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Fear keeps babus off foreign junkets
Chandigarh, May 29
Strange but true. No UT official undertook a foreign jaunt during the last financial year. The controversy over extravagant expenditure amounting to about Rs 50 lakh on the jaunts of senior UT officials last year seems to have had the desired effect with no official undertaking foreign trips.
Building Misuse
Admn mulls rolling back hike in fine
Chandigarh, May 29
After wielding a stick on those on the wrong side of law by increasing the penalty for “misusing” their premises, the UT administration is now mulling to roll back the hike in fine for the same.
‘Pilot project’ on back burner
CCTVs still elude city parking lots
Chandigarh, May 29
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Knee jerk reaction, followed by a string of ambitious proposals and then forgetting about them seems to be the way with the Chandigarh administration. Stung by the daring Wednesday robbery, the UT administration is now going all out to install CCTVs at entry points of the city but has apparently forgotten about its proposal to install monitoring equipment at important parking lots of the city. |
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| A CCTV box being used to store newspapers and water bottles; and (right) monitor of the CCTV camera is non-functional at the parking lot in Sector 35, Chandigarh.
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Admn-run buses may ferry govt schoolkids
Chandigarh, May 29
Students of model senior secondary schools boarding administration-run buses, arranged especially for them, every morning to reach their schools and vice-versa in the afternoon will soon be a reality. If all goes as planned by the UT administration, the city may witness this scenario once schools reopen after the summer break. And the city will be the first one in the country to do so.
Tricity Pact
Admn plans radio taxis, LPG autos
Chandigarh, May 29
To streamline the public transport service between Chandigarh, Panchkula and
Mohali, the Chandigarh administration has drafted a plan to run around 1,200 AC and non-AC radio taxis and 1,500 LPG autorickshaws soon.
Robbery: CCTV drive leaves motorists stranded
Zirakpur/Chandigarh, May 29
A drive by the Chandigarh police to record CCTV footage of vehicles entering the city from Zirakpur today spelled chaos on the highway.
The sweltering heat made the matters worse for commuters who were stuck in a
three-hour-long traffic jam, which extended up to the Zirakpur flyover.
Capturing of CCTV footage of vehicles on the
Chandigarh-Zirkapur highway resulted in a three-hour-long traffic jam on Friday. Tribune photo:
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Experts explore viability of technical textile
Chandigarh, May 29
With government support, India can hope to be the next hub for manufacturing and consumption of technical textiles. This was discussed during a CII’s international conference-cum-exposition on technical textiles - The Sunrise Industry - organised at CII northern region headquarters here today.
Rs 16.3-cr plan to upgrade GMCH
Proposal to start molecular DNA-based diagnosis, MRI facility
Chandigarh, May 29
With the number of patients growing by the day, the UT administration has drawn up a Rs 16.3-crore plan for 2009-10 fiscal to upgrade the facilities at Government Medical College and Hospital
(GMCH), Sector 32.
GPA Transfers
Coop societies charging ‘illegal’ fee
Chandigarh, May 29
Giving two hoots for Chandigarh administration's general power of attorney (GPA) transfer policy, unscrupulous managements of the cooperative group housing societies are at it again.
Sec-33 Robbery
Police still groping in dark
Chandigarh, May 29
Even after over 72 hours of the sensational robbery at the Sector 33 residence of businessman Lalit Behl, the Chandigarh police is still groping in the dark.
Transparency of MC projects under scanner
Chandigarh, May 29
Transparency and accountability of various projects undertaken by the MC today came under the scanner during the general house meeting here today.
There was uproar in the house, when councillor Chandermukhi Sharma pointed out
discrepancies in quotations and procedural lapses by MC officials while
allotting or executing work. |
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| Councillors at the MC House meeting on Friday. A Tribune photograph |
Business contest to boost entrepreneurs
Chandigarh, May 29
The Department of Information Technology, Chandigarh Administration and The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) announced a business plan competition created specially for encouraging entrepreneurship.
Stress laid on promoting Hindi
Chandigarh, May 29
Town Official Language Implementation Committee, Chandigarh, today held its half-yearly meeting at Kisan Bhawan, Sector 35.
Training camp for NCC shooters begins
Chandigarh, May 29
As many as 550 NCC cadets from all over Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh are attending the basic marksmanship-cum-talent hunt shooting camp which began at the Patiala ki Rao ranges here.
The cadets would be trained for various national and international- level
shooting tournaments scheduled for this year.
An instructor demonstrates the working of a rifle at a training camp for NCC cadets in Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo : Parvesh Chauhan |
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Medical Technology
CSIO inks pact with Jaipur firm
Chandigarh, May 29
To provide affordable medical diagnostic facility, the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), here signed today an agreement with Jaipur-based public sector company Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL) for technology transfer of portable
pulse oximeter.
Mizoram team visits MC
Chandigarh, May 29
R Sangliankhuma, chief executive officer of Aizwal municipal council, Mizoram, along with Vanlalsawma, executive officer, visited the municipal corporation office yesterday.
Consumer Courts
Rs 5,000 fine slapped on health drink firm
Chandigarh, May 29
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed a low-calorie drink manufacturing company, Beverly Beverages and Cadila Healthcare Limited, to pay Rs 5,000 for deficiency in services.
Condom-promotion month
Chandigarh, May 29
To promote the usage of condoms, the State AIDS Control Society, in collaboration with Yuvsatta, an NGO, launched a condom-promotion month, for the first time in Chandigarh, here today.
5-day theatre fest kicks off
Panchkula, May 29
A five-day TFT summer theatre festival organised by the Theatre for Theatre institute commenced with the staging of a Hindi play “Chehrey” to a scant audience at the Inderdhanush auditorium here today.
On residents’ wish list…
Chandigarh, May 29
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With the new government taking charge, city’s who’s who is batting for a more accountable, accessible, transparent and democratic system of governance for Chandigarh, which many feel can only be achieved by restoring the Chief Commissioner System of governance.
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Speaking Out
Racial Attack
With increase in incidents of violence against Indian students abroad, a question arises whether governments of the world are fulfilling their duties properly. Our staff correspondent Gagan K Teja speaks to few students and parents to find out their views about the recent incident in Australia and what they think about studying abroad and the steps the government must take for the safety of foreign students.
CBSE Results
Poor show by govt schools
Chandigarh, May 29
If the recent Class X and XII CBSE results are any indication, the government schools in the city have yet again affirmed their status as non-performers.
PU panel to check medical certificates
Chandigarh, May 29
To tackle the problem of producing fake medical certificates by students, Panjab University is
all set to constitute a panel of doctors to be headed by universities chief medical officer
to check their authenticity.
CET: Mohali boy gets 2nd rank
Mohali, May 29
City boy bagged second position in the Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by Punjab Technical University. Akshay Chawla, a resident of Sector 70, Mohali, secured 107 marks out of 120. It was a double bonanza for Akshay who earlier secured 93.2 per cent in the non-medical stream in Class 10+2 board result.
Garments exhibition by education dept
Chandigarh, May 29
The Education department has organised an exhibition-cum-sale of garments and hand painted, block and screen printed linen, dupattas and other items prepared by vocational course students at Panchayat
Bhawan, Sector 18, here. Jean Rodrigues, wife of UT Administrator, inaugurated the exhibition.
A craft exhibition at Panchayat
Bhawan, Sector 18, in Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph |
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Science courses withdrawn at P’kula college
Students to move HC
Panchkula, May 29
Agitated over the decision of the education department that has closed down science courses at Government Girls College in Sector 14 for the past two years, students have decided to move court.
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