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Stalked, teased: Schoolgirls open up to SSP
Chandigarh, December 13
"Boys chase us every day and pass abusive remarks. We are afraid of narrating such incidents to our families," said a girl while sharing her unpleasant experience of being eve-teased.

SSP Naunihal Singh interacts with students on eve-teasing at the Government Model Senior Secondary School for Girls, Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Deshraj gets bail 
Chandigarh, December 13
"Merely on the grounds that the petitioner is a senior police officer and will be in a position to influence witnesses is highly improbable," Justice Paramjeet Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today ruled while granting bail to suspended UT Superintendent of Police Deshraj.

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Little done to clear garbage mess in city
Chandigarh, December 13
Improving sanitation in the city was last on the agenda of outgoing Mayor Raj Bala Malik, if the state of cleanliness and the poor disposal of garbage in the city is any indication.




Garbage lies scattered in Sector 7, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

COMMUNITY

Dec 13 coldest day of season
Chandigarh, December 13
City residents experienced the coldest day of the season with the Met Office recording minimum temperature at 11 degrees Celsius and maximum at 25 degrees Celsius today. Cold winds swept the city for the whole day and the people were forced to remain inside their homes.


Residents in warm clothes on a windy day at Sector 17 in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: manoj mahajan

Tribunal stays order for repatriation of 69 cops
Chandigarh, December 13
A day after the UT police ordered for the immediate repatriation of 69 policemen to their parent states, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has stayed the order after 32 of the affected policemen moved the Tribunal today.

Chrysanthemum show begins today Workers give the final touches to flower arrangements in Sector 33, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: manoj mahajan

Golden jubilee PGI alumni convention tomorrow
Chandigarh, December 13
The PGIMER will organise golden jubilee alumni convention on December 15. More than 500 alumni of the institute, both from India and abroad, have registered to participate in it. Union Minister for Railways Pawan Kumar Bansal will inaugurate the convention at 12 noon in Bhargava Auditorium, PGI.

MC to construct more road gullies
Chandigarh, December 13
A meeting of the Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh was held here today under the chairmanship of Mukesh Bassi and attended by members of the committee and senior officers of the corporation.

CTU to ply separate buses for girl students soon
Chandigarh, December 13
The Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) will soon start separate buses for school and college-going girls. The decision has been taken taken to safeguard the girls from eve-teasing,especially inside buses. Officials of the department said they were at presently identifying the routes and the number of girl students, who could avail the service, following which the service would begin.

Ambala-Zirakpur
Ban on setting up shops near national highway
Mohali, December 13
District Magistrate Varun Roozam today imposed a ban on setting up shops along the Ambala-Zirakpur stretch of the national highway to avoid traffic hazards.





Mohali District Magistrate Varun Roozam during an inspection of the national highway to check violations at Zirakpur on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal

PU building lies unused
Chandigarh, December 13
Despite the fact that a new building for the newly established departments at PU was inaugurated in July this year, the departments have failed to utilise the infrastructure provided to them. The departments, including the Centre for Human Rights, Centre for Police Administration and Center for Social Works and the University Institute of Fashion Technology (UIFT), are not being able to move to the places, allocated to them. Meanwhile, the students are suffering the most as they are being forced to attend the classes in the congested rooms.

Students donate Rs 70,000 for child’s treatment
Chandigarh, December 13
Continuing their efforts to help critically-ill children, who cannot afford treatment Nav Sankalp, a students run charity at DAV College, donated Rs 70, 000 for the treatment of a two-year-old child, suffering from a heart disease.


Members of Nav Sankalp with two-year-old Ajit at the PGIMER in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

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EDUCATION

Scramble for admission forms
Chandigarh, December 13
Parents continued to scramble for buying admission forms at the city's four convent schools.

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Annual sports day
The senior wing of Vivek High School, Sector 70, Mohali, celebrated the fourth annual sports day at the Stadium, Sector 46, Chandigarh, on Thursday . The sporting event was an excellent opportunity for the students to display athletic skills. The students participated with enthusiasm.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Admn removes hoardings
Ambala, December 13
Following the direction of the Punjab and Haryana high Court, the Ambala Administration removed most of the hoardings from Ambala City area today. However, a number of hoardings are still to be removed from the Ambala -Chandigarh and Ambala - Hisar highways.

Five drug peddlers arrested 
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 13
The district police has arrested five drug peddlers and recovered 27 gm smack and 2,200 intoxicant tablets and bottles of smuggled whisky from their possession.

Man gets 7-year jail for bigamy
Ambala, December 13
Additional Sessions Judge Poonam Suneja has sentenced 7-year imprisonment to an excise and taxation inspector on the charge of solemnising a second marriage after concealing his first marriage.

Man held with intoxicant powder
Banur, December 13
The Banur police held a man and seized 500 gm intoxicant powder during a checking at a police check post near Jlalpur village on Rajpur- Chandigarh road on Thursday. The accused has been identified as Prem Chand, a resident of Bassi Isekhan village.

35-year-old commits suicide
Ropar, December 13
A 35-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself at his house today.

Lok Adalat tomorrow
Ropar, December 13
A mega Lok Adalat will be held at the local District Courts Complex on December 15. The District Sessions judge-cum-chairman of the District Legal Authority said at a meeting today. 10 benches will be set up during the Lok Adalat where cases pertaining to marriages, banks and BSNL will be disposed of.

COURTS

UT tells Punjab officials to vacate residences on time
Chandigarh, December 13
Citing a Supreme Court order, the Chandigarh Administration has asked the Punjab government employees to vacate their official residences in four to six months once they are retired.

SC upholds HC verdict on PUDA housing scheme for employees
Chandigarh, December 13
Less than a year after the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority’s (PUDA) “arbitrary” scheme for the allotment of residential plots to its own staff at reserve prices, the Supreme Court has upheld the verdict.

CRIME

Six held for assault on singer
Mohali, December 13
The Mohali police today arrested six persons on a charge of assault on Punjabi singer Babbu Chandigarhia on Monday night during a marriage ceremony at the PCA Club, Phase IX, here.

Cyclist hit by truck, dies
Chandigarh, December 13
A cyclist was killed after he was hit by a rashly driven truck in Industrial Area this morning.

Police clueless in robbery case
Chandigarh, December 13
A day after a retired PU professor was robbed at her residence in Sector 44, the UT police is still clueless.

Case registered against two
Mohali, December 13
The Kharar police has  registered a case of cheating of Rs 24 lakh against two persons on the pretext of sending 16 persons abroad.

SPORTS

Punjab lead by 101 runs
Chandigarh, December 13
Riding on a solid partnership for the fifth wicket, Punjab went on to score 243 in 110.4 overs before being bowled out. Chasing the score, Delhi finished the day with 142 for 6 in 51.1 overs and Punjab managed to get a lead of 101 runs.

New Public School clinch basketball trophy
Chandigarh, December 13
New Public School emerged the winner of the St Kabir Basketball Trophy here today. In the decider match between New Public School and St Kabir, St Kabir scored 35-32 against New Public School as Garv from St Kabir single-handedly took the team across the line with 30 points.

St Joseph’s School basketball team in a jubilant mood after winning the trophy at St Kabir School, Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan

Kaushik leads St. John's to cricket tourney win 
Chandigarh, December 13
Riding high on a fine bating performance by Vaibhav Kaushik, St. John's High School defeated Mount Carmel School to win the Blessed Edmund Rice Cricket Tournament.

A student of Vivek High School, Mohali, shows his skills during a tae kwon do event at the Sector 46 sports complex in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan

Football tournament kicks off
Chandigarh, December 13
The Molly Carver Memorial Football Tournament kicked off today at St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45, Chandigarh. In the opening match, host St. Stephen’s School defeated Mount Carmel School by 3-0. The goal scorers were Rinthan Shaiza, Rishabh and Pankaj.

Third spot for Shishu Niketan cricketers 
Chandigarh, December 13
Young cricketers of Shishu Niketan bagged the second runners-up trophy in a challenging the Indo-Nepal Cricket Series (under-19) organised by the regional cricket development committee in Kathmandu and Pokhra recently.