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IT Park-III
Acquisition rate Rs 27 lakh an acre
Chandigarh, March 6
If you happen to own land under acquisition for Phase III of Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park (RGCTP), prepare yourself for a rude shock.

Snatchers strike sans fear of cops
Chandigarh, March 6
Snatchers today targeted two women under the very nose of the police and decamped with the booty even as the policemen remained mute spectators to the two incidents.
Shushma Gupta informs a police officer about a snatching incident in Sector 29 on Thursday; and (right) Kanchan, another victim, enters her car after reporting the matter to the police in Sector 27. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan

Pay Rs 300 for wrong parking
Chandigarh, March 6
Be careful while parking your car or two-wheeler at paid parking lots. In a bid to instill civic sense, the MC has mooted a proposal to penalise people parking wrongly.

Labourer killed as cantilever collapses
Chandigarh, March 6
A 21-year-old labourer was killed when a cantilever of an under- construction house collapsed in Sector 56 here this afternoon. 
The police tries to remove the body of a labourer at Ambedkar Colony in Sector 56, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

COMMUNITY

49 participate in IOC dealers’ meet 
Chandigarh, March 6
Indian Oil Corporation today organised a dealers’ meet for dealers from Chandigarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir at Parwanoo. As many as 49 dealers participated in the meet.

Mohali airport: Rates proposed for acquisition
Mohali, March 6
The land acquisition collector here has calculated a rate of Rs 32-33 lakh per acre for the price of over 307 acres of land of village Jheorehri, which is to be acquired by the Punjab government for the International airport at Mohali.

Displaced, 2 villagers attempt suicide
Chandigarh, March 6
Two villagers attempted suicide in protest against the rehabilitation scheme of the Chandigarh administration here today. Eight-year-old Gurdev Singh of Bajwara village and 75-year-old Som Nath tried to hang themselves from a tree in Sector 63 here this afternoon. The police swung into action and prevented them from doing so. The police arrested the two after registering a case of attempt to suicide. They were later released on bail.

Gurdev Singh and Som Nath, who tried to hang themselves in protest against CHB’s rehabilitation policy in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan

Panchkula MC Poll
BJP announces first list of candidates
Panchkula, March 6
Opting to field new faces for majority of the seats, the BJP state unit today released the first list of 24 candidates for elections to Panchkula municipal committee scheduled to be held on March 30. State president of the party Atam Parkash Manchanda said names of candidates for the remaining seats would also be declared within a couple of days.

Mahashivratri celebrated with zeal
Panchkula, March 6
Around two lakh devotees paid obeisance at the Sri Shiv Mandir, Mahadevpur, Saketri, on the occasion of Mahashivratri, here today. In fact, devotees started thronging the temple on Wednesday night. As the doors of the ancient temple were thrown open at midnight, devotees poured in to offer milk and fruit to the deity. 

Devotees perform ‘parikrama’ of the Shivling on the occasion of Mahashivratri in Ambala on Thursday. Tribune photo: Kamal Sachar

Penalty for people draining water on roads
Panchkula, March 6
The local municipal committee has decided to come down heavily on people using roads as drains. From March 15 onwards, any offender would be served with challans and fined Rs 1,000. The amount of penalty would be doubled for the second challan of the same person and third time around the penalty would be Rs 5000.

Water pipe bursts during digging
Chandigarh, March 6
The alleged careless digging in Sector 30 by a private telecom operator for the installation of cables and the MC for widening the road led to the bursting of a pipeline today.

Letters
24-hour bars will cause nuisance

EDUCATION

‘Jhankaar-2008’ ends on high note
Chandigarh, March 6
The four-day youth festival ‘Jhankar-2008’ came to a colourful end with the winners being felicitated today by Prof R.C. Sobti, vice-chancellor of Panjab University, at a glittering ceremony. Prof Sobti who was the chief guest on the occasion, gave away prizes to the winners.

Winners of various competitions during Jhankaar-2008 with their prizes at the valedictory function at the PU on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

PU Notes
ICSSR sponsored seminar on March 18
Chandigarh, March 6
The department of Library and Information Science is organising ICSSR sponsored seminar on “Trends and Strategic Issues for Libraries in Global Information Society” on March 18-19.

6 months to go, PU warms up for senate polls
Chandigarh, March 6
Panjab University senate elections are no less than parliamentary elections if the campaigning in Panjab University is the deciding factor. Though the elections are still six months away but the canvassing is already on in full swing.

COURTS

Truck driver gets 10-yr jail 
Had mowed down 5 persons
Chandigarh, March 6
Just over five years after five members of a marriage party were crushed to death under the wheels of a truck, a division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held Ganesh, driver of the truck, guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304-II of the IPC and attempt to murder. He has been sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment.

CAT order on appointment ignored
Chandigarh, March 6
The son of Mohinder Singh, a government employee who died seven years ago, has still not got a job on compassionate grounds as per rules.

Graft case: Remand of accused extended
Mohali, March 6
A local court today extended the police remand of Harbans Singh, who was arrested by the vigilance bureau on March 3, by another day. Harbans is the personal assistant of Robin Gupta, a senior Punjab IAS officer serving as financial commissioner (appeals).

SPORTS

ICL gears up for extravaganza
Panchkula, March 6
The Indian Cricket League (ICL) officials promise to make the third edition of the league as glamorous as the inaugural edition at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 3, here.

Indo-Oz relations
Controversies are a part and parcel of the game. The cricketers should be thick-skinned and should not get distracted with such on-field tactics. Recent incidents would not make any negative effects on the relation of the two teams.

Dalbir Sahi clinches above-65 title
Dimple continues to lead in Chandigarh Ladies’ Golf
Chandigarh, March 6
Dalbir Sahi clinched the super senior special title for the above 65 finishing with a two-round card of 50 over par 194 on the second day of the Chandigarh Ladies Golf Championship on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

Aussies’ day out in 3-wheeler
Chandigarh, March 6
It was a joyride for Australian cricketers - Jason Gillespie and Mathew Elliot - when they preferred a jaunty three-wheeler to the luxury of a sedan and decided to get a whiff of the cool March air in Chandigarh.




Australian cricketers Jason Gillespie (right), Mathew Elliot (centre) and their trainer take a three-wheeler ride in Sector 11, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Lawn tennis tourney from March 21
Mohali, March 6
The Punjab State Master and Veteran Championship will be held from March 21 to 23 at State Institute of Health and Family Welfare Tennis Courts, Phase-VI, here today. The competition will be held in three categories- 35+, 45+ and 55+ in both singles and doubles events. Interested players may contact Harjit Singh, general secretary of MDLTA, for registering their entries before March 16.

Kabaddi meet from today
Chandigarh, March 6
The Chandigarh Amateur Circle Kabaddi Association will organise the 4th Chandigarh Open Circle Kabaddi Championship for both men and women on March 7 and March 8 at the Sector 17 Football stadium. The selected teams will participate in the 20th Senior National Circle Kabaddi Championship to be held at Chandigarh.

HEALTH

Patient rush goes up at GMCH
Chandigarh, March 6
Rush at the PGI seems to have worked in favour of government hospitals in the city. This coupled with augmentation of facilities is drawing patients to these hospitals.

CRIME

In-laws arrested in suicide case
Chandigarh, March 6
The police today arrested the in-laws of Rupa who allegedly committed suicide yesterday.

Toddler killed in accident
Chandigarh, March 6
A one-and-a-half-year-old girl died after being hit by a jeep in the Industrial Area, Phase II, here this evening.

14 vehicles recovered from two UP men
Chandigarh, March 6
The police has recovered 14 vehicles, including three cars and five motorcycles, with the arrest of two residents of UP.

CULTURE

22 budding writers get tips
Chandigarh, March 6
A three-day workshop on creative writing and Urdu literature organised by the Haryana Urdu Akademy, in association with the Government Girls’ College, Sector 14, concluded on the college campus here yesterday. As many as 22 budding writers were imparted elementary knowledge and finer nuances of writing poems, ghazal, nazam, afsana and other genres by a panel of experts.