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Servant clubs woman to death, kills self
Panchkula, April 30
In a bizzare incident, the wife of a Haryana Civil Service officer was clubbed to death by her servant, who later shot himself with the licenced revolver of the officer at the latter's residence in Sector 15 this evening.

The SP, Panchkula, Mr Ranbir Singh, examines the blood-stained floor of the Sector 15 residence of HCS officer Bhoop Singh Bishnoi, whose wife Sudesh Bala Bishnoi was clubbed to death by her servant, who later shot himself on Wednesday. — Photo Pawan Sharma

Now another girl commits suicide
Chandigarh, April 30
The spate of suicides in the city continued with yet another girl reportedly committing suicide by consuming some poisonous substance. The 20-year-old Chandra, a resident of Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26, consumed celphos late this evening when she was alone in her house.

Helpline on suicides proposed
Chandigarh, April 30
Have a 24-hour helpline where children with suicidal tendencies and undergoing stress can call up; the media should not glamourise such deaths with graphic details and schools have to be more accountable and handed over more responsibility in handling such cases.

• Seminar on suicides

Tubewell equipment ‘stolen' from PGI
Chandigarh, April 30
Expensive equipment used in tubewells was reportedly stolen under mysterious circumstances from the store of the Waterworks Department in the PGI here. The equipment, weighing around five quintals, was stolen from a locked building of the Public Health Wing.

Sweepers meet MC officials, to continue stir
Chandigarh, April 30
The agitating sweepers and the Municipal Corporation, which have been on a warpath for the past eight days over the privatisation of sanitation, today came to the negotiating table.

B.Ed (correspondence) course for regular teachers only
Chandigarh, April 30
Only regular teachers with over two years of teaching experience can apply for the Bachelor of Education(B Ed) course announced by the Department of Correspondence Studies, Panjab University, from the forthcoming academic session.

Cops to get tough with black film users
Chandigarh, April 30
Persons who have been permitted by the Chandigarh police to use black films on car windows will now have to adhere to the conditions of visibility in accordance with the provision laid down under the Central Motor Vehicles.

BSNL introduces new tariff plan
Chandigarh, April 30
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has introduced a new tariff plan, which will become effective from May 1. Despite TRAI’s decision to introduce inter-connectivity user charge (ICUC) regime, BSNL will continue with the same pulse rates and monthly rental, said Mr R.C. Vaish, Principal General Manager, BSNL, Chandigarh SDCA, here today.

LPG distributors’ strike today
Chandigarh, April 30
LPG Distributors, Chandigarh, at a meeting here today announced that it would observe a strike tomorrow and the future course of action would be decided after that. There would be no delivery of LPG cylinders tomorrow.

COMMUNITY

Capt Tomar’s body brought home
Panchkula, April 30
The body of Capt K.P Tomar who died in a copter crash at Preeni village near Manali on Tuesday was brought at his residence in Sector 11 here late this evening.

Truck rams into pole, 6 vehicles damaged
Chandigarh, April 30
A truck rammed into an electric pole damaging two scooters, a motor cycle and three cars in the Industrial Area, Phase-II here, this evening. However, no one has been reported injured.

A truck rammed into an electric pole damaging two scooters, a motor cycle and three cars in Industrial Area, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan

MC ‘accepts’ mistake, to issue bills again
Chandigarh, April 30
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh has decided to rectify the water bills charged on commercial rates from at least 1,000 residents of the Milk Colony of Dhanas village.

• 87.5 lakh cut from MC grant

IN FOCUS
Use of intoxicants on the rise in Kharar
Heroin, smack, opium easily available
Kharar, April 30
Widespread use of intoxicants in this town and its surrounding villages has become a cause for concern. Even more disturbing is that youngsters are increasingly getting hooked on to intoxicants.

Nothing aristocratic about drinking, say worried parents about their children.

Cows’ deaths: BJP, Cong trade charges
Chandigarh, April 30
The Congress and the BJP yesterday locked horns on reported deaths of cows at the Sector 45 gaushala, accusing each other of “ignoring the mother cow.”

Deaths of Prof Thakur, TVL condoled
Chandigarh, April 30
The Chandigarh Journalists Association held a condolence meeting here today to mourn the death of veteran journalism teacher, Prof B.S. Thakur and Mr T.V. Laxminarayan, Special Correspondent The Tribune.

Handicapped to begin relay fast
Chandigarh, April 30
Frustrated at the harassment at the hands of the officialdom, the handicapped youth will start a relay fast on May 1.

PF facility for employees
Chandigarh, April 30
In order to extend the facility of provident fund to maximum number of employees a special drive was launched in February and March to bring the eligible establishments under the purview of the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.

Workshop on ‘water... elixir of life’
Chandigarh April, 30
With water-borne diseases like cholera and jaundice taking an epidemic form in the summers, YWCA today organised a workshop jointly with Punjab State Council for Science and Technology on the theme ‘Water... elixir of life’.

Residents’ body thanks MP for grant
Chandigarh, April 30
The Welfare Association of the MIG (I) Houses of Sector 40-C has thanked Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, MP, for giving a Rs 2 lakh grant for the development of two community parks in the sector.

EATING OUT
Romance with candle-lit dinner
Chandigarh, April 30
You can win a man's heart through his stomach. The romance of food and love is age-old. Who would know this better than a restaurateur? Cashing in on this sentiment this summer is Hotel Sunbeam, Sector 22.

SAVE SUKHNA
Need to construct pucca channel
To save the Sukhna lake there is a need to construct a pucca channel or drain which is fairly deep and wide along the foothills of the Shivaliks, behind the lake.

EDUCATION

Pre-vocational courses to begin this session
Chandigarh, April 30
Six years after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) introduced pre-vocational courses for students of Classes IX and X, the UT Education Department has finally decided to start these courses in city schools, it is learnt.

DAV movement branches out into villages
Chandigarh, April 30
The DAV movement, which was so far primarily confined to the towns and cities of the country, is now branching out into the villages as well.

DAV School opens in SAS Nagar
SAS Nagar, April 30
The new building of DAV Public School, here, was inaugurated today by Mr Gyan Prakash Chopra, President, DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi. A havan was performed by Mr Chopra at ceremony organised to mark the occasion.

Plea to withdraw varsity fee hike
Chandigarh, April 30
The Students Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) today demanded that the 10 per cent hike in the university fee should be withdrawn immediately.

Dev Samaj college annual function
Chandigarh, April 30
The annual prize distribution function of Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36 was held here today in which 53 prizes for academic excellence and 130 prizes for achievements in sports and co-curricular activities were given away.

Girls of Dev Samaj College of Education perform at their annual prize distribution function at the CSIO auditorium in Sector 30, Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

M.Sc I students’ complaint
Chandigarh, April 30
The Panjab University Campus Students’ Council in a press note issued here today said the mathematics paper in M Sc I in the ongoing annual examination had several questions which did not conform to the existing pattern.

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HIGH COURT
Ranjit Bajaj held guilty, released on probation
Chandigarh, April 30
After holding Ranjit Bajaj — son of Punjab IAS couple Bharat and Rupan Deol Bajaj — guilty in a contempt of court case, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed his release on probation.

Rathore did not visit CIA Centre: cops
Patiala, April 30
Haryana Police officials today while deposing in a local court in the Ruchika Gilhotra molestation case, said former state DGP S.P.S. Rathore had never visited the Panchkula CIA Centre with regard to cases of robbery registered against Ashu Gilhotra, brother of Ruchika.

Bid on Saini’s life: 6 issued notices
Chandigarh, April 30
Six persons, including Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, who was sentenced to death penalty for his involvement in the assassination bid on Mr Manjinder Singh Bitta, former president of the All-India Youth Congress, were today issued notice by a local court for their alleged involvement in carrying out a blast in the city to eliminate former UT SSP Sumedh Singh Saini.

DISTRICT COURTS
Judicial remand for excise Inspector
Chandigarh, April 30
Sanauwlha Khan, an Inspector in the UT Excise and Taxation Department who had been arrested by the CBI for accepting a bribe, was today remanded in judicial custody by a local court. Khan was produced in the court of the UT Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr C.L Mohal, who remanded him in judicial custody till May 14.

• Challan filed against CA
• 6-month RI for assault

Judge retires
Chandigarh, April 30
Notes of the bugle floated in the air as Mr Justice R.C. Kathuria of the Punjab and Haryana High Court was given a warm send-off following his retirement upon attaining the age of superannuation.