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Fire
BSNL caught napping
Chandigarh, June 30
The BSNL was today caught napping when a major fire broke out this morning in the Sector 17 telephone exchange which controls the entire network in the region.

Firemen at work outside the BSNL exchange building in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

On The Blink
Emergency services smashed
Chandigarh, June 30
Emergency services in the tricity, including hospitals, fire and police, were severely affected following the fire at the BSNL exchange.

Aspirants leave the ITBP centre at Panchkula on Saturday after taking the fitness test. — Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh

Misuse Of Powers
Panchkula MC chief in soup
Panchkula, June 30
The director, urban local bodies, Haryana, today served a show-cause notice to Panchkula municipal council president Manveer Gill for the alleged misuse of powers under Section 35 of the Haryana Municipal Act 1973.

UT farmers wrongly taxed
Chandigarh, June 30
Despite a clear decision of the income tax department not to charge tax from farmers whose agricultural land has been acquired, the income tax office has sent letters asking for tax on the total enhanced amount being paid as compensation. Instead of tax on merely the interest, the tax has been levied on the total amount.

Jet Lag
Bhatti, Preity get taste of monsoon
Chandigarh, June 30
Bollywood actors Preity Zinta, Arbaz Khan and poker-faced Jaspal Bhatti had their first experience of southwest monsoon in Mumbai this morning.

COMMUNITY

 

HIV + children most vulnerable Chandigarh, June 30 HIV infected and affected children are among the most vulnerable ones who, unlike adults, cannot lobby for themselves or press policy makers to cater to their needs and requirements, and thus suffer from stigma, isolation, diseases and rejection. This was stated by Pooja Thakur, president of the Chandigarh Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS here today. An HIV positive child waits to present flowers to the chief guest at Drop in Centre in Chandigarh on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

People face harassment at RLA office
Chandigarh, June 30
Even as the Chandigarh administration is going all out to announce people-friendly facilities at the office of the Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA) here, those visiting the office today had to face a lot of harassment.

Labouring to learn the alphabet Chandigarh, June 30 Phoolmani Devi was 45 years old when she picked up a pencil for the first time to write. Bogged down with feeding and looking after her ten-member family, the adult literacy programme seemed just another pipe-dream. Today, a month later, Phoolmani can not only read and write, she is even doing simple maths. A woman does her class work at a literacy project at Panjab University. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Sahib Singh’s death mourned Chandigarh, June 30 The Punjab unit of the BJP organised a condolence meeting here today to mourn the death of Sahib Singh Verma, party in charge for the state, who died in a road accident in Rajasthan. BJP leaders at a condolence meeting to mourn the death of Sahib Singh Verma in Chandigarh on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Rights body for Indian students’ cause
Chandigarh, June 30
A human rights organisation - Global Human Rights Council - today decided to take up the issue of exploitation of Indian students in the UK and Australia with the Amnesty International.

Tribune employee retires Chandigarh, June 30 Prem Gorkhi, reviser in Punjabi Tribune proof-reading section, retired today after putting up about 29 years of service in the Tribune group. He joined Punjabi Tribune in July 1978, and headed proof-reading section for more than 26 years.                                                                                                   Prem Gorkhi

6 PGI employees retire
Chandigarh, June 30
Prof K.K.Talwar, director, PGI, presented mementoes to six employees on their superannuation here today. They were handed over beneficiary cheques comprising the GPF, gratuity and group insurance today itself by Ritu Dhillon, financial adviser.

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CRIME

Snatchers rob two women
Chandigarh, June 30
Two women fell prey to snatchers in a span of 30 minutes, here today.

Cop in CBI net for graft
Chandigarh, June 30
Sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) caught Chandigarh police head constable Shiv Kumar red-handed for accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a proclaimed offender (PO) to help him in his case.

EDUCATION

Work on judicial academy begins
Chandigarh, June 30
Construction work on the prestigious State Judicial Academy, Sector 43, started today with the “bhoomi pujan” ceremony performed by the director-general, State Judicial Academy, Justice J.S. Narang (retd).

School with a difference
Panchkula, June 30
With the aim of providing good facilities for children with learning disabilities, the Joy Lal Memorial Educational Society is opening a centre at Surajpur, near here.

Counselling session for students
Chandigarh, June 30
Kangroo Studies Pvt Ltd, Sector 9, today organised a pre-departure counselling session at Hotel Chandigarh Beckons, Sector 42, for its students who will be joining various courses such as MBA, MIS, master’s in accountancy, hospitality management and hair dressing at universities across Australia and New Zealand. These students, most of whom hail from Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Chandigarh and Amritsar, will be leaving in July.

• PU Notes
• Results declared
• PU BA-III result out

CULTURE

‘Poetry in the Park’ today
Chandigarh, June 30
‘Poetry in the Park’ is seeking poets and poetry lovers to enjoy and celebrate the beauty of nature and poems amidst the plethora of green spaces in the city. A novel attempt to bring people from different walks of life together, ‘Poetry in the Park’, conceptualised by Shumita Didi Sandhu, is a means of reconnecting poetry to the outdoors, “where is it performed best”.

HEALTH

Blood camp today
Chandigarh, June 30
The Thalassaemic Children Welfare Association (TCWA), Chandigarh, has urged voluntary donors and social organisations to come forward to donate blood for the welfare of thalassaemics.