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Dealing with MC paperwork a backbreaking task for residents
Chandigarh, May 26
y Ashish Kishore, a resident of Sector 16, went to deposit his property tax at the municipal corporation office. He had to purchase a form and then go to a branch of the Oriental Bank of Commerce to get another form that had to be filled out before returning to the MC office.

IT raids on premises of pharma firm
Chandigarh, May 26
In a major operation to uncover undeclared wealth, income tax officials raided nearly 20 premises of a leading pharmaceuticals group, Ind-Swift, spread in the tri-city and neighbouring areas on Thursday.

Ex-tenant kills landlord over Rs 500
Kharar, May 26
A resident of Teor village was allegedly killed by his former tenant over Rs 500 this afternoon.

8 get life term for looting, killing
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 26
The court of District and Sessions Judge GS Gill pronounced life imprisonment to eight persons accused of looting and killing people for paltry amount.

Government schools script success story
Chandigarh, May 26
Skewed teacher-pupil ratio, insufficient classrooms, lack of infrastructure and poor performers -- having battled criticism over such aspects for years, city rural government schools have penned unprecedented success stories in the CBSE Class XII results this year.

UT to get Rs 80 cr against demand for Rs 100 cr
Chandigarh, May 26
The UT Administration will get Rs 80 crore more in the Plan Budget for 2011-2012 as against an original demand of Rs 100 crore. A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Arun Mehra, member of the Planning Commission, in New Delhi today.

COMMUNITY

Sukhna reserve forest holds up UT master plan
Chandigarh, May 26
A patch of the Sukhna reserve forest is apparently holding up the city’s master plan. While the said land measuring around 25 sq km is in the possession of the UT Administration, its revenue records continue to be with the Punjab and Haryana governments even decades after the area was acquired for soil conservation works under Section 48 (5) of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966.

Dust storm damages mango crop
Chandigarh, May 26
Dust storm spelt doom for the contractor of mango orchard in Sector 29 and Industrial Area, Phase I, as high-velocity winds caused massive damage to the mango crop last evening.

Nature’s fury The damaged mango crop at Industrial Area, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: manoj mahajan

SSP for high-level probe into ceiling collapse
Chandigarh, May 26
Upset over the collapse of a false ceiling of his office three days ago, UT SSP Naunihal Singh said he would soon be writing to the UT Administration demanding a high-level probe into the incident.

MC removes banners of Mayawati’s rally 
Chandigarh, May 26
The enforcement staff of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation today removed around 1,000 posters and banners of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati’s scheduled rally on May 29 from various parts of the city.

No ‘jumbo’ business The enforcement staff of the Chandigarh MC remove banners of Mayawati’s rally from Madhya Marg during a special drive on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

New night security gate system functional
Mohali, May 26
The town is in for a more safe environment, with the new night security gate system now functional in many areas and the entire town expected to be covered by May 31.




A redesigned security gate at Phase 9 of Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Tricity Scan
A team from National Environmental Engineering and Research Institute (NEERI), Mumbai, and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), visited the garbage processing plant at Dadu Majra. NEERI director Dr Rakesh Kumar, while visiting the plant, said that it was rare that the management of solid waste plant was working in India.

Gearing up Actor Salman Khan who was in Chandigarh for the promotion of his upcoming film Ready on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

‘Vitth’ depicts caste system still thriving in society
Chandigarh, May 26
The fourth edition of theatre festival Adakarian -2011, organised by the North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC), Patiala, in association with the Adakar Manch Mohali, began with the staging of a Punjabi play Vitth at the auditorium of Government College, Sector 46, here today.

Bengali rebel poet remembered
Chandigarh, May 26
Musical tributes and dances marked the 113th birth anniversary celebrations of the legendary poet, musician and freedom fighter Qazi Nazrul Islam, the revered author by the Bangiya Sanskriti Sammelini at the Bangiya Bhawan here today.

Getting medico-legal reports countersigned a must
Mohali, May 26 Now false cases in connection with attempt-to-murder and voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapon will not be registered in Punjab, for which a new policy is being framed.

Mock drill in a rush Haryana policemen rush towards jeeps during a mock drill organised at the Sector 7 police station in Panchkula on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

Woman alleges HUDA SDO of seeking bribe, manhandling
Panchkula, May 26
A large number of traders, led by local MLA DK Bansal, began a dharna in Sector 9 market after some employees of the HUDA allegedly misbehaved with a woman shopkeeper during an anti-encroachment drive here this morning.

Powercom to set up two bill payment machines
Zirakpur, May 26
To make electricity bill payment easier for consumers, the Powercom department has planned to set up two automatic electronic bill payment machines at Zirakpur and Dhakoli.

EDUCATION

DAV schools, Bhavan Vidyalaya file lists
Panchkula, May 26
DAV schools and Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, filed lists of students given admission under the RTE quota, in a Panchkula court today. DC Model School and British School were yet to file the lists.

Craft institute introduces seven new courses
Chandigarh, May 26
The Government Central Crafts Institute for Women, Sector 11-C, has started seven new computer courses for women who have cleared class XII.

150 girls undergo vocational courses at Bapu Dham
Chandigarh, May 26
A graduation ceremony was organised at Bapu Dham children centre of Yuvsatta today for 150 girls who have undergone six-month vocational courses in tailoring, fashion designing, yoga, beautician and dance.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

INLD opposes acquisition of fertile land
Ambala, May 26
Leaders of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), including MLA Rajbir Barara and district unit president Balwinder Punia, sat on a fast with farmers here today to protest against the acquisition of fertile land of the farmers to set up an IMT.

Child labour still rampant in Patiala
Patiala, May 26
Child labour is one of the most common problems prevalent in almost every part of the country. Patiala is not an exception to this.


Robbed of childhood A child works for the Municipal Corporation in front of TB Hospital in Patiala on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Rajesh sachar

Govt schoolmasters nearing retirement still await promotion
Patiala, May 26
While on one hand, the education department keeps on issuing new instructions everyday to its teachers to bring the standard of education in government schools at par with the private ones, on the other, it is ignoring the very interest of its employees. Government schoolmasters have been waiting since years for promotions as headmasters but the department has not taken suitable action in order to give them their due share.

Submission date extended
Patiala, May 26
Thapar University has extended the last date for submission of applications for all courses till May 31. The earlier cut-off date was May 23. Dr. Abhijit Mukherjee, director of Thapar University, said the date had been changed due to the overwhelming response received for the courses.

Rise in temperature hits milk production
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 26
Rising temperature has affected the milk production in Fatehgarh Sahib, which has reduced from 20 to 25 per cent in the past few days.

Patwari arrested for taking bribe
Ambala, May 26
The Vigilance Bureau, Ambala, has arrested a patwari for taking a bribe of Rs 3,000 from a farmer for issuing him the copy of his land record.

Notorious jail inmates to be shifted
Ropar, May 26
Notorious prisoners at Ropar jail will be shifted to other jails in order to maintain harmony, said IG Prisons Punjab Jagjit Singh during his visit to the jail this evening.

COURTS

One-day police remand for hoax caller
Chandigarh, May 26
A local court today remanded Abdul Samad, accused of making a hoax call, to one-day police custody.

Oriental Insurance Company told to pay Rs 12.66 lakh 
Chandigarh, May 26
The UT Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum has directed Oriental Insurance Company Ltd to pay Rs 12,66,160 to Micromation Pvt Ltd for the damage sustained to a wall of insured premises due to heavy rain.

Notice to Jaspal Bhatti, wife
Chandigarh, May 26
A lower court has issued notices to satirist Jaspal Bhatti and his wife Savita for hurting religious sentiments. Human rights activist Arvind Thakur in a petition demanded that Jaspal Bhatti and his wife should be restrained from holding any rally or play using names of gods and goddesses and hurting the sentiments of people.

Hearing in dera chief’s case tomorrow
Panchkula, May 26
In a major development Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh will now be produced before a Special CBI Court here through video conferencing on May 28.

Judicial custody of Aseemanand extended
Panchkula, May 26
Special NIA court here today extended the judicial custody of Swami Aseemanand, the radical Hindu activist who is being tried for his involvement in Samjhauta Express blasts case in February 2007, till June 7.

CRIME

Gang of vehicle thieves busted, 4 held 
Chandigarh, May 26
The crime branch of the Chandigarh Police busted an inter-state gang of motor vehicle thieves with the arrest of four persons. The police said it has solved 10 cases of vehicle thefts with their arrest.




in police net The accused in police custody in Chandigarh on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

Murder case of Mohali woman cracked
Mohali, May 26
A family friend’s compassion for Sonia, alias Sapna, led the police to crack the brutal murder of the 34-year-old woman whose body, with her throat slit, was found lying in a pool of blood at her home in Phase XI yesterday.

Husband, mother-in-law booked for abetment to suicide
Chandigarh, May 26
A day after a 25-year-old woman, Sushila, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan, the police has booked her husband and mother-in-law in case of abetment to suicide.

Stolen Zen car recovered, two held
Zirakpur, May 26
The Zirakpur police has arrested two minor boys and recovered a stolen Zen car from their possession. However, the main accused managed to flee from the spot.

SPORTS

Chandigarh beat J&K in men’s category
Chandigarh, May 26
Chandigarh defeated Jammu and Kashmir 3-0 in the men’s category in the 11th North Zone Carrom Championship, which began at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here today.


Players in action during the 11th North Zone Carrom Championship at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

PCA’s 7-day camp gets under way
Mohali, May 26
A total of 54 players from various districts were shortlisted by the Punjab state senior selection committee for a seven-day preliminary camp, which started under Vikram Rathore, Punjab coach, at the PCA Stadium here today.

Sachin Sohal hits century, helps Mohali to 253
Mohali, May 26
With the help of Sachin Sohal’s ton (110), Mohali scored 253 on the first day of their under-19 Dhruv Pandove trophy match against Jalandhar at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium here today.



The cricket match between Mohali and Jalandhar in progress at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Family of tennis coach Birbal Wadhera worried
Chandigarh, May 26
Sporadic violent incidents in Pakistan left the family of local tennis coach Birbal Wadhera worried these days.