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Two more held for ruckus at Tao
Nine accused still at large
Chandigarh, October 5
The Chandigarh Police today arrested two more persons for the ruckus at the Tao discotheque in Sector 26 a fortnight back. It arrested 20-year-old Jeevanjot, alias Jugnu, of Mansa and Hardeep Singh, alias Mani, of
Malout in an attempt-to-murder case.
Missing realtor
CBI registers FIR in Sagar
case
Chandigarh, October 5
One month after the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order of transferring the probe of the kidnapping of Panchkula-based realtor Deepak Rai Sagar to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the premier investigating agency has registered a fresh FIR under murder and kidnapping charges.
Today’s Dasehra
Major attractions
Air Show: An airplane will drop coloured leaflets on public in Sector 46
Height: Ravana's effigy will be 75 feet tall and those of Meghnad and Kumbhkaran will be 70 feet tall in Sector 46.
Encroachment in city
Criminal cases against officers for laxity
Chandigarh, October 5
The UT administration has decided to register criminal cases against officials who fail to keep a check on encroachment by offenders on government land in the city.
These directions were given by the UT Adviser KK Sharma at a joint meeting with officials of the estate office, municipal corporation and Chandigarh Housing Board recently.
Encroachment is rampant in the Mani Majra motor market even after several drives by the municipal corporation’s enforcement department. Tribune
photo: Manoj Mahajan
Halfway home loses its way
Lacks adequate daycare facilities for mentally ill, HC
told
Chandigarh, October 5
The Chandigarh administration’s much-hyped halfway home is not even equipped with providing adequate daycare facility to the mentally ill. In his report submitted to the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice RN
Raina, the member secretary of the UT State Legal Services Authority, Jagdeep
Jain, has asserted: “A visit to the site revealed that as a matter of fact, the facility being dubbed by the administration as halfway home is inadequate.
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Sky warriors |
IAF’s newly acquired C-130J Super Hercules, flanked by HS-748 Avros and trailed by two Dornier Do-228s on either side, flies in a formation over Chandigarh during rehersals for forthcoming Air Force Day flypast, to be held at the Hindon airbase, near Delhi.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
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Study suggests self-contained organisation to counter terror
Chandigarh, October 5
Observing that various government agencies remain helpless and mute spectators in the wake of terrorist strikes at public places, a study by the Department of Defence and National Security Studies has recommended establishment of a dedicated and self-contained organisation to counter the menace of terrorism.
HC clerical staff may get pay scale boost
Chandigarh, October 5
In an assertion expected to benefit a large number of employees of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Additional Solicitor General of India Mohan Jain today told the Bench that a decision had already been taken to grant upgradation of pay scales to the clerical cadre.
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68 — The darker side of Mohali
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 Mohali,
October 5
From being an emerging face of Mohali to having the worst state
of affairs, developing Sector 68 has everything in its lap.
Located along a 200 ft wide road leading to the upcoming
knowledge City in Sector 81, residents of the sector are fed up
with the stay cattle menace and poor sanitary conditions.
Garbage strewn outside Forest Bhawan at Sector 68 in Mohali. Tribune photos: Vicky Gharu
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Chandigarh scan
Nari Niketan inmate weds
The department of social welfare, Chandigarh Administration, on Wednesday solemnised the marriage of an inmate of Nari
Niketan, Vanita. She was married to Joginder Lal Sharma, a manager in a dairy firm and a resident of Berwali village in Panchkula district. The marriage was solemnised at the Arya Samaj
Mandir, Sector 7, with the support of NGOs. An amount of Rs 10,000, besides domestic items was also gifted to the couple.
Mansa Devi receives Rs 87.89 lakh as
donations
Offerings include foreign
currencies
Panchkula, October 5
Keeping in line with the age-old tradition of offering a share of personal income to the shrine of Mansa
Devi, devotees contributed more than Rs 87.89 lakh to the Sri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board till the last day of the Navratra today.
Paddy arrival brings misery for
residents
Complain of dust allergies, traffic congestion as produce lies on roads
Panchkula, October 5
The arrival of paddy in the grain market of Sector 20 has resulted in dust allergies as well as traffic congestion.
Sacks containing paddy are lying on roads. Finding no space inside the market, farmers have started using roads for unloading the produce. They have also kept driers (machines used for cleaning and drying paddy) there which has worsened the situation.
Trouble on board
Pandemonium as 24 Duronto passengers denied tickets
Chandigarh, October 5
The railway authorities failed to deliver tickets to at least 24 Amritsar-bound passengers on the Duronto Express even as the train left almost empty for the holy city here this evening.
Robin Hood brought alive
Chandigarh, October 5
The diverse traits of the legend of Robin Hood, which has been influencing many since centuries, were brought alive by prodigious students of the junior wing of Yadavindra Public School to perfection at the Tagore Theatre here today.
Students of Yadavindra Public School stage the play ‘Robin Hood’ at the Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
Making of Ravana with discarded material
Chandigarh, October 5
The triumph of good over evil had so many interpretations with a spunky 400-plus audience, who had been fed on a weeklong diet of stories from the Ramayana.
Safai sewaks block national highway
Oppose outsourcing of work pertaining to garbage collection
Mohali, October 5
The Balmiki Naujwan Sabha and other bodies of safai sewaks blocked traffic on the national highway near the Civil Hospital here today in protest against the decision of the municipal corporation to outsource the work of door-to-door garbage collection to a private agency.
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Dasehra celebrations |
Over 100 students of the Blind School, Sector 26, celebrated Dasehra at a Sector-35 hotel in Chandigarh on Wednesday. The students were given snacks and lunch and they danced to the tunes of a DJ.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
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Missing parcel costs courier firm Rs 2,500
Chandigarh, October 5
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has imposed a fine of Rs 2,500 on a courier company for causing mental agony and harassment, besides litigation costs, to a customer.
Body seeks provision of basic amenities
Zirakpur, October 5
The Commercial Welfare Association (godown area), Pabhat, has urged the Zirakpur municipal council to provide basic amenities for which they had been waiting for the past seven years. The matter was discussed in the recently held seventh annual general meeting in Zirakpur.
Midday Meal
Head teacher suspended
Mohali, October 5
The head teacher of Government Primary School, Kasauli (near Jayanti
Majri), has been suspended and two teachers were given a show-cause notice as some students of the school had fallen ill after consuming midday meal on September 30.
Body in sukhna
Suicide victim a PU student
Chandigarh, October 5
Two days after an unidentified youth’s body was found in Sukhna Lake, the deceased was identified as 18-year-old Navdeep Singh, a Panjab University student, today.
Farmers end protest following assurance by CM’s Adviser
Mohali, October 5
The two-day dharna staged by members of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Sidhupur) in support of their demands was lifted today after Daljeet Singh
Cheema, Adviser to the Punjab Chief Minister, gave an assurance that all just demands would be fulfilled by the government.
‘Translate literary works’
Chandigarh, October 5
The 33rd All-India Conference of Linguists concluded at Panjab University, which was hosted jointly by the department of English, Regional Institute of English and Central Institute of Indian Languages. Over 100 delegates from across the world attended the conference.
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After dilly dallying for almost a week, the UT health department has finally confirmed five cases of dengue. The number of people suffering from the disease may be higher as some cases have been handled at private hospitals in and around the city.
Badminton meet
