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Anti-quota stir hits health services
Patients first casualty
Chandigarh, May 16
It was a day of suffering for hundreds of patients who travelled from far to seek treatment at the PGI.

Medicos burn the effigy of HRD Minister Arjun Singh in Sector 17; (top) a patient is wheeled out of the PGI OPD following a strike by junior and senior doctors of the hospital in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photos by Manoj Mahajan

New survey to identify BPL families
Chandigarh, May 16
The Chandigarh Administration has appointed a private agency for the survey of below the poverty line(BPL) families in the urban areas of the city to provide the database for the implementation of the Swarn Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yogna under the revised limit of the BPL.

Lucky’s wife gets bail
Chandigarh, May 16
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr R.S.Baswana, today granted interim bail to Ms Harneet Singh, wife of Deputy Mayor Harmohinder Singh Lucky, in connection with the case of theft at a Sector 17 garment shop.

Sumit’s mother, wife write to PM, seek CBI probe
Chandigarh, May 16
The mother and wife of Capt Sumit Kohli, who was found dead in his unit near Kupwara last month, have written to the Prime Minister, seeking a probe by the CBI into the circumstances which led to his death.

Charges framed against Dr Dhaliwal
Chandigarh, May 16
The Special CBI court today framed charges against a former Head of the PGI Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Department, Prof R.S. Dhaliwal and Sat Pal Singla, a chemist “for allegedly conspiring with private chemists in the purchase of artificial heart valves and other accessories at higher rates and sharing the profit with suppliers”.

HIV+ youth’s last wish not fulfilled
Chandigarh, May 16
Before breathing his last this morning, Raj Kumar made one final wish. He yearned for someone from his estranged family to hold his hands, embrace him for once and spare some money and time for his cremation. But his death wish was not to be granted. When the 28-year-old HIV + youth died today, he had by his side none other than his wife Shanti, also HIV +, and two children, too young to understand the implications of the tragedy.

Raj Kumar's wife and two sons. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

NCC proposes to hike girl cadet ratio
Chandigarh, May 16
Consequent to the increase in strength of the National Cadet Corps, a proportionate increase in the number of vacancies for NCC C-Certificate holders for a commission in the armed forces has been increased.

School timings changed
Chandigarh, May 16
The Education Department has decided to change school timings in all government and government- aided schools from May 17 to May 31, an official press release said here today.

Passing thru: Surinder Singh Rai, manager, Cadbury’s Company, Australia

COMMUNITY

Rain brings respite
Chandigarh, May 16
An unexpected evening shower brought respite from the unrelenting heat wave that had engulfed the city for the past many days. Reeling under high temperatures for long, the city today breathed easy as rain brought down the maximum temperature by a significant 1.6 degrees.

Radiant rain: The evening shower brought cheer to city residents on Tuesday evening.
— Tribune photo by Karam Singh

Resident’s plea to PUDA on shed
Mohali, May 16
A resident of Phase XI here has complained to PUDA that a private school has constructed a shed just next to his house causing inconvenience to him. 

A shed constructed by a private school just next to a house in Phase XI.
— A Tribune photograph

Dera Bassi to have Rs 50-lakh library
Dera Bassi, May 16
The township will soon have a Rs 50-lakh municipal library, Mr Amritpal Singh, president of the Dera Bassi Municipal Council, said here today.

Mr Ajmer Singh Aulakh (second from left), president of the Kendriya Punjabi Lekhak Sabha, releases a book, “Chugli de Rang,” at Dera Bassi on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Tiny tots take flight in new sandals
Chandigarh, May 16
Excited faces clutched the boxes, which encased brand new sandals. Some could not contain their excitement as they hurriedly opened the box and slipped on to the comfortable footwear, which they had only seen in magazines or on hoardings.

Lady Governor Jean Rodrigues distributes sandals to underprivileged children at a crèche being run by the Durga Das Foundation at Dadu Majra Colony on Tuesday morning. 

CPI dharna against Reliance deal
Mohali, May 16
A dharna was organised by representatives of the local unit of the CPI outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner here today against the giving of land to a multinational company at a throwaway price.

MC panel okays agenda
Chandigarh, May 16
The Finance and Contract Committee of the MC, at a meeting held here today, approved various agendas, including revised estimate for the construction of toe wall and islands around the truck parking in the transport area, Sector 26.

Boy bitten by monkey
Chandigarh, May 16
A schoolboy was bitten by a monkey while he was returning home from school in Sector 7 here today. The boy suffered injuries and was taken to Government Hospital, Sector 32, where he was given a tetanus injection and asked to report tomorrow.

CRIME

Man killed in road accident
Chandigarh, May 16
A 23-year-old man was killed when his motor cycle collided head on with a CTU bus on the road dividing Sector 33 and 34 here this morning.

Cellphone fraud: 1 arrested
Chandigarh, May 16
The local police arrested Jagjit Singh, an accomplice of Naresh Goel, managing director of Super Scientific Works Private Limited, Baroda, on the charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy after the issue was highlighted in these columns in January this year.

Liquor seized, 2 held
Chandigarh, May 16
The police arrested two persons for smuggling liquor from Chandigarh to Uttar Pradesh in a truck and seized illegal liquor worth over Rs 3 lakh from their possession in a late night exercise yesterday.

3 held with poppy husk
Chandigarh, May 16
The police arrested a woman and her two accomplices for carrying 35 kg of poppy husk from near the Hallomajra chowk, last night. Besides this, a car and a scooter were stolen from the city. Elsewhere, a house was burgled in Sector 23.

Girl succumbs to injuries
Mohali, May 16
A teenaged girl, who had got seriously injured in an accident on the road dividing Sectors 69 and 70 here last evening, succumbed to her injuries at the PGI today.

BUSINESS

UT to set up milk plant in Industrial Area
Chandigarh, May 16
On the initiative of Gen(retd) S.F. Rodrigues, the Governor of Punjab and the UT Administrator, the Chandigarh Administration has decided to set up its first ever high value modern milk plant at Industrial Area, Phase II, near Hallomajra so as to fulfil the requirement of milk and dairy products of the residents of the City Beautiful and the region in a better way.

Allahabad Bank profit up by 30 pc
Chandigarh, May 16
Allahabad Bank, which has targeted to increase its overall business to Rs 100,000 crore by March next, has recorded a 30.33 per cent growth in net profit margin to Rs 706.13 crore during the last fiscal, up from Rs 541.80 crore in 2004-05.

Jewellery exhibition inaugurated
Panchkula, May 16
“Better development and sound financial position had accounted for the march towards prosperity in Punjab,” claimed Mr Surinder Singla, Minister for Finance and Planning of Punjab.

EDUCATION

3 city students recommended for national award
Chandigarh, May 16
The Chandigarh Administration has recommended the names of Rakshita, Arushi Saksena and Tanya Shreedhar to the Union Government for national child award for exceptional achievement for the year 2006, an official press note said here today.

PU centre awards certificates to 27
Chandigarh, May 16
The Centre for Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, Panjab University, held a function for awarding certificates to the second batch of learners in computer applications today.

Colleges told to fulfil conditions
Chandigarh, May 16
All colleges of education and physical education affiliated to Panjab University for 2005-2006 and to be affiliated from 2006-2007 have been directed to fulfil the conditions of affiliation with particular reference to the appointment of faculty till date and also to comply with the reports of inspection committees by June 15.

PU exam results
Chandigarh, May 16
The results of BBA-II & III examinations conducted in April 2006 have been declared. The results will be available on the university website www.puchd.ac.in after 12 noon on May 17. No enquiry will be entertained on the telephone according to Controller of Examinations, Panjab University.

CET roll Nos despatched
Chandigarh, May 16
According to a press release issued by the Controller of Examinations, roll numbers of students appearing in the common entrance test (CET-2006) to be conducted by Panjab University on May 20 have been despatched by registered post.

CULTURE

Playing ‘Othello’, Vishal Bhardwaj style
Chandigarh, May 16
Vishal Bhardwaj is busy cooking a surprise these days. Carefully treading the razor edge path between aesthetics and commerce, the reticent filmmaker is finally luring his fans with the promise of fair balance.

Kamal and Dolly Tewari are integral part of filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj’s next big release “Onkara”, which is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Othello”. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

HEALTH

First aid training
Chandigarh, May 16
Ind-swift limited, a Chandigarh-based pharma company gave first aid training to representative of 104 government schools of the city under their corporate social responsibility CSR plan.

SPORTS

Coaching camp
Chandigarh, May 16
A coaching camp for Indian Netball team (girls) was inaugurated today at Mount Carmel School, Sector 47. The camp was inaugurated by Mr Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Youth Affairs and Sports, Punjab.