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Suicide bid by girl sets PU officials right
Was declared failed in wrong subject
Chandigarh, August 12
A suicide bid is what it took Akashdeep Kaur to clear her BA (I) examination. She would have cleared her exam a year ago, but for the blunder of Panjab University.



                                                              Akashdeep Kaur

Youths fire shots near Burail jail
Commando on naka injured
Chandigarh/Mohali, August 12
Despite heightened police presence on the Chandigarh-Mohali border in the wake of the agitating farmers of the BKU (Rajewal faction), unidentified car-borne youths fired around five rounds of gun shots, injuring a commando of the Punjab Police near Burail Jail.

Police officials inspect the firing spot near Burail Jail on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

Excise raids at Golf Culb, CGA Range

Chandigarh, August 12 Continuing with its drive to check malpractices in various clubs under the excise and taxation laws, the UT’s department of excise and Taxation today conducted a late-night drive at the Golf Club and CGA Range. During the drive, officials of the department challaned both the CGA and Golf Club under the Excise Act. The authorities at the club and the range were not able to produce the mandatory register under the excise laws.

Officials of the excise and taxation department verify record of the Chandigarh Golf Club on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

HC respite for KK Talwar
Stays re-advertisement of PGI cardiology dept head’s post
Chandigarh, August 12
Less than three months after the Central Administrative Tribunal held that Dr KK Talwar could not function as the head of the Cardiology Department while being the director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, he today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Peace-meal

Farmers distribute ‘parshad’ to commuters, trying to make them aware of their demands. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Fire at PGI
12 infants evacuated from 
labour room
Chandigarh, August 12
About 12 newborn babies were among 39 persons, most of them women in labour or new mothers, who had to be evacuated from the PGI’s labour room after a fire broke out in an electricity junction box today.

Protocol violation
Jr fire officer to lead I-Day contingent
Chandigarh, August 12
In contravention of protocol, a junior officer of the Chandigarh fire and emergency department will lead the contingent of the department before the UT Administrator Shivraj Patil during the Independence Day function this year.

I-Day Celebrations
14 to get commendation certificates
Chandigarh, August 12
The Chandigarh Administration has decided to award 14 commendation certificates to public men and employees of the administration and six Administrator’s Police Medal to police personnel on the Independence Day function.

Eve-teasing
Group clash at GC-46
Chandigarh, August 12
Two groups of boys clashed in the canteen of Government College, Sector 46 (GC-46), today when one group allegedly passed lewd comments at a first-year student.

Records of criminals to be a click away
Chandigarh, August 12
The records of any criminal will soon be only a click away for the police to access throughout the country. On the lines of the US CIA and FBI, widely regarded as the world’s top investigating agencies, the police is in the process of introducing a high-tech software called CCTNS (Crime & Criminal Tracking Network and Systems).

Providing new ‘disha’ to alcoholics
Chandigarh, August 12
Once hopeless chronic alcoholics who waged a lonely battle for years, they are now changed human beings, thanks to their self-belief, faith on the Almighty and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).

COMMUNITY

Erratic power supply Residents lay siege to road Zirakpur, August 12 Protesting against the erratic power supply to their area, residents of Modi Kunj in Pabhat godown area blocked the Chandigarh-Ambala highway for over an hour today morning. Raising slogans against the Powercom authorities, residents parked their cars on the highway. As a result, hundreds of vehicles, including ambulances, were stuck in the traffic jam. Zirakpur residents block the flyover on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway leading to traffic jam on Thursday. Tribune photo:  Nitin Mittal

Protesting farmers seeks support against admn
Chandigarh, August 12
The protesting farmers of the Rajewal faction of the Bharti Kisan Union (BKU) today sought support of various organisations against the UT administration’s decision of not allowing them entry into the city.

PGI lets ex-employee retain room after retiring
Chandigarh, August 12
Though PGI always claims to be short of hospital rooms for patients because of the huge rush, it has permitted a former employee to retain his room in the advanced paediatric centre for over a year. This privileged retiree’s has even attached the prefix ‘Dr’ with his name displayed on the door of the room situated on the fifth floor of A block of paediatric surgery.

Cop thrashed by colleagues
Chandigarh, August 12
A constable of the UT traffic police tasted highhandedness at the hands of his colleagues, who thrashed him near the Sector 26 grain market late last night.

Humour, satire rule the roost

Chandigarh, August 12 A living contrast of didacticism or wisdom and sordid orthodoxy in our day-to-day life was brought alive through crisp humour and satire in a collage of four short stories by Hari Mohan Jha on varied themes enacted by artistes of Rang Virasat at the Randhawa auditorium under the title “Station” here today. Artistes stage the play ‘Station’ at Punjab Kala Bhawan in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

PCR men to be more visible in city
Chandigarh, August 12
In order to make the Police Control Room (PCR) personnel and vehicles more visible in the city, the Chandigarh Police has decided to base them at the main roundabouts of the city in the peak morning and evening hours till midnight.

200 examined at health camp
Chandigarh, August 12
Celebrating its silver jubilee, the All-India Bank Officers’ Confederation organised a health camp at Patiala today. State Bank of Patiala managing director Ashok Nayar inaugurated the camp.

EDUCATION

Raising the pitch

Activists of the HSA take part in an election rally at Panjab University on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

PU to have anthem soon
Chandigarh, August 12
If everything goes well, Panjab University might soon have its anthem.

Free English coaching classes
Chandigarh, August 12
The department of life long learning and extension, Panjab University, has planned to start free English coaching classes for BA, BSc, BCom undergraduate students belonging to the SC, ST and other minorities from September with financial assistance from the UGC under the Scheme of General Development Grant.

Teej celebrated
Zirakpur, August 12
Tiny tots of Magical Garden Play School on Thursday celebrated Teej on the school premises in Green city, Dhakoli.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Harassment of woman official
General manager of BSNL suspended
Ambala, August 12
The BSNL authorities in its order today suspended RK Dabra, general manager, posted here in the office of BSNL in a harassment case.

ENCROACHMENTS RAZED

Demolition drive underway near Gagan Chowk, Rajpura, due to six-laning on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

Deepali is Princess Patiala
Patiala, August 12
In lieu of the spectacular performance by actor Jimmy Shergill in Punjabi movie “Mel Karade Rabba,” parents of Jimmy Shergill, Satyajit Shergill and Balraj Shergill, were honoured during a function “Yai Yai cute kids 2” organised by Models Guru at the Rajindra Gymkhana Club. Municipal Commissioner Manjit Singh Narang was the chief guest.

Better Salaries
Pbi varsity teachers call off strike
Patiala, August 12
A delegation of Punjabi University teachers, who are protesting for the past few days, had a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh here today.

Speeding vehicle kills 46-yr-old
Bassi Pathana, August 12
A man was killed on-the-spot when his motorbike was hit by a speeding vehicle on the Bassi Pathana-Nandpur Kalour road here today.

Residents stage dharna over poultry farm pollution
Dera Bassi, August 12
Residents of Behra village today staged dharna in front of a poultry farm against pollution caused by the poultry farm.

Five injured in scuffle
Kalka, August 12
In a scuffle between two groups of Rampur Seuri village of Pinjore block, five persons, including a woman, got injured. The victims sustained multiple injuries and were rushed to Pinjore Primary Health Centre.

COURTS

Judicial custody for cops caught taking bribe
Chandigarh, August 12
High drama was witnessed today at the CBI special court of Darshan Singh as the investigative agency’s sleuths produced Industrial Area police station SHO Dilsher Singh, sub-inspector Hans Raj and two others, all of whom have been charged with demanding a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a Panchkula resident. The court sent them to 14 days’ judicial custody.

Sector 43 district court complex
Chandigarh, August 12
As the case for construction of a judicial complex in Sector 43 came up for hearing before the Bench of Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice Ajay Tewari, UT senior standing counsel Sanjay Kaushal said: “The shortfall between the estimated amount and the sanctioned amount by the Government of India shall be made good by the UT Administration”.

Nari Niketan Rape Case
Victim was scared on seeing accused: Witness
Chandigarh, August 12
Meenakshi, a witness in the Nari Niketan rape case, has stated during cross-examination that the victim got scared when she saw Bhupinder Singh, one of accused, for the first time.

CRIME

Man held for bribing official
Chandigarh, August 12
In a rare incident the police arrested a Gurgaon-based resident for bribing a controller of Haryana Prathamik Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad at his office in Sector 17 on Wednesday for seeking transfer to his hometown.

Man booked for suicide bid
Chandigarh, August 12
The police booked a Sector 56 resident for attempting to commit suicide after he allegedly consumed a poisonous substance last night.

Man booked for sending obscene MMS
Zirakpur, August 12
A Dhakoli resident has lodged a complaint against a Chandigarh-based man for allegedly sending obscene MMS on her mobile phone. The police has registered a case against Rohit Sehgal, a resident of Sector 33, Chandigarh, on the complaint of the woman.

SPORTS

St Xavier’s, St Kabir make it to final four Chandigarh, August 12 The host team St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, along with St Kabir, Sector 26, St Solider’s International Public School, Sector 28, and St Anne’s Convent School, Sector 32, moved into the final-four bracket of the St Xavier’s Six-A-Side Soccer Tournament being played on the school ground here. A football match in progress in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan