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MCA approval to SD College withdrawn 
Chandigarh, January 25
In a major blow to one of the city’s prominent colleges, the All India Council for Technical Education has withdrawn affiliation of its popular master of computer applications (MCA) course at the GGDSD College, Sector 32. Currently, the MCA course has an intake capacity of 60 students.

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‘Unrelated’ officials were also sanctioned honorarium
Chandigarh, January 25
Even as eyebrows are being raised at the disbursement of over Rs 22 lakh as honorarium to officials of the Chandigarh Administration related to the election work for the May 13 Lok Sabha elections, certain officials, "not related" to the poll process, were also sanctioned the honorarium.

Cops’ bitter pill for martyr’s mother
Chandigarh, January 25
Even as the nation salutes its martyrs for their contribution to safeguarding the unity and integrity of the nation, the experience of the mother of a martyr at the hands of the Chandigarh police was anything but pleasant.


Rajiv shows the goods scattered after the theft that took place at his house in Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Police to expedite return of stolen property
Mohali, January 25
In a new initiative to improve its image, the Punjab Police has decided to ensure that articles and cash recovered in theft cases are returned to the complainants within a few days.

COMMUNITY

Police Medal for SSP
Chandigarh, January 25
Sudhanshu Shekhar Srivastva, the UT SSP, has been awarded the Police Medal for his meritorious services. An MBA from Punjabi University, Patiala, he joined the Indian Police Services in 1994 in the Punjab Cadre. He remained posted in various districts across Punjab and was selected for the UN Mission Kosovo for peacekeeping duties from September 2003 to September 2004.

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ASI Naresh, Ambala, Police MedalSI Jai Singh, HPA, Madhuban, Police MedalInsp Ramesh Chand, HPA, Police MedalSI Hemant Kumar, Gurgaon, Police Medal

DSP Narinder Kumar, P’kula, Police MedalDGP Rakesh Malik, President’s Police MedalInsp Tara Chand, HPA, Madhuban, Police MedalKJS Cheema, IG, BSF, Police Medal

PU students gherao  police post
Chandigarh, January 25
Students of Panjab University today gheraoed the police post on the campus after the police detained an outsider caught having dinner in hostel No. 7.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Notorious criminal in police net
Patiala, January 25
Seventeen days after he escaped from the police custody, Patiala cops today managed to nab notorious criminal Praveen Kumar Pandit.

Non-teaching employees strike work
Patiala, January 25
Members of the Punjab and Chandigarh Non-teaching Employees’ Union struck work and staged a dharna in front of the principal’s office at Modi College, Patiala. They were protesting against the non-implementation of the Fifth Pay Commission recommendations for the non-teaching employees of the private colleges.

Book trust holds programme
Patiala, January 25
The National Book Trust of India, along with the department of youth  welfare, Punjabi University, Patiala, organised  a literary programme on the university campus today.

Stress on preserving environment
Patiala, January 25
Presiding over the valedictory session of the national conference on “Recent advances in chemical and environment sciences (RACES-2010)”, Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, Dr Gurjeet Singh on Saturday stressed on the role of judiciary in the preservation of environment.

Accident claims two lives
Kharar, January 25
Two persons got killed in an accident when a car rammed into a stationary truck near Saneta village on the Banur-Landran road.





The vehicles involved in an accident at Saneta village on the Banur-Landran road on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Pre-recruitment camp for Army aspirants
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 25
A pre-recruitment camp for Army aspirants will be held at the District Sainik Welfare Office here from February 14. Stating this here recently, District Sainik Welfare Officer Col Sudhanshu Kumar Randev (retd) said besides physical training, a written test would be conducted for the aspirants.

COURTS

HC sets targets for district courts
Chandigarh, January 25
Following the guidelines issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the litigants in the district courts can now expect speedy disposal of their cases.

Defence wants NCB ex-sepoy summoned
Chandigarh, January 25
The case involving Israeli national Lior Avi Ben Moyal under the NDPS Act has taken a new turn, with the defence today moving an application under Section 311 of the CrPC for summoning Paramjit Singh, former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) sepoy, as witness.

CRIME

2 injured in road mishap
Zirakpur, January 25
Two women were injured after a car driver got fits and rammed the car into a divider on the Chandigarh-Ambala National Highway here this evening.

Two cases of stabbing in city
Chandigarh, January 25
Two persons were injured in separate incidents of stabbing in the city. Ram Kishore of Gurusagar Sahib Colony, Maloya, reported to the police that his neighbour Ranbir Singh, along with his brothers Rajbir Singh and Mahabir Singh, assaulted and stabbed him near his residence last night.

Three held for vehicle theft
Mohali, January 25
With the arrest of three members of a gang of vehicle thieves, officials of the CIA wing and the Kharar sadar police station have claimed to have solved several cases of vehicle theft in the district. Several stolen vehicles and spare parts of vehicles, valued at Rs 8 lakh, were recovered.

3 youths held for snatching
Chandigarh, January 25
The police arrested three youths on the charges of snatching a jacket and a wallet of two students.

SPORTS

Pace Riders book berth in semis
Chandigarh, January 25
All-round performance by Parvesh Sharma helped the Pace Riders beat Punjabi Tigers by seven wickets to enter the semifinals of the first U-13 Tricity Premier League (TPL) Cricket Tournament being held at Banyan Tree School ground, Sector 48, here today.

GMSSS-19, Carmel script facile wins
Chandigarh, January 25
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, and Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, trounced Swami Ram Tirtha Public High School, Mohali, and Sri Aurobindo School, Sector 27, respectively, in the Times Cremica Inter-School Tournament held here today.

SGGS Khalsa College emerge champs
Chandigarh, January 25
SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, won the Panjab University Football (men) A-Division Championship, while GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, SGGS College, Chandigarh, and BAM Khalsa College, Garshankar, bagged the second, third and fourth positions, respectively.
A player of the SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, on his way to score a goal against the SGGS College, Chandigarh, during the PU Inter-College Football Tournament on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Six selected for civil services tennis meet
Chandigarh, January 25
A six-member tennis team has been selected by the Chandigarh sports department to participate in the six-day All-India Civil Services Tennis Tournament to be held at the Secretariat Sports Club, Old Secretariat, Patna, from January 28.

Skating trials from today
Chandigarh, January 25
Trials to select probables for the 47th National Speed Skating Championship (sub-junior, junior and senior) for boys and girls to be held in Nagpur from February 3 will be conducted by the Chandigarh Roller Skating Association from January 26.