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Now 14 villages to go to MC
Mayor denies any information 
Chandigarh, April 26
The stage is set for inclusion of 14 villages in the Municipal Corporation. A notification in this regard is likely to be issued soon by the Chandigarh Administration.

Doctors call off strike; arrested youths get bail
Chandigarh, April 26
Patients emerged real winners when the agitating junior doctors of the GMCH-32 called back their strike at the stroke of noon today. It, however, took the UT Administration and the police a significant amount of convincing to send the disgruntled doctors back to work.

Riders display their tent-pegging skills at the Chandigarh Horse Show on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Only one power cut in UT villages, slums
Chandigarh, April 26
All villages and various slums of the Union Territory will have only one power cut in a day on the pattern of the cut schedule in the city. The decision comes as a relief to the villagers which face two cuts in a day.

Passing thru
Mr Jaideep Wahi, Account Manager, India Nike

COMMUNITY

HEAT GROUNDS HIGH-FLIERS: With the mercury rising, birds perched on a sculpture look around for water to quench their thirst. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Setback to township plan
Environmental NOC evades Dubai-based company
Mohali, April 26
The ambitious Rs 3,819 crore integrated township project here of EMAAR- MGF has received a setback with Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) officials recommending that a no-objection certificate should not be issued to the developers till they carry out the mandatory Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study and remove other shortcomings in the plan.

Sex, competition, parents: problems for city teens
Chandigarh, April 26
A Panjab University study has found that that 60 per cent of city adolescents have problems related to sex, while 50 per cent of them suffer from problems related to education. Also, a substantial number suffer from emotional disturbances and poor social adjustment.

Citizen facilitation centre soon
Chandigarh, April 26
The Engineering Department of the Chandigarh Administration will set up a citizen facilitation centre. The citizens can call up phone number 4639999 to lodge their complaints pertaining to electricity, public health, horticulture and engineering wings.

CHB holds draw of lots
Chandigarh, April 26
The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) today conducted the draw of lots for 646 one-room flats in Sectors 38 (West) and 49 here today. All dwelling units had been allotted and a same number of applicants had been kept in the waiting list, sources said.

Sector 34-D resident Om Prakash shows an electricity cable left in the open by officials of the Electricity Department while they undertook repair work in the area around 15 days back. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Sandhu elected immigration association chief
Mohali, April 26
The Association of Professional Immigration and Education Consultants (APIEC), a non-profit making organisation, unanimously elected Col B.S. Sandhu and Col J.S. Bath as chairman and president respectively, of the organisation at the annual general meeting held here yesterday. While addressing the members, the newly elected chairman of the APIEC, Col Sandhu said they had to work hard in strengthening the aim of the organisation to bring transparency in the immigration and education consultancy industry, for which, he said, they had formed this association.

Writers not meant to sermonise: Dr Naresh
Chandigarh, April 26
Writers’ revolutions are silent and subtle. They inspire change without making a fuss about issues. That also explains why litterateurs are rarely seen in a sermonising mode. They would rather their words do the talking.

Inquiry marked into police assault

CRIME

Rickshaw puller rapes daughter, suicide bid by wife
Chandigarh, April 26
A 30 year-old rickshaw puller was today booked by the Chandigarh Police for allegedly raping his 12 year-old daughter in Hallomajra village in the wee hours of this morning.

Police picks up youth
Mohali, April 26
A youth of Phase XI, here, had allegedly been picked up by the Patiala police without informing members of his family. According to reports, Kulwinder Singh was taken away from Phase XI by some unidentified persons on Monday evening. Members of his family then approached the police to lodge a compliant .

1 held in dowry death case
Chandigarh, April 26
A resident of Sector 27, Ram Pal, has been arrested by the Chandigarh Police after his wife, Sunita, died at the General Hospital, Sector 16. She allegedly consumed poison. The accused was reportedly harassing his wife for dowry.

Bootlegger held
Panchkula, April 26
Tightening noose around inter-state liquor mafia, the district police today arrested a person while smuggling 425 cases of liquor from Himachal Pradesh to Delhi. Acting on a tip-off, the police laid a naka in Mattanwala village near Pinjore and seized a truckload of the contraband.

BUSINESS

CII team meets Hooda
Chandigarh, April 26
A CII delegation, led by Mr Sunil Kant Munjal, former CII president and Managing Director-cum-CEO of the Hero Corporate Service, held a meeting Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana.

NRI wins $5,000
Panchkula, April 26
An NRI, Naveen Aggarwal, from Panchkula has won the first prize of $5,000 in RasGas in Qatar. A Bachelor in Engineering, Mr Aggarwal was adjudged first in an internal competition organised by the RasGas, the biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) company in the world, in collaboration with the Government of Qatar and ExxonMobil.

EDUCATION

PU prepares two reports on research done by it
Chandigarh, April 26
With a view to justifying funds it gets from the Punjab Government, Panjab University has prepared two reports to be submitted to the government on the contribution that the university has made to the state.

New ACR proforma disappoints teachers
Chandigarh, April 26
The new proforma for writing the ACRs of the school teachers in UT has been released by the Education Department, Chandigarh Administration. Copies of the new proforma have been sent to all government schools in the city.

From Panjab University
Liaison officers of colleges attend training programme
Chandigarh, April 26
The first ever three-day training course for liaison officers of 10 colleges to work with University Employment Information and Guidance Bureau (UEI and GB), Panjab University, was inaugurated by Prof Veer Singh, Dean University Instruction, at the ICSSR Complex, PU campus, here today.

From School
Ekjot, Japneet win Punjabi poetry contest
Chandigarh, April 26
An inter-school Punjabi poetry competition in memory of Sardarni Ranbir Kaur was today organised at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36. Nine students participated in the event during which they wrote and recited poems on the two topics ‘Nature and spirituality’ and ‘Human emotions and social issues’.

150 pharmacy college students get prizes

Chandigarh, April 26 The local SGGS College of Pharmacy yesterday organised its annual prize distribution function on its campus in Sector 26. The chief guest for the function was Mr S. Gurdev Singh Brar, president, Sikh Educational Society. Students of the SGGS College of Pharmacy, Sector 26, Chandigarh, present a cultural programme on the college campus during their annual prize distribution function on Tuesday.

Slum kids prove their mettle
Panchkula, April 26
Students of Class V of the Jagriti school, a school for slum kids, excelled in exams conducted by the Haryana State Education Board in April 2006. Out of nine students who appeared in the exams, five gabbed the first division. The Jagriti's result was 100 percent.

Paper outside the syllabus
Chandigarh April 26
Candidates appearing in B.Com first year examinations have complained to the Panjab University Vice-Chancellor that a part of their business and statistics paper held on March 24 was outside the syllabus.

Students apprised of traffic rules
Mohali, April 26
The Mohali traffic police organised a lecture on traffic rules at Swami Ram Tirtha Public High School here today. Traffic police personnel made the students aware of traffic rules and signs. The Principal of the school, Ms Kiran Bhandari, appreciated efforts of the traffic police on creating awareness on road safety. 

COURTS

Law institute: HC dismisses plea for third-judge opinion
Chandigarh, April 26
In a severe setback to the attempts of the Chandigarh Administration and the directors of Chandigarh Law Institute Private Limited to stall the implementation of the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court setting aside the controversial allotment of a prime price land to the company in Sector 38A, a single Judge of the High Court today dismissed their pleas for referring the judgement to a third judge for his opinion.

Govt told to comply with CAT on LTC
Chandigarh, April 26
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Government of India to implement an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Chandigarh Bench, without any further delay. The order pertains to reimbursement of leave travel concession (LTC) for a journey undertaken by a government officer and members of his family.

Govt asked to comply with CAT order
Chandigarh, April 26
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Government of India to implement an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Chandigarh Bench, without any further delay. The order pertains to reimbursement of leave travel concession (LTC) for a journey undertaken by a government officer and his family members.

Power supply to District Courts: notices issued
Chandigarh, April 26
The Civil Judge (Junior Division), Mr Atul Marya, today issued notice to the UT Administrator, Home Secretary, and the Chief Engineer on the basis of a suit for giving uninterrupted power supply to the district courts here.

HEALTH

Workshop on mother, child health begins
Mohali, April 26
A two-day state-level orientation workshop on training for skilled attendance at birth for Civil Surgeons, District Family Welfare Officers, in charges of the Civil Hospital, obstetrics and gynae specialists and paediatricians of five districts of Punjab, was inaugurated by Dr Harinder Rana, Director, Health Service and Family Welfare, here today .

Aid to centre helping cancer affected families
Chandigarh, April 26
Ms Inderjeet Kaur Pannu, president, Global Cancer Concern India, today presented a cheque of Rs 50,000 to Red Cross Society, Punjab branch, to support its newly opened vocational training centre at Patiala.

Blood donation camp at GMCH
Chandigarh, April 26
The Department of Immuno Haematology and Blood Transfusion of the Government Medial College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, organised a blood donation camp on the hospital premises today. Over 200 members of the faculty, other staff and students donated blood. The Director Principal, GMCH, Prof H.M. Swami, inaugurated the camp.

GMCH doctor honoured in Japan

Chandigarh, April 26 The Japanese Society for Surgery of Hand has honoured Dr Ravi Kumar Gupta, Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthopaedics and Hand Surgery, Government Medical College Chandigarh (GMCH), in Japan recently. The society has also acknowledged Dr Gupta as a “ Fellow” for his contribution in the field of hand and upper limb surgery. Prof Ryogo Nakamura, president of the Japanese Society for Surgery of Hand, honours Dr Ravi Kumar Gupta of the GMCH, Sector 32, at the society’s annual meeting in Japan recently.