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Civil Services exam
4 from tricity make it to top 100 
Chandigarh, May 3
Cracking the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services exam, four candidates from the tricity have made it to the list of top 100 successful candidates. The topper from the tricity has bagged the 17th all-India rank. Last year, nine students from the tricity had figured among the top 100.
Ankita Chakravarty (25 YRS) rank: 17th attempt: First success mantra: Hard work and smart study 

Tricity youngsters shine in UPSC exam
Chandigarh, May 3
Following the four tricity candidates who cracked the UPSC exam was Kritika Batra, a resident of Panchkula. Kritika made tricity proud by bagging 103rd All India Rank.

Clockwise: Harpreet Singh (22nd rank) shares his joy with his family members at his residence at Sector 22, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari. (2) Parth Gupta (59th rank) with his family at his residence in Sector 7, Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: S Chandan (3) Kriti Garg (80th rank) with her family at her residence in Sector 44, Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari.

PGIMER comes to a standstill
Chandigarh, May 3
The referral of Sanuallah Khan, a Pakistani prisoner who was badly thrashed inside a jail in Jammu and Kashmir, to the PGIMER on Friday brought the premier health institute to a standstill, causing inconvenience to other patients.

An ambulance carries Pak prisoner Sanuallah to the PGI in Chandigarh; and (right) a policewoman shifts a patient from outside the Advanced Trauma Centre on Friday. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal & Parvesh Chauhan 

Chemists run business from PGI canteen
Chandigarh, May 3
Chemists in the New OPD Block have encroached upon a significant portion of the patients’ canteen by occupying a number of tables. 





Employees of a chemist shop at the New OPD Block work from a table of a canteen at the PGI in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Patients’ toilets being used by labourers at GMSH-16
Chandigarh, May 3
Toilets in the new OPD block at Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, have turned into public toilets. Constructed for patients, the toilets are being used by labourers working in nearby construction sites.

Five killed, 9 hurt in accident
Panchkula, May 3
Five persons were killed while nine others were injured, some of them seriously, when a truck collided head-on with a maxi cab on the Panchkula- Baddi road this evening. The maxi cab had 14 persons on board against its seating capacity of seven.
The injured being treated at the General Hospital, Sector 6, Panchkula, on Friday. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal

COMMUNITY

MLA hits out at govt over change in zones 
Mohali, May 3
Congress MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu today flayed the changes made “overnight” in the zones for the block samiti elections in order to “benefit the SAD.”

BJP announces candidates for zila parishad elections 
Mohali, May 3
After snapping ties with the SAD in the coming block samiti and zila parishad elections, the Mohali unit of the BJP today announced candidates for various seats.

City getting more crowded like Delhi, population up 17%
Chandigarh, May 3
The City Beautiful, country’s second-most urbanised UT that ranks high on prosperity indicators, has reported a noticeable improvement in the child sex ratio (0 to 6 years). The child sex ratio of the city is 880 females per 1,000 males. In 2001, the sex ratio was 819 females per 1,000 males.

TN Bindhyeshwari, Director of Census Operations, Chandigarh, releases the figures of Census 2011 on Friday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Income Tax Office comes up with swanky café
Chandigarh, May 3
Defying the prevailing perception that government sector institutions resort to archaic setup, the Income Tax Office in Chandigarh, located at the Aykar Bhawan in Sector 17, has come up with a swanky café, offering all kinds of fast food and beverages at half the market price.

Hoteliers attend two-day workshop
Chandigarh, May 3 The Foreigners Registration Office (FRO) of the UT police organised a two-day workshop under the supervision of UT SSP Naunihal Singh at Police Lines, Sector 26, Chandigarh.

Air Commodore Arun Barik appointed 3BRD chief
Chandigarh, May 3
Air Commodore Arun Kumar Barik has been appointed as the next Air Officer Commanding, No. 3 Base Repair Depot (BRD). Presently serving as chief engineering officer of the Eastern Air Command at Shillong, he will take over from Air Commodore Suresh Singh.

Senior citizens honour Milkha Singh 
Chandigarh, May 3
Flying Sikh Milkha Singh poured his heart out over the recent fight at the Chandigarh Golf club, saying he was hurt about what the gentlemen's game had done to him. "My image has been massively spoiled because of the recent controversy despite the fact that I was not at all involved in any manner," said Milka Singh, who was given Lifetime Achievement Award by the Chandigarh Senior Citizens Club at a local ceremony here today.
Olympian Milkha Singh, who was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 30, by the Chandigarh Senior Citizens Association on Friday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari 

Occupants of two cars had a narrow escape after a tree fell on the vehicles near the Sector 22/23 light point in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Self-defence training from May 6
Chandigarh, May 3
Choi Kwang Do Association of Chandigarh is going to organise a three-day especial self-defence training starting on May 6 at St Peter Martial Art Academy premises, Sector 37B, Chandigarh. The training will be performed by Master Bikram S Thapa, and is absolutely free. The officials said that the training would entirely focus on the practical self-defence. 

180 donate blood in Landran
Mohali, May 3
A blood donation, medical check-up and eye camp was organised by the Youth Development and Sports Club at Landran today.

Chandigarh  scan

EDUCATION

All set for NEET tomorrow 
Chandigarh, May 3 Even after the prevailing confusion, thousands of young medical aspirants are all set to appear for the first ever National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) on May 5. 

Expelled teachers stage protest
Chandigarh, May 3
As many as 50 expelled guest faculty members and contract teachers staged a protest for several hours near Sector 17 here, against the Education Department’s inaction to re-employee them.

University starts BTech in petroleum

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Murder cases: 2 get life imprisonment
Ambala, May 3
Additional Sessions Judge RC Dimiri sentenced a residence of Ambala Cantonment to life term in a murder case today. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the accused, Raju.

World Press Freedom Day celebrated 
Ropar, May 3
Rupnagar Press club organised a function on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day today.

Man gets10-yr jail for raping minor 
Ropar, May 3
Additional sessions judge Kamaljeet Singh Bajwa today sentenced an employee to 10-year imprisonment for raping a minor girl. The guilty has been identified as Ratnesh, a native of Kehara village near Barilley in Uttar Pradesh.

Woman held with opium 
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 3
The district police today arrested one of the leading woman drug peddlers of the state and recovered 1 kg opium from her possession.

SSP takes charge 
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 3
Gurmeet Singh Chauhan has taken over the charge of SSP of Fatehgarh Sahib today.

Food waste management system set up 
Patiala, May 3
Thapar University has installed a food waste management system at boys’ hostel on the university campus to deal with the issue of organic waste management.

COURTS

Man gets 1-yr jail in cheque bounce case
Panchkula, May 3
A local court sentenced an advocate involved in a cheque bounce case to one-year imprisonment.

National consumer panel puts PGI on notice 
Chandigarh, May 3
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi, today admitted and issued notice to the PGIMER Administration on the petition seeking enhancement of the compensation amount awarded by the State Commission Chandigarh in Anupama death case.

Husband convicted of abetment to suicide
Chandigarh, May 3
The Court of District and Sessions Judge SK Aggarwal today convicted a man of abetment to suicide. The court convicted Subhash Chander of forcing his wife to commit suicide in February 2010.

CTU driver gets three-year jail
Chandigarh, May 3
The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge RP Yadav today sentenced a CTU driver to three-year rigorous imprisonment in a case of drug peddling. The court sentenced Naib, who was arrested in October 2005 with 12 kg of poppy husk.

CRIME

Accident victim succumbs to injuries 
Mohali, May 3
A resident of Phase V, who sustained serious injuries after being being hit by a speeding car, succumbed to his injuries at the PGI in Chandigarh.

Four held for running fake firm
Chandigarh, May 3
The UT police has arrested four youths for running a fake placement company, Track India, in Sector 34. Two others booked in the case are absconding.

Youth held for bomb hoax
Chandigarh, May 3
The UT police went in a tizzy yesterday evening after an inebriated youth told a girl passing by the Aroma light point in Sector 22 that he had a bomb.

SPORTS

Women boxing championship from May 11
Chandigarh, May 3
The13th Sr and Jr Chandigarh State Women Boxing Championships will be held at PML SD Public School, Sector-32, Chandigarh from May 11.

CFA win Manchester Cup
Chandigarh, May 3
The local team of Chandigarh Football Academy (CFA) bagged the first edition of Manchester United Premier Football Cup for boys (U-15) in Jharkhand, today.

Aneesha wins badminton tournament
Chandigarh, May 3
Special Olympics Chandigarh’s Badminton state meet concluded today with final matches were organised today at the Badminton Hall, Sector 42, Chandigarh. KD Nagra, former international coach and player honoured the special athletes with the medals and certificates.

Winners of the Special Children State Badminton Meet in a jubilant mood after the award ceremony at Sector 4 in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune Photo: Parvesh Chauhan