Members of the CYP Asia Centre pay homage to those who have died of AIDS by lighting lamps at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22 A, in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: S Chandan
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Mall Owner’s Murder
Case transferred to special cell
Chandigarh, May 15
The police has transferred the investigation of the murder of the owner of Sham Fashion Mall, Amarjit Singh, to the special crime investigation cell (SCIC).
Sample tests negative for swine flu
Chandigarh, May 15
The UT health authorities today heaved a sigh of relief after the samples of a 30-year-old pregnant woman, suspected to be suffering from swine flu, were found negative.
“We have received the test result of the samples and it is negative,” HC
Gera, nodal officer of the UT, said this evening.
Those who couldn’t vote
If you, too, have been denied your democratic right to cast your vote in spite of having a valid voters’ ID or due to any discrepancy in the voters’ list please let us know. We will publish a list of all those who have not been able to cast their vote in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula.
Panchkula remains soft target
Panchkula May 15
It was a field day for the miscreants at Panchkula who, in addition to looting a bank, took a bag from a car parked in the same market of Sector 20. The windowpane of another car, apparently in an attempt to steal the bags lying inside the car, was found smashed. Fortunately, the bags lying in the cars contained nothing except some documents.
Cong pins hopes on past trends
 Bansal eyes hat-trick; BJP too elated over high voting
Chandigarh, May 15
Will Minister of State for Finance Pawan Bansal score a hat-trick tomorrow? Even
as political pundits forecast a close contest on the Chandigarh seat on the eve
of counting of votes, electoral history favours the Congress, which had romped
home most of the times following high voter turnout.
All eyes on counting centres
Chandigarh, May 15
All is set for the counting of votes for the Chandigarh parliamentary seat
tomorrow. According to officials sources, the election material, including EVMs, was brought back to the respective counting centres on the evening of May 13 after
the polling. The EVMs have been stored in the strong room under double-lock system at the four counting
centres.
Low pressure aggravates water woes
Chandigarh, May 15
With temperatures soaring, complaints of low-pressure water supply have started pouring in. Already, some parts of the city have either been getting very little or no supply at all in the morning hours.
Getting kerosene an ordeal for residents
Chandigarh, May 15
Long queues at almost all kerosene pumps in various sectors of the city have belied the tall claims of the Chandigarh administration of having sufficient supplies at the pumps.
A random survey of pumps in different sectors revealed that people had to wait for hours in serpentine queues to get their quota
of kerosene.
Tough time ahead for commuters
PWD yet to repair Mattanwal
bridge
Panchkula, May 15
Commuters will have to face a tough time ahead at Panchkula-Barwala road as the
state PWD has failed to start the repair on the Mattanwal bridge during the past
more than six months.
Kalka Encroachments
HC sets May-22 deadline
Chandigarh, May 15
Kalka is all set to be encroachment free by May 22. Taking up a
petition, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today
gave the shopkeepers time till May 17 to remove all the encroachments
after which the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will step
in.
Abandoned briefcase triggers panic
Chandigarh, May 15
The recovery of a briefcase, which was found abandoned in Sector 23, triggered panic in the area as the police equipped with bomb disposal and dog squads reached the scene.
Six shops gutted in Sector 22
Chandigarh, May 15
Six shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Sector-22 Bajwara Market here in the wee hours of today.
According to fire department officials, they received information at about 5:40 am. Six fire tenders were pressed into service and the fire was brought under control after toiling hard for 17 minutes.
Allotment letters
Chandigarh, May 15
The Progressive Cooperative Group Housing Society, Sector 50, today handed over allotment letters to 186 general power of attorney (GPA) holders.
Provisional Admission
CBSE to act against violators
Chandigarh, May 15
The Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, will soon take stringent action against those private schools of Chandigarh, which are flouting the admission by-laws by giving provisional admission to students in Class XI. The authorities are planning to conduct surprise visits to various schools to check the authenticity of the reports that whether they are conducting classes of
Class XI.
From Schools
‘Umang’ concludes at Delhi Public School
Chandigarh, May 15
Umang, a three-day cultural festival, concluded at Delhi
Public School, Chandigarh, today. The event, which began on May 12, saw more than 500 students
of the primary wing participating in several stage shows, including folk dance, western dance, patriotic song and advertisement jingles. Experts gave away prizes to the winners.
Hope floats for PU dropouts
Chandigarh, May 15
Dropouts of Panjab University may soon get a chance to complete degrees and courses that they had left midway, as this proposal is likely to be taken up in the upcoming Syndicate meeting.
Hotel mgmt students selected
Mohali, May 15
Five students of Chandigarh College of Hotel Management, Landran, have been selected by Ranbaxy as trainers in their restaurant.
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The CBI Special Court today convicted Surinder Singh Bhardwaj, former Judicial Magistrate (First Class) in a corruption case that had shook
judiciary.
