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Punjab Board Class VIII Exam
Sirhind girl 2nd in state
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 15
Harmanjit Kaur was teary eyed when she learnt that she had secured the second position in the Class VIII board examination conducted by the Punjab School Education Board.
Celebration time: Haramanjit being offered sweets by her parents in Sirhind on Saturday.
A Tribune photograph
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Karina Attri who stood first in the Mohali district in the middle class exam of the Punjab Board;
and merit holder Ajay Veer Gill. |
Akanksha Rodhan of Dera Bassi, who stood third in Mohali district, being offered
sweets by her family.Tribune photographs
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Insanitary conditions bane of Sec-68 residents
Mohali, May 15
Insanitary conditions prevailing in Sector 68 have made the life miserable for area residents who had purchased plots at high prices and then spent lakhs of rupees on constructing houses.
Buffaloes tethered to trees in a park in Sector 68, Mohali. A stack of dung cakes can also be seen in the picture. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
Lohgarh reports more typhoid cases
Zirakpur, May 15
Patients showing symptoms of typhoid kept pouring in today at a medical camp despite tall claims made by the administration to check the cause behind the spread of the epidemic in Lohgarh village here. In the medical camp, organised by the district health department, 21 patients arrived today out of whom 10 were showing symptoms of typhoid.
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Special children participate in a fancy dress competition at Bhavan Vidyalaya School in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
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Rathore trying to ‘influence’ probe
Panchkula, May 15
Terming the reports of the CBI’s likely clean chit to the former DGP of
Haryana, which appeared in a section of the press, as farce, Ruchika’s father SC Girhotra alleged that Rathore was trying to influence the investigations in his favour through his links in the investigating agency.
Sweetshops raided
Chandigarh, May 15
The UT health department raided sweetshops in the wee hours of today to check adulteration of sweets and cheese.
230 examined at camp
Chandigarh, May 15
The Senior Citizens Welfare Association, Modern Housing Complex, Mani Majra, in collaboration with Fortis Hospital, Mohali, organised a free heart check-up camp at the Community Centre Duplex here yesterday.
Concessions
CHB federation thanks admn
Chandigarh, May 15
Residents of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) belt gathered at the Community Centre, Sector 44 B, here on Wednesday to thank the Chandigarh administration and its officials for the concessions accorded by the administration to make the life a lot easier for the common man. The federation thanked the officers of the administration for clearing a backlog of problems that were being faced by residents particularly in getting facilities like acceptance of power of attorney for sale of houses, discretionary quota, approval for gates at the rear.— TNS
Journalist awarded
Chandigarh, May 15
Renuka Nayyar, a veteran journalist, has won the UNFPA-Laadli National Media Award for her gender sensitisation column “Aadhi Duniya” in the Dainik Tribune and Punjabi Tribune. The awards are a part of media advocacy efforts of “Laadli” campaign by Publication First, an NGO working on health, population and gender issue, supported by the United Nations Population Fund. — TNS
Declaration of making Class X boards optional
CBSE lands in tight spot
Chandigarh, May 15
In addition to the ongoing controversy over the forthcoming Class XI admissions, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has landed up in a tight spot over its declaration of making Class X boards optional from this academic session.
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in a slum area located near Peer Baba opposite Sector 4 of Mansa Devi Complex here this morning. Even though no loss of life was reported, a cow sustained severe burns and was taken to a veterinary hospital.
The construction of huge illegal sheds, designed to serve as godowns, continues unabated at Daria village of the UT near the railway station. 
