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Tense family ties led to acid attack
Chandigarh, September 9
Police investigations into the acid attack on a youth yesterday have allegedly found bigamy to be the reason behind the attack.
A day after the attack on the youth, Amit in Sector 22, the police has booked his 42-year-old uncle Vijay (husband of his father’s sister) in the case. The role of a 14-year-old boy, who is Vijay’s son, is also suspected.
File photo of Amit
A snatching that never was
Chandigarh, September 9
The UT police has booked a 24-year-old man in a case of criminal breach of trust after he called up the police control room yesterday saying that two youths had snatched Rs 54,000 from him. The accused identified as Rajkumar had taken around Rs 3 lakh loan from his employer in the grain market on pretext of his mother’s illness but had spent the money on living a lavish lifestyle and buying expensive mobile sets. He had then enacted a drama to befool the police and his employer that the money had been snatched from him.
Darkness amid silence: Half of the pillar lights, installed at a considerable cost to the state excehequer by the UT Administration, are lying defunct at the Garden of Silence at Sukhna Lake.
Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
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Over 100 road-engineering proposals pending
Chandigarh, September 9
Efforts of the Chandigarh Traffic police to improve the traffic scenario in the city have borne little fruit all these years, as over 100 road engineering proposals mooted since 2006 are lying pending with the engineering departments of both the UT administration as well as the Municipal Corporation.
Texting turns a leaf, and dat’s the problem!
Chandigarh, September 9
“The leeves dnt perform fotosinthsis widout sunlite ...
The leave
aplication wil be submited tomorrow……
I ofen wached thos peple clim that bilding
Chandigarh, Panchkula police at loggerheads
Panchkula, September 9
Ever since the Chandigarh Police has arrested ACP Adarshdeep Singh, both the Panchkula and Chandigarh police officials have been at loggerheads.
Post-Arshdeep incident, policemen on both sides are taking swift action.
Open House Response
Night eateries: A boon or bane?
The nightlife in Chandigarh is booming at a fast pace. In the interest of the residents, the Chandigarh Administration must allow opening of late night eating joints. These will prove to be boon for students and youngsters who come to Chandigarh for studies and jobs. It will also promote the night tourism in Chandigarh.
People have the right to eat whenever they feel like. But in the wake of increasing brawls, fights and murders in the night, the question of safety arises. For that purpose, the Chandigarh Administration must tie up with the Chandigarh Police to make appropriate security arrangements to ensure safety.
Chandigarh scan
Workshop on law
The Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad North Zone Lady Advocate Workshop was organised at Law
Bhawan, Sector 37, Chandigarh, on Sunday. The workshop was attended by 78 women advocates from Punjab,
Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pardesh, Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir.
The women advocates at the workshop of Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad in Chandigarh on Sunday. A Tribune Photo
Acid attack
Victim family’s lone breadwinner
Chandigarh, September 9
Even as Amit, the acid attack victim, is battling for life at the PGIMER, he might not be able to see the light of the day again. While the doctors are trying hard to revive his vision, they said his chances for regaining vision were very bleak.
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A damaged signboard on the road separating Phases I and II of Industrial Area reflects a poor image of the City Beautiful.
Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
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No end to stray cattle menace in Mohali
Mohali, September 9
The town continues to be plagued by the problem of stray cattle inviting flak not only from residents but also from the Punjab Gau Sewa Board.
Cattle can be seen on roads and even in parks with the Municipal Corporation authorities seem to be failing to curb the menace. The problem is more acute in the developing sectors and in areas close to villages falling within the jurisdiction of the town. Several persons have been injured and have lost their lives due to mishaps caused by stray animals.
Slow pace of work worries sector welfare body
Chandigarh, September 9
The Federation of Sector Welfare Associations, Chandigarh (FOSWAC), an association body of 60 different resident welfare associations, held its executive committee meeting at the community centre in Sector 8 today.
Extortion rampant at Mansa Devi
Panchkula, September 9
The Sector-15 extortion racket has not been settled, when another extortion racket has come to the fore
 in the Mansa Devi Complex, Sector-5, Panchkula here today.
Vendors and other people of the market and taxi stand of the Complex have given a written complaint, a copy of which is with The Tribune, to the Municipal Corporation
and Haryana Urban Development Authority alleging that a person under the garb of president of the local Resident Welfare Association extorts money from them and also asks for the fruits, vegetables and taxi facility for free.
A vendor sells fruit near Mansa Devi Complex in Panchkula
on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal
Spurt in snakebite cases
Chandigarh, September 9
A spurt has been witnessed in snakebite cases. Over 300 cases of snakebite were reported in city hospitals during this monsoon season.
Among these, the highest number of cases were reported from areas surrounding Chandigarh, owing to the dense forest cover in these areas.
Re-allotment of dwellings
CHB to table issue in board meeting
Chandigarh, September 9
The issue regarding major changes in the rules governing the re-allotment of dwelling units is being tabled in the forthcoming board meeting of the Chandigarh Housing Board
(CHB). Officials in the CHB said before scrapping the draconian condition of ban on the sale of a dwelling before five years from its date of possession would be removed, various legal impactions of the issue were being studied.
Traffic bottlenecks: Auto-rickshaws parked along the roadside cause inconvenience to motorists on the road dividing
Sectors 27 and 19 in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
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Fats beneficial for liver disease: Experts
Chandigarh, September 9
"Almost 25-30 per cent of the total energy requirements for patients with acute or chronic liver disease can be derived from fats to enhance the recovery," said experts during a CME at the PGIMER
here today. The experts stated that malnutrition had become common among patients with alcoholic liver disease
(ALD) owing to lack of adequate diet intake and alcohol abuse.
Gaping hazard
Chandigarh:
A major tragedy was averted when a truck loaded with cement and construction material got stuck in a caved-in portion of a road opposite the road separating Sectors 31 and 32 at 11 pm on Saturday.
Extra sections put burden on schools
Chandigarh, September 9
The decision of the UT Education Department to start new sections of arts stream in as many as 14 government schools, mostly in rural and suburb area, has further burdened the limited teaching resources and put the extra burden on the infrastructure of the schools.
Students line up at GMSSS, Kasran, during a special round of admissions in Chandigarh.
tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Assistant professor alleges alteration in internal assessment
Chandigarh, September 9
An assistant professor at the Sociology Department of Panjab University has moved a complaint against the chairperson for altering the internal assessment marked to the semester III students in the 2010 exams. The teacher in a compliant to VC has sought permission to initiate criminal proceedings against the chairperson.
PUSU finds solace in being single largest party
Chandigarh, September 9
PUSU is not dejected because of its defeat in the resent Panjab University Campus Student Council (PUCSC) elections. In a press conference on Sunday the party leaders said there was no need to be sad over poll results because PUSU had emerged as the single largest party on the campus.
Navdeep Brar (R), Smriti and Sumit (L) address mediapersons at PU on Sunday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan
PU Syndicate to seek views on new internal assessment system
Chandigarh, September 9
Panjab University Syndicate on Sunday has decided to send the proposal of swapping September and December exams with new assessment system to the city colleges. The proposal was submitted by Ajoy Sharma, Director Higher Education (UT). DHE had suggested to swap September and December exams in the city colleges with class quizzes, assignments and presentations. The proposal is aimed at ensuring that students receive 180 days of teaching in a year.
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Mohali, September 9
