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UT orders magisterial probe
Chandigarh, January 6
The UT administration today ordered a magisterial inquiry into the abduction of five-year-old Khushpreet followed by his gruesome murder. The report is expected to be tabled within the next ten days.
After denial, family agrees for autopsy
Chandigarh, January 6
Before eventually giving consent to conduct a post-mortem, Khushpreet’s enraged family members spent the better part of the day refusing to permit doctors to conduct autopsy till the authorities booked for murder all 16 policemen, including a DSP, who were supposed to intercept the kidnappers at the time of ransom payment on
December 22.
Parties call for immediate probe
Chandigarh, January 6
Newly elected city mayor Ravinder Pal Singh today offered his condolences to the family members of Khushpreet, the five-year-old child who was kidnapped over two weeks ago and subsequently murdered.
Another Burail boy missing
Chandigarh, January 6
Two days after another schoolboy went missing from Burail, the police is still clueless about the whereabouts of the missing child. Twelve-year-old Abhishek, a class VII student of Government Model School, Sector 45 C, also residing in Burail, failed to return home on January 4. He was last seen with Bappa Rai, a 20-year-old resident of Bengal, who is also missing since then.
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BURAIL STILL ON THE BOIL
(Moments captured
by Tribune lensmen Pradeep Tiwari, Vicky Gharu, Nitin Mittal & Manoj Mahajan)
No letup in cold wave
Shimla still warmer than city
Chandigarh, January 6
As the cold wave continued to lash Chandigarh, with mercury rising to 9 °C, 11 degrees below normal, from yesterday’s record high of 7.4 °C, the city remained colder than Shimla even today.
Service tax levy on rail freight deferred
Chandigarh, January 6
In an effort to give some relief to industrialists, the railways has decided to defer the implementation of service tax levy for the third time this fiscal on transport of goods by rail. This levy will now come into effect from April 1. The earlier proposed date was January 1.
Hoarding of onion, potato
IT survey on 2 trading cos
Chandigarh, January 6
To keep a check on hoarding and stem the escalating prices of onion and potato, the income tax department carried out a survey on the premises of two main dealers of these commodities here today.
MC’s Vision Document
Blueprint tabled before panel
Chandigarh, January 6
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation today came up with a vision document, projecting staff requirement of the civic body over the next 10 years.
Encroachment
36 shopkeepers challaned
Chandigarh, January 6
At least 36 shopkeepers were challaned for encroaching on the municipal corporation land during an anti-encroachment drive carried out in the rehri market of Sector 22 here today.
Enforcement & Sanitation
Panel formed to carry out drives
Chandigarh, January 6
A three-member committee has been constituted by the Chandigarh municipal corporation to undertake special enforcement and sanitation drives in the city. The decision was taken at a meeting convened by MC Mayor Ravinder Pal Singh
(Pali) here today.
Municipal Corporation
Councillors unsure of berth in civic body
Mohali, January 6
Unhappiness prevails among municipal councillors, who will soon have no seat as soon as the Punjab government issues a notification for the formation of the Mohali Municipal Corporation, as they are not sure whether they will be nominated as members of the new civic body.
Demand for SGPC in Haryana
Jhinda, 25 supporters held at Nada Sahib
Panchkula, January 6
Tension prevailed at Gurdwara Nada Sahib when Jagdish
Jhinda, president of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
(HSGPC ad hoc), along with hundreds of supporters reached here today. When Jhinda did not budge from his stand, the police arrested him along with 25 other supporters.
Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (ad hoc) president Jagdish Jhinda
(centre) along with his supporters stages a protest at Gurdwara Nada Sahib in Panchkula on Thursday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal |
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Cutting of trees without authority’s nod
GMADA lodges police complaint in five cases
Mohali, January 6
Those cutting trees without permission from the local authority will be in trouble now. After getting series of complaints about residents cutting trees, especially during winters, the Horticulture Wing of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority GMADA has lodged police complaints in five cases.
Corps of Signals’ bike expedition flagged off
Chandigarh, January 6
As part of its ongoing centenary celebrations, the Corps of Signals is undertaking a motorcycle expedition that will traverse 6,150 km through 14 states over a period
of 42 days.
Shingar Cinema Blast Case
Main accused brought on production warrant
Zirakpur, January 6
The Zirakpur police today brought Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Harminder Singh, main accused in the Shingar Cinema blast case in
Ludhiana, on production warrant from the Nabha jail for interrogation related to the arrested BKI terrorists in Zirakpur last year. The police today produced Harminder Singh at Dera Bassi court where the court sent him to police remand till January 8.
Hike in food prices
PUSU members submit memo to PU authorities
Chandigarh, January 6
Lodging their protest against the hike in price of food at Panjab University hostels, members of the Panjab University Students’ Union (PUSU) today submitted a memorandum to the university authorities.
ABVP burns effigies of Cong leaders
Chandigarh, January 6
Expressing dissent on the corruption in Commonwealth Games, Adarsh Society scam and 2G Scam, nearly 50 members of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad
(ABVP) today burnt effigies of top political leaders at the student centre in Panjab University.
Members of the ABVP burn effigies of Congress leaders at the Student
Centre, PU, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
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50 engg students got jobs
Chandigarh, January 6
After witnessing a drop in the placements last year, 50 out of 62 engineering graduates at the University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology (UICET), Panjab University, have already been placed in the current batch till date.
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