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Schoolbus Strike
Operators’ chief told to pay compensation
Chandigarh, October 5
Coming down heavily on the schoolbus operators who had recently gone on strike after a standoff between the UT Administration and their union, the District Consumer Disputes Forum has directed Manjit Singh Saini, president of the Chandigarh School Bus Operators Welfare Association, to pay a compensation of Rs 50,000 to the UT Administration through the Home Secretary for the harassment caused to the Administration and schoolchildren.

Passengers to wait for another 4 months
Chandigarh, October 5
The in-bound and outgoing passengers, especially women and small children at the local airport, face problems as they have to walk through longer passages at the airport due to the delay in completion of the new terminal building.
New terminal building at airport

Nari Niketan Case
Admn spurns National Trust offer
The trust offered to give financial package for taking care of the victim and her to-be-born child
Chandigarh, October 5
The UT Administration has spurned the offer of the Delhi-based National Trust to give a financial package for taking care of the Nari Niketan pregnant rape victim and her to be born child.

Promised marriage, girl gangraped
Chandigarh, October 5
A taxi driver who had promised to marry a girl allegedly gangraped her along with two friends in the wee hours here today.

Golf course finds favour with villagers
Mohali, October 5
Controversy over a swank golf course eating up the historical battleground at Chappar Chidi village here has taken a new turn.

COMMUNITY

Chandigarh goes soft on drunken driving
Chandigarh, October 5
Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh are going soft on the menace of drunken driving.
Prosecutions
Chandigarh 226, Himachal 1,000, Punjab 1,738, Haryana 10,392, Delhi 11,134

Decorations for Diwali: A vendor puts up earthen lamps for sale for the upcoming festival of lights, at Sector 15, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: S. Chandan

Upgraded facilities at UT guest house
Chandigarh, October 5
UT Administrator General SF Rodrigues (retd) today inaugurated the upgraded infrastructures and guest facilities in the old block of the UT guest house.

MC seeks estate office’s help in recovering water bills 
Chandigarh, October 5
The municipal corporation is seeking assistance of the UT estate office to recover pending water tariff bills ranging from Rs 1 lakh or above from 50 residential and commercial property defaulters across the city.

Councillors withdraw no-trust notice against MC chief
Mohali, October 5
In what is seen as a major reversal for municipal councillors backed by the ruling SAD in the state, a group of 21 councillors, which had given a notice of a no-confidence motion against Congress-supported president Rajinder Singh Rana, today withdrew it after failing to muster the required strength to topple him.

Councillor’s shop raided
Mohali, October 5
Officials of the Excise and Taxation Department raided a kiryana store in Phase V, which is owned by a municipal councillor.

Intensive sanitation campaign in 2 villages
Chandigarh, October 5
As part of the public-private partnership initiative of the Chandigarh Administration, an intensive sanitation campaign was carried out in Behlana and Raipur Khurd villages.

Spurious desi ghee seized
Chandigarh, October 5
The Chandigarh police today claimed to have seized more than 22 quintals of “spurious” desi ghee here.

NHRC moved over body rot
Chandigarh, October 5
A day after the publication of media reports regarding five dead bodies rotting in the mortuary of a government hospital, a human rights activist has moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) regarding the alleged irregularity.

UT’s no to Rajnath’s press conference
Chandigarh, October 5
The UT authorities today refused permission to the BJP to hold a press conference of party president Rajnath Singh at the UT Guest House on Wednesday.

Christians come out to defend preacher
Chandigarh, October 5
Members of the Christian community from Raniya in Haryana today came out in defence of a preacher of their church and protested at the Sector 19 church here tonight.


Members of the Christian community from Raniya in Haryana assemble at the Sector 19 church in Chandigarh on Monday evening. A Tribune photograph

Vocal recital by Sanjukta mesmerises audience
Chandigarh, October 5
A classical vocal recital by Kolkata-based maestro Sanjukta Ghosh mesmerised audience at a concert organised by Triveni Sangeet Sabha at the Randhawa Auditorium here yesterday.

Symposium on architecture, music
Chandigarh, October 5
As part of its anniversary celebrations, the First Friday Forum organised a symposium on architecture and music here yesterday.

EDUCATION

PU
Students ignorant of new schemes
Last day for depositing forms
Chandigarh, October 5
Despite introduction of new schemes for students to enable them to deposit admission forms at their convenience, lack of awareness about the same resulted in heavy rush and long queues at the counters in Panjab University today.

A heavy rush at SBI fee counters in Panjab University on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Students of Goverment School, Sector 25, Chandigarh, climb the school wall to reach their homes in an adjoining locality. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Implementation of Grading System 
Orientation programme for school heads
Chandigarh, October 5
After witnessing confusion over the implementation of MHRD’s new education policy for almost a month now, the CBSE is all set to guide city principals on the way ahead. Taking a cue from the persistent queries being received by the board over different postulates specially grading system, which is to be implemented from this month, a special orientation programme will be organised to acquaint the institution heads on how to implement it.

Tips on personal hygiene at NSS camp
Chandigarh, October 5
The fifth day of the seven-day NSS camp at MCM DAV College was started with a workshop on yoga. It was followed by another session on the theme “Best out of waste” by Jasmine, a lecturer of fine arts department of college.



NSS volunteers at a camp in MCM DAV College in Chandigarh on Monday. A Tribune photograph

80 units of blood donated
Chandigarh, October 5
The NSS unit of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Pharmacy organised a blood donation camp in memory of Late S Bharpur Singh, former secretary of the Sikh Educational Society, on his second death anniversary. The camp was inaugurated by S Gurdev Singh Brar, president of the society. Principal Jaswinder Kaur donated blood to encourage students for the noble cause. Students and staff of the college donated over 80 units blood. The camp was conducted in collaboration with the Rotary and Blood Bank Society Resource Centre, Sector 37. A free blood sugar testing camp was also organised by the Global Medical Centre. — TNS

Students hold rally
Chandigarh, October 5
Students of GMSSS, Sector 16, took out a rally against female foeticide today. Saroj Mittal, DEO, flagged off the rally wherein students and teachers raised slogans and carried placards depicting ill-effects of the skewed sex ratio. A similar rally was taken out by students of GMSSS, Sector-10, which was flagged off by DEO Chanchal Singh. — TNS

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Construction for adarsh schools to start soon
Bassi Pathana, October 5
The state government will start construction work on Adarsh schools in every Assembly constituency, with MLAs and those in charge of Assembly constituencies having been directed to identify suitable panchayat land and get those transferred to the government, said Mohinder Kaur Josh, Chief Parliamantry Secretary (Education).

Reetika, Sahib shine in quiz
Bassi Pathana, October 5
The local unit of the Bharat Vikas Parishad organised a quiz competition “Bharat ko jano” here yesterday. SSP, Dr Kaustubh Sharma, was the chief guest whereas president Pritam Rabbar presided over the function.

Solid waste plant at Patiala to cost Rs 40 crore
Patiala, October 5
The Patiala Municipal Corporation has decided to set up a solid waste treatment plant at a cost of Rs 40 crore. Hectic activity is on to find a suitable site for locating the plant.

Common man hit hard
Patiala, October 5
With the festival season picking up, the prices of every item have shot up. The festival season sales alone account for around 40 per cent of the yearly sales of every item but if the trend continues, it won’t be too long that the consumers would start getting disenchanted by festivals.

Transport Nagar lacks amenities
Patiala, October 5
The Transport Nagar on the Patiala-Rajpura road, where the kabari market is located, presents a picture of neglect.

COURTS

ICICI Bank told to pay Rs 60,000
Chandigarh, October 5
The District Consumer Disputes and Redressal Forum has directed the ICICI Bank to withdraw the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act within 30 days from the date of the receipt of the order.

CRIME

Three arrested for snatching mobile
Chandigarh, October 5
The police arrested three youths on charges of snatching a mobile phone in Sector 46.

High drama at jeweller’s shop
Chandigarh, October 5
High drama prevailed at city’s popular jewellers Nikka Mal Babu Ram in Sector 22 here tonight, when the jeweller suspected a man, who bought gold chains after making payment through a credit card, to be a conman.

Police officials at the jewellery shop where an alleged cheating incident took place in Sector 22, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: S. Chandan

SPORTS

Simranpreet ton enables DAV-8 triumph
Chandigarh, October 5
DAV Senior Secondary School (DAVSSS), Sector 8, toppled the defending champions, Guru Nanak Public School (GNPS), Sector 36, by 99 runs in the semifinal of the sixth Molly Carver Memorial Cricket Tournament for High School being organised by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy at St Stephen School, Sector 45, here today.

A match in progress in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Azad, Pradeep of Jainendra school bag two golds
Panchkula, October 5
Jainendra Public School and Little Flower School clinched the boys’ and girls’ titles, respectively, in the Panchkula District Wushu Championship being held at Jainendra Public School, Panchkula, here today.

Shangila hat-trick shapes PU win
Chandigarh, October 5
A hat-trick by Shangila Soibam of Panjab University entitled her team to win the first match of the Panjab University Inter-College Football (Women) Championship played at Panjab University grounds here today.



Players try to take hold of the ball during a game in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

SGGS College clinch kho-kho title
Chandigarh, October 5
Sri Guru Gobind Singh College (SGGS College), Sector 26, today won the Panjab University Inter-College Kho-Kho Championship at Panjab University here.



The winners in a jubilant mood in Chandigarh on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Gurukul School dominate
Panchkula, October 5
Boys of The Gurukul School, Sector 26, dominated on the opening day of the third Invitational Karate Championship by claiming four gold medals out of five at stake at Jainendra Public School here today.

Players leave for school games
Chandigarh, October 5
Following table tennis players have been sent for the 55th National School Games to be held in Gujarat from October 8 to 13.