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IT Park Land Acquisition
HC stays dispossession of residents
Chandigarh, April 14
Taking up an application filed by Shastri Nagar residents against their dislocation following the UT administration’s move to acquire additional land for Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed their dispossession.

Burning of dry leaves goes unchecked
Chandigarh, April 14
The MC has failed to ensure proper disposal of dry leaves, and this is causing environment concerns. Heaps of dry leaves can be seen being burnt openly or left to rot across the city. A random survey by the Tribune team revealed that in southern sectors traces of burnt dry leaves are a common sight.

On Day 1 of fire safety week, office gutted
Chandigarh, April 14
The office of a private software company in Sector 34 here was reduced to ashes after a fire broke out in a portion of the building this morning. The fire department said no one was injured and the loss was yet to be ascertained as the owner of the company was out of station.

• Fire safety week kicked off
• Fire engines used to create awareness

Fire engines spread awareness on fire during the launch of the fire safety week in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Pointed and sharp leaves of a green cactus provide a colourful cordoning to a bougainvillaea bloom near Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Karam Singh

Machine repaired for Rs 3.4 lakh only to be dumped
Chandigarh, April 14
The UT engineering department has spent Rs 3.40 lakh on the repair of a mini-loader that was never repaired. Instead, the machine was left to rust at the Sector 26 workshop of the department.

Boost To Air Connectivity
City gets second direct flight to Mumbai
Chandigarh, April 14
Air travellers of the northern region in general, Chandigarh and its peripheral areas in particular could not have asked for a better Baisakhi gift than a second direct flight to Mumbai, the business capital of the country.

COMMUNITY

Hisar hottest as mercury soars in region
Chandigarh, April 14
As wheat harvesting picks up momentum in Punjab and Haryana, the temperatures in the region have begun to soar leading to tripping of power supply in several cities and towns of the two state. Hisar in Haryana was the hottest place in the northwest with maximum temperatures touching 40 °C today.

Hooda announces Rs 21 lakh grant
Panchkula, April 14
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said around 11,000 sweepers were being recruited in the state and will be deputed in the villages, while a package of Rs 280 crore was being implemented so that children from Scheduled Caste families could get education.

Kidnapping Case
INLD workers demand action against guilty
Panchkula, April 14
Hundreds of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) supporters staged a demonstration in front of the house of Panchkula deputy commissioner, here today. The group demanded action against the accused in the alleged kidnapping of Gautam Prasad, a municipal councillor of the party.

Dissection
Wildlife dept seeks info from research institutions
Chandigarh, April 14
In order to regulate animal dissection in the city, the forest and wildlife department has sought information from research and educational institutions to explain whether they have taken permission in this regard. The information has been sought under Section 12 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

Fauji Beat Will disgruntled officers deliver? So disgusted are the middle-rung officers with the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission that their number for premature retirement is swelling by the day. The pay panel has completely failed to relate their pay and allowances to their peculiar service conditions. Patients being registered for treatment at the reception of Defence Veterans’ Polyclinic in Mohali.

Hacked e-mail ids a cause of concern
Panchkula, April 14
O.N. Bhargava, a former director of Geological Survey of India, was in for a rude shock when six of his friends called him and offered to ‘bail him out of his economic crisis’.

Connecting corporates with social bodies
Chandigarh, April 14
“Connexions”, a voluntary body, was launched with the objective of connecting corporates with social organisations and individuals by a public relations agency here today.

Ram Navami celebrated with fervour
Chandigarh, April 14
Religious fervour and gaiety marked Ram Navami celebrations here today. Thousands of devotees thronged temples to pay their obeisance. 

Baisakhi celebrated at Nada Sahib
Panchkula, April 14
Traditional fervour and gaiety marked Baisakhi celebrations at the historic Nada Sahib gurdwara, near here today.

BSP activists pay homage to Ambedkar Chandigarh, April 14 Hundreds of the BSP activists gathered at the circus ground in Sector 17 to pay homage to Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar on his 117th birthday anniversary today. BSP workers take out a two-wheeler rally to mark the birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Kajheri residents protest against police inaction
Chandigarh, April 14
Residents of a colony in Kajheri, protesting against the indifferent attitude of the police over a complaint lodged by a woman of the colony, staged a demonstration outside the police post in Sector 61 here this evening.

Sec 33 D residents want apni mandi shifted
Chandigarh, April 14
The shifting of apni mandi to Sector 33 D a few weeks ago is giving sleepless nights to residents of the area. Every Sunday, the area turns into a dumping ground of leftover vegetables, which attract stray cattle. Instead of removing the garbage, sanitation workers burn it thereby polluting the area.

‘Vyas puja’ of ISKCON founder
Chandigarh, April 14
The local chapter of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) organised “Vyas puja” of its founder spiritual Master A.C. Bhaktivedant Swami Sril Prabhapada at Hare Krishna Dham in Sector 36-B, here today.

• Yadav Sabha members elected
• Speaking Out
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EDUCATION

Teachers from Britain visit city
Chandigarh, April 14
As many as 20 teachers from Somerset and North Somerset, England, paid a visit to Punjab Kala Bhawan in Sector 16 here today. These teachers will visit various schools of Punjab under the League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers (LECT) programme in collaboration with Heritage Art and Education Institute, Patiala.

Fee hike: Admn to get tough with pvt schools
Chandigarh, April 14
The Chandigarh administration has decided to be tough with private schools that are charging enormously high fee from hapless parents. In order to assess the fee structure of private schools, finance secretary Sanjay Kumar has directed the Chandigarh education department to collect information in this regard within a period of three weeks.

Metro may derail expansion plans: College panel
Chandigarh, April 14
Less than a week after the Supreme Court’s judgement on reservation; Delhi-based the Dyal Singh College Joint Action Committee on Metro today claimed the metro rail project was coming in way of the order’s implementation.

Course on non-communicable diseases begins
Chandigarh, April 14
A national course on non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention and control in India organised by the School of Public Health, PGIMER, in association with GOI-WHO collaborative programme, was inaugurated by PGI director Dr K.K. Talwar, here today.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

PAFMAT seeks raise of retirement age
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 14
The Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology has decided to urge the Central and state governments to raise the retirement age of medical teachers in the specialty of forensic medicine to 70 years. A decision in this regard was taken during the meeting of the executive body of the PAFMAT, here today.

Wheat crop burnt
Ambala, April 14
Ripe wheat crop, spread in an area of 15 acres, was reduced to ashes in a major fire that broke out in Naneola village in the district, today afternoon. According to official reports, the fire was caused due to sparks from the loose wires of the high tension feeder lines in the village.

Student killed in accident
Patiala, April 14
Harvinder Singh (19), a resident of Bhattiwala Khurd village, near here, was killed when a speeding Scorpio jeep rammed into his motorcycle today afternoon. The accident occurred near the New Moti Bagh residence of former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.

DSOI opened at Baradari garden
Patiala, April 14
G.S. Malhi, general officer commanding of the 1 Armoured Division, inaugurated the Defence Services Officers Institute (DSOI) at Baradari gardens, here today.

SPORTS

Winners of SJOBA rally awarded

Chandigarh, April 14 Sunny Sidhu and Jaskaran received trophy and a cheque of Rs 25,000 for winning the top honours in the jeep category during the prize distribution ceremony of the SJOBA Thunderbolt Sub-Himalayan Open Rally at the Chandigarh Golf Association range, here today. Sunny and Jaskaran, who came first in SJOBA rally’s jeep category, being awarded in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

IPL
Playing with top players will be exciting: Mills
Mohali, April 14
With the coming up of the English Premier League by ECB after the BCCI’s Indian Premier League (IPL), there would not be an overdose of the cricket, feels New Zealand pacer Kyle Mills.

Upgrading of sports set-up
Admn seeks Centre’s support
Chandigarh, April 14
Chandigarh sports administration seeks the support of Central government to set up top class infrastructure here in the city. The sports authorities requested the Central government to import at least two astro-turfs for the city to provide more facilities at the grass-root level.

Trekking expedition flagged off
Chandigarh, April 14
A trekking expedition, consisting 100 students and 10 teachers of various government schools of Chandigarh, was flagged off by S.K.Setia DPI(S), from here today. This one-day trekking expedition has been planned for Kalka-Kasauli track.

Vaibhav guides St John’s to victory

Chandigarh, April 14 Leading from the front, St John’s XI team’s skipper, Vaibhav Kaushik (37 n o and three for three), guided his team to drub Beacon’s House School, Lahore, by 9 wickets at St John’s High School, Sector 26, here today. Jovial members of St John’s team after thrashing Lahore team by 9 wickets in a friendly series at St John’s High School, Sector 26, in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Fortis defeat Trimax by 6 wickets
Chandigarh, April 14
A captain’s knock by Vaneet Chawla (53) enabled Godrej and Boyce XI to defeat Tech Mahindra by 44 runs in the Ist Man Kanwal Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 32, here today.

HEALTH

Wrong Diagnosis
Lung cancer patients often treated for TB
Chandigarh, April 14
A 44-year-old, Hari Kishore, from Una has been suffering from lung cancer for the past seven months. But he started getting proper medication a few days back at the PGI. He was earlier told at the health centre that he had tuberculosis and not lung cancer.

Technicians’ three-day strike from today
PGI warns ad hoc, regular employees
Chandigarh, April 14
The PGI administration today warned its ad hoc employees of losing their jobs if they went ahead with the three-day strike of technicians starting tomorrow. Stating this at a press conference here, deputy director (administration) A.K. Gupta said regular employees would also be in trouble if they came out in support of the strike as the administration would impose “no work, no pay” rule on them.

CRIME

Rs 50,000 stolen from car
Chandigarh, April 14
A sum of Rs 50,000 was stolen a car (HP 37 B 4757) belonging to Munit Verma of Sector 22. In his complaint to the police, Munit said some unknown miscreants took away the cash after breaking the windowpane of his car parked outside his shop in Sector 22.

Cellphone snatchers arrested                Chandigarh, April 14 The police claims to have busted a gang of mobile phone thieves with the arrest of three youths, including two minors, here today. The police had got information that three persons would snatch mobile phones on the way between Kurali and Chandigarh and sell those at cheaper prices. An accused arrested for mobile snatching in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph Shooting No clues to accused’s whereabouts Chandigarh, April 14 Even 24 hours after a shooting incident at a Sector-15 house last night, the police has failed to trace the whereabouts of the five accused.

BUSINESS

Udyog Rattan Award for city businessman
Chandigarh, April 14
The Institute of Economic Studies has felicitated Chandigarh-based businessman Hardeep Singh with the prestigious Udyog Rattan Award at a national seminar on ‘Current Economic Scenario’ held at India Heritage Centre, New Delhi. Former Governor of Tamil Nadu and Assam Bhishm Narayan Singh gave the award.

CULTURE

Chandigarh Baisakhi Fest concludes Melifluous rendition by Pammi Bai

Chandigarh, April 14 The Baisakhi spirit reached the zenith of festivity with acclaimed Punjabi folk singer and dancer Pammi Bai enrapturing music aficionados with foot-tapping songs on the last day of the Chandigarh Baisakhi Festival at Rock Garden here today. Punjabi singer Pammi Bhai performs on the last day of the Chandigarh Baisakhi Festival at Rock Garden in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan