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Wake-up call for Union Territory doctors
Chandigarh , April 27
It is time for UT Administration doctors to gird up their loins and get ready to be assessed as per the benchmark set up by the Health Department. As to assess working of its specialists, the department has introduced a new performance based benchmark system for the doctors working in the General Hospital, Sector 16, and Primary Health Services, Mani Majra.

Few women drivers wear helmets: traffic police
Chandigarh, April 27
When 21-year-old Kanika Gupta, a final-year student of the BCA course in the Sector 32 SD College, died in a road accident here yesterday, she became the seventh woman victim here who had been riding a two-wheeler without wearing a helmet.

Goodbye to long queues
Pay bills through banks now
Chandigarh, April 27
Use electronic clearance scheme (ECS-debit clearing) for a quick payment of telephone, electricity-supply and water-supply bills through banks, says the Reserve Bank of India.

PEC teachers fear losing status
Chandigarh, April 27
The UT Education and Home Secretary, Mr Raminder Singh Gujral, said here today that the proposed upgrading of Punjab Engineering College into a deemed university would not affect teachers or the other staff of the college. However, the staff fears that service rules will be changed after the upgrading.

Despite the provision of a slow carriageway, the Sector 33 IBP petrol station has a direct opening on the V2 road in violation of the Chandigarh master plan provisions.  — Photo Manoj Mahajan

TRIBUNE VIGIL IBP petrol station violating norms to promote sales Chandigarh, April 27 Strange it might sound, but some buildings in the city seem to care two hoots for the provisions of the Chandigarh master plan. Despite the fact that the master plan bars all institutional and commercial buildings from having a direct opening or access to the V2 roads, the Sector 33 IBP petrol station is flouting the norms with impunity.

COMMUNITY

Over 60 pc storm water gullies lying blocked
SAS Nagar, April 27
The SAS Nagar Municipal Council could not have found itself in such an awkward situation. Despite paying over Rs 4 crore to the Public Health Department each year, it is finding it difficult to get the maintenance of water and sewerage in the town.

Market forces rule media: Sawant
Chandigarh, April 27
Media was being run as a business with an eye on profits. The contents at large were market-oriented and not mass-oriented, said Justice P. B. Sawant, Chairman of the Press Council of India, while speaking on the inaugural day of the two day seminar on Media accountability at the Haryana Niwas here today.

Girls plunge into the water after coming down a 35-foot-high slide in a new section at Fun City, Panchkula, on Friday.  — Photo Karam Singh

More amusement in park
Panchkula, April 27
Another fun-sport facility, Wunder Water, was inaugurated in Fun City of Panchkula today. These six curvaceous slides originate from a 45-foot tall tower and end in a shallow pool. This new extension includes multilane white slide, crazy cruise, body slide, Typhoon Tunnel, mini aqua trail and float slide. An activity pool is also there for children.

Power cuts irk residents
Zirakpur, April 27
Despite assurance of the PSEB officials to reduce power cuts, the Zirakpur Notified Area Committee is still witnessing unscheduled and long power cuts that are sometimes night-long. Electricity supply was disconnected on Thursday at 11.45 pm and was restored at 7.30 pm in Bartana .It was again discontinued from 8.30 am to 11.15 am.

Relay of DD programmes via LPT stopped
Chandigarh, April 27
The Doordarshan (DD) authorities have stopped relaying national network programmes (DD 1) from the low powered transmitter at Kasauli, which caters to audiences in Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

Attack on MC men flayed
Chandigarh, April 27
The Coordination Committee of the government and MC employees and workers, at a meeting held today have condemned the incident in which the Section Officer, Mr Ravinder Sharma, and other employees of the corporation were attacked and assaulted by the employees of a liquor contractor.

Elopement attempt
Chandigarh, April 27
The parents of a young girl today foiled an attempt of elopement when they unsuccessfully tried to catch the accused. The latter, however, managed to escape alongwith an accomplice.

Kalka-Amritsar train suspended
Chandigarh, April 27
Following orders from Railway Headquarters, the running of the Kalka-Amritsar passenger train has been suspended.

CHB allottees plan chetna rally
Chandigarh, April 27
The CHB Residents Federation, a representative body of 35 welfare associations, will hold a chenta rally in Sector 46-C market tomorrow in support of their long-pending demands.

• Antakshari audition

CRIME

Man killed in road mishap
Chandigarh, April 27
Jasbir Singh, a resident of Kaimbwala, was killed when he fell off his scooter after hitting a bicycle near a liquor shop in Kaimbwala.

• Four cases of theft

Offerings, ornaments stolen from temple
Chandigarh, April 27
Silver ornaments and Rs 10,000 were stolen from a temple in Sector 32 last night. According to an FIR registered under Section 380 of the IPC on the complaint of Mr B.D. Kalra, Secretary of the Pracheen Hanuman Mandir, the door of the temple could not be shut properly last night.