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Stray dog menace PART II
DOG FIGHT OVER the NUMBER OF STRAYS
MC claims that it has curbed the stray dog population to around 5,000
Residents scoff at figures, say it’s over 9,000 now
Chandigarh, May 10
Just how many stray dogs are there in the Union Territory of Chandigarh? Official figures are dated. According to the Municipal Corporation (MC), the last census was done in 2007, which revealed that the city then harboured 13,425 dogs in all. Of this number, 7,712 were kept as pet dogs by households and 5,713 were stray dogs. Among the stray dogs, 3,541 were males and 2,172 bitches.

Man stabbed to death in broad daylight at Daria
Chandigarh, May 10
A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death in broad daylight at Daria village today. Old rivalry is said to be the reason behind the attack. The victim, Javed, was stabbed in the thigh and died of excessive bleeding at the hospital. The police said the deceased was running a mobile phone shop at Daria village.

Parvez, younger brother of victim Shaheed, alias Javed (inset), outside the GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

VIP vehicles still plying with tinted glass
Chandigarh, May 10
Turning a blind eye to the Supreme Court's judgement, official vehicles belonging to government officials and VIPs in the city are plying with black films with utmost impunity. With the UT traffic police challaning over 1,000 persons in the city for black filming, the drive seems to be only for the general public as the officials and VIPs in the city are driving their official cars with black films.

VIP vehicles with tinted glass go unnoticed at the UT Secretariat in Sector 9, Chandigarh.

COMMUNITY

Hotel Mountview gets revenue of Rs 1.32 crore
Chandigarh, May 10
After suffering from low occupancy rates over the last few months, the new fiscal year has kicked off on a promising note for Hotel Mountview, a hotel run by the Chandigarh Industrial Tourism and Development Corporation. In the last one and a half month, the hotel has posted revenue of Rs 1.32 crore from 5,154 room hired by the Indian School of Business. Since the business school started its academic session this year but its residential accommodation was being readied in its complex at Sector 81, Mohali, a large number of rooms were rented out for the month of April and May. Last year, the room occupancy of the hotel had dipped.

Lawyers resume work, MC employees continue stir
Mohali, May 10
Even as municipal council employees continued their protest over the "beating up" of an enforcement wing member engaged in the removal of illegal rehris, lawyers resumed work today but stuck to their demand for the cancellation of the cases registered against their colleagues.

Residents of Colony Number 4 sans water
Chandigarh, May 10
For the last six days, the routine of 14-year-old Sumiksha of Colony Number 4, Industrial Area Phase 1, begins at 4 am, as she has to reach the spot to get water from the water tanker to meet the daily needs of her household along with her mother.

Chandigarh scan
Prof Pran Nath Mehra Memorial Trust awards for excellence in plant sciences were conferred on prof SP Vij, prof SP Khullar, prof TS Sareen, prof IS Dua and prof AS Ahluwalia at the department of botany, PU campus, here today by prof RC Sobti, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University. The awards were given away to them in recognition of their contributions and achievements in various fields of plant sciences.

CHB property on GPA
Investors get reprieve
Chandigarh, May 10
In a reprieve to the investors who have bought CHB property on general power of attorney (GPA), the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) is contemplating to allow transfer of flats.

Residents of Sector 52 colony gherao SSP’s residence
Were protesting against deteriorating law and order situation in their area, police inaction
Chandigarh, May 10
Residents of Sector 52 colony crowded outside the Sector 16 residence of UT SSP Naunhal Singh last night protesting against the deteriorating law and order situation in their area and failure of the police in catering to their complaints.


Students of Government School rush to fetch drinking water from a tanker as there is no water supply in the school taps; and (right) residents with empty buckets protest in Colony No 4, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan

Officials pay no heed to DC's orders
Mohali, May 10
Officials of various departments, including the Greater Mohali Area Development (GMADA), seem to have no respect for the Mohali Deputy Commissioner Varun Roojam’s orders.

Monkeys make residents’ lives miserable
Mohali, May 10
In the absence of any check, monkeys are having a field day here. At least 25 complaints regarding the menace, including monkey bites, have been received at the local municipal council (now corporation) in the past two months.

Salman Khurshid releases book
Chandigarh, May 10 Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid released a book last night titled Indo-European Legal System - A comparative study, authored by Punjab former Additional Advocate-General Harpreet Sandhu.

Low water pressure supply in town
Mohali, May 10
Parts of Mohali will get low water pressure supply on May 11 as Punjab State Power Corporation Limited will be carrying out repair work at the Kajauli waterworks.

• Water shutdown
• Survey by I-T sleuths

EDUCATION

Contractual teachers cry foul
Order to sit outside administrative block during exam hrs has left PGGCG teachers fuming
Chandigarh, May 10
Making contractual teachers sit outside the administrative block during the examination hours at Post Graduate Government College for Girls (PGGCG) Sector -11, calling it a disciplinary duty, has left the contractual employees fuming.

Contractual teachers sit in the corridor of PGGCG, Sector-11, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Now, law students claim questions out of syllabus
Chandigarh, May 10
It seems there is no end to the question paper goof-ups at Panjab University. After the streak of mistakes made by PU in papers recently, there are reports of errors again. Two questions of 15 marks each in the 4th semester law exam of Information Technology Act and RTI Act were said to be out of syllabus.

Education officials practising favouritism, alleges complaint
Chandigarh, May 10
In a classic case of favouritism, the UT education department allegedly went to the extent of fabricating an attendance register to give undue favours to an employee, Sucha Singh.

VC given representation 
Chandigarh, May 10
A Panjab University fellow today made a representation to the Panjab University Vice Chancellor over various demands relating to college teachers. Dr RPS Josh, a fellow, demanded that the CPF should be deducted in affiliated colleges as per the Panjab University calendar norms (that is 10 per cent of the total salary) from the date of enforcement of this scheme, since 1986.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Acid attack on revenue dept official
Ambala, May 10
About six persons threw acid on an official of the revenue department when he went to Nanhera village for measuring a piece of land along with a police party this afternoon. Prem Kaur, a resident of the village, had complained to the tehsildar that a few persons were claiming ownership of the land. She requested the revenue department to demarcate the land.

COURTS

Drug peddler sentenced to 12-year term
Chandigarh, May 10
The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Preeti Sahni today sentenced a drug peddler to 12 years rigorous imprisonment in a drugs case. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.2 lakh on convict Kulwant Singh. The case was registered in July, 2009 when Kulwant Singh was nabbed at a barrier in Sector 44. Search of his Maruti Swift revealed that he was carrying 100 kg of poppy husk and 125 gram of opium.

CRIME

Sector 15
Huge cache of tobacco molasses seized from shop
Chandigarh, May 10
A team of the National Tobacco Control Programme, Chandigarh, seized a huge cache of tobacco molasses to be used in hookah from a shop in Sector 15 here today.

Extortion call made to doc: Case registered
Chandigarh, May 10
Acting on the complaint of a cardiologist that he received a threat call demanding Rs 10 lakh, the UT police has registered a case at the Sector 19 police station. The crime branch is probing the case.

Youth commits suicide
Panchkula, may 10
A 28-year-old Raipur Rani resident committed suicide at his residence yesterday. The deceased, identified as Rajiv Kumar, was stated to be under depression. He had met with an accident last year.

SPORTS

Manchester United Premier Football Cup
CFA boys qualify for second leg
Chandigarh, May 10
After winning the first leg of the Manchester United Premier Football Cup for boys (U-15) in Jharkhand, the local lads of Chandigarh Football Academy (CFA) again made the city proud by winning the second leg of the competition. The team finished at the top of the points tally after defeating the teams from Goa and Mumbai at Jharkhand. Striker Samuel gave a splendid performance to guide the team to victory in both the matches.

Local lad to represent India in Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championship
Chandigarh, May 10
Continuing to make his mark in the world of golf, ace local sub-junior golfer Karandeep Singh Kochhar will represent the nation in the forthcoming 33rd Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championship to be held in Rangoon, Myanmar, from May 15 to 18. A total of ten Asian countries are participating in the competition. Ten players from all over the nation are selected by the Indian Golf Union to represent India in the competition.

Karan Kochhar at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Sector-17 football stadium in pitiable shape 
Chandigarh, May 10
The only football stadium of the city beautiful in Sector 17 is turning out to be a prefect example of misuse of power by the city's policemen and bureaucrats. The stadium has been turned into a cricket field for an event being organised by the Chandigarh Police and UT Administration. The organisers have removed grass from the centre of the field to create a batting strip.

A view of the field damaged due to the batting strip made right at the centre of the football stadium in Sector 17. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan