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Gaping holes in probe report
Chandigarh, January 20
Even as the magisterial inquiry into the Khushpreet murder case has led to the suspension of three police officers and transfer of a DSP, the 26-page report seems to be as shoddy as the police investigation as it fails to address certain vital issues.

Patil snubs Khushi’s father
Refuses to accept memorandum
Chandigarh, January 20
In an apparent display of apathy, UT Administrator Shivraj Patil today refused to accept a memorandum from Khushpreet’s father, Lakhbir Singh, expressing dismay at the magisterial inquiry report following which three policemen were suspended and a fourth transferred to the Police Lines.

For now, RTE bubble bursts
Schools ignore EWS quota, go ahead with admissions l Stung Admn to issue notices
Chandigarh, January 20
A major confrontation is in the offing between private schools and the UT Administration with the latter planning to serve notices on schools for not reserving 25 per cent seats for students belong to the economically weaker section (EWS) as mandated by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act.

Parents meet DPI, seek written assurance
Chandigarh, January 20
The ongoing flip flop on age eligibility criteria in city’s four minority schools has left hundreds of parents a harried lot and they have demanded a written assurance from the UT administration that their wards get a fair chance in admission in addition to restoration of the old criteria which was being followed for years.

COMMUNITY

It’s going to be cold ‘n’ cloudy today
Chandigarh, January 20
It was a cloudy winter morning in the city today with the weather office predicting cloudy weather tomorrow too. “The sky will be generally cloudy in the morning with dip in the day temperature,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

SHIMMERING  DELIGHT

Youths enjoy a boat ride on a sunny day at Sukhna lake in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Tanishq Heist
Tattoo proved to be his nemesis
Patiala, January 20
A tattoo on his back helped cops ascertain his criminal connection with Punjab. Considered dead, and cases against him closed and pending, the Punjab police is now waiting for the interrogation of Pritpal Singh, alias Paras Soni.

Beopar mandal to set up legal fund
Chandigarh, January 20
The Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM) has decided to set up a legal fund for taking up legal issues of its member at appropriate forums. The decision was taken at the recent annual general meeting of the CBM held here recently.

GMADA Aerocity Scheme
Bank honours star performers
Chandigarh, January 20 SK Sehgal, chief general manager, State Bank of India (SBI), Chandigarh Circle, today honoured star performers, who were part of the GMADA-Aerocity Scheme. 

Tourism dept spends Rs 48 lakh
Chandigarh, January 20
The UT department of tourism has so far spent ` 48 lakh allotted to it during the current financial year for the promotion of tourism and entertainment in the city, besides upgradation of the Le Corbusier Centre.

‘Tamar Patra’ takes a dig at politicians
Chandigarh, January 20
Living up to its promise, the ongoing TFT National Theatre Fest brought yet another different genre of realistic drama with “Tamar Patra” staged by the Nat Bundhele Troupe of Bhopal under the direction of thespian Alakhnadan at the Tagore Theatre here today.

Artistes perform the play ‘Tamar Patra’ at the Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

Mayor urges Guv to take up pending projects
Chandigarh, January 20
The UT architecture department should speed up the process of clearing plans of major civic projects as many of them had been hanging fire for the past four years, Mayor Ravinder Pali Singh impressed upon UT administrator Shivraj V Patil at their meeting held today.

No election to post of chairmen
Chandigarh, January 20
Election to the post of chairmen of 12 sub-committees of the Chandigarh municipal corporation will not be held, as councillors have filed a single nomination paper for each committee.

Petition Challenging Mayoral Poll
Hearing postponed to Jan 28
Chandigarh, January 20
The hearing of election petition challenging mayoral elections filed by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) independent mayoral candidate Jagjit Singh Kang was postponed to January 28 as the Deputy Commissioner (DC) was away to Delhi today.

BJYM activists to hoist flag in Srinagar
Panchkula, January 20
A large number of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha activists will take out a rally to hoist the National Flag at Lal Chowk, Srinagar on January 26.

Civic body to set up zonal complaint centres
Mohali, January 20
The Mohali municipal corporation has decided to set up four zonal complaint centres for sanitation work.

Rs. 316 crore sanctioned to solve water problem
Mohali January 20
NK Sharma, joint secretary, Shiromani Akali Dal, and chairman, District Planning Committee, Mohali, said the SAD-BJP government had found a permanent solution to the lingering water supply problem of SAS Nagar, Mohali, and its adjoining villages.

Ban on carrying firearms
Zirakpur, January 20
The Mohali administration has imposed a ban on carrying firearms at marriage palaces in the district during weddings and other functions from January 19 to March 18.

Protest by Chhatbir zoo staff
Zirakpur (Chhatbir),January 20
Members of the Chhatbir Employees Union and Chhatbir Class IV Employees Union today held a protest in support of their demands.

EDUCATION

UBS faculty exchanges ideas for placements
Chandigarh, January 20
Replicating the “University Business School (UBS) model of placements” in all departments of Panjab University, an initial exercise was done today by the central placement cell in the English auditorium for the language departments of the university.

Syndicate meeting today
Board of finance members to be elected
Chandigarh, January 20
Panjab University Syndics would elect two members of the board of finance at a meeting scheduled tomorrow. In addition to this, the Syndicate, which is the governing body of the university, will also formally approve the nomenclature of a lecturer as an assistant professor and a reader as an associate professor. 

Scope of higher education abroad highlighted
Chandigarh, January 20
An event titled “Study Abroad: Philadelphia” was today organised at a city hotel by the Drexel University in collaboration with the City of Philadelphia.

Students bring laurels to city
2 projects among top 30
Panchkula, January 20
Pallavi, Aishwarya and Nirwan Goel, students of Chaman Lal DAV Senior Public School, Sector 11, here have made the city proud as three science projects of the same school won gold medals at the 18th National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC), which recently concluded at Chennai.

Students told about legal rights
Chandigarh, January 20
The State Legal Service Authority, UT, organised two special legal awareness camps at DAV Model Senior Secondary School and Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 8.

From Schools & Colleges
Placement drive
MOHALI: The Quest Group of Institutions organised a campus placement drive for Money Matters Inc in their campus for MBA students. After a pre-placement talk, the students had to undergo a written test, followed by personal interview round.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Republic Day rehearsals on Jan 24
Ropar, January 20
Rehearsals for the Republic Day celebrations would be held at the Nehru Stadium on January 24. Deputy Commissioner Arunjit Singh Miglani and other district administration officials today visited the stadium to oversee arrangements for the function.

Workshop for teachers
Ambala, January 20
A workshop for teachers about various teaching learning problems was organised at DHD SD Public School here yesterday.

Managers get tips on capacity building
Patiala, January 20
A five-day workshop on “Capacity Building for Women Managers in Higher Education,” being organised by the Punjabi University’s Women’s Studies Centre got underway on the university campus here recently.

Statements of victims recorded
Ambala, January 20
On the direction of Praveen Gupta, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ambala, medical examination of the rape victims was conducted at the civil hospital in Ambala City in the presence of a senior police officer today. The court also recorded the statements of the rape victims.

MC draws flak for razing illegal structures selectively
Patiala, January 20
After coming under fire for ignoring violations of building bylaws in the city, senior officials of the municipal corporation have issued strict instructions to its town planning and building branches to ensure buildings that do not comply with MC bylaws or have been built in contravention of the approved plans are not allowed to come up.

COURTS

Hit-and-Run Case
No laxity, claims police
Chandigarh, January 20
In the line of fire on the issue of law and order, the Chandigarh Police today defended its force by saying there was no laxity in conducting medical examination of Sukhmani Brar and BS Gill.

Snatchings
Accused produced in court
Panchkula, January 20
Two members of a gang, who were arrested for snatching mobile phones and cash from a roadside vendor, were produced in the district court here today. The court sent them to judicial custody.

CRIME

Youth gets 7-yr term for killing friend
Chandigarh, January 20
The Court of District and Sessions judge, S K Goel, today awarded seven years imprisonment to a youth on charges of killing his friend accidentally.

Man booked for fraud
Chandigarh, January 20
The police has booked a resident of Jalandhar in a case of fraud after he took over Rs 12 lakh cash from a city resident on the pretext of getting his son admitted in an engineering institute.

SPORTS

City eves hog limelight in lawn tennis
Chandigarh, January 20
Chandigarh girls displayed a spectacular show in the recently-held 56th School National Lawn Tennis Championship 2010-11. The meet was organised by the directorate of sports and youth, Pune.



Elated members of the team. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Gaurav helps Chandigarh beat Ropar
Chandigarh, January 20
With his unbeaten 106, Gaurav Gupta helped Chandigarh beat Ropar by three wickets on the opening match of Inter-District Cricket Tournament for FC Mittal Trophy at Ropar.

ONGC lift trophy
Panchkula, January 20
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation bagged the team championship trophy, whereas Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and Indian Oil finished as first and second runners-up, respectively in the XXXI PSPB Inter-Unit Athletics Meet that concluded at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 3, here today.

Gujarat to muster 204 runs
Chandigarh, January 20
Gujarat has to chase a victory target of 204 runs by Punjab on the final day of the final match of the Under-19 Cooch Behar Elite Trophy being played at Valsad.