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Femmes fatales flourish
Two women rob jeweller of ornaments worth Rs 8 lakh
Chandigarh, September 9
Two unidentified women allegedly defrauded a jeweller at Sector 22 here of gold ornaments worth Rs 8 lakh today. Paramjeet Singh, the jeweller, reported to the police that the two women came in a car and purchased the jewellery.

Woman ‘IAS officer’, aide held for Rs 45-lakh fraud
Chandigarh, September 9
The Palampur police today arrested a woman from Sector 37 here for impersonating as an IAS officer. Pooja Sharma and her partner Mohit Sharma were arrested and booked under Sections 468, 471 and 120 of the IPC.

GMADA bows to VIP resident
Mohali, September 9
When it comes to getting access to basic amenities around your dream house, it matters to be a VIP here.



The park in front of house 109 at Sector 78 in Mohali, which has been provided with benches, play equipment, mild steel railing and a walkway by GMADA. tribune photo: vicky gharu

Solving heinous crimes? SIT is the cops’ answer!
Panchkula, September 9
The Panchkula police seems to taken a penchant for constituting special investigation teams (SITs) on unsolved cases. Six SITs have been formed in the recent past to uncover heinous cases of crime, but all have remained undetected.

missing children
Snehalaya staff caught napping
Chandigarh, September 9
Even as an increased number of children have gone missing from Snehalaya in the recent past, taking the total count of missing children to 10, the authorities of the home are not even aware of the exact dates when the children have fled the institute.

COMMUNITY

Rain bares ill-preparedness, spells chaos on roads
Chandigarh, September 9
Normal life was thrown out of gear after heavy rain lashed the city and the adjoining areas of Mohali and Panchkula during the past 20 hours. Tricity residents woke up to flooded roads as office-goers and schoolchildren got stuck in snarl-ups in the morning hours, resulting in thin attendance at schools.

Downpour leaves motorists at sea: A waterlogged road stretch at Zirakpur on Friday. tribune photo: Nitin mittal

Garbage dumps hallmark of Phase VII
Mohali, September 9
Shortage of space for parking of vehicles, unreliable streetlights, broken footpaths, parking areas, improper sanitation and wild growth in vacant spaces are the hallmarks of Phase VII here.


Clothes drying at a park in Phase VII. tribune photos: vicky gharu

PCR helpline in P’kula dead for past two days
Panchkula, September 9
The woes of residents seem to have no end as far as the police control room emergency phone number 100 is concerned, with the helpline being unoperational since Thursday.

Mother nature

A dog carries its pups to safety following heavy rain in Sector 8, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan

delhi blast
Patil directs admn to step up security
Chandigarh, September 9
Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil presided over a meeting of senior police and civil officers to review security preparedness of important offices, establishments and VIPs today. Issuing strict guidelines on securing all important government buildings, public places and VIP areas in the city, Patil said special focus should be laid on the Punjab and Haryana Assembly, the Secretariat and the Punjab and Haryana High Court along with other places like district courts, airport, railway station and bus stations.

Risky job With a mesh of wires dangling overhead, a man standing on the roof a bus carries stretchers atop a bus at Sector 11, Panchkula. tribune photo: nitin mittal

Fire damages ATM
Chandigarh, September 9 Short-circuit led to a fire at an ATM of the Union Bank of India, located in booth No. 9, Sector 23, this evening.

Tricity scan

Violation of rules by bus drivers
STA serves notices on six schools
Chandigarh, September 9
Taking a serious note of violations by school bus drivers, the State Transport Authority (STA) has now started issuing notices to the school authorities to comply with the guidelines for plying buses.

No end to traffic violations despite State Transport Authority measures
Chandigarh, September 9
Even after the issuance of fresh guidelines to school bus operators by the UT State Transport Authority (STA), there is not end to traffic violations with at least 62 school buses being challaned and four buses impounded by the authority for various traffic violations in August alone.

IAF bypasses rules
Chandigarh, September 9
The Western Air Command and the Central Air Command converted aircraft hangars into sports and social gathering venues at Rs 1.5 crore without obtaining the mandatory government sanction.

EDUCATION

Abduction drama at St John’s
Chandigarh, September 9
High drama prevailed at St John’s School, Sector 26, around 11.30 am today when parents of a Class I student complained to the school authorities that their child was abducted.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Badal lashes out at Cong ahead of SGPC polls
Bassi Pathana. September 9
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has asserted there was no truth in the allegations made by Panjab Pradesh Congress Committee president and former CM Amarinder Singh that 42 of the 86 gurdwaras managed by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), including Amritsar’s Golden Temple, were incurring financial losses. “Rather, the Golden Temple has fixed deposits of Rs 90 crore in banks”, he told reporters on Friday.

COURTS

Notice to UT administration on lax security at High Court
Chandigarh, September 9
The Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, comprising acting Chief Justice Adarsh Goel and Justice AK Mittal, today issued notice of motion to the UT administration for October 13 on a PIL seeking issuance of appropriate directions to the administration to evolve and install a foolproof security system on the High Court premises.

samjhauta blast
Handa appointed special public prosecutor
panchkula, September 9
RK Handa, a city-based lawyer, has been appointed special public prosecutor of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Samjhauta blast case. A notification had recently been issued for Handa’s appointment.

Man convicted of power theft
Panchkula, September 9
A local court today convicted a Sector 12-A resident in connection with electricity theft case. The court convicted Shivpal Chaudhary, owner of Vishnu Bhawan banquet hall. According to information, in 2010, the electricity department had detected electricity theft of Rs 13, 65000 in the bhawan. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced tomorrow.

CRIME

Two booked in dowry case
Zirakpur, September 9
The police today booked two persons, including a woman, in a dowry case on the complaint of Navjivni Saini, a resident of Modern Enclave, Zirakpur. In her complaint, Navjivni said she had tied the knot with Sarvjit Singh, a resident of Ropar, on November 11, 2009. She alleged that her husband Sarvjit Singh and mother-in-law Jaswant Kaur harassed her for bringing more dowry. A case was registered against the accused.

rape case
FIR lodged against youth
Panchkula, September 9
The police here has registered an FIR against a Chandigarh resident for raping a Sector-20 resident on the pretext of marrying her. On the victim’s complaint, the police has booked accused Gagandeep, resident of Sector 44, Chandigarh, under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.

Librarian booked for molesting students
Panchkula, September 9
The police has booked Sadhu Singh, a librarian at Government Model Sanskriti Senior Secondary School, Sector 20 for molesting girl students. Principal of the school lodged a complaint against he librarian yesterday.

Woman, paramour held for murder
Chandigarh, September 9
The local police arrested the mother of four along with her alleged paramour in a case of murder here today.

SPORTS

Dev Samaj-45 eves bag kabaddi title
Chandigarh, September 9
In an exciting final clash, Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, defeated Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur, to win the Panjab University Inter-College Kabaddi Tournament for Women (A-Division) at PU gymnasium hall, here today.

Players of Dev Samaj College ,Sector 45, Chandigarh, and Dev Samaj College, Ferozepur, slug it out during the final of Inter-College Women Kabaddi Tournament at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Gurpreet outplays Saurav
Chandigarh, September 9
Gurpreet Singh Batra defeated Saurav Nayyarm in a keenly-contested pre-quarterfinal match of the ongoing 1st Chandigarh Club Amateur Snooker Tournament at Chandigarh Club, here today. After losing the first frame, Gurpreet made a strong comeback in the second frame and won the game after clearing blue, pink and black balls in his last shot. Saurav went down to Gurpreet 1-2 (39-48, 65-57 and 72-70).

Neeraj Sarna aims a shot during the first Chandigarh Club Amateur Snooker Tournament in Chandigarh Club. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

pearls trophy
Karan Goel to lead Punjab Cricket Club
Chandigarh, September 9
Karan Goel will lead the Punjab Cricket Club team in the 18th All-India JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament for Pearls Trophy to begin from September 19, here.