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CFSL retrieves SMSes from Jyoti’s cellphone
Panchkula, July 12
The Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) has retrieved messages and images deleted from Jyoti's mobile phone. The Panchkula police will produce the retrieved SMSes and images as evidence against Doon MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary in the court.
Snag in 66kV line hits power supply
Chandigarh, July 12
Many sectors in the city were without power this afternoon following a fault in the 66kV line at Sector 18. The fault was rectified in the evening.
Residents of Sectors 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 22, 27 and 30 were without power for four hours, between 2 pm and 6 pm.
4-yr jail for 2 Estate Office employees
Chandigarh, July 12
The Court of District and Sessions Judge SK Aggarwal today sentenced two employees of the UT Estate Office to four years imprisonment in a case of corruption pertaining to a rehabilitation scheme.
8 managing committee members resign
Chandigarh, July 12
Succumbing to the pressure mounted by students, eight of the total eleven members resigned from the managing committee of the Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Sector 26.
Lillete returns to city with strong feminine script
 Chandigarh, July 12
Acclaimed theatre artiste Lillete Dubey, who failed to make much of an impression with her last production in the city, August: Osage County, delighted the city audiences with her latest offering, Where Did I leave my
Purdah, staged at Tagore Theatre this evening.
Lillete Dubey and Soni Razdan perform in the play ‘Where did I Leave my Purdah’, organised
by the Durga Das Foundation and sponsored by The Tribune, at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh
on Friday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
Chandigarh on dengue alert
Chandigarh, July 12
The UT Health Department has declared July as the dengue awareness month and launched preventive measures to shield the city against the disease.
While malaria cases have come down significantly this year, the consistent virus mutation may pose risk of dengue contraction in the city, despite precautions, warned experts.
GMADA, MC fail to weed out wild growth
Mohali, July 12
With Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) and the Municipal Corporation failing to take any effective measure, parthenium hysterophorus, locally known as Congress Grass, and other wild growth is rapidly spreading in the town.
Disaster mgmt plan need of the hour: P’kula SDM
Panchkula, July 12
The last day of three-day training programme on the implementation of district disaster management plan, Panchkula, conducted by the Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon, was conducted under the chairmanship of Panchkula SDM RK Singh.
RS 5.66 crore funds for schools in Mohali
Mohali, July 12
The Punjab Government will spend more than Rs 5.66 crore on the development of the basic infrastructure of government schools in the district.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Parveen Kumar Thind said this amount had been released to various schools and work was also in progress.
Maluka asks DEOs to reach consensus
Mohali, July 12
The Punjab Government has drawn up a comprehensive plan to further upgrade the infrastructure and quality of education in government schools of the state.
A high-level meeting was held here today in this regard under the chairmanship of Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka. Disclosing this, an official spokesperson said the district education officers from various districts were present during the meeting.
Theft bid foiled
Panchkula, July 12
A theft attempt was made at Bhagwati Jewellers, Sector 20, Panchkula, late last night. Before the miscreants could steal any valuable from the shop, they fled hearing the siren of the patrolling
PCR.
A man shows the repaired wall from where an attempt was made by the thieves to enter a jewellery showroom in Sector 20, Panchkula, on Friday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal
Blood donation camp at PGI today
Chandigarh, July 12
The Thalassemic Children Welfare Association (TCWA) will be organising a blood donation camp, the fifth in the series of six donation camps, at Zakir Hall, Block A,
PGI, tomorrow. The 135th Blood Donation Camp will be held from 8.30 am to 1.30 pm.
Punjab employees have edge over UT counterparts
Chandigarh, July 12
Several employees of
the Chandigarh Administration, who are in the queue for allotment of higher category of houses, are left in the lurch due to a delayed notification regarding revision of
pay scales.
MC sanitation panel approves agendas
Chandigarh, July 12
A meeting of the Sanitation Committee of the Municipal Corporation was held today under the Chairmanship of HC Kalyan in which various agendas were approved.
At the meeting, the members approved procurement of various types of tyres, tubes and flappers for vehicles of the Medical Officer and members said that the agenda be prepared for the auction of old tyres.
BJP workers take out vehicle rally
Chandigarh, July 12
The Chandigarh unit of the BJP today organised a vehicle rally in the city to end the ‘Black Week’, which was being observed by the party against corruption by the UPA, especially the railgate scam.
(Left) BJP workers mark Kala Diwas at Sector 35, Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photos: S Chandan
(Right) BJP senior leaders atop a vehicle. |
Charges framed against SI
Chandigarh, July 12
The CBI court today framed charges of corruption against UT police Sub-Inspector (SI) Naveen Sharma, who was caught taking a bribe of Rs 5 lakh last year.
Mohali SSP’s escort vehicle hit, two cops injured
Chandigarh, July 12
Two Punjab police personnel attached to the security of Mohali SSP were injured when a car hit their escort police Gypsy near the Airport light point last night. The injured policemen were identified as Paramjit Singh, driver of the Gypsy, and Bhupinder Singh, a gunman of the Mohali
SSP.
Panchkula spic and span for CM’s visit
 Panchkula, July 12
Even as encroachments and stray cattle menace is rampant in the city, residents got a look of clean Panchkula today (only for a while) when Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda arrived in the city to preside over a function in Sector 14 here today.
Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda honours a farmer at Kisan Bhawan in Panchkula on Friday. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal
‘Hawan’ for Uttarakhand flood victims
Chandigarh, July 12
To show solidarity with Uttarakhand flood victims, the Gopal Gaulokdham Sewa Samiti (Kaimbwala) will organise community hawan and prayers on July 14 to pay tribute to those who died in the natural calamity.
PU terminates services of daily wage
employee
Chandigarh, July 12
On the revelation made by a Right to Information (RTI) activist, Panjab University has terminated the services of a daily wage employee and also recommended police action against him for submitting fake certificate to secure a regular job at the university. The accused had been working in the university for the past three years.
General category seats of 4 colleges filled on first day
Chandigarh, July 12
counselling for admissions to 85 per cent seats of BCom reserved for the city students in 11 city colleges commenced today with GGDSD College, Sector 32, and DAV College, Sector 10, remaining the top-choice for students aspiring for the commerce stream.
Centralised BCom admissions in progress at the law auditorium of Panjab University in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
Overwhelming response to arts courses in Panjab varsity
Chandigarh, July 12
Students who have applied for courses under the faculty of arts at Panjab University are going to face a tough competition with departments receiving a huge number of applications against the available seats.
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By definition, or even by law, charging more than the maximum retail price (MRP) is a criminal offence under the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011.
Chandigarh, July 12
