The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

Goyals shudder at thought of visiting Kinnaur again
Chandigarh, June 20
AK Goyal and his wife Anupama narrate the ordeal faced by them in Kinnaur, at their house in Sector 46. After spending three horrifying days in the rain-hit Kuppa in Kinnaur, where AK Goyal, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Ministry of Environment, had gone to inspect hydro projects along with his family, the Goyals have decided never to visit this area in the state along with their children again. They were left in the lurch after the only road connecting Kuppa with the outside world was washed away.

AK Goyal and his wife Anupama narrate the ordeal faced by them in Kinnaur, at their house in Sector 46. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

VIP’s car triggers pile-up
Chandigarh, June 20
The car with a red beacon that was involved in a pile-up at Sector 11 in Chandigarh on Thursday. An official car belonging to a judge of the UT Labour Court “went on the rampage” this evening in Sector 11 and rammed into a stationary car, which further hit two cars, damaging these. The judge was not in the vehicle, having a red beacon atop, at the time of the accident. The car was being driven at a speed of over 100 km per hour.

The car with a red beacon that was involved in a pile-up at Sector 11 in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Snatchers target councillor’s mother-in-law in Sector 40
Chandigarh, June 20
Gurbax Rawat, councillor, looks at her mother-in-law Shakambari's ear injury after the snatching incident. In an embarrassment to the UT police, two youths on a blue bike allegedly snatched a gold chain and a pair of gold earrings of a 63-year-old woman in Sector 40 today. The woman, Shakambari Rawat, mother-in-law of area councillor Gurbax Rawat, was returning home from her routine morning walk when the incident occurred at 7.15 am.

Gurbax Rawat, councillor, looks at her mother-in-law Shakambari's ear injury after the snatching incident. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Women attend an awareness programme on “Crime against Women and Children” and “Anti-Human Trafficking” organised by the UT police at Dadu Majra Colony in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: pradeep tewari

1,041 cases in 5 yrs, only 484 solved
Chandigarh, June 20
The incidents of chain and mobile snatching are increasing at a fast pace in the city with bike-borne miscreants causing a scare among residents. According to the police statistics, more than 200 incidents of snatching are reported in the city every year and less than 50 percent of these are solved.

bus fire
CTU to slap fine on Tata Motors
Chandigarh, June 20
The Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) has decided to slap a penalty on Tata Motors Ltd in connection with a low-floor bus catching fire on June 5. Around 20 passengers in the CTU low-floor bus had a miraculous escape when its engine, located on the rear side, caught fire near Sector 51 in Chandigarh.

COMMUNITY

MC sub-panel top posts
Cong, BJP enter ‘secret pact’
Chandigarh, June 20
As the Congress and the BJP entered in a secret pact to share chairmanship in various sub-committees, only one councillor in each committee filed nomination today. Now, there will be no need to hold elections for the chairmanship of these sub-committees.

Air-conditioned vegetable market to be ready by Nov 30
Mohali, June 20
Most of the work on the 12.34 acre air-conditioned, modern fruit and vegetable market coming up here at a cost of Rs 43.34 crore has been completed.

Move on teachers’ transfers ‘eyewash’
Chandigarh, June 20
The recent letter sent by the District Education Office to all the government schools inviting applications from teachers for their transfer cases under the UT transfer policy-2012 seems just an eyewash.

‘Doctor Ulta Pulta’ tickles the funny bone of audience
Chandigarh, June 20
Artistes enact a scene from the play "Doctor Ulta Pulta" at the Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Comedy play “Doctor Ulta Pulta”, an adaptation of Moliere’s comedy play “Mock Doctor”, was staged at the Tagore Theatre today. Adapted and directed by Shyam Juneja, the play revolved around Mangal, a wood cutter, who was projected as a famous and expert doctor by his nagging wife.

Artistes enact a scene from the play "Doctor Ulta Pulta" at the Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Two plays staged at theatre festival
Chandigarh, June 20
Two plays, “Ik Vichari Maa” and “Gau Mukha Sher Mukha”, were staged on the third day of the ongoing Punjabi Theatre Festival at Government College, Sector 46.

100 important services to go online
Chandigarh, June 20
The UT Administration has decided to provide online around 100 important services like birth certificate, bus pass, death certificate and senior citizen certificate.

Residents take part in a signature campaign against the acquisition of SGPC land in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: vicky gharu

Osteoporosis more common among rural women
Chandigarh, June 20
Defying the common perception that osteoporosis (thinning of bones) is more common in urban women due to their sedentary lifestyle and minimal exposure to sunlight (vitamin D), the women outreach programme of the PGI, under which several women in city have been screened over an year, has found osteoporosis more common in rural women.

Purab Premium Apartments
GMADA takes possession of 50 acres
Mohali, June 20
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) today took possession of about 50 acres of agricultural land from farmers for the construction of the 15-storeyed Purab Premium Apartments in Sector 88 here.

EDUCATION

DAV College Sector 10
Asst Prof selections under PU scanner
Chandigarh, June 20
Selections for the posts of Assistant Professor in the English Department of DAV College, Sector 10, have come under the Panjab University’s scanner after one of the candidates made a complaint against the selection committee alleging unfair deduction of API score during the interviews. The university has started an inquiry into the complaint.

Student leaders asked to maintain harmony, peace
Chandigarh, June 20
The Panjab University authorities and DSP (Central) Ashish Kapoor hold a meeting with student leaders in Chandigarh on Thursday. In a bid to ensure peace on the Panjab University campus, the Dean Student Welfare (DSW) today convened a meeting with student leaders of all parties asking them to maintain harmony and peace.

The Panjab University authorities and DSP (Central) Ashish Kapoor hold a meeting with student leaders in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan

UGC fellowships
Research scholars protest outside VC’s office
Chandigarh, June 20
Waiting for their stipends for the past two months, research scholars of Panjab University have failed to get any response from the university authorities. The research scholars today held a protest outside the Vice-Chancellor’s office after he refused to meet them to discuss the inordinate delay in the payment of UGC fellowships.

Research scholars of Panjab University protest in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s office on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

PU to re-conduct fourth-semester MSc (chemistry) exams
Chandigarh, June 20
Panjab University has decided to re-conduct the examinations of paper I, II and III of MSc (chemistry), fourth semester. The decision has been taken after the exams were held prior to the date sheet at SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur in Hoshiarpur.

Admission to Class XI no child's play
Chandigarh, June 20
Students fill their forms at Government School, Sector 20, Chandigarh, on Thursday. T Admission to Class XI is set to witness a tough competition as 15,500 students are in the fray against the 12,700 seats for various streams in government senior secondary schools here. As per information, science and commerce are a favourite among the students. As the last date for submitting the forms was over today, 2,385 forms were submitted at GMSSS-10, 2,696 at GMSSS-46, 3,368 at GMSSS, Mani Majra, and 2,039 at GMSSS-20.

Students fill their forms at Government School, Sector 20, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

PUSU members stage protest
Chandigarh, June 20
Members of the Panjab University Students’ Union (PUSU) today staged a protest outside the Vice-Chancellor’s office over their demands. PUSU leader Yadwinder Singh said PU students who got a compartment and cleared it after completing their degrees, were shown as private candidates on their certificates.

MSc course
Panjab University invites applications
Chandigarh, June 20
Panjab University has invited applications for admission to two-year MSc-level course in Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering. To join this premier self-financed course at PU, students can submit the duly filled forms in the office of the Centre for Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering at the Pharmacy Extension Block, PU, till July 3.

PU BA-III, BSc-III results
Girls bag top 10 positions
Chandigarh, June 20
Girl students of Panjab University-affiliated colleges have bagged top 10 positions in BA-III and BSc-III results declared by the university. Sonia Sehgal of Gobindgarh Public College, Alour (Khanna), has topped the BA final-year examination of the PU.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Jeweller robbed of Rs 8 lakh
Ambala, June 20
Two motorcycle-borne youths allegedly snatched Rs 8 lakh from a jeweller on the National Highway No-1 near the Ambala Cantt this morning. The jeweller, Jagmohan Jain, runs a jewellery shop in the Ambala City.

india today survey
Thapar University ranks among top varsities in India
Patiala, June 20
In yet another feather on its cap, Thapar University, ranked among India’s best by independent research organizations. It has emerged as the only engineering institute in north of Delhi to figure in the list of top 25 engineering colleges released by India Today for 2013.

panchayat poll
532 nominations filed on second day in Fatehgarh Sahib
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 20
On the second day of filling the nominations for the election of sarpanchs and panchs, as many as 532 persons filled their nominations in the district. Baljit Singh Sandh, ADC (D)-cum-Additional District Electoral Officer said in the Sirhind block, 24 filled papers for sarpanch and 67 for panchs, in Bassi Pathana block 15 filled for sarpanch and 41 for panch, in the Khamano block 39 filled for sarpanch and 111 for panch, in Amloh block 57 for sarpanch and 150 for panchs and in the Khera block 11 filled nominations for sarpanch and 17 filled for panchs.

Agriculture Dept promotes commercial crops in Dera Bassi
Dera Bassi, June 20
To break the traditional paddy-wheat crop cycle and encourage the commercial crops, the agriculture department has decided to increase the area under the cultivation of maize crop during this season. For this purpose agriculture department has been distributing the maize seed on 75 per cent subsidy to farmers.

Thieves decamp with cash, jewellery
Banur, June 20
Thieves decamped with gold jewellery and cash in Banur on Wednesday around 1 pm. The police said that the thieves entered the house of Sunil Kumar, when he was out of his house for work.

‘Sufism is fading’
Patiala, June 20
Spirit and essence of Sufism is wearing off and fainting with each passing day with not many supporters making any meaningful and consequential efforts to further its cause and strengthen its base. This was stated by Prof SM Azizuddin Husain, Director, Raza Library, Government of India, and a former Dean at Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, in his special lecture on Sufism and Oneness of God.

COURTS

Facebook slur case
Police fails to submit record in court
Mohali, June 20
A Mohali court pulled up the local police for not presenting the records in the Faceook case. The court had asked the police on Tuesday to submit the record in the case to check the basis on which Section 380 (theft) has been pressed against Tarminder Kaur and her son Gunveer Singh in the case and to decide on the anticipatory bail plea moved by the woman.

CRIME

Criminal Act: An unidentified person broke the glass of the car in the wee hours in Sector 43, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Hit-and-run case
Cops suspect bike skidded, wasn’t hit
Chandigarh, June 20
Clueless in the hit-and-run case in which a 17-year-old girl died on Monday, the UT police is now investigating whether the bike skidded on its own resulting in the fatal mishap. District-level boxer Megha had died after she fell off the motorcycle her cousin was riding on Monday afternoon. The accident occurred on the road separating Sectors 29 and 30. She succumbed to her injuries at the GMCH-32 on Monday night.

Disc jockey booked
Chandigarh, June 20
A disc jockey was booked for playing loud music without permission and threatening a constable in Ram Darbar last night.Constable Bumit Singh stated that he was on duty with a police vehicle as gunman when he got a call at 10.17 pm about the playing of loud music at Ram Darbar. He reached the house and asked disc jockey Surinder Nath to bring the volume down. But he refused and also threatened the police constable.

SPORTS

cii cricket cup
CP, JW Marriott enter final
Chandigarh, June 20
The cricket team of Chandigarh Police (CP) will face JW Marriott in the final of the CII Cricket Cup, on June 21, at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, here. In the semifinals of the tournament, played today, the team of Chandigarh Police routed the HDFC Bank by 100 runs while the team of JW Marriott defeated Kudos Chemie by 12 runs.

Local soccer player Sahil (red shirt) dribbles during trials for the Bajaj Allianz talent hunt soccer programme at Sector 17 in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: pradeep tewari

Cricket cup from June 22
Chandigarh, June 20
The Chandigarh Cricket Association (affiliated to the Punjab Cricket Association) will organise the Guru Nanak Public School Cricket Cup for Boys (U-12) category from June 22, at school’s cricket ground here today.

PCA holds off-season camp for fast bowlers
Chandigarh, June 20
The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) is organising an off season camp for fast bowlers of senior category along with opening batsman, at the PCA Stadium, here. The camp is being organised under the supervision of Harvinder Singh, former Indian fast bowler.

73 take part in golf tournament
Panchkula, June 20
First Chandigarh Golf Association junior circuit started at the greens of the Panchkula Golf Course at the Panchkula Golf Club, here today. A total of 73 golfers teed off, today. The winners of the competition will be awarded prizes during a prize distribution function to be held at Chandigarh Golf Ranges, tomorrow.

City golfer makes it to US Kids World Championship
Chandigarh, June 20
Eight-year-old local golfer, Hunar Mittal, adding another feather to her cap, has successfully qualified for the US Kids World Championship to be held next month. A student of Class III in Strawberry Fields World School, Sector 26, Hunar will carry nation’s challenge in the sub-junior category of the international competition.

Sohrab wins tennis meet
Mohali, June 20
In a final encounter that lasted for over 130 minutes, tennis player, Sohrab Singh, outplayed Nikhil Sandhu, to win the title of boys (U-18) category, during the concluding day of Swami Ram Tirath Total Tennis Championship played at Swami Ram Tirath School, Phase IV, here today.