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Radio auto services at doorstep soon
Chandigarh, May 17
The Chandigarh Administration is all set to give final touches to the 24X7 radio auto-rickshaw scheme to be launched shortly.
At Rs 5 per km, global positioning system (GPS) fitted eco-friendly auto-rickshaws would be at ones doorstep. The offers are being invited from interested operators.
Life-saving gift from brain dead man
 Chandigarh, May 17
Twenty-six-year-old Mohinder Kumar and Nachatra Singh (50) had lost all hopes of survival when a sensible decision by a brother of a brain dead man came to their aid.
As Mohinder lies recuperating in his bed at the PGI after a life-saving kidney transplant, he owes his existence today to a brother, who unfortunately isn’t his own.
Nachatra Singh (50) and Mohinder Kumar (26) at the PGI after receiving kidneys from a brain dead patient.
A Tribune photograph
The Congress has it!
So it's finally over now. And I am sure that you would be as surprised as me or for that even the Congress and the BJP with the outcome
of the results of the 15th Lok Sabha polls.
A youth offers sweets to the picture of Manmohan Singh during the victory celebrations of the Congress in Patiala on Sunday. Tribune photograph: Rajesh Sachar |
Lowdown on high blood pressure
Health experts focus on lifestyle
modification
Currently, over 20 crore Indians and 200 crore people worldwide are victims to hypertension, courtesy cut-throat competition, demanding jobs and high targets. Given the enormity of challenge, health experts globally call for an integrated approach focused upon nutritional intervention, activity pattern and stress management, besides the pharmacological therapy.
Molecular-sized sensors for early diagnosis
Chandigarh, May 17
As part of its golden jubilee project, the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) has taken up the development of molecular-sized multi-functional sensors.
Bansal weighed against ladoos
Chandigarh, May 17
Residents of Sector 45 and Burail village today weighed local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal against ladoos to celebrate his thumping victory in the recent Lok Sabha polls.
Garden or stadium ?
 Chandigarh, May 17
Residents, especially evening walkers, in the Sector 3 Bougainvillea Garden have complained that some groups of boys play football in the garden, creating nuisance for them.
They have complained that about five groups of footballers can be seen playing in the garden, which creates difficulty for visitors to the garden.
A group of boys playing football at Bougainvillea Garden, Sector 3, in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Sixteen lucky for Bittu
Mohali, May 17
The date 16 appears
to be lucky for Ravneet Singh Bittu, who has won the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha seat on Congress ticket.
323 donate blood at Nirankari Bhawan
 Panchkula, May 17
As many as 323 volunteers donated blood at Sant Nirankari Satsang Bhawan in Sector 9 here today. Out of the 323 donors, 107 were women.
A spokesman of the Sant Nirankari Mandal said in continuation with the ongoing gain of eleven camps to be held in the Chandigarh
zone.
Devotees of the Sant Nirankari Mandal donate blood at Sant Nirankari Satsang Bhawan in Sector 9,
Panchkula, on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Cong registers win at 95 pc polling booths
Panchkula, May 17
While voters in the rural area of the district preferred to vote for INLD-BJP candidate Ratan Lal
Kataria, his dreams of entering Parliament for the second term were wiped out by the voters as the Congress took a lead of 8,037 votes.
Members of the Nature Club of India, Panchkula, observe International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day.
A Tribune photograph |
BJP leaders pacify RSS man
Chandigarh, May 17
The incident of beating up of Surinder Pal Chauhan, convener of the Rashtriya Swabhiman Manch, a unit of the RSS, Chandigarh, allegedly by activists of the BJP in Sector 2, here, ended in a compromise today.
SSC-17 celebrates 35th anniversary
Chandigarh, May 17
The 35th anniversary of the army’s 17th Short Service Course (SSC) was observed by the members at the Defence Service Officers Institute at
DSOI, sector 36, today.
Stop n Stare in for a makeover
To offer more on bill of fare; may have a new name
Chandigarh, May 17
Expansion and re-christening seems to be on the menu of CITCO’s most frequented joint - Stop n Stare - in Sector 10.
For, not only more delectable things are being added to the existing menu, more seating arrangements in the form of wood huts are coming up at the joint.
Girls hold candles on the 26th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day in memory of those who lost battle to HIV/AIDS, at Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
e wild wild web
The age of Googling
Internet surfers depend on web search engines for searching information on the World Wide Web. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines operate algorithmically or are a mixture of algorithmic and human input.
Symposium on poetry held
Chandigarh, May 17
Two books, authored by Punjabi poet Ajit Singh Sandhu, were released at a function held under the aegis of literary society Kavita Kender at the Punjab Kala Bhavan here today.
Those who could not vote
City Scope Letters
Where there is a will...: Crows try to quench their thirst on a hot sunny day in Chandigarh on Sunday; and (right) girls wrap their faces
to avoid sun rays. Tribune photos: S. Chandan and Pradeep Tewari |
30,000 take IAS prelims
Chandigarh, May 17
Around 30,000 IAS aspirants took the all-India civil services preliminary examination at various centres in the city today.
Though the candidates claimed the paper to be easy, geography paper was slightly on a tougher side with unexpected pattern of questions.
5,000 take PU entrance test
Chandigarh, May 17
Around 5,000 candidates appeared for the Panjab University Common Entrance Test on the university campus here today.
‘Management skills must for good animator’
Chandigarh, May 17
More than 200 students from city and surrounding areas today took part in a seminar on animation held at Sector 31 CII complex here today.
The seminar was conducted by Animaster, an animation centre that first brought Canadian training to the city, in association with The Animation Society of India
(TASI), and “Animation Xpress”.
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A team of the health department found unhygienic cooking conditions and low quality and quantity of meals served to students putting up at International Hostel, Sector 15, today.
Chandigarh, May 17
