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18-year-old nursing student
gang-raped
Lalru, June 22
In a shocking incident, an 18-year-old nursing student of a prominent nursing college in Chandigarh’s periphery, was allegedly gang raped by four persons at Jharmari village, near here, on June 14.

Vegetables go out of commoners’ reach
Chandigarh, June 22
There has been a sharp rise in the prices of vegetables in the city over the past few days, thus taking these out of the reach of the common man. Wholesale dealers maintain that the rise in vegetable prices is the outcome of poor production and short supply in “mandis” rather than the fuel hike, as is the common belief.

With prices of vegetables witnessing a steep hike, there has been a substantial fall in number of customers frequenting vegetables markets. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

NATURE’S BOUNTY: Two bees make a beeline for a sunflower to collect nectar and pollen to produce honey in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

UT capital region emerging as knowledge hub
Chandigarh, June 22
The Chandigarh capital region (CCR) is emerging as the next knowledge hub for the IT sector in the country, said Mr S.K. Sandhu, Secretary Information Technology, UT, Chandigarh, at a press conference held today to announce “e-revolution 2006” event next month.

Man hangs himself
Chandigarh, June 22
Depressed over his prolonged ailment, a 21-year-old man allegedly hanged himself to death at his Sector 30 residence late on Wednesday night. The victim in his suicide note held no one responsible for his extreme step.

Vivek Atray back in UT
Chandigarh, June 22
Almost a month after relinquishing his charge as Director, Information Technology, Mr Vivek Atray, will again be joining the Chandigarh Administration. After being relieved on May 15, Mr Atray had joined his parent state of Haryana as Assistant Director, Secondary Education.

COMMUNITY

Indigenous production of T-72 tanks delayed by 5 years
Chandigarh, June 22
The indigenous production of T-72 tanks, meant to replace obsolete armoured vehicles, has been delayed by over five years, affecting its induction schedule and modernisation of the mechanised forces.

Army’s Rs 8 cr hard sell to woo techies
Chandigarh, June 22
Rattled by an acute shortage of officers and not-so-good publicity of late, the Indian Army has decided to go for a major image building exercise and hired a leading public relations firm to boost its sagging fortunes.

Tipper rams into rotary, goes up in flames

Chandigarh, June 22 A tipper loaded with construction material caught fire when it rammed into the Sector 41-42 roundabout late in the evening today. The tipper went up in flames when it hit the rotary after its driver Swarup Singh was unable to control the vehicle following a failed attempt at overtaking. Firemen try to douse the flames after a tipper caught fire in Mohali on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Ban sought on buses on internal roads
Mohali, June 22
The Citizens Welfare Council has demanded a ban on plying of school buses on internal roads as it led to accidents and other problems. A deputation comprising members of Citizens Welfare Federation and Citizens Welfare Council met the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Tejveer Singh, to apprise him of various problems that arose when school buses plied on C- roads.

Water shortage in industrial area
Mohali, June 22
The Phase VII industrial area here is facing acute shortage of water and the authorities concerned are doing nothing to mitigate the problem. The area had been facing scarcity of water for the past more than a month, but the situation turned acute from yesterday.

Traders allege lack of amenities
Chandigarh, June 22
Coming down heavily on the apathetic attitude of the Chandigarh Administration towards its genuine demands, the Traders Association, Sector 17 (A and B), today alleged lack of basic amenities in the area.

Mohali MC poll on July 30

CRIME

BJP workers arrested for rioting
Chandigarh, June 22
The police arrested over 20 persons belonging to two groups of the local unit of the BJP on charges of criminal intimidation, rioting and causing grievous injuries following a clash over a property issue near the Mauli Jagran police post this afternoon.

Murder case takes new turn
Panchkula, June 22
The Ramandeep Kaur murder case took a new turn with the police reportedly making a headway by identifying the suspect in the case. Sources in the police disclosed that an NRI, Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Barnala, has been identified as a suspect in the murder case.

Gang of robbers busted
Chandigarh, June 22
The local police today claimed to have busted a gang of burglars by arresting three members, who were active in the city for the past many days. Giving details, sources at the Sector 17 police station said on the basis of secret information a picket was set up in Sector 22 near the Health Centre chowk.

Man arrested for stabbing wife
Panchkula, June 22
A Kharag Mangoli-based man who reportedly stabbed his wife on her thigh under the influence of liquor and then dashed his head against a wall of his house on June 15 night, was arrested by the police, here yesterday.

BUSINESS

IT expert sees great potential in youngsters
Chandigarh, June 22
He sees tremendous business potential in this part of the region. But that’s not the only reason why Ferozepore-born non-resident Indian Satvinder Singh is logging on to a programme of development here.

EDUCATION

Revised merit list: toppers retain positions
Chandigarh, June 22
City toppers have retained their position in the CBSE PMT revised merit list released last night. The CBSE released a fresh merit list following Supreme Court orders yesterday.

Admissions-2006
Counselling schedule for medical courses
Chandigarh, June 22
Panjab University has revised the dates of centralised counselling for the MBBS, BDS, BAMS and BHMS courses at the Government Medical College, Sector 32, Chandigarh, as follows:

Workshop on genetic engineering
Chandigarh, June 22
The department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, will organise a 14-day national workshop on genetic engineering from June 24 to July 6 2006. The workshop is being funded by the Department of Science and Technology (UT) and Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

Society to recruit 260 teachers
Chandigarh, June 22
The Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan Society would recruit 260 teachers on a contract basis, an official press note said here. The recruitment of teachers would be as JBT teachers and master/mistress in mathematics, social studies, geography, English, science (non-medical and medical), Hindi and Punjabi.

Summer workshop concludes
Chandigarh, June 22
A colourful cultural bonanza marked the concluding function of three-week summer workshop, ClustalZ, at Kalagram here last night. According to a press note, the workshop was held at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, under the guidance of 19-year-old Manish Gandhi.

CULTURE

Ghulam Ali live at Rock Garden Chandigarh, June 22 The quaint ambience of Rock Garden was witness to a musical soiree by the legendary ghazal maestro, Ghulam Ali, organised by the Airtel in association with HDFC Bank and Indian Oil here today. Ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali performs at Rock Garden in Chandigarh on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Leading vocalist to perform for Sangeet Natak Akademi
Chandigarh, June 22
In the ongoing series of Indian classical musical recitals, Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi will present the concert of Shanti Sharma, a leading vocalist, on June 24. Shanti Sharma is one of the leading vocalists in the country today.

HEALTH

Hanging by a thread of hope
Chandigarh, June 22
Pain is her destiny, at least as of now. Born with a malignant boil on the right side of her hips, four-month-old Simran has been braving the pain since the day she was born. With each passing day her forbearance is giving way, while the road to recovery still seems distant.

SPORTS

Vijayant beats Phogat in men’s singles

Chandigarh, June 22 Vijayant Malik gave a straight-set defeat to Yogesh Phogat (6-4, 6-2) in the finals of men’s singles and pairing with Yogesh Phogat defeated the duo Lalit Tandon and Tushar Sharma (6-3, 7-6(4)) in men’s doubles’ finals in the Hot Weather Tennis Tournament held at CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here, today. Rajan Kashyap in action on the concluding day of Hot Weather Tennis Tournament held at CLTA, Sector 10, Chandigarh on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Cash prizes for city sportspersons
Chandigarh, June 22
A treat for the local sports persons is in the offing. The sports persons who had brought laurels to the City Beautiful during the year 2003-04 to 2004-05 by winning medals/positions at the international level would be given cash prizes to the tune of Rs 1,73,000.

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