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Businessman shot at Sector 20 office
Chandigarh, November 25
Five unidentified persons shot a businessman at his office in Sector 20 here this evening and reportedly fled in a car parked at a busy market.

The office where the victim, Harjinder Singh Dhillon, was shot in Chandigarh on Wednesday;Tribune photo: Vinay Malik

5 held for credit card fraud
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 25
The local police today arrested five people, including a resident of Coimbatore, for fraudulently misusing credit cards of foreign tourists by imprinting their CVC numbers (card security codes) on forged cards. Officials investigating the matter said whenever a cardholder used his or her card at a store or a hotel the suspects, in connivance with shopkeepers and hotel staff, retrieved their CVC numbers and used them to make purchases on fake credit cards.

Students of Dev Samaj College for Women celebrate the National Communal Harmony Day at Sector 45 in Chandigarh on Wednesday.Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Vehicles set ablaze at Mauli Jagran
Residents protest police inaction
Chandigarh, November 25
Residents of Mauli Jagran today staged a protest outside the police post in their area after some miscreants set afire some vehicles in the locality last night.They raised slogans against the police for its failure to check rowdy elements. They said incidents of robbery, assault, snatching and setting afire vehicles and property had become a routine.

Residents gherao the police station in protest against the burning of vehicles at Mauli Jagran in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Deep Nursing Home Case
Court summons DDA, SHO
Next hearing fixed for Nov 30
Chandigarh, November 25
The UT administration’s deputy district attorney (legal) has landed himself along with a police SHO in the dock in connection with the Deep Nursing Home case. Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain of the Punjab & Haryana High Court today summoned both to the court on the next date of hearing following the failure of the authorities concerned to make clear their stand on the submission of a ‘challan’ in the matter.

Rapist uncle convicted in 10 days
Chandigarh, November 25
Setting a new example, in a speedy judgement delivered in 10 days after the onset of trial, a resident of Manimajra was convicted of raping his minor niece today.

Fake ID Cards
PU pulls up Ludhiana college
Chandigarh, November 25
Panjab University today sought an explanation from GGM Khalsa College, Ludhiana, pertaining to “forging identities” by students in the youth festival.

COMMUNITY

NCC cadets take part in a rally to highlight ill-effects of drugs and spread awareness about cancer and AIDS at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Pension parity likely for pre-2006 disabled soldiers
Chandigarh, November 25
Pre-2006 disability pensioners may have something to look forward to. During the 5th CPC regime, disability pension of the defence personnel was calculated on the basis of a slab-system, while civil disability pensioners got it on the percentage basis.

IAF evacuates stranded civilians in J&K
Chandigarh, November 25
IAF transport aircraft evacuated about 1,300 civilians over the past two days who were stranded between Srinagar and Kargil due to heavy snowfall. Snowfall during the past week in Jammu and Kashmir had led to the closure of Zojila Pass, suspending road communication between Kargil and Srinagar along the strategic National Highway 1-A.

Trust road signs at your own risk
Chandigarh, November 25
Road signs in different parts of the city apparently convey different meanings, thanks to the non-compliance of guidelines laid down by the Indian Road Congress (IRC).These road signs throw trusting motorists into confusion, misleading them to not only wrong directions, but also in the net of traffic police personnel, who then refuse to buy the logic and prefer to issue a ticket.

These road signs in Chandigarh apparently do not mean what they say. Tribune photographs

Meat waste guidelines to be enforced
Chandigarh, November 25
Dr Roshan Sunkaria, Municipal Corporation Commissioner, has ordered the Medical Officer, Health, to direct mutton, chicken and fish sellers of Chandigarh to follow guidelines regarding the disposal of waste material.

KK to perform on November 29
Chandigarh, November 25
The musical mega-nite during the two-day cultural extravaganza, the Chandigarh Carnival, will be organised on November 29.

Nari Niketan
Inmates’ mental status to be reviewed
Chandigarh, November 25
The Chandigarh administration today decided to review the mental status of inmates of the Nari Niketan in Sector 26 here.

GMADA
Rs 10,000 penalty slapped on info officer
Mohali, November 25
The State Information Commission, Punjab, has imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 on the public information officer (PIO) of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) for causing delay in providing information. The penalty has been imposed under Section 20 (1) of the RTI Act.

Patrolling system revampedin Panchkula
Panchkula, November 25
Feeling let down with the spate of thefts and dacoities in the town during past one week, the newly appointed superintendent of police Manish Chaudhary has revamped the patrolling system of the local police.

First swine flu death in Mohali 
Vivek school boy tests positive
Mohali, November 25
Mohali has witnessed its first death due to swine flu when about 50-year-old woman died at the GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh. Another student has tested positive for the H1N1 infection. The swine flu death toll has now reached 17.

PNB organises MSME meet
Mohali, November 25
The Punjab National Bank, Lead Bank Office, Mohali, falling under circle office, Ludhiana, organised a MSME meet here. Presentation on various schemes for entrepreneurs was shown on slides.

Workshop to improve Punjabi syllabi
Mohali, November 25
Punjab School Education Board Chairman Dr Dalbir Singh Dhillon today inaugurated a workshop of schoolteachers held to finalise plans for improving the syllabi of Punjabi language for various classes.

IT in Industrial Area
Scheme fails to elicit response
Chandigarh, November 25
Over three months after official permission, not a single industrialist has applied to change his current production house into an information technology venture.

Upper storage limit for essential goods soon
Chandigarh, November 25
A meeting was convened under the chairmanship of Home Secretary on the issues of hoarding, black-marketing and price rise.

Licence needed to store over 10 quintals of sugar
Chandigarh, November 25
The Chandigarh administration issued the Chandigarh Food Articles Licensing and Control (Amendment) Order today as per directions received from the Government of India. The licensing on edible oils, edible oil seeds, pulses and rice would remain in force up to September 30 next.

Availability of LPG at filling stations discussed
Chandigarh, November 25
A meeting to assess the availability of LPG in the city was convened under the chairmanship of Home Secretary yesterday.

Kisan Bhavan chowk to get lights by New Year’s Eve
Chandigarh, November 25
Various proposals to discuss pending road engineering works were discussed at a meeting held here under the chairmanship of the home secretary. It was stated that the installation of high-mast tower lights and floodlights at the Cricket Stadium chowk, the Kisan Bhavan chowk, the Bhaskar chowk, the chowk separating sectors 3, 4, 9 and 10, the Piccadilly chowk and the Batra chowk would be completed by December 31.

Weights & Measures
Flying squad formed to catch offenders
Chandigarh, November 25
A meeting to discuss complaints pertaining to the sale of underweight goods by traders, especially fruit and vegetable sellers, and dealers in various markets of the city was convened under the chairmanship of Home Secretary.

Junket fever catches up with councillors again
Chandigarh, November 25
Mayor Kamlesh and some councillors are planning to visit Mumbai for a live demonstration on a multi-media laser even though no company has been allotted the work at Plaza in Sector 17 here.

EDUCATION

Autonomous Status
VC moots new courses in colleges
Chandigarh, November 25
Principals of various colleges affiliated to Panjab University were today advised by Vice-Chancellor Prof RC Sobti to apply for an autonomous status. The VC urged them to start new courses in their colleges and design improved teaching techniques.

Vice-Chancellor RC Sobti at a UGC-sponsored principals’ meet at the ICSSR Complex in Chandigarh on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

Teachers’ assn defends Dean
Chandigarh, November 25
Coming to the rescue of the Dean University Instructions, the Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) has issued a press release today stating that the allegations levelled against the DUI are being blown up out of all proportion by the media.

Student leaders lock departments
Clerks refuse to deposit fee
Chandigarh, November 25
In a serious security lapse on the Panjab University campus today, SOPU leader Brinder Dhillon and Amit Bhatia, president, student council, forcibly locked the university departments. The leaders were protesting against the refusal of department’s clerks to deposit fee.

From Schools
‘Noor 09’ begins with fervour
Mohali, November 25
A four-day annual cultural fiesta “Noor 09” began with great vigour at Manav Mangal Smart School, Mohali, here today .

3-day colloquium on algebra at PU
Chandigarh, November 25
Eminent mathematicians of national and international repute gathered at the department of mathematics, Panjab University, to participate in a prestigious colloquium on “Recent Trends in Algebra and Algebraic Number Theory” here today.

Mathematicians during a colloquium on ‘Recent Trends in Algebra and Algebraic Number Theory’ at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Class IV staff treating patients in emergency ward
Rajpura, November 25
A section of residents of this town today alleged that the class IV employees of the local civil hospital treated patients in emergency ward and also gave stitches.

Impact of globalisation discussed
Kharar, November 25
A special lecture on impact of globalisation was organised at Doaba Group of Colleges recently. Gurdeepak Singh, director of Continental Institute of International Studies spoke on the topic.

Permit deadlineDec 15: DTO
Ropar, November 25
The district transport officer has appealed to the masses not to run a vehicle without registration number and route permit.

 Villagers rescue sambar 
Bassi Pathana, November 25
Residents of Todarpur village rescued a sambar that got stuck in a marshy area near a pond after it strayed from the nearby jungle into the village.The sambar was chased by dogs and also received minor injuries. Some residents informed the police and the local administration about the animal. The wildlife officials on getting the information reached the village.

Tomatoes costlier than eggs, apples
Patiala, November 25
With the prices of pulses spiralling in the past couple of months, the common man has now been hit with vegetables’ prices skyrocketing.

Two highway robbers held
Rajpura, November 25
The Rajpura police today arrested two highway robbers with robbed material, including gold, cash, motorcycle and other material.

Hooda’s effigy burnt
Ambala, November 25
The Ambala unit of the BJP led by MLA Ambala Cantonment Anil Vij today burnt the effigy of the Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda. Vij was protesting the high-handed attitude of the admnistration.

Sai Baba's birthday celebrated
Patiala, November 25
The international celebrations of Sri Sathya Sai Baba's 84th birthday, organised by Sri Sathya Sai Seva Samithi, Patiala at Sai Dham, commenced at 5.30 am with nagar kirtan and concluded with fireworks in the evening.

COURTS

HC directive on runaway couples goes unheard
Chandigarh, November 25
Even though over seven months have lapsed since the Punjab and Haryana High Court asked Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to take necessary action on reports prepared by experts on protecting the interests of runaway couples, the governments have failed to act.

Lawlessness rules at HC
Chandigarh, November 25
Legal pleadings gave way to illegal activities on the Punjab and Haryana High Court, as a runaway bride’s family took to extra-judicial methods of passing the verdict. The fury saw the manhandling of an advocate, the merciless beating up of a news channel cameraman and the rounding up of the girl’s family.

Beant Singh case: Court seeks another extension
Chandigarh, November 25
There seems to be no end in sight in the ongoing CBI vs Paramjit Singh Bheora case pertaining to the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh with the special trial court requesting for yet another extension of three months.

1 convicted of murder
Chandigarh, November 25
A local court today convicted an accused of murdering a woman way back in 2000 while acquitting another and convicting the third under section 411.

Teacher Recruitment Scam
Order on bail plea reserved
Chandigarh, November 25
A local court today reserved its order for November 30 on the bail plea of Hardev and Jolly, the two accused in the teacher recruitment scam, that had hit the headlines recently.

Boy duped of mobile
Chandigarh, November 25
Two youngsters allegedly duped a boy of his mobile phone and other articles in a dramatic fashion yesterday.

Cricket tourney from Nov 30
Chandigarh, November 25
The Blue Star Cricket Club will organise Shahid Udham Singh International Cricket Tournament from November 30 to December 5 at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Sector 3, in Panchkula.