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PU Student Council elections on September 2
Chandigarh, August 26
Sending a clear signal of zero tolerance to violence on the campus ahead of the elections to the Panjab University Campus Student Council, the UT Police today issued bailable warrants against 12.
Show of strength Students take out a rally following the declaration of student elections in Panjab University on Friday.

40 vehicles on police radar
Chandigarh, August 26
To keep a check on the activities of troublemakers during student elections, the UT Police has listed 40 vehicles, which will be under constant surveillance as a precautionary measure.

Mohali now state’s second most urbanised district
Chandigarh, August 26
Mohali has emerged as the second most urbanised district in Punjab after Ludhiana with a sizeable 55.17 per cent of the population residing in cities and towns, posting a phenomenal decadal rise of 90.03 per cent.

UT Police gets leads in ATM fraud cases; 2 held in Kangra
Chandigarh, August 26
After groping in the dark for over a year, the UT Police has got an important lead into the cases of ATM frauds that hit the city in August 2010.

COMMUNITY

Anna’s supporters find new ways to show solidarity
Chandigarh, August 26
After staging protests and candlelight march in support of Anna Hazare, now the Anna supporters have starting adopting innovative ways to spread awareness about the Lokpal Bill among the masses. A painting and slogan writing competition was organised by India Against Corruption (IAC) for people from all walks of life to make them aware them about the mass movement.



Children participate in a painting competition held near Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s house in Sector 28, Chandigarh, on Friday. tribune photo: pradeep tewari

GMCH doc complains to visiting MCI team
Chandigarh, August 26
In a written complaint to the visiting team of the Medical Council of India (MCI), a doctor of the gynecology department of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Dr Alka Sehgal, has raised objections to the UT administration’s career advancement scheme (re-designation in higher cadre) and alleged that the scheme had been tailor made to benefit a selected few.

Radio auto operators unhappy with fare hike
Chandigarh, August 26
Unhappy with the recently hiked fare of radio autos, the operators have once again written to the UT administration for revising the rates.

Development at the cost of tree cover

Tree branches being cut by the Mohali Municipal Corporation to improve visibility of newly installed road signs in Phase 3-A, Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

105 vehicles challaned
Chandigarh, August 26
Keeping in view the increased number of complaints of wrong parkings along market roads/road berms in the city, the Chandigarh Traffic Police has started a special drive against wrong parking by deploying motorcycles, interceptor gypsies, recovery cranes in markets of Sector 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,17, 22, 26, 34 and 35.

Inflated power bills shock residents of Sector 50
Chandigarh, August 26
The Electricity Department has shocked residents of The Tribune Society, Sector 50, by delivering inflated power bills.

Good response forces IAF to change exam centre
Chandigarh, August 26
The Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) scheduled to be conducted on August 28 for induction of officers in the flying, technical and ground duty branches, has got a much better response than expected, forcing the IAF authorities to change the venue of the examination to larger premises.

Posters mar Zirakpur flyover
Zirakpur, August 26
The student election fever is not limited to just Panjab University campus or city colleges. It has also spread to the periphery areas of Chandigarh. The Zirakpur flyover is marred with posters of student parties, leading to defacement.

Sanitation given a miss here
Mohali, August 26
Insanitary conditions at Madanpur village and the coming up of an illegal “mini bus stand” have turned out to be among the eyesores in Phase II here. Residents have also complained of poor sanitation, non-functional streetlights, badly maintained parks and problem of stray dogs. Many roads in the area have potholes, especially the B-road outside one kanal houses, and another B-road outside 10 marla houses. The parking areas are also in a state of neglect.
A bus queue shelter in a state of neglect at the Phase II market in Mohali. Residents’ repeated pleas have fallen on deaf ears. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Lawyers’ strike puts litigants to inconvenience
Panchkula, August 26
Hundreds of litigants, who had come to the district courts here for a hearing of their cases, had to face inconvenience due to the ongoing strike of lawyers.



The district courts complex wears a deserted look following a hunger strike by lawyers in support of Anna Hazare. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

BSNL cable thefts hit work in offices
Mohali, August 26
Repeated thefts of underground cables of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in Phase IX has crippled the functioning of different government and private offices in Phases VII, IX and X. The worst affected were the the police control room and Phase VII police station.

EDUCATION

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Divided by elections, united by cause
Chandigarh, August 26
With Panjab University officially declaring September 2 as the D-Day of student elections, the battle lines are clearly drawn between the two prominent student organisations, Panjab University Student Union (PUSU) and Student Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU).

Scuffle evaded at PGGC-11
Chandigarh, August 26
A violent brawl between student leaders was today evaded at Postgraduate Government College (PGGC), Sector 11, by the college authorities and over 24 policemen, who intervened in an “aggressive” campaigning being done by representatives of certain student organisations on the campus.

Govt Home Science College announces student council
Chandigarh, August 26
While the election spirit in other colleges has become a cause of concern for the authorities, Government Home Science College, Sector 10, an all girls’ institute, today announced the nominated student council members amidst a vibrant ceremony.

Members of the student council of Government Home Science College, Sector 10, in a jubilant mood after the oath-taking ceremony in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Contesting poll, not all-boys affair anymore
Chandigarh, August 26
The college student elections are no longer an all-boys’ affair in the city’s co-educational institutes. Among the first woman presidential candidates contesting polls in a co-educational institute, Vasudha Sharma of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College (SGGSC), Sector 26, has kicked off campaigning in full swing ahead of the council elections slated for next week.
Vasudha Sharma, the first female presidential candidate in a co-educational college, poses with her friends outside SGGS College, Sector 26. Tribune photo: S Chandan

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Cash, jewellery stolen
Kalka: Cash and jewellery were stolen from a house at Ghatiwala village in Pinjore. Owner of the house Sher Singh said thieves had decamped with Rs 5 lakh in cash and jewellery. A case has been registered.

3 unidentified bodies found
Ambala, August 26 Three unidentified bodies were found on a roadside near Babehali village this morning. Two youths of Babaheri village, who were on their way to Ambala Cantt, spotted the bodies of a woman (30) and two boys aged 5 and 7 on the roadside and informed villagers who informed the police. The police arrived at the scene and shifted the bodies to the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt.

COURTS

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HC wants ‘third eye’ to keep watch at night
Chandigarh, August 26
Driving home the message of road safety, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that it wants the “third eye” to keep tabs on traffic violations even at night.

CBI files chargesheet against PEC scam suspects
Chandigarh, August 26
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday filed a detailed charge sheet in the local district court against Nishikant, the key suspect in the Punjab Engineering College (PEC) admissions scam, as well as the co accused, Mohinder Bajaj, and eleven students.

Simran murder case committed for sessions trial
Panchkula, August 26
A local court here today committed the Simran murder case for sessions trial. Simran was a student of International Institute of Fashion Design. Now, on the next hearing, the court will frame the charges against accused Tanmay. On the last hearing, the Panchkula police had filed a detailed chargesheet against Tanmay.

ATM fraud: Bail plea of accused dismissed
Panchkula, August 26
In the ATM fraud case, the Panchkula district courts dismissed the anticipatory bail application filed by IndusInd’s bank relationship officer, who had duped a bank customer of Rs 4.19 lakh. The fraud dates back to the time when Sharma, posted as a relationship officer at the Sector 9 branch of IndusInd Bank, contacted Attar Chand, who has a savings account in the bank’s Sector 11 branch. Sharma assured Chand that he could get him a higher rate of interest on his fixed deposits if he shifted them from the bank’s sector 11 branch to the one in Sector 9.

CRIME

Man held on robbery charge
Chandigarh, August 26
The police today arrested an accused for allegedly robbing a resident of Hallo Majra at knifepoint last night. The police arrested Charanjeet, who turned out to be a close relative of a UT police sub-inspector.

Five booked in dowry case
Zirakpur, August 26
The police today booked five persons, including two women, in a dowry case on the complaint of Sandeep Kaur, a resident of Singhpura village.

Two held in PSEB textbook scam
Mohali, August 26
The police today arrested Jagdish Singh Rahi, a retired official of the Punjab School Education Board, and Des Raj, another official of the board, for their alleged involvement in the PSEB textbook scam.

The accused in police custody on Friday. A Tribune photograph

Suspects in gangrape of schoolgirl held
Panchkula, August 26
A class 11 student of Delhi who was allegedly gangraped in Sector 20, Panchkula and at the Ridge View Hotel in Shimla was threatened by a Delhi-based crime boss to remain silent after the outrage was committed, investigations by the local police revealed. The ‘don’ made phone calls to the victim telling her if she did not “assist” the suspects he would kill her mother who lived in Delhi, the cops said.

SPORTS

Tennis meet
Vignaesh lifts under-14 singles title
Chandigarh, August 26
Vignaesh N lifted the boys’ U-14 singles category title, while Fatehdeep Singh overcame Digvijay Singh Naruka in the boys’ U-18 category during the finals of the ongoing CLTA-AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls (U-14 and U-18) held at the CLTA Complex and Lake Sports Club here today.

Players-cum-‘chair umpires’!
Chandigarh, August 26
It might be trust of officials on the true spirit of sportsmanship or shortage of chair umpires, the reasons best known to organisers of the tournament, but during the ongoing Inter-School Badminton Championship players were seen supervising their counterparts’ matches, held at the Sector 42 Sports Complex here.

A player (sitting on chair) supervises a match as a “chair umpire” during the Inter-School Badminton Championship in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Shishu Niketan beat St Soldier
Chandigarh, August 26
Shishu Niketan Public School got the better of St Soldier International School in a tie-breaker after a one-all draw in the stipulated session during the ongoing Chandigarh Junior Boys’ Football Championship for Rajeshwar Bhardwaj Memorial Trophy here today.

Surjit Academy to face Shivalik school in final
Chandigarh, August 26
Surjit Academy, Jalandhar, thrashed Delhi XI to enter the final of the ongoing 10th ONGC SN Vohra Memorial Hockey Tournament for Boys (U-14) here today.

A match in progress during the ONGC SN Vohra Memorial Hockey Tournament in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Neutral umpire for African Olympic Qualifier
Chandigarh, August 26
Satinder Sharma, International Grade - I Hockey Umpire, who claims to be the only Indian in the elite panel of International Hockey Federation has been appointed as a neutral umpire for the upcoming Men’s African Olympic Qualifier, Bulawayo, Zimbawe, to be held from September 2 to 11.