| PULSE BEAT - SHORTAGE OF NURSING STAFF: Women in white seek greener pastures abroad |
| | PGI’S 1,200-strong nursing staff has over 150 on maternity leave. In addition to the new mothers, another 70 are willfully absent, 50 are on earned leave, and on an average 30 are on medical leave daily. At GMCH 32, an average of 20 of the 380 nurses are on paid leave. [ Full Story ] |
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| Private players to supply drinking water during Bhakra Canal closure |
| | Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has decided to hire private water tankers to supply drinking water in specific areas of the city during the closure of the Bhakra Canal Main Line from October 10 to 24. [ Full Story ] |
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| MC clears projects worth Rs 50 lakh |
| | A meeting of the water supplies and sewerage disposal committee of the Chandigarh MC cleared projects to the tune of nearly Rs 50 lakh on Tuesday. [ Full Story ] |
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| Bathroom fittings stolen at Sukhna Lake |
| | The bathroom fittings from one of the toilets of CITCO at Sukhna Lake were stolen on Sunday night. The burglars entered into the bathroom after removing the door handle. [ Full Story ] |
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| MC to come up with poverty alleviation cell |
| | Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh is going to establish an Urban Poverty Alleviation and Livelihood Promotion Cell under UNDP assisted project National Strategy for Urban Poor. [ Full Story ] |
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| IN COURT: HC stays pollution board order on sealing and disconnection of water, electricity at Shalimar Mall |
| | The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the order of the Haryana Pollution Control Board disconnecting the water and electricity supply of the upcoming Shalimar Mall in Sector 5, Panchkula. [ Full Story ] |
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| Jhuggis near Sector 11 a menace for residents |
| | With a large number of hutments having occupied the Sector 11 pathways, they are a cause of concern not only for the shop owners but also for area residents. When HUDA authorities shoo them away, they come back in no time. [ Full Story ] |
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| Marking attendance: First fingerprints, logbooks later |
| | Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 32, will install a software for marking the attendance where the fingerprints of the teachers are required. [ Full Story ] |
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| High Court raps V-C for misuse of NRI quota seats |
| | Expressing strong displeasure over the violation of Supreme Court guidelines, not to grant seats to students who are neither NRIs nor wards of NRIs under the NRI category... [ Full Story ] |
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| Contractors claim society owes them money |
| | The contractors, who constructed various sets of flats for the Progressive House Building Society, Sector 50, have claimed that the society’s previous management owed them money. [ Full Story ] |
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| UT clears councillors’ foreign study tour |
| | The UT Administration has finally approved the proposal of Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh to allow its councillors to go on study tour of Singapore, Malaysia and Bangkok. [ Full Story ] |
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