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PGI a ‘hunting ground’ for private hospitals
Agents scout for patients promising ‘prompt’ treatment
Chandigarh, April 14
In case of a medical emergency, PGI staff will be very prompt in offering all possible help right from arranging an ambulance to providing the best possible doctor. The only hitch is that you will have to shell out a huge amount of money, as all this will be arranged not at the PGI but at any one of the leading private hospitals of the city!

3 children hurt in roof collapse

Chandigarh, April 14 Three children and an adult had a providential escape sustaining minor injuries when the roof of the house they were playing in caved in at Burail village this evening. The collapsed roof of a house at Burail village in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — Photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Roll Nos chaos: PU to issue white paper
Chandigarh, April 14
Panjab University will come out with a white paper on the chaos resulting from the non-delivery of roll numbers to candidates of under-graduate and post-graduate classes before the examinations got underway this year.

Liquor being sold in candlelight

Chandigarh, April 14 As if liquor vends in tin sheds weren’t enough, now residents have to bear with ramshackle vends where liquor is being sold along roadside in candlelight since no electricity connections exist. These small vends have come up after the Chandigarh Administration first asked 13 vends in tin sheds to move out and then allowed a grace period till April 30. Tin sheds are being used to sell liquor in candlelight in southern sectors of Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Key posts in Army Medical Corps lying vacant
Chandigarh, April 14
Several key posts in the Army Medical Corps (AMC) have been lying vacant while the promotion of a large number of AMC officers is hanging fire, reportedly due to a review of certain changes in the promotion policy brought about earlier.

Vidya Bhavan to start professional courses
Panchkula, April 14
In a bid to wean away border youth from militancy, the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) plans to start professional courses for the youth to tackle the unemployment problem, Mr Dhiru S. Mehta, Director-General of the BVB, Mumbai, said here today.

COMMUNITY

Jain promises metro train for city
Chandigarh, April 14
Mr Satya Pal Jain, BJP candidate from the local Parliamentary constituency, today said he would try his best to introduce a metro train in Chandigarh to curb the increasing menace of traffic.

Devotees take part in a langar on the occasion of Baisakhi in Sector 34 gurdwara,  Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Bansal favours ward-level committees 
Chandigarh, April 14
The Congress believes in devolution of power and democratic process at the grassroot level said Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, Congress candidate for the city in the forthcoming Parliamentary poll, while addressing a rally at Sector 32 here today.

Dhawan takes out padayatra
Chandigarh, April 14
Mr Harmohan Dhawan, the candidate of the Indian National Lok Dal in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, today took out a ‘padayatra’ in Maloya Colony. He also went to Mauli village.

Makhwana back in BSP
Chandigarh, April 14
The local unit of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today organised functions in different parts of the city today to celebrate the birth anniversary of Dr B.R.Ambedkar here today.

Industry needs revival package, says Selja Panchkula, April 14 Denying any rift in the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC), Ms Selja, the Congress candidate from the Ambala parliamentary constituency, today declared that development would be her main poll plank. Ms Selja, Congress candidate from the Ambala Lok Sabha seat, addresses a press conference at Panchkula on Wednesday. Mr Chander Mohan, MLA from Kalka, is also seen. — A Tribune photograph

Mohali council’s office building project hangs fire
Plan gets stuck in technical objections
Mohali, April 14
Work on the office building of the local Municipal Council has been hanging fire even after more than a year of the general house of the civic body clearing the proposal.

Parties insensitive towards disabled: council
Mohali, April 14
Voters belonging to the disabled section of society will cast votes in favour of only those candidates who assure them of working in their interest.

Firm employees call off stir
Mohali, April 14
Employees of Ajay Electrical Industries Limited here today ended their fortnight-long agitation today. The threat of the closure of the company was warded off as the company’s management got stay orders from the Delhi High Court against the closure of the factory.

10 jhuggis gutted
Mohali, April 14
Ten jhuggis were destroyed in a fire that broke out in an industrial unit at Badmajra village near here, today.

BVB completes 10 years
Panchkula, April 14
Mr Dhiru S. Mehta, Worldwide Executive Secretary, and Director-General of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Mumbai, today expressed concern at the declining sex ratio in the country.

SBP’s gesture to physically challenged writer
Panchkula, April 14
In a unique gesture, the State Bank of Patiala (SBP) last night presented a state-of-the-art computer system to a physically challenged freelance writer, Randeep Wadhera.

Chhat Bir’s lone rhino dead Chhat Bir, April 14 After attracting crowds for over 21 years, Prince, a male rhinoceros, died at the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park located on the Chandigarh-Patiala highway, about 20 km from Chandigarh, this afternoon. Born in captivity in 1983, Prince, was a prime attraction at the zoo. It was the lone rhinoceros at the zoo. The zoo authorities had been trying to get a female rhinoceros for some time but the animal died before one could be brought to the zoo. A file picture of ‘Prince’.

Zoo plans air-coolers for animals Chhat Bir, April 14 With temperatures soaring in the region, authorities of the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park have decided to buy three air-coolers for animals besides an initiative to keep ponds and lake cool. As the mercury rises, one-and-a-half-year-old Seema, a female baby elephant, cools off with her mother Hema in a pond at Chhat Bir Zoo, near Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Karam Singh

While loudspeakers blare, they do the silent job
Chandigarh, April 14
Hands of hundreds of silent “soldiers” who lend colour and vigour to the campaign for the forthcoming parliamentary elections continue their relentless work as unsung heroes in all political camps. Most of them are not related to any political party.

Mohali Diary
Architect of Constitution remembered
Mohali, April 14
The Shri Guru Ramdas Naujawan Sabha here celebrated the 113th birthday of Dr B.R. Ambedkar at Guru Ravidas Bhavan, Phase VII, here today. Mr Naranjan Singh Chairman Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes, was the chief guest at the occasion and Dr Bhajan Kaur, Reader, Department of Law, Panjab University, presided over the function.

Ambedkar’s birthday celebrated Patiala, April 14 The PSEB SC Power Engineers and Officers Association organised a function to mark the occasion of 113th birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar here today. The Dr Ambedkar Bhalai Manch organises a function on the anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar at Mundi Kharar on Wednesday

CRIME

Ex-watchman held for cheating
Chandigarh, April 14
A person allegedly collected more than Rs 1,000 from 19 shopkeepers in Sector 22-B on the pretext that he had no money to send to the family of his brother who had died in Nepal.

BUSINESS

Maruti customers win prizes
Chandigarh, April 14
Customers who bought any Maruti model from Joshi Autozone, an authorised Maruti dealer in the city, walked away with attractive gifts like LG washing machines, refrigerators, colour TVs, DVDs, stereos, microwave ovens, 2 TVS motor cycles, besides the mega prize of Maruti 800 cc car. The draw for their contest “Joshi jaisa koi nahin”, was held in the tennis lawns of the Chandigarh Club yesterday.

EDUCATION

Students celebrate end of semester
Mohali, April 14
It was party time at the Canadian Institute of International Studies in Industrial Area, Phase 1, here today. Students were celebrating the end of a semester for bringing them closer to their careers. Some students will now be undertaking cooperative training in institutes like Quark, Deltron, IDS, Convergys, Toyota, Honda, etc.

ICA guarantees jobs for its students
Chandigarh, April 14
The Institute of Computer Accountants (ICA), which launched its Punjab Chapter here today guaranteed job placements for young accounting and taxation students and better prospects for existing accountants. It also claimed that if anyone failed to secure employment, the entire training fee will be refunded.

Hamara School
The motto is to develop self-confidence

SHARDA Sarvhitkari Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40, Chandigarh, is an institute that strives to mould its students into world-class citizens of tomorrow equipped with moral attributes, spiritual insight, dedication and love for the human kind. The school is on a mission to equip its students with strong character, sharp intellect, self-confidence and self-reliance. A view of Sharda Sarvhitkari Model Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh

Principal speaks
‘The faculty encourages humanitarian values’

CULTURE

Bansi’s play offers new perspective on home

Chandigarh, April 14 Sometimes travel to a new place gives us a fresh perspective on home and a new appreciation for it. Travails structured by destiny may steer our lives out of control for a while but faith finally prevails upon all that undermines the dignity of life. A scene from “Gappu Gope Gapanggamdas”, the Hindi adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Norwegian play, “Peer Gynt”, which opened at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

LIFESTYLE

HOME DECOR
Traditional and contemporary get-up catches attention
‘A home of my own... that reflects my innate self.’ Dr G.S. Kochher’s house in Sector 21 here reflects his urbane outlook, with his love for the roots. The structural design of the Kochher house is American, and interiors are a combination of traditional and contemporary.

Morning Chatter
Shhhhhh... don’t tell anyone...
THE moment you whisper, “Hey, please don’t tell this to anyone,” you can be sure that the piece of information you have just shared, is soon going to become public knowledge. Well, there is something about secrets.

Fight off your post-exam blues
THE examinations are over and the result is yet to be declared. That is the reason why you have been pacing the room, alone, thinking about the “uncertain future”. No wonder, you have been suffering from this “troublesome feeling of being in gloom”. Matters can get worse if you do not take control of your feelings now, insist psychologists and doctors.

Eating Out
A booth full of delicious goodies
THERE are times when out on a routine visit to the local market, shopping for daily knick-knacks, you pass by a gleaming new shop and are attracted to it. And, you end up trying out an item or two, though it was not your list. After all, not many are averse to a quick bite.

Looking beyond political barriers UNIFYING two diverse cultures and looking beyond boundaries and borders, “Amber” is an initiative at promoting exchange of Punjabi-Dutch literature and art. Literally meaning bridging the gap between literature, art and culture of Punjab and Holland, the idea, conceived to popularise the great works of the two languages, is the brain-child of Amar Jyoti, Hans Plomp and Gyazyana Przybyl.

Amar Jyoti, Hans Plomp and Grazyna Przybyl in discussion before the release of their magazine “Ambar” at the Press Club, Sector 27, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

SPORTS

Chandigarh crush Mohali by 9 wickets
Chandigarh, April 14
Chandigarh outplayed Mohali by nine wickets in the first tie of the Punjab inter-district under-15 cricket tournament for Sushil Bali Trophy played here today at Mohali. Resuming from their overnight score of 37 runs for no loss, Chandigarh boys today put up a huge score of 208 runs for the loss of one wicket in 51 overs. Earlier, Mohali were all out for 192 runs in 84 overs.