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CRPF instructor killed, 3 hurt as grenade goes off
Panchkula, September 16
A Head Constable with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed and three others were seriously injured when a hand grenade went off prematurely during a training session at the Naraingarh firing range near Raipur Rani here today.

GMADA reverts to old payment mode for plots
Mohali, September 16
Just a week ahead of the formal launch of the much-awaited Mullanpur Eco City residential project, the ambitious plan of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) to end speculation by requiring successful applicants to deposit 95 per cent of the cost of a plot within 90 days has been rejected by the state government.

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh presents the President’s Police Medal  for distinguished service to Dinkar Gupta, Joint Director, Intelligence Bureau in New Delhi on Friday.

GMCH refuses to deliver 2nd child
Chandigarh, September 16
The Indian government may have adopted the two child norm for the country with its slogan of ‘hum do hamare do’ (we two, ours two), but the Chandigarh administration run Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32 appears to be dictating it’s own arbitrary policy of “only one child” by outrightly refusing normal delivery of a second child at the hospital.

PU student expelled from hostel, fined Rs 25,000
Chandigarh, September 16
Holding Sahil Gupta of Panjab University Chemical Engineering Institute guilty of ragging Saksham Bhatnagar, a first year student, the university has expelled him from the hostel, besides slapping a fine of Rs 25,000 on him.

City’s loss! A day after a squall hit Chandigarh, worst affected sectors remained strewn with fallen trees. (Above) A tangled mess of an electricity pole and a broken tree opposite the ISBT-17 in Sector 22; and (right) Two uprooted trees lie in a green belt in Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photos: Parvesh Chauhan

COMMUNITY

Shatabdi, Himalayan Queen late by 3 hrs
Chandigarh, September 16
The New Delhi-Shimla Himalayan Queen and the New Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi Express arrived late by over three and half hours at the Chandigarh railway station here this afternoon.

Amritsar-city Duronto Express loses steam
Chandigarh, September 16
The Amritsar-Chandigarh Duronto Express, which was launched amid much fanfare three weeks ago, is losing steam as the number of passengers has gone down considerably since its start. According to sources, the senior divisional commercial manager, Ferozepur, in a communiqué to the Railway Division Ambala had banned unreserved current bookings from September 12, resulting in a further decline in the number of passengers travelling from the city. As a result, the railways is suffering a loss of lakhs of rupees every day, the sources say.

More trouble amid respite for DSP Ghirra
Chandigarh, September 16
Fresh trouble is brewing for disgraced Mohali DSP Raka Ghirra as the CBI is looking to file a disproportionate assets case against her.

Mirror image: Lights are reflected on a wet stretch of the road separating Sectors 33 and 34 in Chandigarh late on Friday. tribune photo: vicky gharu

Tired of stench, Dadu Majra residents block dumper trucks
Chandigarh, September 16
Annoyed by the municipal corporation’s failure to deal with the stench emanating from the Dadu Majra dumping ground, area residents staged a protest by preventing MC vehicles from dumping garbage at the ground.

Reply sought from DC, hotel body
Chandigarh, September 16 The Deputy Commissioner, the Registrar of Societies and the Hotel and the Restaurant Association of Chandigarh (HRAC) have been asked to reply to a petition by November 9 after the case, questioning the existence of the association led by Manmohan Singh Kohli, came up for hearing at the district courts here today. Three city hoteliers — Atul Grover, Aman Aggarwal and Ankit Gupta — had filed the petition alleging that the HRAC was not functioning as per the rules and regulation of the Societies Act, 1860.

Campaigning ends on high pitch
Mohali, September 16
As campaigning for Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections came to an end this evening, the joint candidate of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Sant Samaj from Mohali, JP Singh, today sought disqualification of Independent candidate Hardeep Singh on the grounds of his conviction by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a case of chain snatching 27 years back.

Meter box catches fire
Zirakpur, September 16
A newly set up joint electricity meter box caught fire at Punjab Modern Complex in Baltana here this morning. Residents said the incident occurred around 2:30 am.

Plight of goldmine workers highlighted
Chandigarh, September 16
Suchetak Rangmanch, Mohali, staged “Laal Kaner”, a Punjabi adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s original classic Red Oleanders on the second day of ongoing NZCC sponsored Gursharan Singh Naat Utsav at the Randhawa auditorium here today. 



Artistes stage the play ‘Laal Kaner’ at Punjab Kala Bhavan, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Friday. A Tribune photograph

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Two cars and a truck which met with an accident on the Panchkula-Ramgarh road near Majri chowk on Friday. No one was injured in the pile-up. tribune photo: nitin mittal

An ambulance gets stuck as tractors used in campaigning for SGPC elections line up at Mohali on Friday.  tribune photo: vicky gharu

EDUCATION

PU student council declares poll expenditure 
Chandigarh, September 16
While the UT police in its recent poll audit found all student parties to have blatantly violated the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations specifying Rs 5,000 as maximum election budget per candidate, in their self-declaration the Panjab University council members have summed up their expenditure within Rs 5,000, even as three out of four members have failed to provide any supporting bills.

Cancellation of supplier’s contract mooted
Panchkula, September 16
Following repeated complaints regarding the use of substandard material in the preparation of midday meal in schools, the Haryana elementary education department is mulling over cancelling the contract with Haryana State Federation of Consumers’ Co-operative Wholesale Stores (Confed).

COURTS

HC notice to Haryana
Panchkula, September 16
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued a notice to the Haryana government in connection with the PIL filed for the shifting of the temporary dumping ground, situated between Sector 23 and 25, to any suitable place as it was situated in inhabited area.


A JCB machine at work on the dumping ground in Sector 23 of Panchkula. tribune photo: nitin mittal

CRIME

Acid attack turns out break-up fallout
Mohali, September 16
The acid attack on three occupants of a car near the busy Daun petrol station at Kharar by two motorcycle-borne youths around 15 days back has turned out to be an act to punish the proprietor of Rudraksh Immigration, Phase I, for allegedly harassing one of his woman employees, who is close to one of the assailants.
The two acid attack accused being taken to the district courts at Kharar on Friday. a tribune photograph

2 held for setting 5 bikes ablazeTribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 16
The UT police today arrested two persons for setting five bikes ablaze at Hallo Majra on September 11.

Snehalaya staff quizzed
Chandigarh, September 16
A team of the UT police today visited Snehalaya, home for the destitute in Maloya, and questioned its staff for any clues in the case regarding the 10 children who went missing from the home this year. The investigating team, headed by the SHO of the Sector 39 police station, also examined boundary walls of the home. The children reportedly fled after scaling the boundary wall with barbed wires.

Aspirant booked
Chandigarh, September 16
The local police has booked a Haryana resident for submitting a fake education certificate while applying for the post of constable in the Chandigarh Police.

Woman stages suicide drama
Chandigarh, September 16
A woman resident of Sector 21 allegedly attempted suicide by hitting a glass against her head after a Punjab Police team reached her residence in connection with a case registered against her. Jagdeep Kaur (30) hit herself after the police came to her house to get her statement recorded in connection with a forgery case.

Muthoot manager booked for gold theft
Chandigarh, September 16
The Chandigarh Police today booked a branch manager of Muthoot Finance Corporation for allegedly stealing six gold coins, valued at around Rs 3 lakh, from the company’s office.

Two missing children found
Mohali, September 16
Shivam and Price, eight-year-old students of the Government Elementary School at Phase IX here, who went missing from school yesterday, were traced in Ropar.

SDO suspended
Zirakpur, September 16
The subdivisional officer (SDO) with the PSPCL posted here has been suspended after his name appeared in an assault case registered with the Himachal Pradesh Police.

SPORTS

Unruly scenes mar football league match
Chandigarh, September 16
The league football match between host Panjab University and SGGS Khalsa College Mahilpur turned into the battlefield, after the host accused a referee of favouritism.



Players of PU team,Chandigarh, and Khalsa College, Mahilpur, enter into a scuffle during the ongoing inter-college tournament at Post Graduate College, Sector 11, Chandigarh, on Friday. Photo by writer

Indian Oil, Air India, ONGC edge out opponents
Chandigarh, September 16
After the rain washed away the opening day of the 18th J.P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament for Pearls Trophy, the teams of Indian Oil, Air India and ONGC registered wins in their respective matches, on the second day of the tournament, played today.
A match in progress between ONGC and Mohit-11 at Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: S. Chandan

Qualifiers to begin today
Chandigarh, September 16
The Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association will organise the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls (U-14 and U-16) from September 19 to 23, at CLTA courts and Lake Sports Complex, here.

ONGC to lock horns with Indian Oil in Hockey final
Chandigarh, September 16
ONGC will clash against Indian Oil in the title clash of the ongoing Ninth Six-a-side Olympian Dharam Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament, being held at Shivalik Public School, Mohali, here, today.