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1.11-kg gold seized from Ghirra’s lockers
Chandigarh, July 26
It is not just the huge amount of cash, the cache of arms and ammunition and the variety of foreign liquor alone. On Tuesday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recovered over one kg of gold jewellery worth Rs 30 lakh from DSP Raka Ghirra’s four bank lockers.

‘Give me Rs 1 lakh, I will make you safe’ Transcripts of conversations between DSP Raka Ghirra and complainant KK Malhotra reveal the willingness of the police officer to shut cases against illegal gratification.

Complainant had approached CBI three months ago
DSP’s reader acted as conduit
‘Ghirra was fond of kitty parties, socialising’
Ghirra profile

DAV forgets its Kargil heroes
Chandigarh, July 26
It appears that the DAV College Sector 10 authorities have completely forgotten their illustrious “martyr” students who laid down their lives for the country during the 1999 Kargil War.
DAV College, Sector 10, which produced three gallantry award winners, including a PVC recipient, was a picture of indifference on the Vijay Diwas, marking Kargil War victory.

COMMUNITY

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UT Administrator mulls underground parking lots
Chandigarh, July 26
Digging deep into the problems of traffic and parking dogging Chandigarh, Punjab Governor-cum-UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil today suggested “going underground” to the powers that be in the city. He added that parks in the city could double up as underground parking lots.

‘Down to earth’: A JCB razes an illegal structure at Madanpura village in Mohali on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

20 additional counters for filing tax returns
Chandigarh, July 26
The Income Tax Department has made special arrangements for taxpayers for filing tax returns. The arrangements include 20 additional counters at Aayakar Seva Kendra, Aaykar Bhawan, which will remain open from 9 am to 5 pm everyday, including Saturdays and Sundays, till July 31, which is the last date for filing tax returns for salaried employees, pensioners and non-corporate assessees, whose accounts are not required to be audited.

Commissioner pays surprise visit to MC wings
Chandigarh, July 26
Taking serious note of public complaints about pending work in offices of the Municipal Corporation (MC), Commissioner Prerna Puri today made a surprise visit to five wings of the corporation and pulled out files randomly to check their status.

Action pending over report
Chandigarh, July 26
The UT authorities appear to be sitting over the inquiry report of the earth-caving incident, which claimed two lives on May 12.

Underprivileged, not unskilled
Chandigarh, July 27
Exemplifying courage and an attitude to bring about change in society, Monika Chauhan, a housewife based in Mohali, took up the responsibility of educating nearly 130 children from Matour village at Sector 70 in Mohali.
Underprivileged children from Matour village display Rakhi cards made by them at Satya Narayan Mandir in Sector 70 of Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

EDUCATION

Cautious start to RTE parleys
Chandigarh, July 26
As part of its ongoing plans to implement the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act from the next academic session, the UT education department will initiate a fresh round of discussions with private schools to work out right to education (RTE) modalities.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Gang of vehicle thieves busted
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 26
With the arrest of seven persons, the police today claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of vehicle lifters. Two pistols and 24 vehicles have been recovered from their possession. Two of the accused belong to Punjab and five are from Uttar

12 booked for attacking students
Rajpura, July 26
The Rajpura police today booked 12 persons for attacking schoolchildren of Pabri village in Rajpura yesterday.

Go-green drive in full swing
Bassi Pathana, July 26
A local social organisation, ‘Go Green My Mother’, planted saplings at different places here.

COURTS

HC no to vacate stay on construction of Tata project
Chandigarh, July 26
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today refused to vacate stay on the construction of Tata Camelot project.

Silver Oaks asked to pay Rs 7.5 lakh
Mohali, July 26
The Mohali District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has awarded a compensation of Rs 7.5 lakh to the family of Binoo Gupta who had died of swine flu in October 2009 at Silver Oaks Hospital, Phase IX, Mohali.

1 convicted in forgery case
Chandigarh, July 26
Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) JS Sidhu today convicted Dilraj Singh Dhaliwal, director of Hi-point Amusement Private Limited, in connection with a forgery case. Quantum of sentence will be pronounced tomorrow.

CRIME

Two booked in forgery case
Chandigarh, July 26
The UT Police today booked two residents of the city in a forgery and cheating case.

Four booked for rape bid
Panchkula, July 26
A resident of Indira Colony, Mani Majra, has lodged a complaint with the police that Vajeed Khan, a bus driver employed with the Haryana Roadways, tried to rape her.

One robbed of cell phone
Chandigarh, July 26
Ganesh Kumar, a resident of the Industrial Area, Phase II, was allegedly robbed by two unidentified persons last night.

SPORTS

GMSSS-37 pocket U-15 hockey title
Chandigarh, July 26
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, (GMSSS-37) got the better of Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, to win the Pre-Nehru Hockey Tournament for Girls (U-15) here today.



Players in action during a hockey match at Sector 18 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan