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HC relief for owners of resumed properties
Chandigarh, February 1
In what could signify a second chance for residents with resumed housing board properties, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that the resumption orders can be reversed on the basis of an undertaking given by allottees regarding the removal of additions and alterations.

Admn sitting over building plans
Chandigarh, February 1
The UT Administration has been sitting over building plans of residents for the past over six months as it is caught up in procedural wrangling for drafting a uniform building code, which does not jeopardise the claims of the city with Unesco for a world heritage status.

Police exhausts fuel fund again
Chandigarh, February 1
For the second time this financial year, the UT police has exhausted its quota of funds worth crores for fuel for its fleet of vehicles and is left at the mercy of the UT Administration for additional grant of Rs 1.5 crore. With no fresh funds flowing, some police vehicles were today left stranded for want of fuel while some others got the fuel refuelled from the Sector 33 petrol station on a temporary basis. 
A police Gypsy being refuelled at the Sector 33 petrol station after the MT Section in the Police Lines, Chandigarh, ran out of fuel. tribune photo: manoj mahajan

Malkhana in charge sold 631 case properties
Panchkula, February 1
While the Panchkula police was busy arresting criminals, a real “thug” was sitting right inside its “malkhana”, eating into the case property under police custody. Sukhwinder Singh, former in charge of the judicial “malkhana”, where the police keeps case properties, managed to sell as many as 631 case properties without letting his colleagues get a whiff of it.

COMMUNITY

ROSE FESTIVAL
Proposed cost cut by Rs 17 lakh
Chandigarh, February 1
In less than 24 hours, the municipal corporation (MC) authorities have trimmed the proposed cost estimates of the Rose Festival by about Rs 17 lakh.

Return laptops or pay, former councillors told
Chandigarh, February 1
As many as 35 former councillors have been asked to either return the laptops issued to them in the next two days or pay the depreciation cost of Rs 29,043 to the authorities.

Rent of night food street kiosks cut
Chandigarh, February 1
The finance and contract committee (F&CC) today decided to decrease the rent for night food street kiosks by Rs 5,000 from this year and allot those through a draw of lots.

Machinery worth lakhs gutted
Chandigarh, February 1
Machinery worth lakhs was gutted in a fire which broke out on the first floor of a showroom at Sector 41 here this evening. A fire official said the fire broke out at a flex-making unit due to a short-circuit in electricity panels.

Firemen douse flames on the second floor of a showroom at Sector 41 in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Mohali MC recovers Rs 15 lakh from pvt co.
Mohali, February 1
The Mohali Municipal Council has recovered Rs 15 lakh from a private company that had failed to remove overhead signages put up on road berms even when the contract period had expired about a year ago.

GMADA to make info available on website
Mohali, february 1
Following complaints from the public regarding difficulties in obtaining details of property, including financial aspects, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority

Auto-rickshaws hindering traffic flow
Zirakpur, February 1
More than 1,000 auto-rickshaws, plying on the roads of Zirakpur, are fast becoming a menace. Considered one of the cheapest modes of transport, the auto-rickshaws openly flout norms by overloading, and causing noise and air pollution.


Three-wheelers parked on the pavement under the Zirakpur flyover. tribune photo: nitin mittal

Bougainvillea Garden being spruced up
Mohali, February 1
Work on sprucing up the Bougainvillea Garden in Phase IV here is in progress. The pruning of plants, mostly bougainvillea, is being done, which had been neglected for a few years. Even some of the metal structures used for the support of plants had started losing shape due to the weight of the unkept plants.

Shrubs cleared after more than 10 years at Bougainvillea Garden in Phase IV, Mohali, on Wednesday. tribune photo: vicky gharu

CBI opposes bail to kidney scam accused
Panchkula, February 1
In the infamous kidney scam, the CBI yesterday opposed the bail application filed by the three accused - Dr Upender Aggarwal and middlemen Giyasuddin and Jagdish.

Good news for Oriya, Kannada people in tricity soon
Chandigarh, February 1
Residents’ demand for a new train to Bhubaneswar via Benglaluru is likely to be met in the next Railway Budget as senior officials with the Ambala Division have sent a proposal in this regard to the Railway Ministry.

Ugly picture Posters pasted on the pillars of Zirakpur flyover make for an ugly sight. tribune photo: nitin mittal

At last, light in sight
Chandigarh, February 1
It seems that the long wait of UT employees to get their houses under the UT employees housing scheme will end soon as the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has decided to initiate groundwork after completing all formalities in two months.

Reconciliation of accounts improper
Chandigarh, February 1
With the latest local audit and inspection report pointing out that the UT sub-registrar’s department has not reconciled its collection of about Rs 97.45 crore in a couple of years, it appears that the UT Administration is least bothered about finances.

Metro in proposed Five-Year Plan budget
Chandigarh, February 1
In an important development, the UT Administration has included the Metro project in the proposed budget of its Five-Year Plan.

Repaired in December, road starts sinking
Chandigarh, February 1
Dissatisfied over the carpeting and widening of V-6 roads in Sector 40-C the Residents Welfare Association (RWA) has demanded an independent inquiry, claiming that the work has been executed haphazardly, ignoring the quality and quantity of work.


A stretch of the newly laid road where cracks have appeared at Sector 40 in Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Day after raids, notices issued
Panchkula, February 1
A day after the team of the Haryana State Drug Controller Department raided two hospitals, Alchemist at Sector 21 and the National Skin Hospital at Sector 5 of Mansa Devi Complex, for violations  in the sale and  storage of medicines,  the department today issued show-cause notices to both hospitals.

Thalassaemia patients enact comedy play
Chandigarh, February 1
‘Zindagi apni kashmakash hi mein ghir ker ubhri/ Honge voh aur jo hallat se ghabraate hein ..’ Armed with such courage and conviction, young artistes, suffering from the deadly disease of thalassaemia, staged a comedy play titled ‘Parda Uthne Se Pahele’ under the aegis of Creators


Artistes perform during the play ‘Parda uthane se pehle’ at the Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Vicky Gharu

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EDUCATION

Examination blues affecting parents more than students
Chandigarh, February 1
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) helpline number didn’t stop ringing on the first day of pre-examination counselling, but rather than it being class X students, it was their mothers who called.

PEC teams bag top positions in IIT-K tech fest
Chandigarh, February 1
Two teams from Punjab Engineering College (PEC) bagged the top two positions in a technical fest held at IIT Kanpur. The teams, participating in the event ‘Tremors’, were supposed to design earthquake resistant structure, which they successfully did. Their structures were tested on earthquake testing machines and the models could withstand the earthquake tremors common in seismic Zone IV.
PEC students who bagged the top honours at IIT-Kanpur tech fest ‘Tr emors’. Tribune photo

VC misused powers, alleges Chatrath
Chandigarh, February 1
The controversy surrounding the constitution of various academic committees refuses to die down. A day after heated exchanges in the syndicate and Vice-Chancellor RC Sobti registering his reservations on the way the Chatrath group made these committees, GK Chatrath today lashed back at the VC, saying that the House had acted according to the calendar and Sobti himself was responsible for being stripped of the powers to make committees.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Husband, wife killed as car rams into vehicle
Dera Bassi, February 1
A husband and a wife died in a road mishap near Dera Bassi on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway after their car rammed into a stationary vehicle on Monday night.

Electrician dies in road mishap
Dera Bassi, February 1
A motorcycle-borne youth died on the spot when his vehicle collided with a Haryana Roadways bus at Dera Bassi on Monday night. The deceased was identified as 25-year- old Vikas Kumar, a resident of New Shiv Colony, Jind.

Abducted minor was raped
Ambala, February 1
The Ambala police has recovered a minor girl of Ambala City from Lucknow who was allegedly abducted by a youth about two months ago. Ravinder Kumar, the father of the girl, had registered a complaint with the police that Sandeep, a resident of the Punjab area, had abducted his daughter. The police had registered a case against Sandeep who too was absconding since the missing of the girl.

Surprise checking of school buses
Ambala, February1
City magistrate Ambala Pratima Chaudhry conducted a surprising checking of school buses this morning to find out whether the guidelines prescribed by the Supreme Court are being followed or not.

COURTS

Samjhautablasts case
Aseemanand produced in court, hearing deferred
Panchkula, February 1
In the Samjhauta blasts case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) produced Swami Aseemanand before a local court here today. The special NIA court deferred the hearing for February 22 as both parties - prosecution and defence - sought time.



Accused Swami Aseemanand being produced at the District Court in Panchkula on Wednesday. tribune photo: nitin mittal

CRIME

Precious gems, jewellery worth Rs 5 lakh stolen
Chandigarh, February 1
Thieves had a field day as three cases of theft were reported from various areas of the city in the past 24 hours. In the first incident, thieves targeted the Gem Technical Lab at Sector 22, right next to the police station, in the wee hours after breaking the locks. The police registered a case under Section 380 of the IPC.


Forensic experts examine the burgled shop at Sector 22 in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan

10-month-old infant recovered
Panchkula, February 1
The special team of the Panchkula police recovered 10-month-old Nishant, who was stolen during the Navratra fair on September 29 past year.

SPORTS

Handball: PU tame Calicut varsity
Chandigarh, February 1
In a tough match, the host handball team of Panjab University overcame Calicut University on the first day of All- India inter -University Inter Zonal Handball championship for Men, being held here today.



Players of Andhra Pradesh and Amritsar in action during the PU handball tournament in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

PCA to hold camp for aspiring bowlers
Chandigarh, February 1
In an effort to improve the standard of fast and spin bowling, the Punjab Cricket Association(PCA) has decided to come up with special intensive and scientific training for bowlers from all over Punjab and Chandigarh.

St Stephen’s academy drub Paragon school
Chandigarh, February 1
The cricket team of St Stephens School Cricket Academy defeated Paragon Senior Secondary School, Mohali, by 50- runs in the ongoing Sardar Bhagwant Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament, being held here today.

Chandigarh crush Jalandhar by six wickets 
Chandigarh, February 1
The cricket team of Chandigarh defeated Jalandhar by six wickets, securing five points, including a bonus, in a match during the FC Mittal cricket trophy held at the cricket stadium in Sector 16, here today.

DP Azad Red beat Blue as series begins
Chandigarh, February 1
In the three-match series between DP Azad Cricket Academy (blue) and DP Azad Cricket Academy (red), the red oufits defeated their counterparts, here today.

Athletics meet sees widespread participation
Chandigarh, February 1
On the second day of the ongoing Strawberry Fields World School athletic meet, Bhavika Singh, Anushka Sapra and Anisha Gauba won the top honours in the 100 m sprint event here today.


Students of Strawberry Fields World School take part in a hurdles race at their annual sports day on the school campus in Sector 26 on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan