Boy slips into pit, drowns
 Panchkula, July 3
A five-year-old boy was drowned in a pit dug up for laying a sewerage by HUDA at Nada village here today. Rajat left home to play with his friends in the evening when he presumably slipped into the pit full of rainwater. HUDA is developing Sector 31 in the area.
Truckers’ Strike
Only 40 trucks bring supplies
Chandigarh, July 3
The nationwide truckers’ strike has begun to hit trade.The supply of fruits and vegetables to retail chains have been hit, though the local market remained unaffected.
Phase V residents lose battle against rainwater
Mohali, July 3
For residents of Phase V here, rainwater woes have come to haunt them once again. After a two-year legal battle,they had managed a special storm water drainage system installed for the sector. The system installed at a cost of over Rs 1 crore has failed to work.
Wife beating: Anurag quizzed
Chandigarh, July 3
Anurag Verma, senior IAS officer and MD of the Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation who was booked on charges of beating up his wife, was interrogated by the police today.
Hawkers want their utensils back
 Chandigarh, July 3
Brass utensils confiscated from hawkers selling eatables on cycles have been going “missing” from the store of the municipal corporation building in Sector 17 lately.
A brass container costs anything between Rs 2500 and 3,000 depending on its weight. Each of the brass containers stolen weighs between 5 and 7 kg. Interestingly, the fine charged from a violator is not more than Rs 500.
The officials concerned issue receipts to hawkers mentioning the status of containers as “in balance”.
In her death, she gave new life to 4
Chandigarh, July 3
Hemraj, who donated the organs of his brain dead wife who died a few days ago, seeks solace in the fact that in her death, Usha Rani gave a new lease of life to at least four persons, including an 18-year-old boy from Patiala.
Brain dead person can save many lives: Docs
Chandigarh, July 3
Each organ retrieved from a brain dead person can save a life, Prof M. Minz, head of transplant surgery, said at a press conference here today.
Poor response in Mohali, Panchkula
Mohali, July 3
The all-India bandh call given by the Vishva Hindu Parishad over the issue of the Amarnath Shrine Board met with a negligible response here. Most of the shops were open in the morning but within an hour, volunteers of the parishad forced their closure. However, by afternoon, the shops re-opened.
Elderly alleges threat to life from sons
Chandigarh, July 2
In a complaint to the local police, an elderly man, Ravi Prakash, has alleged threat to his life from his own sons, who are eying his shop at Sector 17.
No one updates UT website
Chandigarh, July 3
Even as the city claims to be making strides on the IT horizons, particularly in the backdrop of the establishment of the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park (RGCTP), the official website of the Chandigarh administration continues to be replete with bloomers.
Letters
UGC to open 374 autonomous colleges
Chandigarh, July 3
Higher education is all set to get a major boost with the UGC announcing to open 374 new autonomous colleges across the country in collaboration with ministry of human resources and development under the 11th five-year plan. Also, coming up, is a big bonanza for students and different colleges to grab the best of schemes of the UGC and get funded.
Class XI Admissions
Science seats in 4 schools taken
 Chandigarh,
July 3
With the filling of 1,584 seats in the science stream (general category, Class
XI), four schools closed admission to this stream here today. While seats in the science stream were taken in GMSSS-16 and GMSSS-35 yesterday, today GMSSS-37 and GMSSS-33 filled the seats at a cut-off of 78.4 per cent and 76.2 per cent, respectively.
Students await their turn at admission centre in Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10, Chandigarh on Thursday.
—Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan
Contract lecturers’ selection under cloud
Chandigarh, July 3
The selection procedure followed by the authorities for selecting lecturers on contract in government colleges across the city has drawn the ire of many senior lecturers of the colleges.
Academics’ conference held at Panjab University
 Chandigarh,
July 3
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today addressed the first state-level
convention of academics held at University Auditorium at Panjab University
campus here today. The convention included UGC’s top brass, about 500
principals from various colleges in the state, vice-chancellors and
administrators.
Principals and administrators attend the convention held on Panjab University campus on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph
Badal favours central status for PU
Chandigarh, July 3
Finally, after days of silence over the issue of central status to Panjab
University, the Punjab Chief Minister today clarified his government’s stand.
Making optimum use of the occasion, the first ever-state level convention of all
colleges of Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal said it was wrong on the part of those
who said he was opposing Panjab University becoming a central university. He
said, “In fact, I have insisted that Punjab should get two central
universities.”
Workshop for teachers
Chandigarh, July 3
In an effort to empower the teaching faculty with advance training programme as
well as to provide the best to the students, The Gurukul school management
conducted a two-day special workshop at their three branches at Chandigarh,
Panchkula and Madanpura.
DPI (S) wants to be repatriated
Chandigarh, July 3
In a sudden development, S.K. Setia, DPI (Schools), has sought repatriation to
his parent state of Haryana on health grounds.
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