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Jittery CITCO shifts jetties at Sukhna
Chandigarh, June 4
A day after Chandigarh Tribune highlighted the sorry state of the city’s landmark — Sukhna Lake — and the ever decreasing water level at the manmade water body, the UT Administration today swung into action and started efforts to keep the tourists’ interest alive at Sukhna Lake.

CITCO workers shift jetties to a new place following low water level in Sukhna Lake on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Recruitment of 10 ASIs cancelled
Chandigarh, June 4
The police today cancelled the recruitment of 10 assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) who were selected following a police recruitment test in 2007. None of these candidates had joined duty as the recruitment had been stayed following discrepancies in the selection process.

Civic body adamant on wasting public money
Chandigarh, June 4
Select any destination shortlisted by the Municipal Corporation for study tour and enjoy summer holidays at the cost of public money. Following the mantra of their predecessors, the newly elected General House of the MC is adopting similar norms to organise tours with a plea to study new projects for the city.

15-yr-old gang rape victim turns hostile
Panchkula, June 4
In a major setback to the Panchkula police, a 15-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted and gangraped by two youths known to her brother, turned hostile today.

Quark City techie’s murder case
Six-month jail for third accused
Mohali, June 4
The Mohali district court today sentenced Parmaveer Singh, one of the three accused in the murder case of Quark City engineer Sukhwinder Singh, to six months imprisonment.
Paramveer Singh

Panjab University Senate elections
Voters’ list swells to all-time high
Chandigarh, June 4
The Panjab University (PU) Senate elections have attained an all-time high popularity with over 84,000 new voters registering this year.

Officials find it hard to keep pace with VC's cycling idea
Chandigarh, June 4
Keen to paddle with Panjab University Vice-Chancellor RC Sobti at 5 am tomorrow to celebrate the Environment Day, university officials and teachers had a tough time arranging bicycles and putting them in working order. Panjab University registrar on behalf of the VC has appealed to all faculty members, officials and affiliated colleges to ride cycles tomorrow, at least in the morning, to celebrate the day.

COMMUNITY

Loopholes in CTU operations
All is not well with Chandigarh transport undertaking
Chandigarh, June 4
It will be not be easy for the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) to explain why the buses were not able to sustain its operations within the prescribed average limits for fuel consumption.

More CTU buses to ply on metro route
Chandigarh, June 4
For the convenience of city residents, the UT Administration has decided to ply more buses of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) on the metro route from Sarangpur barrier via PGI to Panchkula, Sector 21.

Mercury may plummet in coming days
Chandigarh, June 4
With showers lashing a few areas in the city and neighbouring states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, mercury dipped by about three notches.


A boy wears a helmet to save himself from the sun at Sectot 17 in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Power, water shortage taking toll on residents
Chandigarh, June 4
A resident of Dhanas, Shama Sharma, lamented that for the past fortnight, due to major power cuts, there had been no water supply to the area.



Women line up to fetch water at Milk Colony in Dhanas on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

When projects fail to serve purpose
Chandigarh, June 4
Major projects recommended by councillors after their study tours have failed to succeed so far. Though it is a fact that the authorities do not have a detailed report as to what were the shortcomings which the projects had faced during their implementation.

Day after constable's suicide, wife threatens to end life
Chandigarh, June 4
A day after a UT police constable, Manjeet Singh (24), committed suicide by jumping before a train, a police van remained deployed at the Sector-29 residence of his wife Vishu Tanwar following threats of suicide by her.

Vishu Tanwar, whose husband committed suicide on Sunday, being consoled by her colleagues at her residence in Sector 29, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Town planning to regularise toll plaza
Panchkula, June 4
Even as illegal houses built by the people were being demolished, the District Town Planning Department was likely to regularise the toll plaza on the Panchkula-Pinjore national highway, which has been built against the Punjab Periphery Act 1952.

The toll plaza on the Panchkula-Kalka highway at Chandimandir. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Cadets get training in drill, shooting
Chandigarh, June 4
A 10-day training camp for NCC cadets from the Chandigarh Naval NCC Unit concluded here today. As many as 317 cadets, including 68 girls, from six schools of the city participated in the camp that was commanded by Capt GM Singh of the Indian Navy.



An award ceremony during the NCC camp. A Tribune photograph

Youth dies in accident
Chandigarh, June 4
A 22-year-old youth died after his motorcycle skidded near the Iron market roundabout in Sector 29 today evening. The victim, Pradeep, was rushed to the Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 32 where he was declared brought dead.

Alarming situation

A fire that broke out at Sector 38 due to the rising temperature in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

World environment day: Schoolchildren participate in an awareness rally on the eve of World Environment Day in Patiala on Monday. Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar

45-year-old commits suicide
Chandigarh, June 4
A 45-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in forest area near Khuda Jassu village today.

Student dies in accident
Panchkula, June 4
Ajay, a Class XII student of KB DAV School, Sector 8, died in a fatal road accident in Sector 25 this evening.

Thieves target Sec-16 booths
Chandigarh, June 4
As many as six shops in Sector 16 was found broken today morning. The police believe it’s the handiwork of one gang as the same modus operandi has been followed.

chandigarh scan
‘Add buses to CTU fleet’
Pawan Kumar Bansal, local MP and Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources has taken up with the Chandigarh Administration the need to add at least 50 modern and fuel efficient buses to the CTU fleet. In a letter to the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Bansal has said that though Chandigarh has a local transport system which is better than many of the important cities of the country, yet there is a definite need to strengthen, augment and expand the same. Bansal further said that with the expansion of the city and the increase in population over the years, direct and frequent bus service to and from important places in the city like the High Court, the Civil Secretariat, bus stand, district courts, general hospital (Sector 16 and Sector 32), railway station, airport etc will be of immense benefit to the public and would be widely welcomed.

EDUCATION

Mission Admission: Students return from DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, after seeking admission-related information on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

PU budget sanction delayed
Chandigarh, June 4
With the Chancellor office having failed to make any headway in re-initiating the selection process of the next PU VC, Panjab University has come to a standstill. The uncertainty over the next VC and propriety conflicts have taken a toll on the academic, administrative, recruitment and financial matters. The annual budget is the latest to be hit.

CET results declared
Chandigarh, June 4
Just like in many other results, girls outshone boys in the Panjab University Common Entrance Test results declared today.

AIEEE results on June 9
Chandigarh, June 4
The Central Board of Secondary Education is expected to declare the result of All India Engineering Entrance Examination on June 9.

Schools offer fun-filled camps during summer vacations
Mohali, June 4
As soon as vacations begin, schools start organising fun-filled summer camps, where activities like dance, art and craft, personality development, doll making etc are offered, to encourage students follow their hobbies and talents during the free time.
Children dance during a workshop at Shivalik Public School, Mohali, on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

NEIGHBOURHOOD

battle of ballot
Abhay Chautala campaigns for SAD
Patiala, June 4
In what may be termed as an unprecedented move, probably for the first time, some senior politician from outside the state was spotted campaigning for the SAD candidate contesting civic election. It was Abhay Chautala, INLD MLA and son of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala, who campaigned for the SAD candidate from municipal ward number 31, Harpal Juneja.

Poll canvassing in full swing

BSP candidate Tara Chand from Municipal ward number 34 during election campaign in Patiala; (right) Independent candidate Rakesh Khanna from Municipal ward number 37 campaigns in a rickshaw in Patiala.

SAD-BJP candidate Kanika Sharma from Municipal ward 27; (right) A roadside shop for election campaign materials in Patiala on Monday. Tribune photos: rajesh sachar

Pollution board takes smoke samples from liquor factory
Banur, June 4
A team of Punjab Pollution Control Board visited Chandigarh distillers and bottles limited, Banur, and took samples of air smoke to check the quantity of ash in the smoke coming out from the chimneys of the factory. Chimneys were set up on the cogeneration power plant of company in which rice husk was used. The pollution control board team led by the SDO Gursarn Dass Garg had taken samples from the smoke. Notably, residents of nearby villages had been continually complaining of ash problem from the chimneys of company. They had been complaining that ash from the factory was causing eye ailments and it also gathers in the houses.

11 booked for beating panchayat member
Dera Bassi, June 4
The Dera Bassi police has booked 11 persons including some women for beating up a Panchayat member of Trivedi village camp.

Drug peddler arrested
Kurali, June 4
In a special drive against drugs, the Mohali police today nabbed a drug peddler and recovered four kg poppy husk, 7000 ml liquid drugs and 30 bottles of country-made liquor.

14 BBSBEC students selected for govt camp
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 4
14 students from Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, have been selected by Government of India to attend the first Rajiv Gandhi Youth Leadership Internship Programme to be held at the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development. The government has selected 67 students from all over the country and out of these 19 students are from Punjab. These include three students from SUS Tangori and one each from Swami Parmanand College and Rayat College, said Dr M S Grewal, Principal of the College.

80 students awarded during prize distribution
Dera Bassi, June 4
Divya Shiksha Gurukul College of Education for Women organised the seventh annual prize distribution function and Mat Pita Santan Divas on the college campus on June 3.

COURTS

Capital punishment sought for Neki, Brandy
Chandigarh, June 4
During the course of final arguments on quantum of sentence for Sukhwinder Singh’s murder convicts — Neki Nalwa, wife of the deceased, and her paramour Himmat Singh, alias Brandy, public prosecutor Vijay Singla today demanded capital punishment for the duo, terming the crime as ‘rarest of rare’ in nature.

Tata Motors penalised Rs 50,000
Chandigarh, June 4
The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission while upholding the decision of the district forum-1 has increased the fine from Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 on Tata Motors for its failure to rectify the fault in a newly purchased vehicle of a Mohali resident.

Seller goes back on his word
Panchkula, June 4
The Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate has summoned the two accused, who had allegedly misappropriated Rs 90 lakh paid by a city resident to purchase a showroom in a Mall, Paras Downtown, at Zirakpur. The seller had allegedly gone back on his word to sell a property after steep appreciation in the prices.

4 judges to be appointed
Mohali, June 4
Four more judges will be appointed in the District Courts Complex, Mohali very soon. According to sources, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has accepted the proposal of increase the strength of the local district court and has directed to construct at least two new courts by June 21 for the new judges.

CRIME

Woman, child run over by car, injured critically
Chandigarh, June 4
A woman and her eight-month-old infant were critically injured after being run over by a speeding Honda city car near the Sector 25 and 38 lights here this evening. The woman, who is a labourer, was sleeping by the roadside with her child during the incident.

SPORTS

Sport complex lacks basic amenities
Chandigarh, June 4
The players at Sports Complex of Sector 42 is facing immense problem due to non-availability of water. To quench their thirst, they have to walk down a certain distance in this hot summer days and that too during their practice sessions.

There is no potable water available at sport complex in Sector 42, Chandigarh. Tribune photos: Vicky Gharu

Local lad makes it to Asia Cup
Chandigarh, June 4
Bringing home happiness, local cricket star Manan Vohra has successfully booked a berth in the Indian (U-19) cricket team for the Asia Cup, to be held in Malaysia later this month. Manan Vohra

Lawn tennis: Differently abled wins U-17 title
Chandigarh, June 4
A hearing impaired girl, Parul Gupta, won the Lawn Tennis tourney organised at SAI Netaji Subhash Chander National Institute of Sports, Patiala.                                                                         Parul Gupta

Chandigarh score 239 against Patiala
Chandigarh, June 4
The cricket team of Chandigarh scored 239 runs against Patiala on the first day of Punjab Inter-District Cricket Tournament for boys (U-22) at Dhruv Pandove Stadium.

A batsman of Patiala team hits a ball during the Inter-District Cricket Tournament in Patiala on Monday. Tribune Photo: Rajesh Sachar

Jaskaran, Hansika emerge winners
Mohali, June 4
Jaskaran bagged the title of boys (U-10) after defeating Udai Veer Singh in a well settled game during the Paragon Total Tennis Championship played at the school courts here this evening.



Nikhil plays a shot during the Paragon Total Tennis Tournament at Sector 17 in Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Satluj Cricket Academy outplay GSSS
Panchkula, June 4
The cricket team of Satluj Cricket Academy, Sector 4, outplayed Government Senior Secondary School Bijwada (Hoshiarpur) during the Gold Cup Cricket Tournament for boys.

Local golfer at PGTI championship
Chandigarh, June 4
The local golfer Harendra Gupta will be competing in the upcoming Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) Players Championship at the Golden Greens Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon.