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Kidnapped boy surfaces at Zirakpur
Panchkula, September 19
The 16-year-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped yesterday from outside his school called his parents this morning saying that he managed to give the kidnappers the slip.

Kshitij Goel with one of his relatives at the Sector 14 police station in Panchkula on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal

Punjab Police DSP commits suicide
Mohali, September 19
A Punjab Police DSP reportedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at his residence in Guru Teg Bahadur Colony.
                                       Manwinder Singh

Punjab objects to master plan 2031
Chandigarh, September 19
The Punjab Town and Country Planning Department has objected to the Chandigarh Administration’s master plan 2031 saying that it should link all three major roads in the city with New Chandigarh.

Eve-teaser thrashed by victim
Panchkula, September 19
Getting an instant punishment for eve-teasing, a 35-year-old man was thrashed by the victim with a helmet at the Sector 5 bus stand in Panchkula this evening.

Wrong parking: Pay Rs 1,000, get back your car
Chandigarh, September 19
If you are in a habit of parking your vehicle in a no-parking area, think twice, as you will end up paying Rs 1, 000 as towing charges. The decision was taken during a meeting of the State Level Road Safety Council today. Police officials said earlier the violators were fined Rs 300 for wrong parking. The towing charges were not imposed on the violators.

Vehicles parked haphazardly at Sector 17, Chandigarh. A file photograph

Sanitation bylaws
Two held guilty for littering streets
Chandigarh, September 19
Taking a tough stand against persons who violate health and sanitation bylaws by littering streets and other such transgressions, a local court has convicted and fined two city residents under various sections of the IPC and the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976.

Overflowing garbage bins in Chandigarh. A file photograph

Egg on UT Administration, vigilance department’s face
Chandigarh, September 19
Nearly 15 years after four UT engineering department officials and a contractor were convicted in a two-decade-old Sukhna de-silting “scam”, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has reversed the orders.

COMMUNITY

3rd Shatabdi to halt at Ambala Cantt
Chandigarh, September 19
Good news for the third Shatabdi Express passengers, as the Northern Railways has today decided to halt it for two minutes at the Ambala cantt station for the convenience of commuters.

best of west Vocalist Adriana Landeros from Mexico performs at Randhawa Auditorium, Punjab Kala Bhawan in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

pm’s dhanas visit
UT Home Dept seeks comments from DC’s office
Chandigarh, September 18
The UT Home Department has sought comments from the Deputy Commissioner’s office regarding the inclusion of a name of an unofficial person in the list of CHB officials who were to accompany the 10 identified flat beneficiaries to the dias to accept allotment letters from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a function in Dhanas on September 14. The person in question, Niranjan Kaur, her name was mentioned in the personal staff list of the Secretary of the Board. On the basis of the list forwarded by the CHB, the office of the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) had issued duty pass of the official concerned.

misuse of green belts
Cong councillors ‘pressuring’ Dy Mayor not to pursue matter
Chandigarh, September 19
To renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the MC and hotel owners for the maintenance of open spaces, the ‘pressure tactics’ game is now on in the municipal corporation. Recently, Deputy Mayor Satish Kainth had shot off a letter to the MC Commissioner asking him to stop all commercial activities being carried out by hotel owners in the Industrial Area Phase I and II. 
A green belt outside a hotel in Industrial Area, Chandigarh. A file photograph

house tax rates
MC to get richer by Rs 25 cr
Chandigarh, September 19
The revised house tax rates will swell the coffers of the Municipal Corporation. If the tax is imposed, the civic body will generate a revenue of Rs 25 crore against the expected collection of Rs 2.70 crore with the existing rates.

Security guards at PGI allege harassment
Chandigarh, September 19
Security guards working on a contractual basis at the PGI have alleged harassment at the hands of the contractors. The said they were not paid well and were deprived of ESI and PF benefits. This way the contractors are violating labour laws and the strange thing is that the PGI administration does not have a mechanism to check the practice.

The guards at parking lots of the PGI do not get more than Rs 3,500 per month. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

CIC encourages voluntary disclosure of information
Chandigarh, September 19
The Central Information Commission has no plans to go to court on the issue of treating political parties as public authorities to bring these under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The young brigade Starcast of Punjabi flick Young Malang converges on Panjab University on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Sex education not a taboo: Experts
Chandigarh, September 19
Referring to the rape of two toddlers, psychiatry experts at the PGI asserted that sex education must be imparted at an early age.

DC dismisses Election Department clerk
Chandigarh, September 19
UT Deputy Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Electoral Officer Mohammed Shayin today dismissed the Election Department clerk, Neha Saini, who was absent from duty since August 1, 2011.

EDUCATION

New DPI(S) takes charge
Chandigarh, September 19
New Director Public Instructions (Schools) Kamlesh Kumar took charge of the office today. A 2002-batch Haryana Civil Services (HCS) officer, Kamlesh Kumar was earlier posted in Chandigarh in 2009, before returning to his parent state.

school uniforms
Dept, schools fail to act tough
Chandigarh, September 19
The UT Education Department is still to take an action against Mumbai-based school uniforms supplier Alok Industries, which not only delayed the supply of uniforms to government schools, but also submitted a false undertaking at the time of procuring the supply order from the schools.

Community radio enters records’ book
Chandigarh, September 19
Desh Bhagat Community Radio today completed its 100-hour on-air live marathon against drug menace. Officials said with this five-day endeavour, Desh Bhagat Community Radio would enter the Limca Book of Records.

Students, teachers return from Pakistan with fond memories
Chandigarh, September 19
Five students of Saupin’s School, Sector 32, returned to the city with fond memories of Pakistan. The students, accompanied by three staff members of the school, were a part of a 40-member team on a cultural exchange tour to the neighbouring country. The tour was organised by “Routes 2 Roots”, under the aegis of the Citizens Archive of Pakistan.

Students pledge to save trees
Chandigarh, September 19
The National Service Scheme unit of Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26, organised a plantation drive to sensitise students to the need to protect the environment. Over 100 volunteers and faculty members pledged to save trees. Around thirty saplings were planted.


Students plant a sapling at the Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

from colleges
Meet the author
Chandigarh: The English department of MCM DAV College hosted an interactive session with Sid Bahri, writer of “The Homing Pigeons”, a novel with the 2008 recession as its backdrop. Sid traced his journey from a corporate executive to a “happy writer”. He dwelt on the complexities of editing and publishing business, especially for new writers.

from schools
Essay writing
Chandigarh: An inter-school essay writing competition was organised by Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education, Sector 27, to mark the birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo. Around 15 schools from the tricity participated in the event. The topics included ‘Independence redefined in the 21st Century’ and ‘Lives of great men’.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

48,000 capsules seized, 3 held
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 19
The district police has arrested three drug peddlers and recovered as many as 48,000 intoxicant tablets and capsules from their possession. The accused have been identified as Dharminder Singh, alias Billa, and Pardeep Singh, both residents of Jalandhar, and Gurwinder Singh, a resident of Mandi Gobindgarh.

Electricity poles on GMADA land!
Morinda, September 19
Officials of the Punjab State Power Corporation (PSPC) have installed electricity poles on GMADA land where Phases IV and V pipeline of the Kajauli Water Works is being laid.

Kind gesture Policemen rescue an injured nilgai from the Ambala-Chandigarh highway in Dera Bassi on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal

Auction: DTO collects Rs 44 lakh
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 19
For the registration of new vehicles, the second phase of auction of fancy numbers from a new series PB-23P was conducted by Mahesh Garg, District Transport Officer, along with staff today. In the first phase, Rs 35 lakh were collected.

Dera Bassi to have common effluent treatment plant
Dera Bassi, September 19
Following the movement launched by the state government to clean rivers and drains in the state, Punjab Pollution Control Board has been successful in persuading the pharma industry in Dera Bassi to set up a common effluent treatment plant (CETP), to control water pollution in the region.

Congress workers join SAD
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 19
Many Congress leaders joined SAD (B) during a function organised by Bikramjit Singh, general secretary, Youth wing of SAD (B). Some of them were Guljar Singh from the Congress, newly-elected member of Block Samiti, Khera, Gurmeet Singh and Sarpanch Rajinder.

Fulfil RBI targets or face action: SDM
Ambala, September 19
Ambala SDM Vinay Partap Singh has directed all the banks across the district to ensure that the candidates eligible for the benefits of the self-employment schemes, initiated by the Union and the State government, should not be unnecessarily harassed. He directed the authorities concerned to make the services be made available to them without any delay and urged the officials concerned to complete their targets well in time so that they may not face any problem at the end of the year.

Harshinder Kaur elected member of NAMS
Patiala, September 19
City-based doctor Harshinder Kaur has been selected as the member of National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The honour has been bestowed upon her in recognition of her excellent and path-breaking work in the field of female foeticide at national and international level.

COURTS

minor’s rape
3-day remand for accused
Zirakpur, September 19
Following the alleged rape and then suicide of a minor girl at her employer’s house in Dhakauli village, the employer of the deceased, RS Bhatia, has been sent to a three-day remand under the police custody today.

Insurance company directed to compensate complainant
Chandigarh, September 19
The UT Consumer Court has penalised Oriental Insurance Company for 'deducting unreasonable amounts from the IDV value of an insured car even in a case where it had declared it as a case of total loss'.

Court rejects closure report in slum scam
Chandigarh, September 19
Central bureau of Investigation special court rejected the closure report filed by the CBI sleuths in the Sector 53 slum rehabilitation scam, here today. The CBI had filed the report on July 5.

Court provides copy of chargesheet to both parties in teachers’ recruitment scam
Chandigarh, September 19
A local court has provided the copy of the charge sheet to both defence and prosecution relating to the teachers’ recruitment scam that had rocked the Chandigarh Education Department in 2009, here today.

CRIME

Drunk youths slap cop, held
Chandigarh, September 19
High drama was witnessed on the dividing road of Sectors 3 and 4 after two youths in an inebriated condition created a ruckus on the road leading to a traffic jam for over 10 minutes. The youths were held for driving car in a negligent manner.

The drunk car driver who created a ruckus on the dividing road of Sectors 3 and 4 in Chandigarh on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

crime brief
Purses of two women snatched
Chandigarh, September 19
Neha Rawat, a resident of Sector-18 alleged that an unknown occupant of Activa Scooter snatched away her bag containing a laptop, MP3 player, a mobile phone, voter ID card, Pan card, ATM card near Sector18 on Wednesday.

Man killed in road accident
Zirakpur, September 19 A 29-year-old was killed and another was injured in a road accident on the Zirakpur-Panchkula road today. The deceased has been identified as Munish Pandey, a resident of Panchkula, while the injured youth has been identified as Sunil Kumar.

SPORTS

Stadium readies for U-17 football cup
Chandigarh, September 19
Finally the Football Stadium of Sector 17 is getting some make-over attention ahead of the upcoming All-India level UT Administrator’s Football Tournament for Boys (U-17), to be started from September 22.



Work in progress at a football ground ahead of the 11th UT Administrator’s All-India Challenger Football Cup for Boys (U-17) in Chandigarh. Tribune photos: Parvesh Chauhan

india vs australia
Sukhbir to be ‘chairman’ of organising committee
Chandigarh, September 19
The executive committee of the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) will request Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, to be chairman of the organising committee for the India Vs Australia one-day international match to be held on October 19, at the PCA cricket stadium, Mohali.

Cricket trials for the Panjab University cricket team in progress on the PU ground in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Ball badminton meet from Sept 28
Chandigarh, September 19
The Chandigarh Ball Badminton Association will organise the 17th Sub-Junior and Junior State Ball Badminton Championship for Boys and Girls from September 28 to 29 at Aanchal International School, Sector 41.

Cricket tourney from September 27
Panchkula, September 19
Satluj Public School, Sector 4, will organise the Satluj Inter-School Champions League Cricket Tournament for Boys (U-14) category from September 27, at school grounds. The players born on or after January 1, 2000, will be eligible to take part in the the tournament.

Khanna college bag volleyball title
Chandigarh, September 19
The volleyball team of Gobindgarh Public College, Alour (Khanna), won the title of Panjab University Inter-College Volleyball Championship for Men (B-Division) for the session 2013-14, here today.


Players in action during the Panjab University Inter-College Volleyball Tournament in Chandigah on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari