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Cash-for-Job Scam
DPI (Schools) faces questionnaire today
Cops start seizing Education Dept’s record
Chandigarh, September 10
DPI (S) Samwartak Singh will join the ongoing investigation in cash-for-jobs scam with the UT police as it will serve him a questionnaire tomorrow. Moving a step further from “informal” talks, the police will now question the DPI in written and demand answers to about 25 questions which, according to sources, pertain to his involvement at each step of recruitment and his interactions and meetings with accused Jolly.

Pilots’ Stir - Day 3
Passengers suffer Jet-lag
Chandigarh, September 10
As the strike by the Jet Airways pilots entered its third day today, air passengers continued to suffer, with none of the Jet Airways flights either taking off or landing here. Both Jet Airways flights from Chandigarh to Delhi and Bombay and back did not take off today.

Ground staff’s plea to pilots
Chandigarh, September 10
“Yesterday, a passenger’s wife expired in Guwahati and we couldn’t fly him to Delhi because of this strike. It was only later that road travel arrangements were made and he was accommodated on another flight from Delhi,” said Mansi Tejpal, a ground staffer with Jet Airways.

Order on urban properties creates confusion
Mohali, September 10
Infamous for creating confusion by issuing ambiguous orders, the Punjab Government babus are at it again. This time, the babus, in an effort to plug the leakage of revenue during the registration of urban properties, have not only created scare but also confusion among the general public.

COMMUNITY

Ex-servicemen can transform society: Rodrigues
Chandigarh, September 10
Presiding over the first meeting of the Governor’s Core Advisory and Monitoring Committee (GCAMC) at the Punjab Raj Bhavan here today, Punjab Governor and UT Administrator SF Rodrigues called upon its members to work together to contribute for the good of society and the evolution of new resurgent India through their competence and expertise.

Punjabi play portrays patriotic spirit
Chandigarh, September 10
“Dar-o-deevar pe hasrat ki nazar karte hain. Khush raho ahle-watan ham toh safar karte hein…” the essence of the couplet by Wazid Ali Shah, a salutation to the supreme sacrifices of freedom fighters and martyrs was revived at the Randhawa Auditorium all through the staging of a Punjabi play, “Ram Mohammd Singh Azad”, by artistes of Punjabi Natak Akademy, Mohali, here today. Conceived by Bhag Singh decades ago, the play, scripted and directed by the veteran thespian scholar Charan Singh Sindra, exhaled an aura of patriotism as it brought alive the saga of sacrifice and martyrdom by legendry Shaheed Udham Singh.

Punjabi play ‘Ram Mohammd Singh Azad’ being staged in Chandigarh on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

JUMBO FUN: An elephant and her calf enjoy the rain at Chhat Bir Zoo on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

More stray dogs to be sterilised
Chandigarh, September 10
To review the implementation of provisions of the Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Dr Roshan Sunkaria, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, today.

‘Law an important part of international relations’
Mohali, September 10
Law was an extremely important part while dealing with international relations, said Roberto Toscano Esq, Ambassador of Italy, who delivered a lecture on international law to the students of Army Institute of Law here yesterday.

Panel moots construction of parking places
Chandigarh, September 10
The roads committee of the Municipal Corporation recommended various important items, including rough cost estimate for construction of community parking near cheap houses, Sector 19-D, for Rs 11.43 lakh, at a meeting held under the chairpersonship of Anju Beniwala today.

Rain delays flights, trains
Chandigarh, September 10
For the second consecutive day, heavy rain disrupted normal life in Chandigarh on Thursday. The life was paralysed, causing hardships to office-goers and students. The traffic movement on roads, railways and airports was disrupted with the city recording 57 mm rainfall. The meteorological department has forecast heavy rains in the city in the next 24 hours.

Rainwater accumulates on a road following showers in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

New Zealand delegates visit IT institute
Mohali, September 10
Delegates from New Zealand visited SAS Institute of Information Technology and Research in collaboration with the government institutes in New Zealand here today.

Army, IAF commanders discuss joint operations
Chandigarh, September 10
The top brass of the army and air force western commands met here today to take up matters of mutual interest. AOC-in-C, Western Air Command (WAC) Air Marshal NAK Browne, who arrived at Headquarters Western Command, Chandimandir, and GOC-in-C, Western Command Lt Gen TK Sapru thrashed out various issues including synergy in conducting joint operations.

Lt Gen TK Sapru, GOC-in-C, Western Command, (right) receives a soveniour from Air Marshal NAK Browne, AOC-in-C, Western Air Command, in Chandimandir on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

Rain damages wiring at PGI building
Chandigarh, September 10
While the city experienced downpour, it brought the shortcomings in the new electrical fittings as well as other civil work in the PGI buildings to the fore as the electrical wiring in the renovated computer biodata centre was damaged after a short-circuit here today. Simlary the leakages were reported from several places in the buildings.

Consumer body flays hike in power tariff
Mohali, September 10
The Consumers Protection Federation has condemned the 12.5 per cent hike in power tariff effected by the Punjab State Electricity Board Regulatory Commission.

Disproportionate Assets Case
Dimpy’s allegations false: Virk’s son-in-law
Mohali, September 10
In a twist to the disproportionate assets case against former Punjab DGP SS Virk, being heard in a local court, DGP’s son-in-law Param Preet Singh Brar today filed an application before special judge SK Garg stating that one of the co-accused in the case, Vijay Pal Singh Dimpy, had levelled a false allegation of being threatened by him.

Commissioner to inspect Sector 22 encroachments
Chandigarh, September 10
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today appointed a local commissioner for carrying out an inspection and submit a report on encroachments outside shop-cum-offices and flats in Sector 22.

Foreign jobs for N-medicine students
Chandigarh, September 10
Announcing the successful placements of students of two-year M.Sc in nuclear medicine programme introduced by Panjab University in collaboration with the PGI in July, 2007, the university authorities today said out of the first batch of 10 students, two joined the Ph.D programme in nuclear medicine.

Army renews tie-up with Fortis
Chandigarh, September 10
The Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) has renewed the memorandum of association with Fortis Hospital, Mohali, for both cardiac as well as multi-specialty services.

Border violations by China discussed
Chandigarh, September 10
An interactive session was organised by the department of defence and national security studies, Panjab University, to discuss frequent border violations by China.

Slum kids ignored on Literacy Day
8,000 still to go to school
Chandigarh, September 10
With 8,000 kids still to go to schools, it is surely a high time that the city is boasting of a decent literacy rate of about 80 per cent, turns its attention to the unlucky ones, for whom Rs 3 is still a distant dream.

Education key to empowerment: Sobti
Chandigarh, September 10
The adult, continuing education and extension centre celebrated the World Literacy Day in association with the university Institute of Fashion Technology and Vocational Development and Panjab University campus student council here on Wednesday.

PUTA Meeting
Central status for varsity discussed
Chandigarh, September 10
The issue of Central status for Panjab University, which was caught in the political whirlpool and was subsequently cornered, will be raised again with full force. The decision was taken today at a meeting of the Panjab University Teachers’ Association.

Manpreet adjudged Miss Fresher
Chandigarh, September 10
Manpreet Brar was crowned Miss Fresher-2009 in MCM-DAV College for Women yesterday in the Miss Fresher’s hunt. Akanksha was the first runner-up, while Bhanupriya was the second runner-up.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Impounding of trucks carrying scrap
22 arrested for evading tax
Kharar, September 10
The local police today arrested 22 truckers for forging documents and trying to mislead government while transporting scrap to evade tax. On September 4, trucks carrying scrap from Delhi to Mandi Gobindgarh were impounded on the Chunni-Machhli road.

‘College not issuing fee receipts’
Kharar, September 10
Students of the first year of various disciplines of the Guru Gobind Singh College of Management and Technology (GGSCMT) Kharar have alleged that the college authorities had not issued receipts of the fees they had submitted to the college.

RTI Act
Bassi Pathana sub-jail to be renovated
Bassi Pathana, September 10
The local sub-jail, which has been in disuse for a long time, will be renovated, according to an information sought by Hindu organisations under the RTI Act from the department of jails.

Five held for thefts
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 10
The local police today arrested five persons for committing thefts in various parts of the town and other districts. The accused have been identified as Shyam Vali, Manpreet Singh, Pawan Kumar, Rinku and Mandeep, all residents of Khanna.

Cocaine worth Rs 5 crore seized
Patiala, September 10
The local police made a rich haul of cocaine today by seizing 1 kg of the contraband costing Rs 5 crore in the international market from a house in Ghuman Nagar. Senior Superintendent of Police Arpit Shukla said the police, acting on a tip-off, conducted a raid on the residence of Rajwinder Singh in Ghuman Nagar on the Alipur road.

COURTS

State commission upholds penalty on MC
Civic body told to pay Rs 15,000
Chandigarh, September 10
Upholding the orders of the District Consumer Redressal Forum, the state commission has dismissed an appeal filed by Municipal Corporation through its Chief Engineer, SE, XEN and AE, Public Health Division, against the orders in which a compensation of Rs 15,000 and a refund of Rs 5,000 was awarded to a complainant for deficiency in services.

Chargesheet filed against Saji
Chandigarh, September 10
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has filed a chargesheet against its former zonal director Saji Mohan in a local court today. The chargesheet has been filed in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Gurmit Baniyal under Section 8, 21, 29, 32(2) and 59(2) of the NDPS Act.

Sexual Harassment
Jail sentence of principal upheld
Panchkula, September 10
Turning down the appeal against the decision of a lower court, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ritu Garg today upheld the six-month jail sentence of a school principal for sexually harassing his colleague.

CRIME

Man held for forgery
Chandigarh, September 10
The vigilance department of the Chandigarh Police today arrested Jaswant Singh, brother of NRI Tara Singh, in connection with an attempt to sell a shop-cum-flat on forged general power of attorney (GPA) in Sector 20.

LCD TV stolen
Chandigarh, September 10
A resident of Sector 37, Dalip, filed a complaint with the police alleging that some unidentified person had stolen a LCD TV and a LPG cylinder from his house on September 8. A case has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.

SPORTS

Chandigarh, Rajasthan to vie for title
Chandigarh, September 10
Chandigarh and Rajasthan players defeated Haryana and Punjab lads in the semifinals of Junior Boys’ Narang Cup played on the second day of the Birla All-India North zone Inter-State Badminton Championships held at Sector 42 badminton hall, here, today.

Rupinder Singh in action during a match in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Complete ongoing SAI projects: Gill
Chandigarh, September 10
Union minister for sports and youth affairs MS Gill today held a meeting with officials of Sports Authority of India (SAI), CPWD and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) at the UT guest house and asked the officials to complete the ongoing projects of SAI and NYKS.

Shivam thrashes Yashi for title
Chandigarh, September 10
Shivam Gupta of Delhi thrashed Yashi of Ludhiana (11-4, 11-6, 11-7) in the final of kid boys’ category, on the first day of Kishan Lal Memorial table tennis tournament, at the Table Tennis Hall, Sector 23, here today. Pareen Verma of DAV Public School, Sector 8, and Srishti Gupta won semifinals of table tennis tournament in the cadet girls’ category. Results: Kid boys and girls: semifinal: Shivam Gupta (Delhi) b Ishu Dhingra (DAVPS) (11-7,11-6,11-9); Yashi (Ludhiana) b Inayat (SH-26) (11-4,11-6,11-2); quaterfinal: Yashi (Ludhiana) b Khyati (SH-26) (11-8,11-2,11-6); Shivam Gupta (Delhi) b Mukund (Ryan) (11-3,11-5,11-2); Ishu Dhingra (DAVPS) b Satyam (GM-35) (11-7,11-13,14-12,11-3); Inayat (SH-26) b Vibhuti (Gurukul) (11-5,11-1, 11-3).

Ishu of DAV Public School in action during a table tennis tournament at Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

JP Atray cricket meet from Sept 18
Chandigarh, September 10
Former Indian all-rounder JP Yadav will be the star attraction of the CM-XI team to be sponsored by JLPL in the All-India JP Atray Cricket Tournament being organised from September 18.

Association to honour grapplers
Chandigarh, September 10
The Chandigarh Wrestling Association will honour Bharat Kesari Jagmeet Singh with a cash award of Rs 21,000 during the Chandigarh State Wrestling Championship for men and women, to be held at the Sector 10 skating hall on September 12.

SGGS college clinch title
Chandigarh, September 10
SGGS College, Sector 26, clinched the men’s title of the Panjab University Table Tennis Championship after defeating DAV College, Sector 10, by 3-0 held at Panjab University here today. While DAV-10, Panjab University and GGDSD College, Sector 32, got the second, third and fourth position, respectively, in the tournament.

• Judo meet on Sept 13