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Anu Chatrath elected Mayor unopposed
Posts of Sr Dy Mayor, Dy Mayor also go to Cong
BJP-SAD candidate Harjinder Kaur withdraws
Chandigarh, January 1
Congress councillor Anu Chatrath was elected unopposed as the 16th mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation today after the Opposition alliance of BJP-SAD candidate Harjinder Kaur withdrew from the elections.

Newly elected Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Congress candidates: Mayor Anu Chatrath, Senior Deputy Mayor Bhupinder Singh Bhadehri and Deputy Mayor Sheela Devi after winning mayoral elections on Friday at the MC office in Sector 17, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Ruchika’s ‘expulsion’ from school
Statements of Anand, Madhu Prakash recorded
Chandigarh, January 1
Taking its fact-finding inquiry regarding the alleged forced expulsion of Ruchika Girhotra by the Sacred Heart School authorities, Sector 26, to the next level, the UT administration today recorded the statements of Anand and Madhu Prakash along with Ruchika’s father Subhash Girhotra.

A rickshaw-puller braves the chill in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Mysterious death of constable Manmohan Singh Mohni in 2005
CBI books four cops
Chandigarh, January 1
After a lapse of over four years since a Chandigarh Police constable Manmohan Singh Mohni died a mysterious death, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case of murder and criminal conspiracy against his four colleagues, including a sub-inspector, and two other persons.

City shivers at 1.2° C
Chandigarh, January 1
With the mercury plummeting further to the lowest of the season at 1.2 degrees Celsius today, the city residents woke up to a thick fog cover and icy cold winds on the first day of the New Year.

Gangster in PC Jewellers heist arrested
Panchkula, January 1
The Panchkula police got a major success when a team of the CIA staff, led by Inspector Kul Bhushan, arrested dreaded gangster Sandeep Dahiya, member of the Badri gang, from Jhanda village of Sonepat last evening.

Govt school timings changed
Chandigarh, January 1
With the dip in mercury, the UT Education Department has made changes in the timings of all government schools from tomorrow. While the single- shift schools will commence at 8:30 am, those running in two shifts will commence at 8 am for the morning slot and conclude afternoon classes at 5 pm. —TNS

COMMUNITY

Bansal upset over ‘interference’ by Admn in Babla issue
Chandigarh, January 1
The Chandigarh Administration's attempts to "interfere" in the affairs of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) on the Babla issue through seeking of legal opinion of the UT Senior Standing Counsel has earned the ire of Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Pawan Bansal.

Migratory birds seem to begin the new year on high note. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

UT to outsource gardens’ upkeep
Chandigarh, January 1
In an important development, the Chandigarh Administration has decided to outsource the horticulture and maintenance of the gardens in the city. In the first phase, the administration will hand out the upkeep of Bougainvillea, Terraced Garden, Bamboo Gardens, Topiary Park and Hibiscus Garden, besides certain others.

Municipal Corporation moots revision of Advertisement Act
Chandigarh, January 1
In order to tighten the noose around violators, who advertise their products by pasting them on walls without the permission of the authorities concerned, the municipal corporation has decided to revise the Advertisement Control Act 2009.

The police conducts an awareness campaign on traffic safety in Phase 7, Mohali, on Friday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Enforcement drives failed to check road mishaps
Chandigarh, January 1
Strict enforcement drives against traffic violations failed to bring down deaths caused due to road accidents in the city in 2009. The traffic police realised over Rs 4 crore in terms of fines from traffic offenders, while the city recorded over 10 per cent rise in road accidents. According to sources in the accident cell of the Chandigarh traffic police, road mishaps claimed around 163 lives this year against 147 in 2008.

Road safety week inaugurated
Chandigarh, January 1
UT Home Secretary Ram Niwas today inaugurated the 21st National Road Safety Week at Children Traffic Park, Sector 23.



Cops explain the working of various equipment to children during the inauguration of the 21st National Road Safety Week at Children Traffic Park, Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

VC’s comments draw flak
Chandigarh, January 1 The New Year tea party hosted by the PU Vice-Chancellor has landed him in a fresh trouble.The party was actually hosted to celebrate the outcome of the UGC Fund Deficit Committee, which visited the PU recently, but the VC’s comments left members of the Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) fuming.

Sufi singer mesmerises audience
Chandigarh, January 1 After eighteen music concerts in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the UK, young, versatile and promising Punjabi folk and Sufiana singer Satinder Sartaaj gave his solo recital at the Tagore Theatre here today. The programme titled “Mehfil- E- Sartaaj” was organised by the Sea Bird Educational Organisation of Mohali.

Satinder Sartaaj performs at the Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Friday. A Tribune photograph

SBI donates 3-wheeler to theatre group
Chandigarh, January 1  SK Sehgal, chief general manager of the State bank of India, today donated a Piaggio three-wheeler to The Theatre Age, a group working for slum children.

SK Sehgal, chief general manager of the State bank of India, donates a three-wheeler to The Theatre Age at Sector 17 in Chandigarh on Friday. A Tribune photograph

PNB Document Storage Centre inaugurated
Panchkula, January 1
Ashok Kumar Loomba, circle head of Punjab National Bank, inaugurated the PNB Document Storage Centre here recently for centralisation of all document activity for the entire circle. The centre has been set up in collaboration with Capital Business Systems Limited, New Delhi.

Members of the road construction and maintenance wing of the MC engineering department distribute langar at their Sector 38 office on the occasion of New Year celebrations on Friday. Tribune photo: PradeepTewari

Rs10 lakh grant for farmers
Mohali, January 1
There is a need to set up fruit and vegetable markets having international standards for bringing about an improvement in the financial position of farmers.

Bhutani takes charge as NIPER head
Mohali, January 1 Prof KK Bhutani has taken over the charge of the Director of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali. He succeeds Prof. P Rama Rao, who held the office from July 2004 to  December 2009.

School Fees
Education secys get notice
Chandigarh, January 1
A local Human Rights Association yesterday served a legal-cum-demand notice upon the education secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and UT, along with their private school associations against taking advance fee on quarterly basis.

Children enjoy a ride on toy motorcycles during the winter fair at Sector 34, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

CBI filed 55 chargesheets last year
Chandigarh, January 1
The CBI, Chandigarh Zone, today said it had filed 55 charge-sheets last year, including several high-profile cases.

Area under wheat in Punjab, Haryana declines
Chandigarh, Januay 1 With the Rabi sowing season getting almost over, Punjab and Haryana have seen a marginal dip in area under cultivation of wheat, although both the states aims to achieve over 260 lakh MT of wheat output.

Census 2011 to form national identity base
Chandigarh, January 1
The National Population Register (NPR), which would contain information on specified data items for each individual would form a comprehensive identity database in the country and would be a unique feature of the 2011 Census.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Canadian MLA visits college
Kharar, January 1
Manmeet S Bhullar, personal assistant to the Minister of Advanced Education and Technology, Alberta, Canada, addressed students at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran.

Placement drive at Rayat-Bahra
Kharar, January 1
Rayat-Bahra Group has started a campus placement fortnight at Rayat-Bahra Bio Technology Centre, Mohali, for students of BTech of its Ropar and Mohali campuses.

Illicit liquor confiscated
Kharar, January 1
Thirtytwo boxes of illicit liquor were recovered at a naka put up near Landran. The plice has registered a case against Surjit Singh from Hoshiarpur and Raman Kumar from Patiala under the Excise Act, who were taking the bottles in their car.

Boy dead, 8 hurt in road mishap
Kalka, January 1
In a tragic incident, an 11-year-old boy of Kalka died, and eight others, including a woman and five-old-boy were injured. The incident took place in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday morning, when all were on their way to pay obeisance at Baba Balak Nath temple.

Congmen hurt in accident
Rajpura, January 1
Five local political leaders reportedly belonging to the Congress were injured in an accident today.

Two held for rape bid
Kharar, January 1
A man and his son were booked and arrested today for making an attempt to rape his daughter-in-law. In her complaint to the police, 28-year-old Kamaljit Kaur, a resident of ward number 1, Mundi Kharar, stated that she was married to Sukhpal Singh from Morinda 10 years ago and they had two sons.

Lack of recovery van hampers rescue operations
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 1
The lack of recovery van used in towing vehicles parked on the wrong side of roads at busy market places is hampering rescue operations here.

COURTS

Babla remanded in judicial custody
Chandigarh, January 1
A local court today remanded Congress councillor Devinder Singh Babla in judicial custody till January 15. Babla, who was earlier remanded in three-day police custody in total, was today sent to 14-day judicial custody by duty magistrate Amit Sharma.

CRIME

Cheating case against woman
Chandigarh, January 1
A Dhanas resident accused a woman of duping him of Rs 1.50 lakh. Sanjay Kumar of Dhanas reported to the police that Surinder Kaur of Deep Complex Hallomajra had taken 1.5 lakh from him on December 3, 2007, promising to sell him a house in her locality.

Two killed in road accident
Chandigarh, January 1 Two persons were killed while three others were injured in two separate mishaps in the city last night. The police said Jatinder Singh of Jagatpura village, in his mid 20s, was killed after the Honda City car (CH 04 P 3974) he was driving overturned near the Sector 47 Gurdwara at 1.30 am today.

3 held for shoot-out incident
Zirakpur, January 1
In the last night’s fire shoot-out incident in the godown area of Bhabat village, the local police booked three persons and recovered .315 country made pistol along with four mobile phones from the possession of Sandeep, hailing from Muzafarnagar, who was nabbed by family members of a businessman, whose godown they had gone to burgle.

Son of MC  ex-chief booked for assault
Panchkula, January 1
Karun Chaudhary, son of former president of the Panchkula Municipal Council, Seema Chaudhary was booked here today for allegedly assaulting an employee of the police station in a market today.

SPORTS

Gursobha wins two golds
National Equestrian Meet
Chandigarh, January 1 
Eleven-year-old Gursobha Singh, a student of Yadavindra Public School, Mohali, won the recently concluded Junior National Equestrian Championship 2009 in Delhi. After a brilliant performance in the FEI Children International Jumping Competition, Gursobha clinched two individual golds and two team silvers in the four-day championship organised by the 61st Cavalry (B Squadron) in collaboration with the Equestrian Federation of India. 

Wild-card entry for four city players
Chandigarh, January 1
Four players from the city have been awarded a wild-card entry in the ITF Grade-3 World Ranking Junior Tennis Tournament to be organised by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) from January 2.

Akshdeep fashions Bharti Vij academy win
Chandigarh, January 1
Akshdeep (88) helped Bhari Vij Cricket Academy beat Shree Shree Cricket Academy by 65 runs in the St Soldier’s Trophy at St Soldier’s International School, Sector 28, here today.


Players in action during a match at St Soldier’s International School, Sector 28, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

City’s Jaiveer is U-10 champ
Chandigarh, January 1
Ten-year-old Jaiveer Singh Sandhu of Chandigarh repeated his Albatross golf triumph edging out another city player Karandeep Singh Kochar in a nail-biting finish to clinch the U-10 title in the Lalit Suri All-India Junior Golf Championship on the par-71 greens of the Poona Golf Club in Pune today.

Chess tournament begins
Chandigarh, January 1
The city’s first All-India FIDE Rating Chess Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Chess Association got underway at St Xavier’s School here today.


Participants at the first Chandigarh FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament 2010 held at St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School in Sector 44, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

5-wicket win for Mohali academy
Chandigarh, January 1
Mohali Cricket Academy defeated Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy by five wickets in the weekend match organised by DP Azad Cricket Academy on the MCA grounds in Mohali today.

DAV-10 beat PU in tennis
Chandigarh, January 1
DAV College, Sector 10, yesterday won the Panjab University Tennis (men) Championship.

Arya College victorious
Chandigarh, January 1 
Arya College, Ludhiana, won the Panjab University Inter-College Powerlifting (men) Championship at the PU Gymnasium Hall here today. 

Junior golf camp from Jan 8 in Panchkula
Chandigarh, January 1
The Haryana Golf Association will hold a one-month junior golf camp at the Panchkula Golf Club in Panchkula from January 8.

National sqay meet from Jan 22
Chandigarh, January 1
Sqay Association of Haryana in collaboration with Sqay Association of India will organise the 10th Senior National Sqay (martial arts) Championships for men and women at Cygnus High World School in Ambala from January 22.