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Power supply disrupted
Chandigarh, June 6
Rain accompanied by high-speed winds resulted in the disruption in power supply to various parts of the city today. Besides, several city residents faced power cuts ranging between eight and nine hours due to a major fault in the supply lines from Mohali and Nalagarh.
Trains delayed, flights hit
Chandigarh, June 6
Rail traffic at the Chandigarh railway station was disrupted for more than two hours this evening after an overhead electricity wire on the Ghaggar-Dhappar stretch of the track snapped due to a thunderstorm.
Hundreds of passengers at the station were clueless about the delay in trains as the railway authorities did not bother to inform them about the reason by making an announcement.
Himalayan Queen passengers wait for the train to leave from the Chandigarh railway station after it got delayed on Thursday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
Blood donors upset as PGI fails to maintain records
Chandigarh, June 6
The failure of the PGI in maintaining proper records of donors at the blood bank has left a number of donors disappointed. While the PGI has been organising special programmes for felicitating its regular donors for the past many years, it has missed out on maintaining the donation records of many others.
Owing to the lack of a proper mechanism for recording the donor entries, a donor found the record of only 12 donations despite having donating blood 30 times. Another donor was not issued a master card despite having donated blood 16 times. These donors have not been felicitated and are yet to get the benefits which PGI regular blood donors are entitled to.
Sample this: A regular blood donor at the PGI, Rajiv Gupta (name changed), who, in the past 25 years, has donated blood 30 times at various blood donation camps organised by the
PGI, was surprised to find his records missing
from the blood bank.
Maid Suicide Case
Autopsy report rules out foul play
Panchkula, June 6
As the postmortem report had confirmed that no internal and external marks were found on the minor girl's body, who was found hanging at a house of her employer in Sector 11, here, the local police believed that it was a case of suicide. The Panchkula Commissioner, Rajbir Deswal said that prima facie it was a suicide case. “But we are probing from all the angles, as the
family has been alleging that her employers had murdered the girl, who was working in the house as a maid.”
Late-night power snag hits PGI research blocks
Chandigarh, June 6
The research blocks at PGI, that house the test samples of numerous patients, remained without power for nearly 45 minutes late yesterday night due to power failure caused by overloading.
The residential campus was also affected when the power went off at around 11.30 pm on Wednesday, leading to a blackout near Research Blocks A and B and the residential area, with street lights too becoming non-functional.
A view of Research Block B at the PGI in Chandigarh.
A file photo
Samjhauta Express blasts
Accused denied B-class facilities in Ambala jail
Panchkula, June 6
The Haryana Police today opposed Aseemanand's plea in the court for providing him class B facilities in the jail. Aseemanand is the key accused in the Samjhauta express blast case. The plea was opposed on the ground that
Aseemanand, the prime accused in the case, has committed a heinous crime against the state, so he should not be given class-B facilities in Ambala jail, where he has been put up currently.
Breather: Children play in rain under dark clouds at Sector 42 in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
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Total Chaos: A traffic jam at Dera Bassi on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway. Residents have been demanding the construction of a flyover at Dera Bassi to ease traffic. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal
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Diarrhoea cases on the rise in Panchkula
Panchkula, June 6
Diarrhoea cases are on the rise due to the prevailing unhygienic conditions in the local slums and the rising mercury in the region. According to the staff of General Hospital, Sector 6, around 25 patients, suffering from the disease, are being admitted everyday in the hospital.
Mohali SSP elevated to IPS cadre
Mohali, June 6
Mohali SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar has been elevated to the IPS cadre, by the Selection Committee of the Union Public Service Commission, in its meeting at New Delhi here today. Around 15 Punjab Police Service (PPS) officials have been elevated to the IPS cadre in the meeting.
CTU staff demand new buses
Chandigarh, June 6
Employees of Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) today protested against policies of the UT Administration. The employees alleged the authorities were not utilising the grant of Rs 113 crore released by the Centre for the transport department to buy new buses.
Public lecture at PGI today
Chandigarh, June 6
In view of lacking awareness among the public about problems related to bones and joints, the PGI will organise a public lecture on the subject tomorrow.
Dr Rajindra Kanojia of orthopaedics department will deliver the ninth public lecture in the Golden Jubilee Public Lecture Series at 12.30 pm on the ground floor of new OPD block.
— TNS
NEET state ranking list creates confusion
Chandigarh, June 6
Confusion is far from over in the first-ever National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, the results of which were declared yesterday.
The state ranking list, released separately for each state on the basis of the NEET results, seems to be inflated since it has even those students who are not eligible for admission to those states.
The sale of prospectus begins at DAV College, Sector 10, in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
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From colleges
Tentative schedule
Panjab University has issued the tentative schedule for the submission of online application forms for admission to the University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS), Chandigarh, Hoshiarpur and UIL, Ludhiana, for BA/BCom-LLB (Hons) five-year integrated course. Online admission forms for this course would be available from June 11 on the website http://uglaw.puchd.ac.in. The qualifying candidates of the entrance exam (undergraduate law) of 2013 can apply from June 11 to June 30. The last date for the submission of hard copy of admission forms and documents to the coordinator, admission, would be July 5 till 5 PM.
UICET to get Rs 10 crore for quality improvement
Chandigarh, June 6
Dr SS Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Panjab University (UICET), has been selected for the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-II) as per which the department will get a sum of Rs 10 crore.
Online BCom admissions: PU to include evening studies dept
Chandigarh, June 6
Panjab University (PU) is going to include its Evening Studies Department in the online centralised admission process for Bachelors in Commerce (BCom) from this year. The process, which will include only the city colleges this time, will begin from June 8.
Till last year, admission to the colleges of Ludhiana was also centralised. However, the university decided to restrict it to the city colleges only.
Admission process begins in colleges
Chandigarh, June 6
The process of admission to various courses, including BBA, BCA, BSc (Medical) and BSc (Non-Medical), offered by government colleges of the city started today.
Around 500 prospectus copies were sold at Government College for Girls, Sector 11, 470 at Government College for Boys, Sector 11, 38 copies at Government College of Commerce and Business Administration, 200 each at Government College for Girls, Sector 42, and Government College, Sector 46.
Panchkula school holds still photography workshop
Chandigarh, June 6
Hallmark Public School, Panchkula, organised a four-day still photography workshop. It was conducted by experts from Bolly-perform on the school premises.
Belgium varsity scholarship for 8 CGC students
Mohali, June 6
Eight students of the Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC), Jhanjeri, Mohali district, have been selected for the
ASEM-DUO scholarship from Howest University College, Belgium, for pursuing MBA.
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Ropar, June 6
Panchkula, June 6
Chandigarh Cricket Association (CCA), affiliated to the Haryana Cricket Association, lifted the CCA Cup Cricket Tournament for Boys( U-14) after defeating Partap Cricket Academy,
Sonepat, in the final match of the tournament at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, Chandigarh, today.
Chandigarh, June 6
