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Dry spell makes water scarce in Morni
Morni (Panchkula), May 3
The long dry spell has forced residents in villages in the Morni block to tread several kilometres to fetch water supplied by the public health department through water tankers.

Women lift water from a dried-up ‘baoli’ to fill their cans at a village.

Residents wait for water tankers arranged by the public health department at Plantra village in Morni block, Panchkula, on Monday. Tribune photographs

Percentile On Demand
CBSE takes U-turn
Chandigarh, May 3
Intensifying the confusion surrounding admissions to class XI, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has taken a U-turn on its declaration of an ‘on-demand’ provision of percentile of class X boards to affiliated schools.

Paying guests land woman in jail
75-year-old widow housed criminals without verification; granted bail
Chandigarh, May 3
The police today arrested 75-year-old Kanta Verma, an Army officer’s widow residing in Sector 36, three days after it came to light that the Bhupinder Singh, alias Bhupi, wanted in cases of rioting and attempt-to-murder in Haryana, had been staying as paying guest at her residence along with two accomplices.

Councillors to head for Gangtok
Chandigarh, May 3
While residents of the city continue to swelter in the summer heat, almost all municipal corporation (MC) councillors have opted to undertake a study tour to the cooler environs of Gangtok in Sikkim at taxpayers’ expense.

Expenditure On Vehicles Used By VIPs
DC office conceals more, reveals less
Chandigarh, May 3
When it comes to providing details of expenditure incurred on vehicles used by VIPs, the office of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) knows best how to dodge queries filed even under the RTI (Right to Information) Act.

Ruling On Kasab
Justice has prevailed, say victims’ neighbours
Mohali, May 3
As the nation watched the lone surviving 26/11 gunman, Ajmal Amir Kasab, being held guilty today of the audacious Mumbai attacks, that left 166 people dead, neighbours of two local families who had lost their children in the terror attacks, expressed appreciation over justice having ultim- ately prevailed.

COMMUNITY

List problems, panel tells Parsavnath
Chandigarh, May 3
In the ongoing tussle between the Chandigarh Housing Board and Parsavnath Builders over the Prideasia Housing Project, the ball is again in CHB’s court for solving the matter.

10 village heads meet Fin Secy
Chandigarh, May 3
After a delegation of villagers of Daria village recently submitted a representation to the UT Adviser over levy of entry taxes, sarpanches of 10 villages today met with Finance Secretary Sanjay Kumar in this regard.

CAT rejects nurses’ plea on seniority
Chandigarh, May 3
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today rejected the appeal filed by three staff nurses of Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, claiming seniority as per their date of recruitment.

Relief for 53 re-employed PGI workers
Chandigarh, May 3
Aggrieved by the non-implementation of their demand for pay fixation on the basis of service rendered in Army, 53 re-employed ex-servicemen recently got a relief after the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) directed the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) administration to do the needful to ensure fixation of their pay and other benefits within a period of four months.

Deploy guards within 15 days, MC tells firm
Mohali, May 3
The municipal council has asked the private company that has put up security gates in various parts of the town to provide watchmen to man these within 15 days and threatened the removal of advertisements displayed on these gates if the contractor failed to work according to the terms of the agreement.

Revised Mohali MC budget cleared
Mohali, May 3
A revised budget of Rs 4,398.19 lakh of the Mohali Municipal Council for 2010-11 was cleared at a special meeting of the civic body held here today even as the House cleared estimates for development works worth over Rs 7 crore.

Amateur artistes can’t book Tagore Theatre
Chandigarh, May 3
Non-artistic babus have pushed the Tagore Theatre out of the reach of amateurs. With arbitrary high rentals, Rs 25,000 and Rs 50,000, plus taxes, amateurs in the city are at the receiving of the whims of the bureaucracy, which otherwise splurges lakhs on “official cultural events” to promote entertainment in the city.

Summer Eye Care
Take care of your eyes this summer
Chandigarh, May 3
Come summer and we begin hearing about skin problems and remedies to save oneself from the scorching heat but what about other body parts, our eyes need special care which too bear the brunt of the heat.

BJP councillors hold meeting
Chandigarh, May 3
A meeting of municipal councillors of the BJP was here held under the chairmanship of Sanjay Tandon, local unit president, to review preparations for “Abhinandan Samaroh” of BJP president Nitin Gadkari here on May 12. Leader of the opposition in municipal corporation Gurcharan Dass Kala, Rajesh Gupta, Ramlal, Surinder Jagota, Anil Dubey, Sunita Chaudhary, Rajkumari Mishra and Sarita Sharma, all councillors, attended the meeting.

Alok Kumar joins as SSP (HQ)
Chandigarh, May 3
Alok Kumar, a 1996-batch IPS officer, joined as UT SSP (Headquarters and Intelligence) here today.

EDUCATION

Heading for a crash course! Unaware of the lurking danger, students stand at the open door of a moving bus; scramble to get a ride; and dangle from a door in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan

PU to check radioactive waste
Chandigarh, May 3
A death caused by the negligent disposal of radioactive Cobalt-60 from Chemistry department of the University of Delhi, a few days ago, has prompted Panjab University to constitute a standing committee to check the disposal of radioactive, chemical, and bio-medical waste in its science departments.

7-member panel inspects Dhanwantri College
Chandigarh, May 3
Having obtained permission from the Panjab and Haryana High Court to inspect Sri Dhanwantri Ayurvedic College, Sector 46, a seven-member committee of Panjab University examined the college and hospital here today.


PU committee members during the inspection of Dhanwantri Ayurvedic College, Sector 46, Chandigarh, on Monday. A Tribune photograph

PG diploma course in statistics to go online
Chandigarh, May 3
Panjab University’s School of Open Learning (USOL) is all set to start “online version” of its 10-year-old postgraduate diploma course in statistics with a newly introduced “upgradation facility” in the syllabus.

Mass Reappear Case
Chairperson to submit report to VC
Chandigarh, May 3
Panjab University’s Vice-Chancellor RC Sobti today ruled out the possibility of any probe to penalise first examiner, who checked papers of land law of fifth semester students of the department of laws, which resulted in a mass reappear.

Hi-tech system installed at PU library
Chandigarh, May 3
Issuing and returning books in Panjab University’s AC Joshi library will now be easy, as the much awaited Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) system worth Rs 1.75 crore, which was installed in the library more than a year ago, was today inaugurated by Vice-Chancellor RC Sobti.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Dr Manjit is Pbi varsity Registrar
Patiala, May 3
Dr Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, has appointed Dr Manjit Singh, professor and head of the department of social work, and dean college development council, as the new Registrar of Punjabi University. Dr Manjit Singh replaces Dr SS Khehra.

Man held for robberies
Rajpura, May 3
The police today arrested a robber involved in more a dozen heinous crimes of robberies in various districts of Punjab.





The accused in police custody at Rajpura on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Two sentenced in corruption case
Ropar, May 3
The court of District and Sessions Judge GK Dhir today awarded sentence to two employees of Punjab Small Scale Industry and Exports Corporation Chandigarh.

4 buffaloes killed in mishap
Bassi Pathana, May 3
Four buffaloes were burnt in a fire, which broke out at the house of Subhash Kumar in Balmiki Basti last night. The residents of the area had a tough time in controlling the fire.

Potholes pose threat to commuters
Ambala, May 3
The link roads of Ambala Cantt have been in a deplorable condition for the past couple of years due to the apathetic attitude of the department.

Seven arrested with cocaine
Ambala, May 3
In a major drug haul, the police today arrested seven persons, including two students and an instructor of engineering institutes, and seized 970 gm of cocaine from them. The seized drugs are estimated to have a market rate of Rs 2.50 crore.

The drug peddling accused in police custody at Ambala on Monday. A Tribune photograph

COURTS

Airlines penalised for deficiency in service
Chandigarh, May 3
A trip to Kolkata turned into a nightmare for a Panchkula resident when his flight got late and was dropped at Jaipur airport instead of Delhi or Chandigarh along with his family. Further, the airlines from which he had booked the tickets failed to make proper arrangements for their travel.

SHO gets summons in Babla case
Chandigarh, May 3
A local court today issued summons against SHO of the Sector-26 Police Station for May 19 in the case pertaining to MC councillor Devinder Singh Babla. He has been directed to produce the statements recorded under the Section 164. The SHO has been asked to provide the copies of statement of the witnesses Digvijay Kapur, Ajit Singh Lamba, Mohan Lal and others recorded under the Section 164 of the CrPC.

Has paid parking created bottlenecks, HC asks admn
Parking in Sectors 8, 9, 17, 22 and 35 need immediate decongestion
Chandigarh, May 3
The Punjab and Haryana High Court wants to know from the Chandigarh administration whether it proposes “to take remedial measures” in case the paid parking system has led to the creation of traffic bottlenecks on the main roads.

CRIME

Stolen water pipes found in guard’s factory
Chandigarh, May 3
The sensational murder of two security guards, whose bodies were found dumped under a bridge at Daria village on Saturday, took a curious turn today when around 50 kg scrap of stolen water pipes was recovered from the factory where Gurdial Singh was a security guard.

5 of girl’s family held for kidnapping couple
Chandigarh, May 3
The police today arrested five family members of a girl from Abohar, who had married against the wishes of her parents, on charges of kidnapping her along with her husband.

SPORTS

Kabaddi team honoured
Zirakpur, May 3
The Sher-e-Punjab Sports Club honoured the Indian kabaddi team, which had won the World Cup Kabaddi Tournament at a function organised in the Kalgidhar market here today.


Winners of the World Cup Kabaddi Tournament in a jubilant mood at Zirakpur on Monday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Bipul spins web around Ludhiana
Mohali, May 3
With his six-wicket haul, spinner Bipul Sharma enabled Chandigarh to move ahead in the on going Punjab Senior Inter-District Cricket Tournament for Katoch Shield after registering win over Ludhiana on the basis of first innings lead of 87 runs in Ludhiana today.

Holy Child lift U-14 cricket title
Panchkula, May 3
Holy Child School won the Six-a-side Inter-school Cricket Under-14 Tournament defeating Ryan International School by four wickets.

Akshita outshines Hansika
Chandigarh, May 3
Akshita Singh got the better of Hansika 4-0, 4-2 in the straight sets in the under-12 category’s first round match at the AITA Tennis Tournament held at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association courts here today.




A player in action during a tennis match in Chandigarh on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Double delight for Sumit
Chandigarh, May 3
It was Sumit Talwar’s day, as he won top honours in both senior snooker and billiards events in the 26th Chandigarh State Billiards and Snooker Championship 2010 at Sector 22 here today.



A player is all concentration during the billiards and snooker championship in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

12 schools submit entry forms
Chandigarh, May 3
As many as 12 schools have sent their entries for the Chandigarh Football Tournament (Under-16) for St Solider Trophy, which will begin from May 5.

Jeev to tee off Samarvir golf today
Chandigarh, May 3
Jeev Milkha Singh will do the ceremonial tee off at 7.30 am for the Samarvir Sahi Punjab Open Amateur Golf Championship, which gets under way on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club tomorrow.

Gaurav gets the better of Vikramjit
Chandigarh, May 3
Gaurav Gulati emerged winner in the opening snooker match of the 9th Saurabh Khattar Memorial Billiards and Snooker Tournament at the Chandigarh Club here today.

Cricket trials
Panchkula, May 3
Trials to select probables for the U-17 2nd Chaudhary Ranbir Singh Hooda All India Day/Night National Cricket Championship to be held from June 1 would to be organised by the Cricket Federation of Haryana (CFH) on May 9. Amar Jit Kumar, Honorary General Secretary, CFH, said players from Chandigarh and all over Haryana and born on or after January 1, 1993, were eligible to take part in the trials to be held at Hansraj Public School at Sector 6. — TNS