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A family enjoys boating amidst a rare sight of deer at the Sukhna Lake
in Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
Now on, self-appraisal by lecturers
Chandigarh, March 15
City college lecturers will now be evaluating themselves too. The department of higher education has approved a new format for the lecturers’ annual confidential reports, wherein the teachers will have to file a self-appraisal report.
Dhingra wants job back
Chandigarh, March 15
Suspended superintending engineer (electricity) V.P. Dhingra has termed the UT administration’s decision against revoking his suspension after review “intriguing”. Dhingra in his “seventh” reminder to the administration has sought his reinstatement to the post of SE (electricity).
Gaurav Saxena, general manager, Mahindra and Mahindra (right), poses with the new Bolero during its launch in Chandigarh on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Grid system a costly affair
Chandigarh, March 15
The innovative grid system for local CTU bus routes is proving to be a headache for authorities with a majority of routes being listed “loss-making
ventures”. Barring a handful of profitable routes, none of the other routes has conjured any major shift in the volume of passengers or
earnings.
5 months on, healing still eludes rape victim
Panchkula, March 15
A rape victim, found near the Mansa Devi temple today morning, was admitted to the Civil Hospital in Sector 6. Volunteers of Jeevan Mukt Nishulk Vidyalaya, Panchkula, spotted the woman and took her to the hospital. It was then discovered that she is a patient there and has been admitted to the hospital for more than five months.
Get connected in a day
Mohali, March 15
Want to get a residential power connection in one day? It is now possible as the Punjab State Electricity Board authorities are making power connections available in Mohali on demand.
A resident only has to submit an application along with a test report and deposit the required security and service charges to get a power connection the very next day.
Punjabi singer Malkit Singh performs at Sinm organised by the Panjab University Campus Students’ Council in Chandigarh on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Inept BSNL services irk customers
Zirakpur, March 15
The public sector telecom giant, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, continues to live up to its reputation of “disconnecting India”. Close on the heels of scores of non-functional telephones in Lalru, telephone subscribers at Zirakpur continue to be at the receiving end of the inept telecom services.
MC wants share of rent as tax
Mohali, March 15
In what may be a jolt to residents here, the local Municipal Council has proposed that house tax be imposed on rented accommodation in the town as the local body was facing a financial crunch.
Bharat Nirman enters second phase
Chandigarh, March 15
The second phase of the Bharat Nirman public information campaign was inaugurated by Chandigarh Municipal Corporation mayor Harjinder Kaur in Mauli Jagran today. As many as 20 departments of the central government, Chandigarh administration along with PSUs/banks and NGOs put up their information stalls to provide information regarding various welfare schemes.
Basements for habitation cleared
Chandigarh, March 15
The committee constituted by the Chandigarh administration to look into general issues regarding basements of commercial buildings has accepted that a basement can be used for habitation, subject to the condition that it was technically fit for the same.
Bleeding for a cause
Chandigarh, March 15
A random perusal of a Hindi magazine published from New Delhi changed the life of an Ayurvedic practitioner from Bhopal. It converted him into a crusader for the freedom of Tibet and he decided to create awareness among the masses by sacrificing his blood.
“I had gone through Tibet Desh, a magazine published in Hindi from New Delhi
in 1994.
Dr Mahesh Yadav, convener of the Mahatma Gandhi Tibet Freedom Movement, Bhopal, writes a letter using his blood as ink, appealing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to invite the Dalai Lama to address Parliament on the Tibetan cause, at Chandigarh on Tuesday.
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Fauji Beat
Resettlement problem continues to loom large
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ON an average, nearly 60,000 military men retire every year. Of them about 3,000 are officers and the remaining are personnel below officer rank. at a seminar on “Employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for armed forces personnel”, held in Chandigarh in the last week of
February.
The Western Army Commander, Lieut-Gen Daljeet Singh, addresses the seminar on “Employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for armed forces personnel”.
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Left decries Nandigram killing
Chandigarh, March 15
The Marxist Communist Party of India (United) has condemned the CPM-led West Bengal government and its police for brutal repression of farmers at
Nandigram. Twelve persons 12 were killed and around 200 suffered bullet injuries in the police attack yesterday.
Structures demolished amidst protest
Chandigarh, March 15
Amidst protest by residents of Dhanas village, here, a team of officials of the Land Acquisition Office carried out a demolition drive on the outskirts of the village today.
The drive was carried out to take over the possession of 162.5 acres of land to construct houses for rehabilitation of slum dwellers.
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