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Cop’s murder leaves UT police red-faced
Chandigarh, June 8
The gruesome murder of UT police Inspector Sucha Singh in the late night incident near the Sector 17 police station has exposed major chinks in the response time of the police that has been boasting about its intensive patrolling across the city.                      Inspector Sucha Singh

The marked area where blood was splattered on the floor in front of the old District Courts in Sector 17 on Saturday.

‘Rupa’ was his last word at the PGI Chandigarh, June 8 Minutes before succumbing to his injuries at the PGI this morning, Inspector Sucha Singh had called out his daughter’s name ‘Rupa’. His daughter Rupinder, alias Rupa, was shell-shocked after the murder of her father. She had never imagined that a routine call of duty would become a tragedy. Relatives console victim Sucha Singh’s wife at his residence in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Saturday. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan

Illegal construction on land earmarked for houses of judges

Chandigarh, June 8 Under the garb of organising a religious congregation, a religious body tried to encroach upon a large strip of government land that has been earmarked for Judges houses in Sector 10-A here. The management of the Pracheen Shiv Mandir and community hall was extending the boundary of the premises by five feet on all sides without seeking any permission. An illegal wall raised by a religious body on the government land in Sector 10-A was demolished on Saturday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan

COMMUNITY

Residents fume at 36-hour-long power cut in Panchkula

Panchkula, June 8 Lack of vision by the power authorities today cost dear to hundreds of the residents of several Sectors in Panchkula. The residents of Sectors 10, 11, 12 besides parts of 12A and 14 and BEL Colony, are at the receiving end due to the 36-hour-long power cut, imposed by the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN). Workers replace a transformer in Panchkula on Saturday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal

thursday’s thunderstorm
Dept takes stock of heavy losses
Chandigarh, June 8
The UT Electricity Department has suffered heavy losses due to the high-velocity winds that hit the city on Thursday evening. Two days after the strong winds, the UT Electricity Department made an estimate that around 30 electricity poles and 14 transformers were damaged, besides massive damage to electricity supply wires.

slum rehabilitation scheme CHB losing revenue due to delay in allotment of flats Chandigarh, June 8 The Railgate involving former Union Railway Minister and local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal seems to have cast its shadow on the slum rehabilitation scheme of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB). A view of one-room tenements constructed by Chandigarh Housing Board at Dhanas. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

ASSN president poll
Court serves notice on Sector 21 Citizens’ Association
Chandigarh, June 8
A day before the Sector 21 Citizens’ Association is to vote for its president, the election has come under the judicial scanner. A resident today moved a local court seeking directions to the association and other respondents against holding the poll.

MPs inspect infrastructure, ongoing projects at PGI Chandigarh, June 8 A seven-member parliamentary committee today visited various departments of the PGI to monitor projects being conducted at the premier institute. Sources in the PGI said the team visited the emergency department, eye-care centre and advance trauma centre during its visit. The MPs inspected the basic infrastructure at these departments.

Prof YK Chawla, director, PGI, escorts Rasheed Masood and other Members of Parliament during their visit to the premier institute in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

grain market-26
Traders object to estate office survey
Chandigarh, June 8
A delegation of traders from the Sector 26 grain market, have met UT officials to register their objections to the “sudden and unwarranted” survey being conducted by the enforcement staff of the estate office.

EDUCATION

BCom admissions
Over 600 students register online on Day 1
Chandigarh, June 8
Over 600 candidates registered themselves online on the first day of BCom centralised admissions to the city colleges and Panjab University’s (PU) Evening Department. There are over 2,030 BCom seats in the city.

Post-result helpline services
Counsellors have tough time advising students
Chandigarh, June 8
Counsellors appointed by the CBSE for post-result helpline services are having a tough time these days advising students about the possible career opportunities for higher classes.

Degrees conferred on 648 students
Chandigarh, June 8 “Indian chartered accountants are capable enough not just to fight the economic downturn, but also guide the world on how to come out of it,” said DS Bains, Principal Secretary (Home), Government of Punjab, during the conferment of degrees to newly enrolled members of the Northern Region of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India’s annual convocation, who have passed the chartered accountancy course, today.
Students in a jubilant mood after receiving their degrees during the annual convocation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India at a hotel in Sector 35, Chandigarh, on Saturday. Tribune Photo: S. Chandan

Education briefs
Workshop on entrepreneurship
Six youngsters presented their innovative ideas to a group of mentors from the Punjab-Chandigarh chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) at the PHD House here today. Right from designing creative business cards, selling of bricks to helping children plan their future through a multiple-intelligence test was the range of ingenuity and lateral thinking that the young start-ups in their 20s presented to the TiE.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Power woes disrupt normal life at Sirhind
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 8
The mismanagement of the PSPCL officials is causing great inconvenience to people these days. Though there are no scheduled power cuts, still a major part of Sirhind is suffering from power breakdown.

MLA pays surprise visit to hospital
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 8
Justice (retd) Nirmal Singh, MLA, Bassi Pathana, conducted a surprise raid at the Civil Hospital in the town today. He expressed great concern over the state of affairs at the hospital. When the MLA entered the hospital, there was no doctor on duty at the OPD and emergency.

HC directs Public Health Dept to improve water supply in Kalka
Kalka, June 8
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Secretary, Public Health Department , Haryana, to take appropriate action for providing adequate water supply to Kalka and to lay down sewage lines in Pinjore.

Residents block road in Ambala
Ambala, June 8
Frequent power cuts in the city are causing great inconvenience to people these days. In some of the colonies in the city, the residents blocked roads to protest against the unannounced power cuts.

Factory worker killed in road mishap
Dera Bassi, June 8
A factory worker was killed in a road accident on Friday night. A speeding car hit his bicycle near Lehli village on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway. The victim has been identified as Dharminder Parsad, a resident of Lalru.

Youth run over by train
Dera Bassi, June 8
A youth was crushed to death in a train accident. He was trying to cross the railway track when the incident took place. The deceased was identified as 22-year-old Domni Kajoor, hailing from Jharkhand. He was currently staying at Gholumajra. This railway police has taken action under Section 174 of the CrPc and the body was handed over to the relatives after conducting a post-mortem.

CRIME

16-yr-old boy commits suicide
Chandigarh, June 8
A 16-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his residence in Sector 46 here today. The deceased, Vasu Kumar, was a Class XI student of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sector 31. His father Anant Kumar is a businessman.

SPORTS

Dhruv Pandove trophy
Chandigarh take lead on Day 2
Chandigarh, June 8
The Chandigarh cricket team scored 228 runs against Mohali on the second day of the ongoing Dhruv Pandove Trophy for Boys (U-19) being held today. Chasing the target of 218 runs, the openers of the Chandigarh team, Shivam Bhambri and Bhagminder, scored 50 runs for the first wicket before Shivam was caught by Ramandeep off left-arm spinner Amish Sidhu for 21 off 61 balls studded with 3 boundaries.

Tennis tourney Neel, Manvir win first-round tie Mohali, June 8 Neel Singh nailed down Harshdeep during the ongoing Manav Mangal-Total Tennis Academy’s Tennis Tournament commenced here today. Neel won the match in the boys’ (U-12) category 7-5. In another match of the same category, Manvir Singh edged past Chunu 6-2, while Sarabjot Singh registered triumph against Manik 6-2. A player in action during the tennis tournament held at Manav Mangal School, Phase X, in Mohali. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Cricket probables selected
Chandigarh, June 8
The Chandigarh Cricket Association (affiliated to the PCA) has selected the probables for the women district U-19 cricket team today. These players will undergo a training camp before participating in the inter-district tournament to be organised by the PCA from June 16.