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Demolition drive turns violent
3 cops, woman hurt in commotion
Chandigarh, June 11
Five persons, including three policemen and a woman, were injured when a demolition drive in Hallo Majra village turned ugly here today. 

Illegal buildings which had come up on acquired lands in village Hallo Majra located near the Industrial Area Phase II were demolished on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

SDO found shot
Panchkula, June 11
Mystery shrouds the death of Mr Udai Singh, Sub-Divisional Officer, Panchayati Raj, posted at Morni, at his residence here today. The 47-year-old officer was found shot dead in the drawing room of his Sector 11 house in the afternoon, though the police was informed of the incident only around 10 pm tonight.

LPG impasse continues
Chandigarh, June 11
The impasse over the supply of LPG in the city continued for the third day today. Shortage prevailed and several hotel owners even pooled resources and transported LPG from Ropar and Baddi in a truck.

• Panchkula distributors join stir

A diesel-run cooking stove being used in Chandigarh on Friday as the strike by LPG distributors continued for the third day. — Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan

HIV positive cases on the rise
Chandigarh, June 11
It's 45 persons so far this year who have been admitted to three city hospitals, including the PGI, the GMCH, Sector 32, and the General Hospital, Sector 16, suffering from AIDS.

Court martial reveals lacunae in murder case
Chandigarh, June 11
An ongoing General Court Martial (GCM), trying an Army jawan from an armoured regiment on the charge of shooting dead his colleague, has revealed certain infirmities in the initial investigation and subsequent handling of the case. The incident took place when the Deputy Army Chief was visiting the unit.

• Jawan’s deposition in court of inquiry awaited

Chemists give patients a sales shot
Panchkula, June 11
It’s a direct salesmanship of a different kind. Sales executives of chemists now scout for patients and “escort them” to their shops for buying medicines from the hospital premises itself.

• Body found hanging from tree

COMMUNITY

Killer roads need medical posts: survey
Chandigarh, June 11
A survey of the killer stretches of the city accounting for 70 per cent fatal accident has revealed that a holistic approach to road safety could save a large number of lives.

100 kundis removed from Amb Sahib colony
Mohali, June 11
More than 100 kundi connections were removed by the Punjab State Electricity (PSEB) from Amb Sahib colony here today.

Electricity employees disconnect kundi connections of Amb colony in Mohali on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Panchkula Diary
HUDA to install 54 new tubewells
Panchkula, June 11
Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has installed 54 new tubewells to ensure adequate drinking water availability. The HUDA Administrator, Panchkula, Ms Sukriti Likhi, informed that there were 111 tubewells in the town and six new tubewells were being made operational for ensuring proper drinking water availability in the summers.

• Notices to Cinema hall

Animals for adoption
Chandigarh, June 11
Looking for adorable pups, kittens and even horses? Just pick up the phone and dial the number of People for Animals. The organisation is offering the animals free of cost to anyone who promises to take care of them.

Visitor to PGI dies of heart attack
Chandigarh, June 11
A visitor to the PGI emergency, Mr Onkar Chand Randev (56), hailing from Patiala died of a heart attack. He had come to visit his wife’s ailing brother-in-law yesterday.

• Programme at Press Club

• Markfed organises chhabeel

• Osho meditation camp from today

CRIME

Con man dupes mobile phone dealer
Chandigarh, June 11
A con man duped a mobile phone dealer in an SCO in Sector 8 within an hour of taking a cabin on rent in the same SCO.

2 stolen cars recovered, 2 held
Chandigarh, June 11
An interstate gang of car thieves operating in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh has been busted with the arrest of two persons and recovery of stolen cars stolen from their possession.

Woman crushed to death
Panchkula, June 11
A 70- year- old woman, Triveni Devi, was crushed to death under a truck near Surajpur this morning.

EDUCATION

Govt schools to spruce up act
Panchkula, June 11
Aiming to bring government schools in the township on a par with private school, in terms of the education standard and extra-curricular activities, the district administration has asked the Education Department to frame a new policy.

PU closes hostel doors for double MA students
Chandigarh, June 11
Driven by the compulsion of accommodating the burgeoning rush of students in the hostel, the Panjab University authorities have decided to extend hostel facilities to students, Who have enrolled themselves in MA and restricted the stay of non-funded research scholars in the 11 of its hostels to three years.

PEC students oppose being transferred
Chandigarh, June 11
About 120 students, studying in the computer science, engineering and electronics and electrical communication streams in Punjab Engineering College, in a representation to officials of the Chandigarh Administration have demanded that they should not be sent to the Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET).

Jamboree holds presentation for students
Chandigarh, June 11
Jamboree, a coaching institute for GRE, GMAT, TOFEL, IELTS, in association with British Library organised a presentation on ‘ Education in the UK’ here today. The presentation was segmented into three sections of one hour each.

• Engineering seats

• Summer camp organised

Warrants against immigration consultant
Panchkula, June 11.
The Chief Judicial Magist-rate, Mr Gulab Singh, today issued non- bailable warrants against Rohit Sikka of Global Infolinks Immigration Consultants, following his failure to appear before the court.

• Industrialist’s bank accounts de-frozen