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College bus falls into riverbed, 28 hurt
 Panchkula/Ambala,
September 8
Students of the Maharshi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, had a miraculous
escape when a private college bus fell into a riverbed off the Tangri bridge
near Barwala this morning.
The college bus that fell off the Tangri
bridge at Batour village on the Chandigarh-Naraingarh road on Wednesday. Photo:
Dev Dutt Sharma
Taj challaned
Inspection by health, excise officials
Chandigarh, September 8
Hotel Taj GVK, Sector 17, today came under the scanner of officials of the departments of health and excise and taxation, who conducted an inspection at the premises of the hotel.
Health department officials inspect eatables at Hotel
Taj GVK, Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik
PCS officer nabbed taking Rs 50,000
Chandigarh, September 8
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau today arrested senior Punjab Civil Services (PCS) officer TK Goyal while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a Kapurthala resident to give an inquiry report in his
favour. Goyal, a 1995 batch PCS officer, who was posted as joint secretary, Department of Welfare of the
SC/BCs, was arrested by a team of the VB from his office at the Mini Secretariat, Sector 9, here, this evening.
TK Goyal
No objection if victim goes for abortion: Police
Chandigarh, September 8
The Chandigarh Police today said it had no objection if the 14-year-old rape victim, an inmate of Snehalaya, underwent abortion.
MC hiring process under cloud again
Chandigarh, September 8
The recruitment process for the post of junior engineers of the municipal corporation has come under scrutiny once again. In a case that smacks of sheer negligence, a candidate whom the civic body had selected for the position of JE (horticulture wing) has now been shown the door on the grounds that he was “ineligible.”
So no one has passed
Students accuse teacher of poor internal assessment
Chandigarh, September 8
An entire batch of MA students, nearly 20 in number, at the department of sociology, Panjab University, have complained of
being declared failed in internal assessment in two subjects by a teacher (name withheld).
Asked for homework, student slaps teacher
Chandigarh, September 8
In another shocking incident in the ongoing ‘slap gate’ row in the city’s government run schools, a class VII student slapped his teacher after the latter asked him for his homework notebook. The incident, which has left entire teaching fraternity furious, occurred at Government Senior Secondary School in Sector 38 (West), near Dadu Majra, when Ravi Kataria, a Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan teacher, asked a student to show his homework notebook.
Sandeep Joshi
No bidders for parking lots
Chandigarh, September 8
Installation of the hi-tech parking lots of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation received a set back today when no contractor turned up for bidding of four parking lots for which the authorities had made it mandatory for contractors to install semi-automatic system on their own.
MC Enforcement Panel Meeting
Now, field staff to report at 1 pm
Chandigarh, September 8
In order to enforce the encroachment law effectively in the city, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has decided to change the working hours of their field staff from 1pm to 9 pm from now onwards. The decision to this affect was taken at a meeting of the enforcement committee presided over by enforcement committee chairman Jatinder Bhatia.
MC fails to ‘bell the cat’
Out of 86 tents pitched illegally in the city, the civic body managed to remove only 31
Chandigarh, September 8
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh has apparently failed to “bell the cat”.
More than a year has lapsed since the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled there was a “need to bell the cat” before directing the UT administration to carry out a survey for checking encroachments by powers that be. Yet, the MC has failed to remove 55 tents pitched by politicians and other VIPs on its land.
Save Sukhna Forum revived
Chandigarh, September 8
Residents of the city consisting of an array of former chief engineers and experts from diverse fields today revived the “Save Sukhna Forum” which they had formed in 2003 following the Tribune reports on saving Sukhna lake.
The forum consisting of Dr SS Grewal, GS Tandon, OP Kapoor, Dr BR Pruthi (founder secretary), Maj Gen Amarjeet
Kahlon, SS Virdi, Dr GS Dhillon, Arjun Singh, KK Lakhanpal met today in the evening.
Members of the Save Sukhna Forum deliberate upon an action plan at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik
CBI Raids
PEC varsity staff tight-lipped
Chandigarh, September 8
In the absence of the institute director, teachers and other employees at the PEC University of Technology were tight-lipped on the issue of raids conducted by the CBI and the subsequent arrest of certain students today.
Post of Constable in UT Police
CAT dismisses plea of colour-blind candidates
Chandigarh, September 8
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today dismissed seven applications filed by persons who had applied for the post of constable in the UT police as they were colour blind.
Dangling dangerously
Chandigarh, September 8
Trees that have not been pruned for months and overgrown hedges on the medians are putting motorists in the city to inconvenience.
Overgrown trees with boughs stooping low are defeating the purpose of road widening in the city as most of the newly widened roads stretches are not used by the motorists to avoid hitting the tree branches.
A CCTV camera (encircled) hidden behind boughs at the Kisan Bhawan roundabout
Major fire averted
Chandigarh, September 8
Swiftness of the library staff today prevented a major fire at the Chandigarh College of Architecture located inside the PEC University of Technology campus.
Rainwater enters houses in Mohali
Mohali, September 8
Heavy rain that lashed the town early this morning brought misery for residents of Phase XI with water entering a number of houses.
Blood donation camp today
Chandigarh, September 8
The Tribune Employees Union will organise a blood donation camp to mark the death anniversary of the founder of The Tribune Trust, Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, here tomorrow.
Four injured in accidents
Panchkula, September 8
A girl was seriously injured when a rashly driven Indica car hired by the Haryana Uttar Bijli Vitran Nigam hit a scooter near the road separating Sectors 4 and 11 here this morning.
According to the police, Dharamvir was driving the Indica car (HR-68T-0004) and hit the Activa scooter (HR-03L-2705) of the city-based Swati and her maternal grandmother
Satya.
The mangled remains of the Tata Indica and the Honda Activa at the road separating
Sectors 4 and 11 in Panchkula on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
Tribune Impact
MC launches drive to make Zirakpur free of garbage
 Zirakpur, September 8
Taking a cognisance of news report carried in these columns on September 3 “Garbage in open: Bins purchased, not in place” the Zirakpur municipal council has launched a massive drive to remove heaps of garbage strewn across the town and also placed garbage bins in different parts of the town.
Garbage bins placed by the Zirakpur MC near Punjab water office
on Wednesday. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal
Channelise N-choe before handing it over, MC tells GMADA
Mohali, September 8
The Municipal Council has demanded that the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) should channelise the N-choe before handing it over to the civic body for maintenance as the council is short of funds and also lacks adequate infrastructure.
Minors not safe in city
Rape cases on the rise
Chandigarh, September 8
n On March 19, 2009, a two-year-old girl, Kusum (name changed), was all
egedly raped by Joginder Singh. When her mother came to know about the outrage she immediately went to the police to get an FIR registered
Auto dealer refutes allegations
Lally Automobiles vice-president claimed that the company had already informed the buyer that it was an old car
Chandigarh, September 8
Reacting to the registration of a case of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy registered against three employees of Lally Automobiles Phase I, Industrial Area, for selling an old car to a Sector 56 resident, the vice-president of the company refuted the charges claiming that the company
had already informed the buyer that it was an old car.
Id celebrations
Chandigarh, September 8
Id-ul-Fitr will be celebrated at various mosques of the tricity tomorrow. According to information, a prayer meeting will be held at the Sector 29 masjid from 8:45 am.
Girls get certificates under Mai Bhago Scheme
Zirakpur, September 8
Manpreet Kaur Dolly, daughter of late former Akali leader Capt Kanwaljit Singh, yesterday distributed certificates among 24 girls, who had successfully completed the course in embroidery and stitching at a women empowerment centre in Dhakola village.
Justice Gogoi to be sworn in today
Chandigarh, September 8
Acting Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, will be administered oath as a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday. The ceremony is slated to take place at 9.30 am. Justice Gogoi will be third in the seniority list, after Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice Mehtab Singh Gill. He will also be a part of the high court collegium along with Chief Justice Mudgal and Justice Gill.
Architects to be honoured
Chandigarh, September 8
The 19th annual Architect of the Year Awards ceremony would be held tonight at Hotel Taj wherein UT Administrator
and Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil would be the chief guest. During the function, top architects from the country and South Asia would be felicitated for their contribution in the field. The awards were instituted by the JK Cement Group about two decades ago.
Prof Christopher Benninger
Violation of ethics by media highlighted
Chandigarh, September 8
A talk on “Media: The ethics of its social prism” was delivered by Mohanmeet Kaur
Khosla, chairperson, School of Communication Studies, in a weekly seminar in the department of sociology here today.
From Schools
Laurels
Naval Pandey and Varun Sharma, students of class XI of Delhi Public School, bagged the second position in “Techniche”, the annual techno management festival organised at IIT, Guwahati. More than 120 schools from all over India participated in various events like robotics, crime scene investigation, structure building and many more. The students also attended workshops by Intel, IRIS and eminent CEO’s. Principal Reema Dewan congratulated the proud achievers for their brilliant effort.
Stress on importance of literacy
Chandigarh, September 8
The department of life long learning and extension (DLLLE), Panjab University, celebrated the International Literacy Day in Khudha Lahora village here yesterday.
PU Notes
Office-bearers
Chandigarh, September 8
In a general body meeting today, office-bearers and executive committee members of the Panjab University Field Workers Union have been elected unanimously. Hari Singh is the president, while Jaspal Singh is the general secretary.
Ram Raj Verma and Surmukh Singh are new senior vice-president and vice-president, respectively. — TNS
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Chandigarh, September 8
The Army and firemen in a rescue operation, which lasted for around three hours, saved the lives of five persons, including two women of Dhakka Colony, near Sector
21.
The police has arrested three persons who had allegedly robbed gold jewellery and other items from the house of a journalist after threatening his small children who were alone in the house at that time.
Patiala, September 8
