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Mauled by Malls - I
UT plan may go bust

Chandigarh, July 6 Plot No. 28 in Phase I of the Industrial Area will house one of the biggest 'hyper-markets' in form of small stores. The shopping complex is located in approximately one lakh square feet and it expects to be functional by Diwali.

Areas in and around the shopping malls coming up in the Industrial Area are clearly ill-equipped to handle parking and the traffic rush at the sites, finds Tribune staffer Sanjeev Bariana

Cops get tough with drunk drivers
Chandigarh, July 6
Waking up to the menace of rash and negligent driving, the Chandigarh Police today decided to carry out checks till late in the night.

Candidate with 7 roll numbers!
Chandigarh, July 6
Sheer blunder or an act of ‘connivance’? A private candidate taking examinations conducted by Panjab university has been issued not one but seven roll numbers on a single registration number.

Double Trouble
High Court notice to BSNL
Chandigarh, July 6
There is more trouble in store for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited fighting with its back to the wall in restoring telecom services in the wake of the June 30 fire at the Sector 17 telephone exchange.

Despair
Patient jumps to death
Chandigarh, July 6
A tuberculosis patient at the PGI committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of the hospital here today. He was identified as Ashish (29), a resident of Uttar Pradesh.

Janata Fire
Officer suspended
Mohali, July 6
Assistant divisional fire officer Jaspal Singh has been suspended with immediate effect for dereliction of duty.

COMMUNITY

STAR GAZE: Preity Zinta and Salman Khan in Chandigarh for a film shoot on Friday.—Tribune photo byPradeep Tewari

Dera Bassi labourer gets jackpot money
Chandigarh, June 6
Lachhman Singh, a labourer from Dera Bassi, made it rich when he was handed over Rs 66 lakh won as part of Rs 1 crore Lohri bumper jackpot by the lotteries department of Punjab.

Driver’s Licence
Technology set to help the illiterate
Chandigarh, July 6
Technology is set to help illiterate persons apply for a learner’s driving licence in the city.

Cycle rally on dengue
Chandigarh, July 6
Anti-malaria officer-cum-state surveillance officer H.C. Gera has appealed to residents to drain out water from their coolers and scrub these dry once a week during the monsoon months.

Dearth has brought death at her doorstep
Chandigarh, July 6
Until three years ago, Hasina, 13, was the brightest student in the class of slum children at Pustak School in Mauli complex. But today, she is vegetating at her ramshackle house in the slum - a legacy of rheumatic heart disease, with which she was detected a while ago.

Houses for middle class planned
Mohali, July 6
The government plans to set up a mega food processing unit at Ludhiana at a cost of Rs 20 crore, even as houses will be made available to middle and lower middle-class people at affordable prices.

Disabled get computers
Panchkula, July 6
The Rotary Club, Chandigarh Midtown, today donated three computer sets and accessories to the computer section of the National Institute for Disabled Persons, Sector 12-A.

New rotarians take over
Mohali, July 6
The installation function of the Rotary Club SAS Nagar was held today. The new team was chosen under the presidentship of Surinder Bains.

Fire in house
Mohali, July 6
A short circuit caused a minor fire in the kitchen of a house in Phase II B 2 here today.

Smoke-free city from July 15
Home secy seeks public support
Chandigarh, July 6
Chandigarh is all set to become the first smoke-free union territory of the country from July 15. Smoking in public places and public conveyances will be banned in the UT.

Trains delayed
Chandigarh, July 6
The Unchhar Express, running between Allahabad and Chandigarh, arrived nine hours behind the scheduled time of 9.20 am at the Chandigarh railway station. The train running from Chandigarh to Allahabad, however, departed at its scheduled time of 4.50 pm.

Blood donation in their blood
Chandigarh, July 6
A couple of Mohali has set a record of donating blood 53 times. They donated blood yesterday on the occasion of their marriage anniversary. Balwant Singh and Jaswant Kaur had started donating blood in 1991.

Farmers submit memo to Badal
Chandigarh, July 6
A delegation of the Chandigarh Sanjha Morcha submitted a memorandum to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.

Narrow escape for car driver

Chandigarh, July 6 Harminder Singh of Sector 35 had a narrow escape when a tractor hit his Ambassador car bearing registration number CH 2436 in front of The Tribune office around 10 pm here today. A view of the accident which took place in front of The Tribune office on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

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CRIME

Kajheri probe now with crime branch
Chandigarh, July 6
Senior superintendent of police Dinesh Bhatt today handed over the inquiry of the triple murder case which took place at Kajheri on May 14 to the crime branch here.

Another chain snatched
Panchkula, July 6
Another incident of chain snatching was reported in Sector 6 today. Paramjit Kandhari, who is from Jabalpur and is visiting her parents here, was walking back from the market late in the afternoon when two motorcycle-borne youths snatched her chain. A case has been registered.—TNS

EDUCATION

UBS alumnus to start 2 business schools
Chandigarh, July 6 In 1996 Anshu Kataria waited in the corridors of the University Business School (UBS) of Panjab University for almost three weeks to get admission as financial difficulties weighed heavily on his mind.

Two more institutes by Swami Vivekanand group
Mohali, July 6
The All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has issued two letters of intent (LoI) to the Swami Vivekanand Group for starting two postgraduate programmes. Ashwani Garg, chairman, Swami Vivekanand of Institute of Engineering and Technology (SVIET), said the two new institutes - Swami Vivekanand Institute of Information and Technology (SV-IIT) for master of computer applications (MCA) and Swami Vivekanand Business School (SVBS) for master in business administration (MBA) - will be started this session.

Section officer exam on September 30
Chandigarh, July 6
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will hold its section officer (commercial audit) examination on September 30 at Chandigarh, Shimla, Jammu and Srinagar.

1,370 enrolled in Class XI
Chandigarh, July 6
As many as 1,370 students were admitted to Class XI on the 3rd day of counselling under the general category at the centralised admission centre of the Sector 23 Government Model Senior Secondary School, here, today.

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COURTS

HC notice to UT over women prisoners
Chandigarh, July 6
A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, comprising Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice Rajive Bhalla, today issued notice for July 17 to the Chandigarh administration, Punjab and Haryana on a PIL seeking directions to the respondents for lodging all women prisoners, including undertrials, only in special “all-women jails”.

CULTURE

Preity, not so pretty Chandigarh, July 6 She does not mean to be rude but could the newspersons leave the room and let her meet with the aspiring actors alone? She does not mean to be rude but no interviews or photographs without permission, even on location or anywhere. Preity Zinta with students of ‘Actor Prepares’, Sector 11, Chandigarh on Friday.—A Tribune photograph

HEALTH

PGI foundation day today
Chandigarh, July 6
The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, conceived in 1960 as a centre of excellence, will celebrate its foundation day tomorrow.

Motor mechanics told about AIDS
Mohali, July 6
The local Fortis Hospital organised an interactive workshop for scooter and car mechanics here today, kicking off its HIV/AIDS programme.

ICMR awards for PGI doctors
Chandigarh, July 6
Dr Sanjeev Handa, additional professor, department of dermatology, PGI, and Dr R.K. Dhiman, additional professor, department of hepatology, were awarded the ICMR awards by union minister for health and family welfare in New Delhi today.

SPORTS

Roller ball meet from July 12

Chandigarh, July 6 The Haryana Roll Ball Association (HRBA) will organise the 4th Sub-Junior (u-14) and 5th Junior (u-17) National Roll Ball Championship for boys and girls from July 12 to 15 at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Sector 3, Panchkula. Around 400 players from 15 states are likely to participate in the tournament.

From left: A.D. Sharma, skating coach, Panchkula, and Jitesh Kapoor, chief coach, Haryana team, talk about their forthcoming programme at a press conference in Chandigarh on Friday.—Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh

Sports wing scheme
Trial dates finalised
Chandigarh, July 6
The Chandigarh sports department, after finalising the sports wing scheme for 2007-08, has fixed the dates of trials at various schools in different disciplines. The trials will commence at 9 am at each venue.

Visitors humiliated by 300 runs
Sum(m)it too tall for Pakistan

Chandigarh, July 6 A daring knock of 245 runs off 142 balls by Sumit Dhiman enabled hosts DAV Academy thrash visitors Lahore Schools XI team by 300 runs in the second match of Indo-Pak Brotherhood Cup (Under-15) at DAV Senior Secondary School grounds, Sector 8, today. Match between DAV Academy and Lahore Schools XI of the Indo-Pak Brotherhood Cup (Under-15) in progresss at DAV Senior Secondary School grounds, Sector 8, Chandigarh on Friday.—Tribune photo by  Pradeep Tewari

TT tourney from July 14
Panchkula, July 6
The first ranking table tennis tournament will be held at ACC DAV Senior Public School, Surajpur, under the aegis of the Panchkula District Table Tennis Association (PDTTA) on July 14 and 15.

HOA general body meeting today
Chandigarh, July 6
The Haryana Olympic Association (HOA), affiliated with the Indian Olympic Association, will hold its executive committee and the annual general body meeting at Zirakpur tomorrow.

Packing serious punch Chandigarh, July 6 For the very reason that boxing involves power, it has been considered a man’s game. However, budding boxers like Sapna Bhatnagar are set to turn this around. She feels that girls should take to this game. This city-based pugilist says it not only imbibes confidence in the fairer sex but also enables them to handle any unpleasant situation in this man dominated world.   No kid gloves: City-based pugilist Sapna Bhatnagar

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Awards
Govt sanctions Rs 65 lakh
Chandigarh, July 6
The Punjab Government has sanctioned Rs 65 lakh for the coveted Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sports Awards.

ADMINISTRATION

Work not distributed
Cases piling up in estate office
Chandigarh, July 6
Hundreds of cases pertaining to various violations under the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulations) Act, 1952, are piling up in the estate office.

RTI: Rules being given the go-by
Chandigarh, July 6
The procedure laid down by the Central Information Commission (CIC) to receive applications under the Right to Information Act is not being followed by those manning the counter at the office of the deputy commissioner here.