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Mega projects blot on cityscape: MN Sharma
Wants Le Corbusier Foundation to intervene
Chandigarh, September 3
Intended to bring the city on the world tourism map, the mega projects of the Chandigarh Administration today came under fire by MN Sharma, former chief architect of Punjab state and Chandigarh and a close associate of city’s creator Le Corbusier, for allegedly "destroying the basic character and master plan" of the city.

Planning panel team to visit today
Chandigarh, September 3
The Chandigarh administration will utilise the two-day visit of senior adviser to Planning Commission Bhaskar Chatterjee, beginning tomorrow, to put forth its Rs 200-crore demand for various ongoing projects.

3,000 telephones go out of order
Chandigarh, September 3
Over 3,000 BSNL basic telephone lines of Sectors 45 and 46 did not ring up today due to snapping of BSNL cables by thieves last night.

BSNL move to curb theft
Plans to cement area around ducts
Chandigarh, September 3
The BSNL’s move to curb the incidents of increasing cable theft in the city by sealing the ducts does not seem to be paying the desired results. With thefts continuing unabated, the state owned telecom company is now planning to completely cement the area around the ducts, besides installing high-tech alarm systems to ward off cable thieves.

City adds 200 vehicles daily, but little change in roads
Chandigarh,September 3
Chandigarh is bursting at its seams, thanks to its increasing vehicles and shrinking roads. With at least 200 new vehicles getting registered here every day and the road network remaining more or less the same over the years, chaos is set to rule on the city roads in the years to come.

SUN ’N’ SHADE: A couple offers prayers on the concluding day of ‘Hari Talika’ festival at the Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. The festival is mainly observed in UP and Bihar. Tribune photo: Karam Singh

Sixth Pay Panel
No raise for UT staff, just yet
Chandigarh, September 3
While central government employees begin to draw higher salaries from this month, their counterparts in the UT administration will have to wait for some more time for “fatter” pay packets.

Judges’ Phone Tapping
HC seeks clarification within a fortnight 
Chandigarh, September 3
Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh have two weeks to inform the Punjab and Haryana High Court if the phones of the judges are being bugged.

COMMUNITY

GMADA Auction
500-sq yd plot sold for Rs 2.7 crore 
The auctions have registered a rise of Rs 7,200 per sq yd in the past three months 
Mohali, September 3
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority ( GMADA) earned a revenue of Rs 30. 41 crore at the auction of residential sites held here today.


Participants at the auction held by GMADA in Mohali on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

Ganesh Chaturthi celebrated
Panchkula, September 3
The newly formed socio-cultural organisation, Icon Panchkula, held a musical soiree as a part of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at the Pracheen Kali temple-20 here today. Rekha Ray a noted exponent of Rabindera sangeet commenced with an invocatory ‘Ganesh vandana’ and shlokas. She devoted numbers, including Guru Nanak's ‘Ram sumir eho tera kaaj hai’ before the devout audience. 

Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated with great fervour in Panchkula.

MC to give land for dog pound
Chandigarh, September 3
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) will provide the land allotted by the Chandigarh Administration to the People For Animal for the construction of a dog pound.

GMSH installs computed radiography system
Chandigarh, September 3
The Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, has installed a computed radiography system at an approximate cost of Rs 60 lakh.

Theatre fest opens with Habib Tanvir’s ‘Raj-Rakt’
Panchkula, September 3
The eight-day theatre festival got off to a grandiose start at the Indradhanush auditorium with the staging of Habib Tanvir’s play “Raj-Rakt” under the aegis of Naya Theatre group, Bhopal, here today. The event is brought to the city by the NCZCC, Allahabad, and Department of Information and Public Relations, Haryana.

“Raj-Rakt”, directed by Habib Tanvir, was performed as part of the National Drama Festival in Panchkula on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan

Nominations for disability award
Chandigarh, September 3
The city administration has recommended names for the national award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, 2006.

PhD guide accused  of harassment
Chandigarh , September 3
In perhaps one of the most shocking incident, a research scholar of Panjab University, has accused her PhD guide of harassing her. The matter pertains to the department of chemistry where the girl had recently joined under a UGC fellowship programme.

Crackdown on autorickshaws
Chandigarh, September 3
Taking a serious note of the nuisance being created by autorickshaw drivers on city roads, the local police has started cracking a whip on them by starting special drive against them.

246 challaned for encroachment
Chandigarh, September 3
The Chandigarh municipal corporation’s enforcement department launched a campaign to challan encroachers in the city today. They issued 246 challans in various Sectors of the city for encroachment on the corporation land.

Letters
Check drug abuse

EDUCATION

PU students’ polls likely on Sept 12
Chandigarh, September 3
After days of speculation, the Panjab University authorities have zeroed in on September 12 to hold the much-awaited Panjab University Campus Students’ Council elections. According to official sources, the date has been fixed after a series of meetings with students of various political outfits. However, a final announcement in this regard will be made tomorrow.

Poor Set-up
Students’ protest gets admn, principal at loggerheads
Chandigarh, September 3
What does it take to make the administration realise its duty? Protest slogans and strike. Students of GCG, Sector 42, had to cancel their classes and take to the streets to make authorities realise the need for proper infrastructure for BBA students. The college, currently housed in adult education building, is in a sorry state.

Students of Government College of Commerce and Business Administration, Sector 42, protest outside their college in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Students’ forum inaugurated
Chandigarh, September 3
An Indo Global IETE Students Forum was inaugurated by CSIO director Dr Pawan Kapur at Indo Global Colleges, Abhipur, near here, today.

Parents allege raw deal by Kundan school
Chandigarh, September 3
Kundan International School, Sector 46, faced the wrath of parents today who aggressively protested and raised slogans against the management for allegedly duping them of their money in the name of providing world-class education to students.

Exam Reappear
One more chance for class 8 students
Chandigarh, September 3
The Chandigarh Education Department has decided to give a third chance to the students of Class 8th who could not make it in the reappear exams held in  July 2008.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

A child offers prayer on the occasion of the first day of the holy month of Ramzan at a masjid in Ambala. Tribune photo: Kamal Sachar

Kalka-Pinjore bypass to boost real estate activity
Kalka, September 3
The completion of the 11-km Kalka-Pinjore bypass project, which will start around 400 metres from Pinjore Garden and join the national highway near Timber Trail in Parwanoo, will mean faster access to the plains and relief from bottlenecks on the NH-22 for local residents and tourists alike.

Additional meter security deposit irks consumers
Kalka, September 3
Resentment prevails among the electricity consumers in Kalka and its vicinity over the imposing of additional security deposit of meters installed in the rural and urban areas. They alleged that the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) department had put an extra financial burden on them.

Punjabi varsity to set up writers’ home
Patiala, September 3
The Punjabi University has planned to set up a special “Punjabi Writers Home” on the campus with the objective of propagating Punjabi language, art and culture with added vigour and zeal.

Dengue panic grips Rajpura residents
Rajpura, September 3
Panic gripped residents of Dalima Vihar after a suspected dengue case was reported from here today. Municipal council officials and safai karamcharis besides a team of doctors visited the area and took samples of 80 slides and also found five cases of mild fever.

CM promises grant for development
Bassi Pathana, September 3
A delegation of Bassi Pathana residents led by former minister R.S. Cheema and president of the municipal council Kulbhushan Malhotra  submitted a memorandum regarding the pitiable  condition of the town to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.

Assured of new post office building, residents put off dharna
Bassi Pathana, September 3
A delegation of officers led by assistant superintendent of posts today visited the town to persuade the residents not to organise the dharna, which they have planned for tomorrow, in front of the post office. The delegation assured them that the construction work of the new post office building would be started soon.

Man held with 930 gram cocaine
Kharar, September 3
SHO Kharar, Dalbir Singh, and his team seized 930 grams of cocaine from a Rajasthan resident  here today.

COURTS

High Court
PU’s MBA admissions under scanner
Chandigarh, September 3
The admissions to Panjab University’s MBA course in the university business school have come under the Punjab and Haryana High Court scanner.

Transport scam: CBI indicts Army officers, contractors
Chandigarh, September 3
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has indicted two officers from an Army transport company, including a colonel commanding the unit, and three civilian contractors for alleged irregularities in hiring vehicles for military use.

Locks of Ravinder’s houses to be opened
Chandigarh, September 3
The CBI Special Court today allowed the opening of locks of the two houses of Ravinder Singh Bhasin in the case of delivery of Rs 15 lakh at judge’s house.

CAT
Health dept told to reinstate supervisor
Chandigarh, September 3
Raising questions on the inquiry conducted by an officer of director health services (DHS), the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the DHS and the anti-malaria office to reinstate Dharam Pal Verma, a sanitary supervisor of the malaria wing.

Consumer Courts
Citibank penalised Rs 10,000
Chandigarh, September 3
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Citibank, Sector 9, to pay Rs 10,000 in compensation to a Mohali resident for not clearing dues against credit card despite payment of the outstanding amount.

Drug Seizure 
Judicial remand for DSP, ex-serviceman
Mohali, September 3
Haryana DSP and an ex-serviceman arrested by the police in connection with a drug racket were remanded in the judicial custody by a court here today.

SPORTS

Administrator's Cup
IFA drub opponents
Chandigarh, September 3
Indian Football Association (IFA) found an easy opponent in Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) as they registered a facile win over the latter by 12-1 in a group-D match today during the ongoing 6th Administrator's Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament for Under-17 at the Sector 42 football ground. The tournament is being organised by the Chandigarh sports department.

A match in progress during the ongoing 6th Administrator's Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament at the Sector 42 football ground on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Golf
Chandigarh’s Sandhu, Mundy joint third
Chandigarh, September 3
Ajeetesh Sandhu of Chandigarh fired a four under par 67 to occupy the tied third slot at the midway stage of the PGTI Players Championship on the par 71 greens of the Poona Golf Club in Pune today.

SGGS-26 lads kayaking champs
Chandigarh, September 3
SGGS College, Sector 26, won the Panjab University Inter-college Kayaking (men) Championship for the session 2008-09 with 39 points on the PU campus today.

CFA struggles to spot talent
Chandigarh, September 3
“Catch ’em young” is the mantra the Chandigarh Football Academy (CFA) believes in. Unlike other academies, they select students in the age group of 9-10 years and nurture them further for under-14 and 17 matches.

Badminton tourney from Sept 12
Chandigarh, September 3
The Mohali District Badminton Association has announced to hold the second Mohali District Badminton Championship from September 12 to 14 in Indoor Badminton Hall at the Punjab Health Systems Corporation, Phase VII, Mohali.

Katoch Shield
Rain turns saviour for Chandigarh team 
Chandigarh, September 3
Chandigarh District was saved by heavy shower after lunch when it was precariously placed at 125 for 7 chasing Zone-B’s total of 187 during Punjab State Inter District Senior Tournament for Katoch Shield held here today at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium.

Table soccer team returns
Chandigarh, September 3
The three-member Indian team that participated in the Table Soccer ITSF Pro Series Tour German Open held in Grosswallstadt on August 30 and 31 returned today.

Basketball probables selected
Chandigarh, September 3
The Chandigarh Basketball Association has selected probables to attend the coaching camp to be held from September 4 to 17 at New Public School-18. The selected team will represent Chandigarh in the 25th Youth National Basketball Championship to be held in Bhilai (Chhattisgarh).

CRIME

Tricity target of inter-state gangs
Chandigarh, September 3
The tricity seems to have become the latest target of organised inter-state gangs. The busting of two such gangs with arms and ammunition by the Chandigarh police within a span of 15 days is a pointer to the increasing crime in the area.

The three members of a gang of robbers who were arrested recently in Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph

Thieves strike at Sector 38 house
Chandigarh, September 3
Close on the heels of five incidents of thefts yesterday, thieves struck again in a Sector 38-A residence and looted Rs 12,000 cash and valuable articles, including three pairs of gold earrings, two gold rings, camera, passport, two artificial sets, two silver coins and other documents from the house.

Car stolen
Chandigarh, September 3
Sukhdeep Singh, a resident of Fatehgarh Sahib, complained to the police that someone had stolen his Maruti Car (PB-52-9394) during the night intervening August 29 and 30.

Husband booked for dowry death
Mohali, September 3
The police has booked a Phase III B-1 resident Surinder Singh in a dowry death case.