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Shimla girl’s gangrape
Charges to be framed against ex-Home Secy
Chandigarh, August 3
Additional District and Sessions Judge RN Bharti today ordered framing of charges against former UT Home Secretary NK Jain and four others in the gang rape of a Shimla girl in 2002.

Three Haryana cops killed in accident
Zirakpur, August 3
Three Haryana police personnel were killed and four, including a Superintendent of Police (SP) Vigilance, Hisar, were seriously injured in a head-on collision between a Punjab roadways bus and a Sumo near Jhuggian village on the Zirakpur-Patiala highway here this afternoon.

The mangled remains of the Sumo and the bus on the Zirakpur-Patiala highway on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

Minor booked for kidnap, rape
Chandigarh, August 3
The police has booked a minor for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old girl in his neighbourhood in Sector 41. The police has arrested the elder brother of the accused, a peon in the Punjab accountant-general’s office, for allegedly shielding the accused.The victim, a student of class IX, had lodged a complaint that her classmate and neighbour had raped her on July 29 at his brother’s house.

YOUTH IN SYNC

Students of the PEC University of Technology perform during the second day of the orientation programme in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

House tax in offing
Admn may also force water tariff hike on MC
Chandigarh, August 3
The Chandigarh administration is mooting a proposal to hike water tariff and impose house tax in the city by using its power under Section 405 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act.

Student ‘ragged’ at PU
Chandigarh, August 3
Tejas Anand, a first year student of the University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology (UICET), Panjab University, today alleged that he was ragged by two second year students of the same department at the boys’ hostel 3.

Three dreaded criminals nabbed in encounter
Panchkula, August 3
With the arrest of three dreaded criminals, the police today claimed to have solved the robbery of Rs 78,000 on July 29 from two ex-servicemen belonging to the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN).

COMMUNITY

Railways to take over e-ticketing from IRCTC
Chandigarh, August 3
After taking over catering services in trains from its subsidiary, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the Railways is planning to directly undertake e-ticketing operations also.

NATURAL COVER

Clouds hover over the Sector 17 plaza in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Neha’s rape not confirmed
Chandigarh, August 3
Even as the parents of murder victim Neha Ahlawat are traumatised by the media reports leading to ‘character assassination’ of their daughter, the post-mortem report has not confirmed that the victim had been raped.

NGO favours car pool
Chandigarh, August 3 ArriveSAFE, an NGO for road safety, and the Chandigarh traffic police organised a campaign at the plaza in Sector 17 here to spread awareness among commuters to use alternative modes of transport to decongest the city roads.

Panel suggests master plan in six months
Chandigarh, August 3
The co-ordination committee for the development of Chandigarh has suggested the preparation of Chandigarh’s master plan in six months and an integrated inter-state regional plan within a year.

MC seeks budget share for transferred depts
Chandigarh, August 3
The municipal corporation (MC) has demanded that the budget share of those departments which are being transferred by the Chandigarh administration to the corporation be made to run them efficiently.

I BELIEVE I CAN FLY!

Children of labourers play at a brick kiln in Mullanpur village. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

NRI gives thumbs up to PGI healthcare
Chandigarh, August 3 Although the PGI, a premier health institute of the region, quite often attracts criticism for its internal politics and decreasing quality of healthcare, an NRI patient from the US is all praise for the staff and medical facilities at the hospital. Kuldip D Rampal, a professor of mass communication at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, said the real story about the PGI was the quality of medical care it provided.

Religious places on public land
GMADA told to draw plan for regularisation
Mohali, August 3
In what may come as a ray of hope for various religious establishments set up on public land in violation of rules in Mohali, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has directed the secretary, housing and urban development, to come up with a plan to regularise illegal structures.

Sand mining sites go for Rs 8 cr
Mohali, August 3
Sand mining sites in the district were auctioned for Rs 8 crore at an auction conducted by the District Industries Centre in the Industrial Area, Phase 1, here today. For 55 sites, the reserve price was Rs 3.4 crore. In Ropar, 63 mining sites went for Rs 10.3 crore, against a reserve price of Rs 2.03 crore.


Bidders argue during an auction of sand mining sites at the District Industries Centre, Mohali, on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Plantation drive at thermal plant
Ropar, August 3 Vanmahotsava was celebrated at Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant (GGSSTP) here.Powercom director generation GS Chhabra inaugurated the sapling plantation campaign organised on the occasion. A sapling was planted near the 220 kv switchyard in the plant area.

Workshop for PTU faculty
Kharar, August 3
A three-day faculty development programme has been organised at the Centre for Management Training and Research (CMTR) here for the orientation of the faculty of management colleges affiliated to Punjab Technical University (PTU).

Civil Hospital
Free diet for indoor patients
Ambala, August 3
The civil hospital, Ambala City, will be the first government hospital in the Ambala division to provide diet free of cost to all indoor patients.The Red Cross Society, Ambala, will launch the scheme from August 15 to mark the Independence Day.

6 jail inmates suffer burn injuries
Patiala, August 3
Six inmates of the Central Jail sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out following a leakage in the gas pipe here this afternoon.The incident took place during lunchtime. Six inmates — Rahul, Sonu, Rashpal, Amarjit, Sukhdev Singh and Ram Giri — sustained burn injuries in the incident.


Jail inmates with burns injuries being treated at the Government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

9-yr-old girl awaits help for surgery
Patiala, August 3
Diksha Gupta, a nine-year-old girl from Jalaun village in Uttar Pradesh, is suffering from bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss by birth.The disease is curable through cochlear implant surgery, which costs Rs 6.22 lakh.


Diksha Gupta

Govt boost needed to revive listless MC
Bassi Pathana, August 3
With monsoon unleashing its fury, the normal life of local residents has been thrown out of gear as rainwater has been entering their houses due to the absence of a drainage system.

Servant held for theft
Bassi Pathana, August 3
The local police has arrested Karamjit Singh, alias Kala, a resident of Saheedgarh village, for allegedly stealing electronic goods from the shop of his employer.The police has recovered certain goods stolen from the shop.

Man killed
Rajpura, August 3
Surinder Singh, a panchayat member of Abrama village, was killed in a road accident this morning. The victim was on his way home on a scooter after selling vegetables in a Mohali market when a speeding truck hit his two-wheeler from behind near the railway bridge at Sanetta village on the Banur-Landran road. — TNS

COURTS

HC relief for Preity
Chandigarh, August 3
Preity Zinta got relief from the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Issuing notice of motion for September 22 on the actress-cum-entrepreneur’s petition against summoning orders issued by the Registrar of Companies, Justice Nirmaljit Kaur today stayed further proceedings in the “Kings’ XI” finances matter.

Preity Zinta

Warrants Against Saji Mohan
Court for action against Mumbai jail superintendent
Chandigarh, August 3
Raising questions over the conduct of the Superintendent, Central Jail, Arthor Road, Mumbai, the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Lalit Batra has asked the IG, Prisons, to initiate action against the official.

HC for tougher action against drunk driving
Chandigarh, August 3
Driving home a message against drunk driving, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today verbally suggested that vehicles could be impounded for six months to check this menace.

CRIME

Man held with liquor
Chandigarh, August 3
The police today arrested Abdul Majid, a resident of Sector 29, with 144 quarters of countrymade liquor.He was arrested from the road separating Sectors 19 and 27 while allegedly carrying 144 quarters. A case under the Excise Act was been registered against him.

SPORTS

Inter-School Boxing
Vipan, Abhishek march on
Chandigarh, August 3
Vipan Kumar, Abhishek, Jatin and Rahul moved to the next round of the 32-kg weight category at the Chandigarh Inter-School Boxing (under-14) for Boys at PML SD School, Sector 32, here today.



Boxers battle it out during the Inter-School Boxing Tournament at SD Public School in Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Table Tennis
Manav Mangal reign supreme
Panchkula, August 3
Host Manav Mangal emerged overall district champions in table tennis as they bagging all four titles for the fourth consecutive year in the Panchkula District Table Tennis Championship, that concluded on the school premises in Sector 11, here today.

Work on golf academy under way
Mohali, August 3
Work on town’s first golf academy has begun on nine acres of land in Phase XI here. Being developed by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), the academy will boost the recreational activity in the region.

Players told to stay away from unauthorised meets
Mohali, August 3
The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) has cautioned its players against their participation in unauthorised cricket tournaments.

Snooker &Billiards
Defending champ up against third seedfor top slot
Panchkula, August 3
Defending champion Sameer Bhalla will face third seed Ankur Nanda in the final of the senior snooker category in the 24th Haryana State Junior and Senior Billiards and Snooker Championship.