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Accused caught tampering with documents in district courts
Mohali, December 3
High drama prevailed in the district courts here today when an accused in a cheating case, GS Samra, was allegedly caught in the office of the “Court Alhmad” while tampering with court documents pertaining to parole.
25 injured as bus, Innova collide
Chandigarh, December 3
Twenty-five persons, including three NRIs, were injured in a head-on collision between a Himachal Roadways bus and an Innova at the Sector 45-46 light points on Friday night.
The collision was so strong that the bus overturned.
1 stabbed to death
Chandigarh, December 3
Dilbag Rai (58) of Bathinda district was stabbed to death when he tried to intervene in a fight between his neice’s husband and her alleged paramour at her residence in Sector 46 here. The husband had allegedly caught them consuming liquor.
MC POLLS 2011
Theft
gets candidates into overdrive
Chandigarh, December 3
Thieves striking in the city is something that is not new. Whenever it happens, it is just the police that reaches the spot. Today’s theft reported at Sector 15 saw candidates of two parties contesting the MC elections from ward 2 leaving no stone unturned to attract protesting traders. |
Ward 2 candidates Saurabh Joshi and Anu Chatrath argue at the market in Sector 15 of Chandigarh on Saturday.
Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari |
Prohibitory orders in force for 3 days
Chandigarh, December 3
Keeping in view that certain groups may organise rallies and dharnas and agitate in wake of municipal corporation (MC) elections, the local district magistrate has prohibited the public in general and any member thereof from forming an assembly of five or more persons, taking out processions, making speeches, raising slogans and carrying sticks in the city, except at the Rally Ground, Sector 25, for three days from December 5.
Bansal attempts to allay traders’ fears
Chandigarh, December 3
Fearing that the Centre’s decision to introduce foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Indian market may cost Congress candidates dear in the municipal corporation (MC) elections, local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal stated today that small traders would not be hit.
BJP harps on corruption
Chandigarh, December 3
In a bid to cash in on the anti-corruption drive, the BJP has made it a part of its four-point agenda for the municipal corporation (MC) elections. The party has stuck to sanitation services, parking management, traffic and corruption, unlike the 31-point manifesto for the previous elections, in 2006.
fighting corruption
No Cong candidate turns up
Chandigarh, December 3
Of the 152 candidates, 44 today signed a pledge letter and took an oath that they would support anti-corruption movements and make their wards corruption-free.
The local NGO Awaaz had invited all candidates to sign the pledge letter to make the city corruption-free.
3 get notices for defacement
Chandigarh, December 3
The election department yesterday issued notices under the defacement Act to three candidates contesting the municipal corporation (MC) elections.
Raj Bala Malik of the Congress and Satinder Dhawan of the BJP, both contesting from ward 1, were issued notices by election observers.
International Day For Disabled
Disability no bar for them
Chandigarh, December 3
They may not be able to walk, but that has not prevented them from moving forward in life.
They may not understand others properly, but they have understood the nuances of life well enough to live it to the fullest.
Not normal, they are special
Chandigarh, December 3
Avtansh Behl and Karan Pratap Singh are two class-X students of Saupin’s School, bound by a 12-year-long friendship and love for music.
There is one more thing that sets them apart from boys their age. They are not normal, but extremely special.
Avtansh Behl (left) with Karan Pratap Singh.
A tribune photograph
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e-waste collection: Three days on, not a rosy picture
Chandigarh, December 3
Tall claims made by the UT Administration at the time of launching its e-waste collection drive three days back are far from the ground reality.
The authorities had claimed that e-waste large in size, like computer monitor and television, would be collected within 72 hours of a telephone call on the toll-free number.
phase Revisited
Sanitation blues continue to dog Phase IX
Mohali, December 3
Foul smell emanating from the N-choe passing through the area, stray animals, improper sanitation still describe Phase IX even though some roads have been strengthened by the civic body and the condition of parks improved by GMADA over the past nearly three months when the problems faced by residents were highlighted in these columns. |
Heaps of garbage dumped near the market in Phase IX in Mohali. Tribune photos: Parvesh chauhan |
Stray cattle seen roaming about freely in a park in Phase IX |
Poor condition of a road in Phase IX
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Civic body seeks appointment of administrator
Mohali, December 3
Senior officials of the Department of Local Government, Punjab, have been requested to appoint an administrator of the civic body in
Mohali, after the Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed the notification through which, the civic body was upgraded into a Municipal Corporation from a Municipal Council.
Marriage Palaces’ menace
Commuters stranded on Zirakpur-Patiala Highway
Zirakpur, December 3
Hundreds of commuters were stuck in a traffic jam for hours on Saturday evening due to the ongoing wedding functions on the Zirakpur-Patiala Highway. The traffic police
had a tough time managing the heavy rush of vehicles. The jam lasted for two hours.
Mullana suffers paralytic attack, admitted to PGI
Chandigarh, December 3
Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) president Phool Chand Mullana was today admitted to PGI after he suffered a mild paralytic attack.
Doctor treating upon him said, "He is out of danger and his condition is stable.
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In a move that has left Panjab University embarrassed, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pawan Kumar Bansal has “humbly” declined to accept the Honorary Doctorate in laws offered to him. Interestingly, the university has yet not received confirmation from high-profile BJP politician and Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj who, too, has been selected for the honour.
