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Fake Degrees
CITCO to issue notice to 5 employees
Chandigarh, June 27
Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (CITCO) will issue show-cause notice to five of its employees whose academic certificates have been found fake during the update of their service book.
Kapil’s poster back at PCA
Mohali, June 27
With pasting of Kapil Dev’s life-size poster at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, the controversy between the association officials and the cricketer seemed to be over now.
Today, a new 25’ X 28’ poster of Wisden Cricketer of the Millennium, in
bowling action, was put in place on the stadium’s facade. Kapil, who was in
England for the silver jubilee celebrations of World Cup triumph in 1983, was
terse when contacted over phone, “I came to know about the development from a
close friend from the city. It’s good and I am happy.”
Comeback: Kapil Dev’s poster being reinstalled
at PCA Stadium in Mohali on Friday. — Tribune photo by
Parvesh Chauhan
Waterlogging persists at Sec-17 piazza
Chandigarh, June 27
The money spent on the renovation of the Sector 17 piazza has apparently gone down the drain, with monsoon virtually exposing the slipshod work carried out by the municipal corporation.
Workers sweep water off the surface near the Sector 17 piazza in Chandigarh. —
Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
Fake passports case: 6 had applied for visa at Jalandhar
Chandigarh, June 27
The visa facilitation service (VFS) of Italian Embassy has revealed that six out of 11 persons had applied through Jalandhar
VFS, while the remaining five had approached Delhi VFS for visa.
Gurjinder Singh
Midday Meal Scheme
Administration proposes cooking sheds
Chandigarh, June 27
Chandigarh administration is adopting the theory of ‘centralised system’ for streamlining the nationwide mid-day meal
programme. For the first time, the administration has come out with a novel idea of preparing exclusive cooking sheds for preparing mid-day meal. A proposal of over Rs 2 crore has been planned for the purpose.
An illustrative view of the proposed cooking shed for midday meal programme.
— A Tribune photograph
An Officer and a Gentleman
Chandigarh, June 27
The legend is no more. India’s best-known Army chief, has marched into eternity. He will be remembered as a soldier and a gentleman.
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw during his visit to The Tribune in 1994 on the 113th anniversary celebrations
of the newspaper. — A Tribune photograph
Convicted employees still working
Chandigarh, June 27
Despite being convicted in cases of corruption, about 12 government employees are still working in the Ambala division.
F&CC panel okays maintenance contract
Chandigarh, June 27
The finance and contract committee of the municipal corporation, under the chairmanship of mayor Pardeep Chhabra, accorded approval of various agenda items, including martyr’s gallery at Shanti Kunj Garden and annual maintenance contract for streetlighting on various roads, markets and parkings.
Home Loan
Interest rate hike breaks many a dream
Chandigarh, June 27
Vivek (35), who works as an executive in a multinational company, has dropped the idea of owning a dream house in the city with banks hiking the rate of interest recently.
Speaking Out
Home a distant dream
With the Chandigarh Housing Board flats going between Rs 23 lakh and Rs 68 lakh under the assured allotment scheme, the dream of owning a house in the tricity has been dashed for many. This is what a cross-section of people had to say to Aarti Kapur on the rise in property prices:
No place for selfish persons in people’s heart: Kanwaljit
Zirakpur, June 27
Punjab cooperation minister and general secretary of SAD Capt Kanwaljit Singh said today that selfish and egoistic persons have no place in the heart of
people.
Captain changed stand, says Sharma
Zirakpur, June 27
Lashing out at Punjab cooperation minister Capt Kanwaljit Singh, former president of municipal council Narinder Sharma, today launched his election campaign by questioning the change in stand of the minister.
Premium matters more to insurance companies
Chandigarh, June 27
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that the practice of repudiating insurance claims, on one pretext or the other, has to come to an end. In a strongly-worded order, Justice Ranjit Singh has ruled that more than a few insurance companies were “more concerned about earning premium, and saving the liability, rather than sticking to the agreed terms”.
Govt offices owe Rs 2 cr to power dept
Chandigarh, June 26
When it comes to paying the power bills, government departments are the biggest defaulters. In the list of defaulters for the non-payment of electricity bills to the tune of Rs 2 crore, the Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat office occupies the top slot with bills worth Rs 87.37 lakh pending for the past many years.
Oldest resident dies at 104
Chandigarh, June 27
The city has lost its seniormost citizen, Jamuna Das, at 104. He retired as a government official and died due to prolonged illness. He is survived by three sons.
Police can’t take beggars off streets
Chandigarh, June 27
Beggars in the city seem to be one step ahead of the Chandigarh police. In the recent past, the police has launched several drives to curb the increasing activity of beggars, but to not much success.
BEGGING FOR FAVOUR: Beggars go about their business even as the Chandigarh police has failed to curb their activity.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik
Chhat Bir loses its Gullu
Zirakpur, June 27
Gullu, the one-year-old white tiger cub at Chhat Bir Zoo, died here today. The cub was one of the major attractions for the visitors and his death is being considered as a major loss for the zoological park.
Punjab chief wild life warden M.P. Rai said Gullu died due to lung infection
that led to sudden system failure of the albino tiger cub.
Video on female foeticide out
 Mohali, June 27
Punjab DGP N.P.S. Aulakh today released Punjabi video ''Sohniyan
Punjabna'' written and sung by Dr Gurmel Chahal. After a resounding success of
his telefilm on female foeticide ''Dheeyan Maro Na'', Dr Chahal has come out
with this new video with the message to stop female foeticide.
Punjab DGP N.P.S. Aulakh releases Punjabi video ''Sohniyan Punjabna'' by
Dr Gurmel Chahal in Mohali on Friday. — A Tribune photograph
NIPER likely to get Rs 169 crore grant
Mohali, June 27
A valedictory function of the Capacity Building Project (CBP), sponsored by the union ministry of health and family welfare and funded by World Bank, was organised at the Convention Centre of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER).
 Reporters
diary
Oil on thieves’ mind
Motorbike owners, beware! Parking your vehicles in the open can be hazardous to your pocket. With international prices of crude oil crossing the $140 mark a barrel, street-smart thieves aren’t after your bikes, but petrol.
CITIZENS’ GRIEVANCES
Endless wait for voter card
I am resident of Sector 20, Panchkula. My photograph was clicked the first time for voter card in 2004 and then again in 2005. But I have not received the voter card till date. Whenever I go to the local election office, I am shown a list with my name and photograph and told to wait for the voter card. I am tired of waiting. It seems endless.
Letters
PCA’s attitude disgraceful
It's shocking that the PCA authorities did not put up Kapil Dev’s mural until yesterday. What hurts me the most is the fact that while Delhi and London honoured him for his historic victory of 1983 World Cup, Chandigarh has given him step motherly treatment by not bothering to put his poster in place before June 25.
Now, PU has more courses to offer
Chandigarh, June 27
Students seeking admission in Panjab University can now choose from an array of new courses added this year. These new courses are under the categories of self-financing, professional and regular academic courses.
The introduction of a variety of new courses will go a long way in increasing
job prospects, skill development and value addition for the students besides the
academic degrees.
High cut-off percentage lowers spirits
Chandigarh, June 12
With the much talked about Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS), the city toppers scored as high as 95 per cent marks in the medical stream, 95.6 per cent in commerce, 94 per cent in non-medical and 91.4 in the arts stream, the cut off percentage for admission in different streams would definitely give sleepless nights to students.
Tribune Impact
PU sets criteria for new courses
Chandigarh, June 27
After the Chandigarh Tribune reported the flawed criterion of the Panjab University for admissions in two new self-financing courses, BSc (electronics) and MSc (electronics) under the story ‘PU new courses have no details’ published on June 22, the authorities today sent a press note stating that the admission to both the courses would be merit-based.
UIET students protest fee hike
Chandigarh, June 27
Students of UIET (University Institute of Engineering and Technology) alongwith PUSU activists today gathered in front of the VC’s office on PU campus demanding a rollback in the hike of the fee of NRIs and NRI-sponsored students in UIET.
11,217 forms submitted for 11,000 seats
Chandigarh, June 27
A total of 11,217 admission forms for Class XI government schools have been received for 11,000 seats till today. The total sale of prospectus in all the three languages has been recorded as 12,206. Meanwhile, the education department has completed arrangements for the counselling for Class XI admissions, which has been scheduled for July 2 at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10.
From Colleges
NIPER professor gets Innocentive award
Mohali, June 27
Ravi P. Shah, doctoral student of the department of pharmaceutical analysis, at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S.A.S. Nagar, has won the Innocentive challenge Award entitled “Rapid Phytosterol Analysis in Plant Oil Samples”.
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Ambala, June 27
Sidhwan (Fatehgarh Sahib), June 27
