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Kirron, Anupam ‘violate’ poll code
Chandigarh, April 3
Actor-turned-politician and BJP candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat Kirron Kher and her husband, Anupam Kher, were caught on the wrong foot today when they allegedly violated the model code of conduct.
Kirron Kher, BJP candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, with her husband Anupam Kher at the Student Centre, PU, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Actors turn nostalgic at Student Centre
Chandigarh, April 3
Bollywood star Anupam Kher, who was in the city to campaign for his wife and BJP candidate Kirron Kher, and Aam Aadmi Party candidate Gul Panag got nostalgic while going down memory lane during their visits to the Student Centre today.




FOOD FOR THOUGHT: AAP candidate Gul Panag has lunch at the PU on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

VISION FOR CHANDIGARH
Chandigarhians want Union Territory’s original character preserved
With the poll fever reaching a crescendo, Chandigarh Tribune reaches out to nine prominent personalities from the fields of engineering, architecture, education, social welfare, sports, art, culture and hospitality to know what they think are the key issues in the city.

COMMUNITY

Poll warriors strategise victory from the sidelines
From planning campaigns, holding meetings to managing finance, war room managers play a major role in helping candidates score the winning goal

Ramdev defends Modi on Godhra riots
Chandigarh, April 3
"Jawaharlal Nehru was the biggest 'khalnayak' (villain)," said yoga guru Baba Ramdev while addressing a press conference here today.


BJP candidate Kirron Kher greets yoga guru Baba Ramdev at a press conference in Chandigarh on Thursday. Also seen in the picture is former MP Satya Pal Jain. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Poll panel recommends single centre for counting of votes
Chandigarh, April 3
Chandigarh, which always had four counting centres in the parliamentary elections, will have a single counting centre this time.

Another leader bids adieu to BSP
Chandigarh, April 3
With only a week left for the Lok Sabha elections, the city unit of the BSP suffered another major blow today.

Modi rally cost BJP just Rs 4 lakh!
Chandigarh, April 3
If the political parties are to be believed, the massive political rallies they carried out did not cost them more than Rs 4.5 lakh.

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Polling staff sabotaging campaign: BJP
Panchkula, April 3
The BJP today accused the staff on election duty of sabotaging its poll campaign in the Kalka segment of Ambala Lok Sabha constituency. In a complaint to the Assistant Returning Officer (ARO), Kalka, Namita Malik, a party worker, Bhag Singh Negi, accused the staff of tearing and removing party banners, flags and other publicity material from the places earmarked by the Administration for advertisements in the Kalka segment.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, ITBP jawans hold a flag march in Sector 20, Panchkula, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Elegance personified: Model Natasha Suri at a fashion show in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

HSRPs: 4 new counters opened
Mohali, April 3
High-security registration plates (HSRPs) will now be affixed at four new counters opened at the office of the District Soil Conservator, near Dara Studio here.

Relief for Khemka in case against housing society
Mohali, April 3
Giving relief to Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, the Mohali District Consumer Forum directed the Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Society to pay 15 per cent interest on an instalment of Rs 4.14 lakh, which the society had taken before the due date. Through his counsel Pankaj Chandgothia, Khemka had approached the forum when the housing society agreed to give interest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum instead of 15 per cent, on the payment he had made before the due date.

Sr public prosecutor gets commendation certificate
Chandigarh, April 3
Senior public prosecutor of the special crime branch of the CBI, Sector 30, Pawan Kumar Dogra was awarded Director's Commendation Certificate in recognition for his dedication, commitment to duty and professional excellence during the year 2013 on April 1.


Senior public prosecutor Pawan Kumar Dogra receives the Director’s Commendation Certificate during an award ceremony at the CBI Headquarters in New Delhi. A Tribune photograph

Explo-Work 2014 begins
Chandigarh, April 3
A two-day national workshop on explosive working on metals, Explo-Work 2014, began at Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), here today.

YOUTH VOICE
City youth want politicians to focus on education sector
Chandigarh, April 3
City youths believe that they are heading towards a disastrous future as the academic knowledge imparted to them in our educational institutions is of no use to them in practical life.

First-time voters at the Government College for Girls, Sector 11, in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

EDUCATION

CBSE goes tech-savvy
Chandigarh, April 3
In order to bring transparency in checking of board examination papers, the CBSE has introduced new pattern for checking the answer sheets from this year onwards. Teachers will now be correcting the answer sheets of Class X on computers instead of conventional manual method.

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35 students hold protest
Chandigarh, April 3
Around 35 students of the Sadbhavana College of Education for Women, Talwandi, Raikot, Ludhiana, today staged a protest at the Vice-Chancellor office, Panjab University, for not getting their roll numbers to appear for the examinations.

 

COURTS

Three-year-old’s rape, Murder case
Court acquits stepfather; mystery remains unsolved
Panchkula, April 3
The court today acquitted the stepfather of the three-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Sector 5 here last year. With the acquittal, the mystery behind the crime remains unsolved.

Non-bailable warrants issued against retired inspector
Chandigarh, April 3
A local court today issued non-bailable warrants against a retired UT police inspector after his repeated failure to appear in the court as a witness to an eight-year old case in which policemen were allegedly attacked.

CRIME

Man arrested for bid to molest girl
Chandigarh, April 3
The UT police have arrested a 40-year-old man for attempting to molest a 22-year-old girl. The accused has been identified as Balwant Singh, a resident of Khuda Ali Sher.

Thieves decamp with mobile phones worth Rs 5 lakh
Panchkula, April 3
Some thieves struck at the Samsung showroom 'Samsung Cafe' at Mansa Devi Complex (MDC) in Sector 5, Panchkula, and decamped with expensive mobile phones worth Rs 5 lakhs. The showroom had opened just three months back.

One held for stabbing man
Chandigarh, April 3 The UT police have arrested a person for allegedly stabbing a Ram Darbar resident.

Rs 7 lakh seized; six rounded up
Chandigarh, April 3
The static surveillance team constituted to put a check on use of liquor and cash during the Lok Sabha elections, rounded up six persons and recovered over Rs 7 lakh in separate incidents.

SPORTS

Inter-Unit Hockey Championship
BPCL corner glory
Chandigarh, April 3
In the opening match of the 32nd Petroleum Sports Promotion Board’s (PSPB) Inter-Unit Hockey Championship, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) defeated GAIL 2-1 at the hockey stadium of Mohali, today.

Players in action during the 32nd Petroleum Sports Promotion Board’s Inter-Unit Hockey Championship at the hockey stadium in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Surinder is coach of junior badminton team
Chandigarh, April 3
Renowned badminton coach Surinder Mahajan has been appointed as the coach of the junior Indian badminton team.