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MC elections may be advanced to Oct
Chandigarh, May 19
The UT administration is likely to advance elections to the Chandigarh municipal corporation by two months from December as scheduled to October this year. According to sources, preliminary discussions between officials of the administration and the state election commission for the National Capital Territory and the union territory of Chandigarh were held in the city earlier this month.

Workers’ stir hits patients hard at GMSH-16
Chandigarh, May 19
Hundreds of patients were held to ransom at Government Multi-speciality Hospital, (GMSH), Sector 16, for over six hours today as 150 contractual employees, including ward boys, ward attendants, security guards, sweepers went on a strike yet again, which turned ugly this afternoon, with over 100 employees being arrested and eventually bailed out.

MELEE: Policemen try to control members of the Ekta Contract Workers Union at a protest near the medical superintendent’s office in GMSH-16, Chandigarh, on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

CBSE Class XII result by May 23, Class X by May 25
Chandigarh, May 19
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which had intended to declare the class X result on May 20, is now expected to do so by May 25, while the class XII result would be declared by May 23.

Cable co vanishes after vigilance raid
Chandigarh, May 19
A day after the vigilance cell of the UT police conducted raids at Sector 34 where underground cables were being laid allegedly without permission, the cable company did a vanishing act and failed to appear before the police here today.

After 25 years, police files chargesheet in housing society fraud
Chandigarh, May 19
The UT police today filed a chargesheet in a 25-year-old case of Housing Society Fraud registered way back in 1986. The case, which involves illegal allotment of houses by the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) and involves a Delhi resident as the prime accused, was re-opened in September last year by the vigilance cell of the UT police.

Motorcyclist killed in accident
Chandigarh, May 19
A 25-year-old motorcyclist was killed in Sector 7 here this evening. The victim, Jai Parkash, a resident of Sector 21, was going towards Mani Majra when his bike hit a woman, following which he lost balance. Jai Parkash fell on road and sustained a grievous head injury.

• THE BUZZ

COMMUNITY

Admn to get richer by Rs 35 crore Chandigarh, May 19 While any announcement regarding petrol price hike is enough to scare the common man, but for a change this has brought “joy” to the Chandigarh Administration. The reason is with every hike in the prices, the UT Administration becomes richer by crores of rupees. SMOOTH OPERATION No rush was seen at a petrol pump in Phase VII, Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

City diesel dealers set to lose
Chandigarh, May 19
Higher cost of diesel in the city, as compared to its satellite towns Panchkula and Mohali, has cost the local petrol dealers and the Chandigarh Administration dear. While local dealers claimed of losing 30 per cent sale of diesel due to higher rates, the administration is said to have bore a revenue loss of around Rs 7 crore in the last fiscal year.

Chandigarh Central Excise witnesses fall in revenue
Chandigarh, May 19
With several big companies from the region opting for the Revenue Department's Large Taxpayer Units (LTUs) scheme, under which all taxes are paid at one place, the revenue collection at the Commissionerate of Central Excise, Chandigarh Zone (I), has taken a beating.

Paver block policy gets go-ahead Chandigarh, May 19 Municipal Corporation (MC) will not laid down the paver blocks in the city at their whims and fancies, as the policy has been finalised by the road committee here today. At a meeting chaired by Bhupinder Singh Bhadheri, paver block policy has been approved. CONCRETE POLICY Schoolchildren walk on concrete footpaths laid in a park in Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph

City’s north turns monkey zone, residents hesitate stepping out Chandigarh, May 19 Nirmal Ghora, a resident of Sector 7, always scans her outdoors carefully through her heavily grilled front window before leaving her home. She steps out in her backyard of the house with a toy gun so that if there is a monkey she can scare it away. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan

Feasting on puffed rice on a kitchen window in Sector 10

Fearless: Roaming freely in Sector 9

Looking for food in Sectors 7, 8 residential area

Unscheduled power cuts throw life out of gear
Mohali, May 19
For the last two days, residents in different parts of the town are reeling under unscheduled power cuts, throwing normal life out of gear. The situation worsened in the last 24 hours as the frequency of the cuts ranging from few minutes to two hours has increased, forcing residents to make frantic calls to senior officials of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL).

Fire breaks out at Godrej factory Mohali, May 19 A fire broke out at Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited in the Phase VIII Industrial Area here this afternoon, damaging packaging material and machinery. No loss of life was, however, reported. A view of Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited factory where fire broke out in the Industrial Area, Phase VIII, Mohali, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Tall claims of MC to remove encroachments fall flat Zirakpur, May 19 All roads leading to Zirakpur continue to be encroached upon. Even though these roads are a part of the national highways, hardly any steps have been taken to check violations here. VIOLATIONS Despite a number of anti-encroachment drives, fruit vendors along the Panchkula- Zirakpur highway can be seen flouting norms with impunity. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal

Chandigarh- Zirakpur border

Zirakpur-Patiala highway

Zirakpur- Kalka highway

Roads at Pabhat in bad shape
Zirakpur, May 19
For the past many years, roads in Pabhat godown area on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway are in a bad shape. While commuters are facing a lot of inconvenience, the Zirakpur municipal council seems to be least bothered.

REGULARISING HOUSES
Panchayat meeting on May 22
Chandigarh, May 19
In a bid to press for their demand of regularising houses built outside “lal dora” (red line), the Pendu Sangharsh Committee, Chandigarh, has called a panchayat meeting on May 22 at Dariya village.

Farmers apprised of latest technologies
Mohali, May 19
Farmers should adopt new methods to improve farming. This was stated by Additional Deputy Commissioner Mohinder Singh Kainth at a district-level agricultural camp today.

• TRICITY SCAN

EDUCATION

2,000 qualify AFMC written test
Chandigarh, May 19
More than 2,000 students from the region have qualified the written examination or the first leg of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC). These students will now be appearing for their interviews in June following which the final merit list will be declared.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Patiala solid waste management plant all set to become reality
Patiala, May 19
After remaining in the pipeline for so many years for a want of land, Patiala solid waste management plant now, is likely to be operational within a year time. The plant will be set up at Dhudhar village, 22-km from the city, on a 40-acre land, and will cater to the solid waste being generated by Patiala.

Residents oppose MC’s decision
Bassi Pathana, May 19
Residents of the town protested against the decision of the local municipal council to convert a site meant for a park near Nagar Khera and Ram Mandir into a garbage dumping ground.

Memo submitted to SDM
Dera Bassi, May 19
Members of the Human Rights Mission club, Dera Bassi, and Dr Ambedkar Education Society, Dera Bassi, staged a dharna in front of Government High School, Dera Bassi, for upgradation of the school.

Harichand first in drawing contest
Patiala, May 19
Keeping in view the need to provide exposure to speech and hearing impaired students, a programme ‘Initiative-Taare Zameen Par’ was organised by SRS Cinemas and Jammin here today.

COURTS

Consumer court rap for mobile phone companies
Chandigarh, May 19
When it comes to quality, tech savvy city residents aren't the ones who can be taken lightly. This fact must have been realised by mobile companies and retailers by now as more and more people are going to consumer courts for remedial action for deficiency in service.

Water consumer gets relief from paying Rs 17,700
Mohali, May 19
The Mohali District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has come to the rescue of a water consumer who had been burdened with a water consumption bill of Rs 17,700 by the Punjab Water Supply and Sanitation Department, which he never consumed.

Runaway couple gets protection
Panchkula, May 19
The Panchkula district court has directed the police to provide a protection cover to constable Malkit Singh and Jyoti with whom he had allegedly eloped on Tuesday. Jyoti’s uncle Prithi Singh in his complaint filed with the Chandimandir police had alleged that Malkit Singh had “run away” with his niece.

CRIME

SUV set afire, neighbour booked Chandigarh, May 19 A dispute between two neighbours in Sector 45 took an ugly turn when one of them set the Tata Safari of another on fire here this morning. The police has arrested the accused, Nadeem, under Section 436 of the IPC. CHARRED The SUV that was set afire in Sector 45, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

naib court Assault
Police yet to make arrests
Chandigarh, May 19
Even after six days when lawyers in district courts had assaulted a naib court in courtroom, the police is yet to make any arrests in the case. Interestingly, lawyers have withdrawn the anticipatory bail plea and 18 of them have been named in the FIR registered at the Sector 17 Police Station.

SPORTS

St Soldier Football Trophy St Soldier, St John's School set for title clash Chandigarh, May 19 Hosts St Soldier International School, Sector 28, and St John's School, Sector 26, set for a title clash in the ongoing St Soldier Football Trophy at the school grounds here. In the semifinals, St John's beat Saupin's School, Sector 32, 5-0, while St Soldier got the better of St Kabir School, Sector 26, by a comfortable 5-1 margin.

GOAL ORIENTED Young footballers slug it out during a match at St Soldier’s School in Sector 28, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

City lad shines in junior golf
Chandigarh, May 19
City golfer Tarundeep Chadha trailed Delhi’s Honey Baisoya by two strokes on the penultimate day of the Indian Golf Union Northern India Junior Golf Tournament at Noida today.

Top seed Gurinder to take on third seed Ajay Yadav Chandigarh, May 19 Top seed Gurinder Singh of Punjab will take on third seed Ajay Yadav in the men's singles final of the AITA-CLTA Chandigarh Open-50K Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament, taking place at Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association, Sector 10, here. BACKING UP Players in action during the AITA CLTA Chandigarh Open-50K tournament in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Malkan Trophy
Vineet helps Chandigarh go strong
Mohali, May 19
With his 96-run knock, Vineet Dhaka helped Chandigarh to be in the driver’s seat against Patiala in the final of the ML Markan Trophy (U-16) Tournament at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium here today. Chandigarh put on 324 for nine in 107 overs in their first innings on the first day of the match.

Archer Anil selected in Indian team
Chandigarh, May 19
Selection of archer Anil Kumar in the Indian team brought cheers to many at the Archery Lake Sports Complex here today. Anil will represent the country in the Asian Grand Prix, scheduled to be held at Dhaka, Bangladesh, from May 25 to June 1. From there the team will be selected for the World Archery Championship, which will take place in July.