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Girls outshine boys in CBSE Class XII exam
Bhavan Vidyalaya’s Akhilesh, Kriti among toppers
Chandigarh, May 23
Bhavan Vidyalaya’s Akhilesh Gupta and international skater Kriti Puri brought laurels to their school by topping the non-medical and medical streams of the Class XII Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination, scoring 95.2 per cent and 92 per cent, respectively. The results were declared by the CBSE here today.


How the CBSE toppers tasted success

CBSE Class XII toppers: Kriti Puri (medical), Akhilesh Gupta (non-medical) Dipti Gupta (commerce) and Inderdeep Kaur (arts) with their parents after announcement of the result on Monday.
— Tribune photos by Pradeep Tewari

Yukti Sharma is Panchkula topper
Panchkula, May 23
Yukti Sharma of Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, topped the district with 94 per cent marks in the Class XII CBSE examination in the commerce stream.

Charanpreet tops in commerce stream
Mohali, May 23
“Every student should work hard in both Class XI and XII in order to achieve success in Class XII examinations,” said Harveen Kaur, a student of Shivalik Public School here, who topped in the medical stream of Class XII examination of the CBSE. Vikas Sheel Rana, another student of Shivalik Public School has topped in the non-medical stream with 86.6 per cent marks.

Not just a topper
Chandigarh, May 23
She's is better than toppers, having to her credit something extra-ordinary which makes her a star amidst the best. Like other achievers, she too has toiled and laboured to come out with flying colours, doing not only her parents proud but also her teachers and school.

Cinema hall stops film’s screening
Panchkula, May 23
Suraj Theatre, the only cinema hall in the region that was showing the controversial film, “Jo Bole So Nihal”, has stopped screening the film following the blasts at two cineplexes in Delhi last night and the threat perception here.

Headless body found in Industrial Area
Chandigarh, May 23
A headless body of an unidentified man was found near the railway track (under construction) in the Industrial Area phase I here this morning. The severed head of the victim was lying about 10 metres away from the spot.

Houses burgled
Panchkula, May 23
Thieves broke into two houses in Sector 4 and 21 and decamped with valuables and cash worth lakhs of rupees in broad day- light here today. The thieves struck at the house of Mr MP Sharma, a lecturer in SD College in Chandigarh, this morning.

Stay on ‘Jo Bole So Nihaal’ declined
Chandigarh, May 23
Taking up a bunch of petitions, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today declined to stay "Jo Bole So Nihaal." The petitioners included a member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the Sikh Students' Federation.

World War II veterans being approached for campaign medals

Chandigarh, May 23 A few days ago, an ex-gunner at Ropar who had fought and had been wounded on foreign soil during the Second World War, received a telephone call from a stranger offering him Rs 500 for his campaign medals. The Victoria Cross and other medals awarded to Subedar-Major Agansing Rai, which were auctioned in London recently for £115,000.

Rainwater harvesting scripts a success story

CHANDIGARH: Coordinated efforts of scientists and residents of Mandhala village have scripted a success story which is worth emulating for other villages in the region. A pond in Mandhala village in Kasauli tehsil that is being used for rainwater harvesting.

CHANDIGARH CALLING A sunshine shower won’t last half an hour is how the old adage goes but 30 minutes of rain in the city on Saturday helped in providing the chill pill that was much needed. It was a treat indeed when the short but heavy showers drenched the people. In fact, people enjoyed the mid-summer bath and the cool breeze that followed. The weather gods seem kindly disposed indeed to the city folk.

COMMUNITY

Police torture allegation: probe ordered
Chandigarh, May 23
The Inspector General of Police, Chandigarh, Mr Satish Chandra today directed the SP Headquarters to conduct a probe into the matter of alleged police torture of Brijpal. Brijpal, who was admitted to General Hospital, Sector 16, yesterday alleged that he was picked by policemen from Sector 24 police post and was locked up there and tortured.

Call from Bijnore creates a flutter
Chandigarh, May 23
A 62 year old woman led the Chandigarh police on a mystery trail today. Hailing from Najibabad in western Uttar Pradesh, Ms Nirmala Devi’s case, created a flutter this morning when the SSP of Bijnore (UP) called up the Chandigarh police saying someone was trying to take out Ms Nirmala Devi’s kidneys in Chandigarh.

Fauji Beat
Punjab no more India’s sword arm

There was a time when Punjab was known as the sword arm of India because it was contributing a large share of its youth towards the Army. After the government made the policy recruiting manpower from states on their population basis, Punjab’s share went down. The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, attends the Sainik Sammelan of 15 Punjab (1 Patiala) on the 300th anniversary of the unit.

CRIME

Woman dies as car collides with tanker

Chandigarh, May 23 A 75 year old woman, died in a road accident within minutes of attending her maternal granddaughter’s wedding here this afternoon. Gurdeep Kaur, hailing from Saharanpur died on the spot when the Wagon R in which she was travelling collided with an oil tanker from behind. The wreckage of the Wagon R car being lifted from the accident site near the Tribune chowk in Chandigarh on Monday evening . — A Tribune photograph

Car, motorcycle stolen; house burgled
Chandigarh, May 23
A car and a motorcycle were stolen from the city, the local police said this in a pressnote here, today. Lieut-Col, Y.S. Yadav, a resident of Sector 15, Panchkula, reported to the police that his Maruti car (DL-2-CE-1637) was stolen near Fun Republic on the night of May 21.

Unemployment drives 17-yr-old to suicide
Panchkula, May 23
Frustrated over his unemployment, a 17-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his residence in Mahamayee Colony in Sector 4 late last night.

BUSINESS

• Showroom opened in Mohali
• Biz Clips

EDUCATION

PU to change norms for affiliation
Chandigarh, May 23
Taking a tough stand on granting affiliation to the new colleges, Panjab University’s committee headed by the Registrar, Prof Paramjit Singh, has decided to make changes in the affiliation guidelines.

COURTS

Proceedings in case against Bhatti stayed
Chandigarh, May 23
The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr BK Mehta, has stayed the further proceedings by a lower court in a case related to the alleged hurting of religious sentiments of Hindus by noted comedian and president of the Nonsense Club Jaspal Bhatti.

LEISURE

Honing English language skills
A three-day UGC-sponsored national seminar on “English teaching in the 21st century: methodologies and techniques” started at Dev Samaj college, Sector 36, in Chandigarh on Monday.

Workshops galore
Summer vacations began with a series of workshops at the Saint Soldiers Convent School here in Mohali on Monday. The workshops would continue till May 28 and are aimed to hone skills and talent of the staff of the school.

Tips on effective teaching
A workshop on effective ways of teaching was conducted for teachers at New India Public School in Panchkula on Monday. Ms Sangeeta Sharma, a consultant, Special Education, guided participants on ways the teaching fraternity should adopt for diverse learners.

Fitness workshop for children A three-week fitness workshop that introduces children to healthy lifestyle is being organised at Planet Fitness in association with the Go Bananas Kids Club in Chandigarh. Students of DAV Public School, Sector-8, Chandigarh, at a summer workshop on dance on the school premises on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Tress Lounge celebrates anniversary

L’Oreal Tress Lounge, celebrated its second anniversary in Chandigarh on Monday. Talking about the latest colour trends, Ahmed of the lounge said, “Earlier, people would experimentless and would stick to basic colours like red, mahogany, blonde or copper. Models from Delhi show haircuts during the fashion show to celebrate the second anniversary of Tress Lounge at Sector 8 in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

ISKCON celebrates appearance day
The local chapter of ISKCON celebrated the appearance day of Lord Narsimha, an incarnation of Lord Krishna, at Hare Krishna Dham, Sector 36-B, in Chandigarh on Monday. A large number of devotees thronged the temple, according to H.G. Nand Maharaj Das, co-president.

SPORTS

Students take to sports during vacation

Chandigarh, May 23 Various schools in the city and nearby areas have now started making optimum use of summer vacation by providing children of opportunities to remain busy. Earlier, the activities were limited only to cultural, art and craft sections. The latest trend is to throw open sports activities to the children of other schools also and in multi disciplines under the supervision of coaches. Children taking part in sports activities : basketball being played at The Gurukul, Sector 20, Panchkula — A Tribune photograph

Chandigarh restrict Ludhiana
Mohali, May 23
With his fine bowling spell (6 for 21) Gaurav Gambhir of Chandigarh District restricted Ludhiana District to 285 runs in the first match of Punjab State Inter-District U-19 Tournament for Dhruv Pandove Trophy at Punjab Cricket Association grounds here today.

RSFI chief for sports centre in UT
Chandigarh, May 23
“We are serious to start a sports centre exclusively for roller skating in Chandigarh which will basically be a centre of excellence.” This was revealed by Mr Pradeep Ganeriwal, president of the Roller Skating Federation of India (RSFI) while talking to this reporter yesterday.

Prikshat retains carrom title
Chandigarh, May 23
Prikshat Vashisht of Bhavan Vidyalya, Sector 15, Panchkula retained the sub-junior boys title in the first RK Babuta Memorial Prize Money Ranking Carrom Tournament yesterday in Saupin’s School, Sector 9, Panchkula.

Karate team
Chandigarh, May 23
The Chandigarh karate team has been selected for the ninth National Karate Championship to be held at Chennai from May 26 to 29.

Yamini, Mandeep corner glory

ADMINISTRATION

600 cops for sensitive UT spots
Chandigarh, May 23
The UT police has beefed up security in and around the cinema halls, public places and bus stands after the recent incidents of blasts in Delhi. Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, SSP Gaurav Yadav said as many as 250 under-training recruits would be pressed into service as a security measure.