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Fierce attack on mentally challenged inmate at RIMH
6 days on, 41-yr-old battles for life
Chandigarh, May 18
Six days after being badly assaulted by a fellow inmate at the Regional Institute for Mentally Handicapped (RIMH), Sector 31, sustaining grievous injuries on his private parts, a 41-year-old mentally challenged man (name withheld) is battling for survival.

Manmohan Kaur, mother of the victim (face blurred), sits by his side at the Command Hospital in Panchkula on Sunday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Police forced me to speak in DSP’s favour: Complainant
Chandigarh, May 18
The main complainant and prime witness in the DSP Raka Gira corruption case, Krishan Kumar Malhotra, has accused the police of pressuring him to make false statements to weaken the case against the accused.

BJP leaders battle to take credit for Kirron’s win
Chandigarh, May 18
Following the victory of BJP candidate Kirron Kher in the Lok Sabha elections, a battle for the credit has now begun in the local unit of the party. The top three leaders — city unit president Sanjay Tandon, former MP Satya Pal Jain and former Union Minister and former MP Harmohan Dhawan — are now trying to take the credit for Kirron Kher’s victory.

Cop falls off bus, dies
Chandigarh, May 18
A 49-year-old sub-inspector with the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Shyam Lal, died after he fell on the road while boarding a Haryana Roadways bus near the Fun Republic light point yesterday.

Power supply system crippling in City Beautiful
Chandigarh, May 18
Poor power supply infrastructure, no advance power purchase agreements, delayed upgrade of substations and failure of the enforcement wing of the UT Electricity Department have crippled the power supply system in the city.

COMMUNITY

Changes in local Cong unit on the cards
Chandigarh, May 18
After the defeat of Congress candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal from the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, changes in the local party unit are now on the cards. Senior party leaders are admitting that there many reasons of Bansal's defeat. One of the reasons was weak leadership in the local party unit, which ultimately led to Bansal's defeat, a leader said.

AAP performed better than Congress in 23 sectors
Chandigarh, May 18
Although, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate, Gulkirat Kaur Panag, stood third by bagging 1,08,362 votes, she performed better than the Congress candidate and four -time Member of Parliament (MP), Pawan Kumar Bansal, in not less than 23 different sectors of Chandigarh. The voters in VIP sectors -1 to 10 and Kaimbwala, Sector 16 to 23 and Sectors 37 to 41- preferred to choose AAP over the Congress.

VIP sectors voted for BJP in Panchkula
Panchkula, May 18
Residents of Sectors 6 and 7 in Panchkula which houses bureaucrats, police officers and senior government officials voted for the BJP, as a majority of them gave their votes to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Rattan Lal Kataria.

REPORTERS' DIARY
Once again, Modi proved lucky for local BJP
BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi once again proved lucky for the BJP in winning the Chandigarh seat. Last time, the BJP had won the Chandigarh seat in 1996 and 1998 respectively and at that time Modi was the in charge of the Chandigarh BJP unit. Now once again in 2014, the BJP won the Chandigarh seat when Modi was the prime ministerial candidate.

Supporters celebrate Kirron Kher’s victory at the BJP office in Sector 33, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

45% residents suffer from high BP
Panchkula, May 18
Changes in lifestyle, work-related stress and lifestyle diseases have led to an increase in hypertension cases in Chandigarh over the past 30 years.

Nurses Week celebrated
Mohali, May 18
Various events, including speeches, quiz, rangoli and plays, marked the International Nurses Week at Saraswati Professional and Higher Education College of Nursing at Gharuan here. The faculty members conducted a seminar on telenursing and telemedicine. Dr Gurdish Kaur Brar and Dr Neena Kanojia delivered lectures. — TNS

Swanky swings, not smooth roads, on Panchkula civic body’s priority list
Panchkula, May 18
Swanky swings are more important for Panchkula residents rather than smooth roads. Officials of the Municipal Corporation (MC) here apparently believe so, which is why they purchased small swings, each costing Rs 81,000 rather than re-carpeting potholed roads.

A spiral slide purchased at an exorbitant cost installed in the MDC, Sector 5, Panchkula. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

OPEN HOUSE
Increasing road width, Metro need of the hour
Need to streamline traffic
Even as Zirakpur boasts of multi-storeyed housing towers, world-class multiplexes and state-of-the-art flyovers, traffic chaos has increased manifold. Chandigarh Tribune asked its readers what should be done to streamline traffic on the busiest intersection on the city’s periphery

EDUCATION

PU Syndicate approves fee hike
Chandigarh, May 18
The Panjab University Syndicate today approved fee hike of up to 20 per cent in all 188 undergraduate and postgraduate colleges affiliated to it. Also, a 5 per cent fee hike was approved for PU teaching departments and regional centres during the meeting.

Relief for Dhanwantry students
Chandigarh, May 18
In a major relief to about 200 students of Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College, Sector 46, here, the Panjab University Syndicate today decided that the PU will conduct their examination, reviewing its earlier decision on disaffiliating the college.

Five-Year Integrated Courses
4,400 appear for BA/BCom LLB entrance test
Chandigarh, May 18
About 4,400 candidates appeared for the entrance test for admission to BA/BCom LLB (Hons) Five-Year Integrated Courses in various institutes of Panjab University today. The entrance test was conducted for BA/BCom LLB (Hons) Five-Year Integrated Courses at the University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS) on the PU campus, Chandigarh, and its regional centres at Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana.
Students come out of an examination centre in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

class X exams
PSEB to reward top 3 students
Mohali, May 18
To encourage competition among brilliant students, the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) is all set to start giving cash awards (subject to the approval of the Board of Directors) to its first three toppers in the matric examinations from this year.

ISC Class XII results
Girls outshine boys in tricity
Chandigarh, May 18
Girls outshone boys in the tricity in the Indian School Certificate (ISC) Class XII examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), the results of which were declared on late Saturday evening. Out of the 10 students, who scored more than 90 per cent marks, six were girls.

PGI’s MD/MS entrance
7,500 take examination amid tight security
Chandigarh, May 18
About 7,500 candidates from across the country appeared for the PGIMER’s MD/MS entrance examination amid high security here today. The students underwent multi-layered security checks before reaching the examination halls at each of the 12 exam centres. Even envelopes of admit cards were not allowed in view of the previous instance of cheating during the examination using sophisticated devices that surfaced two years ago.
PGI staff check a candidate at an examination centre in Sector 22, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

FROM SCHOOLS
English oratory contest
Chandigarh: St Xavier Senior Secondary School, Sector 44-C, organised an inter-school English oratory competition, “The Orator”, on its campus. The school authorities said the competition was held with a view to providing a platform to the budding speakers and sharpening their public speaking skills. Around 14 teams from the Tricity schools took part in this mega event.

Punjabi book released
Mohali, May 18
Punjabi Tribune editor Varinder Singh Walia today released a Punjabi book 'Do Gutthan Seer' authored by Ranjit Rahi in a brief function organised by Puadhi Punjabi Sath at Shivalik Public School, Phase VI, here. Walia lauded Rahi's book, which contains eight stories on relations.—TNS

NEIGHBOURHOOD

12 hurt as two families clash
Dera Bassi, May 18
Twelve members of two families of Pandwala village were injured, including an ex-serviceman, in a group clash over a leaking septic tank near here this morning.

CRIME

Wheel thefts on the rise in city
Chandigarh, May 18
Thieves stealing wheels of cars are on the prowl in the city. A day after thieves stole two wheels of a Swift car in Sector 21, three more incidents of wheels being stolen have been reported.

Sector 17 jeweller duped
Chandigarh, May 18
A Sector17-based jeweller was duped of a diamond ring after an unidentified woman stole it by replacing it with a duplicate ring.

Thief jumps off first floor of house to escape arrest, injured
Panchkula, May 18
High drama prevailed when a thief jumped from the first floor of a house to save himself from being caught in Karan colony in Barwala. However, in the dramatic 30-foot fall, the youth suffered injuries on both his heels and landed in the police net.

SPORTS

State Sub-Junior and Challenger Sprints rowing Championship
Sukhdev, Piyush row to victory
Chandigarh, May 18
Sukhdev Singh and Piyush Sharma won the gold medal in double sculls sub-junior boys category of the Chandigarh State Sub-junior and Challenger Sprints Rowing Championship held at Sukhna lake here today. Muskan Sharma and Sehaj Kaur won the top position in the girls category of the event.

Piyush Sharma and Sukhdev Singh (left) flash the victory sign after winning the double scull event during the state rowing championship at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo Pradeep tewari

Shiven, Sagar Pandey win top spots in cycling event
Chandigarh, May 18
Around 60 cyclists from different schools and colleges took part in various cross-country events of the Chandigarh Mountain Bike Cycling Championship organised by Chandigarh Amateur Cycling Association on the Sukhna wildlife trail behind Sukhna Lake here today.

Cricket: Kudos Chemie defeat Ranbaxy Labs in T-20 final
Chandigarh, May 18
Kudos Chemie defeated Ranbaxy Labs during the final match played for the Tynor Trophy during the 6th pharma cup T-20 cricket tournament being organised by AG Sports World Pvt Ltd, Chandigarh.

Speed skating carnival concludes
Panchkula, May 18
The third Manav Mangal Open Speed Skating Carnival concluded today. Around 300 skaters from the tricity participated in the two-day event. A former national hockey player, Rajesh Vaidya, awarded prizes to the winners of various events.

An event in progress during the third Manav Mangal Open Speed Skating Carnival held at Panchkula on Sunday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Junior State Basketball Championship
Deepak, Subheg shine in SD School’s win
Chandigarh, May 18
In the final league match of the Junior State Basketball Championship, SD Public School-32 defeated New Public School-18 (53-50) in the boys category.

Wrestling trials tomorrow
Chandigarh, May 18
The Chandigarh Wrestling Association (CWA) would conduct selection trials on May 20 at 3.30 pm at Wrestling Coaching Centre in Sector 30 here.

Tennis: Vikrant Dahiya in final qualifying round
Chandigarh, May 18
Vikrant Dahiya moved to the final qualifying round by defeating Aditya Sharma 8-4 during the CLTA-AITA Men's and Women's Rs one lakh tennis tournament being held at CLTA courts here. In another match, Aditya Deshwal upset top seed Deepinder Bains 8-5 to reach the final qualifying round.