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Srinagar-bound passengers grounded at city airport, allege harassment
Chandigarh, June 11
Passengers on board the Chandigarh-Srinagar SpiceJet aircraft had to return from Jammu following bad weather conditions in Srinagar.
The SpiceJet flight, which was schedule to take off from the Chandigarh airport at 1.10 pm, left the city at 2.30 pm. The flight with 220 passengers on board could not land at the Srinagar airport and returned to the city at 3.30 pm.
The harried passengers at the Chandigarh airport on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Punjab, Haryana owe Rs 7.24 cr to PGI
Chandigarh, June 11
The governments of Punjab and Haryana owe Rs 7.24 crore to the PGIMER on account of annual bed charges.
The PGIMER waives the cost of admission to the government employees of Punjab and Haryana, but the governments are supposed to pay the annual bed cost to the institution.
In its audit report for 2011-12, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) had calculated the debt at Rs 462.72 lakh, which has now escalated to Rs 7.24 crore.
Patient records at PGI go digital
Chandigarh, June 11
Patients struggling in long queues and shuttling between various buildings of the PGIMER for treatment are in for some relief now. Kicking off the computerisation process, the hospital has successfully uploaded demographic details of all 37,97,919 patients who visited the PGIMER OPDs in the past 2.5 years and also those admitted to the institution over these years.
A file photo of the New OPD Block at the PGI, Chandgarh.
Mohali robbery
Police quizzes victim, finds contradictions in statement
Mohali, June 11
The Mohali police will check the calls made by Pawan Kumar to ascertain the veracity of his claims regarding the yesterday’s incident in which, according to him, four miscreants snatched a bag containing Rs 9 lakh from him. The victim was quizzed by the police for several hours today.
The police has found several contradictions in Pawan’s statement, raising doubts about his involvement in the case.
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Respite from
heat: Dust storm followed by showers lashed Chandigarh on Tuesday afternoon bringing down the mercury to 33.3 degrees Celsius, six notches below normal. Tribune photo: S Chandan
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Towns fail to reach consensus on Mayor
Panchkula, June 11
Bringing Pinjore, Kalka and neighbouring villages under the jurisdiction of Panchkula Municipal Corporation has led to a divide over the selection of Mayor. While six of the twenty wards, from Ward Nos. 1 to 6 fall in the Kalka and Pinjore area, the remaining fourteen fall within the Panchkula town.
Deep complex
BSP leaders seek Patil’s intervention
Chandigarh, June 11
A delegation of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today met the UT Administrator, Shivraj V Patil, and urged him to issue instructions to the UT Administration and Municipal Corporation for providing water supply and sewerage lines in Deep Complex, Hallo
Majra. The members told the Administrator that despite his previous directions, the Administration had only approved water lines and not sewerage lines.
Power woes irk city residents
Chandigarh, June 11
City residents continued to face power woes today, with cuts ranging from four to six hours affecting various parts of the city today.
Residents of Sectors 18, 23, 46, and 37 besides Mani Majra, Dhanas and Khuda Ali Sher faced power cuts today.
Internal rift
Congress-backed candidates seek BJP, INLD support
Panchkula, June 11
In a bid to make their favourite candidate the Mayor, certain members from both the Selja group and MLA DK Bansal group, reportedly, are tying up with the rival parties: BJP and
INLD. Although, 14 Congress-backed councillors could have found majority for selecting the Mayor of the 20-member Municipal Corporation, the internal rift has diminished those chances.
Home Guards volunteer rewarded
Chandigarh, June 11
The UT police today rewarded Home Guards Volunteer Jatinder Singh who had a narrow escape on the night of June 8 when he along with Inspector Sucha Singh were being brutally stabbed.
Land pooling scheme
GMADA issues letters of intent
Mohali, June 11
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has started issuing the Letter of Intents (LoIs) to the landowners whose land was acquired for the development of Sectors 88 and 89, under the land pooling scheme.
The GMADA had acquired a total of 662.80 acres of land from several villages including Sohana, Lakhnour, Berampur, Manakmajra and
Landran.
100 challans issued to violators
Chandigarh, June 11
In a special anti-encroachment drive, the enforcement wing of the Municipal Corporation today removed encroachments from the Industrial Area, Phase I, Sectors 17, 19 and 22. The enforcement wing issued 100 challans to the violators.
During the drive, the enforcement team found dumped material, including heavy
iron sheets, iron poles etc in the Industrial Area, Phase I.
The MC enforcement wing removes illegal encroachment in Industrial Area, Phase I, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
68 police officials transferred
Chandigarh, June 11
A reshuffle took place in the UT police in which total 68 officials of the Chandigarh police have been transferred, including four Inspectors, three Sub-Inspectors, 22 Head Constables and 39 Constables. Three Station House Officers have been given temporary charge.
 Chandigarh
club
Suspended 69 staff told to join duties
Chandigarh, June 11
The management of the Chandigarh Club, who had suspended around 69-staff members for removing their shirts in front of guests while protesting, today appealed to all absentee staff members to join their duties immediately to ensure smooth functioning of the club.
Inspector’s death
SP, Traffic, donates five days salary to family
Chandigarh, June 11
A meeting of the entire traffic police force was convened by Maneesh Chaudhery, UT SP (Traffic), at the police headquarters in Sector 9 today.
Theft accused accuses Panchkula police of torture
Panchkula, June 11
A theft accused alleged that he was given electric shocks during his one-day police remand.
Sunny, who reportedly committed seven thefts in the town, made these allegations before the court today. However, the medical examination did not reveal any shock marks.
24-hr water supply in 7 Mohali villages
Mohali, June 11
Mohali has become the first district in the state to have round-the-clock water supply in seven villages.
PU-affiliated colleges
New criteria mooted for selection of faculty
Chandigarh, June 11
In a major change made in the criteria for the selection of faculty in
PU-affiliated colleges, for the first time the applicants applying for the posts will also be getting weightage for their participation in extra-curricular activities as a student.
The committee formed by the university to redefine the selection criteria had also revised the weightage of marks given for essential qualification and allowed the colleges to screen the applications and shortlist them for interviews.
Mission Admission
Providing quality education to students
Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 42, Chandigarh
Established in 1982, the college aspires to provide quality education to students for their overall personality development so that they can effectively meet the challenges of the modern life.
Post Graduate Government College for Girls-42, Chandigarh.
Government college staff get lessons in e-governance
Chandigarh, June 11
The Department of Information Technology conducted an exclusive two-day training-cum-workshop of government college staff of the UT on e-governance campus solution, which will be launched in five government colleges from the next academic session. The training concluded today at the SPIC-Centre of Excellence, PEC Campus. This training is seventh in the series on e-governance and is one of the activities under the National e-Governance Plan.
Eight students make Mohali institute proud
Mohali, June 11
Eight students of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute at Sector 76, here, have found berths in the final merit list for the 130 NDA Course. The merit list was released by the UPSC recently.
Major-General BS Grewal (retd), director of the academy, claimed that the result of the academy in its very first year was better than that of any other school, including the Sainik Schools, in the region.
Class XI admission
Over 10,000 prospectuses sold on Day 1
Chandigarh, June 11
Over 10,000 prospectuses for admission to Class XI in various local government schools were sold on the first day here today.
The forms are available at Government Model Senior Secondary School
(GMSSS), Sector 10, GMSSS, Sector 28, GMSSS, Sector 37-D, GMSSS, Sector 46,
GMSSS, Modern Complex, Mani Majra, and Government Girls Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20-B.
Students wait in a long queue to buy admission forms at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Chandigarh varsity sets up training academy
Mohali, June 11
To meet the demand for skilled hands in the state, Chandigarh University at Gharuan has set up an Oracle Academy on its campus here.
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The Electricity Department of the Chandigarh Administration, which is finding it difficult to meet the demand and supply gap, today heaved a sigh of relief when the Ministry of Power allocated around 30 MW of power to the UT Administration from its unallocated quota.
Udayveer defeated Chiraz 4-1,1-4 and 7-5, to lift the boys (U-12) category title, during the ongoing
Manav- Mangal Total Tennis Academy's Tennis Championship, being held here today. In the girls(U-18) category, Naemat Aulakh registered an easy win over Arshna to book her place in the final of this category.
In the ongoing Chaudhary Bansi Lal Memorial Cricket Tournament for boys (U-16), organised by Chandigarh Cricket Association (Affiliated with Haryana), the Rohtak Cricket Association team shared an equal point with Faridabad Cricket Association, at the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, here today.
