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MC gives free hand to rickshaw-pullers
Chandigarh, November 28
In a populist move aimed at appeasing a sizeable vote bank, the Congress-ruled Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has proposed to allow rickshaw-pullers to operate in the city without permission.

IGP makes room for orderly
Chandigarh, November 28
In a first of its kind initiative to cater to the grievances of the UT police force, UT IGP RP Upadhyaya today set up an orderly room wherein police personnel encompassing all ranks directly approached the IGP with their problems.

Man dies in road accident
Mohali, November 28
One person was killed and another suffered injured in separate accidents in Mohali today. Twenty-seven-year-old Satish Verma, a resident of Mani Majra, was crushed under a tipper when he was on his way to Lakhnaur village from Mohali on his motorcycle.             Satish Verma

HIV cases decline in tricity
Chandigarh, November 28
The prevalence of HIV cases has come down from 4.9 per cent in 2009 to 1.9 per cent till October this year in the Chandigarh region.

COMMUNITY

MC ‘overlooks’ rulebook
Chandigarh, November 28
The Municipal Corporation does not follow the rulebook when it comes to preparing minutes of the monthly house meetings.

Where there’s space, there’s encroachment
Chandigarh, November 28
The enforcement wing of the Municipal Corporation today removed encroachments from various parts of Sector 22.

Hours after the enforcement wing of the civic body removed encroachments from the Sector 22 market, violators were seen selling goods on the pavements in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photos: Pradeep Tewari

A bridge too far for slum dwellers
Chandigarh, November 28
In a classic example of putting the cart before the horse, the Chandigarh Administration has constructed a dual carriageway on the Daddu Majra-Dhanas road, but has forgotten to widen the bridge near the garbage processing plant.

Traffic bottlenecks on the narrow bridge on the Daddu Majra-Dhanas road. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Objections to draft master plan submitted
Chandigarh, November 28
The Joint Forum of Industries Associations and Chandigarh Film Exhibitors Association today submitted their objections regarding the draft master plan to the board of inquiry.

wheel of Defence: A Nihang performs gatka during the 15th S Sukhdev Singh Gill Sports Festival at Phase VIII in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

2 ASPs to join UT police
Chandigarh, November 28
Two Additional Superintendents of Police are set to join the UT police for the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB).

Nurses pledge to provide quality service
Chandigarh, November 28
The lamp-lighting ceremony of the 48th batch of probationer nurses of the School of Nursing of Command Hospital, Western Command, was held on the premises of the hospital in Chandimandir today.

biz news
Maruti Suzuki to recall 1,492 units of cars
Maruti Suzuki India Limited will be recalling as many as 1,492 units of different categories of cars to repair the possible problem of steering column. The cars to be recalled will also include those owned by the tricity residents as well. “We cannot disclose the exact number of cars to be recalled from the Chandigarh region, but there will be a few from the area. The purpose of such a communication is to raise awareness among our clients so that they can check their vehicles for any possible problem and report to us,” said Puneet Dhawan, spokesperson for Maruti.

EDUCATION

New session Admissions
Parents shift focus from city to Mohali schools
Mohali, November 28
In what could be termed as the reverse of the most commonly followed trend, several parents from Chandigarh are looking forward to get their wards admitted in schools at Mohali.

RIGHT TO EDUCATION
Only 750 seats for EWS students
Chandigarh, November 28
The total number of the seats reserved for the underprivileged and EWS students under the Right to Education (RTE) Act has been reduced further.

syndicate meeting on december 5
Of 60, 3 items find way
Chandigarh, November 28
Panjab University Syndicate is going to take up only three routine issues out of over 60 at its meeting due December 5.

Vivek High students to don hats of CEOs, politicians
Chandigarh, November 28
As many as 170 students of a city school would witness the roles of CEOs of corporate and media houses, political leaders, entrepreneurs and lobbyists in a two-day conference to be held on November 30 and December 1.

(From left) Deviyani Dixit, Akshit Batra, Vansh Nathani and Priyamvada Lamba, members of the I Can team. A Tribune photograph

Excursion trip for students
Chandigarh, November 28
Under the Sarv Sikha Abhiyan (SSA), an excursion trip for students was organised by Special Training Centre (STC) of Mauli Colony, led by Joginder Kumar.

Rally marks birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Chandigarh, November 28
Desh Bhagat Ayurvedic College commemorated the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, an eminent educationist and the first Union Minister of Education of independent India.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Man duped of Rs 4 lakh
Dera Bassi, November 28
A miscreant was booked by the Laru police for duping a person of Rs 4 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad. The accused has been identified as Gurdev Singh, a resident of Dharmgarh village.

COURTS

Ex-mayor’s daughter-in-law’s murder
HC raps SIT for laid-back attitude
Chandigarh, November 28
About two months after the Punjab and Haryana High Court observed that the probe carried out by the Punjab Police was biased towards Patiala’s former Mayor Jaspal Singh in his daughter-in-law’s alleged murder case, Justice Amol Rattan Singh today virtually censured the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for its dilly-dallying attitude.

Bank fraud: CBI files chargesheet
Chandigarh, November 28
A CBI team from New Delhi today filed a chargesheet against two former senior employees of Punjab and Sind Bank and a Chandigarh-based construction firm owner in connection with the Rs 35-crore fraud.

CRIME

property dispute
Mother, five others booked for injuring handicapped son
Panchkula, November 28
A woman and her five accomplices were booked by the Panchkula police for allegedly kidnapping and inflicting injuries on her handicapped son, here.

Thefts on the rise
Chandigarh, November 28
Neelam Rani of Haryana reported to the police that someone had stolen her purse from the New OPD at the PGI on November 27.

One held in Gurvinder murder case
Panchkula, November 28
The Panchkula police have claimed to have arrested one of the accused involved in Gurvinder’s murder case, here today.

Theft at houses in P’kula
Panchkula, November 28
In two separate cases of thefts at Amravati Enclave, some miscreants decamped with ornaments, cash and other valuable items, accounting to a total amount of Rs 10 lakh.

Miscreants stab man, loot Rs 6,000, cell phone
Mohali, November 28
Three car-borne robbers looted a person of Rs 6,000, along with his mobile, after stabbing him during the late hours last night, on the road separating Phase V and Phase VII of Industrial Area, here.

SPORTS

Mohinder sets record
Chandigarh, November 28
Mohinder Partap of SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, made a meet record in the men's 20km walk, during the third day of the 66th Annual Athletic Meet of Panjab University being held at athletics grounds, Panjab University, here today. He timed 1:35:55.00 seconds and made a new record.

Athletes participate in 800m race during the Athletics Meet at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: parvesh chauhan

GMS (Indira Colony) lift trophy
Chandigarh, November 28
The Kabaddi team of Government Model School, Indra Colony, defeated Government Model School Kishangarh, by 13 points to win the Inter-School Kabaddi Championship for boys (U-17), here today. The team of Government Model High School, Sector 39, defeated Government Model High School, Sector 43, by 9 points.

Students of GMS, Indira Colony, in a jubilant mood after winning the kabaddi championship in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: parvesh chauhan

Tribune tennis meet begins from Dec 2
Chandigarh, November 28
The Chandigarh Lawn tennis Association (CLTA) in association with The Tribune Group of Newspapers is all set to host the Tribune Cup Chandigarh Open Tennis Championship from December 2 to 6, here. The championship will feature about 90 top-seeded men and women players from the country. The tournament will be organised at the centre courts of CLTA Tennis Stadium, Sector 10, Chandigarh. Along with the running prize trophy for both men’s and women’s events, the winners will be awarded prize money of Rs 2 lakh.

race hots up: Dogs participate in a race during the 15th S Sukhdev Singh Gill Sports Festival in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: vicky gharu

Football Meet
AG Haryana, AG J&K enter final
Chandigarh, November 28
The team of AG Haryana defeated host AG, Punjab, 8-7 (in tie-breaker), to reach the final of North Zone Indian Audit and Accounts Department (IA&AD) Football Tournament, being held at Football Stadium, Sector 17. In the tie breaker, the AG Haryana side got better of their rivals. In the 8th penalty of tie-breaker, Punjab’s Vinay Kanwar failed to convert his penalty kick while Harvinder of AG Haryana managed to post his team’s win.

National badminton meet begins
Chandigarh, November 28
The qualifying rounds of 38th Junior National Badminton Championship, ended at badminton Hall of Panjab University, here today. The main draws will be played from tomorrow. In qualifying rounds, 443 players participated while in the main draws the number will be 573. At least 9 junior international players will mark their presence in the main draws of this championship.