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PCR complaints in city’s south go north
Chandigarh, July 1
Complaints made to the Chandigarh police control room (PCR) have touched an all-time high, with the police receiving more than 26,000 calls from distressed city residents in the first six months of the year alone, which is the highest number ever.

Wee-Hour horror: 50-year-old guard stoned to death
Mohali, July 1
In a bizarre incident, a 50-year-old security guard posted on an entry gate to Phase 3B2 here was brutally killed with stones by two inebriated youths, including a son of a retired Lieut-Colonel, who flew into a rage on finding the gate closed at 2.15 am in the wee hours today.

Back to school with a bang

Students in a jubilant mood after schools reopened after summer holidays in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Postgraduate result delay gives students a tough time
Chandigarh, July 1
An unwarranted delay in the declaration of results by Panjab University (PU) for postgraduate courses (MA/MSc/M.Com) has led to a tormenting time for outgoing students, who need to appear for job interviews or apply for further studies in other universities. For most postgraduate courses, it has almost been a month since the exams got over.

Police file charge sheet
Chandigarh, July 1
More than 45 days after a Chandigarh Police constable posted as naib court in the UT district courts was assaulted in a courtroom by a group of lawyers, the police filed a detailed charge sheet against 14 advocates in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMIC) SK Sharma today. The court issued notices to the advocates to appear in person on July 16.

Radio taxi, auto fares to go up
Chandigarh, July 1
The fares of radio taxis and radio auto-rickshaws are set to go up in the city by 20-25 per cent.  A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting held here under the chairmanship of KK Sharma, Adviser to UT Administrator, here today.

COMMUNITY

MC’s ambitious plan awaits government nod
Zirakpur, July 1
The MC’s ambitious plan to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras all across the town for security purposes has run into rough weather.Sources in the MC stated that the council had sent a proposal for installing CCTVs for approval to the higher authorities, but the council did not get any reply from the government. An amount of Rs 9 lakh would be spent on the project.

Doctors’ ethical standards eroding: PGI dean
Chandigarh, July 1
There has been an erosion in the ethical standards and consequently the credibility of doctors in the present scenario, says Dr Amod Gupta, dean, PGI, while talking to the TNS on Doctors’ Day.

Burj Kotian on health dept radar
Panchkula, July 1
Burj Kotian, a slum near Surajpur, has been on the radar of the health authorities here, as more than 5 per cent annual parasite incidence (API) has been reported from the area in the past few years.

Tricity Scan

Flood preparedness — drained resources

EDUCATION

AIEEE joint counselling: Protest by parents at PEC enters day 2
Chandigarh, July 1
The deadlock over the formal complaint of nearly 70 applicants, who failed to complete the online registration process for admission to six engineering and architecture colleges in the city due to various reasons, persisted for the second day today.

Students and parents protest in front of the administrative office at PEC, Sector 12, Chandigarh, on Friday. A Tribune photograph

50 pc concession in fee for those availing ‘special chance’
Chandigarh, July 1
Panjab University has allowed 50 per cent concession in the fee to those availing ‘special chance’ for the examination of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, to take examination in re- appear or compartment category in the September or December 2011. The new fee structure will be applicable to scheduled castes, schedules tribes, physical handicapped, blind students and those living below poverty line.

‘Reduce fee for special chance’ 
Chandigarh, July 1
Supporters of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) today submitted a memorandum to the Panjab University authorities highlighting the need to reduce the fee for ‘special chance’ of taking exam to certain special categories.



NSUI activists stage a dharna in front of the VC’s office at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

NEIGHBOURHOOD

MC promise clean drinking water for 50 municipal wards
Patiala, July 1
Recently appointed Patiala Municipal Commissioner GS Sidhu asserted that establishing a better public interface would be his top priority.

Free books given to kids
Dera Bassi, July 1
The State Bank of India celebrated its foundation day by providing books to poor children free of cost. To mark the day a function was organised in AR Jain School, Dera Bassi. The branch manager of the SBI, Silpi Srivastva, distributed books to poor girl students of classes VIII, XI and X.

Court orders auctioning of MC office furniture
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 1
The District Sessions Court, Fatehgarh Sahib, has ordered to release an advertisement to auction furniture and tractor trolley of the Bassi Pathana Municipal Council. The orders have been issued following failure of the council to pay Rs 80,000 to a contractor who filed a petition in the court.

COURTS

Insurance co. told to pay Rs 2.51-lakh claim
Chandigarh, July 1
The UT Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum has directed National Insurance Company to pay motor vehicle insurance accident claim of Rs 2.51 lakh to a Panchkula-based company, MG Contractor Pvt Ltd. The forum has also directed the insurance company to pay Rs 30,000 in compensation for delaying the clearance of the claim.

Hindustan Filters fined for not servicing water filter
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 1
District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 for not servicing a water purifier system besides asking the firm to repay Rs 7,500.

UT administration’s order rejecting allotment of booth quashed
Chandigarh, July 1
Virtually passing strictures on the UT administration, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that its “stand on prestige against a lowly placed person does not speak well of the administration”.

CRIME

4 booked for killing newlywed woman
Zirakpur, July 1
The Zirakpur Police today booked four persons of a family, including two women, for killing a newlywed woman. The accused have been identified as Kulwant Singh, husband of the victim, Harjeet Kaur, her mother-in-law, brother-in-law Parshotam Singh and sister-in-law Pavneet Kaur.

Four booked for looting elderly women
Mohali, July 1
The Mohali police has registered a case against four persons, including three women, for looting aged women of cash and jewellery on the pretext of giving them a lift in their car.

Man stabs sister-in-law to death, wounds wife
Chandigarh, July 1
A 28-year-old man allegedly stabbed his 26-year-old sister-in-law to death and seriously injured his wife in an attempt to kill her while in an inebriated state at Dadu Majra Colony here this afternoon.

First cholera case reported
Chandigarh, July 1
With the outset of monsoon, the city got its first case of cholera from one of its slums here today.


crime scene Police officials inspect the house that was broken into at Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Assault victim alleges police inaction
Chandigarh, July 1
A 19-year-old youth has alleged highhandedness at the hands of the the Mani Majra police following an incident of assault on him at DT Mall earlier this week.

SPORTS

TC, CAC split 10 goals in a cliffhanger
Chandigarh, July 1
Even 10 goals in a single match could not decide the winner between Training Command (TC) and Central Air Command on the fifth day of the ongoing Air Force Hockey Championship at 3 BRD Air Force Station, here today.

test of skill A player dribbles the ball during a match of the Air Force Hockey Championship 2011 at 3BRD Air Force Station in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

CL Champs give DPCA the blues
Chandigarh, July 1
CL Champs defeated DPCA Blue during the ongoing St Stephen’s Junior Cricket (U-12) Championship at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here today.

Mysore’s Yashas Chandra wins by two strokes
Chandigarh, July 1
Tarundeep Singh Chadha will rue the two out-of-bound shots on the unlucky par-5 13th hole in which he conceded a miserable quadruple bogey. This major blunder cost the in-form Chandigarh golfer the A category title in the Usha Chandigarh Junior Open Amateur Golf Championship at the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

sweet success The winners are all smiles as they pose with their trophies in the Usha Chandigarh Junior Open Amateur Golf Championship at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Friday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

DAV, Stepping Stone in final
Chandigarh, July 1
DAV Cricket Academy Sector 8 defeated GNPS Cricket Academy Sector 36 in the first semifinal of DAV Summer Cricket (U-16) League Tournament at DAV School Sector 8, here today.

Kishan in last eight
Chandigarh, July 1
Kishan Bansal defeated Shareshth to enter the quarterfinal of the ongoing 25th Haryana State Senior Snooker Championship here today.

Patiala sit pretty at 193 for 2
Chandigarh, July 1
Patiala bowled out Amritsar for 280 runs on the second day of the ongoing Punjab State Inter-District Cricket (U-22) Tournament at PCA Stadium, Mohali, today.