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Convict flees from court, surrenders late at night
Chandigarh, May 8
In yet another incident highlighting poor policing and lax security at the UT District Courts in Sector 43, one of the convicts in the case, Sukhjit Singh Sooch, who was out on bail and whose Scorpio was used in the crime, managed to give the police and the court authorities the slip and was found missing from the court after the orders of conviction were pronounced by the Judge.
Can the court bring my son back, asks mother
Chandigarh, May 8
As the court pronounced the orders convicting the accused, none of the family members of the victim were present in the court today. "We know God is with us and are satisfied with the order. What would have I achieved by coming to the court today? Can the court bring my son back? My blood would have boiled on seeing the accused, I could not have faced the killers of my son," said Harminder's mother Harmesh Kaur, a resident of Sector 55. "I lost my husband last year as he was very tense after our son's murder. The incident shattered our family. My younger son and I are the only ones left now while we were a happy family of four two years ago. Nothing is left for me now," she said.
UT Admn goes soft on encroachers, decides against jail term for them
Chandigarh, May 8
The UT Administration and the municipal corporation have decided to go soft on encroachers in the city, especially in the markets.
Following a letter received from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to include the imprisonment clause for encroachers in their proposal, UT and MC officials today held a meeting, chaired by UT Adviser KK Sharma, which decided against a jail term for encroachers.
Encroachments are rampant at the Sector 19 market, Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
How liquor prices were ‘manipulated’ in UT
Chandigarh, May 8
Over the past seven years, the UT Excise Department “systematically” allowed liquor manufacturers an upper hand in annually increasing the ex-distillery price
(EDP) of different brands of liquor by over 45 per cent.
Stray dog menace: Even MC premises not safe
Chandigarh, May 8
The menace of stray dogs prevails on the premises of the local municipal corporation (MC) as well. The civic body is dealing with the menace in the city.
Vikram (29), who works as a driver, was attacked by stray dogs inside the MC building. He said as soon as he stepped out of car in the parking area inside the MC building last evening, a pack of stray dogs attacked him.
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| MC employees catch a stray dog in Sector 20, Chandigarh, on Thursday; and (right) Varinder Kohli, a Sector 9 resident who was bitten twice by stray dogs last month, shows his injury marks. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan |
EO teams seal two booths in Sector 41 market
Chandigarh, May 8
Teams of the UT Estate Office (EO), led by Inspector Parveen Mittal and Anil
Narad, today sealed two booths at Krishna Market in Sector 41 here.
In both the cases, the allottees had died and the properties were in illegal possession.
Sources said the EO would seal four more booths in the coming days.
An Estate Office team seals a booth at Krishna Market in
Sector 41, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
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Rape case: 3 days on, ex-DHO still at large
Chandigarh, May 8
Even three days after a woman was allegedly raped in Hotel Shivalik View, Sector 17 here, the UT police have failed to arrest the accused, a former District Health Officer (DHO).
SIT visits mishap site in Morni
Panchkula, May 8
The special investigation team (SIT) constituted to probe the mysterious death of advocate Saman Dhankar visited the accident site in Morni near here today.
Expect rain on May 11, says Met
Chandigarh, May 8
A sudden change in weather due to dust storm late in the evening today led to fall in the minimum temperature in the city. Power supply to some sectors was disrupted due to the storm.
Fire breaks out at sweets shop in P’kula
Panchkula, May 8
Goods worth lakhs of rupees were reduced to ashes in a major fire that broke out at a bakery and sweets shop at Sector 11 here last night.
The cause of the fire is reported to be an
electrical short circuit. However, the exact loss of the property could not be ascertained at the initial stage.
The sweets shop that caught fire at Sector 11 in Panchkula on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal
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PGI’s online service for organ donation gets good response
Chandigarh, May 8
Successful results have started emerging with the beginning of the online service of organ donation by the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
(PGIMER) as the number of donors has increased manifold.
Admn gears up for demolition drive in
Sec 52
Chandigarh, May 8
The district administration has chalked out an elaborate security plan to prevent any untoward incident during its demolition dive to be conducted in Sector 52 here on May 10.
Housefly menace
MLA, supporters block highway
Panchkula, May 8
The protesting Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) MLA from Kalka, Pradeep Chaudhary, along with his supporters and party workers today blocked the busy Panchkula-Yamunanagar highway for over 20 minutes putting scores of motorists to hardship.
Victim takes U-turn in shooting incident
Says the women were not present at the time of the incident
Mohali, May 8
The shooting incident at Phase VI here, in which the police arrested mother-daughter duo (Dolly Rani and Ritu) yesterday, took a new turn when the victim, Kushhal Kapoor, aka Shine, is said to have changed his previous statement made to the police. Now, the victim claimed that the women were not present at the time of the incident.
Sandeep Khurmi, the main accused, in police custody in Mohali on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
 Science exhibition on May 11
Chandigarh, May 8
Mukat Public School, Rajpura, will host a regional-level science exhibition from May 11 to 13.
The school authorities said the objective of the exhibition was to provide a common platform to schools to express and share their creative and innovative ideas.
138 units of blood collected
Chandigarh, May 8
The Indian Red Cross Society, Chandigarh branch, today celebrated World Red Cross Day. “My red cross story and my red cross crescent story” was the theme of the occasion.
 Dhanas Rehabilitation Colony
Kids turned away by govt schools?
Chandigarh, May 8
Seated in one corner of the house, Kavita is lost in thought. A resident of Dhanas Rehabilitation Colony, she had dreams of sending her son,
Nikhil, to a school this year.
nowhere to go: Residents of Dhanas Rehabilitation Colony say the apathy of
government schools has put their children’s future at stake. Tribune Photo: manoj mahajan
PU student poll: SOPU announces new panel
Chandigarh, May 8
The Student Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU), has announced its new panel for the student council elections to be held in September 2014.
The party’s founder and ex-president, Dayal Partap Singh Randhawa announced Amninder Mann of the Law Department as the president and Rupinder Sharma of the Education Department as the chairman.
Members of the new panel of the Student Organisation of Panjab University in Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: manoj mahajan
Canadian don discusses food security at Panjab University
Chandigarh, May 8
Several new food processing technologies can help in meeting challenges of food security and food safety. This was stated by Prof Vijaya
Raghavan, James McGill Professor at the McGill University, Quebec, Canada, today.
Prof Vijaya Raghavan delivers a lecture on food security at Panjab University on Thursday. Tribune photo: manoj Mahajan
World Heritage Day celebrated
Chandigarh, May 8
St John’s High School celebrated World Heritage Day by organising an inter-school contest on the campus today.
Students from 12 schools participated in the competition. In the first competition, the students depicted the folk art of an Indian state through
rangoli.
Students take part in a rangoli competition at St John’s High School on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep tewari
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Mother’s Day celebrations
Chandigarh: The tiny tots of Ajit Karam Singh International Public School-41 Smart School celebrated Mother's Day along with their mothers on the school premises today. The students of the pre-primary wing presented a show for their mothers. They sang songs, poems and danced on foot-tapping song, “Mother, mother, dear mother”.
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Students of Tribune Model School, Sector 29, take part in a programme on Thursday. A Tribune
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