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Bee attack on school kids 
Chandigarh, April 17
Honeybees attacked nearly 45 students of class VI of Government Senior Secondary School Sector 40-A here this afternoon when the children, along with their physical education teacher, were playing in the school ground during their sports period.
Children of GMSS-40 sob while getting treatment after being bitten by honey bees in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

MC departments pass the buck
Chandigarh, April 17
Unconcerned over the increasing cases of bee-attacks in the city, the Municipal Corporation is busy passing the responsibility of removing beehives from one department to another. 

High drama at Sacred Heart
Chandigarh, April 17
High drama prevailed at Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, here today when a Delhi-based team of the People for Animals (PFA), accompanied by the UT police, raided the school’s biology laboratory and reportedly seized specimens of species “forbidden” under the Wildlife Act 1972. The team barged into the school premises at around 11:30 am and claimed to have recovered specimens of 12 dissected cobras, four turtles, two bats, frogs, guinea pigs and monitor lizards.
PFA activists and policemen at Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Pardeep Tewari

Invigilator brutally assaulted by engineering students
Mohali, April 17
Telling two students to “behave” during an examination by an invigilator cost him dear today. Vinod Kumar, who works as a mechanical workshop instructor at the Chandigarh Group of Colleges at Landran, was brutally bashed up by about eight students of the college following his raising objection to using unfair means during the examination here today.  While Vinod landed at the local Civil Hospital in Phase 6 with injuries on his head, legs, abdomen and face, the police registered an attempt to murder case against eight persons, including the main accused Kamalpreet Singh at Sohana Police Station. 

Prof Vinod Kumar at a hospital in Mohali on Tuesday. 

What a Waste Water leaks from a pipe near the railway overbridge in Industrial Area, Phase 1, in Chandigarh on Tuesday.  Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

UT should be ashamed: Maneka Gandhi 
Chandigarh, April 17
 “I am ashamed and embarrassed at UT bureaucracy which, not caring about the norms, shielded the school on an alleged call of sitting MP Pawan Bansal,” said an irate Maneka Gandhi, MP and director, PFA. 

After 5 months, acid attack accused arrested
Chandigarh, April 17
More than five months after an acid attack on a teenager working with a mall in Industrial Area left her critically injured, the UT police finally arrested the 21-year-old accused Amandeep today. The accused was absconding all these months and was running from the police’s eye. The Punjab and Haryana Court had rejected his anticipatory bail plea and he was evading arrest.

COMMUNITY

MC seeks Rs 395 cr from govt
Mohali, April 17
The Mohali Municipal Council has sought nearly Rs 395 crore from the government for widening of roads, augmentation of water supply system, maintenance of old streetlight network, replacement of sewer pipelines, as the fund-starved civic body finds itself helpless to carry out major maintenance works in the town.

‘Shift meat market to slaughterhouse’
Panchkula, April 17
The meat market in the Industrial Area, Phase I, which has been shifted from Abheypur village a few years ago, has been giving sleepless nights to residents passing though the area, as some of the shopkeepers were allegedly slaughtering animals in the open behind their shops.
A view of the meat market at the Industrial Area, Phase I; and (right) a slaughterhouse, which is still to be opened, at Panchkula. tribune photos: s chandan

Implementation of development works assessed
Mohali, April 17
Punjab rural and panchayat development minister Surjit Singh Rakhra directed officials to take an action against those who were involved in illegal possession of “shamlat” land in various villages in the state.
(Right) Surjit Singh Rakhra, rural development and panchayat minister, addresses a meeting in Mohali on Tuesday.  tribune photo: vicky gharu

Safety issues on the back burner
Chandigarh, April 17
The factory building collapse in Jalandhar on Sunday night has raised safety issues in the tricity.

Rescue operations in full swing at the site of the building collapse in Jalandhar’s Focal Point Extension area on Monday. A file photo

Disaster management cell comes up in Mohali
Mohali, April 17
Keeping in view of the building collapse incident in Jalandhar, the Mohali district administration has set up a disaster management cell to deal with emergency situations in an effective manner here.

Identity proof must for cyber cafe visitors: DC
Chandigarh, April 17
Deputy Commissioner Brijendra Singh today issued directions prohibiting the use of cyber cafes by persons who could not furnish documents regarding their identity.

CTU workers oppose withdrawal of long-route buses; write to Sonia, PM
Chandigarh, April 17
With the standoff between the Chandigarh Administration and the CTU Workers Union over the issue of running CTU buses on long routes continuing, the issue has reached the office of UPA president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and the Home Ministry.
Members of the CTU Workers Union during a protest against UT Administration outside the office of the CTU Director in Industrial Area, Phase 1, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. A Tribune Photo 

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EDUCATION

Rare books
How long will they last?
Chandigarh, April 17
Although Panjab University (PU) has a rich collection of over 1,400 rare manuscripts and about 20,000 books, however, how long they will last is a big question, as the university seems to be least interested in preserving the collection in the absence of an archival lab, which is a must for prolonging the life of books.
Students take a look at some rare books being exhibited at Panjab University on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari 

2 students held for selling question paper
Chandigarh, April 17
Blowing the lid of a racket of selling question papers in Panjab University (PU), the UT police in a special operation last night caught two students red-handed who were selling question papers in the campus.

UGC grants Rs 49.3 lakh to Dev Samaj college
Chandigarh, April 17
The Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, has received a grant of Rs 49.30 lakh from the University Grants Commission (UGC) for laboratory equipment and teaching aids. From the next session, the college plans to create smart classrooms equipped with all ultra modern facilities to make the process of teaching/learning more interactive, effective and learner oriented.

Naitik, Anamika hog limelight
Panchkula, April 17
Students of Manav Mangal added yet another feather in their cap by their commendable performance in the first level of International Olympiad of English language organised by the Educational Society of English language held on November 3 last year.

Exhibition a crowd-puller
Chandigarh, April 17
“Historie of the World”, a book published in 1634 AD during the regime of Charles-I was the main attraction for visitors in the exhibition of rare books organised by Panjab University (PU). Various manuscripts in seven different languages are also exhibited by PU.


‘Historie of the World’ at display during an exhibition at Panjab University on Tuesday. a tribune photograph

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Mushaira enthrals literary lovers
Patiala, April 17
Eminent poets brought alive the splendour and magnificence of Urdu poetry and captivated large audience in the 12th annual edition of Mehfil-e- Mushaira organised by the New Mehak Cultural Forum in association with the ICCR at the Harpal Tiwana Centre of performing art auditorium.

Regularisation of ad hoc staff sought
Ambala, April 17
The Ambala Roadways Workers’ Union has started an indefinite dharna to protest against the dictatorial attitude of the general manager of the Roadways depot.

‘Take steps to promote Punjabi’
Ambala, April 17
SGPC member Harpal Singh Pali said the state government had declared Punjabi a second language in the state but nothing was done to promote it.

COURTS

Man acquitted 
Chandigarh, April 17
A local court acquitted a 29-year-old man today from the charges of abetting his wife’s suicide.

Man acquitted of killing wife
Chandigarh, April 17
For nearly six years, he lived with the stigma of being his wife’s killer. But, just over two years after his conviction in the murder case, city resident Nirmal Singh has been able to shake off the allegations and stands acquitted of the uxoricide charge.

Nirmal Singh and Malkiat Kaur

CRIME

1 booked for fraud
Mohali, April 17
Yet in another case of immigration fraud, the Mohali police has registered a case of cheating against Daler Singh Virk, a proprietor of M/s Virk Immigration Services, Sector 70, here.

One sent to 14-day judicial remand  for  Illegal sand mining
Mohali, April 17
The Mohali police has arrested one person on the charges of illegal sand mining at Mullanpur.

Man arrested for attempt to rape
Chandigarh, April 17
The UT police arrested a 38-year-old man for attempting to rape a nine-year-old girl in Mauli Jagran here today. The victim, who is a Class III student of a government school, was on her way to the market when the accused, Jeet Singh, tried to overpower her. The accused is a driver by profession.

Restaurant management booked
Chandigarh, April 17
The Chandigarh police has booked the management of Zaika restaurant in Sector 26 for not furnishing information pertaining to their servants with the local police.

SPORTS

Kings XI to clash with KKR at PCA today
Chandigarh, April 17
The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium will witness a tough clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab tomorrow as both the teams are looking forward to register their third win of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Adam Gilchrist, captain of Kings XI Punjab, participates in a net session at the PCA stadium, Mohali, on Tuesday. (2) KKR bowler Balaji with former Pakistan seamer Wasim Akram at the PCA stadium, Mohali. (3) Adam Gilchrist’s son Harry having fun at the PCA stadium, Mohali. Tribune photos: Vicky Gharu

PCA opens non-residential cricket academy in city
Chandigarh, April 17
After inaugurating the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) non-residential cricket academy for boys (13-15 years) at Ludhiana, the PCA inaugurated a second non- residential academy at the DAV School, Sector 8, this evening.

80 aspirants take part in selection camp
Chandigarh, April 17
As many as 80 cagers from the city participated in the trials held for the selection of sub-junior basketball team at the New Public School in Sector 18 here today.






Players participate in the trials for Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship at New Public School, Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan