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Proposal to hike vehicle registration, licence fees
Chandigarh, September 29
Getting a vehicle registered, a new driving licence, duplicate papers and other documents is going to cost more as the Chandigarh Administration is set to notify hikes which will be double, and in some cases even triple, the existing fee.

Beant murder accused on fast
Chandigarh, September 29
An undertrial has been on a fast for the past four days in the Model Jail at Burail. An accused in the Beant Singh assassination case, Lakhwinder Singh, reportedly began his fast after he was not given a chance to meet the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), during his surprise visit to the jail on September 24.

BSNL launches WLL phones Chandigarh, September 29 The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launched its state of the art wireless in local loop — offering limited mobility — facility in the city this morning. The phones will cover the entire Union Territory.

Mr Prithipal Singh, Director BSNL, and Mr S.C. Chaudhary, CGM, at the launching ceremony of wireless in local loop, in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Saturday.  — A Tribune photograph

UT objects to CBSE move
Chandigarh, September 29
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is proposing to amend a rule in the examination bylaws for placing under compartment a candidate who has failed in one subject of external examination, instead of two.

Murder suspect at large Chandigarh, September 29 The suspect in last evening’s murder in Sector 23 here is at large, while the police has launched a massive manhunt to nab him. The murder accused, Ashish Arora, alias Ashu, had allegedly been beating up his wife, Ms Kamaljit Kaur, the sister of the murdered.

SPECIAL STORY
JAG Dept officers face probe
Chandigarh, September 29
The Army’s Judge Advocate-General’s Department, the custodian of military justice, is in the eye of a storm. The Chief of the Army Staff is learnt to have ordered a court of inquiry against a retired Judge Advocate-General and other top officers of the department for alleged malpractices.

COMMUNITY

QUESTION YOUR COUNCILLOR
‘I give 4 hrs a day to people of my ward’
Chandigarh, September 29
Mr Bachan Singh, councillor of Ward Number 10 that includes Burail Village, Sector 45 and Colony Number 5, claims to have done a lot for the ward, but residents still have many complaints.

CITCO takes mentally challenged kids ‘for a ride’ Chhat Bir, September 29 It was a dream come true for 42 mentally-challenged students of Vatika, a school for deaf and dumb, who were taken on a free tour of the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park by the Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO) today on the third day of the ongoing World Tourism Week celebrations.
HEY, WHERE'S DONALD: Mentally challenged children pay these ducks a surprise visit at the Chhat Bir zoo as part of a CITCO tour on the third day of the World Tourism Week on Saturday. — Photo Karam Singh

IN FOCUS
A major traffic bottleneck
SAS Nagar
The stretch of road in front of the Phase I market is a major traffic bottleneck, and the problem has defied solution all these years.

Factionalism again in beopar mandal
Chandigarh, September 29
Less than three months after the election of Mr Jagdish Arora as the president of the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM), factionalism has again come to the fore in the premier traders’ body.

REMINISCENCES
Meddling with education
Chandigarh
A young lecturer narrates his tale of woe in the Sector 16 house of Dr S.K. Soni, a former Principal of Government College. “I have been transferred thrice in two months because I did not permit a senior officer’s son to cheat in the examination,” the lecturer mutters, wiping beads of perspiration from his brow.

Regiment celebrates anniversary
Chandigarh, September 29
The Regiment of Artillery celebrated its 174th anniversary in Chandi Mandir cantonment near here today. On this day, the regiment remembers all its gallant gunners who gave their life for the future of the country.

General Mann given warm send-off
Chandigarh, September 29
The Chief of Staff (COS), Western Command, Lt Gen H.R.S. Mann, who retires from service tomorrow, was given a warm send-off at the Headquarters, Western Command, Chandi Mandir today. Lt Gen H.S. Kanwar will take over as the new COS on October 1.

Wire-maker panel’s clarification
Chandigarh, September 29
Reacting to the issue of alleged power theft in the Industrial Area, the Wire Manufacturers Association has clarified that meters have been fully secured by the department by affixing paper and lead seals on meters and meter boxes.

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CRIME

Man crushed to death by school bus
Chandigarh, September 29
A SAS Nagar resident was killed after he was hit by a school bus here yesterday. According to information, Roop Singh of Phase X was on a moped when a bus of Satluj Public School hit him.

Four ‘hunters’ held on murder charge
Panchkula, September 29
The local police claims to have solved an 11-month-old case of murder by “hunters”. It arrested four persons today in this case and registered cases under Sections 302 and 307 of the IPC against them.

One held for cheating
Lalru, September 29
The police has arrested Gurdhian Singh, a resident of Naniyola village in Ambala district for duping Karnail Singh of Jola village of Rs 11,000, here on Saturday. The arrested took money from the victim on pretext of getting his case solved after making payments to the Lalru SHO.