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City’s periphery may be altered
Chandigarh, June 27
In another week, the way development is carried out in the Chandigarh’s periphery may change forever. Acting on a petition filed by the Gram Panchayat of Bari Karoran, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued five commandments that may alter the face of the city’s margins.

Rs 5 lakh looted from cash van in broad daylight
Chandigarh, June 27
In a daring daylight robbery, around eight to 10 armed youths, with their faces covered with black cloth, robbed a cash box containing Rs 5 lakh from a cash van parked outside the State Bank of Patiala (SBOP) branch in Khuda Ali Sher village today.

Dhanas murder: In-laws, youth arrested 
Chandigarh, June 27
A day after the body of 25-year-old Ravi Kumar, a resident of Sector 49, was found dumped in the forest area near Dhanas, the UT police arrested his in-laws and another youth for the crime.


Three accused in police custody at the Sector 11 police station in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan

COMMUNITY

New criteria exceeds constitutional limit
Chandigarh, June 27
The reservation of one of six NRI seats for a Scheduled Caste (SC) candidate in the GMCH-32 MBBS admission process and further criteria adopted on the directions of the UT Health Secretary, Anil Kumar, has increased the reservation for SC candidates in the UT Pool to 17 per cent against the Central Government’s specified maximum limit of 15 per cent.

UT gets regular DHS after 2 years
Chandigarh, June 27
Putting an end to the fight for the post of UT Director Health Services (DHS) between the UT Administration and the Punjab Government, Dr VK Gagneja, a Punjab-cadre officer, has been finally appointed as the UT DHS. Dr Gagneja’s name was finalised in a meeting held on Thursday and he will serve a tenure of two years. A regular DHS has been appointed nearly two years after the post was being handled by officials on acting charges.

Dr VK Gagneja at his residence in panchkula. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal

MC councillors should not seek meeting allowance: Advocate to UT Admn
Chandigarh, June 27 In view of the MC House failing to pass even a single agenda item during meetings held on two consecutive days, a city-based lawyer today wrote to the UT Administration suggesting that the councillors should not seek meeting allowance for the two meetings.

Fortis launches road safety campaign 
Mohali, June 27
The Director-General of Police, Punjab, Sumedh Singh Saini, today inaugurated ‘Suraksha’, a road safety campaign of Fortis Hospital, Mohali.

Fire breaks out at P’kula golf club
Panchkula, June 27
Golf sets worth Rs 25 lakh were gutted when a major fire broke out at the golf club in Sector 3, Panchkula, today.

UT Admn posts reshuffled
Chandigarh, June 27
In a late evening decision of the UT Administratrion, various posts were reshuffled. Rahul Gupta, who was handling the post of Assistant Estate Officer was relieved of the charges and was given various other charges.

Fenced borders not impregnable: Guv
Chandigarh, June 27
Stating that border management was a vast and highly complex task, Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil stressed that paramilitary forces need continuous modernisation and upgradation of their training and operational capabilities.

Gurdas Maan mesmerises audience at musical soiree
Chandigarh, June 27
The City Beautiful’s atmosphere elevated to Sufi and folk musical notes as singer Gurdas Maan performed during an event organised by the Rani Breast Cancer Trust at Tagore Theatre here today.





Punjabi singer Gurdas Mann performs at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Woman was pregnant, harassed by in-laws: Victim’s neighbours
Panchkula, June 27
The woman who allegedly set herself ablaze was seven-month pregnant and was being troubled by her in-laws. This was alleged by owners of the neighbouring houses where the victim worked as a maid, raising doubts on the statement of the police that she had committed suicide.

Story-telling session held
Chandigarh, June 27
A story-telling and reading session was organised by the Children Library of the TS Central State Library, Sector 17, Chandigarh here today.

EDUCATION

PUSU inaugurates help desk 
Chandigarh, June 27
The Panjab University Students Union (PUSU), today inaugurated a help desk and announced its panel for the campus and state body.



Students getting information from the help desk at Panjab University on Friday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Last date for submission of forms online extended
Chandigarh, June 27
In view of the delay in the declaration of results of some courses, the UT Higher Education Department has extended the last date for the submission of online admission forms of undergraduate courses by a day.

Urdu classes from July 1
Chandigarh, June 27
Students wanting to learn Urdu have a reason to cheer.

15,232 applicants in first common merit list of Class XI
Chandigarh, June 27
A total of 15,232 applicants have made it to the first common merit list for securing admission to Class XI in government schools today.

5 students from city bag int’l ranks
Chandigarh, June 27
Five students from the city recently secured international ranks in the Olympiad Awards 2013-14 organised by the Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF), in New Delhi.

PUTA to approach ministry to reconsider capping of API scores
Chandigarh, June 27
The Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA), has decided to approach the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), to reconsider the capping of the Academic Performance Indicator (API) scores for the promotion of university teachers.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

For a day, councillor turns sanitation worker 
Dera Bassi, June 27
Setting an example for his counterparts, a councillor of Dera Bassi municipality today launched a cleanliness drive by personally sweeping the streets of his ward with the help of over 30 safai karamcharis here today.

Municipal councillor Vipan Thaman and safai karamcharis sweep a street in Ward No. 7 of the local municipality in Dera Bassi on Friday. A Tribune photograph

CRIME

Three arrested for stabbing youth to death
Chandigarh, June 27
A day after a resident of Zirakpur was found stabbed to death near the Hallo Majra light point, the UT Police arrested three persons for the murder who committed the crime with the intention of robbery. The assailants had stabbed a cyclist, who was the supplier of plastic disposable glasses, to death and fled with Rs 800 they snatched from him, the police said.
The accused being taken for a medical examination in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Foreign exchange trader booked
Chandigarh, June 27
A city-based foreign exchange trader has been booked for violating the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) after Rs 1 crore (in foreign currency and Indian currency) was seized from him.

Fake IB DIG arrested
Chandigarh, June 27
The police have booked a person under Section 420, IPC, for posing as DIG of the Intelligence Bureau and duping a city resident. Pravin Kumar Tiwari from Bihar introduced himself as an IPS officer to a city resident, Sunil Rawat. Rawat's relative is lodged in the Burail jail. 

Dowry charge added to FIR
Panchkula, June 27
The police in its investigation have found that the Haryana police constable, who was arrested in connection to a dowry death case of his wife, was demanding a car from her. It was revealed during the remand period.

40-year-old man commits suicide
Panchkula, June 27
A 40-year-old man today allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree near his house in Kharag Mangoli. The victim identified as Surinder used a rope to hang himself from the tree.

Morni case: Youth was murdered, say doctors
Panchkula, June 27
Doctors who conducted the postmortem of the Chandigarh trader, Kuldeep Kumar, whose body was found from Tikar Taal at Morni in Panchkula district, said it was a murder as serious injury marks were found on the body of the victim.

Eleven booked for cheating flat buyers
Zirakpur, June 27
The Dera Bassi police have booked 11 persons, including some directors of a construction company, Mount Kailash Land Base Private Limited, and a former sarpanch of Zirakpur, in a case cheating and criminal conspiracy this evening.

NRI woman accuses friend of fraud
Mohali, June 27
An NRI woman today alleged that she had been duped of Rs 21.85 lakh by a family friend. She has lodged a complaint in this regard with the NRI Wing of the Punjab Police here.

Remand of accused cops extended
Mohali, June 27 The two police personnel, who were arrested in connection with the murder of Manjinder Singh, alias Sonu, here were today remanded to police custody for a day.

SPORTS

Amritsar win inter-dist cricket tourney
Chandigarh, June 27
Amritsar with 12 points won the Punjab Inter-District Cricket (Under-25) Championship on account of better quotient while Ludhiana with as many points had to settle with the second spot. Patiala with 11 points was ranked third followed by Jalandhar and Chandigarh with eight points each and Mohali with five points.

Players in action during a match of the Inter-District Cricket (U-25) Championship at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Neel Dhaliwal aces Ravi to clinch U-12 title
Chandigarh, June 27
Neel Singh Dhaliwal clinched the boys U-12 title by defeating Ravi Karan in a cliffhanger match, which lasted over one hour and forty minutes, on the concluding day of Swami Ram Tirath Total Tennis Championship.
Aniket returns a shot during the U-18 final match of Swami Ram Tirath Total Tennis Championship played in Mohali on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Skating carnival begins today
Chandigarh, June 27
The Total Skating Academy will organise its maiden two-day Manav Mangal Smart School skating carnival on the school premises, Phase X, Mohali, from June 28.