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Fun turns tragic, student drowns
Mohali, April 25
A 21-year-old student of the Food Craft Institute (FCI), Sector 42, Parul Gopal, drowned in the Siswan dam, near Mullanpur here, this evening.
‘Inbreeding’ remarks nettle PU staff
Chandigarh, April 25
The Panjab University administration and the varsity’s teachers union, which are otherwise at loggerheads with each other, sunk their differences temporarily on Sunday in criticizing certain speakers for their “direct and indirect comments made against PU”.
Medico Suicide Case
UT continues to dither on action against GMCH doc
Chandigarh, April 25
While it took the UT health department six long years to sack two employees of the Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, convicted for abetting the suicide of a colleague, it continues to drag its feet on initiating action against a head of the department of the institution against whom charges were framed four months back for abetting the suicide of a third semester MBBS student in 2008.
Chandigarh Golf Club elections
Professionals seek right to contest
Chandigarh, April 25
Some Chandigarh Golf Club members moved a resolution, demanding that members who were golf professionals be allowed the right to contest, during the annual general body meeting here today.
Dalit Killings
Valmiki Samaj seeks probe
Panchkula, April 25
The Haryana Valmiki Samaj (HVS)
here today demanded a judicial probe into the killing of Dalits at
Mirchpur village, Hisar, in which two persons were killed and houses of
about 20 families were damaged in arson and looting by members of other
communities on April 21.
Murder over cellphone clash
Hunt on, cops sent to Ambala
Chandigarh, April 25
The police is yet to arrest the suspects involved in the murder of the 19-year-old Bihari migrant labourer, who was stabbed to death at Daria village yesterday.
Polio drops administered
Kalka, April 25
A total of 12,527 children were administered polio drops during a special campaign organised in Kalka, Pinjore and its adjoining area. Dr Kamla Singh, Civil Surgeon, Panchkula, visited Kalka to take a stock of the campaign.
Inaugurated
Chandigarh, April 25
Janhit eye clinic at Sood Bhawan, Sector 44, was inaugurated today by Mayor Anu Chatrath here today.
PU students relive memories
Chandigarh, April 25
The fourth annual alumni meet of School of Communication Studies, PU, was held on Saturday.
Dhawan’s induction into BJP
Damage control by Punj
Chandigarh, April 25
In a face-saving exercise, senior BJP leaders today rubbished allegations that former union minister Harmohan Dhawan had been “paratrooped” on the local unit of the BJP by the party high command without taking into account the sentiments of the local leaders.
‘Khalsa movement not revenge-based’
Chandigarh, April 25
“The Khalsa ideal of equality was much ahead of time. The term Khalsa kept evolving and getting enriched with the passage of time. Any meaningful understanding of Sikh history will necessitate a proper appreciation of the Khalsa self-image,” said Dr JS
Grewal.
Jaipur experiment is here
After trying all means to save the Sukhna lake, the administration is now experimenting with manual de-weeding (see photo). Workers hired for the job include those who have successfully de-weeded the Jalmahal lake in Jaipur earlier.
These 30-odd workers start as early as 4 am and continue till late in the evening, uprooting the thorny mysterious weed with their hands. Shamsher Mohammad, one of the workers, says removing the weed here is tougher than in
Jaipur. “Our hands feel more itchy here”, he says. If it can bring back the dying Sukhna lake to life, the itch may be worth the effort.
Home guard jawan injured
Panchkula, April 25
A home guard jawan was injured when his motorcycle was hit by an SUV Ford Endeavor jeep near the Sector 8-9 traffic light point here this noon.
Mediation training course concludes
 Chandigarh, April 25
A three-day mediation training course organised under the aegis of Punjab and Haryana High Court headed by Justice MM Kumar concluded at the Judicial Academy, Sector 43, here today.
Over 100 advocates from 18 districts of Punjab and Haryana, where mediation and conciliation centres have been set up, participated in the training
programme.
An advocate speaks during the concluding ceremony of the mediation training course at the Judicial Academy in Chandigarh on Sunday.
A Tribune photograph
Pinjore to have bypass road
Panchkula, April 25
Respite seems to be in sight for commuters going to Baddi-Nalagarh through Pinjore, as Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is all set to lay a new road bypassing Pinjore town.
Harjinder Kaur congratulates Ravinder Krishan on being re-elected president of the local unit of the RJD in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
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Railway Station
Another ramp for physically challenged
Chandigarh, April 25
Keeping in view the problems being faced by senior citizens, heart patients and physically challenged, the Railway authorities started construction of another ramp at platform No 1 at the city railway station here yesterday.
Village land changes hands, DC orders probe
Mohali, April 25
An alleged land scam involving 600 acres of common village land of
Bhagindi, Gurdha, Kasauli, Jyanti Majri and Karaundewala, on Chandigarh’s periphery, has come to the fore.
Sanitation goes contractual
Panchkula, April 25
Four months after the sanitation supervision was handed over to the ward executive committees formed under the chairmanship of local councillors, the local urban bodies department has decided to give the responsibility to keep the town clean to contractors. The work to be carried out by contractors, however, will be monitored by the Resident Welfare Association.
India among 10 worst road accidents prone countries
Chandigarh, April 25
With over one lakh deaths and more than five lakh seriously injured persons in road accidents, India has emerged one of the 10 worst road accidents prone countries in the world identified by the World Health Organisation to chalk out a programme to reduce road mishap causalities.
Awarded
Chandigarh: Global Forum for Public Relations has conferred the Golden Triangle Award 2010 for Public Relations on Charanjit Singh, a local public relations practitioner. He was awarded at a function in
Hyderabad.
Medical camp
Chandigarh, April 25
A special medical health check-up camp was organised at Deaf and Dumb School, Sector 19, here. It was inaugurated by Prof Laxmi Kanta Chawla,
Where parking creates heat
Mohali, April 25
Parking has become the bane of the town, with drivers facing unending harassment, particularly in the market areas.
The vehicle density has been rising, which coupled with poor planning, has led to a worsening of parking woes.
Open House Response
Govt blind to touts cashing in on false promises
The nefarious business of touts is flourishing, right in middle of our blind administrative systems, both at the state and national levels. I, myself, am a victim of agents who showed me a paradise that never existed. Disillusioned with false promises, I am currently making the rounds of the courts seeking a refund of the money that my father had managed to pay the agent with great difficulty.
25,000 take AIEEE in tricity
 Chandigarh, April 25
About 25,000 students across 41 centres in the tricity appeared for the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination
(AIEEE) held today. The centralised competitive exam conducted annually by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a gateway to admissions in various engineering and architectural colleges in the country.
With an increase of 5,000 to 7,000 students appearing for the exam in the region, the number of centres in the tricity has also increased this year, said an official.
A student in a pensive mood after taking AIEEE outside Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
Dyslexic student videographed for 9 hours
Chandigarh, April 25
Pranjay Jain, a dyslexic student, who
got an additional hour to write AIEEE test on the intervention of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, was today videographed for nearly nine hours
during the exam.
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A two-day seminar on blood donation in progress at Panjab University in
Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
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ETT aspirants to intensify stir
Bassi Pathana, April 25
ETT aspirants would intensify their agitation if the state government did not concede their demands. All class masters, block master trainers
(BMT), CMT and coordinators would submit their resignation on May 1 and would derail the “Paro Punjab” programme of the government, said Gurwinder Singh
Ghuman, district president, and Jagtar Singh, a member of the state executive committee, while addressing the meeting of ETT teachers here today.
Dances, plays mark annual day celebrations
Panchkula, April 25
Captivating performance of students in a song-cum-dance sequence “Masti ki Pathshala”, Gujarati dance and western dance left audience awestruck during the annual day function of Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1, Chandi Mandir
Cantt, yesterday.
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Property and goods worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in a major fire that gutted a popular buffet restaurant in the city, Barbeque Nation, and the Reebok warehouse above it in the Sector 26 market.
