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Price confusion confounds Bacchus lovers
Same brands cost different in different areas in the city

Chandigarh, April 3 With the licensing system replacing the auctioning system in the city from April 1, absolute confusion prevails in the liquor market as there is major variation in the prices of same brands of liquor. This huge price difference in different areas in the city has left Bacchus lovers confounded. A huge billboard displays an advertisement for a liquor company under the new policy near the traffic lights of Sector 27 in Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

SBI strike hits banking services Chandigarh, April 3 Banking services in the tri-city were today adversely affected in the wake of the indefinite strike call by the Joint Forum of the State Bank of India Employees and Officers Association, Chandigarh circle. Employees of the State Bank of India hold a protest rally in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Rs 3 crore being spent on renovation work in Mohali
Mohali, April 3
A sum of more than Rs 3 crore is being spent on renovation work and on providing office infrastructure for making Mohali district functional from Baisakhi day. The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, will be formally launching the new district by laying the foundation stone of the District Administrative Complex in Sector 62 here.

Mi-8, Mi-17 copters to be refurbished
Chandigarh, April 3
Technology developed indigenously during the pursuit of the Dhruv advanced light helicopter project would soon find its way to other helicopters in the IAF's arsenal. Defence research and Development Organisation, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and the Indian Air Force are joining hands to refurbish Soviet-origin helicopters like the Mi-8 and the Mi-17.

A YELLOW TOUCH: Motorists zoom past the blooming trees on the Sector 10 road leading to the Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Bheora’s police remand extended
Chandigarh, April 3
A local court today extended the police remand of Paramjit Singh Bheora till April 6. Sources in the operation cell of the Chandigarh Police said Bheora was presented before a local court today which remanded him to police custody for further interrogation.

CHANDIGARH CALLING Swinging time for tourists The Chandigarh Administration is making a concerted effort to promote tourism in a big way. The past two years saw a steep rise in the number of tourists visiting the city. The number for 2004 was 60,633 (domestic) and 17, 133 (foreigners) and in 2005 the figures went up to 61, 4176 (domestic) and 23, 294 (foreigners). Encouraged by this, the Administration is making a special effort to attract more international tourists. Punjab unbound Little moments Grain Market Last drop

COMMUNITY

A visitor at an exhibition held by Som and Rozy Varinder Kaur at Sector 11, Chandigarh, on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Residents protest against dumping of garbage
Mohali, April 3
Vehicles of the local Municipal Council carrying garbage were stopped from dumping the waste by residents of Phase VIII-B, Industrial Area, here today. Residents, who had constructed houses in the area on the land allotted by the PSIEC, complained that the council was spreading unhygienic conditions in the area as garbage was being dumped very close to the houses.

Fauji Beat
Unwell health scheme

The recent instructions from Lieut-Gen V.K. Dua (retd), Managing Director, Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), say that the polyclinics will refer all patients to military hospitals and not to the empanelled hospitals in future. It will then be up to the military hospitals to refer them to the empanelled hospitals for any treatment that is not available with them. An EME team repairs a UN helicopter.

Dental treatment

Embarkation HQ

EME in UN missions

Members of the Veterinary Pharmacist Union, Punjab, protest at Sector 17 in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Heated exchanges between CTU, Haryana Roadways staff
Chandigarh, April 3
Tempers ran high between employees of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking and the Haryana Roadways at the Inter-State Bus Terminus, Sector 17, here today. The trouble arose first around 12 noon when a poster displaying the timetable of the Jaipur-bound Volvo bus of the Haryana Roadways was torn off allegedly by CTU employees. Heated exchanges were witnessed between the two parties.

Roads cry for repair before rains
Chandigarh, April 3
While the Engineering Department has initiated a drive for cleaning of kerbs, road berms, channels and road gullies, the schedule for it does not cover Sectors 39, 40 and 41, which were among the most affected sectors last year during rains.

Lakhwinder Lakkha performs at the Mansa Devi temple on the occasion of Navratras on Sunday in Panchkula. — A Tribune photograph

No official word on waiving of VAT on Bt seed
Chandigarh, April 3
Though the sale of Bt cotton seed has started in the cotton belt of Punjab, there is no information at the official level to dealers with regard to the waiving of 4 per cent VAT on the seed.

Ram Navami celebrations
Chandigarh, April 3
The six-day annual Ram Navami celebrations started at the Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math in Sector 20 here today.

CRIME

Police clueless in petrol station robbery bid case
Chandigarh, April 3
Even after four days of the arrest of an accused in a petrol station robbery attempt case the police has failed to make much headway in the investigations. The police has also failed to nab any of the accomplices of the arrested person.

One held for theft in Ind Area
Chandigarh, April 3
Several cases of theft have been reported in the city during yesterday. One person was held on the charges of stealing articles from a plot in the Industrial Area and in a separate incident, a Sector 28 resident was arrested for allegedly stealing a scooter. The police has arrested a Bapu Dham Colony resident for indulging in gambling. Besides this, a house was burgled in Sector 19.

EDUCATION

School teachers, students given lesson in healthcare
Chandigarh, April 3
For students and teachers of so many government schools in Chandigarh and neighbouring cities, including Ropar, Patiala and Ambala, it’s time to learn more than just chemistry formulas and geometrical equations. Experts in the field of healthcare are giving them a lesson or two in first-aid techniques and hygiene as well.

YPS teachers’ date with puppetry Mohali, April 3 Moving forward from boring classroom teaching to mastering a medium of instruction which is novel and innovative is something that the teachers of Yadavindra Public School, Mohali, are being trained in these days. The fading sun in the evening’s cloudy sky gives the water coming out of the fountain installed on the YPS Chowk, Mohali, a coloured hue. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Schools buzz with activity of new session

Chandigarh, April 3 Life returned to the city schools which re-opened today for the new session. The day was full of excitement for the young new entrants who took their first steps to school today. A number of parents were seen accompanying the toddlers to school. FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL: Tiny tots get a feel of school life at Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 41, Chandigarh, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

School session begins
Chandigarh, April 3
Maharishi Dayanand Public School, Daria, near Chandigarh, started new academic session with a yajna today. Students, teachers and parents participated in this programme.

Olympics — gateway for Indian students to seek jobs in Canada
Chandigarh, April 3
The next Olympics 2010 in Canada has generated a demand for lakhs of engineers in the field of construction, electronics and communications and automobile industry. The University of Windsor, Canada, is now looking at Indian students to fulfil the generated demand.

Interactive seminar for IIT aspirants
Chandigarh, April 3
An interactive seminar for IIT aspirants was organised here. The seminar provided an opportunity to students and their parents to understand the complexity of the IIT entrance exam and the strategies to maximise the success rate.

Nazuk to represent India in Physics Olympiad
Chandigarh, April 3
Nazuk Kumar, a student of Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, here, has been selected to represent India at the International Physics Olympiad which will be held at Almaty, Kazakhastan.

University sets up emergency counter
Chandigarh, April 3
Panjab University, for the information of students and general public, has opened an emergency -inquiry counter in the examination branch.

CULTURE

Filming concerns his passion
Chandigarh, April 3
There were times when making a film was a big dream. It is a big dream still, but it is well within the reach — what with school and college kids wielding cameras. While some choose to film their parties and picnics, there is a young man in the city who has decided to film concerns in two short films spending next to nothing.

HEALTH

Rodrigues lays stone of OPD block in General Hospital Chandigarh, April 3 With a view to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure in the city, the UT Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), today laid the foundation stone of a multi-storeyed new OPD block in General Hospital, Sector 16, here. The new block will be constructed with a cost of Rs 11 crore. It will have various OPDs, including dental, physiotherapy, orthopaedics, surgery, minor operation theatre, medicine, paediatric, eye, skin, psychiatry and day-care centre. The UT Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), inspects the model of the OPD block in General Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Monday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

SPORTS

City emerging as nursery for football players Chandigarh, April 3 After producing a number of renowned cricketers, now City Beautiful has been emerging as a big nursery for football players. Two academies — Football Aca- demy, Sector 42, and St Stephen’s Academy, Sector 45 — along with many training centres in schools are preparing youngsters to achieve big targets. Football players undergo training in Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Hockey trials
Chandigarh, April 3
Trials for the selection of the Chandigarh hockey team under-16 will be held at 3 p m at Hockey Stadium, Sector 18, here on April 5.The selected team will participate in the 12th Sub-Junior National Hockey Championship.

ADMINISTRATION

3 IPS sent to UT