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City was more polluted this Diwali
Chandigarh, November 5
Despite a campaign launched by the UT Environment Department to discourage the use of firecrackers, the air and noise pollution level on Diwali night in the city not only exceeded the permissible limits, but also witnessed a marginal increase over last year.

A street filled with smoke on Diwali night. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Panchkula residents used lesser but more harmful crackers
Panchkula, November 5
The air pollution on Diwali night registered a marginal fall as compared to last year in Panchkula, but the level of sulphur dioxide recorded a considerable increase, indicating more use of crackers having a high content of the harmful gas.

UT fails to frame industrial policy, gets MHA rap
Chandigarh, November 5
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has rapped the UT Administration for not preparing an industrial policy for the city. The MHA has now directed the Administration to prepare an industrial policy on the Delhi pattern.

PGI security supervisor sets an example of honesty
Chandigarh, November 5
The phrase "no legacy is as rich as honesty" has been once again proved right by PGI security supervisor RN Dwivedi, who found Rs 28,000 at an ATM on Diwali night and immediately informed bank officials about it. Dwivedi was on patrol duty on the PGI premises when he found Rs 28,000 lying in the ATM.

RN Dwivedi

Housewives battle it out with boiling milk over petty issue
Panchkula, November 5
Two housewives used boiling milk as a weapon in a petty neighbourhood fight in Sector 11 here, leaving both with burn injuries. The brawl started after one of the women alleged that the other one, along with her husband, was making fun of her.

Soni and Kusum, who suffered burn injuries during a fight over a petty issue. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan

COMMUNITY

RWAs fight over maintenance funds
Chandigarh, November 5
While the Municipal Corporation had increased the amount, which was given to the Residents Welfare Associations (RWAs), for maintaining neighbourhood parks, in the Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) meeting, the disputes between the different RWAs have also increased.

City’s first modern Community Centre inaugurated
Chandigarh, November 5
UT Home Secretary, Anil Kumar, today inaugurated a Community Centre at Sector 48 here. On the occasion, Home Secretary, Anil Kumar, said the centre would be very useful for the local residents to hold their social programmes.




Residents at the inauguration of the Community Centre in Sector 48-C, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

MC to celebrate Children’s Day in Dadu Majra
Chandigarh, November 5
The Arts, Sports and Culture Committee of the Municipal Corporation today decided that instead of Nehru Park at Sector 22, this time, the MC would celebrate Children’s Day on November 14 at Palm Park in Dadu Majra.

Money spent on malba drive goes down the drain
Chandigarh, November 5
While the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has spent nearly Rs 3 lakh on a publicity campaign to make the city malba-free and has provided the phone numbers of the officials concerned, more than a month has passed since such advertisements were issued, but not a single resident has approached MC to lift malba.

Better Chandigarh
commuting in the city
Illegal auto-rickshaws rule City Beautiful roads
The failure of the UT to put in place an effective public transport system has encouraged the illegal business of autos. During rush hours, smoke-producing diesel autos, operated from the neighbouring states, virtually take over city roads. In the Part 2 of the series on commuting in the city, The Tribune reporter Deepankar Sharda and photographer S Chandan take stock of the situation.

Metro project moves at snail’s pace
Chandigarh, November 5
More than five years after the Ministry of Urban Development had given an ‘in-principal’ approval for the metro rail project in the tricity, the UT Administration, Punjab and Haryana last month had finally agreed on the terms and conditions of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that was circulated by the ministry for the implementation of the Metro rail project in the tricity. At a recent meeting, which was chaired by UT Adviser KK Sharma and attended by officials of Punjab and Haryana, it was decided that the cost of the Metro project will be borne equally by Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and the Centre.

No headway in blind murder case
Chandigarh, November 5
More than three weeks after a motor mechanic was found bludgeoned to death in Kaimbwala village, the UT police is still clueless of the case.

Four more test positive for dengue in city
Chandigarh, November 5
Four more dengue cases have been reported today with the health department. Total number of the detected cases has touched the figure of 66 in the city. With the upcoming high-risk season for the transmission of vector-borne diseases, the UT malaria wing of the health department has geared-up field activities for prevention and control of malaria and dengue.

Cancer patients
Patients get Rs 2.1 cr aid
Mohali, November 5
Financial aid of Rs 2.10 crore has been given from the Chief Minister’s Cancer Relief Fund to 140 cancer patients in Mohali district to help them.

MC designates bank to collect property tax
Mohali, November 5
Punjab National Bank (PNB) has been designated as the online gateway for the payment of property tax in Mohali, a step taken to facilitate those staying in other states or abroad.

PSPCL employee suspended for misappropriation of bill amount
Mohali, November 5
A case of alleged misappropriation of bill amounts of consumers of the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) running into lakhs of rupees has come to light here. A woman employee of the PSPCL has been suspended in this connection and a complaint to the police has also been lodged.

A rickshaw that collided with a car on the road separating Sectors 31 and 32 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Encroachments removed from highway
Zirakpur, November 5
The Zirakpur police removed some encroachments near the Ambala-Chandigarh national highway today.

Minor fire in train
Mohali, November 5
A fire broke out in a train which was coming from Amritsar to Chandigarh today. No loss of life was reported. Sources said the fire was seen by some passengers at the Mohali Railway Station who panicked and rushed out of the train.

EDUCATION

PU invites applications for faculty posts
Chandigarh, November 5
Panjab University (PU) has invited applications for 93 posts of assistant professors in various departments of the University.

FROM SChOOLS
Halloween celebrations
The Oakridge International School celebrated Halloween in Indian style, here. The students dressed up in costumes and painted their faces and mimic the evil spirits to scare the teachers. The creativity was easily witnessed in the way by which they coloured their faces and hands.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Sirhind bypass to be widened
Fatehgarh Sahib, Nov 5
To ease the traffic congestion between Chandigarh-Patiala and Ludhiana on the existing 5.29 km-long, 18 feet wide Sirhind-Bhaironpur Bypass, the State Government is going to widen it to 33 feet. The project will be completed within nine months at the cost of Rs 22.84 crore, said Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister, while addressing a public rally after laying the foundation stone of the project here today.

Follow traffic norms, experts tell students
Patiala, November 5
Traffic police today held a special session for schoolchildren at Pheel Khana Public School, today.

3,16,742 tonnes of paddy procured in Fatehgarh Sahib
Fatehgarh Sahib, Nov 5
The procurement of paddy is going on smoothly at all the 33 procurement centres set up in the district. Till today, 3,16,742 MT of paddy has been procured by various government procurement agencies and the rice millers. The payment worth Rs 311.91 crore of the procured paddy has also been made to the farmers, said Arun Sekhri, Deputy Commissioner.

YOUTH FESTIVAL
BBSB College lifts trophy
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 5
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, has once again showed its supremacy in the cultural arena by winning the PTU Inter-College Youth Festival 2013 held at Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management & Technology, Ludhiana. The college had also won the trophy last year.
Team members of the BBSBEC after winning the Inter-Zonal Youth Festival with the college Principal and staff. Photo: Surinder Bhardwaj

CRIME

Group clash: Victim dies
Panchkula, November 5
The victim who sustained injuries in a group clash last night succumbed to his injuries at PGI Chandigarh in the wee hours today. A case under Section 302 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 5 police station against 12 youths after the death of the victim, Rajbir of Mauli Jagran.

Two held with stolen bike
Chandigarh, November 5
The UT police today apprehended two youngsters who were driving a stolen Platina motorcycle. Police arrested Ashu, a resident of Gobindpura, and his accomplice Golu.

2 thefts reported
Chandigarh, November 5
Two cases of thefts have been registered in the city in the last 24 hours. In the first incident, Navleen Bhangu, a resident of Sector 11 reported that his gold chain, weighing 10 grams with coloured beads, was stolen from his residence here last night.

SPORTS

football tourney
DAV-8 blank GC-11 7-0
Chandigarh, November 5
The team of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 (White) blanked Government College Sector 11 (A-Team) by 7-0. In the second match, the Principal Accountant General (Audit) Punjab beat DAV College Sector 10 by 2-0. Right winger Rajeev Rattan after receiving a cake walk pass from Vinay Kanwar posted the first goal. After the breather, AG Punjab Team added second goal in 46th minute through Sehaj Pal.


Players in action during a match at the Football Ground, Sector 17, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

14th All-India Police Lawn Tennis Championship to begin tomorrow
Chandigarh, November 5
The Chandigarh Police will host the 14th All India Police Lawn Tennis Championship at the Lawn Tennis Courts, Sector 10, from November 7 to 10.The tournament will be held at the courts of CLTA Sector 10. The competition between the teams will be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations by the All India Tennis Association and All India Police Sports Control Board, New Delhi.

Personnel of the Chandigarh police rehearse for the police tennis games at the CLTA, Sector 10, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: s chandan

All set for Punjab-Mumbai Ranji match
Chandigarh, November 5
The cricket stadium of Sector 16 is all set to host the star-studded Punjab-Mumbai Ranji match on November 7. Both teams would face each other in their second match of this Ranji season.

Zahir Khan plays football with members of the Mumbai Ranji team during a practice session at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: s chandan

Institutional League of football a mere eyewash
Chandigarh, November 5
Waking up from a slumber, two years after of announcing the tournament, the Chandigarh Football Association is hosting the Chandigarh Institutional League for Mahindra Swaraj Football Cup at the football stadium, Sector 17.

Re-trials conducted for U-19 cricket team
Chandigarh, November 5
The UT Education department conducted re-trails for selecting local cricket team of boys (U-19) by changing the selection panel, at the eleventh hour, here today. Earlier, the professors and lecturers of various schools were schedule to select players in the re-trails conducted today at the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19. But fearing criticism, the authorities called former international player Bhupinder Singh to head the trails and select players.

Exposure should be given at grassroots level: Tennis expert
Chandigarh, November 5
Exposure for the Indian grassroots level players should be the prime focus of the authorities that will uplift the standard of tennis in India. This is what Ana Salas, Technical Director Madrid Tennis Foundation, thinks when it comes to polish the talent for long lasting results.