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Hottest day of the season in city
Panchkula, May 31
Thursday proved to be the hottest day of the season in the tricity region, as the mercury touched a new high of 45.1 degrees
Celsius.
Bandh affects life
Chandigarh, May 31
Even as the nationwide bandh call by the NDA against the petrol hike attracted a mixed response here, commuters travelling by public transport buses and trains were put to a lot of
harassment.
Protesters stop Himalayan Queen near Chandigarh Railway Station during the ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhanand
right A view of the closed Sector 15 market in Chandigarh during the ‘Bharat Bandh’. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Samwartak Singh names three former officials
Chandigarh, May 31
For the second time, former UT DPI (Schools) Samwartak Singh was today questioned by the Delhi branch of the CBI in connection with the teachers recruitment scam. In a significant development, the Haryana cadre officer has named three former UT officials who were involved in the scam, sources said. A co-accused conduit in the case, Jolly, along with Samwartak, was questioned by the CBI at the Delhi office
today.
Cases pile up
Chandigarh, May 31
Tall claims of the UT Administration about providing birth and death registration in one week's time have fallen flat as the authorities are now providing these documents after one month's time. However, those who apply through
e-sampark centres get these certificates after two months' time.
Visitors at the birth and death registration office at Sector 17 in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Councillors raise already discussed issues
Chandigarh, May 31
The axiom, 'old wine in new bottle', suits the newly elected councillors because they take up those old issues on the floor of the General House which were raised earlier by former councillors but no action has been taken on them till date. A classic example of which is the issue of upgrade of the information technology department of the corporation.
Registration number 0001 fetches Rs 4.70 lakh
Mohali, May 31
There was a 50 per cent drop in the bid for vehicle registration number 0001 here today as compared to that in the last auction held about three months ago. The bid for 0001 in the “R” series netted Rs 4.70 lakh at the auction held by office of the district transport authority. At the last auction number 0001 in the “Q” series went for Rs 9.50 lakh. The reserve price for this number at both auctions was Rs
50,000.
War veteran given send-off
Chandigarh, May 31
The last of the 1971 Indo-Pak war veterans, Lt-Gen SR Ghosh, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Western Command and Colonel of the Brigade of Guards, was given a ceremonial send-off as he bade farewell to arms after about 40 years of
service.
Lt-Gen SR Ghosh, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Western Command and Colonel of the Brigade of Guards, lays a wreath at the Veer Smriti war memorial on his last day of service in the Army at Chandimandir on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
UT Police claims of ‘Quick and easy’ FIRs fall flat
Chandigarh, May 31
“My seniors are busy owing to bandh call today, and we cannot lodge any report right now” were the words of an ASI posted at the Sector-22 police post when he was informed about a laptop theft in his area in the
morning. The UT police, which has been making tall claims of ‘quick and easy’ registration of FIRs, was caught napping today as this correspondent had a trying time while lodging a complaint of laptop theft. With a heavy posse of police force deployed on various spots in view of the bandh call, policing was severely affected in the
city.
Haryana matric result out
 Panchkula, May 31
Claims of the education department notwithstanding, the performance of schools in the district with regard to the matriculation examination continued to show a sliding trend as the pass percentage has gone down from 56.52 per cent to 55.81 per cent. The Haryana Board of School Education declared the results today.
Neha and Swati in jubilant mood.
Farmer’s daughter Neha wants to be a computer engineer
Panchkula, May 31
Daughter of a farmer of a remote Rehod village in Barwala block of the Panchkula district Neha Sharma, who topped the district in the matriculation exams in the district with 98.2 per cent marks, wants to be a computer engineer.
Swati, wants to be CA
Panchkula, May 31
Swati Kaushik of Sarthak Government Model Senior Secondary School (SGIMSSS) Sector 12A, who shared the third spot with her classmate Saloni security 97 per cent wants to become a chartered accountant.
Transformer bursts
Chandigarh, May 31
Various sectors including Sector 29, 33, 32, 46, 47 and some parts of the Industrial Area witnessed complete blackout after the power transformer installed at Industrial Area bursted today evening.
Ill-effects of tobacco highlighted
Chandigarh, May 31
The drug de-addiction and treatment centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh, organised an exhibition focusing on harms of tobacco on the occasion of World No-Tobacco Day today.
Scuffle averted at PU
Chandigarh, May 31
A scuffle among the students of the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) was averted today after the security personnel Panjab University (PU) promptly reached the scene seeing whom the students fled from the scene.
Mission admission
Cut-offs likely to rise
Chandigarh, May 31
With class XII results out, the race to get admission in city colleges is all set to begin. Admission to various courses, particularly BCom which is the most sought after course, will witness much higher cut-offs this year due to a large number of students scoring above 90 per cent marks in class XII.
CBSE plan of putting answer sheets online a big flop
Chandigarh, May 31
CBSE’s ambitious idea of uploading OMR answer sheets of the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) online before declaration of results and doing away with any discrepancy in marking by seeking feed back from applicants has failed to click.
Josan back as DAV principal
Chandigarh, May 31
After remaining under suspension for over one and half year, BC Josan joined back as the principal of DAV College today. The DAV management, in its last meeting held earlier this month, had revoked his suspension.
BC Josan meets the faculty members after taking over the charge as the principal of Dav College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Evaluation centre becoming electioneering arena: PUTA
Chandigarh, May 31
Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) has written to the PU Vice Chancellor highlighting how the centre for the evaluation of answer scripts has virtually become an arena of electioneering for the forthcoming Senate polls. PUTA wrote to the VC resenting the incident of a lady teacher allegedly humiliated by a Senator at the evaluation centre last week, demanding a probe into the matter.
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In what may be termed as highly irresponsible attitude of the Patiala Municipal Corporation that may prove fatal for the human lives, the Fire Brigade Wing of the civic body is in a deplorable state. Presently, the Fire Brigade Wing has three fire tenders, which are in a pathetic condition due to lack of maintenance.
Notwithstanding the fact that every year, hundreds of dog bite cases are reported from Patiala city, the authorities of the Municipal Corporation have not done anything to find solution to the menace of the stray dogs.
Fiza, a divorcee of former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Chander Mohan, was arrested by the police here today on charges of criminal intimidation, trespass, and voluntarily hurting and rioting.
