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Tanishq, PC Jewellers heists strikingly similar
Panchkula, January 12
The heist at Tanishq jewellery showroom in Mani Majra is not the first-of-its-kind incident in the
tricity. Two years ago, on January 27, 2009, a gang of six robbers, one of whom was dressed in Haryana Police uniform, took away jewellery worth
Rs 2.1 crore in a daring daylight robbery from PC Jewellers in Sector 14 here.
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The Gold Heist |
Clue(less) search?:
SSP Naunihal Singh and IGP PK Srivastava enter the Tanishq Jewellers showroom in Mani Majra;
Make-or-Break Time: Police officials inspect the crime scene as jewellery boxes lay scattered;
Guards down:
Showroom security guard Sawran Singh being taken away by the police; and
Unlocking the Mystery: The shutter lock that was cut open using a gas welder by the robbers on Wednesday. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal
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Jewellers shocked, feel unsafe
Chandigarh, January 12
The Bollywood-style dacoity at the Tanishq showroom in Mani Majra has sent shock waves among many top jewellers in the city, which they term as being no more safe for either living or business purposes.
Third robbery at Tanishq in three years
The dacoity is the third at a Tanishq outlet in the past three years. There have been two previous incidents involving thefts and robbery at a Tanishq outlet, both at the same Tanishq showroom in Sector 17. Thieves had also made an unsuccessful attempt at a Tanishq outlet in Mohali four years ago.
Jobless linemen gate-crash sangat darshan venue
Caned, rounded up by police after protest
Mohali, January 12
The police beat up and rounded up members of the Unemployed Linemen’s Union as they staged a protest during a sangat darshan programme of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here today.
The unemployed linemen, who turned up all of a sudden at the marriage palace near Landran, where the Chief Minister was listening to the grievances of people, raised slogans against the state government.
Official crunch stares Chandigarh in face
2 PCS officers to be repatriated to parent cadre
Chandigarh, January 12
Official crunch is staring Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana and the administrative headquarters of the Union Territory, in the face with two senior Punjab Civil Services (PCS) officers being repatriated to their parent cadre.
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CARnama |
A Maruti Alto astride a median railing after colliding with a bus on the road dividing Sectors 22 and 33 in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
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Fog grips city again
Chandigarh night colder than Shimla; plains of Punjab, Haryana also colder
Chandigarh, January 12
After a day of bright sunshine, Chandigarh and its surrounding areas were again surrounded by a thick fog this morning that disrupted road, rail and air traffic.
The city’s Tuesday night at 3.7 degrees Celsius was cooler compared to Shimla’s minimum of 6.0 degrees. Not only the city was cooler than Shimla, Punjab’s major towns also registered lower temperatures as against city’s 3.7.
Spruce-Up time
ITBP to upgrade its medical wing, multi-speciality hospitals on cards
Chandigarh, January 12
The medical wing of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) is in for expansion and upgradation. Apart from establishing a chain of multi-speciality composite hospitals in different parts of the country, it is establishing an ultra-modern research and referral college in New Delhi.
PGI deputy director fails to join office
Chandigarh, January 12
High drama was witnessed at the PGI when armed with orders from the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) relating to the quashing of his repatriation, the former Deputy Director, Administration
(DDA), Ajay Sehgal reached to join again his office here today.
Girls nail it this time
Achieve top two positions in CAT
Chandigarh, January 12
Breaking the stereotype of boys excelling in competitive exams in the region and setting a new benchmark, the best and second best percentile scorers in Common Admission Test (CAT) this year are girls.
Arshdeep Kaur (99.98 percentile) and Vrinda Suri (99.94 percentile) have topped in the region.
Topper high on confidence
Chandigarh, January 12
She is a perfect example of being an all-rounder with a “consistent” academic record and a successful record as a sprinter.
20-year-old Arshdeep Kaur, a student of BE (electronics final year) at PEC University of Technology, has scored 99.98 percentile and is this year’s city topper in Common Admission Test (CAT).
Be sensitive to students, CBSE tells schools
Chandigarh, January 12
In the wake of reports of increasing stress among school students, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked affiliated schools to treat students with sensitivity and dignity.
Signed by CBSE chairperson Vineet Joshi, the Board's first circular this year directs schools to keep in mind that young students have sensitive and impressionable minds and thus, all students -- irrespective of differences in physical, social and economic status -- should be dealt with in a dignified manner. Schools have also been told to respect child rights and ensure that no child is subject to corporal punishment.
UGC members term PU a ‘legendary’ institution
Chandigarh, January 12
On the concluding day of inspection by a University Grants Commission team at Panjab University, experts interacted with students.
The experts while referring to the composition of teaching and non-teaching staff, termed the university as “Geographically heterogeneous but academically homogeneous”.
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Aryanpal skates to glory
