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Class XI Admission
For some, certificates don’t work
Chandigarh, July 2
The inaugural “sports special day” proved to be non-sporty for students seeking admission under the sports category in Class XI.

Parshuram on Urinals
ISBT-43 toilet vandalised
Chandigarh, July 2
Parshuram Sena activists today vandalised a toilet at the ISBT, Sector 43, here this morning. The reason was that word “Parshuram”, the name of Hindu God, was engraved on urinals, being used in these toilets at the bus stand.
The damaged urinals at a toilet in ISBT-43, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

NATURAL DESILITING: What the UT Administration could not achieve, the rains have done at Sukhna Lake. They have raised the water level by 3 feet, saving it from drying up. Tribune photo: Karam Singh

REGIONAL BRIEFS

A dancer performs during a cultural programme to raise funds for Helpage India at Panjab University, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

	Infighting stains Kalpana Chawla college July 2, 2008
	Portion of Zirakpur bridge crumbles July 1, 2008
	A day after, 2-yr-old boy drowns in city June 30, 2008
	Vaseela owes govt Rs 65 lakh June 29, 2008
	Jan Shatabdi to run everyday June 28, 2008
	Home dream gets dearer June 27, 2008
	IAS officer booked for beating up wife June 26, 2008
	44.2 pc students in city govt schools malnourished; 22 pc anaemic June 25, 2008
	BJP protest rally canecharged June 24, 2008
	UT decides to let go June 23, 2008

Rare help for HelpAge
Chandigarh, July 2
Setting an example for others, Jarnail Singh (72), a beneficiary of the Helpage India, has decided to donate his house to the society after his death.



Jarnail Singh

Cheating Munna Bhai style
Chandigarh, July 2
Local MBBS students have gone the Munna Bhai way. Taking a cue from reel life where actor Sanjay Dutt uses an improvised device for cheating in his medical exams in the Bollywood blockbuster “Munna Bhai MBBS”, an NRI MBBS of GMCH-32 attempted a more sophisticated version and used a hi-tech watch to copy in the exam but was caught.

COMMUNITY

Rains expose ‘quality work’ at park
Chandigarh, July 2
Recent rains in city have laid bare the functioning of the municipal corporation and also the quality of work done by it. Nothing else can explain it better than the condition of green belt in Sector 29-C that was inaugurated in March this year.

A portion of the railing on the wall at the entry to the green belt in Sector 29-C that caved in due to the recent rains in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Dead trees to raise plants
Chandigarh, July 2
Now dead trees will contribute to the beautification of the city. The horticulture department of the municipal corporation has devised a method of growing exotic plants inside trunks of dead trees by converting these into plant beds.

A beautified dead mango tree in Chandigarh’s Sector 19 green belt. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Pak lyricist propagates intermingling of cultures
Chandigarh, July 2
Koi idhar howe koi udhar howe agar border ki bijli vich nah owe (if there is no border between India and Pakistan people will be free like a bird to move in both countries).


Sheikh Mohammad Saddiq, a lyricist from Pakistan, interacts with students in Chandigarh on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

Stolen passports tampered with in Italy?
Chandigarh, July 2
The 48 passports that were stolen from the regional passport office in October, 2006 were apparently tampered with in Italy.

Thumbs-up to guidelines on reality shows
The youth brigade has given a thumbs-up to the decision on having guidelines for judges of reality shows. A six-member panel of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) will formulate guidelines to restrain judges on these shows from humiliating the contestants.

Rohanpreet Singh

Deputy CM’s condition stable
Panchkula, July 2
The condition of deputy chief minister of Haryana Chander Mohan is stable now. It is expected that he will be discharged within a couple of days.

MC polls open new avenue for bouncers
Zirakpur, July 2
Politics always had a special place for musclemen. This time, candidates at polling booths in Zirakpur employed professional bouncers during the municipal elections.

Bouncers outside a polling booth at Zirakpur. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Business as usual: Truckers play cards following suspension of work due to a strike in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

BJP gives bandh call
Chandigarh, July 2
The local unit of the BJP today gave a call for a Chandigarh bandh in protest against the decision of the Jammu and Kashmir government to cancel the allotment of land to the Amarnath Shrine Board.

BJP seeks action against Cong councillor
Chandigarh, July 2
The BJP yesterday criticised the alleged use of unparliamentary language by Congress councillor Ravinderpal Singh Palli against two opposition councillors during the municipal corporation house meeting held
here on Monday.

Letters
Monsoon havoc

EDUCATION

Free information booklet sparks controversy
Chandigarh, July 2
The booklet released by Indian National Students Organisation (INSO) to provide free information of various courses of Panjab University (PU) to the new comers has sparked off a controversy.

CM unveils Rs 4-cr scholarships
Mohali, July 2
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today stressed the need to impart hi-tech quality education to students in Punjab at par with the renowned educational institutions across the world.



A student with her scholarship certificate during a function at CIIS in Mohali on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

Central Varsity Status
CM’s assurance to PUTA team
Chandigarh, July 2
After a lot of spadework, PUTA delegation led by Prof Rajan Gaur, vice president, and Prof Manjit Singh, secretary, managed to meet Chief Minister, Punjab, at his residence today.

PU Notes
VC extends last date for forms
Chandigarh, July 2
The Vice-Chancellor has granted approval for extending the last date for submission of admission forms for various courses in all the departments of the university up to July 4.

COURTS

HC moved against parking fee at rly station
Chandigarh, July 2
The inconvenience caused to motorists while dropping or picking up passengers at the railway station here was today brought to the notice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Labourer jailed in fake currency case
Chandigarh, July 2
Additional district and sessions judge R.S. Attri has sentenced a migrant labourer to one-year imprisonment for making payment through fake currency note in a shop.

ADMINISTRATION

Sanetta Site Rejected
New DC for dist court complex at Badmajra
Mohali, July 2
In a new turn to the controversy over the site for the Mohali district administrative-cum-judicial complex, the present deputy commissioner has recommended Badmajra village as the ideal site.

Police to reopen shut cases
Chandigarh, July 2
The Chandigarh Police has decided to re-open investigation in murder cases pending for the past five years.

Two cops suspended
Chandigarh, July 2
The Chandigarh police today suspended its two constables, Harbans Lal and Ram Chander, after they had reported for duty after consuming alcohol yesterday.

Mayor wants more teeth for MC
Chandigarh, July 2
Mayor Pardeep Chhabra yesterday demanded transfer of additional functions to the municipal corporation besides taking up other development issues at the monthly coordination committee meeting of the UT administration and corporation held at UT Secretariat, here.

MC sleeps over query under RTI
Chandigarh, July 2
In spite of tall claims about transparency in the functioning various wings of the Chandigarh Administration, they continue to make a mockery of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005.

Officials discuss ways to augment civic amenities
Chandigarh, July 2
After allowing more covered area in commercial and residential buildings, the Chandigarh administration has realised that there is need to augment the basic civic amenities like storm water and sewerage.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Doctor falls into river
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 2
A well-known doctor of the town drowned in the Bhakra river this evening. Divers reportedly refused to trace him in the dark.

Bhattal meets injured Cong worker
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 2
President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) Rajinder Kaur Bhattal today met an injured Congress worker in the local civil hospital.

Glacier Slip: Two more bodies found
Bassi Pathana, July 2 The bodies of a boy and girl who were drowned in a glacier slide at Hemkund Sahib on June 23 were found in nearby ravines last evening.

Losing candidate complains against polling staff
Bassi Pathana, July 2
Hundreds of residents from ward No. 5 today handed over a copy of their complaint to the deputy commissioner alleging that presiding officer and other polling staff at polling booth of ward No. 5, in connivance with winning candidate Anu Jhanji, influenced voters to caste their vote in her favour by giving them voter slips bearing her election symbol.

400 quintals of eatables destroyed
Patiala, July 2
Around 400 quintals of pickle, murabba and other eatables that were declared unfit for human consumption were destroyed today under the supervision of T.R. Sarangal, secretary, health department-cum-managing director of PHSC.

Water samples to be tested
Patiala, July 2
Following complaints by residents of the city over unhygienic water being supplied to them, municipal corporation officials have approached state sewerage board officials to check water samples being supplied to residents.

Syndicate honours professors
Patiala, July 2
Punjabi University syndicate, in a meeting, decided to award life fellowship to former vice-chancellor of Punjabi University and noted economist Dr H.K. Manmohan Singh, here recently.

SPORTS

Stadium XI, APJ beat rivals
Mohali, July 2
Sector-16 Cricket Stadium XI, Chandigarh, and APJ School of Kharar started their journey on winning notes on the opening day of the inaugural Sardar Amar Singh Memorial Under-12 Cricket Tournament on the PCA Ground and Yadvindra Public School ground here today.

The Sector 16 Stadium team celebrate the victory against YPS School during the opening day of the inaugural Sardar Amar Singh Memorial Under-12 Cricket Tournament at YPS, Mohali, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

ERCA lift Challenger Trophy
Chandigarh, July 2
Edmund Rice Cricket Academy beat St Vivekanand school team by 167 runs in a one-sided final match to clinch the All-India Challenger Trophy under-16 Cricket Tournament, here, yesterday. The tournament was organised by Aresson Sports Club and Edmund Rice Cricket Academy at St John’s High School, Sector 26.

Tarundeep third at midway stage
Chandigarh, July 2
Tarundeep Chadha of Chandigarh occupied the third slot in Category B at the midway stage of the Lalit Suri Northern India Junior Golf Championship with Rashid Khan and Chikkarangappa leading in A and B categories, respectively, on the par-72 greens of the Army Environmental Park and Training Area (Army Golf Course) at Dhaula Kuan in Delhi today.

Kalyani shines in table tennis tourney
Chandigarh, July 2
Kalyani of Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, gave a straight set defeat to Shakshi Jain in the Sub-Junior Girls’ Single final during the Mrs & Mr Kishan Lal Memorial Invitational Table Tennis Tournament at Table Tennis Hall in Sector 23 yesterday.

Boost cricket kicks off from July 10
Mohali, July 2
The second edition of the Boost Cricket Cup Inter-School tournament has been scheduled to be held on July 10 involving schools from six districts of Punjab.

Shahnawaaz Mirza, Boost Cricket Cup ‘Ratans’ awardee, and Ankit Kaushik, who was selected for the Boost Cricket Camp, during their felicitation at PCA. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Cricket trials tomorrow
Chandigarh, July 2
Trials to select Chandigarh District Cricket team (under- 22) will be heldon July 4 at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, here.

CRIME

Car dealer hurt in attack
Chandigarh, July 2
Local car dealer Jasbir Singh escaped with minor injuries after he was attacked by some unknown persons with sharp-edged weapons in Sector 18 here today.