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Special buses nowhere to be seen
Chandigarh, August 7
The much hyped move of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) to start special buses for schoolchildren after the tragic death of Anupama has failed to yield anything as the ground reality check on these buses today revealed it was a “free for all” on board these buses.

Schoolchildren and other passengers travel in an overcrowded CTU bus from ISBT-43 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Mohali police still clueless 
Mohali, August 7
Still clueless, the Mohali police is now waiting for viscera report to ascertain the reason behind the death of Anuradha Bali aka Fiza Mohammad.

Handful of people attend cremation 
Mohali, August 7
Only a handful of persons, not more than 10 in number, including her two sisters, a brother-in-law and an uncle, were present at Fiza’s cremation at the Sector 25 cremation ground in Chandigarh today.


Grief-stricken sisters (in black and white suits) at Fiza's cremation in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Woman, son injured as tiles come off at PGI
Chandigarh, August 7
She came to the premier health institute for treatment of severe shoulder ache from Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh. Little did she know that she would end up getting admitted to the Advanced Trauma Centre of the PGI along with her five-year-old son with injuries on her head.

Police identifies 26 troublemakers 
Chandigarh, August 7
To prevent incidents of violence during the upcoming Panjab University student council elections, the city police has identified as many as 26 troublemakers associated with different student organisations.

COMMUNITY

Fiza's tryst with romance, betrayal
Mohali, August 7
Otherwise largely unknown to the general public till 2008, Anuradha Bali, aka Fiza, daughter of a retired Army engineer, had tryst with romance, betrayal and power struggle during her life. Anxiety and emotional trauma did not leave her side till her death.

Fiza’s uncle (extreme right) at the cremation ground in Sector 25, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. tribune photo: parvesh chauhan

Acting for a cause Students perform in a skit on the theme “Save the Nature” at the Government Polytechnic College for Women, Sector 10, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chuahan

Police suspicious about activities at P'kula flat
Panchkula, August 7
In the Fiza death case, the investigators have found that something 'hanky panky' was going on in the flat at Sector 20, Panchkula, where Fiza had stayed for around 10 days with some advocate friend.

Fiza maintained erratic behaviour
Panchkula, August 7
During her stay in a flat at Sector 20, Panchkula, for about 10 days, Fiza maintained an erratic behaviour there too. “She had parked the car on the wrong side in the society and when I requested her to park it at the right place, she suddenly flared up and was even ready to manhandle me.

Scared, P’kula residents bank on CCTV cameras
Panchkula, August 7
Tanya Verma, a resident of Sector 7, Panchkula, spent Rs 2 lakh to get close circuit televisions (CCTV cameras) installed outside her house in order to keep a check on any criminal activity.


A CCTV camera (circled) at the entry of a society with a warning board in Sector 7, Panchkula. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

MC decides to impose house tax
Chandigarh, August 7 The municipal corporation (MC) has finally decided to impose house tax in the city. Mayor Raj Bala Malik stated this during a coordination meeting of the MC and UT Administration chaired by the UT Adviser to Administrator KK Sharma today.

Police personnel check a vehicle during a drive ahead of the Independence Day in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: S chandan

MC challans 60 auto-rickshaws 
Chandigarh, August 7
In a special drive, the enforcement wing of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) today removed and lifted three-wheelers parked illegally on the pavement and at the public place in Sector 22, opposite Sector 17 bus stand, and Sector 35 near the Kisan Bhawan.

EWS houses: Allotment rules violated
Chandigarh, August 7 More than 70 per cent of the houses belonging to the economically weaker sections (EWS) of society across the city are either sold out or rented in violation of the allotment rules. Though the estate office is still compiling the information, sources reveal that figure was in hundreds in every sector.

Fill 200 posts of lecturer, demands teachers’ union
Chandigarh, August 7
An 11-member delegation of the government teachers' union met DPI (Schools) Upkar Singh to deliberate on long-pending demands of the teachers.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Teachers sans salary for 8 months
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 7
Hundreds of teachers of the Education Provider Teacher's Union today staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office in support of their demands and to immediately release their eight-month salary.

An uprooted tree blocks a road in Patiala on Tuesday. Tribune photo: rajesh sachar

College block inaugurated
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 7
A new technical campus at Continental Institute of Engineering and Technology (CIET) at Jalvehra village on the Sirhind-Rajpura GT road was inaugurated by Education Minister Punjab Sikander Singh Maluka here this morning.

Notices issued to police commissioner, 2 others
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 7
District and Sessions Judge issued notices to three senior police officers including, Police Commissioner of Ludhiana, for not complying to the court orders today. The court has given two weeks time to the officers for presenting their case.

COURTS

One-year imprisonment for FCI assistant manager
Panchkula, August 7
The CBI court today pronounced one year imprisonment to the assistant manager of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), who was convicted on August 4 by the court.

Bail plea of two accused rejected
Panchkula, August 7
In a major development in the Raipur Rani kidnapping case, the sessions court today dismissed the bail of the two accused involved in the case. The accused, Salim and Kamaljeet had applied for bail on August 3 when the case was committed from the lower court to the sessions court.

CRIME

Smuggled diesel seized from Daria
Chandigarh, August 7
In a major seizure, the UT Excise and Taxation Department today seized 2,000 litres of diesel smuggled from Punjab.





A tanker that was impounded for carrying smuggled diesel in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Adulterated cold drink, beer seized from industrial area
Chandigarh, August 7
A team of the UT police today raided a juice and drinks unit in Industrial Area and seized over 600 bottles of adulterated cold drinks, beer and juice that were being manufactured under the most unhygienic conditions. The police has arrested two persons who are the owners of the unit under sections 272 and 273 (adulteration of food) and 420 (cheating) of the IPC.

Helmetless varsity student hits police constable, held
Chandigarh, August 7
The UT police arrested a Panjab University student for hitting a UT police constable when he was signalled to stop at a police barrier.

3 held for scuffle
Chandigarh, August 7
Three students of Panjab University have been arrested by the Chandigarh Police following a minor scuffle between the members of Student Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) and Panjab University Students Union (PUSU) outside the department of geology today morning.

SPORTS

City sports infrastucture lies unused
Chandigarh, August 7
Even after having two national-level football grounds in City Beautiful, the UT education department has organised the inter-school boys and girls football competition in the Government Model Senior Secondary School-37 football ground which is almost completely devoid of grass.

Budding footballers: Players in action during a football match between St Kabir and St Anee’s School at Sector 37 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

45 take part in cricket trials for women
Chandigarh, August 7
The Chandigarh Cricket Association conducted trials to select the girls cricket team for the Non-Residential Women Cricket Academy today. The academy will start functioning at the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, from August 11.

Disha wins top honours in U-14 tae-kwan-do event
Chandigarh, August 7
Disha Goswami won top honors in the girls’ (U-14) weight category of 26-29 kg during the ongoing interschool tae-kwan-do championship for girls here today.

GMSSS-MHC team win chess title
Chandigarh, August 7
The chess team of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Manimajra Housing Complex, lifted the U-19 inter-school chess tournament for boys today. St Kabir Public School, Sector 26, finished second while Shishu Niketan School, Sector 43, and Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 46, attained the third place.

GMSSS-23 lift trophy
Chandigarh, August 7
The host team of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, defeated Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, by 2-1 to win the finals of inter-school throwball competition for boys (U-19) today.

DAV-8 judokas emerge victorious
Chandigarh, August 7
Judokas of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, attained the first place with 28 points during the ongoing inter-school judo competition for boys (U-19) being held at the Sector 42 sports complex today. The team from IS Dev Samaj, Sector 21, finished runners-up with 21 points, while Government Model Senior Secondary School-35 came third.

Arshdeep wins gold in under-19 tournament
Chandigarh, August 7
Arshdeep of Ryan International School bagged the gold medal while Raziya of Government High School, Mouli, won the silver in the 42-45 kg category during the ongoing choi-ko-wang-do inter-school championship of girls (U-19) today. Ashu of Government Senior Secondary School sector 44 won the bronze medal.