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Water Supply and Sewerage
Badal approves Rs 31 cr for Rajpura
Chandigarh, September 10
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today approved a project of Rs 31.08 crore for water supply, sewerage, sewage treatment plant and bricklining of the rainwater drains in Rajpura town.
Looting Case
Youths sent to 4-day police remand
Ambala, September 10
The accused who were involved in a looting case of Rs 4 lakh were produced in a court, which remanded them to four-day police custody.
The accused have been identified as Sachin Kumar, resident of Muzaffar Nagar, and Paramjit, resident of Gondar village near
Karnal.
Fine of Rs 1,000 slapped on
company
Apple juice maker gets 6-month RI
Ambala, September 10
Judicial Magistrate Rajnish Sharma has sentenced rigorous imprisonment (RI) of six months and a fine of Rs 1,000 to an apple juice manufacturer, Shivombhu International,
Una, after some fungus was found in the juice.
Consumer Forum
Sector 22 resident told to pay Rs 1.25 lakh
Chandigarh, September 10
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed a resident of Sector 22, Ashok Kumar, to refund Rs 1.25 lakh, cost of a second hand Tata Sumo car, to a complainant.
The forum also directed him to handover the possession of the vehicle along with relevant documents to the complainant. The forum also directed Kumar to pay a compensation of Rs 10,000 besides Rs 5,000 as litigation cost to the complainant.
 Panchkula Dacoity
9-member gang lands in police net
Panchkula, September 10
Lack of knowledge about technology has landed nine Bangladeshi nationals, who decamped with cash and jewellery worth Rs 15 lakh after holding 13 members of a family of Sector 10 hostage on July 16, in the police net.
The accused being produced in court in Panchkula on Friday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
Three traffic cops suspended for graft
Mohali/Kharar,
September 10
Taking cognisance of reports of traffic cops fleecing drivers of vehicles registered in other states passing through the district, senior police officials today booked three head constables under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 in two separate cases. All three have been placed under suspension.
Resident duped of Rs 6 lakh
Zirakpur, September 10
The police booked three persons on charges of cheating here today. The case has been registered against Madan
Goel, Arun Goel, a resident of Badal Colony, and Bhupinder Singh, a resident of Phase-IX, Mohali, on the complaint of Avtar Singh, a resident of Raiwal Dona Tehsil
Shahkot, Jalandhar.
4 held for gambling
Chandigarh, September 10
The police has arrested four persons for allegedly gambling at a hotel in Sector 35 on Wednesday night.
The police said Sukhpal Singh, a resident of Sector 51-A, Davinder Singh, a resident of Sector-37, Manoj Kumar of Sector 56 and Ranjit Singh of Sector 40 were arrested form a hotel in Sector 35 during the intervening night of September 8 and 9. The raiding team recovered Rs 39,000 from their possession.
2 killed, 1 injured in road mishap
Kalka, September 10
In a hit-and-run case, two persons died and one was seriously injured in a road mishap in Kalka. Police sources revealed that the accident took place late last night on the National Highway-22 opposite the Housing Board Colony, Kalka, where some unidentified vehicle hit a motorcycle on which three persons were riding.
Robbery Case
Accused was on
prowl in Chandigarh, too
Mohali, September 10
The accused arrested in connection with a robbery at a Sector 70 house of here has confessed to have committed several snatchings in Chandigarh.
1 booked under Animal Cruelty Act
Chandigarh, September 10
The police arrested a Panchkula resident under the provisions of the Animal Cruelty Act after he was caught while carrying 19 chickens on his bicycle on Thursday.
Paralympic National Meet
Haryana pocket 6 medals in shot put
Panchkula, September 10
Haryana has bagged six medals in shot put event in various categories followed by Delhi (three) on the second day of the 5th Paralympic National Championship being held at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Sector 3 here today.
Participants during a race at the Paralympic National Championship in Panchkula
on Friday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
Sharmila clinches women's golf title
Chandigarh, September 10
Sharmila Nicollet made the most of the early morning rain and cool breeze and the subsequent sunny afternoon to coast an easy win in the third leg of the Hero Honda Women's Professional Golf Tour on the par-70 greens of Rambagh Golf Club in Jaipur today.
Cricket Meet
AKSIPS book berth in final
Panchkula, September 10
Ajit Karam International Public School (AKSIPS), Sector 41, stormed into the final of the Inter-School Saupin’s Gold Cup Under-14 Cricket Tournament defeating Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, (GNPS-36) by eight runs at BTS-48 grounds here today.
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Chandigarh, September 10
Activists of the Sidhupur faction of the Bharti Kisan Union Ekta (BKUE) today held a protest demonstration on the Chandigarh-Mohali border in support of their demands amid heavy police deployment.
The protesting farmers were demanding cancellation of agreements regarding the distribution of river waters. They said only surplus water should be released to others states according to the riparian right of the state.
