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DPI to release advance increments for lecturers
Chandigarh, June 16
There is good news for lecturers with research degrees teaching in the various private colleges of the city. The Director Public Instruction (colleges), UT administration, has decided to release the advance increments due to these lecturers, both in accordance with the 1986 UGC pay scale revision and the 1996 payscale revisions.

Mini blood banks for thalassemics required,
says Jacob
Chandigarh, June 16
The Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Lt Gen (Retd) J.F.R. Jacob, today asked voluntary organisations to make concerted efforts to help the thalassemic patients.

Govt turns Nelson’s eye to Mohali college

SAS Nagar, June 16 Even though more than 16 years have passed since the setting up of Government College here, it is yet to create a niche for itself in the sphere of education, thanks to the indifferent attitude of the Punjab Government.

A view of the incomplete building of Government College, Phase VI, SAS Nagar. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

PU transfers CET cell’s Assistant Registrar
Case of missing answer options
Chandigarh, June 16
In a mentionable development to the missing answer options in the CET (papers for courses other than medical and engineering entrance), Panjab University has ordered the transfer of Mr T. L.Verma, Assistant Registrar in the CET cell.

• PU girl hostellers can stay out till 9 p.m.!

Attitude and training matter in IT industry

Mr Ravinder Khanna of Aptech addresses the audience in the IT session of CII conference on “Alternative careers”, held in Chandigarh on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Chandigarh, June 16 “To be in an information technology-based job, 30 per cent of you is what the computer training company makes ask of you and 70 per cent is what you make of yourself,” said Mr Naheedur Rehman, general manager Operations of Hero Mindmind. Highlights Communication key to advertising career

FILM-REVIEW

Tales of Partition, Raj

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COMMUNITY

FATHER’S DAY Friends, yes, but no cards for poor old daddies
	Chandigarh, June 16 No one ever presents a card to the poor old man. Not even on Father’s Day. In a posh first-floor gift shop in Sector 35, a pretty damsel pulls out a bright cheerful card with her ivory fair fingers from a glass-shelf laminated with a fine layer of dust.
	A Game Of Cards: General cards seem to be the preference of browsers on the eve of Father’s Day, which is in sharp contrast to the enthusiasm generated during Valentine’s Day. — A Tribune photograph.

500 poplar trees may face axe
Chandigarh, June 16
About 500 poplar trees have to be cut down in Industrial Area, Phase I, here to make way for the Chandigarh — Ludhiana rail link. The felling has started in phases. The trees has been planted to prevent encroachers. 

Hackers foul up indmedica
Chandigarh, June 16
A group of hackers started attacking major websites in institutions concerned with imparting knowledge and comparing notes on various important subjects in and around the city on Thursday.

OFF-BEAT PROFESSIONS
Designing dream parties for kids
Chandigarh
Hema Bedi left her banking job two years ago to be close to her children. Then she joined hands with Shaguna Jain and started Kid’s Den. And with this was launched the new profession of organising birthday bashes for children.

CAW cell calls women NGO meet
Chandigarh, June 16
A meeting of women NGOs enrolled with the Crime Against Women Cell was held at Conference Hall of Chandigarh Police Headquarters in Sector 9 here today. The meeting was organised to review the role of the women NGOs engaged with CAW and steps needed to taken to improve the effectiveness of CAW Cell as regards to counselling and successful interventions.

Mayor flayed for adjourning House
Chandigarh, June 16
Mr Des Raj Tandon, leader of BJP-SAD councillors in the Municipal Corporation and Deputy Mayor, Mr Mohinder Singh, have jointly condemned the Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal, for adjourning the meetings of the MC House time and again, without any reason.

Conflicting views over accident
Chandigarh, June 16
Conflicting views are arising out of a, accident between a Chandigarh Police constable who was riding on a motor cycle and a Sector 43 resident, Mr Rajesh Mittal, who was driving a car. Both met with the accident on June 10.

Rally by CHB federation
Chandigarh, June 16
The third campaign rally of the CHB Federation will be held in Sector 39 tomorrow. According to a press note, representatives of various political parties have been invited to address the rally.

Sector 47 residents stage dharna
Chandigarh, June 16
Nearly 150 residents of Sector 47 today staged a dharna on the premises of the newly constructed government dispensary in protest against the proposed shifting of TB patients here.

FENG SHUI TIPS
The dining room
Feng Shui gives a lot of importance to the dining room. This is a place where all the members of the family sit together to eat after the end of the day. Eating food together on the dining table is very auspicious.

Erratic power supply
Manauli, June 16
Frequent power cuts have become order of the day in Manauli (Ropar district) and its neighbouring villages, namely Papri, Dirali, Chao, Majra. Residents of these villages are a harassed lot.

Girl hospitalised with 50 pc burns
Chandigarh, June 16
Reena (16), a resident of Dadu Majra colony, was admitted to the PGI this morning after she sustained burn injuries. According to information, she was cooking on a stove when it burst.

Showers bring down temperature
Chandigarh, June 16
Intermittent rain in the city and its vicinity since yesterday has resulted in the day temperature falling nine degrees below normal. While several parts of the city and its surrounding areas experienced drizzle last evening, sharp showers lashed the city this morning.

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CRIME

Ranjit Bajaj arrested
Chandigarh, June 16
After eight days of a case being registered, Ranjit Bajaj, son of the IAS couple, Mr B. R. Bajaj and Ms Rupan Deol Bajaj, was finally arrested in the late hours here today. He was accused of torching a car and issuing threats to a Sector-8 resident. A case under Sections 435 and 506 of the IPC was registered against him.

PU hosteller commits suicide
Chandigarh, June 16
A Panjab University hosteller reportedly consumed a poisionous substance and was rushed to the PGI, where his condition was said to be serious. The police said he was undergoing treatment in the psychiatric ward of the PGI.

Rs 2.38 lakh looted at gunpoint
Ahmedgarh, June 16
Manager of Ujagar Petrol Station, Mr Parkash Singh, has been duped of Rs 2.38 lakh at gunpoint by two unidentified youths. According to Mr Parkash Singh, he was going to deposit money in a State Bank of Patiala branch when two scooter-brone youth stoped and threatened him with a pistol. They told him to part with his bag containing the money.

One arrested for scuffle
Panchkula, June 16
The police has arrested Ashok Kumar, who was said to be involved in a scuffle between members of two groups in the court complex, here today. According to the police, Ashok Kumar, who was the driver of Mr Satbir Malik, a resident of Haripur village, thrashed Mr Rajinder Singla, as he had to allegedly return about Rs 70,000 to his employer.

Impersonator held
SAS Nagar, June 16
The police today arrested a person on the charges of cheating by impersonating as a journalist of a Chandigarh newspaper. Satinder Singh, a resident of Phase XI here, who was travelling in a Zen with dark film on the windows and a red light on the top, was stopped by the police.

Fax machine stolen
Chandigarh, June 16
Mr Sudeep Chander, Deputy Secretary to the Punjab Government, reported that a fax machine was stolen from the office of the Punjab Tourism Minister in the Punjab Civil Secretariat here. He said the theft took place between May 25 and 28. A case of theft has been registered in the Sector 3 Police Station.

BUSINESS

Roadside Entrepreneurs
Roads dotted with fruit stalls
Chandigarh
You can buy any seasonal fruit — water melons, mangoes, litchis and bananas — anywhere in the city. There are fruit-sellers on almost every road. Some do their business squatting on the ground and some from rehris

EDUCATION

CAMPUS ROUND-UP
PU comes alive after vacation
Chandigarh
The Panjab University campus has come alive after the summer vacations as the process of admissions for the new academic session has started. The area around the Administrative Block is dotted with guidance bureaux of student organisations on the campus. 

Foundation to adopt night schools

Chandigarh, June 16 The Durga Das Foundation plans to adopt night schools and some lesser privileged citizens of the city. The foundation will have its presence” in almost every village’’ in UT, with quality service centres for the lesser privileged people.
Children of a night school run by the Durga Das Foundation for slum kids at Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Saturday seem happy as they wear T-shirts presented to them by the foundation.  — A Tribune photograph

Admissions to Class XI deferred
Chandigarh June 16
In a significant decision, the DAV College authorities have deferred the admission for Class XI, in the medical as well the non-medical streams. According to the Dean admissions, Dr K.L. Toky, the decision has been taken in view of the fact that the result of the Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh School Education Boards, have not been declared as yet.

56 participate in dance competition
Chandigarh, June 16
About 56 children from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh got an opportunity to show their dancing skills in front of a packed audience during the programme “Jhoom jhoom Ke Naacho Re” at Tagore Theatre in Sector 18 here today.

Summer workshop for children

	Chandigarh, June 16 A summer workshop for children in the age group of three to 15 years is going on at Pinnacle Little Ones School, Sector 40. About 30 students are participating in the workshop. The summer workshop comprises craft, drawing, painting, dance and theatre workshops. Children are learning clay modelling.
	Children attend dance workshop at Pinnacle Little Ones School, Sector 40, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

COURTS

DISTRICT COURTS
Injunction case adjourned
Chandigarh, June 16
A case for restraining the defendants from using title line “Malve dee dhad vaj dee sun ja patlie nare” in any manner was adjourned by a local court for July 17.

Maj Bhatnagar case adjourned
Chandigarh, June 16
With Maj Gen V.S. Budhwar failing to appear before the General Court Martial trying Maj Maneesh Bhatnagar today, the court has been adjourned till June 19. General Budhwar, who is presently posted as Chief of Staff, 12 Corps in Jodhpur, was GOC 3 Division at Leh during the Kargil conflict.

CULTURE

Albums give more freedom: Dhaarna
Chandigarh, June 16
It was a prediction by her religious Guru which pushed Dhaarna into the field of music at the age of six. After 14 long years of ‘riyaz’ and dedication, this young singer from Saharanpur has finally made her mark with the release of her debut album “Yeh Aankhen”, which hit the market about 10 days back. Dhaarna, who was in the city today after completing the shootings for her videos, “Paalki Mein Bethkar”, “Kitna Madhur Ye Milan” and “Mere Sajna Gaye Pardesh” says the whole experience gave her a lot of confidence to face the camera now.

A voice that spans Sufiana to classical

Chandigarh, June 16 Singers may abound but good singers are still rare to spot. Not every voice around has the power to penetrate the soul. This is precisely the reason why a song which tops the music charts today becomes a complete stranger to the same music buffs tomorrow. In the world of music which is marked by immense fluidity, one of the very promising voices is that of the Goa-born playback singer Hema Sardesai, who has no qualms about voicing her talent.

Singer Hema Sardesai and music director Jawahar Wattal pose for mediapersons on her arrival at a local disco on Saturday.  — A Tribune photograph.

REMINISCENCES
Youth caught in a mad race
Chandigarh
Academician Raj Mohini Sharma looks with surprise at the giggling dames in translucent salwar-kameez, hugging and backslapping one another on the college campus. “Where has all the feminine softness disappeared?” the retired lecturer in English wonders as she walks out of the college after meeting some of her old colleagues.

Instilling traffic sense
Chandigarh, June 16
About 14 participants performed in the comedy ‘’Adhunik Mahabharat,’’ which was staged yesterday and today at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, by the Marasi Mandli Punjab.

HEALTH

150 examined
Chandigarh, June 16
About 150 members of the Chandigarh Press Club participated in a two-day camp which commenced on the club premises in Sector 27 this morning. Free health check-up was arranged for the members.