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CAT stays appointment of CTU bus conductors
Chandigarh, May 20
Acting on a petition alleging large-scale irregularities in the recruitment process for CTU conductors, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today stayed the final appointment of 144 candidates selected as bus conductors, while simultaneously issuing notices to UT Home Secretary Ram Niwas following allegations that he had facilitated his favourites and acquaintances to these posts.

Four die in well
Kalka, May 20
In a tragic incident, four persons died of suffocation in a 20-foot-deep well in the Kaushlaya river near Pinjore.

GMCH employee gets 18-month RI for graft 
Chandigarh, May 20
The CBI court today convicted a junior assistant with Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, to 18 months of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a case of corruption.

Verka milk products dearer
Mohali, May 20
Following an increase in procurement price of milk, Verka’s Mohali plant has increased the prices all milk products with effect from tomorrow.

Resumption notice for Uppal
Chandigarh, May 20
The municipal corporation (MC) has decided to issue a resumption notice to the Uppal Housing Project Company for violating terms of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) and building bylaws in its housing project at Mani Majra.

Cop scales new heights
A 42-year-old police sub-inspector, Chiranji Lal Moudgil, became the first Chandigarh cop to climb Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. Moudgil, who returned to the city from his month-long mountaineering expedition on Friday, was a member of a group of 25 persons from all over the country which attended a training camp in Nepal prior to setting off to scale Mount Everest.

COMMUNITY

Firm had no permission to lay underground cables: Police
Chandigarh, May 20
The vigilance cell of the UT Police today confirmed that Digi Cables had no requisite permission to lay underground cables in Sector 34. The police has sent a recommendation to the UT Adviser to register an FIR against the company officials and have also sought legal opinion in the matter.

Youth, women get raw deal in Cong panel
Chandigarh, May 20
In a development that bodes ill for the ruling Congress in the forthcoming elections to the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, the Congress high command has given a raw deal to women and youth in the reconstituted Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC).

Clean-up drive launched at Zirakpur
Zirakpur, May 20
The Zirakpur Municipal Council today launched a drive to clean up drains before the starting of monsoons. The council has begun the process of cleaning the drains in an attempt to ensure that the Zirakpur residents do not face any inconvenience due to stagnant rainwater on the roads and streets this monsoon.

All set: A JCB machine cleans a drain near the Choice Resort road in Baltana on Friday. A Tribune photograph

Publish corrigendum for all posts: PU syndics
Chandigarh, May 20
A day after Panjab University published a corrigendum in newspapers correcting the qualifications required by candidates for two key administrative posts - the registrar and controller of examinations, a section of PU syndicate members are disturbed over the varsity officials’ “attitude” yet again.

Split Sky relief Lightning strikes during rain that lashed Chandigarh on Friday night. Tribune Photo: S Chandan

Training programme
Laying emphasis on the fact that the process of decision making must focus on adopting a systematic approach, the three-day training programme on ‘Problem Solving and Decision Making’, organised by Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Punjab (MGSIPAP), concluded here today with a lesson to participants:

Annoyed with MC’s unfulfilled promises
Chandigarh, May 20
Tired over dilly-dallying tactics of the MC officials in starting a water supply project at Mani Majra, elected BJP councillor Gurcharan Das Kala today distributed 'lollipops' among officials during a General House meeting. “They have been giving me ‘lollipops’, so I thought of giving them the same,” Kala said on the floor of the House while justifying his act.

GMSH to get contract staff’s qualifications checked
Chandigarh, May 20
The academic credentials of over 700 contractual employees sourced from outside at the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, will be verified within the next fifteen days.

Left Alone No attendant to help patients outside an emergency ward at Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Legal literacy clubs opened
Chandigarh, May 20
Under its legal literacy mission, the State Legal Services Authority, UT, opened Students’ legal literacy clubs at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Modern Housing Complex and Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 22 today.

Giving cops paying guests’ details must
Chandigarh, May 20
On the lines of registration of servants at police stations, local residents who intend to offer accommodation to paying guests have to furnish details of these paying guests to the station house officer under whose jurisdiction the premises are.

EDUCATION

PU Senate goes lenient with students’ attendance
Chandigarh, May 20
The minimum attendance criteria for electronics final semester students to appear for exams have been lowered from 80 to 70 per cent by the highest governing body of the PEC University of Technology- the Senate.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

10 hurt in cross-firing, 2 serious
Rajpura, May 20
Ten persons were injured in a cross-firing last night at Preet Colony in Rajpura during a raid conducted by the Fatehgarh Sahib police. Two people have been arrested.



The pistols that were recovered from Preet Colony at Rajpura on Thursday night. Tribune photo: JS Virdi

CRIME

Hardcore criminal arrested
Chandigarh, May 20
The Chandigarh Police today arrested a hardcore criminal allegedly involved in a number of robberies in the city. The police has also recovered a country-made pistol from his possession.

Cyclist hit by bike, dies at GMCH-32
Zirakpur, May 20
A 32-year-old labourer succumbed to his injuries at the GMCH-32, Chandigarh, here today. The deceased was identified as Mahinder Kumar, hailing from UP who sustained serious injuries after being hit by a motorcycle near Swastik Vihar on the Zirakpur-Patiala highway on Thursday.

SPORTS

Third win in a row for St John’s
Chandigarh, May 20
Maintaining their dominance, St John’s School, Sector 26, lifted the St Soldier Football Trophy for the third time in succession.


Champions Players of St John’s School in a jubilant mood after winning the St Solider Football Trophy at Sector 28 in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Gurinder, Abhilasha emerge victorious
Chandigarh, May 20
Top seeded Gurinder Singh of Punjab and second seed Abhilasha Ahuja of Haryana emerged champions in the mens’ and womens’ singles categories, respectively, in the AITA-CLTA Chandigarh Open-50K Mens’ and Womens’ Tennis Tournament at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) courts, Sector 10, here today.