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Police rescues teenager from confinement
Chandigarh, June 7
A 16-year-old boy was rescued by the police after being illegally confined by the owner of a guest house for nine days. He was thus ‘punished’ because his cousin, an employee in the guest house, had allegedly duped the owner of Rs 4000.

Accused Parsuram Gupta, proprietor of Indian Guest House, who had illegally confined Umesh Singh (inset) for nine days at his guest house in Sector 18, in Chandigarh.  — Photo Manoj Mahajan

SPECIAL STORY
PGI fails to place order for spiral CT scan
Chandigarh, June 7
Even after months of discussions and scores of meetings later, the PGI administration has failed to place an order for the much-needed Rs 3 crore spiral CT scan machine. Some faculty members have alleged that the purchase was being delayed as those involved in the procedure could be having "conflicting interest".

PGI rectifying salary ‘slip’
Chandigarh, June 7
The PGI administration is recording the statements of 12 officials who are allegedly responsible for making an extra payment of about Rs 5.5 lakh to a nurse who had resigned five years ago. The PGI Accounts Department had been depositing the salary of Ms Anniema Kurien, Sister, Grade II, into her account, though she was not even on the rolls of the institute.

MA(I)ZE: Nature studded me with pearls and sent me here in green apparel. Guess who? — Photo Karam Singh

PM may intervene in Punjab-Haryana disputes
Chandigarh, June 7
Given the equation among the Chief Ministers of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, there seemingly is a possibility of some of the outstanding inter-state disputes getting sorted out sooner than later. 

Traffic police drives spin out of control
Chandigarh, June 7
An ‘overdose’ of special drives launched by the city traffic police recently have come a cropper because of a shortage of the traffic staff.

Drive to check drunken driving
Chandigarh, June 7
The traffic police will launch a special drive to check drunken driving. Traffic cops will be deployed outside various pubs, hotels and night clubs in the city to keep a check on drunken driving.

The UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), on his second surprise visit to Government Printing Press, Chandigarh, on Thursday.  — A Tribune photograph

Deploy excess press staff elsewhere, says Jacob Chandigarh, June 7 The UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen (retd) J.F.R. Jacob, has directed officials to redeploy the surplus staff of the local government press in the other departments here. He was on a surprise visit to the press here today.The UT Secretary for Printing and Stationery, Mr G.K. Marwah, told the Administrator that a proposal for the rationalisation of the staff in various sections had been prepared.

Today’s MCC meeting crucial for Mayor
Chandigarh, June 7
The adjourned meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh scheduled for tomorrow will be a crucial one for the city Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal.

COMMUNITY

SPECIAL STORY
Battlelines drawn for poll to CBM chief post
Chandigarh, June 7
Battlelines have been drawn for the prestigious post of the President of the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM), elections to which will be held on July 1. According to sources, the contest for the top market post is likely to be direct with the ruling and the opposition groups deciding on their candidates.

MURDER MILES A tangle of heavy and light vehicles Chandigarh All traffic from Chandigarh and Panchkula converges on Madhya Marg at the crossing where a road branches off towards the railway station. This junction, also known as the Railway Light Point because of the traffic lights installed there, also marks the take-off point of the highway to Shimla.

A view of the traffic congestion at the Raiway Light Point on Madhya Marg in Chandigarh.  — A Tribune photo

Probe sought into overspending by PUDA
Channelising the Leisure Valley choe
SAS Nagar, June 7
Waste of public funds in channelising the Leisure Valley choe here, in a technically wrong manner, by the Engineering Wing of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) has been highlighted by the Punjab Services Anti-Corruption Council.

CRIME

Theft cases in city
Chandigarh, June 7
A maruti car ( HR-06C-0017) was stolen from outside the Sector 19 residence of Mr Ramesh Chaudhary on the intervening night of June 5. A case under section 379 of the IPC has been registered.

SGPC member booked in cheating case
Panchkula, June 7
The police has registered a case of cheating against Amrinder Singh, a member of the SGPC, on the complaint of a Chandigarh-based insurance company.

BUSINESS

Air-India’s courtesy campaign
Chandigarh, June 7
Air-India has launched a week-long courtesy campaign, “People First,” for its customers.

EDUCATION

NCTE derecognises NTT course in city institute
Fresh admissions banned
Chandigarh, June 7
The National Council for Teacher Education has rejected the case to grant recognition to a local institute to run a nursery teacher training (NTT) course. The NCTE has banned fresh admission for the next session, but the present batch will remain affiliated.

SUMMER SCHOOL IS NOT SO COOL WITHOUT A RAIN DANCE: The joys of childhood are evident on the faces of these kids in a Sector 15 summer school of Chandigarh. — Photo Pradeep Tewari

Admn told to pay dues to PhD lecturers
Chandigarh, June 7
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has asked the Director Public Instructions (Colleges) and the UT Administration to consider the grant of advance increments that are due to college lecturers who have PhD degrees.

Minister resents result ‘leakage’
SAS Nagar, June 7
Expressing serious concern over the “leakage” of the Class XII result (science and commerce stream) to certain mediapersons, the State Education Minister, Mr Tota Singh, said the board authorities had been strictly told to avoid such a situation in the future.

PU entrance tests between June 9, 14
Chandigarh, June 7
The Combined Entrance Tests (CET) for various courses of Panjab University except the medical and engineering streams are scheduled between June 9 and June 14, an official press release said here today.

Mercy chance for BCA, BBA compartment students
Chandigarh, June 7
Panjab University has decided to give a mercy chance to students of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA-part I) and Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA-part I) who failed to clear their compartment in two consecutive chances.

“Elves at work”: The workshop, being conducted by Vimi Singh and ZED education, has kids bringing out their creative best, at Hotel Park View, on Thursday.  —A Tribune photograph

Workshop helps kids bring out their creative best Chandigarh, June 7 In the host of summer camps being conducted in almost every nook and corner of the City Beautiful, this one stands out for various reasons. These reasons begin to be spelt out as soon as one enters the premises of Hotel Park View in Sector 24. The happy sounds reverberating in the banquet hall of the hotel tell an objective visitor that something interesting is cooking.

4,370 to appear for NET on June 24
Chandigarh, June 7
A total of 4,370 candidates will appear for the national eligibility test (NET) to be conducted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) here on June 24.

Computer training camp for kids
Chandigarh, June 7
Computer Maintenance Corporation (CMC) Ltd., a Government of India enterprise, has started a summer training camp for school kids in the age group of five to 15 years to give the child a good start by familiarising him with computer at an early stage.

CULTURE

Your chance to date radio jockeying
Chandigarh, June 7
In the days to come, the city youngsters can look forward to some sensible training in radio jockeying, TV newsreading and TV anchoring. After conducting one workshop in the above-mentioned courses some months earlier, city-based audio-visual production house, IAAN Creations, is coming up with yet another, this time from June 10 to 25.

A fight against social evils Chandigarh, June 7 The Collegiate Drama Club has made an attempt to fight evils like drug addiction and communalism in its plays, ‘Mitti Rudan Karey’ and ‘Munshi Khan’, that were staged in the Sector 16 Punjab Kala Bhavan here today. The play ‘Mitti Rudan Karey’ being staged in Punjab Kala Bhavan, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Thursday.  — A Tribune photograph

Nehi Chaudhry to perform on June 11
Chandigarh, June 7
The 53rd monthly baithak of the Pracheen Kala Kendra, Sector 35 comes with a promise of melody and delight for its regular viewers. Holding the stage on the occasion, which falls on June 11, will be Nehi Choudhary, the illustrious disciple of Jayalakshmi Ishwar, renowned dancer of the Bharatanatyam school of dance.

Cultural exchange programme
Panchkula, June 7
As part of the inter-state cultural exchange programme, The Ghoomer Academy of Arts and Culture will organise a training workshop based on dances and music of Rajasthan in collaboration with the Nehru Yuva Kendra at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, from June 9 to 17.

SPORTS

WAC win handball championship
Chandigarh, June 7
The Western Air Command (WAC) beat the Maintenance Command 18-16 to win the title in the Air Force Handball Championships at 12 Wing Air Force Station today. At the break the winners led 11-6, maintaining the upper hand throughout the encounter.

Probables for Chandigarh golf team
Chandigarh, June 7
The Chandigarh Golf Association has selected six probables for a coaching camp to prepare the Chandigarh golf team for the National Games in September.

Under-15 badminton squad
Chandigarh, June 7
Five boys and two girls below 15 years have been invited to play in the International Youth Badminton Tournament to be held in the Czech Republic from June 8 to 10. According to Mr Surinder Mahajan who is also accompanying the team as coach, the players will play with top-level players of Europe.

Cricket match washed out
Chandigarh, June 7
The second semifinal of the fifth UT Summer League Cricket Tournament between Godrej Cricket Club and Chetna Cricket Club in ‘A’ division which was scheduled to be played at the Cricket Stadium, Sector 16, here today was washed out due to heavy rain.

ADMINISTRATION

MC responsible for its losses 
SAS Nagar, June 7
If the SAS Nagar civic body has projected a loss of over Rs 4 crore during the current financial year, the reasons lies within the civic body itself.

New tax on vehicles poses problems for ex-servicemen
Chandigarh, June 7
Imposition of a new levy by the Chandigarh Administration has deprived the ex-servicemen living in the city of the facility to purchase vehicles at reduced rates through the Canteen Stores Department (CSD).

Transfer of works hinges on survey
SAS Nagar, June 7
The transfer of various works under PUDA in Sector 71 here to the Municipal Council for maintenance hinges on a survey to be conducted by officials of the civic body and the Public Health Department on Tuesday.