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DSP asks Mayor to produce Babla; Cong furious
Chandigarh, September 17
A letter by the DSP (East) of the police to the Mayor, requesting that Devinder Singh Babla, Congress councillor and former chairman of the market committee, be made available to the police in a case of fraud has sparked off a fresh row with the Congress terming it as an attempt to “insult” the Mayor.

Baba Mehar Singh’s team displays horse riding skills at Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Controversial rights activist locked in women’s hostel
Chandigarh, September 17
Two days after TV actor Mona Singh was mobbed by the controversial human rights activist, Arvind Thakur, and his supporters on the pretext of serving her court summons, the activist was in news once again this evening when he was reportedly locked inside the working women’s hostel at Sector 24 by the hostel warden.

Failed Public Transport-III
Metro not before a decade
Chandigarh, September 17
The tricity will have to wait for at least a decade before expecting any respite from the ever-increasing traffic on city roads and adjoining townships in the form of a metro, worked out by the Rail India Technical Economic Services.

Mohali routes worked out
Mohali, September 17
Going beyond the macro vision of RITES’s comprehensive mobility plan (CAMP) for the Chandigarh urban complex, Punjab has gone for micro vision while planning the mass rapid transport system in the greater Mohali region and beyond.

Job Scam: DPI submits reply
Chandigarh, September 17
After almost a week of being served a questionnaire by the UT police in the cash-for-job scam, DPI (S) Samwartak Singh furnished his reply today.

COMMUNITY

International airport at Mohali
JV agreement signed between Centre, states
New Delhi, September 17
Decks were cleared today for the execution of the international airport at Mohali with the signing of a joint venture agreement for the formation of a company “Chandigarh International Airport Pvt. Ltd.” for undertaking the project.

Fence Bylaws-II
MC departments hedging over implementation
Chandigarh, September 17
The implementation of the “hedge and fence bylaws” across the city has taken a direct hit with various departments of the municipal corporation expressing their inability to enforce it.

MC land has been encroached upon by a resident in Sector 8, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik

Occupancy rate: CTU No. 2 in country
100 buses to join fleet shortly
Chandigarh, September 17
The Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) has been ranked second in all-India ranking for the good occupancy rate of its buses. Director transport ML Sharma said as per the latest report submitted by the ministry of road transport and highway and research wing, Government of India, CTU buses had an overwhelming occupancy rate of 92 per cent.

Few takers for platform tickets
Chandigarh, September 17
Of the thousands of people who receive or drop passengers at the local railway station daily, just around 25 persons actually purchase platform tickets for each of the 20 trains that run daily.

The platform ticket counter at the Chandigarh railway station; and (right) people walk out of the station without being checked for tickets. Tribune photographs

PGI to introduce ‘Capsule Robots’ technique
Chandigarh, September 17
After successfully implementing the state of the art technology of capsule endoscopy at the PGI, doctors are now looking forward to introduce “Capsule Robots”. The technology can minimise invasive surgery.

Conference on painless delivery from today
Chandigarh, September 17
To create awareness about painless delivery and discuss the technology being used to eliminate labour pains, the department of anaesthesia and intensive care, PGI, will organise a three-day second national conference of the Association of Obstetric Anaesthesiologists at the PGI from tomorrow.

Third PGI-AIIMS endoscopy course from Sept 19
Chandigarh, September 17
The department of gastroenterology, PGI, in collaboration with department of gastroenterology and human nutrition, AIIMS, New Delhi, will be organising the third PGI-AIIMS endoscopy course on September 19 and 20.

Arson by students
Cops to examine video clippings
Panchkula, September 17
A day after Vikas Sethi, a BTech student of Swami Devi Dyal Institute of College, was killed after he fell off an overcrowded bus at the bus stand here, the police arrested the driver of the bus, Krishanpal, today.

I don’t have to appear in court: GMCH head
Chandigarh, September 17
Reacting to the news item, “Warrants against GMCH head”, published in these columns, Dr Raj Bahadur, director principal of the GMCH-32, said it was a routine case and he had “exemption for appearance” from the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Anti-encroachment Drive
Mechanics block Phase-VII road
Mohali, September 17
The roadside mechanics and shopkeepers of motor market at Phase VII today blocked a road here to protest against a move by the estate office of GMADA to remove encroachment on public land.

Youth exhorted to shun alcohol
Chandigarh, September 17
As part of an awareness drive by the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in cooperation with the Chandigarh administration, an interactive session was held at Dev Samaj College, Sector 45, here today.

MC starts clean-up drive
Chandigarh, September 17
A three-day clean-up drive has been started by the Municipal Corporation, Sector 17, here today.

Employment fest
Chandigarh, September 17
A mega hospitality and aviation employment fair was organised today by Career Weavers Consultants Pvt Ltd. As many as 1,200 candidates attended the fair.

NRI Cell
Complaints’ status to be posted on Internet
Chandigarh, September 17
The NRI cell of the UT administration had registered 31complaints so far. This was stated by Justice Amar Dutt, chairman of the cell, while addressing mediapersons here recently.

Another swine flu case reported
Chandigarh, September 17
One more positive swine flu patient was admitted to the GMCH-32 today, taking the figure of positive patients in the city to 29. So far, no casualty has been reported in city.

Engineer’s Day celebrated
Mohali, September 17
Quest Group of Institutions celebrated the Engineer’s Day here today. Dr Manoj Bali, associate director, faculty of engineering and technology, spoke on the relevance of Engineer’s Day and its importance for students.

Commemoration ceremony
Mohali, September 17
A health check-up camp, a community kitchen and opening of a sarv dharma sansthan marked the commemoration ceremony of martyr Dela Ram at Dharna Bhavan in Phase V. Kharar MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu was the chief guest.

Extra coach for Sadbhavna Express
Chandigarh, September 17
The Chandigarh-Lucknow Sadbhavna Express will now run with an additional coach. Starting today, a new coach has been introduced keeping in mind the increased passenger traffic with approaching festivities.

Additional charge
Chandigarh, September 17
The Chandigarh administration has given the charge of UT Additional Labour Commissioner to Additional Deputy Commissioner PS Shergill in addition to his own duties.

EDUCATION

Student council introduces feedback forms
Chandigarh, September 17
Student council of Panjab University has introduced feedback forms for the university students. The forms will consolidate database of students for the council’s record.

Amit Bhatia, president of Student Council, PU, (extreme right) and others address a press conference at Student Centre. A Tribune photograph

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Cloth merchant found murdered in Mohali
Kharar, September 17
Illicit relation with a woman living in Lal Bahadur Shastri Colony of Palsora claimed life of 32-year-old Anjan Tiwari, a Chandigarh-based merchant dealing in readymade garments.

Three-storeyed building collapses
Owner cites choking of sewer as reason
Ambala, September 17
A three-storey building had collapsed in the Housing Board Colony of Sector 9 at Ambala City today. Though no loss of life was reported in the incident, most of the household goods were damaged.

Govt schoolteacher accused of embezzling funds
Anandpur Sahib /Ropar, September 17 A probe into the non-availability of mid-day meals for students at Government Primary School in Dhruk village near Anandpur Sahib, has accused ETT teacher Bhupinder Singh of interrupting the Centre government scheme.

One killed, 3 hurt in group clash
Morinda, September 17
One person was killed and three were injured in firing incident as two groups clashed in Morinda this afternoon. Fateh Singh, alias Joga from Thablan village, got killed in the firing incident, while his son Davinder Singh, Jaspreet Singh Jassi from Kanjla village and Gurmeet Singh from Ward no. 7, Morinda, received injuries.

Workshop on alternative careers for engineers
Dera Bassi, September 17
A workshop on alternative careers for engineers was organised at the wi-fi campus of Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, here yesterday.

Accident victim succumbs to injuries
Lalru, September 17
A Dera-Bassi-based dhaba owner, Narinder Kumar, who was injured in a road accident on Tuesday, died this morning at the PGI, Chandigarh.

Rayat-Bahra, Hash group join hands
Kharar, September 17
The Rayat-Bahra Group and Hash Biotech Labs Pvt Ltd have signed an MoU.

Recruitment drive at CGC
Kharar, September 17
A team of officials from Indian Army conducted a recruitment drive at Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC), Landran, Mohali.

COURTS

Graft case against 2 cops
SSP appears before CBI court
Chandigarh, September 17
With UT SSP informing the CBI special court regarding sanctioning for prosecution of two UT policemen allegedly involved in a graft case, the decks have been cleared for proceeding against them.

Rape charges framed against three
Chandigarh, September 17
Nearly after six months of the crime, a local court today framed charges against three accused in a rape case.

Missing Realtor Case
Three suspects get interim bail
Panchkula, September 17
Groping in the dark for the last more than three months in the mystery of kidnapping of a property dealer, the police has to now overcome one more hurdle as a local court granted interim bail to three suspects in the incident here today.

Bail plea of PUSU leader dismissed
Chandigarh, September 17
A local court today dismissed the anticipatory bail application of a student leader who was allegedly involved in a clash that took place at UIET, Panjab University recently.

Two acquitted in murder case
Panchkula, September 17
District and Sessions Judge SP Singh acquitted two persons facing the charges of murder after the police failed to put concrete evidence to prove the involvement of the accused here today.

Lok adalat tomorrow
Chandigarh, September 17
A lok adalat will be held at the district courts on September 19. Various cases pertaining to MACT, matrimonial disputes and recovery would be taken up during the lok adalat.

CRIME

Man crushed to death
Chandigarh, September 17
An unidentified man, in his late twenties, was crushed to death by an unidentified vehicle in front of Sector 42 petrol station here this morning.

Couple held in cop’s murder case
Zirakpur, September 17
The Rajpura police today claimed to have arrested Saroj and Naimpal, who had allegedly killed Balwinder, a Punjab police constable at Zirakpur on September 3.

Man commits suicide
Chandigarh, September 17
Adarsh Sharma (52), a resident of Sector 39, allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance here today.

SPORTS

JP Atray Meet
Openers Rahul, Gurinder fashion LIC win
Chandigarh, September 17
Leaders in Cricket (LIC), a local outfit, proved their mettle in the first match played against the All-India Electricity Sports Control Board (AIESC) on the inaugural day of the 16th JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament for Pearls Trophy, at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 3, Panchkula here today.

A batsman in action during the 16th JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament at Cricket Stadium, Sector 16, in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Manav Mangal, DAV steer into semis
Chandigarh, September 17
Manav Mangal School-21, DAV Public, Sector-8, Bhawan Vidayala, Sector 27, and The Scholar’s Home School, Ponta Sahib, have qualified for the girls’ under-14 semifinals of the Central Board of Secondary School Cluster-XIII Table Tennis Tournament being hosted by the Banyan Tree School, Sector 48, at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall, here today.