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Academic session 2014-15
PU to hike fee by 5%
Hostel accommodation fee also to go up by 10 per cent
Chandigarh, May 25
Be ready to shell out more money for higher education from academic session 2014-15, as the Panjab University authorities have decided to hike the college and university fee by five per cent.

PU affiliated colleges
Semester system from new session
Chandigarh, May 25
From academic session 2014-15, the Panjab University affiliated colleges will have semester system for first-year undergraduate courses. This was decided at the Senate meeting held today under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Arun Kumar Grover.

BJP wants MP Kirron Kher’s seat changed in MC House
Chandigarh, May 25
It seems that after defeating former Union Railways Minister and Congress candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal with a record margin, the city unit of the BJP wants a fresh start for the newly elected BJP MP, Kirron Kher, in all matters related to the city.

Here's for the crowd: Co-owner of Kings XI Punjab Preity Zinta throws team T-shirts at the crowd; and a fan of Kings XI Punjab cheers his team during an IPL T20 match against Delhi Daredevils at PCA Stadium in Mohali on Sunday. The Kings XI Punjab beat Delhi Daredevils by seven wickets. Tribune photos: Pradeep Tewari and Vicky Gharu

3 roads in Mullanpur master plan
Proposal bone of contention between Punjab, UT
Chandigarh, May 25
Connecting three proposed roads in the Mullanpur master plan, with the adjoining areas in the North-West of Chandigarh, has become the bone of contention between Punjab and the UT.

Snatching cases on the rise in city
Chandigarh, May 25
It has been two days since 60-year-old Vimla Gupta, a resident of Sector 19, was targeted by snatchers and her gold chain with a locket was pulled away. The woman, who had come home for lunch as she is employed with the Punjab Irrigation Office in Sector 17, is still to come out of the trauma. She fell from her Activa scooter and also sustained injuries as she tried to resist the attack.

COMMUNITY

NRI family celebrates parents’ 50th wedding anniversary
Chandigarh, May 25
In a lesson for those who ignore their elderly parents, USA-based children of a city-based aged couple celebrated the latter’s 50th wedding anniversary at a function held recently.

Society’s annual function celebrated
Panchkula, May 25
The Karuna Charitable Society, Panchkula, celebrated its 8th annual function at Aggarwal Bhavan in Sector-16 here today.

25 eminent personalities honoured
Chandigarh, May 25
The Shivalik Vikas Manch, a social organisation of the region, honoured 25 prominent personalities for their contribution to society during a function at Amravati Enclave in Pinjore, near here, last night.

Up in arms: Colony residents take part in the Colony Mahasabha organised by the CPI (ML) Liberation in Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Sunday. The meeting resolved to oppose the demolition drive of the UT Administration. Tribune photo: S Chandan

National workshop at PGI from today
Chandigarh, May 25
A national workshop on operational research: writing a research paper will be organised by the School of Public Health, PGI, from May 26 to May 31.

220 persons examined at medical camp
Mohali, May 25
The Mohali Press Club, Phase IV, organised a medical camp here today. The camp, which was organised for its members and their families, was inaugurated by the recently elected MP Prem Singh Chandumajra.

Auction of heritage furniture
Lawyer seeks CBI inquiry
Chandigarh, May 25
A city-based advocate has written to the Union Ministry of Culture for initiating an inquiry into the sale of heritage furniture items as scrap. He demanded that the matter should be investigated by an independent agency such as the CBI.

Unable to clear stock, liquor contractors offer heavy discounts
Chandigarh, May 25
With only a week left for the validity of licences for liquor vends — under the excise policy for 2013-2014 — to expire, liquor contractors are resorting to heavy discounts on different brands of liquor to exhaust their stocks.

Another NGO roped in to sterilise stray dogs
Chandigarh, May 25
To deal with the rising number of stray dogs in the city, the Municipal Corporation (MC), Chandigarh, has roped in another NGO for the sterilisation of stray dogs.

Light showers cool down city
Chandigarh, May 25
Dust storm along with light rain lashed the city on Sunday evening, bringing respite to residents from the scorching heat. Met officials said the city would witness rainfall along with thunderstorm over the next two days.

Leaves strewn across the road dividing Sectors 16 and 10 after a dust storm hit the city on Sunday evening, Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: s chandan

REPORTERS' DIARY
Hushed whispers in the corridors of UT Secretariat
With the change of guard at the Centre, there is a sudden surge among authorities to move files towards decision making. This is in total contrast from the previous trend of delaying decision at different levels. The latest buzz in the corridors of power is to perform or get transferred.

Cong leader’s murder
Mohali, May 25
The police have reportedly questioned the gunmen, who had at any point of time been on duty with Congress leader Rajwant Singh Shergill, whose body was found here on May 21.

Job avenues for 57 differently-abled
Chandigarh, May 25 As many as 57 differently-abled candidates were shortlisted out of more than 200 differently-abled persons during a job fest ABILITY 2014 “Embracing Ability: Making It Happen” held here recently.

Open House response
Residents want Kirron Kher to improve facilities in city
With the BJP getting a clear majority from the city, expectations of city residents from new Member of Parliament (MP) Kirron Kher regarding their long-pending demands have been raised. Chandigarh Tribune asked its readers about their expectations from the new MP

Kirron Kher along with BJP city unit in-charge Sanjay Tandon and party leader Satya Pal Jain during a victory rally in Chandigarh. A File photo

EDUCATION

CBSE Class XII
Tricity students to wait for results
Chandigarh, May 25
Putting an end to the speculations that CBSE Class XII results would be declared on May 26, CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi said: “Only Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram region’s result will be declared tomorrow, while the results of other regions will be declared later on”.

1,900 appear for JEE Advanced
Chandigarh, May 25
In Paper I of JEE Advanced, which was held today, there was no negative marking. The examination was conducted in two slots, including Paper I and Paper II. Each paper contained physics, mathematics and chemistry questions of equal marks.

Private schools
Facilities sought for students
Mohali, May 25
Delegates of a conference of associated and affiliated schools of Punjab held here today urged the state government to provide all facilities to students of private schools which were being given to their counterparts in government schools.

From Schools
Blood donation camp
Chandigarh: St John’s High School organised a blood donation camp on the school premises. As many as 207 units of blood were collected during the camp. Parents, SJOBA members and staff of the school came forward for the noble cause. The camp was organised in association with SJOBA and the Blood Bank, Sector 37, Chandigarh.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

borehole tragedies involving children
SSIET techies come up with rescue robot
Dera Bassi, May 25
Six students of the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology (SSIET) have come up with a robot to save precious lives of the kids falling into uncovered boreholes.

Students with the semi-automatic ‘rescue robot’ that they developed at the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi. A Tribune photograph

CRIME

Body found at under-construction housing project
Zirakpur, May 25
The body of a man was found in the basement of Mona Greens, a housing project coming up on the VIP Road, here this morning.

2 property dealers booked for cheating
Mohali, May 25 The police has booked two local property dealers on charges of forgery and cheating. The two persons, Surinder Singh and Amar Singh, have been booked more than two years after a complaint had been made by Manpreet Rana of Sector 69 here.

Six arrested for gambling
Chandigarh, May 25
Six persons were arrested for gambling at public places in the city. The police recovered Rs 6,000 from their possession. Accused Sunil, Sanjay, Raj Kumar and Raj Pal were arrested from a public park in Phase-II, Ramdarbar. Accused Pradeep and Dharam Singh of Mani Majra were arrested from Shivalik Park, Mani Majra. All the six were released on regular bail.

SPORTS

Dust storm fails to dampen spirit of fans
Chandigarh, May 25
From dust storm to non-working air conditioners at VIP boxes due to a short circuit at Level 1, everything, failed to dampen the spirits of spectators coming to witness the last home game of Kings XI Punjab against bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils in the seventh IPL season at the PCA Stadium, Mohali.

Spectators enjoy an IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils at the PCA Stadium in Phase IX, Mohali, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Delhi team wins bridge tournament
Chandigarh, May 25
Dr Nikita Kamal, captain of the winning team of the National Open Bridge Tournament, with 15 years of experience of playing the game, said: "Bridge is a game played in men’s arena, due to which there is a lesser participation of women in the competitive level."

The winning teams of the National Open Bridge Tournament in a jubilant mood at a hotel in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan