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SOPU-INSO alliance wins all 4 seats
Chandigarh, September 4
The SOPU-INSO coalition swept the Panjab University student council elections today, grabbing all four seats of the council. Amit Bhatia of SOPU will head the council this year.


Amit Bhatia of SOPU, who was elected president of the student council, with supporters at the PU, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Rage, violence follow
Chandigarh, September 4
The student electoral process that began with big promises and “larger than life” manifestos today ended in rage and violence at several colleges soon after the voting ended this afternoon.



The SHO of the Industrial Area police station comes to the rescue of a policeman being beaten up by a student outside SD College in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Ranchi IGP duped of Rs 20 lakh
Panchkula, September 4
The police booked three persons for duping an IGP of Rs 20 lakh here today.

Teacher’s Day awards run into controversy
Chandigarh, September 4
Controversy surrounds the names of teachers, principals and other employees selected by the UT education department to be given the state award on Teacher’s Day, with the teachers’ union questioning the criteria of selection of non-teaching staff.

COMMUNITY

MC undertakes cleanup drive
Chandigarh, September 4
The municipal corporation in its biggest cleanup drive under partnership initiative programme at Mani Majra and adjoining areas demolished an abandoned NAC building. Under the drive, all departments of the corporation take up works pertaining to their jurisdiction in the area and give it a facelift.

Demolition of NAC building under way at Mani Majra during a cleanup drive by the municipal corporation in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Now, tourist info centre at Capitol Complex
Chandigarh, September 4
With a view to facilitating the growing number of tourists, especially foreigners, the Chandigarh administration has decided to open a tourist information centre at the Capitol Complex.

Bilingual theatrical bonanza at Tagore Theatre
Chandigarh, September 4
“Shabad Guru in its divine form of Guru Granth Sahib is supreme and God along with His creative energies is all pervading in his creations. Chanting the sacred shabad and following the path of piety and purity enshrined in Gurbani will ensure attaining of salvation,” was the didactic intent of the light and sound theatrical production, “Guru Manyo Granth”, presented at the Tagore Theatre here today.

GIRL POWER: Children of ‘Uchhai’, a school for slum children run by the Inner Wheel (Main) Ladies Club, take out a procession against female foeticide in Chandigarh on Friday. A Tribune photograph

Auto dealers to be authorised for registration of new vehicles
Mohali, September 4
To save residents from the hassle of queuing up for registration of new vehicles, Mohali would be the among the Punjab cities where the state transport department is all set to introduce the facility of allowing vehicle dealers to issue registration numbers of automobiles.

e-Revolution
Software Exports
Rs 5,000 cr turnover in tricity by 2020
Chandigarh, September 4
The two-day IT conclave — eRevolution-2009 — which concluded here today forecast a turnover of at least Rs 5,000 crore by 2020 in software exports from the tricity. Besides, it also hoped that nearly 14 million jobs would be created in the IT sector by 2020.

Tribunal quashes court martial proceedings against Lt-Gen
Chandigarh, September 4
Disposing-off one of the first major cases that came up before it, the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has quashed the court martial proceedings against a Lieutenant-General. It was for the first time that an officer of the rank of Lieutenant-General was facing a court martial for corruption.

Three cops suspended for dereliction of duty
Chandigarh, September 4
The Chandigarh traffic police placed under suspension three policemen for letting a vehicle with registration plate violation off the hook without initiating any action against the offender.

Swine Flu
2 more test positive
Chandigarh, September 4
Two more confirmed cases of swine flu were reported at the Government Medical College and Hospital today, taking the number of such patients to 20. A total of 186 patient samples have been taken in the city till now.

Plans drawn for Senior Citizens’ Day
Chandigarh, September 4
The Chandigarh Senior Citizens’ Association has drawn up elaborate plans for September in the run-up to Senior Citizens’ Day which falls on October 1.

Dharna by govt, MC employees
Chandigarh, September 4 The coordination committee of the government and municipal corporation employees and workers, UT, staged a dharna in front of the DC’s office in Sector 17 today.

ISKCON celebrates ‘World Holy Names Week’
Chandigarh, September 4
Celebrating “World Holy Names Week” the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Chandigarh, organised a maha maha sankirtan programme at Sector 17 here today. A large number of devotees had participated in the programme, said Nand Maharaj Das, president, local unit.

Devotees of ISKCON take out a procession on the World Holy Names Week at Sector 17 in CHandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Drive to enforce ban on polythene bags
Chandigarh, September 4
To enforce the ban on polythene bags, a drive was conducted in Sectors 35, 42, 43, 44 and the apni mandi in Sector 46 here today. During the course of the checking, 80 kg polythene material was seized from shops in sector markets and the apni mandi. The drive was conducted under the orders of the Deputy Commissioner by the enforcement staff led by Prerna Puri, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (South), and Ashok Kumar, Assistant Commissioner (under training) and nodal officer for polythene ban enforcement.

Rains deepen potholes
Mohali, September 4
One of the busy roads connecting Mohali with the Chandigarh-Kharar highway at Balongi is crying for attention.

EDUCATION

Down but not out
Chandigarh, September 4
The polling results in the Panjab University today on one side brought cheers in the winner SOPU camp while on the other hand disappointment swept the opposition camps.

College councils at a glance
Chandigarh, September 4
Colleges are all set with their new student councils in place that will be functional this academic year.

Dept representatives elected
Chandigarh, September 4
Students of nearly 48 departments at Panjab University voted today to elect new department representatives (DR). A clear majority of SOPU party candidates in major departments of PU was the chief contributing factor in success of the SOPU-INSO alliance in the PUCSC election. The PUSU party candidates visibly ruled the science departments of PU but the departments with maximum student strength witnessed the emergence of SOPU candidates as winners.

PU still not ready for woman president
Chandigarh, September 4
Election results today at the Panjab University reveal an ugly truth that it is nowhere close to being ready for a woman president.

SOPU claims evening studies
Chandigarh, September 4
The SOPU party panel emerged as the clear winner in the separate elections of the evening study department council.

State Awards
Inclusion of non-teaching staff
Teachers’ union meets DPI
Chandigarh, September 4
While the UT Administration is all geared up to present awards and commendation certificates to its “chosen” set of teaching and non-teaching employees tomorrow, the controversy surrounding the awardees refuses to die down.

NIPER faculty bats for green chemistry
Mohali, September 4
Prof Asit K Chakraborti, Head of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) and a PhD scholar, Sudipta Raha Roy, have come out with lead in the use of ionic liquids as organo-catalysts.

Prof Asit K Chakraborti

Teacher’s Day celebrated
Mohali, September 4
Chandigarh-based Aryans Group of Institutes (AGOI) today celebrated Teacher’s Day with fervour and reverence on the college campus. A tribute was paid to Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan through a debate.

Classes X, XII toppers to be honoured
Panchkula, September 4
In order to encourage students and teachers from various schools of the region on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, the Fort Ramgarh Institute of Hotel Management has decided to honour the students, who scored top positions in the classes X and XII examinations at Fort Ramgarh Hotel near here tomorrow.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

14 trucks impounded for evading sales tax
Kharar, September 4
The IRB-I battalion of the excise police today caught 14 trucks, running from Delhi to Mandi Gobindgarh, for evading sales tax. A special team constituted under the battalion commandant, Mandeep Singh Sidhu, including DSP Gurcharan Singh and two gunmen, put up a naka near Majat police post around 2 am today.

Body found near railway track
Dera Bassi, September 4
The body of an unidentified person in his mid-thirties was found near the railway track behind Sri Sukhmani Engineering College, Dera Bassi, today.

Cop gives abductors the slip
Kharar, September 4
Head constable Raghubir Singh, posted with IRB-I battalion of the excise police, was kidnapped by four men in a truck last night.

Pay scales: JEs stage dharna
Patiala, September 4
Members of the Council of Junior Engineers (JEs) of the Punjab State Electricity Board from different parts of the state staged a dharna in front of the PSEB head office on the Mall here today.

Promotion of Punjabi
Student offers to donate land
Banur, September 4
Upset over the lackadaisical attitude of officials at Punjabi University, Patiala, Balkar Singh, a resident of Kaithal, who has come to learn Punjabi language in the university offered to donate three acres of his land to promote Punjabi today.

Recovery of boy
Parents traced to Kuranwala village
Dera Bassi, September 4
After the appearance of news about the recovery of a missing child, Ritik, a three-and-a-half-year-old boy, who was found at the Panipat railway station six days ago, in media, his parents have now been traced to Kuranwala village here.

Five acquitted in murder case
Ropar, September 4
Five people were acquitted today in the case of murder of a youth from Rattangarh village of Morinda on May 6 last year.

2 bikers killed while dodging potholes
Bassi Pathana, September 4
Two youths were killed in an accident while dodging potholes on the Bassi Pathana-Chandigarh road this morning. The deceased, identified as Karamjit Singh (30), a resident of Balahri Khurd village, and Avtar Singh (28), a resident of Boran village, were coming from Morinda side on a motorcycle and going towards their native villages.

IT dept attaches house of tax defaulter
Patiala, August 4
The income tax authorities arrested Lakhwinder Singh from Patran in Patiala district on Wednesday for defaulting in the payment of tax.

Workshop ends
Banur, September 4
Mission 10X, a five-day workshop by Wipro in collaboration with Dale Carnegie Training and Cambridge certificate programme concluded at Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Tangori.

Labourer electrocuted
Bassi Pathana, September 4
Due to short-circuit, a labourer working in field died at Hussainpur village last morning.

COURTS

Consumer Forum
ICICI Home Finance penalised
Chandigarh, September 4
The district consumer disputes and redressal forum has directed ICICI Home Finance to pay a compensation of Rs 50,000 to a complainant and also refund the money if it had been charged as pre-payment during the pendency of the complaint.

Kidnapping accused acquitted after 9 years
Panchkula, September 4
Following a long litigation of nine years, Kashmir Singh, the last accused of kidnapping a 17-year-old student of DAV School, was acquitted by the court here today. Four others — Lakhwant Singh, a resident of Kurukshetra and Hajara Singh from Kaithal, Balwant and Manjeet from Pehowa — had already been released in September, 2004.

Bail plea rejected in cheating case
Chandigarh, September 4
A local court today dismissed the bail application of an alleged accused in a cheating case involving transfer of showroom of an NRI on a forged GPA.

IT official gets 2-yr jail for graft
Chandigarh, September 4
The CBI special court today sentenced Shanti Lal, an income tax official, who was convicted in a corruption case yesterday to two years of imprisonment.

CRIME

Retired SP ‘assaults’ wife
Mohali, September 4
The wife of a retired superintendent of police, Mohali, Harjinder Singh Sidhu, has accused the latter of beating her up after she reached her Phase IX residence here on returning from the USA on September 1.

Husband of ‘suicide’ victim arrested
Panchkula, September 4
The police has arrested husband of Tina, who allegedly committed suicide in her Sector 20 residence here yesterday, following the family of the victim alleging that her husband Sarabjot Singh was harassing her for dowry. The police had registered a case under Section 306 of the IPC.

Two held for stealing jeep
Chandigarh, September 4
The police arrested two persons with a stolen vehicle on Thursday. The police said Avtar Singh of Khuda Ali Sher had reported that Surjit Singh of Moga and Jasbir Singh of Ferozepur had stolen his Mahindra Bolero (CH-03-P-0057). The police conducted a raid and arrested the accused with the jeep. They had allegedly pasted a fake registration number (HR-23-C-7998) on the jeep. A case has been registered.

BA student commits suicide
Chandigarh, September 4
Laxmi, a BA part II student of a private local college, was found hanging at her Sector 29 residence here today. Though the police recovered a suicide note, citing depression as the reason behind the step, the investigators said the note held no one responsible for it.

SPORTS

Football Tourney
St Stephen’s dominate
Chandigarh, September 4
St Stephen’s School strengthened their chances to claim the KC Trophy after upsetting defending champions of Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, (3-0) in a super league match of Chandigarh Sub-Junior Girls State Football Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Football Association at St Stephen's School, Sector 45, here today.

Challenge Cup
Rurka Kalan trounce Cantonment Board
Chandigarh, September 4
On the fourth day of ongoing 7th Administrator’s Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament (U-17 Boys), Rurka Kalan Football Academy thrashed Cantonment Board, Jalandhar, (8-0) at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here today.



Players in action during a game at the Sector 17 Football Stadium in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Little Flower beat GSSS-20
Panchkula, September 4
Little Flower Convent School, Sector 14, defeated Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, by seven wickets in the final Under-14 Cricket Match for Inter-School District Tournament, yesterday.

Double delight for Sahibpreet
Chandigarh, September 4
Sahibpreet Kaur, a class VIII student of Saupin’s School, brought laurels to the school by winning one gold and two silver medals in Chandigarh Open Swimming Competition held at Sector 23, yesterday.

Holy Child down KCA
Chandigarh, September 4
Holy Child School, Morni, defeated Kundan Cricket Academy by 9 runs in the Under-14 T20 Cricket Tournament played at Kundan Cricket Academy, Sector 46, here today.

Umesh Kumar Trophy
Punjab Blue amass 340 runs on day 2
Mohali, September 4
On the second day of the match played between Punjab Blue and Punjab Green, Punjab Blue continuing from 174 for 2 went on to score 340 for 9 in 163 overs during the Emerging Players Tournament for Umesh Kumar Trophy.

St Stephen’s emerge winners
Chandigarh, September 4
St Stephen’s School beat St Anne’s School by 17 runs during the Inter-School Under-16 Cricket Tournament for the PCA Boost Cup here today.

Paragon school record victory
Mohali, September 4
In the match played between Paragon Public School and Shemrock Public School for the Boost Cup, Shemrock Public School won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 140 runs in 35 overs.

DAV College win tennis tourney
Chandigarh, September 4
DAV College, Sector 10, won the Panjab University Inter-College Tennis Women Tournament by defeating PU Campus (2-1) held on the PU grounds yesterday.