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Government college students protest BBA-I results
Chandigarh, June 7
Ony 13 of the 120 students enrolled at the Post Graduate Government College (PGGC) in Sector 11 have passed the first-year BBA (bachelor of business administration)

Prof Naval Kishore listens to BBA-I students of GCM, Sector 11, at Panjab University, as they register a protest after their annual result was declared on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Shop till you drop, but not on a Sunday!
Chandigarh, June 7
Chandigarh’s rendezvous with “Sunday shopping” is over. In a decision that will disappoint shoppers in the city, particularly the main commercial centre in Sector 17, the UT Administration has said it disfavours the seven-day shopping concept. This will not apply to restaurants, eateries and chemists.

past perfect Structures of dinosaurs at the newly built Valley of Animals Garden in Sector 49, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Man run over by train; road traffic held up
Chandigarh, June 7
Hundreds of motorists were stranded when traffic on the Panchkula-Chandigarh road came to a standstill following the death of a person on the track under the railway overbridge in Manimajra this afternoon.

MC panel wants sites allotted fast
Chandigarh, June 7 Due to delay in clearing sites for tubewells in southern sectors, the municipal corporation (MC) has failed to instal eight tubewells, which were approved about four months ago.

Driver’s licence delays plague city drivers
Chandigarh, June 7
Unavailability of plastic cards used for making driver’s licenses and vehicle registration certificates is causing considerable delay in the delivery of “smart” cards by the UT registration & licensing authority (RLA) office. In contrast to the usual time of only a day or two for obtaining a new license or registration, applicants are now being told to allow at least 20 days for the cards to issued.

COMMUNITY

Anti-encroachment drive in Sec 38
Chandigarh, June 7
The municipal corporation (MC) lifted 48 cars, four three-wheelers and 11 motorcycles and scooters from the motor market at Sector 38 during a special anti-encroachment drive here today.

Panel wants sites allotted fast
Chandigarh, June 7
Due to delay in clearing sites for tubewells in southern sectors, the municipal corporation (MC) has failed to instal eight tubewells, which were approved about four months ago.

Northern Railway to introduce super AC coaches
Chandigarh, June 7
Come October, passengers on the Northern Railway will have the option of travelling in a new upgraded class called super AC, which will have facilities like regulated AC temperature, LED lights, charging points for laptops and mobiles and sub-pantries with water coolers and ovens.

Submitting building plans to be made easy
Mohali, June 7
Intensifying its campaign to simplify various procedures for grant of sanctions required for constructing a house, developing a colony, building an institute, a commercial venture or a mega project, the department of housing and urban development, Punjab, has now decided to assign sanction/approval of building plans to private architects.

PSEB comes to the aid of students
Mohali, June 7
Though the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) authorities did not pay heed to the announcement made by Punjab Education Minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan to give five grace marks to students appearing in the Class XII exams, they conveniently found a way out to address the concern of the minister.

ESIC selections invalid: CAT
Chandigarh, June 7
The Chandigarh Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal has declared the selection of specialists (junior scale) in Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Punjab region, as invalid.

Biometric system for teachers likely in govt schools
Panchkula, June 7
In order to check growing absenteeism among teachers of government schools, the education department will be installing biometric attendance devices in schools. The system, which will be installed with the help of the state government, will start functioning from August this year.

‘Punjab govt ignoring development’
Mohali, June 7
Former president of the Mohali municipal council Rajinder Singh, along with other councillors, today criticised the Akali BJP government for ignoring development work in Mohali.

One quintal banned Thai magur fish destroyed
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 7
One quintal banned Thai magur fish was destroyed by the health department today at the polluted pond of Mir Miyan village. Considered to be profitable species, the fish was banned by Ministry of Agriculture in 1997.

Midday meal workers raise voice for demands
Panchkula, June 7
Midday meal workers from across Haryana organised a protest rally against the non-fulfillment of their demands here today.

Tricity Scan

EDUCATION

Website for online BCom admission launched
Chandigarh, June 7
Panjab University’s Vice-Chancellor RC Sobti launched a website bcomadmissions.puchd.ac.in for online admission to BCom in the affiliated colleges of the university located in Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur on the PU campus here today.

Vice-Chancellor RC Sobti shows the demo of online admission website for BCom to a student at Panjab University on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Online admission to 19 courses at Panjab University
Chandigarh, June 7
In what is being dubbed as one of its major admission reforms, Panjab University has started online admissions on the basis of Common Entrance Test, 2011, results.

PU directs colleges to update teachers profile on website
Chandigarh, June 7
Panjab University Vice-Chancellor RC Sobti today issued a circular to all affiliated colleges directing them to update the profile of teachers on their college website by June 25.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

One killed, three injured in accidents
Kharar/ Ropar, June 7
One person was killed and three injured in different accidents at Kharar and Ropar. Tejinder Singh (25) from Barsalpur village in Chamkaur Sahib was killed in an accident near the Khanpur bifurcation point where Punjab minister Captain Kanwaljit Singh was killed.

All that is left A car and a tanker that met with an accident near Ghanauli village in Ropar on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

Man hit by train, injured
Kalka, June 7
A man got critically injured today as he was hit by a train on the Kalka-Ambala railway track. Official sources of railways revealed that the incident took place around 6.30 pm during the arrival of the Bandra-Kalka train. The man was walking along the railway track and got hit by the train, despite of the repeated whistles by the train driver.

Three killed, two hurt in road mishap
Ambala, June 7
Nitin Kumar Verma (23) and Subhash Chauhan (21), both residents of Dak Pathar, Dehradun district, died on the spot near Khan Ahmedpur village on the National Highway number 73, near Ambala Cantt, when their Alto car, bearing registration number UK-A-6823, collided with a truck coming from the opposite side. However, the truck driver managed to flee leaving the vehicle on the spot.

Hundreds of chicks die in railway bogie
Ambala, June 7
In a gruesome incident several hundred chicks sent by a poultry farmer from Ambala to Jammu by rail died due to the excessive heat. The chicks were packed in cardboard boxes and the heat in the railway bogie proved too much for them that died during their railway journey.

Eight heads of cattle die in mishap
Ambala, June 7
A truck carrying around 15 heads of cattle overturned near Ambala City this morning. Eight heads of cattle died in the mishap. The truck was coming from Patiala and was going toward Saharanpur. The agitated people set the truck on fire.

Body found on railway track
Dera Bassi, June 7
A youth was found dead on the railway track near Dera Bassi railway overbridge last night. As per information, nearly 35-year-old clean shaven youth wearing a white shirt and trousers was found dead from the railway track near Dera Bassi last night by the railway police.

Officials visit controversial site
Dera Bassi, June 7
Following the tension between two communities over the construction of a mosque at nagla village near Lalru, SDM Puneet Goyal, SP Jatinder Khaira, SHO Gurdyal Singh and SHO Harit Sharma today visited the controversial site in this village and know the views of both communities.

COURTS

Consumer forum tells insurance firm to pay up car claim
Chandigarh, June 7
The UT Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum (II) has directed Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company to pay Rs 3.27 lakh to a Ludhiana resident whose vehicle was stolen. It was also told to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation and Rs 7,000 as the cost of litigation to the complainant for not settling the claim.

CRIME

Two cars stolen
Chandigarh, June 7
Vikram Jadik, a resident of Punjab University campus, Sector 14, reported that his Ritz car (CH01AA-1159) was stolen from Shivalik Enclave, Mani Majra, on June 5. 

SPORTS

Cricket academy at St Soldier
Panchkula, June 7
St Soldier School, Sector 16, has come up with a modern cricket academy that has latest equipment and infrastructure for budding players. The academy has two cemented wickets apart from spacious arena for fielding and fitness drills. Matches will be held on the renovated ground.