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22 make it to civil services from tricity
Toppers hit bull’s eye in last attempt
Chandigarh, May 6
Twentytwo candidates from the tricity have cleared the civil services examination this year, with girls outnumbering boys.
... but none among top 10 in country

Dream come true for peon’s daughter
Chandigarh, May 6
In contrast to Neha, Sandeep Kaur had grown up seeing her father saluting the ‘sahibs’ and had thus always aspired to become one herself. For Sandeep, daughter of a peon employed in Morinda sub-tehsil, the journey to making it to the IAS was tough.

Sandeep Kaur, Rank 138

Half of city tubewells set to go dry
Chandigarh, May 6
Faced with the irreversible situation of depletion of the water table, half of the existing tubewells (200) in the city will go dry in the coming five years.

2 more aides of DAV-10 student held
2 stolen motorcycles recovered
Chandigarh, May 6
The police today arrested two more accomplices of a DAV College student, who was arrested with four stolen motorcycles yesterday.

UT told to annul ‘males only’ ad for bus conductors
Chandigarh, May 6
The UT administration has been pulled up by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) for denying equal opportunity to women in posts for bus conductors for which it had advertised recently. The original advertisement of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking had sought only male applicants.

COMMUNITY

CITCO-MC row gets murkier
Chandigarh, May 6
The ongoing tug-of-war between CITCO and the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation over a piece of land located near the MC office has intensified with the former questioning the locus-standi of the civic body on the issue of ownership of the land today.

UT seeks alternative site for Sec 21 e-sampark centre
Chandigarh, May 6
The UT administration has decided not to set up an e-sampark centre at the proposed location in Sector 21B adjoining the Chandigarh City Bird Sanctuary and has asked the area councillor and resident welfare associations to suggest an alternative site.

 

Rare operation on man with severe breathing problem

Chandigarh, May 6 Premier medical institution of the region PGI has added another feather to its cap by becoming the first government hospital in the country to perform a successful surgery of placing a silicone Y-stent in a patient’s trachea (wind pipe) after removing a tumour that was causing a blockade in the throat. Dr Dheeraj Gupta from the interventional pulmonology department of the PGI (centre) explains the Y-stent procedure at the hospital. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik

Consumer Forum
Bank told to refund Rs 28,000
Chandigarh, May 6
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has stated that in the absence of any directions or specific mandate from the customer, no banker can unilaterally and arbitrarily encash or transfer the money of a depositor from his account and pay it to any other person without verifying the genuineness of the cheque/instrument and the signatures of the customer.

Road Rage: A woman caught hold of a man from his shirt and attacked him in full public view after their cars narrowly missed a collision on the road dividing Sectors 29 and 31 in Chandigarh on Thursday. Both parties reached a compromise at the Sector 31 police station later in the day following negotiations lasting more than four hours. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan

GMADA allots work to develop golf academy
Mohali, May 6
A month after approving city’s first golf academy in Phase XI here, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has allotted the work to develop the facility to a Gurgoan-based firm, Tulip Build Infra Pvt Ltd.

Mohali to get first footbridge in tricity
Mohali, May 6
The regional planning and design committee (RPD) of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has approved construction of a footbridge at Phase VI here. The footbridge would provide an obstacle-free passage to the pedestrians moving between residential area of Phase VI and the Civil Hospital.

Law officials’ plea rejected
Chandigarh, May 6
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today dismissed the application filed by two law officers, who had approached them for treating their post of law officer equivalent to that of Assistant District Attorney.

Bhagwan Dass on scientific advisory panel
Chandigarh, May 6
The Union Agriculture Ministry has appointed Punjab Young Farmers Association general secretary Bhagwan Dass Gupta a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Three nabbed for stealing motorbikes
Ambala, May 6
The police today claimed to have busted a gang of automobile lifters and arrested three persons, including an Army man, and seized three motorcycles from them.

Security siren at bank creates panic
Rajpura, May 6
Security siren at a nationalised bank created panic among residents and nearby schoolchildren, as it went off accidentally after a short-circuit here this morning.

Research areas in biotech discussed
Kharar, May 6
The department of biotechnology, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, organised an international symposium on formulating medicines-confronting cancer on its Landran campus.

COURTS

Consumer Court
College told to pay Rs 67,000
Chandigarh, May 6
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Rayat Technical Centre of Excellence, located in Nawanshahar, and city-based Rayat College of Law to refund Rs 67,605 to Nitish Garg. 

CRIME

Intoxicants worth Rs 5,000 seized
Mohali, May 6
Showing concern regarding youth getting hooked to drugs, the police requested the health authorities to check the alleged sale of intoxicants, which was going on unabatedly around the Sohana area.

One arrested under Wildlife Act
Mohali, May 6
The police today arrested Gurvinder Singh, a resident of Amritsar, with a rare species snake that was handed over to the officials from the wildlife department.

Cash, valuables worth Rs 1.5 lakh stolen
Panchkula, May 6
Thieves decamped with cash and valuables worth Rs 1.5 lakh after breaking into a house of a retired army official in Sector 16 here today. Owner of the house Colonel (retd) Mahesh Chadha and his wife were in Solan.

2 hurt in drunken brawl in Sec 22
Chandigarh, May 6
Two youths belonging to different groups were admitted to PGI with grievous injuries while half-a-dozen of their associates escaped with minor injuries following a drunken brawl outside a liquor vend in Sector 22A here late last night.

SPORTS

Katoch Shield
Vishwas fashions city win

Chandigarh, May 6 Chandigarh’s skipper Vishwas Bhalla produced a captain’s knock to steer its team to beat Mohali team on the basis of first innings lead of 42 runs in the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament for Seniors for Katoch Shield at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium here today. Captain of Chandigarh team during the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium in Chandigarh. on Thursday. A Tribune photograph: Pradeep Tewari

Football
St John’s, St Kabir enter semis
Chandigarh, May 6
St John’s High, School 26, will take on St Kabir, School 26, while St Soldier International School-28 will lock horns with St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, in the semifinal of the Chandigarh State Football Championship U-16 for St Soldier Trophy at St Soldier International School, Sector 28, here today.

Kamal, Ranjeet to have a face-off in final

Chandigarh, May 6 Sixth seed Shweta Sangwan thrashed top seed Nikita 6-0, 6-2 in the U-16 girls’ category during the AITA Talent Series being held at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association, Sector 10, here today. Rohit Kumar plays a shot during the semifinal match at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association in Chandigarh. on Thursday. A Tribune photograph: Pradeep Tewari

Hockey
South Western Air Command record win
Chandigarh, May 6
South Western Air Command (SWAC) drubbed Air Head Quarters (AHQ) 7-0 in the league encounter during the Air Force Hockey Championship being played at the Air Force Hockey Stadium, 3BRD, here today.

Vampire XI 
Manage 93 runs on Day 1
Chandigarh, May 6
Five-wicket haul by Dinesh Choudary (5 for 19) helped Cricket Academy, Sector 19, restrict Vampire XI at 93 runs in the opening match of the first Hot Weather Triangular Series at GMSSS-19 here today. Vampire XI got off to a solid start by openers Tejas Kang (29) and Keshav Varun (19). — TNS