62 liquor vends sealed
Chandigarh, May 1
The UT excise department today sealed at least 62 vends across the city. Of the total 208 vends allotted so far under the new excise policy, 66 vends are in make-shift structures.
The vends were sealed as the allottees failed to convert the make-shift
structures into pre-fabricated structures christened as ‘Taverns’. The
deadline for raising the pre-fabricated structures was April 30.
An excise official seals a vend in Mani Majra on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
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Scandalous
Sub-standard notebooks cleared
Chandigarh, May 1
Obligation? Believe it or not, the inspection committee of the Chandigarh education department, headed by DEO Kamla Bains, recommended supply of ‘substandard’ exercise notebooks.
Sector 16 GH fined
Rs 10 lakh for death of patient
Chandigarh, May 1
Death of a government teacher due to alleged negligence of the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, has cost the hospital dear.
Cable TV services resumed
Chandigarh, May 1
The cable operators resumed their services this evening after daylong discussions between cable operators and officers. City residents will have cable television services by tomorrow.
Speeding car kills man
Chandigarh, May 1
In a hit-and-run case, Arun Kumar, a Sector-34 resident, was seriously injured after a rash car driver hit his motor cycle near the traffic lights at the newly constructed road dividing Sectors 31 and 32 last night.
Condolence meeting
Chandigarh, May 1
A condolence meeting for Charu Puri, a final year student of the electrical branch, was held at the college auditorium of PEC, Chandigarh, yesterday. She died Sunday due to an asthmatic attack at her home in Karnal.
May Day functions held
Workers vow to fight repressive govt policies
Chandigarh, May 1
A large number of employee unions today organised rallies on the occasion of Labour Day and paid tributes to Chicago martyrs. Anti-employee attitude of various governments and managements towards workers’ welfare was central to all rallies and other functions organised on the occasion.
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| Workers affiliated with the All-India Trade Union Congress organise a rally on May Day in Chandigarh on Tuesday; and members of the Chandigarh Punjab Union of Journalists (CPUJ) form a human chain
at the Sector 17 Plaza on May Day. — Tribune photographs |
Trial not fair, says GCM defence
Chandigarh, May 1
The defence in the general court martial (GCM) trying a Colonel for alleged misappropriation of ammunition today sought adjournment on the grounds that the trial was being conducted in a manner favourable to the prosecution.
‘Disturbed’ man enters IAF area, held
Chandigarh, May 1
The Air Force authorities this morning caught a man in semi-naked state, who intruded into the prohibited area. He was later handed over to the police.
MC chief misusing powers: Forum
Panchkula, May 1
The Panchkula Joint Welfare Associations Forum said today that the president of the Municipal Council and the Executive Officer had misused their powers under Section 35 of the Haryana Municipal Act by spending public money.
HIV + woman opens first condom bar today
Chandigarh, May 1
It’s official. For the first time in Chandigarh’s history, a wing of the administration other than State AIDS Control Society will support an HIV/AIDS awareness project. Come tomorrow and Citco’s unique condom bar will open at Kalagram’s Baithak in the presence of Pooja Thakur, president, Chandigarh Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS.
Pooja Thakur
In some cases, cops just don’t move
Chandigarh, May 1
The police is fighting shy of registering and investigating certain cases. A case in point is of a migrant labourer, who was allegedly robbed of Rs 3,000 and assaulted two days ago. Even as the matter was reported to the police yesterday, which had no knowledge of the alleged crime, cops let the victim go without investigating his allegations.
Narain Yadav at The Tribune office
Woman sustains burns
Chandigarh, May 1
A 25-year-old married woman allegedly suffered burns yesterday morning at her Ram Darbar residence while cooking meals. He sustained 20 per cent burns in the incident, said the police.
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