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22 snatchers repeat offenders
Chandigarh, April 24
Even as the UT police is finding it hard to tackle the menace of snatching, repeat offenders have been spelling trouble and creating a ruckus in the city.

Rathore wins 0001 for Merc
Chandigarh, April 24
For an amount that may fetch a high-end model of the diesel variant of a sedan, former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore today bid Rs 9.05 lakh to buy the fancy number 0001 for his Mercedes car.

A large number of applicants stand outside the room for the auction at the RLA office in Sector 17 of Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune Photos: S Chandan

Former Mayor’s brother booked
Chandigarh, April 24
In yet another incident of dog-bite in the city, the UT police booked a Sector-23 resident, Ramesh Kumar, whose pet dog bit his brother’s servant last night.

Land purchase by 60 VIPs under scanner
Chandigarh, April 24
The Punjab Government is probing whether land purchased by nothing less than 60 high-ranking officers in Chandigarh’s periphery was public. The government is also ascertaining whether its ownership was changed from private to public.

COMMUNITY

City stinks as garbage not lifted
Chandigarh, April 24
The city was stinking today, as all 5,000 door-to-door garbage collectors did not turn up to lift the garbage and staged a protest against the pilot project of garbage collection launched in Sector 22 yesterday by the MC.

Members of Door-to-Door Garbage Collection Society block a light point in Sector 25, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Authorities pay for faulty water meter at Sector-16 GMSH 
Chandigarh, April 23
The faulty water meter at the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, cost the authorities dear as they had to make a payment of Rs 8.78 lakh for 2010-11.

Maneesh Chaudhary to be Chandigarh SP (Traffic)
Chandigarh, April 24
For the post of SP (Traffic) with the Chandigarh police, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has cleared the name of Panchkula Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Maneesh Chaudhary, a 2005 batch IPS officer.

Overloading leading to power cuts
Chandigarh, April 24
As city residents have not come forward to declare the actual electricity load in their homes and the UT Administration has also done little to spread awareness among its consumers about declaring power load, frequent breakdowns of power supply has become a common feature in the city.

Depot holders, consumers demand hike in quota
Chandigarh, April 24
The Chandigarh Kerosene Depot Holders have protested against the move by the Chandigarh Administration to revise the retail distribution of kerosene under the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the UT.

Residents wait for kerosene at the Sector-29 oil depot in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Summer special train to start from May 2
Chandigarh, April 24
Residents in the tricity region have a reason to cheer as the Railways has decided to run a summer special train to Bandra from the city from May 2 keeping in view the huge rush during the forthcoming summer vacations.

Short play “Mochi da putt” focuses on caste system
Chandigarh, April 24
The City Entertainment Network staged a short play “Mochi da putt” in a street natak form at Plaza here today.





Artistes perform the play “Mochi da putt”at the plaza in Sector 17 of Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj mahajan

Missing girl found, statement recorded 
Panchkula, April 24
The Ambala police recovered Radhika, a third-year BDS student of Swami Devi Dayal College, Goolpura village, Barwala, who was missing from her college since the past 23 days during a raid in Mohali last evening.

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EDUCATION

PU goes need-based
Chandigarh, April 24
The Panjab University has decided to go ahead with need-based appointments of teachers before the coming academic session to meet the deficit of teachers.

PU students demand extension of last date to submit CET form online
Chandigarh, April 24
Members of Panjab University Students Union (PUSU) today staged a protest outside the Vice-Chancellor office demanding that the last date for the online submission of Common Entrance Test (CET) forms should be extended.

PUSU members stage a ‘dharna in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s office at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan

Seats for EWS students not free: ISA
Chandigarh, April 24
The Independent School Association in a press release has refuted administration’s claims for provision of free seats for students under EWS category in private schools under the notifications of 1996, 2001 or 2005.

Three PU students selected
Chandigarh, April 24
Three students from Panjab University’s UIET department have been selected for ‘Google Summer of Code 2012’ to develop software with international mentors. The students will get Rs 2.25 lakh as stipend during their three-month summer internship.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Free coaching at college
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 24
Mata Gujri College Fatehgarh Sahib has started free UGC-sponsored coaching classes for NET/JRF examinations. It is the only autonomous college in the North India that has initiated these coaching classes.

Kin of lineman protest outside hospital
Ambala, April 24 Relatives of an assistant lineman Suresh Kumar protested at the Civil Hospital in Ambala City against the negligent attitude of UHVBN officials this evening.

COURTS

PNB told to pay Rs 10,000 as relief to Baltana resident
Mohali, April 24
The District Consumer Forum, Mohali, slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Punjab National Bank (PNB) for its failure to pay its account holder Rs 10,000, the amount, which he did not get while using an ATM card at the counter of IDBI Bank.

Woman, paramour get life term for husband’s murder
Chandigarh, April 24
Calling the murder of a 26-year-old youth a shameful and heinous act, the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Preeti Sahni today sentenced a woman and her paramour to life imprisonment after convicting them for the murder of her husband.

CRIME

Suicide by IAF corporal 
Chandigarh, April 24
A 24-year-old corporal with the Indian Air Force allegedly committed suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan here at his Sector-28 resdience.

Two incidents of thefts reported
Chandigarh, April 24
Two daylight thefts were reported in different parts of the city in the past 24 hours. A theft was reported today at the house no 526 (B) in Sector 29 (A) at around 2 pm where thieves managed to decamp with Rs 15,000 and 20-gram gold.

A police official checks the room where theft was committed at a house in Sector 29 of Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

SPORTS

Fans rush for sachin’s glimpse
Chandigarh, April 24
Pacer Munaf Patel today expressed a strange gesture when asked about wishing Sachin Tendulkar at the PCA Stadium in Mohali, near here.



Fans await the cricketer at a Sector-35 hotel in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Parvesh chauhan

Khushbir wins silver
Chandigarh, April 24
Bringing laurels to the city Khushbir Kaur Bhullar, an alumnus of the college, clinched silver medal in the Air Pistol Shooting during the Canada Grand Prix.

Players of Kings XI Punjab practise at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Tuesday. tribune photo: vicky gharu

Nimarat, Ayushi make it to tennis quarterfinals
Chandigarh, April 24
Local pair of Nimarat Wallia and Ayushi Gupta defeated their rivals from Punjab in the pre-quarterfinal round match of in girls (U-16) category, during the ongoing CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament for Boy’s and Girl’s (U-14 and 16), being held at the CLTA Complex and Lake Club, here today.

50 take part in three-day choi kwang do seminar
Panchkula, April 24
The Choi Kwang Do Martial Art School hosted a three-day national Choi-Kwang Do (CKD) instructor-training seminar and a black belt test at Choi Kwang DoMartial Art School, Sector 16, yesterday.