Accidental gunshot deaths shooting up: Study
Chandigarh, May 17
A study by Army medical specialists has revealed that deaths due to accidental discharge of weapons are showing a rising trend after 2001.
Accident discharge has been listed as the second highest cause of non-enemy action deaths in counter insurgency operations after road accidents.
 UT HOME SECRETARY
47 DAYS GONE still counting...
Lobbying by bureaucrats
Why such race for the post of the home secretary? There is certainly something more than just gaining work experience as UT’s home secretary. Lobbying by bureaucrats reflects the money involved in it.
Potholes reflect official apathy
Chandigarh, May 17
Dilapidated roads, congress grass, unkempt open areas being used for dumping of debris and parking woes are problems that plague the Sector 34 Commercial Complex.
The internal roads in the commercial complex present a picture of neglect and indifferent attitude of the authorities concerned as the roads have not been repaired or re-carpeted for the past over couple of years, much to the chagrin of the employees, shopkeepers, students and visitors to the complex.
A potholed internal road in the Sector 34 commercial complex in Chandigarh. Tribune
photo by Vinay Malik
Panchayat Polls
Admn discriminating against Congress, says MLA
Mohali, May 17
Kharar MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu today alleged that the district administration had discriminated against Congress candidates who wanted to file their nominations for the post of panches in the forthcoming panchayat elections in Punjab.
MC issues notice for lawn removal
Sectors housing the VIPs exempted
Chandigarh, May 17
The Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) has served notices on residents of 10 sectors, five each from northern and southern parts of the city, asking them to remove the lawns on road berms as the illegally developed lawns
on the MC land are a traffic hazard.
Gardens on the municipal corporation land
outside VIP houses in Sector 7, Chandigarh, on Saturday. Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari
Bicycle boon for patrol cops
Chandigarh, May 17
With the allotment of bicycles to constables of the Chandigarh police, the patrol staff has become more effective. Earlier, it took a lot of time for a constable to patrol the entire area allotted to him or her. The attendance of the beat staff has also increased due to the move.
Beat staff ride bicycles patrol Sector 19, Chandigarh, on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
PGI Lab attendant to get ‘certification’
Chandigarh, May 17
PGI’s lab attendant Kashmiri Lal finally has a reason to smile. The hospital authorities are now planning to get him a ‘certification’ that will allow him to conduct ECGs - a technician’s job - which he has been performing for quite some time now, albeit in violation of the hospital recruitment norms for such posts.
Special drive to nab traffic violators
Chandigarh, May 17
The city traffic cops conducted a special drive to discourage violators of rules, here today. Over 30 police personnel along with 10 vehicles including interceptors, cranes and recovery vans were deputed under the supervision of DSP (Traffic) J.S. Cheema, to set up nakas at various points in the city.
17-yr-old student goes missing
Mohali, May 17
Sahil (17), a resident of Phase X, here, went missing this morning.
Letters
Non-availability of forms
Aspirants of the PTU CET are facing a lot of inconvenience due to non-availability of forms. As per the advertisement published in The Tribune on May 4, the last date for submission of forms is May 31.
Nanotechnology institute to start from Oct
Mohali, May 17
The Institute of Nano-science and Technology here will be functional from October this year. The institute to be established by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, at the Knowledge City here, will however, begin its operations from a transit campus building in Mohali town.
Manipur students join relay fast
Chandigarh, May 17
Prof A.S. Ahluwalia and Manjit Singh, chairman and coordinator of the Joint Action Committee, respectively, called on Balram Das Tandon, former BJP president, Punjab, and had a detailed discussion with him on the issue of the central university status for Panjab University today. He assured that he would talk to the functionaries of the Punjab Government in this regard.
Panjab University students from Manipur sit on a relay fast demanding central university status on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Tampering with answer
sheets
Records of education board
examined
Chandigarh/Mohali, May 17
The special crime cell of the Chandigarh Police today examined the records of Punjab School Education Board, following the arrest of two persons who were involved in tampering the social studies answer sheets of class X on Thursday morning.
Sobti to attend NASA conference
Chandigarh, May 17
In a rare honour for
Panjab University and the entire region, vice-chancellor Prof R.C. Sobti has been nominated by the UGC (University Grants Commission) to attend a three-day
conference-cum-workshop at NASA, Washington. He is among the four vice-chancellors, who have been selected by the UGC. The other three include vice-chancellors of Hyderabad University, Pune University and Patna University. The team will be led by vice-chairman of the UGC Prof Moolchand Sharma.
300 get jobs
Chandigarh, May 17
Jetking at their Chandigarh centre in Sector 34 organised a two-day mega job fair that concluded today. Twelve leading IT companies like Wipro, HCL
Comnet, Access Infotech, Reliance, Sysnet, Spectra, Esys Technologies, ICICI etc. had come under
one roof.
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