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Brace for more power cuts
UT not to get 30-MW power from Jammu & Kashmir this summer
Chandigarh, May 19
Residents of the City Beautiful should be ready to face more power cuts this summer because the UT Administration will not receive 30-MW power from Jammu and Kashmir.

MD/MS entrance
Candidates face the heat as PGI tightens security 
Chandigarh, May 19
In a bid to make up for the embarrassment it faced during the MD/MS entrance examination held last year, where several decoy candidates managed to sneak into the exam hall

A woman candidate removes her chain before entering the exam hall at a school in Sector 15, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Sector 32 residents wake up to a shocker
Chandigarh, May 19
Residents of Sector 32 woke up to lewd graffiti that was spray-painted outside their houses and number plates of cars smudged with black paint. The miscreants painted the walls of houses and car windowpanes with vulgar words on them. The miscreants targeted the vehicles parked outside the houses from House Number 3,701 to 3,730 and from House Number 3,600 onwards in the area.

A resident shows the defaced number plate of his car at Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Girl hit by speeding car, dies
Chandigarh, May 19 
An 8-year-old unidentified girl died after being hit by a speeding luxury car near Himachal Bhawan, Sector 28, late this evening. A resident of Sector 18, Chirag Sachdeva (24), who was driving the Audi car, rushed the girl to Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, where she was declared brought dead. 

Burning midnight oil to pursue law at 59
Chandigarh, May 19
Age is not a deterrent for 59-year-old Govind Khanna, who toiled hard to pursue a degree in law. His efforts bore fruits and he was the oldest yet enthusiastic student to be conferred a degree during the Panjab University convocation here today.

COMMUNITY

zila parishad polls
Women turn out in large numbers in Mohali
Mohali, May 19
Women turned out in large numbers to cast their vote during the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections in Mohali district today. Long queues of women voters could be seen at several polling booths in different villages including Sohana, Kumbhra, Landran and Balongi.

Oppn to confront Cong on Railgate 
Panchkula, May 19
Although the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is yet to grill former Union Railway Minister and Chandigarh MP Pawan Kumar Bansal in connection with the cash-for-job scam in the Railways, the opposition parties have decided to target the Congress candidates with the ‘Mama-Bhanja’ controversy in the Panchkula MC elections.

Summer alert: Firemen try to douse the flames as fire broke out in an open ground near the traffic lights of the railway station in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal

pgi  residential complex
15 years on, community centre still hangs fire
Chandigarh, May 19
Fifteen years after its construction started, the community centre building in the residential area of the PGI still awaits completion. While MPs allocated funds for the completion of the building thrice over these years, the engineering wing has failed to complete the work.

Open House response
Need to make roads pedestrian-friendly
Safety of pedestrians and two-wheeler riders has become a concern with fast-moving vehicular traffic ruling the roads. Chandigarh Tribune readers write on what should be done to ensure their safety:

Public parks kept locked in Sector 10, Panchkula 
Panchkula, May 19
Public parks in Sector 10, Panchkula, have been locked following a tussle among the local residents over various issues, including not allowing children to play sports. Because of this, senior citizens and handicapped persons are the biggest sufferers.

A view of the locked gate of a park in Sector 10, Panchkula. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Space society joins hand with US body
Chandigarh, May 19
Chandigarh-based International Space Society (ISS) has collaborated with the National Space Society (NSS), a US-based non-profit advocate for space economic programme, in creating international support and collaboration for the research and development of clean energy from space-based solar power.

Central Club elections
Sekhri group emerges winner
Chandigarh, May 19
The Sekhri group emerged as the winner in the elections of Central Club, Sector 9, held today. While five office-bearers and candidate on one executive post were already elected unopposed, elections for the remaining four posts of executive members were held in the club.

(From left) GS Kalsi, I Moudgill, Jaspal Singh and AS Mehndiratta, executive members of the Central Club, Sector 9, Chandigarh, who won the elections on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

EDUCATION

Degrees conferred on law students at PU
Chandigarh, May 19
Around 500 students and 22 gold medallists from PU’s law department, University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS) and law institutes at regional centres in Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Muktsar were conferred degrees at the first convocation of the Faculty of Laws at Panjab University.

Law dept head skips convocation 
Chandigarh, May 19
The delay in getting approval for the convocation from the Panjab University and refusal of the varsity to give financial assistance for function kept the law department chairperson Nishtha Jaswal away from the first convocation of the Faculty of Laws.

St Stephen’s-45 students excel in Class X exam 
Chandigarh, May 19 As many as 43 students of St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, secured above 90 per cent in the ICSE results declared on Friday.

Degree courses launched
Mohali, May 19
The Aryans Group of Colleges has announced to launch its degree college from this academic session.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Zila Parishad polls in fatehgarh sahib
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 19
Above 70% polling was reported for panchyat and zila parishad elections in the district. Notably, the elections concluded peacefully as no untoward incident was reported from any part of the district. Arun Sekhri, the Deputy Commissioner-cum -District Returning Officer said the voters voted for 10 Zila parishad seats, for which there were 22 candidates in fray, whereas there were 76 seats for five panchyat samitis and there were 164 candidates in fray for them.

Blood donors to be honoured
Patiala, May 19
Blood Bank (Department of Transfusion Medicine), Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, will celebrate 'World Blood Donor Day' in which voluntary blood donors, who not only donate their precious blood to save the dying patients but also motivate others for blood donation, will be honoured.

HMT employees not paid three months’ salaries
Kalka, May 19
A great resentment prevails among the hundreds of employees of Hindustan Machine Tools , as they have not been paid their salaries for the last three months . They alleged that the higher authorities of Heavy Industries and Public Sector of HMT had been adopting partial attitude towards machine tools. Notably the central government had provided a special revival package of Rs.10830 crores to tractor unit of HMT recently, for the survival of HMT tractor unit.

Boys outshine girls in PSEB results
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 19
Reversing the trend in Punjab School Education Board Senior Secondary results, the boys have out shown the girls in Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib. Three boys from Ashoka Senior Secondary School Boys, Sirhind, have secured positions in the merit list, where as two students missed the merit list by one per cent marks. The boys who won laurels for the school are Randeep Singh 92.2 per cent, Jagjeet Singh 92 per cent and Bhavnish Bias 92 per cent. Whereas the other two students secured 89 per cent marks.

CRIME

Missing groom’s body found
Chandigarh, May 19
The decomposed body of a 30-year-old software engineer, who had gone missing on May 10, was recovered from a canal near Tangori yesterday, after a diver noticed the body floating in the canal.

Victim’s relatives wait outside the mortuary at Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

24-year-old youth ends life
Chandigarh, May 19
A 24-year-old newly married youth committed suicide after hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his Sector 20 residence last night. The deceased’s family members said they found a handwritten suicide note, in which the victim, Pardeep Kumar, had blamed his wife and in-laws for the suicide. The police is yet to examine it.

Snatchers target three city residents within 24 hours
Chandigarh, May 19
Unidentified miscreants targeted three pedestrians and sped away with their belongings within 24 hours in different parts of the city. In the latest incident, Pinki, a resident of Burail village, said two motorcycle-borne miscreants snatched her handbag in Sector 22 this morning. The handbag contained a mobile phone, artificial jewellery and Rs 10,000.

SPORTS

Cricket tournament
Stadium XI rout Warriors Club
Chandigarh, May 19
In an ongoing match of the UT Cricket T20 League Championship, the Stadium-XI team defeated Warriors Club by 154 runs. The match was played at the Sector 16 cricket stadium here today.

Women’s cricket team felicitated
Chandigarh, May 19
The executive members of the Chandigarh Women’s Cricket felicitated the local senior women’s cricket team today.

Golf camp from June 3
Panchkula, May 19
The Panchkula Golf Club will organise a “kids and moms summer golf coaching camp” from June 3 to June 11 here. The eight-day long coaching camp will be open to children in the age-group of 5 to 15 years.

FCI, HDFC Bank log wins in CII cricket cup
Chandigarh, May 19
The cricket team of Food Corporation of India (FCI) defeated Bharti Airtel while HDFC Bank defeated Quantum Solution in the ongoing CII Corporate Cricket Cup.

New competitive format for junior-level cricket proposed
Chandigarh, May 19
In order to make the junior-level cricket more competitive, Punjab Cricket Association's honorary secretary, MP Pandove proposed a more meaningful and competitive format for the Punjab inter-district matches. It was proposed during the executive committee meeting of the of the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA).

12-year-old city chess prodigy brings laurels 
Chandigarh, May 19
A 12-year-old local chess star, Tarini Goyal, has achieved new heights by bagging the “Best Woman Player” award in two consecutive international open rating tournaments held in New Delhi and Ahmedabad earlier this month.