C H A N D I G A R H

Top stories | Community | Education

Neighbourhood | Courts | Crime | Sports

TOP STORIES

Swine Flu precautionary measures
Schools send back over 200 kids
Chandigarh, November 16
In what seems to be an aftermath of the increasing number of reported cases of swine flu among students, various city schools sent at least 200 children with cough and cold back to their homes today.

Dept again issues order on school gatherings
However, compliance remains doubtful
Chandigarh, November 16
To combat the spread of H1N1 influenza among children, the UT Education Department has once again issued a strict directive to suspend any kind of school functions, cultural programmes, sports meets etc in schools, though the compliance of the same remains doubtful.

3 more cases confirmed
Mohali, November 16
Three more persons, including two inmates of Guru Asra Trust in Phase VII here, have been confirmed positive for swine flu.

No reply to RTI application
Withdraw handbook of information,
CIC tells PU
Chandigarh, November 16
In a major decision, the Central Information Commission (CIC), New Delhi, has directed the Panjab University (PU) to immediately withdraw its handbook of information.

Youth stabbed at KFC
Chandigarh, November 16

An unidentified youngster stabbed a 21-year-old BCA student of a private college at the KFC in Sector 35 here this evening. A man wipes blood from the floor at the KFC in Sector 35, Chandigarh, on Monday evening. A Tribune photograph

Black marketing of admission forms
PU panel seeks 10 days to rectify flaws
Chandigarh, November 16
The committee inquiring into the case of black marketing of Panjab University admission forms has sought a ten-day period to rectify the flaws in the system. In its report, which is nearing completion, the panel has found several shortcomings in the existing process. The modifications it has recommended will be applicable from the next academic session.

Snapped bridge link leaves villagers high and dry

Dairi (Mohali), November 16 In order to visit the nearest government dispensary in the adjoining village of Manauli, 60 year-old Jaswant Singh, a former sarpanch of the village, has to travel an additional 7 km to reach his destination. Not only the dispensary, visiting the main post office or picking up his grandchildren from the Manauli government school has become equally taxing for Jaswant Singh. Villagers show the site where a bridge existed not long ago. A Tribune photograph

Now, lawyers as warrant officers
Chandigarh, November 16
The Punjab and Haryana High Court is all set to do what it has never done before - appoint lawyers as warrant officers.

COMMUNITY

Admn pulls up college principal on memo issue
Chandigarh, November 16
The UT administration has pulled up the Principal of the Government College of Arts, Sector 10, Manohar Lal, for issuing a memo to six teachers of the college today.

A participant jumps over a hurdle at a horse show in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Cops to seek remand of Kumar Bros owners
Chandigarh, November 16
The Chandigarh police plans to move an application in a local court seeking custodial interrogation of the owners of Kumar Brothers Chemists, Ashwani Kumar and Parmod Kumar in order to grill them. According to the police, though the suspects had obtained an anticipatory bail from the court after giving an undertaking to take part in the interrogation, they had not been cooperating with the investigating officials.

AFT’s local bench gets functional
Chandigarh, November 16
The Chandigarh bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) got off to a start today with just one case coming up before it. The matter pertained to a retired officer seeking revision of his pension in accordance with new scales notified by the government.

Students violate traffic laws on the main road near Panjab University in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik

AK Singh is GOC of Strike Corps
Chandigarh, November 16
Lieut-General AK Singh has been appointed the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Strike Corps on the Western Front.

Missing Realtor Case
Special team to crack mystery
Panchkula, November 16
Before the state government filing of the reply on the notice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on November 19 over the investigation into the case of missing realtor Deepak Rai Sagar, Ambala range IGP KK Sindhu has set up a special investigating team to crack the mystery.

Conference on cytology concludes
Chandigarh, November 16
The 39th Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Cytologists concluded at PGIMER here yesterday. The deep in-roads made by cytology in the diagnostic medicine were highlighted by the eminent specialists in the four-day deliberations.

Students on their way to school on a foggy morning as winter sets in over Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

‘Farmers’ commission, attempt to divert community attention’
Panchkula, November 16
The Haryana government’s announcement to set up a farmers’ commission was only an attempt to divert the attention of the farmer community from the real problems, as it was the history of the Congress that the reports of all commissions to be set by it in the past had been dumped.

Two girls operated upon under ‘Chetna’
Mohali, November 16
Fortis Hospital, Mohali, has announced that “Chetna”, its special corporate social responsibility programme for the girl child had once again successfully intervened and given a new lease of life to two girl children from the economically weaker sections of society.

Blood bank facility to start soon
Mohali, November 16
The much-needed blood bank facility is all set to start functioning soon at the local Civil Hospital benefiting patients in large numbers in the town.

Entertainment unlimited Chandigarh, November 16 Fun, frolic and entertainment unlimited marked the staging of the English musical play “Day I met the prince” by a Mumbai-based troupe before a crowded audience, comprising mainly inquisitive children, at the Tagore Theatre here today. The special genre of children’s theatre for family viewing, otherwise a rarity on the city’s cultural scene, was organised by the Durga Das Foundation in association with the City Emporio, the ARK and the City Infratech, with the Tribune Group of Newspapers as the media sponsor. Artistes stage English play ‘Day I Met the Prince’ at the Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo:  Pradeep Tiwari

Uttarakhand folk songs mesmerise audience
Zirakpur, November 16
The Uttarakhand Parwatiya Samiti, Baltana, organised the annual function, “Uttarakhand ke lok geet sandhya”, yesterday.

A dog race in progress during Sukhdev Singh Gill Memorial Games being held in Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Digging hits phone lines
Chandigarh, November 16
Telephone lines in the Industrial Area, Phase II, were heavily damaged during the digging work for laying down a storm-water drainage pipeline today.

Nepalese farmers visit milk plant
Mohali, November 16
A delegation of 12 Nepalese farmers visited the Verka Milk Plant here today. On a weeklong visit to Punjab, the farmers today visited dairy farms and interacted with local farmers. The delegation has come to India on the initiative of BP Koirala, the Nepal India Foundation and Nepal Embassy.

Youths rounded up for consuming liquor
Mohali, November 16
In a surprise checking, the SP City today conducted a raid at a soup shop and rounded up several youths who were drinking liquor in the open at an unauthorised place.

INVITING TRAGEDY: Oblivious of the danger to life, a kid walks on the rail track with his goats near Jagatpura in Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Open House Letters
No check on lawlessness
This is in reference to an article “Traffic woes? This is just the beginning” written by Sanjeev Singh Bariana in The Tribune dated November 9.

Letters
Issue guidelines for swine flu
Swine flu continues to spread its wings at an alarming rate and a large number of people in the tricity are testing positive for the H1N1 virus. The problem, which is spreading in leaps and bounds and is quite serious, it seems, to prevent this epidemic disease; the UT administration has chalked out a piecemeal approach.

EDUCATION

Swine flu precautions at PU
Chandigarh, November 16
Professor R.C. Sobti, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, held a meeting with the deans, chairpersons and other officials of the university to apprise them of the safeguards to be taken to counter the threat of swine flu.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

SERVING HUMANITY: Devotees of Gurdwara Jhanda Sahib of Padiala village, near Kurali, provide food to poor patients and their relatives outside the PGI, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Cultural bonanza at British school
Patiala, November 16
British Co-Ed Junior and Prep School organised a variety shows here recently. Deputy Commissioner of Patiala, Dipinder Singh, inaugurated the function. School principal Rosa Kucharskyj and Tejinder Singh accompanied the chief guest.

6 vehicles collide, 2 hurt
Dappar, November 16
The early morning fog has started taking its toll on the Chandigarh-Ambala National Highway.

National Press Day observed
Ropar, November 16
The department of journalism and mass communication, Amar Shaheed Baba Ajit Singh Jujhar Singh Memorial College, Bela, and the Ropar Press Club observed the National Press Day today.

Workshop on role of faculty in professional institute
Ambala, November 16
A workshop on the “Overall role and responsibility of faculty in professional institute” was organised at MM Engineering College, Mulana, today.

Conference on endoscopic spine surgery ends
Banur, November 16
The international conference on endoscopic spine surgery concluded at Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Banur.

School organises annual function
Patiala, November 16
Blossoms Senior Secondary School organised its 27th annual function at the school here recently.

Jaskaran declared best actor
Patiala, November 16
The North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala, in collaboration with Rang Darpan organised the Children Theatre Festival at the Virsa Vihar Complex near the Sheran Wala gate here today.

Shobha yatra
Bassi Pathana, November 16
Residents of the town took out a shobha yatra here today. A warm welcome was accorded to saint Nirale Baba.

1 held with marijuana
Rajpura, November 16
A resident of Chhattisgarh has been arrested by the police for possessing 3 kg of marijuana. He was arrested by railway police officials from the local railway station. He was carrying the narcotic in the Chhattisgarh Express.

Placement drive
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 16
A two-day joint campus placement drive commenced at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College today. Hyderabad-based companies Blue Star Technologies and Prime Line Technologies will conduct interviews and tests.

One killed in accident
Lalru, November 16
A 30-year-old daily wager died after being hit by a Maruti car on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway near the ITI chowk on Sunday night. He succumbed to injuries here this morning at GMCH-32, Chandigarh.

Dhiraj fashions CSE win
Kharar, November 16
The department of CSE, Doaba Institute of Engineering and Technology, organised a cricket cup in memory of their student Deepak Kumar.

COURTS

Ex-protector of emigrants convicted
Chandigarh, November 16
The CBI special court today convicted former protector of emigrants (PoE) KL Gandhi in a graft case dating back to 2006.

CRIME

Theft at Sec 7 temple, gurdwara Chandigarh, November 16 Thieves broke open the locks of a temple and a gurdwara in Sector 7 here last night and decamped with cash boxes containing thousands of rupees. The broken doors of the temple and gurdwara in Sector 7, Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph

Motorcyclist dies in mishap
Chandigarh, November 16
A 35-year-old man, Madan Lal, died in a road accident involving a car and a motorcycle near the transport light point here yesterday.

SPORTS

Sidhu brothers bag golds in world games
Chandigarh, November 16
Advocate Gurjiwan Singh Sidhu (75), former joint director, public relations department, Punjab, and his younger brother Pargat Singh (75), former managing director, Sugarfed, Punjab, have not only brought laurels to the city but also to the country by winning gold medals in the World Masters Games held in Sydney, Singapore and Malaysia this year.

PNB thrash MP XI in hockey
Chandigarh, November 16
Punjab National Bank thrashed MP XI (6-0) in the 46th Jindal Steel Nehru Hockey Tournament being held at the Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, here today.

GGS college grapplers victorious
Chandigarh, November 16
GGS College for Women, Chandigarh, won the Panjab University Wrestling Championship for Women by securing 19 points.

Shreys, Viksit begin campaign with win
Chandigarh, November 16
Shreys Gupta, Viksit Verma, Ankit Saini, Tushar and Sharan Liberahin of Ambala Lawn Tennis Academy won their first-round matches on the opening day of the AITA Under-14 Talent Series Tennis, which began today at the ALT Academy, Ambala, today.

Basketball
New Public School girls victorious
Chandigarh, November 16
New Public School, Sector 18-B, Chandigarh, had mixed fortune as their girls team claimed the Shanta H Singh Basketball Tournament, while their boys squad lost to Police DAV of Amritsar in the Rao Jai Singh Basketball Tournament at NPS here today. The NPS girls overcame a tough resistance from Chakwal National School, Kurali, in the final by 61-49 points.

Golf
10-year-old Karandeep heads IGU merit list

Chandigarh, November 16 Ten-year-old Karandeep Singh Kochhar recorded victories in the Nick Faldo Series Asia qualifying round and the Albatross All-India Junior Event in Kolkata to consolidate his top slot in the D Category (under 11) of the Indian Golf Union. Karandeep Singh Kochhar with his trophies on the greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club on Monday. Tribune photo:Pradeep Tewari

CCET team record victory
Chandigarh, November 16
Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET) beat Kenway College of Education, Abohar, in the Panjab University Inter-College Cricket (men) R-Division Tournament being played on the PU grounds today.

Maharashtra shuttlers shine
Mohali, November 16
Three teams from Maharashtra won various events and steered into the final of the 18th CBSE Badminton Tournament to be held at Shivalik Public School on November 17.