The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

Parents pray she doesn't go Anupama way
Chandigarh, August 17
Praying for the speedy recovery of their daughter Pooja, Baijnath and his wife sit with hands folded into a prayer outside the Advanced Trauma Centre of the PGI where she is admitted. A bright student, Pooja, had set off to school this morning when a rashly driven CTU bus hit her cycle and injured her critically.

Victim’s parents at the PGI.

Police vehicle hits auto head-on, one dead
Panchkula, August 17
One person was killed and three were seriously injured when the autorickshaw in which they were travelling was hit by a police vehicle belonging to the SHO of the Sector 5 police station near Sector 25 today. The deceased has been identified as the auto driver, Gurmeet.
The autorickshaw that was hit by a police vehicle (right) is parked at the Chandimandir police station, Panchkula, on Friday.

Cyclist killed in hit-and-run case
Chandigarh, August 17
A 28-year-old cyclist was killed after being hit by a rashly driven Swift car on the road separating Sectors 11 and 12 near the PGI late last night.

crime of passion
15-year-old girl's face scarred
Chandigarh, August 17
Under shock and emotional trauma after her daughter's face was scarred by attackers in Phase 4 of Mohali yesterday, Raminder Kaur said she could not take on the accused since as she was physically challenged.
Victim’s mother Raminder Kaur

Fiza : A maze of love, passion, betrayal and revenge
Chandigarh, August 17
Fiza, in Arabic means breeze. Anuradha Bali, who rechristened herself to fiza on embracing Islam to marry former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Chander Mohan, stirred a major storm then, and now created even a bigger story in her death-dubbed mysterious by the police as well as her friends.

Fiza with Chander Mohan when he resurfaced after his disappearance post marriage

From the beginning to the end

Shy teenager

COMMUNITY

To err is Administration
Chandigarh, August 17
Government school and college teachers are the resource person for the UT Administration when it comes to translating Independence Day speech. Still the UT Administration falters in preparing an ‘error-free’ speech year after year.

I-Day speech
Admn enlists achievements of only 10 departments
Chandigarh, August 17
On Independence Day, the UT Administration enlisted the achievements of only 10 departments.

Stabbing incident: Timely action could have averted attack
Chandigarh, August 17
Tall claims of the UT police regarding quick and easy registration of FIRs fell flat when it failed to register a case following the complaint of eve-teasing lodged by two women, who were later stabbed in Mohali yesterday.

The accused, Maninder Singh and Tajinder Singh, in the District Courts at Mohali on Friday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Two-day police remand for accused
Mohali, August 17
Following yesterday’s stabbing incident that had left 50-year-old Raminder Kaur and her 16-year-old daughter injured, the local court today sent the accused, Maninder Singh and his friend Tajinder Singh, to a two-day police remand.

Good news for CITCO employees
Chandigarh, August 17
In a significant decision, the Board of Directors of Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO) in its meeting today approved the revised grade pay and other allowances to various categories of employees of the corporation, including the operational staff working in its hotels.

The faithful

Devotees offer prayers on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzaan at Jama Masjid, Sector 20, in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Car dealer penalised
Chandigarh, August 17
A local car dealer, along with a Noida-based car dealer, has been penalised for selling a car with ineffective air-conditioner to a city resident. The UT Consumer Forum has directed the two dealers to pay Rs 50,000 to the complainant for not addressing the problem of "foul smell emitting from the ineffective AC unit".

Resident forum submits memorandum
Chandigarh, August 17
The Resident Welfare Forum, Sector 50, yesterday submitted a memorandum to the MC Commissioner highlighting the problems of their area. They complained that the officials did not do anything to rid the area of wild growth.

Short film, documentary festival begins
Chandigarh, August 17
The short films and documentary festival have started at Lajpat Rai Bhawan, sector 15, today. The festival has several entries that cuts across many subjects and present before the local audience some of the new experiment in the genre.

Silent march to highlight senior citizens’ plight
Chandigarh, August 17
Members of Chandigarh Senior Citizen Association held a silent march along with 30 local NGOs to raise their issues relating to senior citizens as well as to make the people aware about the problems of old people. Among them were school children and parents.

EDUCATION

Schools taken to task
Mohali, August 17
Tightening the screws on government schools over poor performance in this year's Punjab board examinations, the District Education Office has slapped notices on nearly 60 per cent of the institutions for failing to maintain satisfactory educational standards.

PU gives in to students' demand
Chandigarh, August 17
The Student Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) ended its four-day long hunger strike after the university accepted their demand to conduct MPhil entrance exam at the department of police administration for the students who could not appear for the exam due to a language barrier. Students who wanted to write the exam in Punjabi were not allowed to sit for it.

PUSU stages protest
Chandigarh, August 17
The Panjab University Students' Union (PUSU) staged a protest to demand a re-appear examination for students of the Pharmacy department today.

Rival party members trained pistols at us: SOPU
Chandigarh, August 17
Leaders of the Student Organisation of Panjab University have alleged that some outsiders associated with a rival party pointed pistols at them at the department of evening studies here today.

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Triangular contest for faculty of science
Chandigarh, August 17
A triangular contest will take place for the Senate seat under the faculty of science, with the university rejecting the objections filed against the nomination of Dean College Development Council Prof Naval Kishore.

UT to open four more smart schools
Chandigarh, August 17
The UT education department will open four more smart schools in the city, most likely within the current academic session. One of the proposed schools, Government High School, Sector 50, is expected to start within three months.

NSS spreads message of harmony in city colleges
Chandigarh, August 17
The National Service Scheme wings of the DAV College, Sector 10, and Dev Samaj College, Sector 45, celebrated Sadbhavana Divas on the respective college premises today. The day celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of former Indian Prime Minister Rajeev Gandhi, saw volunteers pledge to work towards maintaining harmony in India regardless of barriers of caste, religion and language.
Students take part in a painting competition during Sadbhavana Day celebrations at Dev Samaj College, Sector 45, in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

NEIGHBOURHOOD

4 peddlers held as police intensifies campaign
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 17
Intensifying its campaign against drug peddlers, the district police has claimed to have arrested four drug peddlers at various checkposts. Habit-forming drugs including tablets, capsules and injections were also recovered during the drive.

Civil Surgeon replaced
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 17
The State Health Department has transferred the civil surgeon of Fatehgarh Sahib, allegedly due to the pressure from Sweet Maker's Association. It is for the second time that the association has succeeded in getting a civil surgeon transferred.

Traffic jams a routine occurrence at Dera Bassi
Dera Bassi, August 17
Dera Bassi has been facing an acute traffic problem due to a lack of proper roads, crossings and overbridges on the national highway.

Asha workers demand hike
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 17
Demanding a Rs 1000 hike in the honorarium given to them, a five-member delegation of the Asha Workers Union Punjab (ASUP) submitted a charter of demands to the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.

COURTS

Irregularities in theme park project
Complainant moves CBI court
Chandigarh, August 17
Seeking a thorough probe into the case involving irregularities in the theme park project, the complainant in the case moved an application in the CBI court yesterday asking the court as to why senior UT officials had been let off by the CBI and also asked the court during the course of arguments as to why former UT Administrator SF Rodrigues was not questioned even once though the CVC report had aroused suspicion that high-ups were involved.

Aroma murder
Charges framed against eight accused
Chandigarh, August 17
A local court today framed charges of culpable homicide against eight accused involved in the murder of a youth at Aroma lights in January this year. Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Preeti Sahni framed charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 of the IPC against all the accused.

CRIME

Auditor’s decomposed body found
Chandigarh, August 17
The highly decomposed body of a 32-year-old senior auditor with the Punjab AG office was found at his Sector 41 residence here today. Anoop Lingwal allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on August 14 and it was only today that the suicide came to light when neighbours noticed a foul smell emanating from his house and informed the police.

Grieving family members of the deceased, Anoop (inset), at Sector 41 in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

SPORTS

katoch shield tourney
City team take lead
Chandigarh, August 17
Chandigarh took the vital first innings lead against Ludhiana on the second day of the four day match, which is being played at Sector 16, Chandigarh.

A batsman plays a shot during a match at the cricket stadium in Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune Photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Karan shines in St Joseph’s victory
Chandigarh, August 17
An unbeaten Partnership between Karan sood (51) and Rakshit Srivastava (24) enabled St Joseph's XI to beat Gurukul School, Manimajra, by ten wickets in the inaugural match of the fourth St Joseph’s Cricket Tournament. The tournament is being played at St Joseph’s school. The Gurukul XI won the toss and decided to bat first but accurate bowling by Divyansh, Avneet Singh and Aniket, who claimed two wickets each, reduced the Gurukul team to 89 runs in 20 over match.Later St Joseph’s team comfortably achieved the target without losing any wicket .

badminton meet
Kamandeep beats Satinder
Panchkula, August 17
The 46th Haryana State Senior Open Badminton Championship, currently going on in Panchkula, saw two major upsets today when two unseeded players defeated 5th and 6th seeded players in the championship here.

Tarini bags bronze in national chess championship
CHandigarh, August 17
Chandigarh’s chess prodigy, 11-year-old Tarini Goyal, did the city proud by bagging a bronze medal in the 26th National Under-11 Chess Championship 2012, which concluded in Jamshedpur recently.