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Eateries
score as fans pour
 Chandigarh, June 11
Loud cheers, whistles and clapping
reverberated in a local hotel when Siphiwe Tshabalala of South Africa
scored the first goal of the 19th FIFA World Cup-2010 against Mexico in
the 55th minute of the inaugural match today. Several soccer fans had assembled at the hotel to enjoy the opening ceremony of the world cup. A similar scene was witnessed in a number of hotels, particularly in Sector 35, where LCD screens had been put up.
“What more can one ask for? You are in the company of friends,
having beer and watching the world’s biggest sporting event,” said Rajeev who had come with friends.
Nari
Niketan Rape Case
Superintendent snubbed me:
Victim
Chandigarh, June 11
The superintendent of Nari Niketan, Ritika
Sheokand, today came in the line of fire after the mentally challenged girl who
was allegedly raped at the institution stated before a court she had informed
Sheokand about the sexual assault. She accused the latter of doing nothing about
her complaint and instead rebuking her.
5 more kids
rescued
Mohali/Dera Bassi, June 11
On the eve of the Child Labour Day,
officials of the Mohali labour department today rescued five more children under
the age of 14 years from Mohali and Dera Bassi. Today, a 10-member team,
comprising officials of the labour department, municipal council and the health
department, raided dhabas at Phase VII of the Industrial Area and rescued three
underage children.
Women not safe in
city
38 cases of molestation in 18 months,
many go unreported
Chandigarh, June 11
 March
24, 2009: Neha Kaur (name changed) had gone with her husband to the night food
street in Sector 14 at 11 pm where she was molested by a group of boys.
October 24, 2009: Six-year-old Divya (name changed) was going to
school on a rickshaw when a rickshaw-puller molested her.
Course
selection at govt colleges
Power Point presentations
to replace help desks
Chandigarh, June 11
In a bid to simplify the course
selection process for students at various city government colleges,
the UT administration has decided to replace help desks with power
point presentations this time. Going a step further to aid the
applicants and their parents, the department of higher education has
prepared a power point presentation which contains not only the
details about the courses and the number of seats, but also other
aspects like job opportunities or higher studies.
Poor
planning dooms MC projects
Chandigarh, June 11
 Inaugurated with great fanfare,
all the major municipal corporation projects including the night food
street, fish market, blind park and 'dhobi ghat' have floundered. The
authorities failed to visualise the city’s basic requirements while
drawing up the plans. A survey of the night food street near PGI
revealed the stall put up there had no kitchen facilities to prepare
food.
The vacant airconditioned fish market in Sector 41, Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan
Admn
fails to remove trucks, rehris parked on highway
Zirakpur, June 11
It seems that the local
administration is waiting for a major tragedy to happen on the
national highway as trucks and other vehicles parked along the
Chandigarh-Ambala highway and Zirakpur-Kalka highway throughout the
day are posing a serious threat to the lives of thousands of
commuters.
Employees
told to avoid English at workplace
Mohali, June 11
Ujgar Singh Badali, chairman of
the Mohali district-level committee, constituted for the
implementation of Punjabi language in government and semi-government
offices, took a serious note of English language being used by
employees of the Verka milk plant.
Rise
in diarrhoea cases among infants
Panchkula, June 11
Diarrhoea cases between the age
group of 1 and 5 are on the rise here as about 25 cases are reported
daily at the General Hospital, Sector 6. Most of the cases are
reported from the slum areas of the town, which include Indira Colony,
Buddanpur Colony, Rajiv Colony and Ambedkar Colony.
Four-laning
of Zirakpur-Pinjore national highway
 Commuters to
wait more for better connectivity
Panchkula, June 11
Commuters on the Zirakpur-Pinjore
national highway number 22 would have to wait for better road
connectivity as the project has been delayed by at least nine months.
Earlier the deadline for the completion was slated to be in August
this year.
Work in progress for the four-laning of the Zirakpur-Pinjore national highway. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
Wary
police to educate holidaymakers
Chandigarh, June 11
Suspecting a rise in incidents of
theft and burglary in the city during the summer vacations, the
Chandigarh police has released a slew of “dos and don’ts” for
city residents. Records available with the police show that 30 per
cent of total thefts in the city reported last year occurred in the
months of June and July.
Automatic
access at parking lots soon
Chandigarh, June 11
Four major parking lots in the
city -- two in Sector 17 and one each in Sectors 22 and 35 -- would
have automatic and semi automatic access system in a few months.
Members of the finance and contract committee approved this agenda at
a meeting chaired by the Mayor here today.
Students of The British School perform at the Summer Symphony-2010 at Law Bhavan Auditorium ,
Sector 37, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
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clinics sealed for violating rules
Chandigarh, June 11
A drive was carried out to seal
the premises of defaulting healthcare units in the South sub-division
for violating the Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules,
1998. During the drive, the premises of 10 healthcare units operating
in Kajheri, Maloya and Dadu Majra, including Azad Clinic, Abhi Clinic,
Mamta Clinic, Aman Clinic, Shri Radha Krishan Lab, Bengali Clinic/Desi
Dawakhana, Arun Health Clinic and Guru Nanak Clinic, were sealed.
Admn
grapples with building material shortage
Ongoing projects held up
Chandigarh, June 11
The UT administration is
grappling with shortage of construction material, which has held up
most of the projects in the city. A section of private contractors who
were allotted different tenders to carry out construction works,
especially the ongoing housing projects, school buildings, renovation
works, constructions of small flats, construction of new housing
societies in various parts of the city, has approached the higher
authorities stating that they are unable to finish work due to sudden
shortage of construction material in the city.
250
examined at camp on skin allergies
Panchkula, June 11
An advanced special camp on skin
allergies was organised at the National Skin Hospital, Mansa Devi
Complex, Sector 5, here today in order to create awareness among the
general public.
Man
goes missing
Chandigarh, June 11
Abdesh Kumar Chaturvedy, a
resident of Sector 29, had gone missing from Kanpur Railway Station
about two months ago.
Experts
dwell on TB management at workplace
Chandigarh, June 11
A conference on TB Management at
Workplace and Beyond was held at CII, Chandigarh, here today.
Delay
in delivery of lab chemicals on PU campus
Committee moots
tie-up with major suppliers
Chandigarh, June 11
Panjab University is mulling over
providing laboratory chemicals on its campus in collaboration with
major suppliers. A monitoring committee, consisting of one research
scholar from each science discipline, formed to compile the feedback
of research scholars for utilisation of Union government’s purse
grant, has mooted the idea.
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Rajinder Mohan Gupta, 63, a retired
district and sessions judge, was killed after a car rammed into his
scooter near the housing board traffic lights here early in the morning
today. The car was being driven by a retired doctor of the Government
Multispecialty Hospital, Sector 16.
Chandigarh, June 11
ITBP clinch the tie-breaker
