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Cong’s Pali wins by 1 vote
Chandigarh, January 1
Amidst high drama on the floor of the House of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, Congress candidate Ravinder Pal Singh ‘Pali’ defeated Independent candidate Jagjit Singh Kang by one vote to become the 17th Mayor of the corporation.


GRIEF and JOY: Ravinder Pal Singh ‘Pali’ who won the Mayor’s post in a gleeful mood, while Jagjit Singh Kang wears a sad look after losing the election. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Victory margin worries Bansal
Chandigarh, January 1
With eyes set on the forthcoming municipal corporation elections, today’s margin of victory in the mayoral election of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation left Member of Parliament Pawan Kumar Bansal a concerned man.

Cops still groping in the dark
SSP denies recovery rumours
Chandigarh, January 1
On the first day of the New Year, ‘rumours’ were rife that abducted child Khushpreet had been recovered by the police. However, UT Senior Superintendent of Police Naunihal Singh vehemently denied any such development towards the evening. “We are investigating the case. But there is no recovery of the child,” he categorically stated.

Jan 1 spells joy for 45 families
Mohali, January 1
It was double celebrations in many homes in the tri city, as the first day of the New Year spelt happiness for many families in the city as 45 babies were born in hospitals of the tricity after midnight.

COMMUNITY

Pending projects high on Mayor’s agenda
Chandigarh, January 1
Mayor of the Corporation, Ravinder Pal Singh, while addressing his first press conference here today said the priority this year will be to complete all pending projects that commenced four years ago. He said within a fortnight he would hold a meeting with the MC officials to get the status of the pending projects to ensure fast execution.

Lukewarm response to CHB scheme
The scheme, which opened on December 13, has till date sold only about 3,400 forms
Chandigarh, January 1
The latest housing scheme of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB), offering 160 two-bedroom flats in Sector 51, seems to be eliciting a poor response if the number of forms sold till date is any indication.

Bombshell Explosion
Another victim succumbs to injuries
Panchkula, January 1
One more victim seriously injured in the yesterday’s bombshell blast succumbed to his injuries at the PGI, Chandigarh, this morning. With this the total number of casualties have gone up to three.

Scrap dealers doing their ususal business outside their closed shops at Buddanpur village in Panchkula on Saturday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Uprooted road berms bane for Sec 28 residents
Chandigarh, January 1
Residents of Sector 28 D are harassed lot these days courtesy, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. It was more than a week ago that the Municipal Corporation through a contractor got the road berms uprooted in order to widen the road. However, the workers never returned to finish the work. As a result, the residents are finding it difficult to enter into their homes. This coupled with heavy rains that lashed the city over the past two days has added to the woes of these residents who are also not able to park their vehicles inside their premises.
A resident helps her children reach their home with great difficulty in Sector 28, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

The Tribune employees retire
Chandigarh, January 1
Mr Rajinder Mohan Sharma, deputy accounts manager, retired yesterday after putting in 35 years of service.

Girls enjoy the cold weather in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Contractual workers’ meeting
Chandigarh, January 1
The contractual workers at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, and Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, held a meeting and formed a joint action committee here today.

Pat on back for city traffic police
2010 saw 24 pc drop in fatal accidents compared to 2009
Chandigarh, January 1
It can be good news for road users in the ‘City Beautiful’ that the year 2010 witnessed about 24 per cent decrease in fatal accidents in comparison of 2009.

New Year rings in foggy, chilly, sunny day
Flight and train services continue to be paralysed
Chandigarh, January 1
For the past few days the foggy weather and a sharp drop in the day and night temperatures had sent the residents scurrying for woollens. Today, though the minimum temperature dropped to 8.2 degrees Celsius (°C), it was a relatively a warmer day with the maximum temperature rising marginally to 14.5 °C from yesterday’s 14°C.

HSIIDC to develop 12 new industrial estates, IMTs
Chandigarh, January 1
The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) will develop Industrial Estates (IE) and IMTs at 12 new places in the state over 14,702 acres to facilitate development and growth of industry in the state.

Village students visit Vidhan Sabha, high court
Chandigarh, January 1
Students from remote and rural villages of Hoshiarpur visited the Vidhan Sabha, the Civil Secretariat and the High Court buildings here today. The tour was organised by Member Parliament Rajya Sabha Avinash Rai Khanna, who nd guided the students about the buildings.

Spreading awareness on traffic rules
Zirakpur, January 1
Considering the present violation of traffic rules in the town, the traffic police today initiated a traffic awareness week. Setting up an example, the police, instead of issuing challans, gave flowers to the traffic rules violators. Devinder Singh, Zirakpur traffic in charge, said to spread awareness among people, the department had started a road safety week.

A cop warns a girl violating traffic rules at Zirakpur during the Road Safety Week on Saturday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

BJP threatens to launch stir against admn
Panchkula, January 1
The BJP here has threatened to launch a stir from today against district administration for not allowing party MC vice-president to work as president in violation of the Constitution, Legislation and Municipal Act.

Jackets distributed
Chandigarh, January 1
A team of educationists from Surya World reached out to the underprivileged children Theatreage today by gifting them jackets and shoes at the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 24, Chandigarh. Children belonging to this theatre group organised a cultural show. –TNS

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Liquor vend employee murdered
Rajpura, January 1
The New Year began on a sour note for the family of a liquor vend employee, Suresh Yadav, who was murdered in Kuthakheri village, around 10 km away from Rajpura city, last night. Yadav was a native of Durraiya village in Uttar Pradesh.


Police officials inspect the site at a liquor vend where Suresh Yadav (inset) was found dead at Harpalpur-Kuthakheri village near Rajpura on Saturday. Photo: JS Virdi

60 engineering selected in campus placement
Dera Bassi, January 1
A campus placement drive was organised Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi. Electronic Security system company Blue Beacon visited the college for selection and on the job training and recruitment of final year students of ECE.

CRIME

One held for fraud
Chandigarh, January 1
The police arrested a person on the charges of cheating another by selling a disputed property here today. Manish Tehran, a resident of Sector 40, lodged a complaint with the police that Ravinder Kumar Jain, a resident of Sector 15, had taken Rs 45 lakh fraudulently from him.

Two thefts reported at Zirakpur
Zirakpur, January 1
On day one of the New Year, two thefts were reported here today. Thieves decamped with jewellery and cash after breaking into two houses in Vasant Vihar, Phase II, Dhakoli. Jaswinder Kaur, a resident of house number 157, said she went to her parental house in Naraingarh on Wednesday, along with her children. She got information about the theft from her neighbour this morning. When she returned, she found the house ransacked.
Police inspects the spot where theft took place at a house in Vasant Vihar, Phase II, Zirakpur, on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

Youth electrocuted
Mohali, January 1
An 18-year-old safai karamchari was electrocuted when he came in contact with a high tension line in the industrial area, Phase IX, here this morning. The victim, who was engaged by a private contractor to sweep the road, climbed up a tree to chop a branch. Accidentally his head touched a live wire and he was electrocuted. He is survived by four sisters.

SPORTS

Bodybuilding Meet
Atul crowned Mr Chandigarh
Mohali, January 1
Atul Trehan was declared Mr Chandigarh in the bodybuilding championship organised by the Chandigarh Bodybuilding Association, Mohali, which concluded here today. The CBBA official said winners of below 55 kg, 60 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg, 80 kg, 85 kg and 90 kg have been selected to participate in the forthcoming Mr North India competition to be held at Palwal in Haryana.


Bodybuilders participate in a championship organised by the Chandigarh Bodybuilding Association in Mohali on Saturday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

SGGS College win baseball tourney
Panchkula, January 1
SGGS College, Sector 26, has won the Punjab University Inter-College Baseball Tournament by beating PU campus 6-0. In the final match, Sourav and Vaneet scored two points each while Bhupinder and Amit scored one point each for their SGGS College team.