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Nursery Form Fee
Schools reluctant to comply with admn order
Chandigarh, December 18
Though the official circular limiting nursery registration fee to Rs 100 is yet to reach city private schools, they seem to be in no mood to comply with it. Considering it as nothing but the “usual interference” by the administration, most of the schools plan to take up the matter with the Education Secretary.

4 die of swine flu
Chandigarh, December 18
Three persons died of swine flu in the city today. Two of the victims were from Punjab, while one case was from Haryana. The patients had come to the PGI during the past two days. With these, the swine flu toll in the city reached 32. he three who died in the PGI were Harpal Singh, a 25-year-old youth from Ludhiana, Gurmel Singh (47) from Bathinda, and Vicky (20) from Kaithal.

GMADA staff protest after 3 JEs suspended
Mohali, December 18
High drama prevailed at the GMADA office here, when employees of the authority struck work after three junior engineers (JEs) were suspended over alleged dereliction of duty in preventing forcible occupation of around 60 vacant flats in different parts of the town.

A participant at Motorcross, organised by the Old Students Association of YPS, Mohali, on Friday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

UT resolves conflict over electricity meter norms
Chandigarh, December 18
Settling the contradictory views of the offices of the chief architect and the electricity department, the Chandigarh administration has overruled the notices issued by the estate office to local industrialists for violating regulations on electricity meter installations.

Tribune Impact
Waste Disposal on PU Campus
Authorities swing into action
Chandigarh, December 18
A day after the Tribune highlighted the daily disposal of domestic waste by Colony 5 residents inside the Panjab University’s south campus in Sector 25, the authorities have swung into action.

COMMUNITY

Migratory birds make Sukhna their home
Chandigarh, December 18
With nearly 8,000 migratory birds already gathered at the northern end of the Sukhna lake, the number of these Siberian visitors landing here is likely to shoot up in the next one week. The birds have also been spotted in other water bodies in the city, including those at Chattbir zoo, Dhanas lake and the botanical garden.

Migratory birds have arrived in large number at Sukhna Lake this year as well. Tribune Photo: Vicky Gharu

Sector-Sealing Scheme
Police conducts survey in Sec 15 
Chandigarh, December 18
The UT engineering department and the Chandigarh Police today conducted a survey at Sector 15 to check the feasibility of the sector-sealing scheme for installing gates at entry points. A team of the engineering wing, headed by the UT administration’s chief architect Sumit Kaur, DSP (Central) Jagbir Singh, the SHO of the Sector 11 police station and representatives of the resident welfare association today visited the sites.

UT chief architect Sumit Kaur discusses the road map with police officials for erecting gates at entry points in Sector 15, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Mohali to have master plan for traffic management
Mohali, December 18
Mohali will soon have a master plan to facilitate vehicular traffic and parking management. The decision was taken at a meeting of Mohali district administration and GMADA officials chaired by the Commissioner, Patiala range, Jasbir Singh Bir, here today.

The car that climbed on to a divider under the Zirakpur flyover on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway on Friday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

PU old-age home blueprint out
Chandigarh, December 18
Taking note of the suggestion of its alumni and employees, the Panjab University authorities have prepared a blueprint of the old-age home to be built on the south campus in Sector 25.

Christmas celebrated with zeal
Chandigarh, December 18
St Stephen’s Preparatory School, Sector 46, celebrated Christmas with huge pomp and show today. A teacher imitating Santa distributed goodies and welcomed schoolchildren who came dressed up in vibrant clothes.

Now, ‘karhi’, ‘paranthas’ on midday meal menu
Chandigarh, December 18
In yet another effort to make existent midday meal menu more ‘nutritious and tasty’, the UT Education Department has revised the menu all over again.

EDUCATION

Book released
Chandigarh, December 18
Abhay Maurya, Vice-Chancellor of English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), released a twin volume, “A Handbook of Teaching English and Teaching Young Learners”, at the Regional Institute of English today.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Heritage fest gets under way
Kalka, December 18
The three-day 4th Heritage Festival, organised by the Haryana Tourism, started today. Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia inaugurated the festival. The festival is organised to celebrate the centuries-old heritage of Pinjore town and its gardens. 

Scorpio vehicle catches fire
Kharar, December 18
A Scorpio vehicle caught fire near Balongi sales tax barrier at mid night.The incidence took place when Tejvir Singh and Govinder Singh, both residents of Sunny Enclave, were coming back from Sector 70 in Mohali at around 12.40 mid night. Both Tejvir and Govinder are studying animation from Sector 34, Chandigarh.

Four held with smack
Rajpura, December 18
The Rajpura police today arrested four persons with smack from Ambala road in Rajpura. The accused were traveling in a car towards Rajpura from Ambala and were intervened by a police party specially deployed on the road on a tip off.

Two brothers killed in road accident
Rajpura, December 18
Two young men, both brothers and said to be in their twenties, were killed in an accident near Shambhu village yesterday. The two have been identified as Pradeep and Sanjit, both residents of Shambhu village.

Bedi appointed director of Rayat centre
Ropar, December 18
Prof SC Bedi, former professor at Panjab University, Chandigarh, has been appointed director of Rayat Centre of Excellence, Ropar.

COURTS

Whiskey sent to police custody
Chandigarh, December 18
With the recovery of counterfeit documents and bogus seals more cases of forgery and cheating are likely to be filed against Davinder Singh alias Whiskey in the near future, according to the police. During the course of interrogation he admitted to have prepared several fake documents using bogus seals.

Recruitment Scam
Ex-DPI (S) received 130 calls from accused: Cops
Chandigarh, December 18
The Chandigarh Police today claimed former Director Public Instructions (schools) Samwartak Singh in six months received around 130 calls from an accused in the teachers’ recruitment scam.

CRIME

5 booked in dowry death case
Zirakpur, December 18
The police today booked five persons in a dowry death case on the complaint of victim’s father, Ram Kumar, a resident of Yamunanagar.

Sub-inspector injured in mishap dies
Chandigarh, December 18
A Punjab Police sub-inspector today succumbed to his injuries caused  in a road accident on Wednesday.

Youth attempts suicide
Chandigarh, December 18
Disturbed by his prolonged illness, an Indira Colony resident attempted suicide after cutting his vein at his residence on Thursday.

Body identified
Mohali, December 18 An unidentified person, who was found lying unconscious in Phase XI, here, following which he succumbed to his injuries at GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh, was today identified as 55 year-old, Sanjeev Sood, a resident of Sector 21, Chandigarh. He was cousin of CJM, Ropar.

SPORTS

Double delight for Suraj 
Chandigarh, December 18
Suraj Beniwal bagged the singles and doubles’ titles in the Under-18 AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament, which concluded at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association courts, Sector 10, today.

Wrestlers fight in the Zila Kumar Wrestling Competition in Ambala Cantonment on Friday. Tribune photo: Dev Dutt Sharma

Football
St Kabir trounce Mount Carmel
Chandigarh, December 18
St Kabir School and St John’s School, Sector 26, got off to a flying start in their respective pools on the opening day of the 5th St Kabir Football Trophy being played at St Kabir School ground here today.

16 hockey players honoured
Chandigarh, December 18
About 16 players of Government Model High School, Sector 42, who had won the Junior Nehru Hockey Tournament held at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium in November, were given cash prizes of Rs 6,000 each.

Karate meet from Dec 25
Chandigarh, December 18
Fourteen boys and six girls have been selected to participate in the three-day 14th Sub-junior, Junior and Senior National Karate Championship to be held at Navi Mumbai from December 25.

Sepak Takraw
Trials today
Chandigarh, December 18
Trials to select probables for the four-day Senior National Sepak Takraw Championship (boys and girls) to be held at New Delhi from December 29 would be organised by the Chandigarh Sepak Takraw Association (CSTA) tomorrow.

Punia takes slender lead
Chandigarh, December 18
Micky Punia from the USA set the pace carding a nine over par 81 to lead the pack as 113 NRIs teed off for the Chandigarh Golfing Tour trophy, which got under way on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

NRI golfers in action on the 18th hole on the opening day of the Chandigarh Golfing Tour at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Friday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Kho-kho trials on December 22
Chandigarh, December 18
The Chandigarh Kho-kho Association (CKKA) would conduct trials to select the Chandigarh kho-kho teams (boys and girls), which would participate in the five-day 29th Junior National Kho-kho Championship to be held at Margao, Goa, from January 20.