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Student hurt in college shooting, 1 held
Chandigarh, April 13
The growing problem of student violence surfaced today outside DAV College in Sector 10 when a group of students opened fire from a .2mm revolver on a fellow student, who was fortunate to escape with a minor injury after a bullet grazed his left thigh.

A cop shows the cartridge that was found in front of the main entrance of DAV College, Sector 10, after the firing incident there. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

A big no to mainstream politics
Chandigarh, April 13
Gone is the era when student politics was synonymous with the department of laws. Many of the present day student-politicians at the PU are not only enrolled in MSc courses and PhD programmes, but some are also studying professional courses such as MBA and Bachelors in Dental Sciences. While some boast of grabbing the coveted junior and senior research scholarships (JRF and SRF), others have performed moderately in entrance and semester exams.

Fire Services Day Today
Fired up for what?
Employee’s kin await relief
Chandigarh, April 13
Amarjit Singh Mavi, the lone fireman of the city who lost his life during an operation in 2008, has become “anonymous” to his parent department of the MC. Mavi is the only fireman who died during a fire dousing operation on October 20, 2008, in Sector 22.

Farmhouse that hosted Majithia’s wedding party to go
Mohali, April 13
In a significant development, GMADA has slapped demolition orders on the owner of a prominent farmhouse that only five months ago was the venue for a lavish post-wedding party hosted by Bikram Singh Majithia, brother-in-law of Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal.

Dial 102 and be patient!
Chandigarh, April 13
Strange as it may sound, but despite being a compact and well-planned city run by bureaucrats, Chandigarh does not have a centralised ambulance service. In contrast to centralised numbers for the police (100) and the fire brigade (101), Chandigarh’s centralised ambulance service number (102) actually belongs to the GMSH-16.

In the absence of a centralised service in the city, the number is meant only for ambulances of the GMSH-16

COMMUNITY

Kirtans, giddha mark Baisakhi celebrations
Chandigarh, April 13
The harvest festival of Punjab, Baisakhi, was celebrated with great zeal in the city today. The festival was marked with chabeels, kirtans and shabad recitals in various gurdwaras, which were decorated with colourful lights. Langars were also served at various gurdwaras.

Young boys and girls dance on the occasion of Baisakhi in the fields near Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Preparations in full swing
Panchkula, April 13
Preparations are in full swing as lakhs of devotees were likely to pay obeisance at the Nadda Sahib Gurdwara, associated with 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, in view of the Baisakhi festival to be held tomorrow.

Diarrhoea: 32 fresh cases reported
Chandigarh, April 13
Thirty-two fresh cases of diarrhoea were reported at city hospitals today. With this, the number of patients suffering from the disease has gone up to 222 in the past five days.

High drama outside Tagore Theatre
Chandigarh, April 13
High drama prevailed outside Tagore Theatre today morning when a youth denied entry to the director of the theatre by parking his car at the main entrance. The youth, who was later identified as Puneet Sachdeva, a resident of Sector 44, locked himself in the car and refused to come out. The police was called and it took more than an hour for the cops to persuade him to come out of his car.

A youth comes out of his car at Tagore Theatre as cops look on. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Naveen Manglani has been elected as president of the Chamber of Chandigarh Industries for 2010-11

Dhawan may join BJP ahead of MC polls
Chandigarh, April 13
The grand old man of city politics and local convener of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Harmohan Dhawan, is in the news again with rumours about his imminent entry into the BJP doing the rounds ahead of the municipal corporation elections next year.

Footpath gives way to road
Chandigarh, April 13
In a glaring example of wastage of money, violation of architectural plans, work against environment and pedestrians, a footpath has been replaced with a road during widening in Sector 22-C.

Kulwant leads the race
Mohali, April 13
Reacting to the decision to unseat him, Rana, who is backed by the Congress, said injustice had been done.

PSEB
Immolation bid by dismissed clerks
Mohali, April 13
Senior officials in the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) remained on their toes for over two hours when dismissed clerks of the board attempted self-immolation after climbing to the top of the PSEB headquarters here this afternoon.

Army looks to pvt players to modernise its workshops
Chandigarh, April 13
Induction of new technology and upgradation of existing equipment has spurred the Army to modernise its vast network of Army Base Workshops (ABWs) that provide repair and maintenance support to its echelons.

Govt offices closed today
CHANDIGARH: All the Central government offices in Chandigarh, including industrial establishments, will remain closed on Wednesday on account of birthday of Dr BR Ambedkar under the Negotiable Instruments Act, a press release issued by the Central Government Employees’ Welfare Coordination Committee said. — TNS

EDUCATION

Special task force to visit PU today
Chandigarh, April 13
Members of the special task force constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India, would visit Panjab University to look into the financial needs of the university tomorrow.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Clash at Landran College
Father of witness shot at
Kharar, April 13
A resident of Ballo Majra village got injured in his son’s rivalry with college students. In his complaint to the police, Gagandeep Singh said some boys from Rajpura Phul, near Bathinda, threatened him over the phone and said they would come to his house and set his belongings on fire. The attackers reached the house of Gagandeep Singh and fired gun shots at him, which hit his father Narinder Singh.

 

COURTS

Consumer Court
Complainant told to pay Rs 10,000
Chandigarh, April 13
The Chandigarh Consumer Redressal Forum today fined Ramneek Sood, a resident of Panchkula, Rs 10,000 for filing a false and frivolous case against a Mani Majra-based United Insurance Company Limited. The amount has been specified as a compensation for costs provided under Section 26 of the Consumer Protection Act.

Court allows Capt to go abroad
A local court today allowed former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to visit Thailand and the UAE in the Amritsar Improvement Trust case registered by the Punjab vigilance against him. The permission was granted during the course of hearing of the case at Mohali courts here.

Former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh outside the Mohali courts on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

Baba Pritpal denied permission to visit gurdwara
Chandigarh, April 13
A local court today denied permission to Baba Pritpal Singh, chairman of Gurdwara Gur Sagar Sahib near Sukhna Lake, to visit the gurdwara on the occasion of Baisakhi.

Highway Robbery
Charges framed against 4
Chandigarh, April 13
A local court today framed charges against four members of an inter-state highway robbers’ gang, who were arrested in June 2009.

MC Chief’s Removal
HC notice to Punjab, local bodies dept
Chandigarh, April 13
Just two days before the Mohali municipal council is scheduled to elect its new president, senior vice-president and vice-president, ousted president Rajinder Singh Rana moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court today.

High court directive to decongest Gurgaon
Chandigarh, April 13
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a slew of measures for decongesting Gurgaon, including parking of vehicles in earmarked places in markets, malls and offices.

Retired teacher duped of Rs 11 lakh
Zirakpur, April 13
Dream of a retired government teacher to own a house in Chandigarh turned sour when she was duped of Rs 11 lakh at her house in Greenpark Colony, Zirakpur, on March 25. The case came to light today when the victim, Puspha Devi, approached the Zirakpur police for help.

Murder accused held, sent to 3-day police custody
Chandigarh, April 13
After remaing elusive to the local police for over eight months, Vijay Tunda, a murder accused landed in the police net on Sunday.