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Man shot at; robbed of Rs 7 lakh
Panchkula, May 27
Four car-borne assailants shot at a man before decamping with a bag containing Rs 7 lakh in Sector 4 here this morning. The injured, Dharamveer of Maloya in Chandigarh, was admitted to the PGI, where his condition is stated to be critical.

PCA will not foot bill, says Bindra
Mohali, May 27
“The PCA is a body performing public functions. We are recognised as such by the state government and even the highest court of the land i.e. Supreme Court,” replied I S Bindra, hony president of the PCA, here today.

Payment for security at PCA
 Mohali DC writes to principal secy
Mohali, May 27
Mohali deputy commissioner (DC) Rahul Bhandari has sent a representation relating to the payment of bills to the police for providing security cover during the on-going IPL matches to the principal secretary, home, because the decision on the matter has to be taken at the level of the government even as the PCA will be paying Rs 20 lakh to the police for the services provided.

Smoking during IPL matches
 Religious bodies burn Ness’s effigy
Mohali, May 27
Members of the Kalgidhar Sewak Jatha and other religious bodies staged a protest outside the PCA stadium here today against the alleged use of liquor and smoking at the stadium during the IPL matches.




EARLIER STORIES

President Pratibha Patil at the Chandigarh Airport on her way to Shimla on Tuesday.
President Pratibha Patil at the Chandigarh Airport on her way to Shimla on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

UK co. complains against Wizcraft
Mohali, May 27
The allegations of racial discrimination by two black cheerleaders during the inaugural match of the IPL on April 19 has snowballed into a major controversy with a London-based company which hired the cheerleaders formally complaining against Wizcraft International Entertainment to the Mohali police.

30 CTU buses not fit for road
But transport dept thinks otherwise
 Chandigarh, May 27
The controversy over the UT transport department wanting its old CTU buses passed took a new turn today.

Central Status: PU is a house divided
Chandigarh, May 27
There seems to be a vertical split between the Panjab University teaching faculty and the non-teaching staff on the issue of central status for the university.

UT HOME SECRETARY
57 Days gone still counting ...
 Unfortunate delay
It is unfortunate that the post has been lying vacant. A lot has been said about the differences between the Chandigarh administration and the Centre.


COMMUNITY


The police beat box at the Sector 26 grain market in Chandigarh remains closed.
COPS NOT ON CALL: The police beat box at the Sector 26 grain market in Chandigarh remains closed. — Tribune photo by Karam Singh

Builders hoodwink admn yet again
Building comes up in Sarangpur area; DC serves notice
 Chandigarh, May 27
Private builders have outwitted the Chandigarh administration in “developing” the Sarangpur area, west of the PGI.

It’s urban vs rural for market panel’s top post
Chandigarh, May 27
Intense lobbying is on for the post of chairman of the cash-rich market committee, elections to which are scheduled for May 29.

PGI
 Costly equipment rusts sans infrastructure
Chandigarh, May 27
The fate of PGI’s Rs 46-crore ambitious project of advanced cardiac centre hangs in balance as it is nowhere near completion even after two years of the expiry of the deadline. As a result, sophisticated and state-of-the-art medical equipment, worth crores of rupees, is lying unused and dumped.
Kings XI Punjab players dance during a party at hotel Mountview on Tuesday night in chandigarh.
Kings XI Punjab players dance during a party at hotel Mountview on Tuesday night in chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Noor finds jail food unpalatable
 Chandigarh, May 27
Noor Kataria has been sleeping on the floor of her cell in Burail Jail. Regularly seen at discotheques and parties, Noor has been in jail for the past four days.

Order on GPA stirs hornet’s nest
Chandigarh, May 27
An order of the additional registrar of the cooperative societies, Chandigarh, in favour of a general power of attorney (GPA) of a flat in Burail Janta Cooperative House Building First Society Limited has stirred a hornet’s nest. The order has raised several questions over the legality of the general power of attorney in relation to the flats of the group housing societies.
Nihangs show their skills at Kala Gram, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
Nihangs show their skills at Kala Gram, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Admn gives school ground to LIC cricket club
Rs 22 lakh infrastructure to be raised
 Chandigarh, May 27
The Chandigarh administration has added yet another chapter of involving Public private partnership (PPP) with the allotment of ground of the Government Model High School, Sector 26, to a Chandigarh-based cricket club.

Beating up of parents
 NGO helps resolve issue
Panchkula, May 27
Relatives and a Panchkula-based NGO came forward to help an elderly couple of Zirakpur who had claimed that they were being ill-treated by their sons.
Umakanta Singh Kiyam and Golmei Mariamdun of St Stephen's Football Academy-45 represented India under-14 team in Asian Football Confederation Football Festival held in Iran from May 18 to 23. Golmei was the captain of the team.
(From left) Umakanta Singh Kiyam and Golmei Mariamdun of St Stephen's Football Academy-45 represented India under-14 team in Asian Football Confederation Football Festival held in Iran from May 18 to 23. Golmei was the captain of the team. — A Tribune photograph

Central Status for Varsity
 Issue to come up before political advisory committee
Chandigarh, May 27
The 51st day of the relay fast seemed to be a turning point in the history of the entire agitation of the PU students and teachers demanding Central University status for PU. “For the first time, we are receiving some positive signals from the Punjab Government.

Beggars, vendors flip coins to their favour
Chandigarh, May 27
The shortage of coins has proved to be a good business opportunity for beggars and roadside vendors in the region. With banks failing to supply coins to retailers and traders in the city, they have found roadside vendors to ensure a regular supply.

A winner of the Chandigarh Tribune Summer Tango receives a prize from The Tribune general manager Sanjay Hazari in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Summer Tango contest winners awarded
Chandigarh, May 27
As many as five winners of the Chandigarh Tribune Summer Tango contest were awarded here today. The Tribune general manager Sanjay Hazari awarded the winners of the contest launched by Chandigarh Tribune to connect with its readers.


A winner of the Chandigarh Tribune Summer Tango receives a prize from The Tribune general manager Sanjay Hazari in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Vijender Jain releases a book authored by Dr Prem Singh in Chandigarh. Book on Soviet collapse out
Chandigarh, May 27
Divergent views were expressed at the release function of the book ‘Soviet Collapsed - How and Why’ authored by Dr Prem Singh at Punjab Book Center here yesterday.



Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Vijender Jain releases a book authored by Dr Prem Singh in Chandigarh. — A Tribune photograph

Class X result on mobile
Chandigarh, May 27
BSNL and Bharti Airtel today announced that its customers will be able to get CBSE class X results on their mobile phones through integrated voice response system and SMS.
The sun and clouds play hide and seek as rainwater absorbs the kaleidoscope of colours.
Nature’s bounty: The sun and clouds play hide and seek as rainwater absorbs the kaleidoscope of colours. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Man sets himself afire, dies
Chandigarh, May 27
A 40-year-old man died after he allegedly set himself ablaze at his residence in Badheri village, here this morning.

Fire at incense factory
Chandigarh, May 27
Incenses worth thousands of rupees were gutted in a fire that broke out in a factory at Hallo Majra village, here this morning.

Fire at crime branch office
Mohali, May 27
A minor fire broke out in the office of the crime branch of the district police in Phase I here today. According to officials of the fire brigade, an electric panel in the office of the reader on the first floor caught fire. The employees felt panicked and rushed out of the room engulfed with smoke.

Letters
Pay attention to southern sectors
 THE southern sectors from 48 onwards under the jurisdiction of the Chandigarh administration are badly neglected. Residents of these densely populated sectors do not even have a post office at their disposal and have to go to distant sectors.
EDUCATION

Summer camp gets underway at KB DAV
Chandigarh, May 27
A 20-day summer camp 2008 got underway at KB DAV SSS, Sector 7-B, here. To cater to the needs of students and encouraged by the overwhelming response in the previous years, seven different workshops like nritya and sangeet kala, kalakriti, calligraphy, natya rang mahotsav, yoga, skating, table soccer, computers are being run simultaneously on the school premises.

 
COURTS

CAT upholds teacher’s dismissal
Chandigarh, May 27
Coming down heavily on school teachers who take unauthorised leave, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has upheld the dismissal of a teacher of Kendriya Vidyalaya.

Denial of increments to 6 teachers
 Council told to re-examine anomaly
Chandigarh, May 27
Coming to the rescue of lecturers who had not been given increments according to their qualification, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the All-India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi, to re-examine the issue of granting benefit of advance increments.

High Court
 ‘Corroboration only a rule of prudence’
Chandigarh, May 27
A high court Division Bench, headed by Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, in a significant judgement, has held the prosecution’s case, which can be accepted even in the absence of corroboration, if the evidence of a witness is reliable. The Bench has ruled: corroboration is only a rule of prudence; where evidence of one witness is reliable, even in the absence of corroboration, case of the prosecution can be accepted.

10-yr RI for two in narcotics case
Chandigarh, May 27
Surinder Pal Singh, a witness of Narcotics Control Bureau in one of its cases, has landed himself in soup by converting from a prosecution witness for Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to defence witness.

Consumer Courts
 Electricity dept fined Rs 10,000
Chandigarh, May 27
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the Chandigarh electricity department to overhaul the disputed bills issued to complainant Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, a resident of Sector 38. The forum also asked the department to pay Jaswinder Rs 10,000 in compensation for harassment along with Rs 1,100 as costs of litigation.

 
NEIGHBOURHOOD


Winners of the Glamour Queen Beauty Contest-2008 organised by the Rajindra Maharani Ladies Club at the Gym Khana Club in Patiala on Tuesday.
Winners of the Glamour Queen Beauty Contest-2008 organised by the Rajindra Maharani Ladies Club at the Gym Khana Club in Patiala on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Rajesh Sachar

3 held for duping dairy owner
Ambala, May 27
A dairy owner of Ambala City, Ramesh Kumar, was cheated by four persons, who had come from Saharanpur to purchase buffaloes from him. The accused tactfully handed him over plain papers in place of genuine currency.

Hike military service pay, demands panel
Patiala, May 27
A large number of defence personnel met under the banner of the Indian Ex-Servicemen League (Punjab and Chandigarh) and criticised the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission here today.

Man beaten up at Balongi tax barrier
Kharar, May 27
Mandeep Verma, a resident of Dera Bassi, was allegedly beaten up by two unknown persons near the Balongi sales tax barrier on Monday night.

Hotel owner booked for serving liquor without permit
Ambala, May 27
The police here today booked a hotel owner and one other for serving liquor on the hotel complex without obtaining permit from the excise department.

Body lies unattended to for hours
Kharar, May 27
A dead body lay unattended for four hours in a pond near gurudwara in Gharuan village today afternoon. Villagers spotted the body floating on the surface of the pond at around 12 noon and informed the police.

Polling for remaining panchayats today
Patiala, May 27
The stage is set for the elections to several panchayats tomorrow, where polling was cancelled yesterday due to an assortment of reasons, including non-availability of ballot papers.

Employee on poll duty dies on way
Bassi Pathana, May 27
Sarabjit Joshi (25) of Nandpur village near Bassi Pathana, a class-IV employee in the deputy commissioner’s office, Fatehgarh Sahib, died yesterday in an accident. Sarabjit was going to Khera Block on his motorcycle for election duty. On the way near Badali Ala Singh, a speeding car hit his motorcycle from the rear and fled away.

Villagers thrash sozzled presiding officer
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 27
A drunk presiding officer, Joga Singh, deployed in Ghel village was beaten up by a section of villagers when he refused to declare the polling results and abused the voters and staff present there.
SPORTS


Gaurav Ghei's team wins
Chandigarh, May 27
The Chandigarh Golf Club members could not have asked for more. Ninety amateur players of the region rubbed shoulders with the cream of Indian golf playing along side 30 top golf professionals in the Pro-Am event of the PGTI Players Championship on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.







Twenty-year-old Gaganjeet Bhullar of Kapurthala goes for a big drive on the 15th hole in the Pro-Am event of the PGTI Players Championship at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Tuesday.

PGTI Pro-Am event
Twenty-year-old Gaganjeet Bhullar of Kapurthala goes for a big drive on the 15th hole in the Pro-Am event of the PGTI Players Championship at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Tuesday.

Four teams make it to semis
Chandigarh, May 27
ERCA (A), ERCA (B), APJ Kharar and Vivek High School, all winning after their respective matches, moved to the semi-finals of the All-India Challenger Trophy under-14 Cricket Tournament. The tournament is being organised jointly by Aresson Sports Club and Edmund Rice Cricket Academy at St John’s School ground, Sector 26, and Vivek School ground in Sector 38, here today.

A cricket match in progress at St. John’s School, Sector 26, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph		 A cricket match in progress at St. John’s School, Sector 26, in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

 
CRIME

Motorcycle-borne youths snatch chains
Chandigarh, May 27
Anju, a resident of Sector 22, reported that her gold chain was snatched by two youths riding a motor cycle (UP 15 P 9567) in Sector 22.

2 vehicles stolen
Chandigarh, May 27
Anil Kumar, a resident of Sector 29, reported that his motor cycle (CH 03 Q 9340) was stolen from Hallo Majra yesterday.

 


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