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New IG’s order on parking of
vehicles
CHANDIGARH,
April 7 — Living up to the sobriquet of “Crane
Bedi”, Dr Kiran Bedi, IG, Chandigarh Police, today
ordered the towing away of vehicles parked in a wrong
manner in various markets of the city.
PSEB official suspended
SAS NAGAR,
April 7 — The Punjab School Education Board
authorities have suspended a Restorer for indulging in a
number of malpractices and ‘illegally’ helping
a candidate to get through the matriculation examination,
in which he appeared in March, 1998.
Encroachments on
rivulet
PANCHKULA,
April 7— Property dealers of Bartana village
in Punjab are making a fast buck by selling plots
in the periphery to gullible customers. They have
gone to the extent of blocking the natural flow a
seasonal rivulet.The rivulet acts as a natural
barrier between Haryana and Punjab. |
A causeway constructed on a seasonal rivulet
which acts as a natural barrier between Panchkula
in Haryana and Bartana village in Punjab. —
A Tribune photograph |
342 jhuggis demolished
CHANDIGARH,
April 7 — The anti-encroachment staff of the
Municipal Corporation demolished 342 jhuggis in Indira
colony here today. As many as 140 jhuggis were left
untouched, as they had the requisite proof that they had
been there for the past several years.
ASI faces sack
CHANDIGARH,
April 7 — An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Chandigarh
Police, Ajinder Singh, who had allegedly fired from his
service revolver and injured one person while attending a
marriage party at Anandpur Sahib last month, is all set
to be terminated from service, according to sources.
PEC
computer lab upgraded
CHANDIGARH,
April 7 — The Computational Engineering
Laboratory in Punjab Engineering College has been
upgraded to the Centre for Computational
Engineering.
PGI employees
call off stir
CHANDIGARH,
April 7 — The strike by the PGI Employees
Union that started at midnight last night was
called off at 4 pm today. The strike did not have
much impact on the services in the PGI.
Holiday on April
13
CHANDIGARH,
April 7 — The Chandigarh Administration has
declared April 13 as a public holiday on account
of tercentenary celebrations of the birth of
Khalsa in all government offices, institutions,
boards, corporations and undertakings under the
Chandigarh Administration.
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Use ‘mother tongue as support
language’
CHANDIGARH,
April 7— Emphasising that the mother tongue should
always be used as support language while teaching English
to Asian children should be gradually withdrawn, Ms
Gwyneth Watkins from Shropshire County, said on the
concluding day of the three-day workshop on creative
writing, organised at Sri Guru Harkrishan Model School,
Sector 38, here today.
Inmates of Old Age Home examined
CHANDIGARH,
April 7—With ``Active ageing makes a
difference’’ as the theme, World Health Day was
observed by the Trained Nurses Association of India, UT
branch, by organising a medical examination of the
inmates of the Old Age Home, Sector 15, here today.
India ‘needs liver transplant
plan’
CHANDIGARH,
April 7 — India needs a liver transplant programme
and the PGI, which already has a transplant programme for
other organs of the body, can be developed as a centre as
the doctors here are already trained to handle immuno
suppressed patients, opined Dr Elwyn Elias, a leading
hepatologist from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham,
United Kingdom.
Old persons more responsible: Kak
CHANDIGARH,
April 7 — It is a myth that elderly persons are a
burden upon their families and society. In fact, with
ageing a person becomes more responsible , experienced,
punctual and dedicated towards his responsibilities,
opined Prof V.K. Kak, Director-Principal , Government
Medical College and Hospital.
Electricity Department fined
CHANDIGARH,
April 7 — The action of the Electricity Department
in making a consumer pay charges of electricity consumed
by someone else has invited penalty from the consumer
court.
Police duty meet from April 21
CHANDIGARH,
April 7 — The Indo - Tibetan Border Police will be
hosting the five-day All-India Police Duty Meet at
Behlana, Ramgarh, and Basic Training Camp, Bhanu, from
April 21.
Parts of city roads to be closed
today
CHANDIGARH,
April 7 — Sections of the city roads are likely to
be closed for a few minutes if the Prime Minister, Mr
Atal Behari Vajpayee, visits the Punjab Raj Bhavan during
his scheduled brief stopover in Chandigarh tomorrow.
Wheat crop in 10 acres destroyed
in fire
LALRU,
April 7 — In two separate incidents of fire in
nearly 10 acres, the wheat crop worth Rs 2 Lakh was
destroyed, leaving the farmers disappointed close to the
harvesting season.
Teacher’s death: lab report
awaited
CHANDIGARH,
April 7 — The inquiry into the death of a teacher
lodged in Burail jail is likely to take some more time as
the viscera report from the Forensic Laboratory is
awaited.
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Drug use worries
residents
