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Congress has failed to guard villagers’ interests: Badheri 
Chandigarh, September 12
Ahead of the Prime Minister's visit to the city, voices of resentment in the city unit of the Congress against local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal have come to the fore.

UT machinery in top gear for PM’s visit
Chandigarh, September 12
With a day left for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the city for the inauguration of a flats complex at Dhanas, the final touches are being given to the sprucing up of the roads and the venue of the function. The staff of the Engineering Department were busy repairing the road from the PGI to Dhanas. The incomplete road between the PGI and the Mullanpur T-point was being constructed this morning.

Student killed in bus accident
Panchkula, September 12
A student of Class VI was killed and at least 12 other students of Delhi Public School, Pinjore, were injured seriously when the school minibus they were travelling on overturned on the Mallah road this morning.


The damaged school bus of the DPS that met with an accident in Pinjore on Thursday; and (inset) the victim, Manav. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Precious time was wasted in shuttling between hospitals
Panchkula, September 12
Had the "golden hour" of the accident victim, Manav, not been wasted in shuttling him from one hospital to another, the child could probably have been saved.

Where is bhai, Lavish asks mother after surviving mishap
Chandigarh, September 12
While boarding the school minibus this morning and holding the hands of his elder brother Manav (12), little did seven-year-old Lavish know that this was the last time they were going to the school together.



Injured students of the DPS, Pinjore, under treatment at the General Hospital, Sector 6, Panchkula, on Thursday. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal

Khanna’s family rules out foul play
Chandigarh, September 12
The family of Chief Postmaster General KL Khanna, whose body was found under mysterious circumstances at his house in Sector 30 yesterday, has ruled out any foul play in his death.


Grief-stricken relatives and wife (centre) of KL Khanna at Sector 30, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

COMMUNITY

Now, digital token system to save power consumers’ time
Panchkula, September 12
No longer will the residents of Panchkula have to wait in long queues to pay the electricity bills as for the first time, a digital token system has been started by the Electricity Department for the payment of the bills.



Chairman and Managing Director of the UHBVN and the DHBVN Devender Singh inaugurates the state's first model cash collection centre in Panchkula on Thursday. A Tribune Photograph 

SDM inspects villages, registers 18 FIRs 
Mohali, September 12
Eighteen FIRs were registered today in connection with illegal mining after a team headed by an SDM inspected various villages in Kharar sub-division.

(Left) A view of a mining site; and officers conduct a raid at Khizrabad on Thursday. 
Tribune photographs

Polio drops to be administered in Mohali from Sept 15 
Mohali, September 12
More than 1.36 lakh children in the age group of 0 to five years will be administered polio drops in Mohali district during a three-day campaign starting on September 15.

Former councillor files petition, challenges delimitation of wards 
Mohali, September 12
Former municipal councillor Kuljit Singh Bedi today filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the notification of the Department of Local Government on the delimitation of wards for the Mohali civic body elections. Bedi claimed that when the Municipal Council was dissolved, the government had said that the area under the civic body would be increased by including various areas like the developed sectors of the town before conducting elections to the Municipal Corporation.

Admn reassures aggrieved parties
Chandigarh, September 12
To avoid any unsavoury situation during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit, the UT Administration is taking all the precautions like reassuring those whose issues are yet to be resolved. One such case is the notification of the Chandigarh social welfare board, which has been pending for the past 10 months.

Now, online appointment a must
Chandigarh, September 12
Now, for the re-issuance of passports, applicants will have to take online appointment from the regional passport authority. The decision has been taken to streamline the submission of passport applications at the Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) in Ambala, Chandigarh and Ludhiana. These kendras are under the Regional Passport Office, Chandigarh.

Trains to Shirdi, Hazur Sahib via Chandigarh from next month 
Chandigarh, September 12
By next month the city will be connected with Shirdi and Hazur Sahib by train as the Railway Ministry has given the green signal to it. These trains will run from the first week of October. In a communication to the local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal, Union Minister for Railways Mallikarjun Kharge informed that the two trains connecting Chandigarh with these religious places will run from the first week of the next month. The final date of the journey is yet to be communicated to the Northern Railways. The two trains include the Kalka-Chandigarh-Shirdi Express (weekly) and the Una-Nangal Dam-Anadpur Sahib-Chandigarh-Hazur Sahib (Nanded) Express (bi-weekly), which were announced by the former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in the 2013 Rail Budget .

Dhawan, Ekta Sangharsh Samiti members court arrest
Chandigarh, September 12
Harmohan Dhawan, a BJP leader, and members of the Ekta Sangharsh Samiti today courted arrest and demanded two-room tenements for the jhuggi dwellers being rehabilitated at Dhanas. Members of the samiti, led by BJP leader, Harmohan Dhawan, gathered at Colony No. 5 while demanding ownership rights for the slum dwellers.

Colony No. 5 residents protest at the Sector 44/45 light point in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Fire breaks out at Swaraj Mazda unit 
Mohali, September 12
A fire broke out in the Swaraj Mazda unit in Chappar Chiri here today. According to the reports, the local fire brigade received a call from the factory at around 9.30 am and a fire engine was immediately sent to the scene.

Lecture on RTI Act on Sept 19
Chandigarh, September 12
Chief Information Commissioner Deepak Sandhu will deliver a lecture on the Right to Information (RTI) Act at PU on September 19. 

Man survives 3 heart attacks 
Panchkula, September 12
A 55-year-old Ambala resident Mohan Lal Verma escaped three heart attacks and managed to survive after an open heart surgery by the doctors of the Alchemist Hospital, Sector 21, Panchkula.

Students paint idols of Lord Ganesha at Home Science College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari (Left) and Wamiqa Gabbi performs kathak at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Sector 16, in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

EDUCATION

NGO to teach needy students
Chandigarh, September 12
Students of private schools and colleges associated with a city-based NGO, Saathi, will soon teach the underprivileged students to improve their academic performance. The project has been envisaged by the NGO for the underprivileged students of government schools, especially of Classes VIII, having the potential to perform but lacking resources and guidance. “The idea is to raise their competency level so that they could perform in IIT and IIM competitions,” said Punita Singh, president of the NGO.

PU adopts new accounts manual 
Chandigarh, September 12
To bring transparency and rationalisation in accounts and decentralisation of financial powers, Panjab University (PU) has adopted a new accounts manual.

Brawl over Facebook comment 
Chandigarh, September 12
Two students of the University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS), Panjab University (PU), entered into a brawl over posting a comment on the Facebook page of a girl student of the same department. 

National conference on space from October 25 in Panchkula
Chandigarh, September 12
The third national conference on space and the Mars Exhibition will be held at the Indradhanush Auditorium, Sector 5, Panchkula, on October 25 and 26. The mega event will be hosted by the International Space Society (ISS) in association with Jyotirvidya Pratisthan (JVP), Pune.

Students nab thief while stealing taps
Chandigarh, September 12
Students of the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) today caught a thief while stealing taps from a washroom of the institute.

Third MEd counselling tomorrow 
Chandigarh, September 12
Panjab University (PU) has announced the third counselling schedule for MEd (regular). The counselling will be held on September 14 at the Law Auditorium, PU.

From schools

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Residents protest against meat plant
Dera Bassi, September 12
Residents of Samgouli and other adjoining villages staged a dharna and blocked the traffic on the Samgouli-Dera Bassi road on Wednesday against the Mk Overseas Slaughter House for causing pollution in the area by throwing wastage of animals on the roads.

Name Lalru CHC after freedom fighter: Residents
Dera Bassi, September 12
The Community Health Centre, Lalru, named after the great freedom fighter Baba Prithvi Singh Azad, started in 1995 as a rural hospital, has not got recognised after the name of the freedom fighter till now. Though, it was adopted by the Punjab Health System Corporation in July this year but it was not reognised as ‘Baba Prithvi Singh Azad Memorial Hospital’ despite the repeated demand by local people. The people of the area have been continually demanding the upgradation of the hospital and its recognition on the name of Baba Prithvi Singh Azad who belonged to Lalru and paid great contribution in the freedom struggle.

Procurement agencies neglect minister’s order 
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 12
Great resentment prevails among the rice millers of the state against the failure of the state government to release their 10 per cent custom milling securities withheld by the procurement agencies of the state, in spite of the directions issued by Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, Food and Civil Supply minister.

Punjabi University forms anti-sexual harassment panel
Patiala, September 12
Keeping in view the persistent demand of university girl students, Punjabi University has constituted an anti-sexual harassment committee to ensure full security of its girl students and women employees. Vice-Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh constituted the committee formed under the chairmanship of Dr Amritpal Kaur, additional dean students’ welfare.

Talent-hunt contest held
Patiala, September 12
As many as 230 students participated in the two-day talent hunt competition held at Government Mohindra College, Patiala, which concluded today. College principal Dr Sukhbir Singh Thind inaugurated the event yesterday. The prize distribution function was presided over by Bhagwan Dass Juneja, renowned social worker.

Thapar varsity signs MoU with University of Missouri
Patiala, September 12
In another collaboration in the field of research, Thapar University has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). A public research university located in Missouri, USA, UMKC has been ranked number one in the world for innovation management research by the Journal of Product Innovation Management.

COURTS

HC vacates stay on Hindi film ‘Grand Masti’
Chandigarh, September 12
A day before its scheduled release, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today paved the way for the screening of “Grand Masti” by vacating the stay.

Railway GM, official penalised for not refunding Rs 320
Chandigarh, September 12
The General Manager of Northern Railway has been penalised for failing to refund Rs 320 to the complainant who had booked a ticket and later got it cancelled. The UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has also penalised the Chief Reservation Supervisor, Chandigarh, and directed both the respondents to pay Rs 2,500 for mental agony to the complainant.

Man gets 7 years for abducting minor
Chandigarh, September 12
A local court today awarded seven-year imprisonment to a 26-year-old man for raping a minor girl. The convict, Shatrughan had abducted a 14-year-old girl of Maloya village in February 2012.

CRIME

Two SBI managers held guilty of embezzlement
Chandigarh, September 12
The local CBI court held former State Bank of India Chief Manager Ajit Singh and Deputy Manager JP Ranga guilty of embezzling nearly Rs 40 lakh in an 11-year-old case today. The court has found them guilty under sections 120-B, 420 and 409 of the IPC and 13(2) and 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on Monday.

SPORTS

Mohali beat Ludhiana 
Chandigarh, September 12
The cricket team of Mohali defeated Ludhiana by 88 runs during a match of the ongoing Katoch Shield Cricket Trophy, today. The Ludhiana team scored 119 runs in 70 overs. Mohali with this outright win secured 6 points, while Ludhiana got Zero. Ludhiana's innings was sustained by Bharat Malhotra's 33 runs .

DAV College thrash CCET
Chandigarh, September 12
On the first day of Panjab University Inter-College Basketball Championship for men (A-division), the team of DAV College, Sector 10, defeated Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET), Chandigarh, 66-16 today. In the second match, the team of Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11, beat MMD DAV College, Gidderbaha, 55-12.

SGGS Khalsa College-26 log win
Chandigarh, September 12
Overcoming the ‘blues’ of going down against Punjab’s soccer teams, the local lads of SGGS Khalsa College, Sector 26, posted their first victory, of the league stage, over the defending champions GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar (Ludhiana), during the Inter-College Football Championship for men (A-Division), today.




Players in action during an inter-college football tournament at Panjab University on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Jashandeep, Karan, Sunit win top spots in swimming
Chandigarh, September 12
Swimmers Jashandeep Singh, Karan Brar and Sunit Dalal won top spots in the 50mt free style event of the ongoing Inter-College Swimming Championship for men and women, being held at the swimming pool of PU campus. 

Karan Brar of DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, in action during an inter-college swimming championship on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Ticket rates for qualifier rounds of CLT20
Chandigarh, September 12
The PCA has announced ticket rates for the qualifier rounds of Champions League to be held at the PCA stadium from September 17.—TNS