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Admn ignoring us, Cong men to Rahul
Chandigarh, September 22
Perturbed over the alleged indifference of the Chandigarh administration, the local Congressmen today aired their grievances to AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi alleging that the ruling Congress was being treated as an opposition by the administration.

Rahul: Not averse to becoming PM
Interacts with students of Punjabi University
Patiala, September 22
All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi, on a three-day tour to the state, interacted with the students of the Punjabi University, here today.

Road show that never was 
People gathered to meet Cong leader return disappointed
Chandigarh, September 22
The Congress workers and people who had gathered in large numbers to meet AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi during the proposed road show at Hallo Majra were a dejected lot as most of them even failed to have a glimpse of him.
SITTING SMUG: AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi zips past Congress workers in Hallo Majra on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Gandhigiri by cops
Violate traffic rules, get gifts
Chandigarh, September 22
After failing to tame “indisciplined” city drivers, the traffic police now proposes to reward them for their violations.

A group of state award winners at a function organised by the Chandigarh education department at Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh, on Monday. Photo: S. Chandan

Son of transport officer held
Panchkula, September 22
The case of the gangrape of a 17-year-old girl has taken a new twist with the arrest of the son of an assistant district transport officer here today. The investigations bring shocking revelations that the victim was being raped since July last year by the accused. The victim, who was under depression due to her disturbed family circumstances, had come in contact with these youths and later when she refused to toe their line, they allegedly exploited her. They threatened her that they had prepared a CD of her and it would be distributed in public in case she did not oblige them.

Venugopal set to join tricity hospital
Chandigarh, September 22
In what may prove to be a boon to cardiac patients in the region, renowned cardiac surgeon and former director of AIIMS P Venugopal is all set to join a leading private hospital here. The hospital has various branches all over India. According to highly placed sources, Dr P Venugopal is likely to join in one of the leading multi-specialty hospitals in the tricity by the end of this week.

COMMUNITY

Ram Niwas likely to join today
Chandigarh, September 22
The union territory Chandigarh's long wait for its full-time home secretary is finally over. Ram Niwas, a Haryana-cadre IAS officer of the 1985 batch, is expected to take up his union territory assignment by tomorrow evening following the receipt of a communication from A.K. Singhel, director, Secretariat of the Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet, to the Haryana government and the union territory today.

PM to contest from city?
Chandigarh being dubbed as safe bet for Manmohan 
Chandigarh, September 22
With the city being dubbed as a “safe bet” for the Congress, the name of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is doing rounds from the Chandigarh Parliamentary constituency.

Gujarat MC team in city 
Chandigarh, September 22
A delegation from Bhavnagar municipal corporation, Gujarat, visited municipal corporation, Chandigarh today. The delegation comprised of five members, led by Kamal Dave, chairman road and building construction committee, Bhavnagar MC.

‘Change criteria for senior citizen status’
Mohali, September 22
Defence Accounts Pensioners Welfare Association has demanded that the PGI, Chandigarh, should treat persons above the age of 60 years as senior citizens, and not at the age of 70 as was being done by it at present.

Two trawlers collide, traffic hit
Panchkula, September 22
Traffic was disrupted on the National Highway No. 73 when two trawlers had a head-on collision near Nadha Sahib here yesterday night. The drivers of both vehicles were also injured critically.

Work skills competition begins
Chandigarh, September 22
There is only one benchmark for skilled workers and that is the world standard. It is mandatory for the industry to provide refresher training to its workers from time to time to ensure that they acquire internationally benchmarked skills.

Onam celebrated
Chandigarh, September 22
Onam, the biggest festival of Kerala, was celebrated yesterday by the Chandigarh Malayalee Association at Jat Bhawan in Chandigarh. Punjab cooperation minister Kanwaljit Singh was the chief guest at the function.

Punjab cooperation minister Kanwaljit Singh attends Onam celebrations in Chandigarh on Sunday. A Tribune photograph

2 run over by trains
Chandigarh, September 22
Two unidentified persons in their mid-twenties were crushed to death in two separate incidents on railway tracks in the city and Panchkula in the past 24 hours.

Letters
Curb indiscipline

EDUCATION

Admn steps in to solve MCM DAV row
Chandigarh, September 22
In yet another setback to MCM DAV principal Puneet Bedi’s efforts to resolve the ongoing controversy by allegedly “forcing” a compromise between the girls who clashed outside the college premises last week, the UT administration has decided to take things in its hands now.

DPI dons principal's role for a day
Chandigarh, September 22
Chandigarh’s high-profile and media savvy DPI S.K. Setia is at it again.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Visits school at Bassi Pathana 
Bassi Pathana/ Sirhind, September 22
On the first day of his tour to the state, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi today visited Bassi Public School at Bassi Pathana and interacted with children.

4 gamblers booked for beating up scribes
Rajpura, September 22
The police today booked four gamblers for beating up scribes of some language and electronic channels. The scribes had gone to take stock of the gambling going on in some parts of the city in the alleged connivance of some influential people of the area.

Unbundling of PSEB opposed
Patiala, September 22
Council of Junior Engineers of PSEB has opposed the state government’s proposed move to unbundle the board, and threatened to go on lightning strike in case the government went ahead with the move.

Traffic diverted, commuters harassed
Kharar/ Morinda, September 22
The maiden visit of AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi to the area left commuters harassed and Congress workers asking for more.

1 held with fake notes worth Rs 3.7 lakh 
Kharar, September 22
Rajwinder Singh, alias Titu, a resident of Ghumman Nagar, in Patiala was held today with Rs 3.70 lakh counterfeit currency near Sante Majra village on the Kharar-Banur road. This is a record seizure of fake currency in this part of the region.

COURTS

Fake gallantry certificates for admissions
High Court summons applications and documents
Chandigarh, September 22
Taking cognizance of the controversy generated over some armed forces personnel submitting false certificates to gain admission for their wards in engineering colleges under the gallantry awards quota, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has summoned the admission records.

Issue of graft in judiciary appalling: Chatterjee
Chandigarh, September 22
The cash at judge’s doorstep case has left Lok Sabha speaker Somnanth Chatterjee agonised. Describing it as a “tragedy”, the Speaker today said he was in “great agony” over the recent developments.


Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee with the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association members in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan 

Show-cause notice to newspaper 
Chandigarh, September 22
Issuing notice to Prem Kumar Gupta, who runs a local newspaper Bhrashttantra, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today asked him to show cause why contempt proceedings be not initiated against him for allegedly “lowering the authority of the judicial setup”.

ICICI Bank, Lombard told to pay Rs 50,000
Chandigarh, September 22
Holding ICICI Bank and ICICI Lombard General Insurance guilty of unfair trade practice, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed them to pay a sum of Rs 50,000 to a resident of Darua.

Bail denied to 2 financiers
Chandigarh, September 22
Additional district and sessions judge R.S. Attri has declined the anticipatory bail of financiers Sant Kumar and Hari Krishan keeping in view the “seriousness of their crime.” An FIR was registered against them 28 days back by city residents, who accused them of committing forgery.

CRIME

4 cyber cafe owners held
Chandigarh, September 22
The police has arrested four persons running cyber cafes from various parts of the city on the charges of not maintaining registers of Internet users at their cafes.

Man held with stolen car
Chandigarh, September 22
With the arrest of 25-year-old Sandeep Kumar, a Sector-23 resident, the local police today claimed to have worked out two cases of theft and recovered a stolen Maruti car and two motorcycles .

Tantrik dupes woman of Rs 16,000
Chandigarh, September 22
The police arrested a tantrik (faith healer) on the charges of duping a woman of Rs 16,000 on the pretext of eliminating obstacles in her marriage with his occult powers.





Tantrik Sartaj, co-accused in the case of duping a woman, being taken by the police at the Sector 22 police post in Chandigarh on Monday. A Tribune photo

Man found hanging from tree
Chandigarh, September 22
A 22-year-old man found hanging from a tree in phase I, Industrial Area, here, this morning. Though no suicide note was found, the police ruled out any foul play behind the death, terming it a suicide case.

SPORTS

Kabaddi match charms him 
Mohali, September 22
A popular rural sport, kabaddi, fascinated Rahul Gandhi, a scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family, who was in the city to launch a campaign to boost Youth Congress’ membership drive in the state.




Readying for political kabaddi: Rahul Gandhi watches a kabaddi match in Mohali on Monday, the first day of his three-day tour of Punjab. Tribune photo:Vicky Gharu 

Saurav Ganguly fails to impress crowd
Chandigarh, September 22
With his average knock of 33 runs in 59 balls and two wickets for 38, Saurav Ganguly could not live up to the expectations of the local crowd as well as his LIC team.





Ganguly gestures after throwing a no-ball delivery at PCA Stadium, Mohali, on Monday. A Tribune photo

Navika-Mehak win b’minton title
Chandigarh, September 22
Second seed Navika and Mehak Sood proved a better combination as they upset top-seed pair of Rahsmi and Shreya by 21-12, 21-13 in the girls under-16 doubles final of the 20th Yonex Chandigarh State Badminton Championship being conducted by the Chandigarh Badminton Club under the patronage of the Chandigarh Badminton Association at the Sector 42 Badminton Hall here today.

Chandigarh XI shock J&K Police by 5-1
Chandigarh, September 22
Showing scintillating performance hosts Chandigarh XI made it a one-sided match and thrashed J and K Police by 5-1 on the second day of the 38th S.N. Vohra’s Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament here today at Sports Complex, Sector 42.
A match in progress between Chandigarh XI and J&K Police during the 38th S.N. Vohra’s Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament at Sports Complex, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tiwari

GNPS beat Jalandhar team
Chandigarh, September 22
Guru Nanak Public School claimed an outright win over Sain Das Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar, by 8 wickets in the second semifinal match of the Boost Cricket Cup 2008-2009 to register their berth in the final, played at the GNPS, Sector 36, here.

SGGS College win 
Chandigarh, September 22
SGGS College, Chandigarh, won the Panjab University inter-college kabaddi (NS) men championship for the session 2008-09 here on Monday at the PU ground. DAV College, Chandigarh, Government College, Muktsar, and Panjab University bagged second, third and fourth positions, respectively.  — TNS