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Winter special to Allahabad from September
Chandigarh, June 23
Preparing in advance to tackle the heavy rush expected during the Durga Puja and Diwali season, the North Central Railways has proposed to start a special train connecting Chandigarh and Allahabad (483-484).
MC axe on four structures
Chandigarh, June 23
The Municipal Corporation today demolished four pucca structures, including
three- storey buildings, during a demolition drive carried out at Buterla village here today.
A JCB demolishes a structure at Buterla in Sector 41 on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
CHB to hand over flats soon
Chandigarh, June 23
The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) will hand over around 2,400 houses under various categories soon.
Docs claim infant has jaundice
Chandigarh, June 23
Even as the Deputy Commissioner,
Panchkula, marked an inquiry to verify the reports, appearing in a section of the press, about a seven-day-old girl getting infected with “tetanus” at General Hospital, Sector 6, doctors of GMCH-32 today claimed that the child only had symptoms of jaundice.
Source of cholera still not known
Mohali, June 23
It has been over three days since patients with diarrhoea (now confirmed cholera) started trickling in at the Phase 6 Civil Hospital, but the district administration and the health authorities are yet to track down the source of cholera.
MC to discuss issue of new site
Mohali, June 23
The Mohali Municipal Council has called an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss the issue related to the dumping ground of the town over which a controversy has arisen once again.
Tribune Impact
Fumigation at colonies begins
Chandigarh, June 23
After The Tribune’s exposure on the insanitary conditions prevalent in colonies in the wake of the cholera outbreak at Mohali village, the UT administration today woke up to the seriousness of the issue and sprayed disinfectants in various areas.
Kids of contract teachers also join stir
Chandigarh, June 23
“Dear Chandigarh Administration uncle, please
regularise services of our parents who are
working as contract teachers in government
schools for more than seven years,” said children
of the contractual teachers, who had assembled
at Sector 17 Plaza today to join the ongoing
agitation of their parents.
Children of contract teachers appeal to the Chandigarh administration to regularise their parents, at Sector 17 Plaza in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Visually impaired block traffic
Chandigarh, June 23
The visually impaired
from Punjab blocked traffic at the Press Chowk on the Madhya Marg,
this afternoon seeking recruitment from the Punjab Government under
one per cent of their quota.
Visually impaired from
Punjab stage a protest in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj
Mahajan
Quacks thriving in city
Chandigarh, June 23
The UT Health Department’s determination to crack the whip on bogus medical practitioners and quacks in the city has ended like “a flash in the pan”.
Poor, illiterate easy prey
Panchkula, June 23
Despite the claims of concerted campaign against quacks and unregistered medical practitioners operating in the district, the poor and illiterate remain exposed to the risk at the “clinics” of these so called doctors.
Menace goes unchecked
Mohali, June 23
Outbreak of cholera at Mohali village has sprung up “alarming” surprises, as the number of roadside doctors is much more than the number of chemists here.
GMCH-32 ranked 14th in survey
Chandigarh, June 23
Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, has been ranked 14th by GfK Mode Survey for 2009. For 2006-07 the college was ranked 25th in the country amongst all medical colleges.
Commerce scores over other streams
Chandigarh, June 23
The students, especially girls seem to be inclined towards commerce instead of medical or non-medical if the number of forms submitted by those seeking admission in class XI is evaluated hitherto.
PU deputy registrar dies
Chandigarh, June 23
The staff members of Panjab University condoled the sudden death of RL
Dhawan, deputy registrar, (UMC), here today. They expressed their grief and a two-minute silence was also observed in his memory.
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A young computer science student has tested positive for swine flu, becoming first patient in the city to have contracted the viral infection, UT health officials said.
