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UT Admn sits on its order for 41 yrs
Use of residential portions in SCFs
Chandigarh, June 12
It has taken the Chandigarh Administration 41 years to implement an order passed for the benefit of city residents. In the intervening period, residents were harassed as officials of the Administration themselves preferred to ignore the order as it provided tremendous clout.

Councillors’ proposal rejected
Chandigarh, June 12
The Congress and the BJP here today had to swallow a bitter pill as despite their opposition, the Municipal Corporation did not allow the carry forward of previous councillors’ funds.

PU to study cross-border developments
Chandigarh, June 12
Taking serious note of the cross-border developments in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and central Asia, Panjab University is planning to create a “Centre for Study in Mid-West and Central Asia”.

Shifting of PGI enquiry leaves people puzzled Chandigarh, June 12 This is the shifting of a public facility lock, stock and barrel, PGI style. One fine day, it was decided that the decades-old enquiry counter of the PGI, visited daily by more than a thousand people, be shifted to another destination without informing anyone.
The entry point to the PGI Emergency, which is also now the new PGI enquiry counter. A person is seen arguing with a security guard for accessing basic information. — Tribune photo Parvesh Chauhan

Property transfer cases pile up
SAS Nagar, June 12
About 300 cases relating to the transfer of plots and houses are awaiting clearance at the PUDA Estate Office here with the authorities stating that the transfer of property under the earlier policy has now been stopped.

Tenants land landlord in soup
Chandigarh, June 12
A landlord owning a commercial building in Sector 46 has been booked for theft of power which was being allegedly consumed by his tenants, all because the power connection is supposed to be in his own name.

Creating waves, Anil Kapoor style Chandigarh, June 12 Anil Kapoor’s charms never seem to fail him. And as one gets a close glimpse of the star, one wonders if four decades have actually passed by him. Notwithstanding the years of struggle and success Anil Kapoor has seen, he commanded as much of public attention today as he did in 1983 when as a young star of “Woh saat din”, he walked into a million hearts.

STAR ATTRACTION: Anil Kapoor was the cynosure of all eyes on the occasion of promotion of his first film production “Badhai ho Badhai” at Hotel Mountview in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan

Man’s body found
Chandigarh, June 12
In less than a fortnight, yet another unidentified man was found murdered on a vacant plot between Mauli Jagron colony and the railway station here this morning. The victim was believed to be hit on face with some heavy object and his right ear was also found partially damaged.

COMMUNITY

Safety awareness programme held
SAS Nagar, June 12

A safety awareness programme was organised by the local police in Phase VIII here today. Under the programme reflectors were got fixed on a large number of vehicles like autorickshaws, tractor- trailers, school buses, trucks and rickshaws. This was being done under the instructions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Mr H.S. Bhullar, DSP, adjusts a reflector on a rickshaw in SAS Nagar on Wednesday.

BJP seeks higher power share
Chandigarh, June 12
The local unit of the BJP has demanded from the Union Power Minister, Mr Suresh P. Prabhu, 3.5 per cent of power share out of the Bhakra Beas Management Board pool of electricity.

Milkfed gets media-savvy
Chandigarh, June 12
Punjab Milkfed, manufacturer of the well-known Verka brand of milk and milk products, is going media-savvy. For the first time it has launched an aggressive promotional drive called ‘Verka crossroads scratch and win campaign’ in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula.

Defaulters’ phone lines to be cut
Chandigarh, June 12
Mr R.C.Vaish, Principal General Manager, BSNL, Chandigarh, in a press note issued here today informed that the telephone connections of those subscribers who have failed to make payments for bills issued on April 19, would be disconnected on June 17.

Religious fervour marks nagar kirtan
Chandigarh, June 12

Devotees marched through city streets during the nagar kirtan held today to observe the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev. The procession started from Ram Darbar, Phase I, and concluded at Sector 23 gurdwara after passing through Tribune Chowk, Sector 29 market, Sector 30, Sector 28, Sector 27, Sector 20 ,Sector 21and Sector 22. A view of the nagar kirtan procession being taken out to observe the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Plot holders resent PUDA’s decision
SAS Nagar, June 12
A number of plot allottees, who were issued completion certificates by the estate office of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority in December 2000, have expressed resentment over the decision of the authorities to charge extension fee from the plot holders without examining each case.

Dr Virat Dhir is no more
Chandigarh, June 12
Dr Virat Chand Dhir, the city’s oldest and perhaps seniormost and most respected consultant in dentistry, died at Fortis Institute following an unsuccessful heart surgery this afternoon. He was 66.

• Delimitation work begins

• MC issues notices to landlords

• IT office shifted

• Process to issue driving licences simplified

• Four file nominations

• Kajheri is market committee chief

• Cash awards for cops’ wards

CRIME

Rehri-owners booked for creating chaos
Panchkula, June 12
The police today arrested nine rehari-owners under Section 283 of the IPC for creating congestion in Sector 7 here. Hari Prasad, Ram Bhulaya and Shalesh Kumar of Mauli Jagran, Sunil, Roda and Salim of Indira Colony in Chandigarh, Ashok Kumar of Sector 15 of Panchkula, Dawod and Dheerpal of Bapu Dham colony, Chandigarh, were arrested for creating chaos in the Sector 7 market by parking their mango-laden rehris.

Woman hospitalised with 40 pc burns
SAS Nagar, June 12
A young married woman sustained burn injuries after an attempt on her life in Sohana village, near here, today. According to the police, the victim, Kulwinder Kaur, was rushed to the PGI, Chandigarh, with about 40 per cent burn injuries.

BUSINESS

PNB’s mid-corporate branch opened

Chandigarh, June 12 Mr S.S. Kohli, Chairman and Managing Director, Punjab National Bank, inaugurated the first mid-corporate branch of the bank, here today. This branch, opened at PNB House, Sector 17, would exclusively cater to the borrowers requiring aggregate credit limit above Rs 3.5 crore. Mr S.S. Kohli, Chairman and Managing Director, Punjab National Bank, inaugurates the first mid-corporate branch of the bank in Chandigarh on Wednesday.

EDUCATION

Impressive display by kids Chandigarh, June 12 A three-week-long summer workshop organised by the Indian Council For Child Welfare, concluded here today at Bal Bhavan, sector 23 . As many as 30 children, who had participated in this workshop, gave a scintillating display of their abilities. Jaspal Bhatti interacts with children on the concluding day of the summer workshop at Bal Bhavan, Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.

Red Cross units mooted in colleges
Chandigarh, June 12
Red Cross units will be set up in colleges in association with NSS cadets in Punjab to carry out Red Cross activities across the state. This was stated by Dr C.L. Narang, Director NSS, Panjab University, while addressing a meeting of the secretaries of the district Red Cross branches of Punjab held here today.

Panjab varsity students stage dharna

Chandigarh, June 12 Girls of Sarojini Hostel Panjab University, staged a dharna today protest against the “strict measures” of the hostel warden. The dharna was backed by the Students Organisation of Panjab University. Mr Harveer Singh, president of SOPU, said, “a girl who received a call in the hostel was asked to disclose the caller’s identity which was not fair. Supporters of the Students Organisation of Panjab University protest against the hostel warden of Sarojini Hall in front of her room on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

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• Students take part in workshop

DTC seeks release of Lahore bus
Chandigarh, June 12
Reacting to the attachment order of the Lahore bus (in which Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had visited Lahore in 1999), passed by a local court recently, the DTC authorities today moved a plea seeking release orders of the bus.

• Legal notice to Jaspal Bhatti

‘Unsafe injection practices claim 21 million victims every year’
Chandigarh, June 12
Scientists have finally come up with a solution to the problem of deadly infections spread by recycled syringes: auto-disable syringes. It has been hailed as a major technological breakthrough in the history of medical devices as auto-disable syringe cannot be reused after the first use and any attempt to reuse the syringe leads to the breaking of the plunger.

PCMS docs’ plea to minister
Chandigarh, June 12
Dr T.C. Malhan, President of the Doctors’ Forum and special invitee of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, along with representatives of PCMS doctors of 1997-1998 batch met Choudhry Jagjit Singh, Cabinet Minister, Punjab, here today.

SPORTS

Dr Chadha’s tips to budding cricketers

Chandigarh, June 12 The regular trainees attending the summer cricket coaching camp at the Sector 19 Govt Senior Secondary School could not have asked for more. Amongst them this morning was Dr Ravinder Chadha, a former physio therapist of the Indian cricket team. Dr Ravinder Chadha exercises with the exercise tube as trainee cricketers watch at Govt Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, coaching camp in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Neha, Isha enter semis in tennis
Chandigarh, June 12
Neha Singh and Isha Toor entered into the last four of the AITA North Zone Ranking Tennis Tournament played at the tennis stadium, Sector 10, here today. In other matches of the section, Taskeen Bains and Simmer also entered semifinals.

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