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Match chokes traffic at Mohali
It took hours to get the traffic moving. All this while, the SP and DSP (Traffic) were on duty inside the stadium
Mohali, December 12
Poor management of traffic during the match between India and Sri Lanka virtually brought the town to a grinding halt today.
A child cheers for Team India and Fans line up outside the PCA Stadium at Mohali on Saturday and .  Tribune photos:
Vicky Gharu

Rs 250-cr blueprint for sprucing up Dhanas 
Chandigarh, December 12
The Chandigarh Housing Board has drafted a blueprint for a Rs 250-crore project for new facilities, particularly in education and healthcare, at Dhanas village.

Who will assess PU evaluation system?
Chandigarh, December 12
In what could cast a question mark on the evaluation process at Panjab University, an observer has noted that “certain teachers evaluated a bundle of 20 papers in 30 minutes whereas the stipulated time is three hours”.

Verdict in Beant case next year
Chandigarh, December 12
After 14 years, the verdict in the case pertaining to the assassination of former Punjab CM Beant Singh is finally going to be pronounced in March 2010.

COMMUNITY

BPL card holders’ details to go online
Panchkula, December 12
Finding blatant violation of norms in the preparation of below poverty line (BPL) cards in the district, the administration has decided to put details of such card holders on its website.

Banks told to tighten security
Panchkula, December 12
The police on Thursday asked all bank managements to install CCTV cameras of good quality at the banks within a month and employ armed guards.

A traffic jam caused due to repair work at ISBT-17 roundabout in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Rescue Operations Gone Awry
Fire dept fails to feel the heat
Chandigarh, December 12
The disaster at a dumping ground in Sector 31 on December 6, in which nine persons lost there lives, has once again exposed the inefficiency of the officials of the fire department of the municipal corporation in handling such emergency situations. It is not the first time when a rescue operation has ended disastrously due to flawed decisions of the non-technical head of the department and the authorities have failed to fix the responsibility on erring officials.

Advertisers have their way at markets
Chandigarh, December 12
While posters and banners carrying advertisements dot the walls and pillars of main markets of various sectors, the municipal corporation authorities prefer to look the other way.



Advertisements deface a wall at a market in Sector 34, Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph

Autos without fare meters to face music
Chandigarh, December 12 The Chandigarh administration will challan auto-rickshaws running without fare meters, an official press release said here today. Announcing action against defaulters, it said: “It has been observed that auto-rickshaws running in the UT are either not fitted with fare meters or fitted with faulty ones. And, those fitted with meters are not making use of them and are charging at their will from passengers. Overcharging is an offence.”

Dancing musical fountain in Sec 71
Mohali, December 12
Night-time entertainment has been unveiled for residents here in the form of a dancing musical fountain, which blends music, water effects and colours, to present an aesthetically exhilarating experience.

‘Saudagar’, a treat for theatre lovers
Chandigarh, December 12
The theatre aficionados witnessed yet another diverse form of drama with the Rang Vidushak Group, Bhopal, staging the 38th edition of their satirical play, “Saudagar”, in the ongoing TFT at the Tagore Theatre here today.




Artistes stage the play ‘Saudagar’ at the Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Baby dies of swine flu Seven more test positive
Chandigarh/Mohali, December 12
A two-month-old baby boy succumbed to swine flu at Cheema Hospital in Mohali yesterday.

SHOs transferred
Mohali, December 12
In a major reshuffle, Mohali SSP GPS Bhullar has transferred Station House Officers (SHOs) of a number of police stations in the district.

EDUCATION

PUTA president autocratic, allege members
Chandigarh, December 12
Raising objection on the alleged “misinformation” spread by some office-bearers of Panjab University Teachers’ Association, 18 members of PUTA executive committee submitted a letter to president, Prof Manjit Singh, accusing him of working in an undemocratic manner.

Music marks annual day celebrations
Panchkula, December 12
The Indradhanush Auditorium came alive with vibrant and colourful performances of students of Small Wonders School, Chandigarh, at their annual day celebrations, “Odyssey 2009”, here today.

Dance performance by students steals show
Mohali, December 12
Junior wing of Shivalik Public School, Mohali, organised its annual day function here today. The function was presided over by Khushboo Goel, Assistant Commissioner, Mohali. The function started with a vandana.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

One killed in mishap
Zirakpur, December 12
An unidentified pedestrian was killed in a road accident near the Nabha Sahib gurdwara on the Zirakpur-Patiala highway here this evening.

Four-laning of Zirakpur-Patiala road to begin soon
Zirakpur, December 12
Work on four laning of the Zirakpur-Patiala highway is expected to commence shortly with the public works department asking the Zirakpur municipal council to submit an estimate of the cost of clearing the expressway. 

A traffic jam on the Zirakpur-Patiala road. A Tribune photograph

Guru Gobind Singh plant produces additional power
Ropar, December 12
The Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant, here, has produced additional 250 million units this year, Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) member, generation, GS Sra claimed here.

Student killed, two hurt in accident
Ropar, December 12
A student of the Doaba College was killed while two other students received serious injuries in an accident here today.

Woman stripped
Kharar, December 12
A woman of Saidpur village was allegedly stripped naked by her relatives over a land dispute. The police booked seven persons. No arrest had been made so far.

Orthopaedic conference today
Patiala, December 12
The 15th annual conference of the Punjab chapter of the Indian Orthopaedic Association will be organised by Prof AS Sidhu and HS Mann at a hotel here tomorrow.

Man gets electric shock
Kalka, December 12
Thirty-year-old Nasib Singh of Prempura village in the Pinjore block received a severe electric shock from a high-tension wire.

Amaravati Enclave cries for amenities
Kalka, December 12
At least 350 families residing in the Amaravati Enclave, near Surajpur along the National Highway 22, have been facing a lot of inconvenience due to the negligent attitude of the colonisers.

Sampat wants Ambala Cantt to be made subdivision
Ambala, December 12
Former finance minister and Congress MLA Sampat Singh has demanded that Ambala Cantonment be made a subdivision.

COURTS

Badal skips date with court
Chandigarh, December 12
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today failed to appear in a local court in the ongoing defamation case filed by him against former CM Captain Amarinder Singh.

Police remand for Whiskey
Chandigarh, December 12
Despite being aware of the vulnerability of using a mobile phone while on the run and living under various identities, including that of a crime reporter, Davinder Singh, alias Whiskey, could not dodge the police for long.  He was wanted by the Chandigarh Police for allegedly killing Harjinder Singh Dhillon, a financier, at his office in Sector 20 on November 25.

Appointment Row
Notice to Sobti
Chandigarh, December 12
Taking cognisance of the allegations that the appointment of two assistant professors in the Institute of Forensic Science and Criminology at PU has been made ignoring those who possessed better qualifications, Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday issued notice for March 23, 2010, to PU VC Sobti and other respondents.

Three get life term for teenager’s murder
Chandigarh, December 12
A local court sentenced three convicts involved in the murder of a teenager in 2002 to life imprisonment here today.

CBI court allows Dhillon’s plea
Chandigarh, December 12
The CBI special court of Darshan Singh today allowed the application of Congress leader Kewal Dhillon, wherein he had sought the permission to go abroad for business related work.

Five acquitted in murder case
Panchkula, December 12
The court of additional district and sessions judge Sanjiv Jindal today acquitted five persons in a case of murder at Raipur Rani last year.

CRIME

Six firms found violating norms
Chandigarh, December 12
Six firms were found violating the Chandigarh Food Articles (Licensing and Control) Amendment Order, 2009 in an inspection carried out here today, an official press release said.

Accident victim dies
Chandigarh, December 12
A pedestrian succumbed to his injuries received during a hit-and-run road accident a few days ago. The police said an unidentified vehicle knocked down the victim near the airport trafficlights on December 8. He was taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, where he died yesterday. A case has been registered.

SPORTS

RPF reign supreme
Chandigarh, December 12
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) emerged overall winners during the 9th All-India Police Water Sports Championship that concluded at Sukhna Lake here today.


CRPF jawans in a jubilant mood after winning the overall trophy at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Black marketeers have a field day
Mohali, December 12
Black marketeers had a field day during the T20 day-and-night match between India and Sri Lanka at PCA stadium here today.