CRIME

Man cheated of Rs 1.50 lakh
Chandigarh, June 4
Mr Sanjeev Kumar, a resident of Pinjore, reported to the police that Mohan Dass, Blossom Society, Sector 48, had cheated him of Rs 1.50 lakh. Mohan Dass had taken the money for sending Sanjeev abroad but he neither kept his promise nor returned the money.

BUSINESS

Demand for air-conditioners up
Chandigarh, June 4
With the temperature touching 44°C, the demand for air-conditioners and refrigerators has picked up in the city and surrounding towns. Dealers claim that the easy availability of financing schemes and zero per cent interest schemes have fuelled the demand for these.

MARKET PULSE
Linen range launched
Chandigarh, June 4
Arrow has announced the launch of a new range of linen: a wide range covering cotton-linen and 100 per cent linen (solids and yard dyed checks).

EDUCATION

PU to have working women hostel
Chandigarh, June 4
Adding to the list of existing facilities on the campus, Panjab University will soon have hostel facilities for working women. The hostel has been primarily earmarked for the staff of the non-teaching wing. In addition, the hostel will also provide day-care facilities for children of the staff during duty hours.

ABVP protest against proposed fee hike Chandigarh, June 4 Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad today burnt an effigy symbolising Panjab University, Punjab Government and the UT Administration for having ‘ambiguous stand regarding the proposed fee hike’. Activists of the ABVP burn an effigy of the Punjab Government and Panjab University in protest against the proposed fee hike in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Summer workshops conclude Chandigarh, June 4 The blazing heat has failed to dampen the spirits of students keen to utilise the summer vacations for a meaningful purpose. Summer workshops being organised by two city schools, which concluded here today, received an encouraging response from children and parents. Students of Ajit Karam Singh International Public School look at items prepared by them on the concluding day of a summer workshop organised at the school on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Young Achiever
Success is his middle name 
When an English daily started “Quest Milestone”, a science contest, little did it realise that something so valuable would come out of it. Divyanshoo Rai Kohli, a plus two student of DAV School, Sector 8, turned this opportunity into a milestone in his life, not only by standing first among 33,000 contestants but also by making his scrap book so outstanding that the Department of Science and Technology, UT, Chandigarh, agreed to publish it. The book is likely to hit the market soon.

COURTS

DISTRICT COURTS
Babbu Mann fined Rs 1,000
Chandigarh, June 4
A local court today imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on singer Babbu Mann for his failure to appear in court in a case filed against him by two city residents, who have sought a ban on the public performance of his song “Chak lau revolver rifle kabja laina hai”.

Warrant issued against Bhardwaj again
Chandigarh, June 4
Acting on a CBI plea, a local court today again issued a non-bailable warrant against suspended UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class) S.S. Bhardwaj in a corruption case registered against him by the CBI. The warrant against Mr Bhardwaj was issued by UT Chief Judicial Magistrate C.L Mohal till June 8.

CULTURE

Most models want to join films

SAS Nagar, June 4 “I want to go in for films now as a number of young directors have entered the film world and are coming out with good movies and, moreover, models are going in for acting these days,” said Mehar Bhasin, one of the top models, who was in the town here today. Models, who are all set to participate in a NIIFT design collection show on Thursday, pose for a photograph at a press conference in SAS Nagar on Wednesday. — Photo Parvesh Chauhan

Bharatanatyam workshop by Suchitra Mitra
Chandigarh, June 4
A composite capsule of Bharatanatyam is what famous danseuse Suchitra Mitra is offering to her disciples during a 25-day workshop. The workshop includes history of Bharatanatyam, Sanskrit shlokas, customs and traditions of its birth place which is so alien to youngsters here, apart from the basics of Bharatanatyam.

HEALTH

Red Cross help for orthopaedic patients
Chandigarh, June 4
To help patients procure genuine implants for orthopaedic surgery at reasonable rates, the Chandigarh branch of the Indian Red Cross Society has sanctioned Rs 5 lakh to the Orthopaedics Department at Government Medical College and Hospital.

SPORTS

Administration to run cricket in UT
Chandigarh, June 4
The Chandigarh Administration will henceforth have a major say in running the cricketing affairs in the Union Territory following Monday’s meeting at Kolkata between senior functionaries of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and government officials from 11 states and union territories where the game of cricket is not “very popular”.

Netball gaining ground in India
Chandigarh, June 4
Netball is a new sport to majority of the people in the country. But if we go back to the origin of the game, this game was introduced for women nearly 120 years ago.

ADMINISTRATION

Admn okays plan to beautify berms
Chandigarh, June 4
A high-level meeting of the Chandigarh Administration today approved a plan to entrust the beautification of all berms in the city to various developmental agencies without any charge. These agencies will develop and maintain the berms at their own expense and the Administration will allow them to put up their advertisements on a board of a specified size. In each sector, four boards have been allowed on both sides of the road at a distance of 200 metres each.

• One bus for all of us: Verma

72 lakh for parks’ beautification
Chandigarh, June 4
The Environment and City Beautification Committee of the Municipal Corporation here today passed around Rs 72 lakh worth of proposals for the improvement of parks in the city.

End CLS, say FCI employees
Chandigarh, June 4
Demanding the abolition of the Contract Labour System (CLS) in the food procurement agencies and the withdrawal of anti-labour policies, the Food Corporation of India Workers’ Union, affiliated to the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) today staged a massive dharna in front of the FCI office in Sector 17.

Two power purchase pacts signed
Chandigarh, June 4
In order to meet the demand of electricity in the summer months, the Chandigarh Administration today signed two power purchase agreements with the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to purchase 15 MW electricity in the long run. The agreement was signed at the UT Secretariat.