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Finally, Admn defines PG
Chandigarh, April 29
Paying guests (PGs) will not be allowed to run their own kitchen in the PG accommodation in the city. After nearly two years, the UT Administration has finally defined the term: paying guest. A paying guest can be asked to leave the residential premises by its owner any time, that too without giving a notice. The practice of building owners entering into a rent deed with paying guests to circumvent the law will now be null and void.

Investigation transferred to economic offences wing
Chandigarh, April 29
The investigation into the extortion case having a former in charge of the crime branch, Inspector Amanjot Singh, as the accused was today transferred to DSP (Economic Offences Wing) Ram Chander Meena. The DSP will begin recording statements in the case from tomorrow.

PU fines two students Rs 41,300 each
Chandigarh, April 29
Two Panjab University students have been fined Rs 41,300 each for the damage caused to the university property due to reckless driving by them, which recently led to a major accident on the campus. The university has also decided that if the two students, a boy and a girl, are found driving recklessly on the campus again, their admission will be cancelled permanently.

Fresh complaint over food, tip on board Shatabdi
Chandigarh, April 29
Contrary to tall claims made by the railway authorities regarding close monitoring of the quality and quantity of food served on board the Shatabdi, passengers are still not satisfied with the services being provided on the train.

Panchkula schools blame administration, police for traffic mess
Panchkula, April 29
Despite numerous solutions having beeen proposed, there seems to no solution in sight to ease the traffic congestion outside schools in Panchkula. For parents, dropping or picking up wards from outside their schools, especially those located in residential areas, is a herculean task.



A traffic jam outside Little Flower Convent School in Sector 14, Panchkula. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Jilted lover gets 5-year jail for stabbing girl
Chandigarh, April 29
The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Shalini Nagpal today sentenced a 27-year-old jilted lover to five years' rigorous imprisonment for stabbing a 22-year-old girl. The court sentenced Sonu Chauhan, alias Rahul, to jail and also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on him.

COMMUNITY

In Tangle Part-VI, Panchkula
Deal with it yourself, will help when needed: Admn
Repeated requests by schools in the township to help them ease the traffic congestion outside their schools during peak hours have fallen on deaf ears. The administration has left the parking problem to be handled by the school authorities. The schools have written several times to the local authorities regarding the issue, but they have done nothing to tackle the problem.
Other commuters are the worst sufferers near Manav Mangal School in Sector 11.

Lab to look into mishandling of vaccine in cold chain
Chandigarh, April 29
The Central Drug Laboratory (CDL), Kasauli, today hinted at the possibility of mishandling of the Easyfive vaccine in the cold chain that led to an adverse reaction in the baby who died at the PGI last week.

Liquor contractors misuse loopholes
Chandigarh, April 29
In absence of clear-cut guidelines in the new Excise Policy (2013-2014) about the opening of liquor vends outside the lal dora of villages, some of the liquor contractors are raising illegal pucca structures near roads outside the lal dora of villages.

A pucca structure being constructed overnight for housing a liquor vend; and (right) the structure with a fresh coat of whitewash outside the lal dora of Dhanas village on Monday. Tribune photos: Pradeep Tewari

Councillors to table agenda in meeting
Chandigarh, April 29
Finally, on the demand of the family members of Harpreet Singh Sodhi, who died in an accident involving stray cattle, both Congress and BJP councillors are now including the agenda regarding the proving of a job and compensation to the victims’s widow to be discussed in the MC House meeting tomorrow.

Doc on a mission: Performs 331 joint replacement surgeries in 31 days
Mohali, April 29
Performing 331 joint replacement surgeries within 31 days, Dr Manuj Wadhwa, director, department of orthopaedics and joint replacements at Fortis Hospital, has reportedly created a world record in the field.






Dr Manuj Wadhwa apprises the media of his feat at Fortis Hospital in Mohali on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Solution to P’kula residents’ problems just a token away
Panchkula, April 29
Providing much needed respite to residents who have to make rounds of the Municipal Corporation departments to get their work done, the civic body has launched a new project. Residents will now be able to avail of all kinds of assistance for any service via a slip that will bear the name and contact number of assistants who would be handling their problem, and will also mention the number of days it would take to address their problem.
The newly inaugurated Citizen Facilitation Centre at the Municipal Corporation office in Sector 4, Panchkula, on Monday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

10 traders booked for bogus VAT returns
Chandigarh, April 29
Eight months after the UT Excise and Taxation Department unearthed a scam involving filing of bogus VAT returns to the tune of Rs 1 crore during 2010-11 and 2011-12, the UT police has registered two separate FIRs against ten traders.

Three youths injured in mishap at light point
Chandigarh, April 29
Three youths, triple riding without helmets on a motorcycle, were critically injured after being hit by an ambulance at the Press light point in Sector 8  last night.

Blood donation camp held
Chandigarh, April 29
The Canara Bank Officers’ Association, Chandigarh, organised its 29th blood donation camp at Sector 34-A, Chandigarh, in association with the Department of Transfusion Medicine, GMSH-32, Chandigarh.

Kathak dancers leave audience spellbound
Chandigarh, April 29
A kathak dance recital by Madhumita Roy, the renowned classical dancer from Kolkata, left the audience spellbound at the Punjab Kala Bhawan today.




IN SYNC: Artistes from Kolkata present a kathak dance item on World Dance Day at the Punjab Kala Bhawan in Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Bank caught on wrong foot, penalised
Chandigarh, April 29
A local consumer court today penalised Kotak Mahindra Bank for wrongly putting a customer's name on the defaulter list of the CIBIL’s (Credit Information Bureau India Ltd) website and failing to issue the No Dues Certificate in spite of the settlement of loan account.

EDUCATION

NIPER students refuse to have lunch
Mohali, April 29
Protesting students of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) here refused to have lunch today and instead distributed the food among the needy.



Students serve lunch to the needy outside the main gate of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research in Mohali on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Five-day faculty development programme begins at SD College
Chandigarh, April 29
A five-day international-level faculty development programme began today at GGDSD College to enhance the teaching skills of faculty of all colleges under the GGDSD College Society.




Dr Wendy Burton, director, Teaching and Learning, at the University of Fraser Valley, Canada, interacts with teachers at SD College, Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan

Students awarded certificates
Chandigarh, April 29
A certificate awarding ceremony of the C-TOSS programme was held at the Chandigarh Institute of Hotel Management, Sector 42, today.





Students of the Chandigarh Institute of Hotel Management with C-TOSS certificates and assessment cards at a function on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Syndicate to meet on May 2 to review decision
Chandigarh, April 29
Following an uproar by students over the decision of Panjab University to re-conduct the cost accounting exam, the Syndicate today decided to call a special meeting on May 2 to review its decision.

Installation ceremony
New members of the Students' Representative Council of St John's High School, Sector 26, were installed in an impressive and colourful ceremony held on the school campus. The newly elected captains were installed by the outgoing captains of the school. 

Education Dept to hold meeting with private unaided schools
Chandigarh, April 29
The UT Education Department has called a meeting of private unaided schools on the issue of their failure to supply information under the RTE Act despite repeated reminders of the department.

Block housing various labs inaugurated at CCET-26
Chandigarh, April 29
Block-B housing various laboratories at the Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET) was made functional today. Shivraj V. Patil, Governor of Punjab, and Administrator of Chandigarh, inaugurated the block today.

Over 150 students get placements
Chandigarh, April 29
As many as 62 companies visited Chitkara Business School, Chandigarh, for placements of MBA (general) and MBA (FMP) students. Federal Bank, Zee News, ICICI Securities, Unicon KBC, Jaro Education, HCL Infosystems, Ambuja Cements and Citi Bank were among other top names that offered jobs to over 150 students.

ABVP holds protest
Chandigarh, April 29
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today staged a dharna at the Panjab University’s Student Centre, demonstrating against China’s intrusion into the Indian territory.


ABVP activists hold a protest at the Student Centre of Panjab University on Monday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Aggrieved relatives flay police for inaction
Dera Bassi, April 29
The Dera Bassi police has failed to resolve various criminal cases including that of a child’s murder even after passing of over three months since the incident. The aggrieved relatives have expressed dissatisfaction and surprise over the police inaction and inability to show any results. Parents of the four-year-old boy, Jaskaran, who was found murdered and dumped in a well at Behra village in January this year, said the police failed to trace the culprits in all these months.

Man in police net for abducting minor girls
Ropar, April 29
A Kiratpur-based man has been booked for abducting two minor girls. The accused, identified as Harpreet, alias Nanu, and the girls have been missing since Saturday. Kamaljit Kaur, a resident of Kalyanpur village and mother of one of the girls, in her complaint to the police alleged that her daughter had been missing since Saturday evening. Later, she found another girl from the locality was also missing.

Wheat worth Rs 236.41 crore procured
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 29
The procurement of wheat is in full swing at all the 33 procurement centres set up in the district. Till today 2,55,979 lakh MT of wheat has been purchased by various government procurement agencies and private parties.

Motorcyclist dies in mishap
Banur, April 29
One person was killed in a road accident near here last night. The accident occurred when a truck hit the motorcycle he was riding on from the opposite side on the Banur-Kharar road near Tangori village. The deceased had been identified as Gurvant Singh, a resident of Mote Majra.

COURTS

High Court okay with CBI probe into SAI ‘scam’
Chandigarh, April 29
Two years after Punjab and Haryana High Court directed a CBI probe on a petition alleging corruption in the Sports Authority of India (SAI), a Division Bench has clarified that the premier investigation agency has not been "restrained from performing its prescribed duties". The Bench clarified the same while taking up an appeal filed by the "whistleblower" in the case.

Husband, in-laws get life term for murder
Mohali, April 29
A local court today awarded life sentence to a person and his parents for murdering his wife by setting her on fire three years ago. Mohali Additional District and Session Judge PP Singh today gave life term imprisonment to Gurtej Singh, his father, Ajit Singh, and mother, Surjeet Kaur, for Kuldip Kaur (Gurtej's wife), who succumbed to her injuries on May 5, 2010.

CRIME

Man held for hiding cattle in P’kula
Panchkula, April 29
Escaping the eyes of the Chandigarh authorities, many cattle owners were caught keeping their cattle ‘stealthily’ in Panchkula at the back side of a liquor vend at the Mansa Devi Complex, Sector 4, Panchkula, today evening.

Davinder Mahajan, president, Residents’ Welfare Association, shows stray cattle brought from Chandigarh; and (right) an accused in police custody in the Mansa Devi Complex, Panchkula, on Monday. Tribune Photos: Nitin Mittal