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Shine off patil’s darbar
Chandigarh, November 22
The public “darbar” of the UT Administrator and Governor Shivraj Patil has lost its appeal with the public as was evident from the fact that today’s session was attended by only four complainants. Moreover, two of them returned “absolutely dissatisfied”.

                                           Shivraj Patil

IAS officer’s son found dead
Chandigarh, November 22
Abhishek Kapoor, son of the Principal Secretary of Tribal Development of Himachal Pradesh, was found dead in the room No. 501 of the Himachal Bhavan in Sector 28 here today. He was 28.

Jail inmate, head constable go missing
Chandiagrh, November 22
A Burail Jail inmate who had come for a trial hearing at the district courts went missing under mysterious circumstances along with UT police head constable Amarjeet Singh this afternoon.

Children made to wait in cold for hours
Chandigarh, November 22
At least 50 promising sportspersons in the under-11 category, representing various primary schools in Haryana, were made to shiver in the cold outside Tau Devi Lal Stadium for more than two hours last night, thanks to the indifferent attitude of officials of the Haryana Sports Department who failed to make arrangements for the stay of the children.

March of devotion

A nagar kirtan procession being taken out to mark Guru Teg Bahadur’s martyrdom day in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Girls’ links with peddler baffles cops
Chandigarh, November 22
The PEC connection to the drug mafia which came to light with the arrest of Devinder Kumar, a drug peddler, on Sunday, has proved to be a major lead to an intricate web that he had woven by roping in students from local institutes, particularly girls. He would boast about “purity of material” in his consignment as part of his “exclusive student services”.

GMADA gets lucky with commercial sites too
Mohali, November 22
Continuing with the trend of auction that saw a sudden demand for residential property yesterday, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) today netted Rs 78.32 lakh by selling 42 commercial sites, including booths.

Careless digging snaps phone cables
Mohali, November 22
Hundreds of telephones in the industrial and residential areas of Phase 5 were disconnected due to mindless digging by a private contractor engaged by GMADA to erect an overbridge near Phases 3b2 and 5.




The damaged phone cables near Phase 3, Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Holes in PU semester examination system
Chandigarh, November 22
Panjab University (PU) may have implemented the semester system, but the departments are yet to even get a hang of the system. Thousands of students are affected due to the erratic examination schedule and hundreds of examination wing officials are cribbing about the datesheets prepared on the pattern of the annual examination supposedly distinctively different from the semester.

COMMUNITY

Local MP lives here, but problems persist
For residents of this ward, it is a blessing that the Member of Parliament resides in this area. Hence, they have not been facing petty civic problems. Still, there is a list of problems. It includes monkey menace, mismanaged garbage collection and non-maintenance of parks.


Garbage dumped beside a residential block at Sector 28 in Chandigarh.

Congress going in for change
Chandigarh, November 22
Major changes are expected in the list of Congress candidates for municipal corporation (MC) elections. Sources in the party said the ticket of former Senior Deputy Mayor Bhupinder Singh Badheri from ward 10 had been cancelled and youth leader Jasbir Singh Banti would contest in his place.

Hazy

Fog envelops the Chandigarh-Zirakpur road, reducing visibility to almost zero at night.  Tribune photo: S Chandan

Chargesheet filed against accused
Mohali, November 22
The cyber wing of State Crime Branch has chargesheeted Sunny Dhiman (23), presently in judicial custody, for allegedly uploading an obscene video of a girl on Youtube. The girl, an MBA student, had friendly relations with the accused.

MES contractors continue stir
Panchkula, November 22
Contractors of military engineering services (MES) continued their strike for the second day at the TCP chowk near Red Bishop here today. They have been protesting against the non-payment of bills for the past about three months by the Army authorities.

Cong supporters come to blows
Mohali, November 22
An election meeting called by JK Jain, a Congress party observer for Nawanshahr, Ropar and Mohali districts, today turned into a wrestling arena, when supporters of Deepinder Dhillon and Jaspal Singh, claimants for party ticket from the Dera Bassi constituency, exchanged blows in the office of district Congress committee here.


Congress activists exchange hot words in Mohali on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Residents take up problems with MC executive officer
Panchkula, November 22
The residents of Sectors 12A, 14 and 15 held a meeting with the executive officer of the municipal corporation here yesterday. They kept their problems before the MC official.

Candidates want Punjabi type test to be cancelled
Mohali, November 22
A delegation of the new Punjab Subordinate Sangarsh Committee today met Subordinate Staff Selection Board (SSSB) chairman Santa Singh Umedpur demanding that the Punjabi type test should be cancelled and they should be given appointment letters for the post of clerks. A total of the 530 posts were advertised by the SSSB in July, 2011, and it was mentioned that the candidates in merit would have to pass Punjabi type test as per government instructions.

350 UT staff get training
Chandigarh, November 22
About 350 officials of the UT Administration participated in a workshop, organised at Punjab Engineering College, Sector 12, to impart practical training to UT employees for smooth implementation of e-payment system.

Fashion a storehouse of glorious past and promising future
Chandigarh, November 22
The cosmetology and beauty care department of the MCM college organised ‘MCM Khoobsurat Fest- a journey through 100 years of fashion makeover - Kal-aaj aur kal’, an awe- inspiring event that took the audience on a magnificent sojourn through different phases of fashion starting from the mesmerising 1950s to a speculative portrayal of the 2050s.

Students of MCM DAV College perform at ‘Khoobsurat’ fest in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: S. Chandan

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NEIGHBOURHOOD

2 killed in mishaps
Kharar/Zirakpur : Road mishaps claimed the lives of two persons here today. In the first incident, Gurbachan Singh, a resident of Balopur village, died after his car was hit by an SUV that was coming from Patiala side. 

5 armoured regiments to be awarded ‘Standards’
Patiala, November 22
With a fleet of as many as 300 tanks participating in the parade before President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil on November 27, the royal city of Patiala will get a rare distinction of becoming the second place in India, post-Independence, wherein the President would present “The Standards” to the five armoured regiments.

A tank rehearsal under way in Patiala. Tribune photo: Umesh Diwan

COURTS

University Business School
Hearing in HC on PhD admissions today
Chandigarh, November 22
The crucial case of PhD admissions is scheduled to come up for hearing before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday. The high court has already restrained the University Business School (UBS) from making PhD admissions on the basis of its final list after students approached the court seeking quashing of the list.

Kidnap accused gets bail
Chandigarh, November 22
A local court here has granted bail to Inderjit Singh Malik (21), the main accused in the kidnapping case of a teenager, who belonged to an erstwhile royal family from Himachal Pradesh.

Drug peddler gets 8-yr RI
Chandigarh, November 22
A local court today awarded eight-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a drug peddler in a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act dating back to July 24, 2008.

3-day police remand for visa fraudsters
Chandigarh, November 22
The two immigration fraud accused were produced in a local court today and sent to three-day police remand. The accused, Vikram Sharma of Chandigarh and Vinay Chadha of Zirakpur, were arrested on November 18.

CRIME

Gang of thieves busted, 3 held
Mohali (Kharar), November 22
With the arrest of three persons, including a minor, the Central Intelligence Agency of Kharar has claimed to have solved eight cases of snatching, robbery and theft that occurred in Zirakpur, Matour and Mohali.

Cash, valuables worth Rs 2 lakh stolen from house
Panchkula, November 22
Keeping the police on its toes, burglars once again struck at a locked house in Sector 21 and took away cash and other valuables worth Rs 2 lakh.

SPORTS

 Kabaddi Coaching Centre claim title
Chandigarh, November 22
Kabaddi Coaching Centre, Sector 42, defeated Dadu Majra Club to lift the title of in the men’s category during the ongoing Chandigarh State Kabaddi Championship (NS) being held at kabaddi ground of sports complex in Sector 42 here today.

Players in action during a kabaddi match at Sector 42 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

GMSSS-16 beat GMSSS-19
Chandigarh, November 22
Team of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, defeated Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, by 7-6, during the match of inter-school Handball competition for Girls (U-14), being held here today.


A match in progress at Sector 42 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

St. Anne's drub Saupin’s
Chandigarh, November 22
The St. Anne's School, Sector 32, defeated Saupin’s School, Sector 32, by 16- 4 during the match of Inter-School Basketball Tournament For Girls (U-17) being held at Sports Complex, Sector 46, here today.

Haryana overpower Ludhiana to emerge badminton champs
Chandigarh, November 22
The team of Regional Office, Haryana, defeated Regional Office, Ludhiana, to win the badminton championship during the 9th Zonal ESIC Sports Meet, being held at Panjab University campus, here today.

Rishabh, Utkarsh down opponents in tennis
Chandigarh, November 22
Local lad Rishabh Sharda and Utkarsh Bhardwaj, hailing from Uttarakhand, overpowered the duo of Calvin Golmei and Rohit Kumar in the quarterfinals of boys U-12 doubles category during the Shivalik Public School CLTA-AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament for boys and girls(U-12 & U-14) being held at the CLTA here.

A girl plays a shot during the Shivalik Public School CLTA-AITA Championship Series at Sector 10 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

DAV thrash AKSIPS
Chandigarh, November 22
Cricket team of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, defeated AKSIPS School, Sector 41, in a match of Inter-School Cricket Championship for Boys (U-16) being held here today.