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City gears up to take on swine flu threat
Chandigarh, August 10
Swine flu deaths in other parts of the country triggered an increase in the number of people lining up at different hospitals here for diagnostic tests today.

40 DPS students with cold sent back
Chandigarh, August 10
Gearing up to combat swine flu, city private schools have now swung into action following the guidelines issued by the UT Heath Department to allow suspected students to stay home for 7-10 days without insistence of medical certificate.

PU mein bandar bhi peeta hai ...!
Chandigarh, August 10
Shattering Panjab University’s tall claims of remarkable
hygiene at its hostels, monkeys continue to have a
gala time on the campus, drinking and bathing in the
water being used by hostel residents, like in boys
hostel number 6.

NK Sharma Mohali plan panel chief
Zirakpur/Mohali, August 10
It was not only the day of coronation of Sukhbir Badal as Deputy Chief Minister. His loyalist and Zirakpur MC president Narinder Kumar Sharma got his share of power when he was nominated chairman of the Mohali District Level Planning Committee.

COMMUNITY

‘Tuk-tuk’ a call away
Chandigarh, August 10
The much-awaited pink-coloured day and night LPG driven Tuk-tuk service (autos) was launched by UT Administrator SF Rodrigues on the State Transport Authority office in Sector 18.

STA Secretary Vandana Disodia and Additional Secretary Anil Sharma enjoy a ride of ‘Tuk-tuk’ in Chandigarh on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Yuvraj among top taxpayers
Chandigarh, August 10
Recession? Not at least in the city if one goes by the increase in the number of crorepati taxpayers.

Mayor pulls up JP employees
Dumping garbage at corporation site
Chandigarh, August 10
In a surprise visit to the dumping ground of the Municipal Corporation at Dadu Majra, Mayor Kamlesh caught red-handed three trolleys of JP Company while dumping garbage at corporation site.

‘Ladies special’ on the road
Chandigarh, August 10
The Chandigarh Transport Undertaking
intitiated to start a “ladies special” bus
service from today.


The CTU’s exclusive ladies special bus service that started in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Shree Krishan Leela, a feast
for soul
Chandigarh, August 10
The spiritual fervour pervaded at the packed Tagore Theatre as the Samvad Theatre group staged “Shree Krishan Leela” to the blissful delight of the devout audience here today.


Artistes from the Samvad Theatre Group
perform at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh
on Monday. Photo: S. Chandan

Air Vice-Marshal inspects IAF station
Chandigarh, August 10
Air Vice-Marshal Satish Pal Singh, Senior Officer-in-Charge (Administration), Training Command, inspected the Air Force Station, High Ground, here today.


Air Vice-Marshal Satish Pal Singh (centre), Senior Officer-in-Charge (Administration), Training Command, inspects a simulator during his visit to the Air Force Station in Chandigarh on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Experts: Right treatment must for varicose veins
Chandigarh, August 10
Lack of knowledge among medicos about varicose veins often leads to aggravation of problem as the appropriate treatment is delayed and the patient is rendered to suffer pain with swollen feet and infected skin.

Nanotechnology for drug delivery
Mohali, August 10
The fusion of nano science with drug delivery system could create wonders in history of science.

Ward No 10 seat goes to Cong
Badheri wins by just 33 votes
Chandigarh, August 10
Congress candidate Bhupinder Singh Badheri won the byelection in ward no 10 of the Municipal Corporation with a thin margin of 33 votes here today.

Reliance co told to pay Rs 2.8 lakh
Chandigarh, August 10
The District Consumer Redressal Forum has directed Reliance General Insurance Company to pay Rs 2.8 lakh as insurance claim towards theft of a car.

Ration depot holders go on strike
Protest govt move to cut kerosene quota to APL card holders
Mohali, August 10
Ration depot holders in two districts of Punjab, Mohali and Ropar, today went on strike to protest against a move of the Punjab Food and Supplies Department to drastically cut the quota of kerosene given to the APL card holders.

Rural areas too reel under power cuts
Mohali, August 10
It is not only the urban consumers who are reeling under the power cuts, resentment is brewing among the rural consumers over long power cuts.

3 dispensaries to function 24 hrs
Panchkula, August 10
In order to cope up with the huge rush at the emergency ward of the General Hospital, the health authorities have decided to keep three dispensaries open round the clock from tomorrow onwards.

Housing body members meet Home Secy
Chandigarh, August 10
Alleging mass misappropriation in the Labour Bureau Employees Cooperative House Building Society, Sector 49, a delegation of the society’s General Power of Attorney (GPA) holders went to meet the UT Home Secretary today.

Award for Sardana
Chandigarh, August 10
Sanjay Sardana, principal of Manav Mangal High School Sector 21-C, Chandigarh, has been nominated for the CBSE National Award 2008.

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EDUCATION

Regional identities in PU
Himachali students a force to reckon with
Chandigarh, August 10
In an attempt to explore the diverse regional identities in Panjab University today, we walk you through one of the most successful illustrations of a regional student association at Panjab University. So much so that its strength is considered almost analogous to influential Punjab and Haryana student associations.

Class X compartment result out
Chandigarh, August 10
As per the information received from the regional officer, CBSE, the result of Class X compartment exam held from July 18 to 25 has been declared today.

From Schools
Bhavan Vidyalaya students bring laurels
Chandigarh, August 10
Two students Jitesh Bansal and Divyaleen Kochhar of Class XII of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh, won the preliminary round of “Technothalon - National School Championship” organised by the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Underpass demanded at level crossing
Kalka, August 10
The Kalka-Pinjore railway crossing on National Highway-22, on which thousands of vehicles pass through on daily basis, was in a dire need of construction of under-pass way, said local residents.

Girls perform during a dance competition ahead of Independence Day, organised by Mehak Cultural Forum, in Patiala on Sunday. Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar

Panchayat assn seeks more rights
Rajpura, August 10
The Panchayat Association of Punjab today demanded that the 73rd amendment of the Constitution should be immediately implemented in Punjab and panchayats should be given administrative and financial rights for smooth functioning.

Meter reader accused of harassment
Kharar, August 10
Tawinder Kaur, a resident of Mamupur village, has accused an employee of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) of harassing and abusing her.

Farmers protest against power cuts
Kharar, August 10
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta) blocked the Khanpur-Morinda road for nearly one hour this afternoon. General secretary of the union Mehar Singh Theri alleged that the XEN at PSEB office had not been available to listen their grievances.

SR Prabhakar, principal of DAV Public School, inaugurates an exhibition on computer on the school premises in Patiala on Monday. A Tribune photograph

XEN, SDO thrashed by irate mob
Patiala, August 10
Irked over tripping of power supply in the Badungar area of Patiala city, a group of residents allegedly thrashed four Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) officials, including an executive engineer, an SDO, a junior engineer and linemen, who had gone to the area to rectify the fault in the power supply lines over there.

Aayushi wins swimming championship
Patiala, August 10
The 25th sub-junior, 34th junior and 36th Senior Patiala District Swimming Championship took place at Mohindra College, here today.

COURTS

4 get 7-yr jail for robbery
Chandigarh, August 10
Holding four accused guilty of robbing a trader at knifepoint, a local court today sentenced the main accused to seven years of imprisonment and five years to the other three.

Dabwali Fire Tragedy
Victims reach court for hearing
Chandigarh, August 10
Apparently, time has failed to douse the agony of the Dabwali fire tragedy victims. Agony was writ large on the faces shrivelled with pain and disfigured with flames almost 14 years ago, as a strong contingent of the victims reached the Punjab and Haryana High Court for the hearing of the compensation matter this morning.

CRIME

Man held for sending vulgar SMSes to estranged wife
Chandigarh, August 10
The police arrested a man for allegedly sending vulgar SMSes to his estranged wife. The woman lodged a complaint with the police on June 30.

Death of Afghan student
Victim lay wounded on spot
for 20 mins
Chandigarh, August 10
Ahmed Jawid Yazdany, the Afghan national, kept on lying severely wounded on the spot for about 20 minutes after being knocked down by a speeding car at railway lights point during the wee hours of Sunday before he was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle.

Members of the Afghan Students Association outside the mortuary at the PGI in
Chandigarh on Monday waiting for the police to complete its formalities to release
the body. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Arresting baba in 7 days
Time running out for cops
Chandigarh, August 10
Even after five days since the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the police to arrest Baba Pritpal Singh, who is booked in a case for grabbing land of an NRI woman, the police has failed to trace the baba.

SPORTS

Saupin’s on winning spree
Chandigarh, August 10
Continuing its winning spree, Saupin’s Cricket Academy-32 trounced Ryan International Cricket Academy-49 during the Eugene Saupin’s Cricket Tournament for under-10 here today.

Players in action during the Eugene Saupin’s Cricket Tournament for under-10 in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Hosts DAV Parwanoo retain title
Chandigarh, August 10
Hosts DAV School of Parwanoo and Chandigarh emerged overall winners in the boys and girls sections, respectively, in the Rajiv Gandhi National Table Soccer Championship held at Parwanoo (Himachal Pradesh).

Anuj shines in football meet
Chandigarh, August 10
Anuj Yadav performed a hat-trick as hosts St Soldier's International School, Sector 28, blanked The Banyan Tree School, Sector 48, by 4-0 in the Chandigarh Sub-Junior Football Championship for St Soldier's Trophy here today.

Hard fought win for Ankur
Panchkula, August 10
Ankur Nanda reached quarterfinal in senior snooker event of the 23rd Haryana State Billiards and Snooker Championship on Haryana Billiards’ Sector 11 premises.

Friendship Cup postponed
Chandigarh, August 10
The Friendship Cup under-13 Tournament, which was slated to commence on August 11, has been postponed to August 14.

Tennis meet from Aug 13
Chandigarh, August 10
The Total Tennis Academy will organise the LD Kapoor Memorial Total Tennis Championship for juniors.