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Admission Row
PU, Dept of Law field separate lawyers in HC
Mohali, December 24
Having
been pushed into a corner over the admission of a student activist, a
Panjab University department has declared a virtual war against the
university.
Central observer to name mayor’s nominee
Chandigarh, December 24
Observer from the Centre to decide nominees for the Congress in the upcoming Mayor elections.
Slum kids spice up Citco celebrations
Chandigarh, December 24
Seated in Rustles, Mountview’s posh eating house, they made a pretty picture of grace. Not that they were not tempted to break free or touch for once the flashy stuff that made the décors stand out, but then they did hold back….special as
they were.
Giant
slice: Eight-foot-tall, Ram Lal Shindia, cuts an eight-foot-long cake at a kids carnival in Sector 34,
Chandigarh, on the eve of Christmas on Monday. — A Tribune photograph |
IAS officers’ wives chip in for special kids
Chandigarh, December 24
The Punjab IAS Officers Wives Association has put up a stall as a part of Christmas celebrations in the Parade Ground here.
Combating Joint Ache
Indians prefer yoga to surgery: Survey
Chandigarh, December 24
Depending on home devised remedies and aversion to surgical procedures has cost dearly a majority of Indians suffering from joint aches.
Three injured in pile-up
Chandigarh, December 24
Three persons, including a woman, were seriously injured when three vehicles, including an autorickshaw they were travelling in, collided on road dividing sectors 28 and 29, here, this morning.
An overturned car after an accident in Chandigarh on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph
Youth run over by train
Chandigarh, December 24
An unidentified man in his mid-twenties was found lying dead on track near Sector 19, Panchkula. The police said the victim was crushed to death by a train in the wee hours and the body was recovered in the morning.
Ghaggar bridge partially closed
Panchkula, December 24
Commuters have to face hardships till the New Year as it will take at least three weeks before traffic is restored completely on the Old Ghaggar bridge, connecting Panchkula to Ramgarh, after massive repairs on the 35- year-old structure.
3-yr-old girl injured
Mohali, December 24
A three-year-old girl was injured after a car hit a truck on a railway overpass at Dera Bassi this
afternoon.
Cleanliness exercise
Mohali, December 24
On the third day of the 10-day NSS camp, volunteer of the Shivalik Institute of Education and Research today undertook a cleanliness exercise at Government Primary School, Phase-3B1,
Mohali.
Fauji Beat
Army a poor man’s profession?
Fifty per cent of 606 cadets who were commissioned from the IMA on December 10, belonged to families having a monthly income of about Rs 10,000, says a news report. The highest number among them i.e. 116 was from Uttar
Pradesh.
Blood donation camp organised
Chandigarh, December 24
On the auspicious occasion of the birthday of the founder of Dev Samaj - Bhagwan Dev Atma ji and as part of ongoing NSS camp, a Blood Donation Camp was held in the premises of Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, here, today.
City teacher gets national award
Chandigarh, December 24
Dinesh Saraswat, a PGT Physics teacher of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Sector 25, here, has been conferred with National Award by Minister of Human Resource Development Arjun Singh at National Bal Bhawan New Delhi.
ASI jailed for bribe
Panchkula, December 24
An ASI of the Haryana police was sentenced to three-year imprisonment on corruption charges and a fine of Rs 10,000 was imposed on him here today.
A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against Bashir Ahmed in 2003.
— TNS
SHO suspended for indiscipline
Mohali, December 24
SSP R.S. Khatra today suspended Zirakpur SHO G.P. Singh on charges of indiscipline. According to SSP, the SHO had been absenting himself from morning parades for the past several weeks. “It is compulsory for SHOs to attend the Monday morning parade. However, SHO has not been attending the parade regularly. Neither had he taken prior permission to miss the parade,” he said. The additional charge of Zirakpur would be given to another SHO by tomorrow.
— TNS
Midnight Mass at churches
Chandigarh, December 24
It was all bonhomie as Protestant Church at Sector 18 and Catholic Church in Sector 19 received hundreds of devotees for Midnight Service and Midnight Mass here
today. The Christian community form all over the city assembled at the churches as full-throated singing of carol could be witnessed followed by the exchange of whishes.
— TNS
Army welfare society
Chandigarh, December 24
The election of office-bearers of the Army Welfare Housing Cooperative and Maintenance Society, Sector 47-C, was held here today. The elected office-bearers are Wg Cdr Satish Bhatia, Col H.K. Dev, Col R.J. Singh, Lt Col J.S. Panag, Meena Jaswal, Srg T.R. Kharbanda and Vishal
Gulati. The elected office-bearers will decide their portfolios later.
— TNS
60 donate blood
Chandigarh, December 24
Over 60 persons donated blood at a camp organised by Zindagi, an NGO, at the community centre, Sector
15. This was the fourth annual camp organised by the NGO. — TNS
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