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Work resumes, but SBI may lose business
Chandigarh, April 10
Even as striking employees of the State Bank of India joined duty today after being assured a hefty pension hike, the bank management could actually lose business from its corporate clients.

Serpentine queues at the Sector 17 branch of the State Bank of India in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Man suffers burns as youths set jeep on fire
Chandigarh, April 10
In a retaliatory action, two unidentified motorcyclists set a jeep on fire by hurling a petrol bomb on it in the busy Sector 35 market last evening. The occupants of the jeep suffered burn injuries while dousing the flames.

City to have new cab service from April 15
Chandigarh, April 10
New look cabs with air conditioners and at least 1000 cc capacity will commence services on city roads from April 15. The UT Administration is learnt to have communicated to the airport and railway authorities to make arrangements for the parking of the new taxis.

Councillors eye foreign junkets
Chandigarh, April 10
The recent drop in air fares for foreign travel seems to have caught the eye of Municipal Corporation councillors, who are now all set to fly to Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai or Malaysia for a study tour, but only if the UT Administration permits them.

Woman ends life
Chandigarh, April 10
A 35-year-old mother of two daughters ended her life by consuming a poisonous substance at her Bapu Dham Colony residence, here, this evening. In her suicide note, she held no one responsible for her death, according to the police.

New excise policy to benefit all
Chandigarh, April 10
Inspite of the hue and cry being raised over the new excise policy introduced by Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, the policy of allotment of liquor vends could actually reverse the growth trends in revenue.

Helping children realise filmmaking dreams

Chandigarh, April 10 The storytellers of the silver screen are here promising to share a dream. A dream that will make amateur filmmakers of the city to be part of something more professional than just a glorified home video. Harish Amin and Guneet Monga, both from wemakefilmz, are in Chandigarh to explore young talent. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Air Marshal briefed about training aids

Chandigarh, April 10 The Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command, Air Marshal B.N. Gokhale, today arrived at the Air Force High Grounds here on an inspection visit to the MiG-27/29 TETTRA School. Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command, Air Marshal B.N. Gokhale (second from right) is briefed by officers during his visit to the MiG-27/29 TETTRA School in Chandigarh on Monday.

CHANDIGARH CALLING Who is the real Mr Chandigarh?: A perfect example of grimy politics was witnessed during the Chandigarh body building competitions. In an attempt to score over one another, two parallel bodies of Chandigarh Body Building Associations conducted separate competitions under the same title on the same day but at different venues.

COMMUNITY

Liquor Tamasha
Revenue makes UT Admin forget’ Constitution

Chandigarh, April 10 Article 47 of the Indian Constitution says the state (read the government) is duty-bound to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health. A liquor shop in a tin shed on the Chandigarh-Panchkula road does brisk business on Monday morning. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik.

Liquor shops woo customers
Chandigarh, April 10
Customer is the king in the city’s new liquor scene. Thanks to the new liquor policy, the liquor contractors have now donned the role of shopkeepers and are going all out to woo the customers.

Billboards a traffic hazard Chandigarh April 10 The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh continues to throw road safety norms to the wind by allowing banners, billboards and hoardings to stay at “traffic sensitive points” on internal and external roads running across the city. An advertisement banner continues a week after the event’s conclusion in front of a school, also causing a traffic hazard in the process, in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Sector 17 to get facelift
Chandigarh, April 10
The Municipal Corporation is all set to giving a major facelift to Sector 17. In a press statement issued today, the MC stated that due to the renovation works, the public might have to face some inconvenience. The note stated that the corporation regretted the inconvenience and requested the public to bear with it.

Zirakpur traders oppose 4-laning
Zirakpur, April 10
The ambitious four-laning project of the Zirakpur-Ambala “killer stretch” of the National Highway 22 may run into rough weather with shopkeepers up in arms against the issuance of demolition notices to them.

Stolen paper used to market product, claims PGI
Chandigarh, April 10
The PGI today claimed that one of its research papers had been stolen by a private company and was being used to market its product on the Internet. Addressing a press conference, here today, Dr A.J. Kanwar, Head of Department of Dermatology, maintained that the research paper on “Topical tacrolimus for treatment of vitiligo in Asians” was published by three doctors of the Department in January 2004.

Encroachments demolished amid protests
Mohali, April 10
The enforcement wing of the local Municipal Council carried out a demolition drive at Mataur village here today. Land in the village which had been illegally occupied by some persons was got vacated amid protests.

Mobile thieves’ case: probe ordered
Chandigarh, April 10
The UT Inspector-General of Police today ordered a probe into an incident in which two underage mobile snatchers were allegedly let off by the police at the Sector 43 police post on Sunday. According to the spokesman of the UT police, the IGP directed Deputy Superintendent of Police (South) K.I.P. Singh to probe the matter.

Sikh body passes constitution
Mohali, April 10
On the second day of the International Sikh Confederation being held at the auditorium of Shivalik Public School, Mohali, General Kartar Singh today presented the revised constitution of the confederation and the members present unanimously approved it.

New PUDA Chief Administrator
Mohali, April 10
Mr Som Parkash has taken over as the new Chief Administrator of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority here today.

Fauji Beat Dismal tale of Indian MBT The recent statement of the Chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Mr M.Natarajan, in Chandigarh, that the Army is satisfied with the main battle tank (MBT) Arjun, can only he accepted with a pinch of salt. A paratrooper with combat loads in the sky.

Old-age ashram opened
Mohali, April 10
The Guru Nanak Dev Old Age Ashram and Charitable Training Institute was inaugurated by Bhai Kashmir Singh, Chairman, Akal Charitable Trust, Punjab, at Jhanjeri village on Saturday.

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• Railway employee gives commentary

CRIME

4 snatchers held
Chandigarh, April 10
The Chandigarh Police today claimed to have solved 13 cases of snatching that took place in various parts of the city with the arrest of four youngsters, including a minor. It recovered three mobile phones from the youths.

Wife’s murder accused dead
Panchkula, April 10
After struggling for life for over two days after murdering his wife, Shyam Sunder Verma of Haripur village in Sector 4 here breathed his last at the PGI in Chandigarh yesterday morning.

EDUCATION

Amid exams, sms campaign on against reservation
Chandigarh, April 10
If the anti-reservation sms campaign among city students is anything to go by, the end of examinations in the university and city colleges could witness a repeat of August 1990, which was the time when the entire country erupted in a wave of strong anti-reservation protests, resulting in the death of several protestors.

BA (III) Hindi paper out of syllabus
Chandigarh, April 10
Students of BA (III) Hindi have in a representation to Panjab University complained that a part of their question paper B was out of syllabus. According to Senators R.P.S. Josh and Mukesh Arora, both Hindi teachers, questions worth 30 marks were out of syllabus.

DAV school’s building inaugurated
Chandigarh, April 10
The new building of DAV Public School, Sector 8, for primary students was inaugurated at Sector 39 today. A havan was conducted to mark the occasion. Mr Justice A.L. Bahri, chairman of the school, presided over the ceremony.

COURTS

Murder accused acquitted
Chandigarh, April 10
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr M.M. Sharma, today acquitted Sukhdev Singh, a resident of Burail, in connection with the murder of Prem Lata, a resident of Sector 21.

SPORTS

Football trainees get a coach, finally
Chandigarh, April 10
The long wait of the trainees for a coach at the Football Stadium, Sector 17, is finally over with the appointment of a new coach. The UT Sports Department has appointed Tajinder Kumar as a temporary coach to impart training to the upcoming players of the centre, who had been practicing without a coach since July last year.

Pioneer in cricket matches for mentally challenged children
Chandigarh, April 10
They share a complete world among themselves and demand no sympathy, but love and affection, but they are treated as if they have a social stigma.

Taekwondo trials today