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Brace for power cuts from today
UT Electricity Department releases timings of scheduled cuts
Chandigarh, May 29
City residents, who have been spending sleepless nights due to long unscheduled power cuts, should prepare themselves for scheduled power cuts now. The UT Electricity Department today issued timings of scheduled power cuts, which will be effective from tomorrow.

ASI arrested on bribe charge
Chandigarh, May 29
The CBI today arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) while taking a bribe of Rs 3,500 in the Sector 19 police station, where he is posted. The CBI arrested ASI Devinder Kumar Sharma in a case of corruption. 

Accused ASI Devinder Kumar (face covered) in the custody of CBI officials in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

CBSE Class X results today
Chandigarh, May 29
The anxious wait for thousands of Class X students is set to over as the CBSE will declare the board results tomorrow after 10 am. Over 17,000 students appeared from Chandigarh for the Class X board exams, held in April this year. However, the number of students who took the school-based exams is comparatively less in Chandigarh as compared to other states.

Student designs chair to save power in offices
Chandigarh, May 29
Showcasing a perfect example of innovation, a student of a government school has come up with an innovative chair to save electricity in government offices where lights and fans are usually left switched on even if the employees are not present in the office. The chair has a pressure plate installed beneath it, which turns on the light with the weight of the person sitting on it and as soon as the person gets up, the pressure plate is released, which automatically turns off the light.

Anil Kumar showcases his project at a state-level exhibition held at GGDSD College in Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

COMMUNITY

New wholesale market
Shop to be allocated through open auction
Chandigarh, May 29
The UT Administration today decided to allot shops in the new wholesale market, which will be developed in Sector 39, through open auction. At a meeting, chaired by UT Adviser KK Sharma, it was also decided that no preference will be given to those who have shops/SCFs in the Sector 26 market. This decision will affect the traders of Sector 26, who were demanding that shops in the Sector 39 market should be allotted to them only.

Behl eyes Congress ticket from city
Chandigarh, May 29
After former Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's exit from the Union Cabinet, second-rung city Congress leaders, who are eyeing the Congress ticket for the Lok Sabha poll from the city, have now started reaching UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil's doorstep.

panchkula mc poll
Candidates try to prove their point 
Panchkula, May 29
Ward 14 comprises the Sectors 12, 12a, 14, Rally village and Ralla village. This ward consists of the urban as well as the rural area. Panchkula Municipal Corporation elections are scheduled for June 2, 2013. All the candidates are busy in trying to influence the voters of the their respective wards. As many as four candidates are contesting from this ward. Naresh Rawal, Lily Bawa, Krishan Dhull and Balwinder Singh are the candidates. The strongest ones give their take:

Star batsman Manan campaigns for his aunt 
Panchkula, May 29
Manan Vohra, of the Indian Premier League fame, was out in the streets to campaign for his aunt, Geeta Kapoor, who is contesting the elections of Municipal Corporation from Ward No 10 on the BJP symbol.

Cricketer Manan Vohra (right) campaigns for his aunt Geeta Kapoor in Panchkula on Wednesday. A Tribune Photograph

Police Commissioner deposits his gun, sets an example
Panchkula, May 29
Setting an example for others, Commissioner of Police Rajbir Deswal deposited his personal arm, following the mandatory order by the Panchkula police for depositing the arms ahead of Municipal Corporation elections in Panchkula.

Non-functional coolers add to patients’ pain
Panchkula, May 29
As the temperature is soaring each day, the patients at General Hospital, Sector 6, Panchkula, are getting the taste of insensitivity of the authorities. In such hot and humid conditions, the patients continue to suffer under the non-functional coolers wards, whereas the air conditioners in the rooms of senior officers continue to keep them cool even in their absence.

A non-functional cooler in a ward at the General Hospital, Sector 6, Panchkula, on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal

Tobacco products
Violation of promotional ads more in rural North: Study
Chandigarh, May 29 In a study conducted by the School of Public Health, PGIMER, to look for compliance with tobacco promotional and health warning display at the point of sale (PoS) in the districts of North India, it was found that the violations were more in the rural areas.

29 MPs to visit PGI
Chandigarh, May 29
A 29-member parliamentary committee will visit the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science and Research (PGI) on June 8 to check the functioning the institution. The committee, comprising 29 MPs and headed by Brijesh Pathak, would visit various departments of the institution. It would also undertake a study tour of the institutions in the Himachal Pradesh.

Punjab to recruit 500 doctors
Mohali, May 29
To meet the scarcity of medical staff in hospitals in the state, the Punjab Government is going to recruit 500 doctors very soon. This was stated by Punjab Health Minister Madan Mohan Mittal while inaugurating a free medical camp at Shri Guru Harkishan Sahib Charitable Eye Institute and Super Speciality Hospital at Sohana.

5th liquor vend auction flops; only six bids made
Chandigarh, May 29
Only six vends were auctioned in the fifth round of auction for 93 liquor vends held by the UT Excise and Taxation Department today. The department had received only 10 applications for the auction. The department received about Rs10.61 crore from the auction of these liquor vends.

Women commandos injured in accident
Mohali, May 29
Two women commandos landed in a private hospital after they rammed their official scooter into a parked vehicle near Diplast Chowk here this afternoon. According to sources, the women commandos, Nirmal Deep Kaur and Kuldeep Kaur, were riding their scooter inattentively and rammed into a Trax jeep, which was parked on the roadside. The accident occurred at around 2.15 pm.

Ailing child needs help
Chandigarh, May 29
A one-year-old child is in need of Rs 1 lakh for an open heart surgery. A resident of a village, near Chandigarh, Kajal, has been suffering from a heart ailment since her birth and her family in unable to afford the cost of the surgery. She is undergoing treatment at the PGI.

Dust storm hits city
Chandigarh, May 29
A dust-storm, accompanied by a drizzle, hit the city in the evening, throwing life out of gear. Some trees were uprooted, disrupting the flow of traffic. There was no forecast about the dust storm.

Girl falls off flyover in mishap, hurt
Mohali, May 29
A three-year-old girl, Srinika, had a miraculous escape when she fell down from the Chandigarh-Zirakpur flyover during an accident between two cars during late hours last night.

Power cuts
Zirakpur residents spend sleepless nights
Zirakpur, May 29
Erratic power supply has been giving the local residents sleepless nights for the past some days. The residents complained that the situation deteriorated last week. “The area has been witnessing unscheduled power cuts everyday and we are virtually living in a hell,” said Kamal Kapoor, a resident of New Generation Apartments.

EDUCATION

A popular destination for commerce aspirants
Chandigarh, May 29
Established in 1973, GGDSD College has emerged as a leading centre of academic excellence. It has established its towering credentials on the strong foundation of innovation and compassion. The college is popular for its commerce stream in the neighbouring states too.

class XI admissions
Even toppers to have tough time getting into school of choice
Chandigarh, May 29
Those getting perfect 10 CGPA in the CBSE Class X board exams, results of which will be declared tomorrow, may not get admission to Class XI in the school of their choice, as most of the seats have already been filled in the city private schools.

Budding tennis stars ace board exams
Chandigarh, May 29
Handling both their sports commitments and studies well, two city-based national-level lawn tennis players have got good results in the Class XII exams conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education.

National-level tennis players Digvijay Singh Mehta (left) and Digvijay Singh Naruka, who performed well in the CBSE Class XII board exams, along with their school principal at DAV School, Sector 15, in Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

PU calls meeting on May 31
Chandigarh, May 29
Following the incident in which the principal of Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana, allegedly hit one of the members of the Panjab University inquiry committee with a walking stick, the varsity has called a meeting to discuss the issue on May 31.

1,852 students selected during placement drive
Mohali, May 29
Beating the saga of recession that had engulfed the market, the Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC), Landran, managed to arrange campus placements from as many as 215 multinational companies offering jobs to a total of 1,852 students of engineering, business management, hotel management, airlines tourism, pharmacy and biotechnology of the 2013 batch.

cet & llb entrance
PU extends time for form submission
Chandigarh, May 29
Students who failed to apply for Combined Entrance Test (Post Graduate) and LLB (three-year) entrance test of Panjab University (PU), have been given another chance to submit their online application forms by June 4.

A clarification
Chandigarh: In the news item ‘Govt schools have nothing much to cheer about’ published in these columns on Wednesday, it was wrongly mentioned that Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40, had the highest number of students failing in the exams. GMSSS-22, in fact, had the highest number of such students.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Sirhind residents protest against power failure
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 29
A large number of residents of Sirhind today organised a protest march and dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner office against the power shutdown in the area for the past three days and the failure of PSPCL officials to redress their grievances.

Dazzling show at Patiala school
Patiala, May 29
The British Co-Ed High School, Patiala, hosted a dazzling show, The Tagore House Night, with full zest and gusto recently. The participants looked splendid in their costumes. 

Three drug peddlers held
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 29
The district police has arrested three drug peddlers and recovered 8,000 intoxicant tablets and 20 kg of poppy husk from their possession.

COURTS

Jyoti murder case
‘Deleted’ CCTV footage to be recovered
Panchkula, May 29
In what can turn out to be another problem for Doon MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary, fearing the deletion of footage from the CCTV recordings at a nursing home, the police has sent the recordings to the Central Forensic State Laboratory, Madhuban, to recover the deleted footage. Chaudhary had reportedly gone with Jyoti to the nursing home in Sector 20, Chandigarh, to get her abortion done.

guest faculty case
Education Secy appears before CAT
Chandigarh, May 29
The UT Education Secretary, VK Singh, today appeared before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in an ongoing petition filed by guest faculty teachers. Singh informed the bench that the UT Education Department was working out modalities to adjust the PGT teachers whose services had been terminated.

Society chief acquitted in graft case
Chandigarh, May 29
The CBI court today acquitted president of the Cooperative House Building Society, Sector 16, Chandigarh, Kulwant Singh Gill, in a corruption case after the prosecution failed to prove the charges.

CRIME

Youth attacked in Mohali
Mohali, May 29
In a daring act, five armed youngsters attacked a 20-year-old youth with swords at his residence at Phase 11 here this evening.

Man arrested for breaking ATM
Chandigarh, May 29
One person was arrested today for attempting to break an automated teller machine (ATM) of Maharashtra Bank in Ramdarbar here. The accused, Sagar, a resident of Rambardar, tried to break the ATM. He damaged the machine after he failed to break the locker. There was no security guard at the ATM when the incident took place.

Three held with opium worth 47.19 lakh
Chandigarh, May 29
The Narcotics Control Bureau today arrested a person and seized 6.6 kg of opium from a Ford Ikon (number DL-3 CR-0324), near the Kisan Bhawan roundabout, in Sector 35-A and arrested Raj Adhikari, a resident of Dimapur, Nagaland.

Flesh trade racket busted
Mohali, May 29
The Zirakpur police claimed to have busted a flesh trade racket by arresting six women and three pimps from a flat at Annexe Paris Society here today.

SPORTS

YPS beat DAV School, Sec 15, to win McCann cricket tournament
Chandigarh, May 29
The Yadvindra Public School cricket team defeated the DAV Sector 15 team by three wickets in the final of the 2nd Brother McCann Cricket Tournament, held at St John's School Sector 26, here today.

Members of the YPS cricket team in a jubilant mood after winning the 2nd Brother McCann Cricket Tournament at the St John’s School in Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Rishabh knocks out Drona Walia
Chandigarh, May 29
Fourth seed Rishabh Sharda registered a straight set win over the seventh seed, Drona Walia, in the quarterfinal match of the boys (U-14) category, during the ongoing Talent Hunt Tennis Series for boys and girls, being held at the CLTA courts in Sector 10, here today. Rishabh won the quarterfinal match 6-1, 7-5.