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Peaceful MC proceedings after six months
Chandigarh, June 21
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) today managed to avoid what seemed inevitable till yesterday. Meeting under the clear threat of dissolution, the Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal, was able to conduct the first business meeting of the House ever since he took charge in a peaceful atmosphere.

The Municipal Corporation House conducts the first business meeting in a peaceful atmosphere after nearly six months in Chandigarh on Thursday. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

BPCL oil depot for Chandigarh soon
Chandigarh, June 21
The Union Government has undertaken to initiate action for early commissioning of the BPCL oil depot at Chandigarh. It has also promised to give directions to start work early on constructing another Indian Oil depot in the UT. This assurance was held out to the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), when he met Mr Ram Naik, Union Minister for Petroleum, at New Delhi today.

Keen contest in the offing
Beopar Mandal chief’s poll
Chandigarh, June 21
With just a day left for filing nomination papers for the prestigious post of the president of the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM), election to which will be held on July 1, a direct and keen contest is on the cards.

PGI officials mum on CBI raid
Chandigarh, June 21
A day after Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) crack down on the PGI’s Cardiac Department, senior PGI officials said today that they had “nothing to say” regarding surprise checks conducted by the CBI on the PGI Cath Laboratory, yesterday.

‘India’s Most Wanted’ helps nab fraud
Chandigarh, June 21
The dramatic capture of a most-wanted man triggered by the tip-off from a college girl earned “India’s Most Wanted” its 29th success in 52 episodes telecast so far.

Teenaged girl raped by neighbour
Chandigarh, June 21
A 14-year-old girl, a resident of Darwa village, was allegedly raped by her neighbour and his cousin here this evening.

COMMUNITY

39 colonies suffer insanitation
Panchkula, June 21
As insanitation prevails in Sector 5 of Mansa Devi Complex, residents of the area say that authorities have taken no action to improve the conditions here in spite of their repeated pleas.

AHSSC urges Badal to withdraw SLP
Mullanpur Garibdas, June 21
The Anandgarh Hatao Sanjhi Sangharsh Committee (AHSSC) has urged Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal to withdraw the special leave petition (SLP) filed in the Supreme Court in the Anandgarh case. The Punjab and Haryana High Court had quashed the notification of the government to acquire land of the 29 villages to construct a township named Anandgarh.

MURDER MILES
Chaotic traffic causes accidents frequently
Chandigarh
Heavy vehicles pouring out of the Industrial Area join the stream of light vehicles at The Tribune Chowk and that makes this junction one of the most accident-prone points in Chandigarh.

Road to Sectors 31, 47 to be doubled
Chandigarh June 21
Keeping in mind the growing traffic, the road from Tribune chowk towards Sector 31 and 47 is to be doubled and the missing link in Sector 47-B is to be completed to provide a smooth passage for motorists till Sector 66 located south of phase XI, SAS Nagar.

SSP’s appeal to public
Kharar, June 21
Mr G.S. Bhuller Senior Superintendent of Police, Ropar has appealed to the public to extend help and assistance to the police by giving factual position about any incident and giving information about bad elements in order to create a crime-free society.

Creative items by kids at summer camp
Chandigarh, June 21
The creative items made by kids during the summer camp were displayed at the concluding function of the Smart Kids summer camp at Aroma Hotel here today.

Learning experience for children
Chandigarh, June 21
Twentytwo children from Chandigarh, Panchkula, SAS Nagar, Patiala and Solan aged between nine to 14 went through a unique experience of living, learning and enjoying together at Indira Holiday Home, Sadhopul, near Chail.

Mayor cancels Sec 7 market visit
Chandigarh, June 21
The “Mahapaur aap ke dwar” programme of the Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal, was cancelled today as Mr Goyal failed to visit the Sector 7 market.

TBRL Employees Union seeks pay scale revision
Chandigarh, June 21
Members of the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL) Employees Union have sought an interview with the Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister to discuss long-pending issues pertaining to the welfare of the TBRL employees.

Photography contest on June 28
Panchkula, June 21
The District Child Welfare Council will organise a photography competition based on themes like mother and child, nature and wildlife and pets in Bal Bhavan, Sector 15, here on June 28.

Coach killed in mishap
Chandigarh, June 21
Mr Jagjit Singh Judge (63), coach of the Indian Shooting team for Auckland Commonwealth Games, died here on Wednesday last. He had met with an accident near Ropar and was referred to the PGI where he breathed his last.

Councillor’s complaint against clerk
SAS Nagar, June 21
A local municipal councillor has complained to the Punjab Chief Minister against alleged corruption by a clerk in the tehsil office here.

Retired Audit Officers' meeting
Chandigarh, June 21
The seventh annual meeting of the Retired Officers of Indian Audit and Accounts Department will be held in the AG, Punjab, building, Sector 17, on Sunday. Ms M. Chatterjee, Principal Accountant-General will preside over the meeting.

Develop green belt, demand residents
Chandigarh, June 21
The Residents Welfare Forum (Kothis), Sector 46-D, has demanded that the green belt in the area should be developed. The residents of the area are reportedly using the area earmarked for green belt for dumping debris.

Training programme
Chandigarh, June 21
Security of money as well as high interest rate can allure investors to invest in the post offices, said Mr K.A.P. Sinha, Joint Secretary, Finance, UT Administration, during a one-day training programme for mahila pradhan agents working in the city. The programme was held in the auditorium of Health Centre, Poly Clinic in Sector 22, here today.

Scribe bereaved

FENG SHUI TIPS
Architectural design
In this piece, I am going to describe the design of the Bank of China which has a controversial architectural form. The bank has its building in Hong Kong and is an outstanding example of Feng Shui.

CRIME

Two cases of power theft
Chandigarh, June 21
The local police registered two cases of power theft through kundi connections here yesterday. The cases under Section 379, IPC, were registered after Mr M.P. Singh, Assistant Executive Engineer, Subdivision No. IV, Industrial Area, Phase II, detected the thefts and lodged a complaint.

EDUCATION

PU’s ugly spots are growing
Chandigarh, June 21
The Panjab University campus looks beautiful only because it hides its ugly spots from the public eye. Wild parthenium (congress grass) growth can be seen at several points on the campus. The ugliest of these points are the lanes between rows of houses.

Heavy rush for prospectus
Chandigarh, June 21
Students and parents were seen standing in long queues to get prospectus for admission to Class XI in city’s government model senior secondary schools, on the first day of sale of prospectuses today. In all, 4693 prospectuses were sold.

‘Reschedule B.Ed entrance test’
Chandigarh, June 21
A number of parents have urged the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, to direct the Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University to change the date of entrance test for bachelor of education ( B. Ed) scheduled to be held on July 1.

B.Ed. entrance test admit cards
Chandigarh, June 21
Admit cards for candidates appearing in the B Ed entrance examination scheduled for June 26 have been despatched by Panjab University, an official press release said here today.

First college of rehabilitation sciences likely
Chandigarh, June 21
The first-ever college of rehabilitation sciences is to be set up in Haryana in collaboration with the Rehabilitation Council of India and Pittsburgh University, USA.

City boy for Biology Olympiad
Chandigarh, June 21
It has been a remarkable feat by a city student. Preet Pal Singh, a Class XII pass out from DAV College, Sector 10, has been chosen as one of the four students from India to participate in the International Biology Olympiad to be held at Brussels (Belgium) from July 7 to 15.

PUSU organises dharna
Chandigarh, June 21
Members of the Panjab University Students Union yesterday staged a protest dharna in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s office demanding copies of the result gazettes at the help counters of the student organisations.

NCC’s national integration camp
Chandigarh, June 21
A 10-day national integration camp of National Cadet Corps’ girls division began at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya here yesterday. As many as 740 NCC girls from the senior and junior wings from all over the country are attending the camp.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Two SHOs ordered to appear in court
Chandigarh, June 21
In a case filed by a daughter seeking protection and registration of a first information report against her father and other respondents for their alleged involvement in the reported murder of her brother, Mr Justice R.L. Anand of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered the Station House Officers of Police Station Moga and Samalsar to be personally present in the court for explaining “as to why they were failing in their duties to protect the lives and liberty of the applicants”.

• Auction of rice stayed
• Student allowed to take paper
• Reservation of seat

BHATNAGAR CASE
Removal of court member disallowed
Chandigarh, June 21
Little headway was made in the General Court Martial trying Major Maneesh Bhatnagar today as the proceedings remained confined to deciding the fate of the defence submission seeking the removal of a court member for “publicly paying respects” to a court witness, Major-Gen V.S. Budhwar.

Adulterated food at District Courts Chandigarh, June 21 A complaint by a member of the District Bar Association about the contaminated food allegedly being served at the canteen of the district courts today led to a raid by the inspectors of the Food and Civil Supply Department, UT Administration. But they were unable to draw any sample because the owner of the canteen managed to flee from the scene.

CULTURE

Lukewarm response to music programme
Chandigarh, June 21
‘Fete de la Musique’, a function organised to mark the Music Day celebrations at Shantikunj here this evening drew a lukewarm response.

Abstract paintings on display Chandigarh, June 21 Impact of the outer world in pushing the innerworld to the background in real life is deeply explored in the exhibition of paintings by Monika Grover which was inaugurated at the IndusInd Bank Art Gallery here today. A visitor admires a painting at an exhibition in IndusInd Art Gallery, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

No character, no story, but a powerful play
Chandigarh, June 21
Badal Sircar’s ‘Bhoma’, which was staged at the first Alternative Theatre Festival in Alliance Fransaise here today, was a powerful show of human conditions.

Confident and ready to experiment Chandigarh, June 21 Sukhbir appears to be a serious person, contrary to his image of “cool guy with dark shades”. After being on the top of the ‘bhangra’ pop hit lists for about six years, he is now all set to experiment with Gurbani and Hindi pop. Sukhbir and Mohini Singh address a press conference in a Sector 35 hotel in Chandigarh on Thursday.  — Photo Parvesh Chauhan

‘Allocate funds for cultural activities’
SAS Nagar, June 21
The local Sabhyacharak Sangharsh Committee has sought the allocation of 4 per cent of the Municipal Council budget for cultural, literary and theatrical activities.

HEALTH

DHS planning surprise checks on chemists
Chandigarh, June 21
To put a check on indiscriminate sale of cough syrup containing codeine — an intoxicating element — by city chemists, the local Director of Health Services, Dr Rameshwar Chander, is planning to conduct surprise checks on chemists.

Training workshop for ESI officials
Chandigarh, June 21
A two-day training programme on prevention and control of AIDS and HIV in India was organised by the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) for its nodal officers in the region here.

Nurses’ body flays transfer
SAS Nagar, June 21
The Punjab Nurses Association has criticised the action of the authorities concerned in transferring a staff nurse from the local Civil Hospital to a rural hospital in the Morinda area.

ADMINISTRATION

Admn shows bias in issuing notices
Chandigarh, June 21
The Chandigarh Administration which stands to recover a whopping Rs 37 crore from certain members of the public is also playing favourites when it comes to issuing notices to people. At least actions of the staff dealing with various files are questionable.

Streetlight privatisation is on
SAS Nagar, June 21
The Municipal Council here has been given the go-ahead for the privatisation of streetlights service in the town.

Deadline extended

20 rehris impounded