the atta-dal scheme, activists of the BSP from across the state today staged a dharna and held a protest march in the city this afternoon.
Activists of the Punjab unit of the BSP raise slogans against the Punjab government during a protest in Chandigarh on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph
Panchkula MC chief visits wards
Panchkula, October 4
With the next Municipal Council just five months away, the reinstated president Seema Chaudhary has begun her visits to the wards to ascertain the quantum of work to be carried out on priority.
Mohali Mess
Neglect ‘parked’ in marketplaces
Mohali, October 4
For years, various market associations have been complaining non-stop to the authorities to improve the condition of parking areas in these markets. The solution to the parking problems has not been provided yet.
bus stop or a dog shelter? This bus stop near Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh speaks volumes about the administration’s apathy in dealing with the stray dog menace.
— Tribune photo by Karam Singh |
Reservation of seats for wards of Army personnel
Army institute’s plea dismissed
Chandigarh, October 4
Dismissing a petition filed by Pathankot-based Army Institute of Higher Education challenging the State of Punjab's notification reserving 15 per cent seats for state residents through centralised counselling, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the "institute cannot be allowed to claim that all the seats could be filled exclusively by the wards/dependants of army personnel, ignoring other meritorious students".
Cave-in: Close shave for two
Chandigarh, October 4
Two labourers had a providential escape this afternoon when earth caved in at a construction site in Phase II, Industrial Area.
FCI staff stage dharna
Chandigarh, October 4
Employees of the FCI, Chandigarh, staged a day-long dharna in front of the Sector 40 office of the FCI area manager against “anti-employee” policies of the executive director, north zone, Noida.
Postal exhibition
Chandigarh, October 4
A two-day postal exhibition on “national day of dedication” organised as part of the Gandhi Jayanti celebrations concluded yesterday. Twentysix frames on the freedom struggle were displayed.
— TNS
Tribune employee dead
Chandigarh, October 4
Tribune employee Sat Parkash died in the PGI here on Wednesday morning after a brief illness. He was 56.
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Chandigarh, October 4
With three days left for the ODI between India and Australia, a fire broke out in the press conference hall of the newly built media centre at the Sector 16 cricket stadium this afternoon.
Was chosen first Indian head boy
because 
Rahul Bakshi got his putts back as he shot five birdies to finish just one stroke behind the leader, Rashid Khan of Delhi, on the penultimate day of the Indian Oil Xtrapremium Junior/Sub-junior Chandigarh Open Golf Championship on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.
