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2 killed as blaze razes Sec 17 building
Chandigarh, June 8
Two persons — a fireman and an IAF employee — were killed and four others injured when a three-storeyed building of the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (referred to as DOEACC) in Sector 17 here collapsed after a major fire broke out this evening.

The debris of the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology building that collapsed in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Sunday night. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Botched-up operation: How things went out of control
Chandigarh, June 8
The fire incident, which could have been controlled and restricted to loss of property, turned worse after the building collapsed due to lapses on the part of officials. When the Fire Department received a call around 4.50 pm, the fire was reported in the basement. Soon, the fire spread to the ground floor.


Firemen try to douse the flames in the building. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Kin rush to hospital
Chandigarh, June 8
The family members of firefighters gathered at the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, here, to have a glimpse of the injured who were admitted to the emergency ward of the hospital.

Fire Dept’s ill-preparedness exposed
Chandigarh, June 8
The incident that claimed the lives of two firefighters has not only exposed the ill-preparedness of the Fire Department, but has also caught the civil defence machinery of the UT Administration, which otherwise conducts mock drills to tackle calamities, napping.


Headlights of a private vehicle being used to light up the area for the rescue operation. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

COMMUNITY

In P’kula, bureaucrats waste water with impunity
Panchkula, June 8
Bureaucrats in Panchkula are wasting fresh water with impunity during the peak hours (also the challan hours fixed by HUDA) while the common man is craving for it this summer. Interestingly, the challans for wasting water do not seem to be meant for them. A reality check done by Chandigarh Tribune from 7 am to 9 am in the officers’ residences in Sector 6 today showed how their staff were washing cars on the road and watering the lawns for hours in blatant violation of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) norms.


A worker washes a car

Paid parking a bone of contention
Mohali, June 8
Paid parking was one of the major issues in the recent Lok Sabha elections in the town as several leaders, including the winning candidate of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra, had made promises that they would not allow the district authorities to introduce paid parking in the town.
Vehicles parked haphazardly at a parking lot of the Phase I market in Mohali. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

City sizzles at 45°C, season’s hottest day
Chandigarh, June 8
The city witnessed the season’s hottest day today as the maximum temperature reached 45°C. The city had recorded 44.4°C yesterday. The city recorded the decade’s second highest maximum temperature today and it is likely to remain as hot in the next three days. However, a slight relief is expected towards the end of the week with the mercury expected to go down to 43°C.

A tennis player cools herself off during a break in a qualifying round match of a tournament at the CLTA, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Fire in jungle areas as mercury soars
Panchkula, June 8
Fire broke out in the jungle areas of Saketri village, Chandimandir and Sector 27 here, reportedly due to scorching heat this afternoon.

MR faces heat as patients at PGI turn angry birds
Medical representatives (MRs) will now hardly dare to enter the PGIMER’s New OPD Block during the patient visiting hours and comply with the time restrictions specified by the authorities.

RUB at Mauli Jagran to be opened by July first week
Chandigarh, June 8
Good news for those who commute between Panchkula and Chandigarh! With the UT Engineering Department working overtime, the much-delayed railway under bridge (RUB) at Mauli Jagran is expected to be opened to traffic by the first week of July.


With the UT Engineering Department working overtime, the much-delayed railway under bridge (RUB) at Mauli Jagran is expected to be opened to traffic by the first week of July.

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  Police should behave politely while dealing with motorists

Few takers for industrial plots at Mohali IT Park
Mohali, June 8
With the sale of only 19 industrial plots of the total 80 sites on offer at IT Park, Mohali, the picture of developing an IT city by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) does not appear to be rosy.


The area where the government is developing an IT Park in Mohali. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Week-long theatre festival begins today
Chandigarh, June 8 Citi Entertainment Network, a city-based theatre group, will organise a week-long theatre solo festival from June 9. It will be held at the Punjab Kala Bhawan here.

BUSINESS NEWS
V-Mart reports growth in last FY
V-Mart Retail Ltd reported a growth in profit after tax (PAT) of 40 per cent in the previous financial year (ending March 31, 2014). In the year, the company’s sales grew by 50 per cent and EBIDTA grew by 35 per cent YOY. Sales for the Q4 FY 14 was Rs 138.68 crore and PAT is Rs 1.10 crore. The company has declared a dividend of Rs 1 per share aggregating to Rs 1.79 crore.

EDUCATION

AIPMT: CBSE uploads revised answer keys
Chandigarh, June 8
A day after the declaration of results of the All-India Pre-Medical/ Pre-Dental Test (AIPMT), the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) finally uploaded the revised answer keys today. This is for the first time that the board invited objections and uploaded the answer keys.

Students pay tributes to Inspector Sucha Singh
Chandigarh, June 8
Nearly 50 students of Panjab University today held a candlelight march on the campus in the memory of Inspector Sucha Singh who died on this day last year. The students, including representatives of the NSUI, were accompanied by Sucha Singh’s son Parminder Singh during the march held at the Gandhi Smarak on the campus.

Trekking expedition flagged off
Panchkula, June 8
A team of 100 contingents of scouts and guide wing of the Education Department flagged off to Manali in Himachal Pradesh by Director, School Education, Panchkula, Vikek Attrey, here yesterday.

International Biodiversity Day observed
Mohali, June 8
International Biodiversity Day was observed at Gian Jyoti Global School, Phase II, Mohali. This was observed with the objective of being the part of the ‘Green wave - a billion tree campaign’ throughout the world, under which the school was expected to plant at least five saplings on the school premises and upload the photographs along with the entire write-up on Internet.

2 Panjab varsity teachers get work published in international journal
Chandigarh, June 8
Two Panjab University (PU) faculty members have published their work in a leading international journal, Chemical Reviews, a publication of the American Chemical Society (since 1924), with an Impact Factor of 41.3.

COURTS

CRIME

P’kula couple booked for land fraud
Panchkula, June 8
A couple along with their four accomplices has been booked for duping a man of Rs 84 lakh by allegedly forging documents for a land deal.

40-yr-old woman dies in mishap
Chandigarh, June 8
A 40-year-old woman was killed and another injured after their scooter was being hit by a truck near the Kalagram traffic light point here this morning.

Five arrested in separate drug cases
Chandigarh, June 8
The police have arrested five persons, including two women, and recovered 225 grams of charas, 500 gram ganja and 328 capsules of prohibited drugs.

abduction case
Mother names victim’s five friends
Mohali, June 8
In a fresh complaint to the Mohali police, the mother of an alleged abduction victim has named five of her (girl’s) friends, including a classmate and a girl.

SPORTS

Don’t keep calm, it’s FIFA World Cup: Bhutia
Chandigarh, June 8
With FIFA World Cup round the corner, longest serving former skipper of the Indian football team Baichung Bhutia motivated budding players in the city. In Chandigarh, to promote his venture of Baichung Bhutia Football Schools, he was visibly excited for the coming event.


Former Indian football team captain Baichung Bhutia plays an exhibition match during the final of the Chandigarh Football League at Post Graduate Government College, Sector 46, in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Two Indians register win in snooker tournament
Chandigarh, June 8
Thailand’s Thanawat Thirapongpaeboon marched ahead with a convincing win over Pakistan’s Hamza Akbar in the snooker category of the ongoing ONGC Asian Billiards and Snooker (U-21) Championship being played at the UT Guest House, here today.


Peter Gilchrist of Singapore strikes a shot during the snooker championship at the UT Guest House in Chandigarh on Sunday. A Tribune photograph

Pandove trophy: Chandigarh, Patiala match ends in a draw
Chandigarh, June 8
Chandigarh played a draw against Patiala during a four-day match of the Punjab Inter-State Cricket Championship for Dhruv Pandove Trophy in boys (U-19) category at DAV School, Sector 8, here today.

Tennis tourney: Main draw to begin today
Chandigarh, June 8
CHART (Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis) trainees maintained their performance and registered wins in their respective qualifying matches during the ongoing CLTA Asian Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls (under-14) at the CLTA courts in Sector 10, here today.

Football trials on June 11
Chandigarh, June 8
SGGS College, Sector 26, will conduct trials to select the football team of the college on June 11 at 4:30 pm. Interested players are advised to carry their sports kit, along with academic certificate of Classes X and XII. The trials will be held on the football grounds of the college.