A forensic expert examines the mangled remains of two-wheelers damaged in a major blast in Sector 34 of Chandigarh on Wednesday — A Tribune photograph

Blast rocks Sector 34; alert sounded CHANDIGARH, June 30 — Sounding of a general alert, intensification of police patrolling and checking of vehicles at sensitive places have been introduced in the city. These steps have been necessitated following a major blast in the Sector 34 City Sub Centre this afternoon.

8 thieves held, vehicles recovered
SAS NAGAR June 30—The local police has achieved a major breakthrough by arresting eight thieves of the 16-member inter-state gang stealing vehicles and by recovering 16 vehicles worth Rs 25 lakh from their possession.

Rush at income tax counters
CHANDIGARH June 30 — a large number of income tax payers thronged the special counters set up by the Income Tax Department in the Sector 17 Plaza here on the last day of filing income tax returns today.

PU revises admission schedule
CHANDIGARH June 30 — Panjab University has revised the schedule of admission to the BA, BSc, B. Com, BSc(Hons School), MA, MSc, MSc(Hons School), M.Com, LLB (first year) and all other courses, except BSc (Engineering), M.Phil, certificate and diploma courses in the teaching departments of the university and the affiliated colleges.

Rain water inundates drains
ZIRAKPUR June 30 — A spell of showers this morning caused a lot of inconvenience to residents of this area. The showers left drains and other low-lying areas inundated with rain water.

• Rain brings woes

5-hr ordeal without power
CHANDIGARH June 30 — Nearly three-fourths of the Union Territory of Chandigarh remained without power for more than five hours this afternoon after a major snag developed in the 220-KV transmission line of the Punjab State Electricity Board between SAS Nagar and Kharar.

HUDA may extend deadline
PANCHKULA June 30 — The June 30 deadline set by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) for residents to remove all sorts of encroachments, such as hedges, fences, grills, and tow walls from road berms in front of their houses in the urban estate, is likely to be extended further.

Workshop ends with function
CHANDIGARH June 30 —The concluding function of yet another children's workshop, 'Creative Camp', was organised today at St Joseph's Preparatory Block, Sector 9. The charming three to 10-year-olds danced and sang straight into the hearts of their families and friends present in the audience today evening.

Low water pressure may stay for a year
CHANDIGARH June 30 — Residents of Behlana village may have to wait for one year before the problem of very low pressure of water supply that they have been facing since the past two months is solved.

Additonal Class XI section in DAV College
CHANDIGARH June 30 — With a view to meeting the rush of students for Class XI in the non-medical stream, the management of DAV College, Sector 10, has decided to add an additional section for this stream from this session onwards. A decision to this effect was taken by the management in a meeting held here today.

12,022 seek admission in Class XI
CHANDIGARH June 30 — A total of 12,022 admission forms for admission to Class XI have been received for 9,155 seats available in 28 schools of the city. Today was the last day of submitting forms at government schools in Sectors 23, 22 and 18 for the science, commerce and arts and vocational streams, respectively.

Poppy husk bags seized
SAS NAGAR June 30 — The Chamkaur Sahib police has seized 42 bags of poppy husk and arrested three persons in this connection during a naka at Dugri bridge last night.

Sub-committee to meet tomorrow
CHANDIGARH June 30 — The first meeting of the sub-committee constituted by Board of Finance at its meeting held on March 10, is scheduled to be held on July 2 at the Department of Physics, Panjab University. It will discuss issues of economising and augmenting the financial resources of the university.

Shifting of school protested
KHARAR June 30 — A delegation led by Mrs Daljeet Kaur, MLA of Kharar, and Mr Preet Kanwal Singh, Senior Vice-President of the Municipal Committee of Kharar met Mr Swarna Ram, Minister of State for Education of Punjab, yesterday and protested against the Punjab Government’s decision to shift the only government middle school from Kharar to Mundi Kharar village recently.

Eight kidnappers arrested

NSD students to stage 'Yerma'

City to have war memorial

Prices of vegetables stable

TT titles for Anoop, Sikha

A police post housed in a small booth in the Sector 7 market, Panchkula

Cops living in inhuman conditions PANCHKULA June 30 — You may expect little from “overworked” cops of the Panchkula police if you see a dark aspect of their lives. Each time they come “home” after long hours of duty, dark dingy rooms and leaking roofs of their make-shift barracks greet the cops.

Encroachments on road a hazard
ZIRAKPUR June 30 — The encroachment by vendors on the government land and the haphazard parking of their rehris-pharis along the Zirakpur-Panchkula road here has made the area accident-prone. During evening fish-vendors and vegetable sellers attract a lot of people at this particular point. This adds to congestion on the road.

Encroachments cause fire threat
CHANDIGARH June 30 — Encroachments by sweet shop owners and fast food joint owners have become a hazard. The Enforcement Wing of the Municipal Corporation has not taken necessary steps to remove encroachments.

Post offices in a mess
CHANDIGARH June 30 — the public has to face many problems while visiting a post office in the city. The corridor outside the post office in Sector 17 has been blocked by bicycles. shopkeepers say these bicycles belong to staff members of the postal department.

Green plants get popular
CHANDIGARH June 30 — Gone are the days when people used to border their lawns with bright flowers like marigolds, roses, vajyanti (keli) etc. It is time now for evergreens.

Victims' identity not ascertained
PANCHKULA June 30 — At least two cases in which highly decomposed bodies of two unidentified women were found in Morni last year remain untraced on police records. In both cases the victims were murdered and their bodies dumped in Morni.