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No hike in UT power tariff
Chandigarh, April 17
Providing a major relief to city residents, the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) today dismissed a petition filed by the UT Electricity Department for a 48.68 per cent hike in the power tariff in all categories. There will now be no power tariff hike during the financial year 2013-14 and the existing tariff will continue.

Love marriage ends in minor’s death; husband rounded up
Panchkula, April 17
In a gory end to a love story of two teenagers, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly murdered and her body dumped at the General Hospital in Sector 6, Panchkula, late last night. The victim, Kusum, a resident of Sector 56, Chandigarh, had a love marriage with a 20-year-old youth of the Rajiv Colony in Sector 16, Panchkula, four months ago.

minor’s death
Love gone awry?
Panchkula, April 17
Seventeen-year-old Kusum, whose body was dumped by her husband, Sachin, at the General Hospital, Sector 6, had met him for the first time at their common school. She was a Class X student, while he was studying in Class XII. Sachin got attracted to her when she led the school cricket team to victory.

Sohi Banquet Co-owner's property attached Chandigarh, April 17 The Income Tax Department today attached the property of one of the business partners of Sohi Banquet, Balbir Singh, for non-payment of taxes (including interest) to the tune of Rs 1.75 crore for the assessment year 2004-05. Income tax officials give a copy of the attachment order to the caretaker (right) of Sohi Banquet at Zirakpur on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Rash driving: 2 PU students suspended Chandigarh, April 17 Panjab University (PU) today suspended two students of the University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS) and barred them from attending classes for rash driving on the campus, that had led to a major accident yesterday. Students ride a two-wheeler without helmets on the PU campus in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

At PGI, patients have a harrowing time
Chandigarh, April 17
It is a long wait for outdoor patients at the PGI for getting the actual treatment as they are caught up in procedures and delays at various counters for registration and tests. They have to shuttle between the OPD Block and the Research Block before the treatment begins.

Getting treatment at PGI a tall order for patients Tribune reporter Ritika Jha Palial and photographer Pradeep Tewari give a first-hand report of the challenges faced by patients at the PGI, the premier medical institute in the region The next time you plan to visit the OPD at the PGI here for any kind of ailment, keep yourself free for at least a week.

COMMUNITY

Raj Bahadur’s stint at GMCH didn’t have UPSC nod: Doc
Chandigarh, April 17
Dr Raj Bahadur’s tenure as the Director-Principal of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, has been full of controversies since his appointment in December 2007. His colleagues and those who were in the race for this top post have challenged his selection alleging that it violated the UPSC norms, and also moved the High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in this regard.

Police encouraging wrong parking

Chandigarh, April 17 A classic case of double standards of the Chandigarh police could be viewed at the SDM office east, Industrial Area, Phase I, where a police personnel has been deployed specially by the authorities to get the vehicles parked on the roadside which is otherwise an offence. A policeman deployed at the office of the SDM (East) at the Industrial Area, Phase I, looks the other way as vehicles are parked on the road. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

kharar-ropar highway Protest leaves commuters stranded Mohali, April 17 Hundreds of commuters were left stranded for four hours when around 300 non-teaching staff members of the Sarv Sikhiya Abhiyan blocked the Kharar-Ropar highway at around 2 pm to press  for their demands at Kharar today. The non-teaching staff of Sarv Sikhya Abhiyan block traffic on the highway at Kharar on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

death in Accident
Councillor’s initiative gains steam
Chandigarh, April 17
The initiative of a Municipal Corporation councillor to give his one month salary to the family of 33-year-old Harpeet Singh Sodhi, who died in a road accident involving stray cattle, has gained support from fellow councillors, NGOs and individual city residents.

RAILWAY DAY
Ambala division bags five awards
Chandigarh, April 17
As many as five awards were bagged by the northern railway Ambala division on the Railway Day. The function was held in Mumbai where in the Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal conferred the awards on senior divisional operations manager, Ambala, Nar Singh, senior divisional engineer manager, R R Raju, station master, Sadugarh, Ram Phool Meena, loco-pilot, Ram Diptta and tax commissioner reservation, Manoj Kumar for their excellent performance in the last financial year.

Construction work on causeways begins at Khanpur bridge
Mohali, April 17 With a motive of making the area traffic-jam free, the District Administration has started construction of causeways along the Khanpur Bridge at Kharar here. “A sum of Rs 3.30 crores would be spent on the project, which would be completed by June 30”, said Varun Roojam, the Mohali Deputy Commissioner after inspecting the site here today.
Mohali Deputy Commissioner Varun Roojam (second from right) inspects the site at Kharar on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

Regularisation of services: Committee submits report
Chandigarh, April 17
After a report in these columns regarding the delay in regularisation of services of around 2,034 daily wagers and work-charged employees of the UT Administration, a three-member committee has submitted its report to UT Adviser KK Sharma.

All that glitters is not gold!
Panchkula, April 17
Two miscreants who snatched a ‘gold’ chain from a woman in Sector 4 last night would have cursed themselves on realising that it was worth only Rs 30. The victim, Shanti Devi, was standing outside her house when two motorcycle-borne youths targeted her.

misuse of water
MC issues 27 challans
Chandigarh, April 17
Continuing with their drive against the misuse of drinking water, the Municipal Corporation today issued 27 challans. Till date, the MC has issued notices to 107 violators for washing cars and watering lawns.

EDUCATION

streamlining traffic on the campus Suggestions remain on paper at PU Chandigarh, April 17 A series of meetings held during the past few years and number of suggestions made to control traffic and negligent driving by students have only remained on paper at Panjab University. The incident of rash driving by students on the PU campus has once again pointed out the grave problem of traffic on the PU campus.

Vehicles parked on a road at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: S. Chandan

SOPU wants law entrance exam date changed Chandigarh, April 17 Members of the SOPU party today staged a protest outside the administrative block of the PU demanding change in the date of the Law entrance exam of the Panjab University as it is clashing with the entrance date of Delhi University.
Members of the SOPU stage a protest outside the administrative block of Panjab University in Chandigarh on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

Expert lays stress on higher education
Chandigarh, April 17
A two-day seminar on “Education Development - Public Private Partnership” concluded at the ICSSR Complex, Panjab University, today. Prof BS Ghuman, seminar coordinator, in summation of the seminar proceedings, said: “Higher education is a trusted source of economic and social development.

SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Students protest against delay in declaration of results
Chandigarh, April 17
The members of NSUI today staged a protest outside the office of the Vice-Chancellor at Panjab University over delay in declaration of results of third-semester sociology students.

Contractual teachers relieved from duty without prior notice
Chandigarh, April 17
The Education Department today announced the list of 187 Trained Graduate Teachers (TGTs), who were promoted as lecturers after a gap of 22 years. A total of 13 contractual teachers, including three fine arts, two physics and nine English teachers, were relived form their duties without any prior notice.

Farewell party
Chandigarh, April 17
A farewell party was organised at Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Sector 42, for the BSc final year students of hospitality and hotel administration and diploma students of food production.

FROM SCHOOLS
Workshop
Chandigarh: The Stepping Stones Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, hosted the Alice Workshop organised by the CBSE in collaboration with Oracle group. Teachers from |different schools of the region participated in the three-day training programme.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Fake travel agents arrested
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 17
The district police has registered separate cases against two fake travel agents for duping their clients of worth lakhs of rupees on the pretext of sending them abroad. Neither the agents returned the money nor send them abroad.

17 colonisers booked
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 17
The district police has registered FIRs against 17 colonisers for carving out plots and selling them in an unauthorised manner by violating the PUDA norms. These cases have been registered under Section 36(1), 36(3) of the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act and Section 420 of the IPC on the complaint of PUDA JE, Patiala.

COURTS

park plaza theft
Chargesheet filed against accused
Chandigarh, April 17
The UT police today filed a chargesheet in court in connection with the theft of valuables worth Rs 18 lakh from Hotel Park Plaza in February this year. The police has filed a chargesheet against Ramesh Bhanaji Chhag and his accomplice Jayesh R Sejpal is still on the run.

Chandigarh SSP deposes in court
Chandigarh, April 17
Chandigarh Senior Suprintendent of Police (SSP) Naunihal Singh today appeared in the CBI court and gave his statements in connection with a case registered against an assistant sub-inspector and two constables of the PO cell last year.

contempt plea
Hearing in case against Home Secy, IGP adjourned
Chandigarh, April 17
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today adjourned the hearing of the contempt petition filed against the UT Home Secretary, Anil Kumar, and Inspector General of Police, RP Upadhyaya, to Thursday.

Chief Engineer
Filling up of post stayed
Chandigarh, April 17
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today stayed filling up of the post of the Chief Engineer, Chandigarh, on deputation. The tribunal had issued notice to the UT Administration on the application filed by MP Singh, UT Superintendent Engineer, who had moved CAT, demanding directions to the Administration to consider him for the post of Chief Engineer.

CRIME

Property dealer held for attack on man, daughter
Chandigarh, April 17
A week after man and his daughter were brutally attacked at their residence in a society in Sector 50, the police today arrested the accused property dealer Pankaj Partap Singh in the attempt to murder case. The accused was evading arrest all these days. He was arrested from Sector 43 bus stand today.

17 more vehicles recovered from thieves Chandigarh, April 17 The number of stolen vehicles recovered by the crime branch of the UT police after a gang of auto thieves was busted earlier this month has reached 35. Of the 18 vehicles which were recovered earlier, the police had managed to trace owners of only eight of these.

Recovered vehicles parked at the crime branch office; and (right) one of the gang members, Rahul, in police custody in Sector 11, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan

Woman held in murder case
Mohali, April 17
The sleuths of Punjab State Crime Cell today arrested a woman, involved in a murder case at Amritsar, here today. The accused, identified as Gurnam Kaur from Bachchiwind Lopuke village, Amritsar, was wanted for the murder of her daughter-in-law.

card cloning
Man loses Rs 82,000
Chandigarh, April 17
In another incident of card cloning, K Jagdishwar Singh resident of Sector 36-A, holder of HSBC credit card reported to the police that he had been defrauded of Rs 45,500, Rs 230 and Rs 36,650 on April 10 through card cloning. K Jagdishwar Singh, working with Bhakra Beas Management Board claimed that in all Rs 82,380 had been withdrawn from his account.

P’kula youth attacked with knife Panchkula, April 17 A 23-year-old resident of Sector 19 suffered serious injuries when he was allegedly stabbed by his wife’s relatives near the Baltana-Panchkula border here this morning. The victim, Alle Nadi, alias Aalam, had married a girl from a different community against wishes of her family, a year back. Police officials at the spot where the youth was stabbed in Panchkula on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

Man’s body found in park at Sector 28
Chandigarh, April 17
A body of 30-year-old man was found under mysterious circumstances at a park in Haryana Panchayat Bhawan in Sector 28 today morning. The deceased has been identified as Baljit Singh.

Accident victim succumbs to injuries
Chandigarh, April 17
A woman, who was injured after being hit by a truck in Mani Majra on April 6, succumbed to her injuries here on Sunday. The victim was identified as Bitoli Devi, a resident of Mani Majra. The police soruces said that Bitoli was injured after carats fell on her head from a truck No. (HR-37D-7319).

PG rules violation
Mauli Sarpanch arrested
Mohali, April 17
Local police today arrested Avtar Singh, Sarpanch of Mauli village for flouting the rules while giving his house to paying guests here. A case under Section 188 IPC has been registered against Avtar Singh at Mataur Police Station.

SPORTS

Harleen, Khusbeen register victories Panchkula, April 17 In the second round matches of girl’s (U-14) category, Harleen Kaur defeated Sanya Chadda while Khusbeen Kaur routed Samera Mehta, during the ongoing Manav Mangal and Ideal Tennis tournament, being held here. A player returns a shot during a lawn tennis match at Manav Mangal School, Sector 11, Panchkula, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Sidhant wins top honours in chess
Chandigarh, April 17
In the ongoing 4th District Chess Championship, Sidhant of the Gurukul School secured first place in the boys (U-7) category, here today. In the same category, Ojas Singh of Blue Bird School and Karanpreet of the British School secured second and third places, respectively.