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DAV Sodomy Case
Hostel supdt victimised
Chandigarh November 6
In a alleged display of high-handedness the principal, DAV, Sector 8, not only transferred Vijay Jaiswal, hostel superintendent to Jharkhand for being a suspected whistleblower but also literally placed him under house arrest by locking him and his family inside the house.

Hostel superintendent Vijay Jaiswal with his family, after they were allegedly locked inside the house by school authorities on Thursday. Tribune photo Vicky Gharu

Clouds of uncertainty over Rs 4,100-crore Prideasia
Chandigarh,November 6
Clouds of uncertainty are hovering over Prideasia, the Rs 4,100 crore state-of-the-art luxury housing complex launched by the real estate major Parsavnath Developers Limited under public-private partnership with the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) in the IT Park here.

SOPU leader injured in assault outside VC’s house
Chandigarh, November 6
Lapses in Panjab University security once again came to fore when a group of unidentified youth attacked SOPU leader Brinder Dhillon right in front of the vice-chancellor’s residence. Dhillon had gone to invite the VC for a students cultural programme slated for tomorrow. 
An injured Brinder Dhillon, who received head injuries immediately after the attack. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan

To sir with lots of dough 
Chandigarh, November 6
The students of UILS (University Institute of legal Studies), Panjab University, not only collected a huge sum of Rs 50,000 for a lavish farewell party held today but also gave expensive gifts to the outgoing director, Prof R S Grewal.

Inter-faith ‘marriage’ creates bad faith
Chandigarh, November 6
An inter-faith ‘marriage’ turned sour when the 22-year-old Manoj was booked by local police on the charges of kidnapping an allegedly minor girl, whom he claimed to have married last month.

Manoj while going to lodge his complaint. The girl’s father Mohammad Ashraf, while demanding action against the alleged kidnappers of his daughter. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Tagore Theatre out of artistes’ reach
Chandigarh, November 6
A hefty increase in the rents of the renovated Tagore Theatre has left the artistic fraternity fuming sparking off allegations of giving a raw deal to art and culture against the Chandigarh Administration.


The maximum rent proposed for commercial events like film shootings have been pegged at Rs 50,000 for a day. Earlier, the maximum rent was Rs 15,000

COMMUNITY

Lack of Coordination
Rs 1 cr goes down the drain
MC asks GMADA to compensate the loss 
Mohali, November 6
What the municipal council makes, GMADA unmakes even as funds worth Rs 1 crore of the financially starved civic body has gone down the drain.
The central verge, developed by the municipal council, being dismantled by GMADA in Mohali. A Tribune photograph

Pollution: Portion of Hotel KC Cross Roads sealed 
Panchkula, November 6
Officials of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) sealed a plant and machinery unit of Hotel KC Cross Roads for not installing effluent treatment plant here today. Though the authorities did not take much time in removing these, the pantries, laundry, and the generator sets of the hotel were once again found running after lying idle for a few hours.
Officials of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board seal a pipe supplying gas to the pantry of Hotel K.C. Cross Roads in Panchkula on Thursday. A Tribune photograph.

Long-haul flights can be fatal, say experts
Chandigarh, November 6
“Ignorance of a Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), a vascular disease threatening almost all ‘high fliers’, can be fatal”, warns Dr KR Suresh, president of the Vascular Society of India and head of Jain Institute of Vascular Science, Bangalore, who was here today to attend the 15th annual conference of Vascular Society of India.

K.R. Suresh, president, Vascular Society of India, who was in Chandigarh to attend the 15th annual conference of the Vascular Society of India. A Tribune photograph

New sewerage pipeline causes nuisance in Sec 55
Chandigarh, November 6
Laying of new sewerage pipeline by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation authorities in Sector 55 is causing inconvenience to the residents of the Chandigarh Housing Board colony.





Roads dug out to lay sewerage pipeline at Sector 55 in Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph

Protest against MNS; memo submitted to Governor
Chandigarh, November 6
The Iqra Foundation of Minorities today protested against the discrimination of Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) against non-Maharashtrians. Members of the foundation assembled at the Sector 22 Nehru Park to underline the need for communal harmony.The divisive forces such as the MNS were playing havoc with the unity and integrity of the country in the name of the religious discrimination, speakers said.
Members of the Iqra Foundation protest against Raj Thackeray in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan

Roojam joins as rights panel member
Chandigarh, November 6 After serving as the president of district consumer disputes redressal forum, L.R. Roojam has joined as a member of the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) on November 3. While talking to The Tribune, he said, “There are a number of complaints of inaction by the police and with the awareness of people, such complaints are on the rise.

L.R. Roojam

Railway police fails to nab suspects
Chandigarh, November 6
Even after a lapse of 48 hours after Parshotam Chand, a railway employee, was bludgeoned to death by four labourers at the railway complex, here, the Government Railway Police has failed to nab the suspects.

Petition against commercial complexes
Chandigarh, November 6
In a petition filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a city resident has alleged the violation of municipal corporation bye-laws by some of the upcoming commercial complexes across the city.

JE repatriated from MC
Chandigarh, November 6
The municipal corporation Commissioner, Dr Roshan Sunkaria has ordered repatriation of Jitesh Sharma, junior engineer (JE) with the roads division-II, for dereliction of duties. He was on deputation with the corporation from PWD, Himachal Pradesh.

Harjinder is chairperson of Punjab Arts Council
Chandigarh, November 6
Former city mayor Harjinder Kaur has been unanimously elected as the chairperson of the Punjab Arts Council for the remaining term at the annual general body meeting of the council here today.

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EDUCATION

Nine auto-rickshaws ferrying school kids challaned
Carry more than allowed number of students
Mohali, November 6
The district transport officer (DTO), Mohali, today cracked its whip on the three-wheelers, which were illegally ferrying schoolchildren. At least nine three-wheelers were challaned for ferrying more than permitted number of children.


Balbir Singh, DTO, Mohali, challans an overloaded auto-rickshaw, ferrying schoolchildren, in Mohali on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

AIL to represent country in Stetson world moot court 
Mohali, November 6
A team from the Army Institute of Law (AIL), Mohali, will represent the country in the final of the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court competition being held at Florida.

DC, SSP fail to pacify students 
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 6
The students of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College today continued their strike against the alleged disrespect to Guru Granth Sahib by the college principal.

‘The Crucible’ unravels a feast of poetry
Chandigarh , November 6
“How shameless a creature is man abusing the nature as much as he can:” these lines summarising man’s reckless attitude towards nature in the most simple manner possible were taken from “Mournful Mankind” a poem by Varun Sayal a budding poet

A student recites a poem at the poetry reading session of a creative writing venture. A Tribune photograph

NEIGHBOURHOOD

MC chief’s poll takes dramatic turn 
Scribes denied entry; Sukhwant elected president
Kharar, November 6
Meeting called for electing a municipal council’s president took a dramatic turn today when mediapersons were denied entry into the hall on the pretext that the proceeding were being held in camera.



Mediapersons stage dharna outise the Kharar Municipal Council office on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

Man held for posing as minister’s son
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 6
A resident of Mandi Gobindgarh was arrested for impersonating as the son of irrigation minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon and making a call to Fatehgarh Sahib SSP Kaustubh Sharma.

New MC commissioner talks tough
Patiala, November 6
Harkesh Singh Sidhu, new municipal commissioner, said today that strict action would be taken against those indulging in illegal constructions.

Rape accused held, sent to juvenile home
Bassi Pathana, November 6
The Bassi Pathana police has arrested Maninder Singh (17), a resident of Lohari Kalan village, for allegedly raping a minor Dalit girl, a resident of Ganduan Kalan village, in connivance with his uncle Jagwinderjit Singh. The police produced him in the judicial court yesterday and the judge sends him to the juvenile home, Ludhiana, whereas his uncle is still at large.

Minister to lay stone of Bhalku museum
Kalka, November 6
The railways authorities are all set to celebrate the 150 years of the Kalka-Shimla rail line.

COURTS

Ravinder gets bail
Chandigarh, November 6
The CBI special court of Jagdeep Jain today granted bail to Ravinder Singh, accused in the cash-a- judge’s doorstep case. The court asked him to furnish bail bond of Rs 2 lakh.

CAT imposes Rs 10,000 fine on Railways staffer 
Says applicant wilfully made false proceedings
Chandigarh, November 6
In an unprecedented order, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Ashok Kumar, station superintendent, Chhan Arorian in Kathua district, for wilfully filing a frivolous application before the tribunal.

Immigration firm asked to pay Rs 2 lakh as compensation
Chandigarh, November 6
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Canadian 4UR Immigration Services to pay Rs 2 lakh compensation for harassing a resident of Mohali.

Share trading companies fleecing customers
Chandigarh, November 6
The companies involved in share trade business are also being dragged to the consumer courts for purchasing shares without the consent of the customer.

CRIME

Stolen mobile lands trickster in jail
Chandigarh, November 6
Mobile phone proved to a curse for Bhuvan Chander Pandey, who had been committing thefts in a number of houses in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula, for the past two years.

32 migrants rounded up, released
Chandigarh, November 6
Following serial blasts that rocked Assam on October 30, the Chandigarh Police, in coordination with the Punjab Police commandoes, today conducted a joint search operation in Mauli Jagran and rounded up 32 suspected persons.

PSHRC takes note of reports of minor’s gang rape
Chandigarh, November 6
The Punjab State Human Rights Commission has taken suo moto cognisance of newspaper reports about the gang rape of a minor girl on Diwali night in Kharar. The accused had allegedly assaulted and gagged the 15-yr-old before raping her at her home, stated the police.

SPORTS

Kahlon fires record 64 to be tied second
Chandigarh, November 6
Harmeet Kahlon and A.S. Lehal of Chandigarh set the Eagleton greens on fire as they carded course record scores of eight under par 64 to climb up the leader board to be tied second and ninth, respectively, at the midway stage of the Rs 20 lakh Toyoto Atlis Open PGTI event near Bangalore today.

Jeev ties 24th on first day of golf tour
Chandigarh, November 6
Jeev Milkha Singh began his quest for the HSBC Champions Asian Golf Tour event with a two under par 70 to be tied 24th on the opening day of the US $ 50 lakh prize money tournament on the par 72 greens of Sheshan International Golf Club at Shanghai in China today.

NPS boys and girls in finals 
Panchkula, November 6
Defending champions New Public School (NPS), Sector 18, Chandigarh, stormed into boys as well as girls finals of the fifth Emily Gosain Memorial Basketball Tournament being organised by St Xavier's School, Sector 21, on its premises here today.






Boys’ semi-final match in progress in the fifth Emily Gosain Memorial Basketball Tournament in Panchkula on Thursday. A Tribune photograph 

Tarrannum wins singles’ final
Chandigarh, November 6
Spirited top seed Tarrannum Handa staged a magnificent rally, after her opponent sixth seed C. Sai Samitha was virtually in a winning position having taken a 5-2 lead and two match points in her favour in the third and deciding set in the girls’ singles final of the Asian Junior Circuit Tennis Tournament at the Sector-10 Tennis Stadium here today.

Deepu wins Ladies' Golf Title
Chandigarh, November 6
Deepu Dhanoa clinched the Kingfisher Medal Round Ladies’ Golf Title for November in the gold and silver division carding a net score of 70 on the par 72 greens of Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

Gilly’s remarks hold no relevance: Atapattu
Panchkula, November 6
Reacting to the recent controversy over former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist’s remarks in his autobiography about Murlitharan’s bowling action, the Delhi Giants’ skipper Marvan Atapattu said, “Gilly’s comments don’t matter to us as it comes from an individual and not from some authority.”

Marvan Atapattu 

Spectators turn hooligans
Pass comments at Vincent 
Panchkula, November 6
“Security, security…” this is what an all-rounder Lou Vincent was shouting while fielding at the boundary during a match between Chandigarh Lions and Delhi Giants here yesterday at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Sector 3.