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Affluent youth high on cough syrups
Leisure Valley parking hotspot for drug addicts
Chandigarh, June 28
Figure this, dozens of bottles of “Rexcof” and “RC”, both cough syrups of a prominent pharmaceutical company and schedule-H drugs, with used syringes and condoms strewn at the parking area of Leisure Valley, Sector 10. The ‘stuff’ speaks volumes about drug addiction in the “high society” in the city.
Bottles of cough syrups and syringes strewn at the parking lot along the boundary wall of Leisure Valley, Sector 10. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tiwari |
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Goods worth lakhs gutted in Mohali
Mohali, June 28
Goods worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in a fire that broke out in a readymade garments factory in the Industrial Area here this morning. Though the exact cause of the fire could not be ascertained, a watchman at the factory said the fire broke out when an unidentified thief was trying to escape after stealing the garments.
Youngsters flout traffic norms with impunity
Chandigarh, June 28
The death of a 19-year-old motorcyclist, Rupinder Singh, in a road accident apparently acted as no deterrent to the rampant violators of traffic rules and regulations by youngsters in the city.
Youths giving two hoots to the traffic rules in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photographs |
Be prepared for power cuts
Against the daily availability of 235-250 MW, city’s demand touches 290 MW
Chandigarh, June 28
Though the Chandigarh administration is somehow managing with the power crises so far as there have been no scheduled cuts, but this may not last long if monsoon continue to play truant.
Rail commuters’ security caught in blame game
Chandigarh, June 28
The lack of coordination between the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railways authorities is telling on the safety of train passengers if recent incidents at the Chandigarh railway station are any indication.
The banner of the Government Railway
Police at the Chandigarh railway station. Tribune photo:
Manoj Mahajan |
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Fire dept to have more thermal imaging cameras
Chandigarh, June 28
The UT fire and emergency services department will buy five more thermal imaging cameras, which would help the firemen to see through the smog during rescue operations.
Residents’ day out: People enjoy boating and bungee jumping at Sukhna Lake on Sunday evening.Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
Building Plans
No takers for self-certification scheme
Chandigarh, June 28
The UT administration’s scheme of “self-certification” of residential building plans continues to remain trapped in procedural rigmarole as even after nearly four years of its introduction, there are hardly any takers.
Junk food triggers health problems in teens: Docs
Mohali, June 28
The junk food plays havoc with the health of adolescents and parents must educate and encourage children to take a balanced and nutritionally rich diet instead of junk food, said state immunisation officer Dr V.K. Goel.
Beating heat the traditional way
Chandigarh, June 28
Sipping fancy mocktails may well be a fad in summers, but nothing can beat the flavour of a “chilled sweet lassi”.
The taste and effectiveness of grandma’s tried and tested recipes for natural coolants are undoubtedly the best to provide relief when the mercury has gone up a few notches more in this summer.
People drink sweetened water at a ‘chabeel’ organised by Sai Baba Mandir in Sector 29, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
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Swine Flu
58-yr-old woman tests negative
Chandigarh, June 28
The samples of a 58-year-old woman, who was admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, yesterday with suspected swine flu, were found negative today.
Stay on reversion of promotion of 10 employees
Chandigarh, June 28
The Central Administrative Tribunal has put a stay on the orders of reversion of promotion of 10 employees of the National Dairy Research Institute in Karnal after an application was filed by them.
Modern ‘ahatas’ in high spirits
16 such vends come up in city against three last year
Chandigarh, June 28
The concept of “ahata in a present day avatar” (modern liquor shop) introduced by the Chandigarh administration in its Excise Policy 2007-08 seem to be catching up with the city residents with a total of 16 such liquor vends coming up in the city against three last year.
Month-long workshops on dance, theatre end
Chandigarh, June 28
As many as 100 budding as well as accomplished artistes between the age group of 5 and 15 years participated in a cultural bonanza at the Randhawa auditorium marking the conclusion of Pracheen Kala Kendra’s month-long annual production-oriented workshops on dance and theatrical arts today.
A child dressed as Lord Krishna on the concluding day of a workshop at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Sector 16, Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph |
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Violations galore as GMADA fails to act
Mohali, June 28
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has failed to check the commercial activities on the residential premises across the city.
A large number of residents are indulging in various kind of violations of the building bylaws, the most common being opening of a gate in the rear boundary wall along roads and opening commercial establishments.
SGPC-run schools, colleges
Staff likely to get UGC scales
Anandpur Sahib, June 28
Teachers of schools and colleges, which are being run by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), will get salaries as per the rules of the state education board or Central Board of Secondary Education and UGC, respectively.
100 days , a truth or a myth
I write this column from my birthplace, thanking Alessandro Volta and Dr. William Cruickshank. Wondering who these great men are? Well let me introduce them to you and by the end of the next couple of paragraphs you too will be surely thanking them.
CityScope Letters
Discipline vital for good governance
“What a way of wielding power?” has well covered the goonda raj in Punjab. The Punjab government is following the British policy of "divide and rule". The day is not far of when DC may be slapped in the public, if the present raj continues in Punjab. There are thousands of court cases filed up in the court of DCs for claim of lambardari of villages. Earlier, the lambardari was inherited from generation to next generation of the family, but now, any one can claim and fight for the same. The rule has been passed by the Akali government in last tenure.
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Chandigarh, June 28
