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Medicos bring city down to its knees
Rail, road traffic blocked; court work struck; shops closed
Chandigarh, May 30
Medicos observed a half-day bandh against the government’s proposed reservation policy, leaving the city completely paralysed, here today. Human chains blocking traffic on all major roads, complete closure of shops and business establishments, suspension of work in District Courts, disruption of rail and road traffic and complete public support.

Doctors burn copies of their degrees during a protest at the GMCH-32 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Protesting doctors block highway Zirakpur, May 30 The protest by medicos against the Centre’s proposal to reserve 27% seats for the OBCs in the institutions of higher education today spilled over to the periphery with the protesting doctors blocking traffic on the busy Ambala-Chandigarh highway. A novel way of protest against quota Chandigarh, May 30 Silence is not senior resident Dr Bhanu Prakash's cup of tea. Ordinarily he's bubbling with life despite his gruelling schedule in the wards and OPDs of PGIMER, chirpy with patients and gregarious with colleagues. A visitor at the Rose Garden reads Dr Bhanu Prakash’s message. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Medical students stop the Jan Shatabdi at the Chandigarh railway station on Tuesday. Empty corridors and closed shops bear testimony to the success of the bandh against reservation in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Traffic blocked at the Zirakpur traffic lights by medical students against the reservation policy on Tuesday. Doctors hold the "anti-reservation" torch aloft during the formation of a human chain along the Madhya Marg in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photographs

Delimitation of wards: HC dismisses petition
Chandigarh, May 30
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the petition filed by some former office-bearers of the Municipal Council, Mohali, challenging the delimitation of wards notified by the delimitation board headed by the then SDM, Mohali.

Court orders framing of charges against Naresh Batra
Chandigarh, May 30
Nearly eight years after a case was registered against city-based advocate-cum-businessman Naresh Batra and others, a city court has ordered the framing of cheating and forgery charges against him in the Batra-family dispute matter.

Admn ‘ups’ MC wards from 20 to 23
Chandigarh, May 30
The wards of the Municipal Corporation have been increased from 20 to 23. According to sources, the UT Administration has accepted a proposal, sent by the MC recently, to this effect. A notification regarding the same is expected to be issued soon.

COMMUNITY

Housing project inaugurated
Charges of nepotism in allotment of flats
Panchkula, May 30
Kendriya Vihar, a project completed by the Governing Council and Executive Committee of the Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organisation, was inaugurated by the Union Minister for State Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Ms Selja Kumari, here today.

Admn fares well during 2005-06 fiscal year
Chandigarh, May 30
The UT Administration has fared well during the financial year 2005-2006. The fact has been highlighted in the appraisal of the budgetary performance recently by Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), UT Administrator, a press note stated here today.

City cyber crime cell in tatters
Chandigarh, May 30
A city which aspires to be a dream IT destination ought to have a strong police framework to detect and check cyber crimes. But that is what Chandigarh woefully lacks.

Trial of softwares on licensing soon
Chandigarh, May 30
The Registration and Licensing Authority of the Chandigarh Administration will hold trial of two new softwares developed by the National Informatics Centre. “Sarathi” and “Vahan” have been designed specifically for speeding up normal work and helping monitor job at the same time.

Punjab dept to help Admn in VAT implementation
Chandigarh, May 30
Punjab’s Excise and Taxation Department will assist the Chandigarh Administration in the smooth implementation of value added tax in the city. To bring more efficiency and for the speedy disposal of cases under the new tax regime, the Excise and Taxation Department has agreed to share its software of VAT with the UT’s Excise and Taxation Department.

Meditation must for peace of mind
Chandigarh, May 30
Improving productivity of the human mind and body through meditation was discussed at a seminar organised at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development here today.

Photo I-card drive on
Chandigarh, May 30
The Election Department of the Chandigarh Administration has decided to prepare and issue photo identity cards to all registered electors to achieve 100 per cent coverage.

CITCO shed owners hold rally
Chandigarh, May 30
The Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation shed owner's association took out a protest car rally of more than 250 cars starting from Industrial Area till the CITCO office in Sector 17 here today.

CRIME

Police clueless as theft of cables continues
Chandigarh, May 30
Thousands of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited subscribers have been subjected to inconvenience in the wake of "frequent disruption in services" as theft of underground cable of the telecommunication giant continues unabated in the city.

Man assaulted by 4 persons, injured
Zirakpur, May 30
Joginder Singh, a resident of the Danga Peerat Colony on the Zirakpur-Patiala road, was allegedly assaulted and injured by four persons on May 28 over a property dispute.

EDUCATION

Students fail to get results
Panchkula, May 30
Scores of students, who came from far flung areas to confirm their Class XII results conducted by the Haryana School Education Board, had to return disappointed, when they found the office of the District Education Officer in Sector 7, locked, here today.

COURTS

Non-bailable warrants in corruption case
Chandigarh, May 30
The CBI Special Judge today issued non-bailable warrants against two co- accused in a case of corruption involving two employees of the Department of Telecom. The co-accused had failed to appear during the trial of the case which was registered by the CBI.

Flesh trade: 8 remanded
Panchkula, May 30
The Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Ms Shashi Bala Chauhan, has remanded eight persons, including three members of a Sector 20-based family, to police custody for three days.

65 cases settled at Lok Adalat
Chandigarh, May 30
As many as many 65 cases were settled at a Lok Adalat organised on the premises of the Central Government Industrial Tribunal here today. The Presiding Officer of the CGIT, Mr Rajesh Kumar, presided over the function.

HEALTH

Workshop on TB control
Mohali, May 30
A sensitisation workshop and state-level Revised National TB Control Programme review meeting for Civil Surgeons and District TB Officers was organised by the Government of India at Punjab Health Systems Corporation here today.

Shun tobacco: Rodrigues
Chandigarh, May 30
The UT Administrator, Gen (retd) S.F. Rodrigues, has called upon the people of Punjab and Chandigarh to initiate a mass movement awareness campaign against the ill effects of tobacco.

SPORTS

Mohali win Dhruv trophy match
Mohali, May 30
The Mohali team inflicted victory over Ropar on the basis of first innings’ lead in the Punjab Inter-district U-19 Cricket Tournament for Dhruv Pandove Trophy held at PCA stadium, here today. Replying 115-run innings of Ropar, Mohali scored 155 runs in the first innings thus gave a lead of 40 runs.

Time for Indian shooting to look up: coach Mohali, May 30 The recent performance of Indian shooters at the international level has given a fillip to the popularity of the sport here. Shooting coach Sanjay Chakraborty imparts training to Punjab shooters at a camp at the Mohali Shooting Range on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph