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UT Police in the dock
Chandigarh, March 5
Due to its apparent confusion over Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the UT police has landed in the dock for illegally detaining four girls and a boy on February 19 for “loitering” under Section 109 of the IPC. Policemen at the Sector 34 police station on February 19 had picked up four girls and a boy from a Burail hotel.

Only 26 objections received from residents
Chandigarh, March 5
Chandigarh has a population of more than 11 lakh, but there were only 26 objections received by the UT Administration on the proposal of the 66.67 per cent power tariff hike.

Blind students of Akash Institute play Holi at Karuna Sadan, Sector 11, Chandigarh,  on Monday.   HOLI SHOPPING: A trader sells colours ahead of Holi in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photos:  Pradeep Tewari and  Manoj Mahajan

CVC marks inquiry to UT
Chandigarh, March 5
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has marked an inquiry to the Chief Vigilance Officer, Chandigarh, on the issue of “overstaying” of deputationists in the various departments of the UT Administration.

Chargesheet filed against 2 docs, technician
Chandigarh, March 5
The UT police today filed a chargesheet in the district courts against two doctors of Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH) in Sector 16 here and a lab technician for their alleged negligence in the Suman wrong blood transfusion case.

Snehalaya case
Dept told to take corrective steps
Chandigarh, March 5
In one of the strangest moves, the UT Home Secretary, instead of taking action against the guilty, has asked the Social Welfare Department, to suggest corrective steps in connection with the report highlighting lapses at Snehalaya, which falls within its jurisdiction. Twelve children had disappeared from this UT-run shelter for homeless children.

COMMUNITY

Recurrent miscarriages 
Clinic coming up in tricity region
Chandigarh, March 5
Miscarriages bring distress, but not now, with North India getting its first recurrent miscarriage clinic, which will open at Max Hospital, Mohali.




Dr Preet Jindal, recurrent-miscarriage specialist, talks to the media in Chandigarh on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Vandalism at garden
5 policemen face action
Chandigarh, March 5
Taking cognisance of the alleged indifferent attitude of the UT police officials towards repeated calls of the MC officials informing them about vandalism in Rose Garden, five policemen have been taken to task for not attending to their duty.

CGHS benefits extended to widows’ kids
Chandigarh, March 5
In a move that could benefit a large number of families, the government has extended medical benefits under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) to minor children of widowed or separated daughters of the Central government employees and pensioners.

UT Adviser’s assurance to HCS, PCS officers
Chandigarh, March 5
The “dispute” among the HCS, PCS officers and the IAS officers of the AGMUT-cadre was finally resolved by the UT Adviser KK Sharma today.

Get status of water supply on click of mouse
Mohali, March 5
Water consumers will now be able to know the status of water supply at just a click of mouse. The Punjab Chief Secretary, SC Agrawal, today, launched a website and MIS web portal of Punjab Water Supply and Sanitation department in the Department’s State Programme Management Cell, here today.

Candidates seek divine intervention
Zirakpur, March 5
The impending election results have made the candidates in the fray superstitious. While some are turning to gods for divine intervention to ensure their victory, the others are banking on their lucky day for emerging as a winner in the poll.
SAD candidate NK Sharma with his supporters comes out of his office at Zirakpur on Monday; and Independent candidate Deepinder SIngh Dhillon talks on his mobile phone at Zirakpur. 

Candidates have their fingers crossed
Mohali, March 5
The endless wait to know the outcome of the January 30 polling will finally be over tomorrow. With political pundits predicting a photo finish outcome for the Punjab elections, the candidates of various political parties in fray from Mohali assembly segment spent their Monday holding mock counting drills for their agents and on kept a hawk eye on the strong rooms where the EVM had been kept.

(1) Balbir Singh Sidhu with his supporters. (2) Balwant Singh Ramoowalia in Mohali.  (3) Bir Devinder Singh at his office. Tribune photos: Vicky Gharu

Punjab legal services authority to get building
Mohali, March 5
A state-of-the-art building of the Punjab Legal Services Authority will come up in Sector 69 here.

Water supply dept gets Rs 91 cr additional grant
Mohali, March 5
As various departments of the State Government face financial cuts in release of funds in the previous financial years, the State Water Supply Department has been given with additional grant of Rs 91 crore as bonus for speedy and successful implementation of the rural water supply programme. The officials in the department said incentive from the Centre had been given for good performance in the financial years 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012.

Holi scheme by BSNL
Chandigarh, March 5
Celebrating Holi, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) brings more happiness to their mobile service customers by providing extra talk time or full talk value on some selected range of top-up vouchers.

‘Chhoti Sardarni’ staged on International Women’s Day
Chandigarh, March 5
A Punjabi play ‘Chhoti Sardarni’ was presented by Amritsar-based drama ensemble ‘Actors on Stage’ in the first theatre festival of Roopak Kala Welfare Society, as part of the ongoing week-long International Women’s day celebrations at the Randhawa auditorium here today.

Tricity Scan

Members of the Joint Action Committee of theTeaching and Non-Teaching Employees of Aided Colleges of Chandigarh court arrest in support of their demands in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan Students of Dev Samaj College, Sector 45, after their annual prize distribution function on Monday in Chandigarh. tribune photo: pradeep tewari

EDUCATION

Three-day camp on life-skills begins at PU
Chandigarh, March 5
The Panjab University Career Counselling and Guidance Cell, established under UGC’s Plan XI, is organising a 3-day training program (5-7 March, 2012) on life skills. The programme will focus on 10 core skills listed by World Health Organization - Self-awareness, Interpersonal relations, Communication, Critical thinking, Problem solving, Creative thinking, Dealing with emotions, Coping with stress, Decision-making, and Empathy. 

Students in a jubilant mood after receiving certificates and trophies in the 28th annual prize-distribution function at Government College, Phase VI, Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Selection of PU Vice Chancellor
Panel member asks for 20 names
Chandigarh, March 5
Though the search committee constituted for the selection of the new Vice Chancellor of Panjab University is yet to meet and decide the selection criteria, IS Chadha, one of the members, and PU nominated Senator, has reportedly asked the university to submit names of eligible candidates.

Students participate in mega job fair
Dera Bassi, March 5
Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering And Technology, Dera Bassi, organised a mega joint campus placement fair on its premises. The fair was organised to provide placement opportunities to postgraduate and graduate engineers in India and abroad. The students from Punjab, Himachal, Haryana and other states had taken part in this fair. The mega placement fair focused primarily on job and placement opportunities in leading companies.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

People protest against pollution-spreading chemical factory
Dera Bassi, March 5
People of Kheri Gujjran, Behra, and other adjoining villages, today, held a protest against the pollution caused by a chemical factory, Indo-Swift, situated near Bhagwanpura village on the Barwala road.

Blood donation camp
Dera Bassi, March 5
A blood donation camp was organised by the Punjab Group of Colleges and Bharat Vikas Parishad on the college campus.

Maestro honoured
Patiala, March 5
The Fourth Punjab Sangeet Ratan Award was today conferred on the acclaimed vocal classical maestro Pandit Baldev Raj Verma as the three-day Fourth Rababi Bhai Mardana Shastri Sangeet Sammelan being organised by the Gurmat Sangeet Department commenced at Punjabi University here today.

‘Rainbow Club’ celebrates Women’s Day
Patiala, March 5
Rainbow Club for special children celebrated Women’s Day with Deaf, dumb and special children under the chairmanship of Nancy Ghuman, president Rainbow Club, today, here at Arts Auditorium, Punjabi University, Patiala. About 100 deaf and dumb children from various deaf schools of Punjab had participated in the programme.

COURTS

HC: Impart vocational training to inmates 
Chandigarh, March 5
Flowers, and visages of inmates, will bloom from behind the jail bars in this part of the region. For, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that it is in favour of imparting vocastional training to the inmates, including floriculture, horticulture, mushroom cultivation and other agricultural operations.

Car dealer told to rectify fault or pay Rs 1 lakh
Chandigarh, March 5
The UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed a car dealer to rectify the defect in a Toyota Corolla or pay Rs 1-lakh compensation to the complainant if they fail to fix the defect.

Local commissioner appointed
Chandigarh, March 5
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today appointed a local commissioner for submitting a report on the existence and extent of the area under the Sukhna choe.

Mohali murder, two sent to police custody
Mohali, March 5
The two of the accused in a five-day-old murder of Paramjit Singh at Teor village were today remanded to two-day police custody by a Kharar court. The duo, Jagroop Kaur and Dalbir Singh were arrested, yesterday, in connection with the murder of Paramjit.

CRIME

Man arrested for rape
Chandigarh, March 5
The local police has booked Dharminder Singh, a resident of Phase 2, Ramdarbar, for allegedly raping his 21-year-old ‘friend’, at a hotel in Sector 32, here. The incident took place yesterday.

2 commit suicide
Zirakpur, March 5
Two persons including a woman allegedly committed suicide under mysterious circumstances at two separate residential colonies of Baltana, here this morning.

Two die in road accident
Panchkula, March 5
In yet another accident, on the killer National Highway 73, two youths lost their lives in a road accident on Monday morning.

60-yr-old crushed to death by bus
Chandigarh, March 5
Dharam Pal Garg, a 60-year-old resident of Sector 32 here, was crushed to death by a speeding college bus at the Sector 20-21 lightpoint here today. The accident took place around 8 am when Dharam Pal was returning home on his non-gear scooter after dropping his grandson at his school.

Dharam Pal Garg

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SPORTS

Harbhajan stars in Punjab’s victory
Chandigarh, March 5
Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh’s scintillating all-round performance helped Punjab beat Maharashtra in their pre-quarterfinal match at Palam Ground, New Delhi. Fighting to regain his place in the Indian team, Punjab skipper Harbhajan Singh started the day with an economical bowling spell and followed it up with a sparkling unbeaten knock of 79 off 94 balls, studded with seven boundaries and one six, to take his team to a two wicket win over Maharashtra with 10 balls to spare.

Veteran athletes do Mohali proud
Chandigarh, March 5
Vetran athletes, Sidhu brothers, of Mohali have done it again. The duo have won four medals at the Masters Athletics Championship held between February 23 and 26 at Bangalore. Advocate Gurjiwan Singh Sidhu won gold medal for the ninth time since 2004 in shot put and also bagged a silver medal in hammer throw in the championship. His younger brother Pargat Singh also brought laurels to the region, winning two bronze medals in the meet.
Gurjiwan and Pargat Singh Sidhu pose with their medals won during the National Masters Athletics Championship, in Chandigarh, on Saturday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Book on Indian hockey legends released
Chandigarh, March 5
While the nation is hoping for a gold medal in hockey during the forthcoming London Olympics, Iqbal Singh Saroya, a Mohali resident, has come out with a book on hockey players who reigned supreme during Indian hockey’s golden era (1928-1956). The book was released at the 19th SAIL Jawaharlal Nehru College Championship held today at New Delhi.

Over 130 enthusiasts to take part in SJOBA rally
Chandigarh, March 5
Over 130 professional and budding rally-enthusiasts are likely to participate in the 25th edition of SJOBA Thunderbolt Sub-Himalayan Open Rally to be flagged off here on March 24. “The event is going to be even more exciting and challenging this year because of the new route planned for the rally,” said Shivneet Singh, president, St John’s Old Boys Association (SJOBA).
Participants of SJOBA Thunderbolt Sub-Himalayan Open Rally at Sector 27, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

DAV Club outplay Coaching Centre-17
Chandigarh, March 5
DAV Football Club, Sector 8, earned full points by beating Coaching Centre, Sector 17, by 2-0 in a super league match on the sixth day of the Chandigarh Senior Men Football Championship being played at the Sector 17 football stadium here today.




Players of DAV Club and Coaching Centre-17 in action during the match at the Sector 17 football stadium, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari