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City hit by LPG distributors’ strike
Mohali, Panchkula dealers to back stir

Chandigarh, June 10 The LPG crisis intensified today as distributors from Mohali and Panchkula decided to join the indefinite strike by Chandigarh-based LPG distributors from tomorrow.

A man being turned away from a gas godown as LPG distributors in Chandigarh remained on strike on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

COMMUNITY

Speedy treatment of mishap victims ‘must’
Chandigarh, June 10
Despite short distances and being an organised city, Chandigarh seems to lag behind in transporting quickly the accident victims lying on roads unattended to hospitals for speedy treatment.

Chief Secy visits disputed site at ACC factory
Panchkula, June 10
The Chief Secretary, Haryana, Mr A.N. Mathur, today asked the Deputy Commissioner, Ms Neelam P Kasni, to set up a high-level committee to sort out the dispute over land allotted to ACC factory in Surajpur.

Panchkula Diary
MP grants Rs 1 cr to District Bar Association
Panchkula, June 10
Mr Swaraj Kaushal, MP, Rajya Sabha, has granted a sum of Rs 1 crore to the District Bar Association. The president of the District Bar Association, Mr Deepak Kumar, said he received a letter from Mr Kaushal and met the Deputy Commissioner, Ms Neelam P. Kasni, today and expressed the desire to utilise the money for the construction of a shed for litigants and district Bar library.

HSEB Workers Union dharna ends

Panchkula, June 10 The two-day dharna by the HSEB Workers Union, held in protest against the alleged autocratic functioning of the Sub Divisional Officer, Sub Urban Sub Division, ended today following the intervention of senior officers of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN). Protesting employees of the HSEB Workers Union raise slogans against the Sub-Divisional Officer, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam. — A Tribune photograph.

Cops find ‘lost’ boy in 1 hour
Mohali, June 10
The Mohali police today found a boy within an hour of his mother reporting that he was untraceable. Meera, a resident of Mataur village, near here, reported to the police that her 12-year-old son, Avtar, had been taken away by a motor cyclist on the pretext of giving him a lift to Sector 71.

Panels to protest against shifting of dispensary
Chandigarh, June 10
Residents of Sector 28 along with the Electricity Colony Welfare Association and the Government Press Colony Welfare Association have decided to protest against the Chandigarh Administration's decision to shift the Government Ayurvedic Dispensary from Sector 28 to Sector 27.

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CRIME

Fake cloth issue: case registered
Chandigarh, June 10
The Chandigarh Police has registered a case of supply of alleged fake cloth of the JCT Mills, Phagwara, to the Fire Department a month after receiving a complaint.

BUSINESS

Happy days are here again for potters

Chandigarh, June 10 Potters of the Kumhar Colony in Sector 25 perhaps never had it so good. The order of the Railway Minister, Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav, on serving tea in “kulhar” at the Railway stations has stirred the colony into activity. Potter Sadhu Ram is busy making earthen mugs with his family members in Sector 25 Kumhar Colony in Chandigarh on Thursday after Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav banned the use of plastic cups for tea on railway platforms across the country. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Market Pulse
New beauty soap
Chandigarh June 10
VVF Limited has launched a beauty soap, Jo Beauty. The soap is available in three variants, honey, almond and vitamin E. Jo Beauty - honey and Jo Beauty - almond come with pearlised finish, and Jo Beauty vitamin E is a white coloured soap with blue stripes.

Micro thin gloves launched
Chandigarh, June 10
Ansell Cares, has been manufacturing surgical gloves for the past 5 years but has failed to capture market in the government hospitals.

Small-scale industry staff to be trained
Mohali, June 10
A one-week training programme for analytical staff from small-scale industries will be held at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) from June 21 to 25.

EDUCATION

YPS boys return from trek

Mohali, June 10 For 33 boys of Yadavindra Public School here, what was supposed to be a trek in the Himalayas, turned out to be an adventure-packed experience. And while all of them were expecting a tough schedule of rock climbing and mountaineering at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi, none of them had even imagined that in these 10 days they would be face-to-face with a bear, sharing their beds with scorpions and fending off mosquitoes’.

Students of YPS share their experiences of a 10-day trek in the Himalayas in SAS Nagar on Thursday.

Mohali Diary
Summer camp organised at Genius Public School
Mohali, June 10
A 15-day summer camp was organised at Genius Public School, Sector 69, here. The camp started on May 24. The main objective of this workshop was to mix creative learning with fun for the allround development of students.

Ratwara Sahib students meet PM Chandigarh, June 10 Students of Guru Gobind Singh Vidya Mandir, Ratwara Sahib, near Chandigarh, called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek his blessings before starting on their 10-day education tour of U.K. sponsored by members of the Indian community in U.K. who are the disciples of Sant Baba Waryam Singh Jee, Founder-President, Vishav Gurmat Roohani Mission Charitable Trust.

Students and staff of Guru Gobind Singh Vidya Mandir, Ratwara Sahib, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi before leaving for a 10-day education tour of the UK.

Pay Rs 50 to play on govt school grounds
Chandigarh, June 10
The sports facilities in government schools of the city will soon be opened for public. The UT Education Department has decided to allow outsiders to use the sports facilities in all government schools of the city to promote sports activities.

Summer camps conclude Chandigarh, June 10 A 15-day camp on the overall development of personality concluded at Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 41 here today. During the camp, the participants were exposed to English speaking, dance, craft, music, carom, computer and cooking. Girls perform on the concluding day of a summer camp nurturing children’s talent at Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 41, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

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COURTS

HC compulsorily retires Tara Chand
Chandigarh, June 10
Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Mr Justice B.K. Roy is learnt to have ordered the compulsory retirement of former High Court Registrar (Additional) Tara Chand, who was under suspension.

Summons to two sanitation contractors
Panchkula, June 10.
The Civil Judge, Senior Division, has issued summons to Mr Pawan Joshi and Mr Manmohan Singh for July 17, in a civil suit for defamation filed against them by the Executive Officer, Municipal Council, Mr OP Sihag.