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Teachers' Recruitment
Two arrested in cash-for-job scam
Chandigarh, September 6
The Chandigarh police yesterday blew the lid off a cash-for-job scam for teachers' recruitment in the UT Education Department with the arrest of two persons. Acting on a tip-off, a vigilance team arrested Jolly, a resident of Sector 7-B here, from Cafe Coffee Day in Sector 35 for promising teacher's job to Kamalpreet Kaur in return for an amount of Rs 4 lakh.

The accused in the police custody in Chandigarh on Sunday. A Tribune photograph

NCB Zonal Director nabbed taking bribe of Rs 2 lakh
Chandigarh, September 6
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) continues to be in the news for wrong reasons. A few months after Saji Mohan, a former Zonal Director of the NCB, was arrested in a drug-peddling case, the CBI today caught his successor, SK Sekhri, Zonal Director of the NCB, red-handed, while accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a Baddi-based industrialist at New Delhi.

Selection of Lecturers 
PU Syndicate amends criteria
Chandigarh, September 6
Clearing the National Eligibility Exam (NET) conducted by the UGC has now become mandatory for the candidates to apply for the post of lecturer in Panjab University and all affiliated colleges. Implementing the fresh guidelines issued by the UGC for lecturership, the PU Syndicate today decided to amend the criteria for the selection of lecturers.

Scribe assault case: Bajwa granted bail
Kharar, September 6
The owner of Bajwa Developer, Jarnail Singh Bajwa, was today granted bail at Kharar after being arrested on Saturday night for assaulting a Tribune journalist.

Colony a den of crime
Sec-46 man also Bajwa’s victim

High drama after shrine board CEO-priest clash
Board SDE booked
Panchkula, September 6
A high drama was witnessed at the Mansa Devi temple here after a scuffle between the CEO of the Shrine Board, DP Dattana, and a priest, Inderjeet.

COMMUNITY

Navodaya teachers protest
Chandigarh, September 6
Members of the Joint Action Committee of Employees Association/Forum of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti yesterday observed Teacher’s Day as black day for an inordinate delay in the acceptance of their demands.

Doc suspected with swine flu
Chandigarh, September 6
More swine flu cases have surfaced in the tricity with a doctor, working with a private hospital in Mohali being suspected with the disease.

Seminar on ‘Chandigarh: The future city’
Chandigarh, September 6
A3 Foundation, a foundation for research and promotion of sustainable art and architecture, today organised a seminar on “Chandigarh: The future city”, at the Government Museum and Art Gallery auditorium.


Delegates attend seminar at Sector 10 in Chandigarh on Sunday. A Tribune photograph

City-Delhi-city tour in just Rs 135?
Chandigarh, September 6
Can you make a to-and-fro trip to New Delhi for a meagre Rs 135? The answer may be no, yet the chairman of the Chandigarh Housing Board(CHB) has performed this feat, reveals a reply sought under the RTI Act.

HDFC Bank told to refund Rs 5,618
Chandigarh, September 6
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the HDFC Bank to refund Rs 5,618 to a complainant for deficiency in service.

Dr Radhakrishnan remembered
Chandigarh, September 6
As a mark of respect to Dr. Sarvpalli Radhakrishnan and to maintain Guru Shishya Parampara alive, September 6, 2009 was celebrated as ‘Guru Pratibha Day’ by KBDAV-7, at Tagore Theatre, Sector-18.


Members of Lotus House of KBDAV after winning the trophy during Guru Pratibha Day at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Sunday. A Tribune photograph

Parminder aspires to be next Sania Mirza
Chandigarh, September 6
Having a tall stature of 5 feet 9 inches, Parminder Kaur, a 14-year-old tennis prodigy, have the spunk to outdo her rivals at the battlefield.

Brar an able administrator: Rodrigues
Chandigarh, September 6
Punjab Governor and UT Administrator SF Rodrigues expressed profound grief over the demise of Harcharan Singh Brar, former Chief Minister, Punjab, and former Governor of Haryana, who died here today.

Senior Citizens’ Day celebrated
Chandigrah, September 6
The Senior Citizens Welfare Association, Modern Housing Complex, Mani Majra, in collaboration with the Chandigarh Senior Citizens Association organised a function to celebrate the Senior Citizens’ Day at DC Montessori Smart School, MHC, Mani Majra, here today.

Cultural programme enthrals audience
Chandigarh, September 6
About 50 student artistes presented a captivating cultural programme under the aegis of Swar Saptak Society at the Randhawa Auditorium of Punjab Kala Bhavan yesterday.

Money and arrogance
On September 4, I received an SMS message from a very senior IPS officer. Presuming it to be either a tip off for a story or a complaint about a news report published in the paper, I casually opened it and was slightly taken aback with the wordings of the message.

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EDUCATION

School for dyslexics faces closure
Chandigarh, September 6
Despite repeated promises of the UT education department, the delay in issuing the “extension letter” to a special resource centre for dyslexic students at the GMSSS, Sector 8, has compelled the latter to discontinue its partnership with the administration.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

NTAS artiste awarded Rs 5,000
Patiala September 6
State’s two prominent art loving personalities Swaran Singh, general secretary, Aarhti Association, Punjab, and Avtar Singh Arora, chairman and MD Hotel Narain Continental and Narain Educational Institutions, Patiala, gave cash awards and certificates to 20 participants of the annual theatre workshop of the National Theatre Arts Society (NTAS), Patiala, here.

Talent hunt at college
Kharar, September 6
Rayat-Bahra College for Women has organised a talent hunt, prelims for the upcoming youth festival-cum-fresher party named as Razzmatazz-09.

Double Murder Case
Nishan sent to police custody
Ambala, September 6
Nishan Singh, the key accused in the double murder of Ritu and Ramesh, was remanded to a four-day police custody by the Judicial Magistrate, Ambala Cantt, on Saturday.

SBoP launches new home loan schemes
Patiala, September 6
To address the customer’s need for home loan at affordable rate, the State Bank of Patiala has come out with a festival bonanza and has introduced three new home loan schemes on liberal terms and conditions from September 1 to November 30.

40 cases of diarrhoea come to light
Bassi Pathana, September 6
A majority of the residents of nearby Badali Mai Ki and Timberpur villages have been affected by diarrhoea due to contamination of drinking water being supplied through overhead water tank.

Truck carrying chemical catches fire
Dera Bassi, September 6
A major tragedy was averted when a canter loaded with a chemical caught fire at a populated locality in Trivedi Camp, Dera Bassi, late on Saturday night.

DS Bhullar medical assn chief
Patiala, September 6
The Punjab Civil Medical Services Association of Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, in its general body meeting, unanimously elected its new office-bearers.

Quiz on ‘Bharat Ko Jano’
Bassi Pathana, September 6
The local branch of the Bharat Vikas Parishad organised a quiz competition "Bharat Ko Jano" here today. Hundreds of students belonging to various schools participated in the quiz competition.

COURTS

HC seeks info on juvenile boards’ proceedings
Chandigarh, September 6
The Punjab and Haryana High Court wants to know from the principal magistrates in the two states whether proceedings of the Juvenile Justice Boards were being conducted regularly and if all the members were attending it.

CRIME

Two held for drinking at public place
Chandigarh, September 6
Two residents of Sector 29, Kamal Kumar and Ashwani Kumar, have been arrested for allegedly consuming liquor at a public place from near the Sector 22 bus stop, on Friday. A case under Sections 68/1/14 of the Excise Act has been registered at the Sector 17 police station. Both accused were released on bail later on.

Body found in Zirakpur
Zirakpur, September 6
An unidentified body of a man in mid-30s was found near Dashmesh Nagar at Bishanpura village here this morning. According to the police, they got the information around 9.30 am that a body of a man had been lying near Dashmesh Nagar.

Three vehicles stolen
Mohali, September 6
Three vehicles, including two motorcycles, have been stolen from various parts of the town. Harpreet Singh, a resident of Sector 70, reported to the police that he had parked his motorcycle (PB-65-F-4724) outside Phase 3B2 park, but on return found it missing.

SPORTS

Security lapse at PCA Stadium
Mohali, September 6
Security arrangements for the ongoing BCCI Corporate Cup at the PCA Stadium particularly at the terrace block have come under a cloud in the backdrop of inadequate security arrangements. Though security persons were deployed at gate No 1-C to check unlawful activities, no metal detector or any special checks were conducted during the semi-final match of the BCCI Corporate Cup here today.

Security persons deployed at the PCA Stadium check only the tickets, with no arrangement for the metal detector. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik

Power failure delays match by 30 minutes
Mohali, September 6
The second semifinal of the BCCI Corporate Cup played between Air India-Blue and Tata Sports Club at the PCA Stadium was delayed for about 30 minutes due to power failure here this evening.



A blackout at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Sunday. A Tribune photograph

Punjab Red defeat Punjab Yellow
Chandigarh, September 6
In the ongoing emerging players tournament for Umesh Kumar Trophy, the Punjab Red defeated the Punjab Yellow by 50 runs in the four-day match played at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium here today.

City lad 11th in PGTI rankings
Chandigarh, September 6
Ranjit Singh of Chandigarh climbed up the ladder to occupy the 11th slot in the Professional Golf Tour of India Order of Merit finishing second in the Global Green Bangalore Open yesterday.

Daman and Diu tame Indian Tigers
Chandigarh, September 6
On the sixth day of the ongoing 7th Administrator’s Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament (U-17 Boys), Daman and Diu players thrashed Indian Tigers, Mumbai, by 2-0 in the first match of the day played at the Sports Complex, Sector 42, here today.

Boost Cricket Cup
St Stephen’s, Guru Nanak for title clash
Chandigarh, September 6
St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, will face Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, in the final of the 50-over Boost Cricket Cup for Under-16 to be held on GNPS ground tomorrow.

Cricket academy for Barwala soon
Panchkula, September 6
The Haryana Cricket Association (HCA) today has decided to develop a state-level cricket academy at JNR Institute of Cricket Technology, Barwala, to promote cricket in the state from the grassroots level.

Panchkula coaching centre enter final
Panchkula, September 6
The District Panchkula Cricket Coaching Centre thrashed Bhawan Blaster Cricket Academy by nine wickets.