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Man dies in custody
* Residents vandalise police station, stone police bus
* Three mediapersons, cop hurt
* Inquiry ordered
Chandigarh, July 28
A 35-year-old man, Inderjit Singh of Ghora Colony, Colony No 4, died under mysterious circumstances while in the custody of the Industrial Area police here this evening. Following this the residents of the colony vandalised the police station and threw stones at police vehicles. In this melee three mediapersons and one commando were injured.

Residents of Colony No 4 protest in Industrial Area police station in Chandigarh on Monday; (inset) Inderjit Singh. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Dimpy murder case cracked
Rocky, aide held with US army pistol
Chandigarh, July 28
The police today solved the sensational blind murder case of “gangster” Prabhjinder Singh Dimpy with the recovery of .45 bore US Army pistol used in the killing from Jaswinder Singh Rocky, a prime suspect in the case. Dimpy was gunned down outside the Sukhana Lake Club on July 7, 2006, by two unidentified shooters riding a motorcycle.

Policemen take Amandeep Singh and Jaswinder Singh Rocky, prime accused in the Dimpy murder case, to the District Courts in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Rockey’s family has crime history
Chandigarh, July 28
Crime seems to run in the family of Rocky who was arrested in connection with the murder of Dimpy. Sources in the police said in early 2006, Rocky’s brother, Yadwinder Singh alias Romanjit Singh, a drug-addict, had allegedly shot his father, Mahinder Singh, following an altercation.

Yet another student loses life on road
Chandigarh, July 28
Three days after when a 14-year-old girl was killed in a road accident, another 19 year-old student was killed in a road accident while the pillion rider was seriously injured near Kishangarh, here this afternoon.

‘EU-India trade relations on high’ Chandigarh, July 28 A European business and technology centre will be established in New Delhi to take care of the market access issues pertaining to the European Union (EU) Market and give a fillip to bilateral trade. European Union's Ambassador to India Danie`le Smadja addresses industrialists at an interactive session on the Indo- European Union Economic Cooperation in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

COMMUNITY

Use of ‘unparliamentary’ language Oppn walks out of MC meeting Chandigarh, July 28 The opposition along with the nominated councillors staged a walkout from the municipal corporation House meeting today in protest against the "unparliamentary" language and "objectionable" references made by Congress councillor Ravinder Pal Singh Pali during the debate on the agenda.
Former mayor Harjinder Kaur points an accusing finger at mayor Pradeep Chhabra after a fracas at the MC House meet in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Officials ‘mislead’ councillors
Chandigarh, July 28
It seems that officials of the municipal corporation are good at ‘achieving’ the targets of development works in their files rather than on the floor. A number of councillors raised the issue at the House meeting today.

Admn gets panel for CITCO MD
Chandigarh, July 28
In a development that may sound music to the ears of the "officer-starved" Chandigarh administration, the Punjab government today sent a panel of three officers for appointment as the managing director of the Chandigarh Industrial Tourism and Development Corporation (CITCO).

UT buries move to up land rate
Chandigarh, July 28
UT farmers dream to turn crorepati overnight has been dashed to the ground by the administration. An ambitious proposal of the administration to enhance the land compensation rate up to the astronomical figure of Rs 1 crore has been given a silent burial by the UT’s top brass.

Weaker Sections Bansal pulls up banks over low-credit flow Chandigarh, July 28 Union minister of state for finance Pawan Bansal today pulled up banks in the city for failing to provide adequate finance under the priority sector lending. Expressing concern over the low-credit flow to weaker sections of the city, he asked all bankers to achieve the national goal of 10 per cent of total advances to the weaker section.

Pawan Bansal addresses bankers at the district review committee meeting of banks at UT Guest House in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune Photograph

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Beware of FraudulenT mails
Viral communication is not a communicable disease and has nothing to do with computer viruses. Computer users usually pass on (forward) messages to friends and acquaintances without caring whether the recipient is interested in it or not. Coupled with it is the viral marketing on the net.

City not on terror radar: IG
Chandigarh, July 28
If intelligence reports are to be believed, Chandigarhians can heave a sigh of relief as the city is still not on the radar of terrorists. IGP Shanti Jain said today that as of now there was no intelligence reports suggesting Chandigarh to be a possible target. However, he said all precautionary measures were in place.

Terror attacks a ‘cowardly act’
Chandigarh, July 28
The Iqra Foundation for Minorities and the United Progressive Muslim Front today condemned the bomb blasts, perpetrated in Bangalore and Ahmedabad.

Rules don’t matter for some cyber cafés
Chandigarh, July 28
While most of the cyber café owners in the city are complying with the police’s directive of not allowing access to their systems without a valid photo id card, there are a few operators for whom money still matters more than security.

State govt to spend Rs 20,000 cr on roads
Mohali, July 28
A sum of Rs 20,000 crore will be spent by the SAD-BJP combine to improve the condition of roads in the state, said Parminder Singh Dhindsa, PWD minister, here today.

Malba dump: Defaulters to pay the price
Mohali, July 28
The Mohali municipal council is gearing up to give a cleaner look to the town and those dumping malba outside their houses after carrying out construction activity beware! They will now have to pay a price for getting it removed.

GMADA sets up helpline for sanitation
Mohali, July 28
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has set up a 24-hour helpline to attend to complaints linked with sanitation work.

Kanwaria hurt in mishap
Panchkula, July 28
The local police has arrested a truck driver fleeing from the spot after hitting a kanwaria, injuring him seriously near Ramgarh here today. The injured has been identified as Anil Kumar of Marrhanwala village near Pinjore.

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EDUCATION

4 PU students allege bias, protest
Chandigarh, July 28 Four students of Punjabi department, Panjab University, supported by student leaders, today protested inside the department’s re-evaluation branch against the biased attitude of the authorities. Students of PU Punjabi department protest at the re-evaluation branch due to the “dictatorial attitude” of authorities in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

ABVP supporters protest against Bangalore and Ahemdabad serial bomb blasts in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

PU Notes
150 examined at heart check-up camp
Chandigarh, July 28
A free heart check-up camp was organised on PU campus by Gianwati-O.P. Jain Memorial Trust, Chandigarh.

Symposium on cancer stem cells concludes
Chandigarh, July 28
A symposium on cancer stem cells was concluded at PU here today. Five speakers from India and the US presented their work on different aspects of stem cells.

Course in disaster management
Chandigarh, July 28
The Centre for Defence and National Security Studies, Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, has introduced a three-month executive course in disaster management and security.

7 teachers recommended for National Teachers’ Award
Chandigarh, July 28
The Chandigarh education department has recommended the names of teachers for the coveted National Teachers’ Award 2007.

COURTS

HC’s sidetracking of main issue unjustified: SC
Chandigarh, July 28
The Supreme Court is apparently not pleased with the way the Punjab and Haryana High Court has handled a rent matter. A Division Bench has ruled that the high court, it appears, for reasons best known to it has sidetracked the main issue and disposed of the revision application, which was wholly unjustified.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Farmers protest in front of SDM’s office, Rajpura, to press their demands against acquiring of land for thermal plant at Nalas village on Monday. — Tribune photo by J.S. Virdi Despite laying of foundation stone of the administrative complex at Khamano nothing has been done to construct the building even after many years. — A Tribune photograph

Babla elected MC chief
Bassi Pathana, July 28
After two consecutive deferments and among unruly scenes, the councillors of Bassi Pathana finally elected the office bearers in a meeting held here today. Defying the dictates of party high command as well as of local MLA Didar Singh Bhatti, the councillors elected Kulbhushan Malhotra, alias Babla, SAD (B) councillor belonging to Lalli group, as their president and Ravinder Rinku as vice-president by majority votes.

MC chief, vice-chief assaulted
Supporters block traffic
Bassi Pathana, July 28
Kulbhushan Malhotra Babla and Ravinder Rinku, who were elected president and vice-president of Bassi Pathana municipal council, respectively, were allegedly attacked today and beaten up mercilessly by the opposite group, while they were going to temple to pay obeisance.

Sunny Enclave residents demand basic amenities
Kharar, July 28
Hundreds of residents of Sunny Enclave here are up in arms against the developer of the colony, Bajwa Developers. Demanding basic amenities, the area residents have served seven days’ ultimatum to the developer yesterday.

Lineman electrocuted
Kalka, July 28
A 42-year-old lineman was electrocuted to death today on National Highway-22, near General Post office here. The incident took place at around 7.30 pm when Bashir Khan, a casual lineman with the contractor of UHBVN, Kalka, along with his co-workers, Rana Sharma and Surjit, was busy in repairing work of a high tension wire on the electric pole.

SPORTS

Jeev climbs to 66th slot in world ranking
Chandigarh, July 28
Jeev Milkha Singh has climbed up the ladder to occupy the 66th slot in the official world golf rankings which have been updated after his triumph in the Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup of the Japan Golf Tour on Sunday.

Junior players deprived of sports facilities
Chandigarh, July 28
Chandigarh is not sporty enough for junior sportspersons. Even as the Chandigarh administration has been spending crores of rupees on setting up advance sports infrastructure here to facilitate the sportspersons, hard fact is that the junior players hardly get chance to use it.

Basketball: DAV emerge champ
Chandigarh, July 28
DAV Public School, Sector 8, emerged champion in the Inter-School Basketball Tournament (under-14 boys’), held at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, here, today. The team drubbed GNPS-36 by 31-12.

Table Tennis: AG West Bengal move into final
Chandigarh, July 28
Defending champions Accountant General West Bengal and North Zone champions Accountant General Uttar Pradesh moved into the finals of the team championship in the All-India Inter-Zonal IA and AD Table Tennis Tournament at Table Tennis Hall, Sector 23, here, today.

Joseph’s, DAV retain titles Chandigarh, July 28 Defending champions St Joseph’s School (A team), Sector 44, in girls section and DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 (A team) retained the titles this year also in the 5th Chandigarh Junior State Sepak Takraw Championship for Santosh Kumar Rana Trophy concluded at Mount Carmel School, Sector 47 here today.
A match in progress during the 5th Chandigarh Junior State Sepak Takraw Championship in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Independence Day Cup
CF Punjab register win
Chandigarh, July 28
Cricket Federation of Punjab snatched an exciting four-run victory over Cricket Federation of Chandigarh in the inaugural match of the first edition of Under-15 Independence Day Cup Cricket Tournament at The Banyan Tree School ground, Sector 48, here today.

T20: DAV beat APJ
Chandigarh, July 28
DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, beat APJ School, Kharar, by 21 runs in Vivek Trophy Under-13 Twenty20 Inter-School Cricket Tournament 2008 at Vivek High School, Sector 38, here, today.

Sunita chief of dodgeball panel Chandigarh, July 28 Sunita Nain, principal, Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 7, Panchkula, has been nominated as president and Dayanand as a general secretary of the Panchkula Dodgeball Association at a special general body meeting of Haryana. Sunita Nain

CRIME

Assault on lensman
Police fails to nab assailant
Mohali, July 28
The police has today failed to arrest the person who had allegedly assaulted The Tribune lensman Vicky Gharu in Phase VIII last evening. The police said a team was sent to Patiala to conduct a raid.

Two drug addicts held for snatchings
Chandigarh, July 28
The local police today arrested two youths, involved in several incidents of snatching, from a shop in Sector 23 here. The accused have been identified as Sunny Kumar, a resident of Sector 22 here, and Gurlal, a resident of Nayagaon.