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Sector 17 to don new look
Another plaza, wider roads, fancy lights and more
Chandigarh, January 28
Sector 17 will don a new look by the end of the year. More than Rs 5 crore will be spent on the sector for widening roads, fancy lights, children’s amusement park and more. A decision to this effect was taken at the house meeting of the Municipal Corporation today.

GMCH Suicide
Doctor, 2 students booked
Chandigarh, January 28
A doctor and two students of GMCH-32 were booked today for abetment to suicide after the body of Jaspreet Singh, a final-year MBBS student, was found hanging in the toilet of the library on the fifth floor of B-block of the hospital late last night.

Spurious eye drops
Pharma firm MD gets 1-year jail
Chandigarh, January 28
The managing director of Toshika International, a pharmaceutical company, was today awarded one-year imprisonment by chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Y.S. Rathore for spurious eye drops.

Cracker co. fined
Chandigarh, January 28
Holding the director, manager and managing director of Sri Kaliswari Fire works, Tamil Nadu, guilty of unfair trade practice, the Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has asked them to pay a compensation of Rs 12 lakh to 13-year-old Gagandeep Singh Bal.

Brace yourself for cold war
Chandigarh, January 28
There will be no respite from the biting cold during the next two days with the Met office forecasting another spell of snowfall in the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh.

COMMUNITY

Reservation of seats for women
Harsh rules rag male commuters
Chandigarh, January 28
The rule of reserving seats for women in the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) buses has become a bone of contention between the commuters and the staff.

AT LAST, REPAIRS: Repair work starts on a fountain, non-functional for the last two years, at Rose Garden in Phase 3B1, Mohali, on Monday. The fountain will become functional in six-week time with a new lighting system. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Panchkula set to be slum-free
Two-room houses being built for slum-dwellers
Panchkula, January 28
Panchkula is all set to be a slum-free district in the near future if the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme is implemented successfully.

MC to oppose furniture purchase proposal
Mohali, January 28
A proposal relating to purchase of furniture by Mohali civic body for the office of chief engineer-cum-chief vigilance officer, department of local government, will be opposed in the general body meeting of the municipal council scheduled to be held on January 29, even as GMADA seeks permission to dump garbage from new sectors into the dumping ground of the council.

6-hour ordeal for truck driver
Chandigarh, January 28
The driver of a truck, on his way to Dhanas, had a harrowing time for over six hours after his truck lost balance and fell in a choe near Saharanpur later last night.

Get bewitched by city girl
Chandigarh, January 28
She wished to pursue a career in the IAS, but destiny had different plans for her. In a world of fantasy, this Chandigarh-based first-year PU student of the Law Department, is set to make her debut on NDTV Imagine. Meet Yami Gautam, who plays a warrior princess in ‘Raajkumar Aaryyan’, a serial scheduled to go on air on February 6. “The serial showcases a heroic journey dotted with obstacles. A magical adventure, it promises to be different,” says 18-year-old Yami, in hometown for its promotion.                                            Yami Gautam

Award for city doctor Chandigarh, January 28 Dr Gautam Munjal, a city-based doctor, has been honoured with best clinical paper award at the recently held 42nd Indian Orthodontic Conference at Nagpur. His paper explored various aspects of taking orthodontic treatment to the next level of facial esthetics - the smile framework and dental appearance.                                                                                                         Dr Gautam Munjal

Unchahar Express again extended to city
Chandigarh, January 28
After a gap of two months, the Unchahar Express will run once again between Chandigarh and Allahabad from February 1.

A protest note against the MC, which was put up on a drinking water tap by shopkeepers of the Sector-7 market, Chandigarh, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Value-based literature must for children
Chandigarh, January 28
Eminent educationists and writers from Delhi and the region participated in a seminar on ‘Literature for Children’ held under the aegis of the Haryana Urdu Akademy at the Red Bishop conference hall here today.

Landlord throws out tenant despite stay
Zirakpur, January 28
A Baltana resident has complained to the police that he was thrown out of his shop by his landlord despite obtaining stay orders from the court.

Infant succumbs to burns
Chandigarh, January 28
An infant, who sustained severe burn injuries when cotton lying near a blower at Advanced Paediatric Centre of the PGI caught fire on January 26, succumbed to his injuries at Bakal village in Kaithal district here today. The family of the child had taken him to their village as the doctors had given up on him.

They take traffic cops for a ride
Chandigarh, January 28
Motorists continue to drive away from rules with the Chandigarh Police acting in a predictable manner. In the process, they meet with accidents or create traffic hazards for others; still the cops have not changed their strategies. Though the cops launch special drives from for checking over-speeding and other traffic violations in the city, the barriers are almost set up always at the same places.

Bikers ride away from the rules in Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Finance and contract panel formed
Chandigarh, January 28
Members to the Finance and Contract Committee of the MC were unanimously elected today after one of the contenders for the committee Jatinder Bhatia of the BSP withdrew his name from the elections.

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EDUCATION

Education dept announces increase in scholarships
Fee concession for poor girls, OBCs
Chandigarh, January 28
With drastic rise in scholarships, income limit and other additional benefits, the UT education department has announced new benefits and revised scholarships for various categories of students studying in various government schools of the city.

Students of St. Mary’s School, Sector 46, Chandigarh, celebrate Republic Day with a cultural extravaganza on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Indira Gandhi NSS award for Daljit
Chandigarh, January 28
From among the team of 10 NSS volunteers, Daljit Kaur, a student of GND University, Amritsar, was awarded the Indira Gandhi NSS Award during the 13th National Youth Festival held at Chennai recently. Madhu Bala, youth officer, ministry of youth affairs and sports, led the team. The NSS volunteers participated in National Youth Convention and Surichar as part of the festival.

UT to appoint nine as principals
Chandigarh, January 28
The UT education department has decided to hold the department promotion committee meeting in February in which nine will be promoted as principals.

Headmaster gets dismissal notice
Chandigarh, January 28
The UT education department has issued a 20-day notice of dismissal to J.S. Lehri, headmaster, Government High School, Halo Majra. Lehri was found absent on the day when the Governor visited the school about three months back.

PU Notes
Sobti flags off bus to Hoshiarpur centre
Chandigarh, January 28
Dr R.C. Sobti, vice chancellor, PU, flagged off the bus service to Swami Sarvanand Giri Panjab University Regional Centre, Hoshiarpur, on the PU campus here today. Lajpat Rai Munger, who donated the entire Hoshiarpur Regional Centre Campus to PU, has donated the bus. The bus, for students and employees, will start from the administrative block on every Monday morning and return on every Friday afternoon.

From Schools
The British School goes hi-tech
Mohali, January 28
A software to facilitate the working efficiency and overall management of the school and its students was introduced by The British School at a function organised here today. Proprietor of the school T.R. Sethi said due to the increasing strength of the students and workload, about 25 per cent of a teacher's time was wasted in non-teaching work like calculating attendance, totalling of marks, generating progress reports, generating ranks and roll numbers.

100 take national science exam
Chandigarh, January 28
Hundred students participated in the National Science Talent Search Exam organised by the Unifed Council, Hyderabad, at St. Xavier’s School here yesterday. — TNS

COURTS

Two convicted for murder
Chandigarh, January 28
The additional district and sessions judge Ravi Kumar Sondhi today convicted Harish and Sunil Chikna for allegedly murdering Gunwant Singh Walia. The quantum on the sentence has been deferred to January 31.

Drug Racket
HC issues notice of motion to SSP
Chandigarh, January 28
Taking up a petition claiming that "omission to perform duty by an officer as senior as the senior superintendent of police" resulted in failure of the cops to burst a drug racket, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice of motion for February 29.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Most-wanted gangster nabbed
Ambala, January 28
The Ambala police today nabbed notorious gangster Kuldip alias Shahpuria, who is wanted by the police of various districts of the state in several cases. He was arrested from Dorana village near here.

Senior MC officials caught with dirty money
Ambala, January 28
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested the executive officer and sanitary inspector of the local municipal council for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a local businessman for withdrawing a demolition notice that was served on him a couple of weeks back. Executive officer Pratap Singh and sanitary inspector Suraj Bhan were nabbed after Vikas Gupta, a factory owner, filed a complaint with the local Vigilance Bureau that the officials had demanded an amount of Rs 30,000 for withdrawing a demolition notice to pull down the sheds in his factory.
The executive officer of the Ambala MC, who was held while accepting bribe in Ambala on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Coca-Cola directed to pay Rs 15,000
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 28
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Coca-Cola to pay a compensation of Rs 15,000 to a consumer after a tobacco pouch was found suspended in an unopened bottle of Coca-Cola.

Voice of India runner-up Arshpreet Kaur performs at Rajindra Gymkhana and Mohindra Club in Patiala on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Residents protest withdrawal of train stopover
Bassi Pathana, January 28
Residents of Bassi Pathana are up in arms against the decision of the Railways to withdraw the stopover of 4553, 4554 Himachal Express at Bassi Pathana railway station from January 15.

City news channels asked to close operations
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 28
The district administration has asked city news channels, which had been relaying local news on the cable TV network, to immediately close down operations following some conflict between owners of the channels and cable TV operators.

Bodies of NRI brothers cremated
Patiala, January 28
The bodies of two brothers Paramjit Singh and Ravinder Singh, who were allegedly shot dead in San Francisco on the night of December 27, were cremated at Badungar cremation ground here today.

3 employees of coach factory found dead
Ambala, January 28
Three employees of a coach factory in Mandore village, near here, were found dead in a room of the factory this morning.

SPORTS

Pankaj thrashes Ranjeet, moves ahead Chandigarh, January 28 Playing on expected lines, the highest ranked (61 AITA points) local player, Pankaj Kumar thrashed Ranjeet Singh 6-0, 6-4, in straight sets in the main draw of boys’ singles (under-14) category in the AITA Championship series getting underway at the Lake Sports Complex, here today. Another local player Digvijay Singh Naruka too, cleared the first round with quite ease, beating Sashank Sharma 6-1, 6-1. No Referee Pankaj in action during boys’ under-14 category of AITA championship series at Lake Sports Complex in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

U-19 World Cup
Bali to coach Team India
Mohali, January 28
He did his level-III coaching course with none other than Team India’s bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad, fielding coach Robin Singh and assistant coach Lal Chand Rajput at National Cricket Academy in 1994. Like his batch mates, who are doing a notable job with the ‘Men In Blue’ of late, Munish Bali, the only level-III coach of Punjab, gets a chance to show his coaching skills with his appointment as an assistant coach with India’s under-19 world cup team.

Kuldeep clinches title
Chandigarh, January 28
The duo of Kuldeep Singh (Sky Hawk Times) and Shalini Gupta (The Indian Express) lifted the trophy in mixed doubles beating Saurabh Duggal (The Hindustan Times) and Priyanka Chopra (Dainik Bhaskar) 21-14, 21-7, in the Inter-Media Badminton Tournament held at the Sector-42, Sports Complex, here today.

Cross country trials today
Chandigarh, January 28
To select the athletic team, Amateur Athletics Association of Chandigarh, is going to conduct selection trials today at DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, at 11:30am.

CRIME

Phone, gold necklace stolen
Chandigarh, January 28
Matru, a resident of Mani Majra, reported that someone had stolen his phone, two bags containing clothes and gold necklace along with cash Rs 4,000 from his residence during the night intervening January 25 and 26.

BUSINESS

Roll back hike in steel prices, demands body
Chandigarh, January 28
The Chandigarh Industrial Fasteners Association has decried the sudden increase in price of steel and iron products by the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam and the Steel Authority of India. The prices of MS rounds and wire rods have gone up by Rs 2,500 per metric tonne.