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Bal Niketan Shame
Finally, supervisor in police net
Chandigarh, April 23
After eluding the police for two days, Bal Niektan supervisor Manish Arora, accused of sexually harassing inmates of the home, finally landed in the police net today. Arora was arrested after he returned from leave at Bal Niketan and was taken to the Sector 11 police station. The police questioned him and recorded his statements. He will be produced in court tomorrow.

Bal Niketan supervisor Manish Arora being taken to the GMSH, Sector 16, for a medical examination on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

All 13 complainants shifted to Snehalaya for security reasons
Chandigarh, April 23
The UT Social Welfare Department today shifted all 13 complainants in the Sector 15 Bal Niketan sexual harassment case to Snehalaya for security reasons after directions from the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR).

Exaggerated claims
Tribunal comes down heavily on accident victim
Chandigarh, April 23
In a rare case showcasing "exaggerated claims" and raising of false medical bills by an accident victim, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has come down heavily on the claimant by passing a scathing judgment.

Panchkula CJM does a reality check of Morni
Panchkula, April 23
Three days after the death of a 26-year-old youth in Morni, a surprise inspection by Panchkula Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM)-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Hemraj Mittal of the area today exposed the pathetic condition of roads and poor mobile connectivity. He had gone to visit the legal aid clinic there and was accompanied by paralegal volunteers.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Hemraj Mittal with paralegal volunteers during an inspection at Morni on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

Building Violations in City
DC orders FIR against Estate Office staff
Chandigarh, April 23
UT Deputy Commissioner-cum-Estate Officer has ordered the registration of an FIR against officials of the building branch of the UT Estate Office in connection with major building violations in certain properties in the city.

COMMUNITY

RLA to increase limit of tokens
Chandigarh, April 23
With a large number of visitors arriving at the Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA) office in Sector 17, the authorities have decided to increase the limit of tokens from the present 200 to cater to more number of visitors. These visitors stand in long queues for registration of vehicles, renewal of RC, duplicate RC, HSRP number plates and other services.

Cops, accident victim injured as PCR van overturns
Chandigarh, April 23
A police control room (PCR) vehicle returning from an accident spot turned turtle at the road dividing Sectors 16 and17 dividing near the traffic intersection this morning. Three Chandigarh police personnel were injured in the accident. The PCR vehicle was ferrying an accident victim to the PGI when the mishap occurred.

MC serves show-cause notice on Railways
Chandigarh, April 23
The Municipal Corporation (MC), Chandigarh, has served a show-cause notice to the Railways for failing to pay service charges of Rs 1.16 crore.The Railways has to pay the service charges for the complex at the railway station.

Department fails to implement power sector reforms
Chandigarh, April 23
The UT Electricity Department has failed to implement power sector reforms, especially preparing the online data of consumers, power connections and entire power infrastructure of the city.

MC's new office in chaos
Panchkula, April 23
The Panchkula Municipal Corporation is finding it hard to adjust in the newly-rented building in Sector 14. Caught in the middle of congestion and officers fighting for the ‘best’ rooms in the building, the MC is now looking forward to finding another option in Sector 5.

Women visitors wait outside the new building of the MC in Sector 14, Panchkula, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Mock drill conducted
Panchkula, April 23
A mock drill was conducted by the District Administration at the Mini Secretariat, here today.

NCC, NSS volunteers to assist voters on polling day
Mohali, April 23
NCC and NSS volunteers from schools and colleges will assist voters on the day of the Lok Sabha elections to be held on April 30.

It’s a fight against corruption, says AAP candidate
Mohali, April 23
Himmat Singh Shergill, AAP candidate from the Anandpur Sahib constituency, said today that his party was fighting against corruption. He sought answers from the Congress and SAD candidates to various scams that took place under the governments led by the two parties.

DLSA rescues three mentally challenged persons of a family
Mohali, April 23
A joint team of the Mohali police and paralegal volunteers of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Mohali, came to the rescue of a family of three persons, who are said to be mentally unstable, by shifting them to a hospital for treatment.

BUSINESS NEWS
Royale Range of burgers
McDonald's has introduced an all-new ‘Royale Range’ of burgers in the Indian market. The new premium burgers, McPaneer Royale and Grilled Chicken Royale, are high on taste and big in size. Royale Range is made with quality ingredients like premium salad mix, jalapeno slivers; exotic herbs, tomato roundels and juicy paneer/grilled chicken patty along with chicken slices sandwiched in fresh corn meal dusted buns. The new range is available across all McDonald's restaurant in the North and East India.

GLITZ AND GLAMOUR: Models showcase Anil Talwar's signature collection jewellery during a fashion show in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

EDUCATION

UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES
PU gives nod to semester system
Chandigarh, April 23
In a good news for students, Panjab University has decided to adopt semester system for the under-graduate (UG) classes from the next academic session. The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Arun Kumar.

MCM DAV College Governing Body
Teachers’ body serves notices on PU VC, college principal
Chandigarh, April 23
Four teachers of MCM DAV College for Women, including the president and secretary of the Teachers Union, today served a legal notice on Panjab University Vice-Chancellor Arun Kumar Grover for violating the university regulations regarding the constitution of the college governing body.

School, a distant dream for 3,221 kids in the city
Chandigarh, April 23
Even as Chandigarh is known as an educational hub, more than 3,221 children in the age-group of 7-14 years have never attended school or are dropouts. These shocking statistics were revealed through a survey carried out by the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). The survey was carried out to enrol such students under the ‘Access and retention of out-of-schoolchildren through special training scheme.’

A large number of children from economically weaker sections have never attended school in the city. A Tribune Photograph

Do vote, students urge people
Mohali, April 23
More than 200 students of The Millennium School concluded their awareness campaign for voters, ‘Baad Mein Mat Bolna’ today. The students took out rallies in various parts of the town. Raising slogans and carrying placards, banners and posters, the students appealed to the people to cast their vote.

Students of The Millennium School hold a voter awareness rally at Phase VII, Mohali, on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Vicky gharu

B.Com EXAM
ABVP submits memo to PU official
Chandigarh, April 23
The ABVP wing of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, today submitted a memorandum to Panjabi University Vice-Chancellor and Controller of Examination that the examinations of BCom cost accounting (second and final year) was not as per the university pattern.

ENGINEERING STUDENTS
PU mulls stream change in second semester
Chandigarh, April 23
On the lines of Punjab Engineering College — to allow engineering students to change their stream in the second semester — Panjab University authorities also drafted a similar proposal today. As per the proposal, students with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 9 in the first year, will be allowed to change their stream if a vacant seat is available in another department.

An official shows the model of an aeroplane during an awareness rally of the Chandigarh Air Wing NCC unit at DAV School, Sector 8, in Chandigarh on Wednesday. A Tribune Photograph

Lecture for senior citizens
Chandigarh, April 23
A series of lectures on legal problems faced by the senior citizens in their day-to-day life was organised at the Divisional Library (south), Sector 34, today.

FROM SCHOOLS
Annual day
Chandigarh: The students and teachers of Government High School, Sector 53, (Smart School), celebrated the school’s annual day today. A blood donation camp was organised in which 65 units of blood were collected. Kashish Mittal, IAS, was the chief guest. A colourful programme was presented by the students to mark the occasion. The highlight of the function was a dance performance by the tiny-tots of the primary wing.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Ghaggar river bed
Illegal quarrying goes on with impunity
Dera Bassi, April 23
Despite a ban, quarrying is going on unchecked at the Ghaggar river bed right under the nose of authorities concerned for the past couple of months. Taking the benefit of the unclear boundary of Bakarpur and Chhat villages at the Ghaggar river bed, a clan of politically well-connected persons is allegedly involved in illegal quarrying in connivance with the local police.

The Ghaggar river bed on the banks of Bakarpur and Chhat villages in Dera Bassi. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

COURTS

district bar association poll
Court allows 57 lawyers to vote
Chandigarh, April 23
Just over a month after advocates enrolled with other state bar councils were disentitled to cast their votes in the Chandigarh District Bar Association elections, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today allowed 57 lawyers to exercise their right to vote on fulfilling other requirements.

murder outside school
Three get life imprisonment
Chandigarh, April 23
The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Shalini Nagpal today sentenced three youths to life imprisonment for stabbing to death a 24-year-old man outside the Sector 19 Government School in 2011. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on each convict.

Man gets 5-yr jail for kidnapping minor
Chandigarh, April 23
A local court today sentenced a man to a five-year imprisonment after holding him guilty in a case of kidnapping a minor and causing harm to him.

CRIME

Software engineer attacked in Mohali
Mohali, April 23 A software engineer sustained serious injuries after unidentified persons attacked him at Sector 69 here this morning. The victim, Abhilash Chopra (30), a resident of Sector 69, went to drop his son at Genius Public School in the same sector when four-five persons armed with rods and sticks attacked him.

Son of cop arrested for snatching
Chandigarh, April 23 The UT police have arrested two persons, who allegedly snatched the purse from a woman lecturer. One of the two accused was identified as the son of a serving Head Constable of the Chandigarh Traffic Police.

Four persons convicted of dacoity
Panchkula, April 23
A local court today convicted four persons, including a woman, and acquitted three others of dacoity. The dacoity took place at the residence of a businessman, last year.

Thieves strike at five houses in P’kula
Panchkula, April 23 Thieves struck at five houses in two different sectors last night. While four houses fell on the same road in Sector 6, one was in Sector 7. The thieves decamped with cash and jewellery amounting to Rs 10 lakh when they struck at the residence of a businessman in Sector 7 here.

Two die in road mishaps in Zirakpur
Zirakpur, April 23
Two persons, including a woman, died in separate accidents here. In the first incident, the victim, Manju from Gazipur village near here, was walking with her husband, Pritam, when she was hit by a motorcyclist.

One killed, 3 hurt as car overturns
Panchkula, April 23
A man died and his three friends were seriously injured when the car in which they were travelling in hit a tree and overturned near Mauli village last night.

SPORTS

All is well, says Chandigarh Hockey Academy
Chandigarh, April 23
The state-run Chandigarh Hockey Academy seems to be least bothered about the recent goof-ups made by the coaches and authorities of the state-run academy. The authorities believe all is well and there is no need to initiate any action in this regard. Till date, the competent authority has not questioned anyone or given any explanation related to the series of goof-ups that were published in these columns.
Junior hockey players practise at the Hockey Stadium, Sector 18, in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Soccer camp from April 26
Chandigarh, April 23
Local branch of Baichung Bhutia Football Schools (BBFS) will organise a free football camp at the football stadium of Sector 17 from April 26 to 27, here. The workshop will be organised by the coaches of the Baichung Bhutia Football Schools.

Local swimming buffs play it cool this summer
Chandigarh, April 23
All local swimming centres are proving a boon for swimming lovers here. With summers here, all major swimming learning centres such as All-Weather Swimming Pool, Yoga Centre Swimming Pool, swimming pools of Press Club, Chandigarh Club, Chandigarh Golf Club and Lake Sports Complex are garnering a huge response.

Swimmers at the All-Weather Swimming Pool in Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.  Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

golf tournament
Angad hogs limelight on Day 1
Chandigarh, April 23
Chandigarh golfer Angad Cheema, with an eight-under 64, paved his way to the top players from the SAARC on Day 1 campaign of the Nepal Masters at The Gokarna Golf Resort, today.

Hockey player turns brand ambassador for hair restoration company
Chandigarh, April 23
Direct Hair Implantation (DHI), a hair restoration company announced Indian hockey player and Arjuna award recipient Prabhjot Singh as its brand ambassador. On the occasion, the medical director, DHI, Dr Viral Desai, highlighted how this technique helps restore the natural hair growth without any cuts, stitches or scars, unlike other techniques prevalent in the market.