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Cheques bounce despite funds
Chandigarh, May 26
A cheque-bounce, despite the fact that you have enough funds in your account, may leave you high and dry and of course wondering as to what went wrong. It entails a lot of troubles like you paying the returning charges, your money rotting in the bank and above all the agony of a sullied reputation (or jail if the man who didn't get his money decides to sue you).

Inter-state gang of car thieves busted
Chandigarh, May 26
The police busted a gang of inter-state car thieves and arrested the kingpin, Gurjit Singh Chandokh, a resident of Sector 38-C. The police recovered three cars from his possession. He was produced before the Duty Magistrate who remanded him in police custody till May 31.
Gurjit Singh Chandokh, kingpin of an inter-state gang of car thieves, in police custody Chandigarh Gurjit Singh Chandokh, kingpin of an inter-state gang of car thieves, in police custody Chandigarh on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph








EARLIER STORIES

 

MNC in tax net
Chandigarh, May 26
Are multinational companies circumventing laws to evade taxes?
If notice served on a major electronic goods company, which has a warehouse on the periphery of Chandigarh, is any indication, certain companies have been looking for ways and means of offering incentives to consumers at the cost of the state exchequer.

Officials inspect slaughterhouse
Supply of substandard meat
Chandigarh, May 26
The Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park (Chhat Bir Zoo) authorities today sent a team of zoo staffers to verify the facts related to the supply of meat of dead animals by a Saharanpur-based meat contractor, for the consumption of zoo animals.

Coca Cola bottler penalised for poor quality
Panchkula, May 26
The District Consumer Forum, Panchkula, has directed Kandhari Beverages, bottler of the Coca Cola company, and Shivam Bakers and Confectioners, Kalka, to pay a compensation of Rs 50,000 for supplying fungus-infested and muddy cold drinks to a Kalka resident.

Sukhna storage capacity goes down by 1 pc
Chandigarh, May 26
In what may be seen as an alarming fact, the fast depleting Sukhna Lake lost about 1 per cent of its storage capacity during the last monsoon due to the silt coming down the Shivaliks. The lake lost 41.78-acre feet of its storage capacity.

Special Story
High Court grants relief to Majors-General
Chandigarh, May 26
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today granted relief to Majors-General who were drawing pension less than the subordinate rank of Brigadier. With this, the pension of dozens of Majors-General, who had retired prior to January 1996, is set to be enhanced.

 
COMMUNITY


Government school contractual teachers hold a candlelight protest in Sector 17, Chandigarh
Government school contractual teachers hold a candlelight protest in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

MDC booths cleared of encroachers
Panchkula, May 26
Booths in Mansa Devi Complex occupied illegally by beggars and shopkeepers selling wares were today cleared of encroachments by the Enforcement wing of the Haryana Urban Development Authority.

Pilgrims hurt in collision
Panchkula, May 26
As many as 12 pilgrims were injured, eight seriously, when a tourist bus in which they were travelling, had a head-on collision with a truck on the Panchkula-Naraingarh highway in ITBP Training Centre in Bhanu village in the wee hours today.

Army Aviation’s 14 Flight wins best flying trophy
Chandigarh, May 26
Based on operational proficiency and flight safety achievements, Army Aviation Corps’ 14 Recce and Observation Flight has been adjudged as the best flying unit in the Western Command Zone for the year 2004-05.

Pubs, discos now open till 2 a.m.
Chandigarh, May 26
Restaurants, pubs, discos and clubs can now open till 2 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays in the city. However, cyber cafes are allowed to open up to 2 a.m. on all week days, according to an order issued by the District Magistrate.

Police seeks details of tenants
Chandigarh, May 26
Landlords and owners of commercial establishments in the city have been asked to furnish particulars of the tenants to the area SHO while renting out accommodation.

Minor fire at Fun Republic
Chandigarh, May 26
A minor fire due to a short circuit caused panic at Ruby Tuesday in Fun Republic, here today. Seeing thick smoke, people called up the fire station and three fire tenders arrived on the scene.

 
CRIME

Man impersonating as RTO held
Panchkula, May 26
Impersonating as a Regional Transport Officer and collecting money from truckers on the Panchkula-Naraingarh road near Barwala, the police has arrested a Chandigarh resident along with four others.

Kalka woman booked in cheating case
Chandigarh, May 26
The local police has booked a Kalka woman for duping a Chandigarh based retired chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court of Rs 80,000 that he had given her to get an ayurvedic medicine patent.

House burgled; 1 held for stealing
Chandigarh, May 26
A house was reportedly burgled in the city while in a separate case the local police arrested a person for stealing a mobile phone, here, today. According to the police, Ram Rattan Kumar, a mechanic in phase I, Industrial Area was arrested last night on the charge of stealing a mobile phone.

BUSINESS

Maruti showcases Swift
Chandigarh, May 26
Maruti Udyog Limited unveiled its new car, Swift, at a function here today. The General Manger, Maruti Udyog, Mr RS Kalsi, and the Regional Manger, Mr H.S. Brar were present on the occasion.


 
EDUCATION

Entrance test for B.Ed on June 22
Chandigarh, May 26
Panjab University is conducting joint B.Ed entrance test-2005 on June 22 for admissions to the colleges in Chandigarh and Punjab, which are affiliated to Panjab University Chandigarh, Punjabi University, Patiala, and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

Students get degrees
Chandigarh, May 26
As many as 150 B.Ed and M.Ed students were conferred degrees at the annual convocation of Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, here today. The toppers of both the courses were honoured by the chief guest, Member of Parliament from Chhattisgarh, Mr Ajit Jogi. Dr (Mrs) Satinder Dhillon in her welcome address spoke on the role of a teacher in nation building.
Mr Ajit Jogi, MP, interacts with faculty members of Dev Samaj College of Education during the annual convocation of the college at Sector 36-B, Chandigarh
Mr Ajit Jogi, MP, interacts with faculty members of Dev Samaj College of Education during the annual convocation of the college at Sector 36-B, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Night sky watching in Carmel Convent
Chandigarh, May 26
A "night sky watching" programme was organised in Carmel Convent School, Sector 9-B, here yesterday. A group of sisters, teachers, parents and students of the school were present to watch planets and stars in the sky with the help of a telescope provided by the Department of Science and Technology, Chandigarh.

 
CULTURE

New Release
The two Bachchans act together
Master storyteller Yash Chopra has decided to do the in thing by making his banner a factory spawning new direction talent in a mixed fare like “Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi”, “Mujhse Dosti Karoge”, “Saathiya”, “Dhoom” and now “Bunty Aur Babli”. The film opens today at Piccadilly, Chandigarh, Fun Republic and KC Panchkula.

Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee and Abhishek Bachchan in ‘Bunty Aur Babli’

Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee and Abhishek Bachchan in ‘Bunty Aur Babli’

Sheel Chopra is Summer May Queen
Chandigarh, May 26
Seventy-eight-year old Mrs Sheel Chopra won the title of Summer May Queen 2005 in the above 75 age group at a fashion show organised by Central Ladies Club in Sector 9.


Participants in a fashion show organised by the Central Ladies Club, Sector 9, Chandigarh, for women over 30 years in age. — A Tribune photograph


Participants in a fashion show organised by the Central Ladies Club, Sector 9, Chandigarh, for women over 30 years in age

 
SPORTS

Satluj Public School win in cricket
Chandigarh, May 26
An all-round performance by Vipul Chadha (3 for 16 and 46) helped Satluj Public School, Panchkula, rout Sri Guru Harkishan Model School-38 by eight runs in the opening match of the ICL Certifications (Under-15) Inter-School Cricket Tournament at the Sector 16 cricket stadium here today.

Chandigarh pile up 314 runs
Mohali, May 26
A fine partnership of 90 runs between Simrat Bawa and Karan Sharma enabled Chandigarh District to put on 314 runs against Minor District in Dhruv Pandove (U-19) Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Punjab Cricket Association grounds here today.

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