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UT issued notice on merger of villages with MC
Work for wards’ delimitation to continue?
Chandigarh, September 25
The Chandigarh Administration, the Administrator, the Secretary, Local Government, and the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, have been issued a notice of motion and notice regarding the stay in two writ petitions filed by villagers, panches and sarpanches of Maloya, Dadu Majra and Hallomajra questioning the merger of the villages with the Municipal Corporation.

Five-year-old raped in Sec 41
Chandigarh, September 25
Is it safe to allow your girl child to go alone to a late night religious congregation in your immediate neighbourhood? If the shocking developments which unfolded in Sector 41 this evening are any indication, it is perhaps not safe to allow her go unescorted.

A scene from ‘Ram ji ki barat' being taken out by the Sector 46 Sanatam Dharam Mandir in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

PM’s visit may inconvenience road users
Chandigarh, September 25
Police officials from three districts are being mobilised for the security arrangements being put in place for the forthcoming visit of the Prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh to the township.

ICC tickets’ sale starts
Mohali, September 25
The sale of tickets for the inaugural match of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, 2006, to be played between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe on October 7 at PCA Stadium, Mohali, started today.

Controller of Explosives held taking bribe
Chandigarh, September 25
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today caught the Controller of Explosives, Dr A.K. Yadav, red-handed allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4500 from Mr Kamal Anand of Baddi.

• Man ends life
• Watch out
• Passing Through

CHANDIGARH CALLING Good morning to you at Sukhna: If you are a regular morning walker at Sukhna Lake, you could not have missed him. He is a tall, fair and middle-aged man taking a brisk walk from one end to the other without fail.

COMMUNITY

Going overboard to please Hooda
Transport Department impounds school buses for function

Panchkula, September 25 City schools had a rude shock this morning as the staff of the District Transport Officer began waving down school buses on their regular round to pick up children. School buses lined up to carry people from Panchkula district to the Aggarwal Bhavan in Sector 16, where Maharaja Agarsain Jayanti was celebrated, in Panchkula on Monday. — Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh

Cops’ capability to solve cases under scanner
Chandigarh, September 25
The capability of the Chandigarh police to investigate and solve cases has come under the scanner. In two cases of charred bodies of a man and a woman found lying at secluded places in the city this year, the men-in-khaki have failed to achieve any breakthrough.

Protest by visually challenged Chandigarh, September 25 Members of the National Federation of the blind (Punjab Branch) today staged a protest in front of the office of the Social Security, Woman and Child Development, Sector 34, here this morning. Members of the National Federation of Blind protest outside the office of the Director, Social Welfare Punjab, in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Fauji Beat
1965 war ended in Ichhogil stalemate

In May 1965, Pakistan had let loose its “Gibraltar Force” of trained guerrillas into the Kashmir valley. After the Indian Army had successfully thrown them out of the valley in August 1965, Pakistan launched its full-fledged attack (Operation Grand Slam) supported by tanks in the Chhamb sector on September 1.

Lieut-Gen Susheel Gupta, Colonel of the Regiment, lays a wreath at the Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre War Memorial.

National award for Local Level Committee
Chandigarh, September 25
The Local Level Committee (LLC) of Chandigarh Administration has been awarded the national award for its outstanding work in the area of rehabilitation of mentally challenged children, the Home-cum-Secretary Social Welfare, Mr Krishna Mohan said today.

Kerala Samajam elects committee

Mohali, September 25 Members of the Malayalee Samajam here held their annual general body meeting yesterday. The meeting was followed by a cultural programme which was attended by a large number of Keralites. Children perform during a cultural show at a function of the Malayalee Samajam in Mohali on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Rally against land acquisition tomorrow
Mohali, September 25
The Kisan Hit Bachao Committee is organising a ‘Chilla chalo rosh rally’, on September 27 at Chilla village to protest against the forcible acquisition of their land by the government.

Tribune journalist bereaved

CRIME

Mohali resident booked under Copyright Act
Chandigarh, September 25
The local police has booked a Mohali resident for violating the Copyright Act by allegedly making and selling replicas of artefacts. The accused was recently arrested by the local police on similar charges and was released on bail, the police said.

Patiala man held for cheating Sector 46 resident
Chandigarh, September 25
The local police has arrested a Patiala resident and booked his three associates in a case of cheating and forgery for duping a city resident of Rs 27 lakh. The police said the accused had taken the money as sale proceeds of a shop from Mr Darshan Singh of Sector 46, but later sold the same shop to another person by forging documents.

Students clash
Chandigarh, September 25
Students’ politics took a violent turn in Sector 15 today when a group of at least 10 students of the local DAV College thrashed a student belonging to another student organisation. The victim was rushed to the Sector 16 General Hospital from where he was later discharged after first-aid, said the police. The police suspected the incident to be a fallout of a clash between the supporters of the ABVP and SOPU on September 23.

• Held for mobike theft
• House burgled
• Case registered

BUSINESS

‘Ravana Vadh’ contest
Chandigarh, September 25
Telecommunication company Airtel today launched “Ravana Vadh” contest for its pre-paid and post-paid customers in Punjab. At the launch, a Ramlila artiste dressed up as Ravana dared the guests to vanquish him. The Ravana laughed aloud till some employees came forward with daggers and killed him. Bharti Airtel Punjab Circle CEO (Mobility) Rajiv Jaitly then unveiled the new value added service for the customers.

EDUCATION

Teachers resent decision on HRA
Chandigarh, September 25
Members of the Homoeopathic Medical College Teachers Association have objected to the decision of the executive committee of the Homoeopathic Medical College Association here regarding pay scales and allowances of the teaching and non-teaching staff.

‘Devils, angels’ dance at bash for freshers 

Chandigarh, September 25 Bonhomie pervaded the air as budding designers of the International Institute of Fashion Design (INIFD), Chandigarh, Sector 8, celebrated their freshers’ welcome bash in colourful style. The theme-based party was choreographed to pulsating music. Not surprising, since the theme “Devils versus Angels” had the students design their own exotic outfits to suit the requirement of the day and indeed they looked “heavenly”.

“Devils and angels” dance at the INIFD freshers’ bash held at a hotel Sector 17, Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

NIIFT students hold freshers’ party
Chandigarh, September 25
Senior students and staff of the Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology (NIIFT) welcomed freshers at the institute in style by holding a mega musical show at the Tagore Theatre here today.

Talk on Gandhi at PU today
Chandigarh, September 25
The Critique, a student discussion forum, working in Panjab University here, will organise a discussion on Modernity, secularism and resistance: making sense of Gandhi” by Professor Avijit Pathak from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi at Sociology, Seminar Hall, Ground Floor, Arts Block IV, tomorrow at 3 pm.

COURTS

Forum plea on display of rate lists
Mohali, September 25
The Consumers Protection Forum here has appealed to the Deputy Commissioner to issue directions to shopkeepers to display rate lists of various items in their shops so that consumers were not fleeced by them .

CULTURE

Chandigarh, September 25 “The art of Indian classical dance forms, mainly divine in origin, has survived the ravages of time and neglect, only to emerge stronger with a glorious future ”, observed Deepak Maharaj, son and disciple of Padma Vibhushan Pandit Birju Maharaj, the doyen of kathak, here today. Kathak maestro Sandeep K Mahavir (left) and Deepak Mahraj at Prachin kala Kendra, Sector 35, Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

HEALTH

50 donate blood at college camp
Chandigarh, September 25
Government College, Naraingarh, organised a blood donation camp on the college premises today. It was the 22nd such camp of the college, which is celebrating its silver jubilee. A team of medical staff from the Red Cross, Ambala, conducted the camp.

SPORTS

Bindra all praise for Team Pawar
Chandigarh, September 25
With the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) elections just a few days away, the President of the Punjab Cricket Association, Mr Inderjit Singh Bindra, has issued a two-page statement claiming that the game has overtaken “politics” normally witnessed on the eve of the annual general meeting of the Board, saying “this time the meeting will deliberate nothing but cricket, cricket and cricket”.

TT tournament: Manav Mangal moves into semi-finals
Chandigarh, September 25
Manav Mangal School, Sector 21-C, DAVPS-8 and Bhavan Vidyalaya moved into the semi-finals of UT Inter School Table Tennis Tournament underway at Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, here. The meet is being organised by the UT Education Department.

New Public School in football final

Panchkula, September 25 New Public School, Sector 18, gave a clean sweep to KC Public School, Jammu in another semi final played today. A semi-final match between the teams of New Public School, Sector 18, and KC Public School, Jammu, during the CBSE Football Tournament (Cluster XIII), being held at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula, on Monday. — Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh

TIET win football title
Chandigarh, September 25
The Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, emerged winner in the Inter-Engineering Deemed Universities Football tournament, which concluded an PEC grounds, here today. Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, and the NIT, Hamirpur, secured first and second runners-up positions.

ADMINISTRATION

Nod to cyber research centre blue print
Chandigarh, September 25
The Chandigarh Administration has accorded its approval to the blue print prepared by the Department of Information Technology for the establishment of the Regional Cyber Security Research Centre (RCSRC) at the cost of Rs 3 crore in three years, a press note said here today.