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4 convicted of CA’s murder
Had killed Rajesh Goyal in his office in 2007; to be sentenced on July 8
Chandigarh, July 4
Six years after a chartered accountant (CA) was murdered in his Sector 42 office here, the court of District and Sessions Judge SK Aggarwal today convicted four persons of the murder.

A file photo of three of the four accused, Kanav Arora, Shiv Kumar and Mandeep Singh, in police custody in Chandigarh.

Her life wrecked, victim’s wife breaks down in court
Chandigarh, July 4
She was only 29 when her entire world came crashing down in 2007. Sonia Goyal, slain CA Rajesh Goyal's wife who is now 35 years old, has been suffering every minute for the past six years and patiently waiting for the wheels of justice to move. 

It was Cong vs Cong for Panchkula Mayor’s post
Panchkula, July 4
With the richest councillor and Congress candidate from Ward No.18 Upender Ahluwalia winning against Krishan Lal Lamba, another Congress councillor from Ward No. 3, by bagging 12 of the 20 votes, it was Congress vs Congress in the first-ever elections for the post of Mayor in Panchkula held today.

Upender Ahluwalia flashes the victory sign after being elected the Panchkula Mayor at the Mini-Secretariat on Thursday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal 

Teachers told to gear up for longer working hours
Chandigarh, July 4
The issue pertaining to the extension of working hours of government teachers in the UT under the Right to Education (RTE) Act is back in focus. Nearly three months after rolling back its decision, the UT Education Department has again directed all school heads to hold meetings with their respective teaching staff regarding the extension of working hours so that they can gear for the "new schedule".

UT Admn notifies house tax
Chandigarh, July 4
The UT Administration has notified the house tax proposal sent by the municipal corporation (MC) following UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil's approval. The tax will be applicable with retrospective effect from April 1, 2013, to March 31, 2014.

Environment under threat: Polluted water enters the Ghaggar through the Sukhna choe near Bhankarpur. Photo: Parmod Mehta

COMMUNITY

High drama witnessed at help desk
Chandigarh, July 4
High drama was witnessed at the help desk of the Panjab University Students' Union (PUSU) today when a girl reportedly had an altercation with the PUSU president alleging that she was teased by him on Wednesday.

Lizard found in mid-day meal at Mauli Jagran
Chandigarh, July 4
An inquiry has been ordered by the UT Social Welfare Department against a contractor, after it received a complaint that a lizard was found in the mid-day meal supplied to an Anganwari centre at Mauli Jagran.

96-year-old donates Rs 1 lakh for flood-hit
Chandigarh, July 4
Never missing out on an opportunity to contribute towards the welfare of the victims of a calamity, 96-year-old Army officer, Major Surat Singh (retd), was again at The Tribune office, to donate Rs 1 lakh for the victims of the Uttarakhand floods.

2 more DSPs join UT police
Chandigarh, May 30
Two more DSPs joined the UT police on deputation today. Satish Kumar of Delhi and Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Services (DANIPS) cadre, who is under training, joined the Chandigarh Police as DSP for field training in Chandigarh for one year. Another DSP, Shweta from Delhi, is scheduled to join the Chandigarh police for one year.

11 youngsters elected sarpanch
Mohali, July 4
Panchayat poll, which were held yesterday, resulted into young blood reign the most coveted post of sarpanch in several villages of the Mohali district.

High drama at Nanu Majra over tie 
Mohali, July 4
High drama was witnessed at Nanu Majra village as two candidates contesting for the post of sarpanch post got equal number of votes in yesterday's election. Akali Dal-backed candidate Surinder Kumar and his rival Bahadur Singh fetched equal number of votes, 198 each, in yesterday's election.

mayoral poll
Nanda suffers major setback
Panchkula, July 4
Veteran Congressman and the strongest contender for the Mayor post SS Nanda suffered a major setback when he came to know at the eleventh hour that he was not being fielded for the post of the Mayor. Nanda gained consciousness after he was offered water.

Councillor Lily Bawa takes oath at the Mini-Secretariat in Panchkula on Thursday. 
Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal

Ramoowalia, Harbhajan Mann become victims of cyber slur 
Mohali, July 4
Former Union Minister Balwant Singh Ramoowalia and noted Punjabi singer Harbhajan Mann are now the victims of cyber crime. Somebody created fake Facebook accounts of Ramoowalia and his son-in-law Harbhajan Singh Mann, a noted Punjabi singer, and posted some objectionable material on those.

GMADA to develop eco-tourism park near Siswan dam 
Mohali, July 4
Greater Mohali Area Development Authority is going ahead with a new plan to develop an eco-tourism park on an 800-acre stretch near the Siswan dam.

DC asks Civil Surgeon to take measures against centipedes in Mirjapur 
Mohali, July 4
Remedial measures must be taken against centipedes in Mirjapur village in the Kharar sub-division and geologists should also be consulted to find a solution to the problem. These directions were issued by Deputy Commissioner Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu to the Mohali Civil Surgeon and the Kharar SDM.

Amrita Sehgal is Inner Wheel Club chief
Chandigarh, July 4 
Amrita Sehgal took over as president of the Inner Wheel Club, Chandigarh. The Inner Wheel Club will with the SOREM, Society for Rehabilitation of Mentally Challenged Children, this year. —TNS

Pay more for using power beyond sanctioned load
Chandigarh, July 4
The power consumers, who have not declared their actual load and using more electricity than the sanctioned load, will now have to pay an additional amount as security to the department.

Mechanics back at Sector 21 market
Chandigarh, July 4
The local residents are annoyed at the corridors and the parking areas of the Sector 21 market being used by scooter mechanics for servicing two-wheelers. The Federation of Sector Welfare Associations (FOSWAC), Chandigarh, had on June 25 made a representation to the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation (MC), in this regard.

Mechanics repair two-wheelers in the Sector 21 market in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Parvesh chauhan

School grounds for sector children
Pilot project not a one-man show, says Mayor
Chandigarh, July 4
Taking no credit for the commencement of a pilot project, throwing open a common play ground for the local children at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, Mayor Subhash Chawla has denied any "one-man show" behind the approval for the same.

BJP to observe ‘black week’ against Bansal
Chandigarh, July 4
Condemning the non-inclusion of former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in the CBI charge sheet filed in the railgate scam, the Chandigarh unit of the BJP today announced that it would observe a “black week”, starting tomorrow. During this week, the BJP workers will show black flags to Bansal wherever he goes.

Residents suffer as Admn, Railways undecided on several projects
Chandigarh, July 4
Ignoring inconvenience faced by residents due to the delay in the completion of railway projects here, the UT Administration is not taking any interest in speeding up these projects. The recarpeting of the roads along the railway yard, near Daria, has been pending for the last one year.

A potholed road along the railway yard near Daria village in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Parvesh chauhan

Aid sought for kin of accident victim
Chandigarh, July 4
Nearly two months after 34-year-old accident victim Sharmila died allegedly due to negligence on the part of the Chandigarh police, the Punjab and Haryana High Court was today moved for the grant of financial assistance and job for her children.

Street play on corruption staged
Chandigarh, July 4 
A city-based theatre group, Samarpit Rangmanch, staged a satirical street play at Sector 17 today. The play, ‘National Institute of Corruption’, highlights the story of an ambitious young boy, who wants to join the Indian Army.

Artistes of Samarpit Rangmanch stage a play at Sector 17 in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

CTU driver made to apologise to girl
Chandigarh, July 4
High drama was witnessed at the road separating sectors 17 and 18 this evening after a CTU bus driver parked the bus in the middle of the road, following allegations of misbehaviour with a young girl.

EDUCATION

Panjab varsity declares admission schedule for MCom (Hons)
Chandigarh, July 4
Panjab University has declared the schedule for admission to MCom (Honours). The students who have qualified the Other Common Entrance Test (PG) can submit their admission forms for MCom till July 6 in the Department of University Business School (UBS).

Class XII marks impact JEE (Main) final rank list
Chandigarh, July 4
The final rank list of the JEE (Main), released on Tuesday, took several city students by surprise as the introduction of Class XII score as a component of the final JEE (Main) results affected their overall ranks. The final rank list was prepared after adding the score of the JEE (Main) entrance exam, the results of which were declared on May 7, and further adding the 40 per cent weightage of the Class XII marks.

BBA admission
SD College releases tentative merit list
Chandigarh, July 4
GGDSD College, Sector 32, declared its tentative merit list for BBA admission here today. The highest cut-off this year is 92.2 percentile. The course has 120 seats and 1,500 students have applied for it.

New session for Class XI begins
Chandigarh, July 4
The new session for Class XI began in the government senior secondary schools here today. Over 10,000 students joined various stream in 39 government senior secondary school.

The Principal of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, welcomes Class XI students on the first day of the session on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep tewari

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NEIGHBOURHOOD

PANCHAYAT POLL
39 booked for assault on cops
Ropar, July 4
The district police has booked 39 persons, including 33 unidentified accused, for assaulting police personnel and damaging police vehicles during the panchayat poll here yesterday.

Dream fulfilled, says AIIMS achiever
Patiala, July 4
The only student from Patiala to make it to AIIMS this year, Nishant Agarwal, a student of Bhupindra International School, has made the city proud by securing the sixth rank in the AIIMS entrance exam.

Meritorious students honoured
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 4
Seven meritorious students from Ashoka Boys Senior Secondary School and MG Ashoka Girls Senior Secondary School were honoured for their good performance in the recently declared Punjab School Education Board results of Classes X and XII. The students were given drafts of Rs 11,000 each by the Ashoka Educational Trust, Sirhind, which runs these schools.

Cong sees irregularities in counting of votes 
Ropar, July 4
Congress workers from five villages today submitted a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner Pradip Kumar Agrawal a day after sitting on dharna at Chandigarh-Ludhiana highway against alleged irregularities in counting of votes during the panchayat poll.

Rice millers suffer due to shortage of space with FCI 
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 4
Resentment prevails among rice millers in the state as the deadline fixed by the state government for delivering milled rice to the FCI by June 30 has expired and still more than 6 Lakh MT of paddy is lying in the rice mills.

Beopar Mandal faction to elect president
Ropar, July 4
The efforts of local MLA Daljit Singh Cheema in bringing the two factions of the Ropar Beopar Mandal together proved futile. One of the factions has decided to organise a general body meeting on July 5 at the Lahri Shah temple for the election of new president of traders' body.

COURTS

graft case
Remand for ASI
Chandigarh, May 30
A local court today remanded a UT police ASI, who was arrested in a bribe case, in 14-day judicial custody. ASI Devinder Kumar was arrested yesterday for demanding a bribe of Rs 3,500 from a person for not implicating him in a case.

Proclaimed offender Lovepreet sent to jail 
Mohali, July 4
The Mohali police today arrested a criminal, who has been declared as proclaimed offender, wanted in several cases of theft and attempt to murder. Inspector Samar Vineet, Station House Officer of Phase I police station, said the accused, Lovepreet Singh alias Kabootar (24), was nabbed late last night.

CRIME

Tipsy brothers thrash cop, remanded
Chandigarh, July 4
A Chandigarh police head constable was thrashed in full public view by two inebriated brothers near Sector 42 last night. When the policeman asked the brothers not to make a nuisance, both of them started beating up him.

SPORTS

Saupin’s, Satluj School register win
Chandigarh, July 4
In the ongoing 5th Ashok Kumar Vij Memorial Cricket Tournament for Boys (U-13), the cricket team of Saupin’s School, Sector 32, and Satluj Public School, Panchkula, registered win in their respective matches, at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, here today.

A cricket match in progress between Satluj Public School and Mount Carmel School at Guru Nanak Public School in Sector 36, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Department to start annual sports talent scholarship
Chandigarh, July 4
The UT Sports Department will start an annual sports talent scholarship to felicitate outstanding local players here. The players, who have represented the city during 2012-13 and attained the first, second and third positions in the recognised games are eligible to fall under the scholarship category.

Prized possession: Local veteran athletes, advocate Gurjivan Singh Sidhu and his younger brother Pargat Singh Sidhu, with their medals won in the recently held 34th National Masters Athletics Championship at Bengaluru. Tribune Photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Cricket trials tomorrow
Chandigarh, July 4
The Chandigarh Cricket Association, which is affiliated to the Punjab Cricket Association, will organise trials to select the local cricket team at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, here, on July 6 (4 pm onwards).

Pre-Subroto Football Cup from today
Chandigarh, July 4
The Pre-Subroto Football Cup for Boys (U-14 and U-17) will start from tomorrow at football stadium of Sector 17 and Sports Complex of Sector 42 here. A total of 11 teams have confirmed their entry in the boys (U-14) category while in the boys (U-17) category, a total of 13 teams will vie for attaining the top spot.

Tennis tournament
Mohali, July 4
Green Field School and Rizing Star Tennis Academy Phase V, Mohali, will organise a tennis tournament at Green Field School, here.