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Liquor to remain cheaper in chandigarh
Chandigarh/Mohali, March 23
Chandigarh would continue to be favourite with boozers, as according to the proposed Excise Policy 2012-2013 of the UT, liquor in the city will remain cheaper than that sold in Mohali.

MC dodging house tax
Chandigarh, March 23
Dodging the UT Administration decision to impose house tax in the city, the Municipal Corporation (MC) Mayor is not allowing it to be tabled at the General House meeting despite repeated directions of the UT Administration.

2 booked for hacking kin’s facebook account
Chandigarh, March 23
The UT police has booked two residents of Karnal for hacking the facebook account of a person and posting obscene comments and pictures on it. 

Students of Panjab University take part in a fashion show on the concluding day of Jhankar in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Leopard tranquilised
Chandigarh, March 23
The Air Force had to postpone take-offs for almost an hour as the forest officials last night rescued the leopard that had been trapped in a pipeline under the airstrip for 11 days. To make sure that tranquilisers were administered to the leopard without any hitch, it was decided that no aircraft would take off during the rescue operation.

The cat has been belled!
Chandigarh, March 23
In July, 2009, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had taken suo-motu cognisance of a news report, “Who’ll bell the cat”, carried in these columns on the violations by the bigwigs at government accommodations.

COMMUNITY

Syndicate meeting to be stormy
Chandigarh, March 23
After a series of amicable meetings, Saturday Syndicate is expected to be stormy, especially, for the Vice-Chancellor (VC) who seems to have run into trouble with the Chatrath Group over with the faculty change issue after their letter to VC, 11 senators of the GK Chatrath group have approached Chancellor Hamid Ansari accusing the Vice-Chancellor, RC Sobti, of disrupting the democratic set up of the PU Senate.

No ‘gidda, bhangra’ in Jhankaar this year
Chandigarh, March 23
Contrary to its much-hyped start the last day of the PU youth fest, Jhankaar, left many disappointed as the participating teams failed to turn up for giddha and bhangra competitions.

Punjabi singer Shery Mann performs; (right) students of Panjab University present a culture item at the Jhankar fest in Panjab University on Friday. Tribune photos: pradeep tewari

Navratra Fair: 80,000 throng Mansa Devi Temple
Panchkula, March 23
More than 80,000 devotees paid obeisance at the Sri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine, near here, on the first day of the ‘Chaitra Navratra’ festival that began with traditional fervour today.

Devotees pay obeisance at Mansa Devi Temple on the first day of Navratra Fair at Panchkula on Friday. (Right) Tricity residents line up at the temple.

Woman killed in accident
Mohali, March 23
A woman was killed while two others were injured when the car they were travelling in fell into a ditch after colliding with another vehicle here today.

Allottees seek disclosure of inquiry report
Chandigarh, March 23
Using the RTI as a tool to delay the inquiry proceedings in the infamous booth allotment scam, 65 allottees, instead of filing their reply to the notices issued by the UT administration, have filed RTI applications seeking disclosure of the present status of the probe.

Rangoli making, quiz mark martyrs’ day
Mohali, March 23
The Martyrdom Day of Bhagat Singh was observed at SAS IIT&R here today. Dr JS Dhaliwal, chairman, SAS Group of Institutions, graced the occasion. He urged the students to imbibe the values of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.

Admn renews rent lease of 16 showrooms
Chandigarh, March 23
After the Chandigarh Administration shelved its proposal to auction prime commercial property in Sector 17, the UT Estate Office has extended the rent lease of its 16 showrooms in Sector 17-E for another five years at a nominal amount of Rs 54,000 per month.


Government shops that have been leased out at Sector 17-E in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Undertrial threatens hospital staff
Chandigarh, March 23
The admission of under-trials or convicts to the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital has proved to be a bane of the hospital staff. An under-trial, who is facing charges of attempt to murder and was admitted to the hospital a few weeks ago, kept the staff on tenterhooks on Thursday. He allegedly threatened them after the doctors asked the staff to discharge him.

Work on overbridge begins
Chandigarh, March 23
Mayor of the municipal corporation Raj Bala Malik today inspected work on the overbridge at Sector 17 in Chandigarh. Chief Engineer SS Bida, along with other senior officials, were also present on the occasion.



Work under way at Sector 17 in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Civic body honours widows of martyrs
Chandigarh, March 23
Fourteen widows of martyrs were honoured by the municipal corporation today. Mayor Raj Bala Malik laid a wreath at the Martyr’s Pillar in Terraced Garden, Sector 33, Chandigarh, and paid homage to Shaheed-e-Azam S Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev and the martyrs from the defence forces.

The awardees with city Mayor Raj Bala Malik on the martyrdom day of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev at Terraced Garden in Sector 33, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

High drama at Maloya
Chandigarh, March 23
High drama was witnessed in Maloya when a row over possession of a house between two brothers turned awry and the members of both the families hurled stones and bricks at each other. 

Students of PGGC-11, during their annual convocation in Chandigarh. tribune photo: pradeep tewari

UT more tech savvy, reveals Census'
Chandigarh, March 23
From possessing the highest number of computers to having access to the basic amenities, the prosperity indicators released by the census department reveals that the city residents are a privileged lot.

Population register camps 
Mohali, March 23
The Mohali district administration is set to start maintaining population registers by organising camps at villages and towns here. Deputy Commissioner Varun Roojam said camps in this regard would be organised from June at various villages and towns in the district.

TRICITY SCAN

EDUCATION

Programme on elimination of corporal punishment in schools
Chandigarh, March 23
A one-day orientation programme on “Teacher Motivation and Elimination of Corporal Punishment in Schools” was organised in a school today where the teachers of Government Schools from Sector 32, 46, 20,30 and 33 participated.

Education dept to finales school buses routes
Chandigarh, March 23
Turning a new leaf of convenience for the students going to schools on buses, the UT education department, today, made clear its intention of finalising the routes and arranging required vehicles.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Institute organises tech fest
Dera Bassi, March 23
Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi, has organised a technical fest in the premises of institute. More than 30 activities, like paper presentation, extempore, sudoku, debate, hobby exhibition, ad-mad, online gaming, robotics, nail art, rangoli , debate , group discussion and face paint were held during the event.

Over 200 selected in mega job fair
Dera Bassi, March 23
An impressive mega job fair was organised by the Swami Parmanand Group of Colleges, Jaulan Kalan (Lalru), wherein more than 1000 engineering, management and diploma final year students from 30 colleges of Punjab and Haryana participated. 19 companies took part in the selection and placement process.

Students felicitated
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 23
The students of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, who secured university positions in the Punjab Technical University examinations held in May 2011, were felicitated during a function held at the college campus today.

Man hit by truck, dies
Banur, March 23
A person died after he was hit by a truck near Banur this morning. The deceased, identified as Bheerbhushan Malhotra, a resident of Gopal Nagar, Jagadhari, was crossing the Banur-Rajpura highway when the accident occurred. He was admitted to a hospital. The police has sent the body for an autopsy and a case has been registered.

CRIME

Developers booked
Zirakpur, March 23
The police today booked colonisers of Astha Royal Homes on the charges of obstructing the natural flow of a seasonal choe in Baltana near Sector 19, Panchkula, on the complaint of Om Parkash, assistant engineer, drainage department, Patiala division. The accused have been identified as Pawan Bansal, Sanjeev Garg and other unknown persons.

Man killed in accident
Chandigarh, March 23
In another hit-and-run accident today, a 45-year-old man riding a Honda Activa scooter was killed at the Sector 36/37 intersection last night. The victim, Dinesh Kumar, a Mohali resident, was an employee at the Mountview Hotel and was returning home when the mishap occurred. He worked at the hotel as a waiter and was returning home after completing his shift. The driver of the car fled from the spot and its partial number was noted down as CH03, making it a blind case.

SPORTS

 SJOBA Rally: suresh, ashwin drive to glory
Chandigarh, March 23
The team of Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik raced in with the best time of 1:27 minutes in the Gypsies’ category in the 25th SJOBA-Thunderbolt Sub-Himalayan Rally which got off to an exciting start today with the Super Special Stage being held at the Sector 34 Grounds, Chandigarh.

DP Azad academy win by 7 wickets
Chandigarh, March 23
Fine batting performance by Sidharth Rawat (67 not out) enabled the DP Azad Academy to beat the GNPS, Sector 36, by 7 wickets in the 3rd Junior U-13 Championship held here today.

Three Punjab players in India U-19 squad
Mohali, March 23
Opening batsman Manan Vohra, medium pacer Sandeep Sharma and medium pacer Kamal Passi of the Punjab Cricket Association have been selected in the India U-19 squad by the National Junior Selection Committee in its meeting held at Bangalore.