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sunday robbery at Rajat Jewellers in Mansa Devi Complex
Tanishq heist mastermind a suspect
Panchkula, July 15
The police investigations into the Sunday heist at Rajat Jewellers in the Mansa Devi Complex have strongly indicated towards the involvement of a notorious criminal, Paras Soni, the prime accused in the January 2011 robbery at a Tanishq showroom in Mani Majra.

Panchkula’s porous border allows easy escape routes to criminals
Panchkula, July 15
Despite being aware of the porous border of Panchkula, which helps gangsters escape easily after committing crimes, the police have failed to beef up security at vulnerable spots. Criminals find it easy to flee to neighbouring states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, and interior parts of Haryana.

Policemen were just 75 metres away
Panchkula, July 15
The lack of alertness of the Panchkula police can be gauged from the fact that a police naka was just 75 metres away from the jewellery showroom that was targeted by the robbers. Nearly 10 persons were chasing the robbers’ car and throwing stones at it, but all this failed to catch the eye of the police present there.

The naka opposite the jewellery showroom in the MDC wears a deserted look as policemen rest inside the tent. A Tribune photograph

bribery case
Warder turns jail inmate
Chandigarh, July 15
A CBI court today remanded the head warder of Model Jail, Burail, to judicial custody for 14 days. He was arrested yesterday in a bribe case. Sarwan Sharma, the warder, will now spend time with the same jail inmates whom he once commanded.

Habitual cycle thief gets 3 years in jail
Chandigarh, July 15
Setting a deterrent for repeat offenders, a local court today sentenced a habitual cycle thief to three-year imprisonment. The accused has been arrested six times in the past for various thefts in the city and has been convicted too.

8-year-old girl raped; boy arrested
Panchkula, July 15
An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 14-year-old boy on the pretext of offering "prashad" behind the Patiala mandir at the Mansa Devi shrine complex last evening. The girl has been admitted to the General Hospital, Sector 6, here. Her condition is stated to be critical. The youth has been taken into custody by the police.

COMMUNITY

GMCH starts angiography
Chandigarh, July 15
The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, has started the facility of coronary angiography. The move will help bring down the patient load at the PGIMER and help patients save on the cost of test.

cheating case
NRI accuses Mohali police of inaction
Mohali, July 15
A former Brigadier in the Indian Army, who is settled in Canada now, has accused the Mohali police of inaction in a cheating case involving his property worth crores. The NRI has demanded that the case be given to the CBI.

SSP issues directives
Zirakpur, July 15 Taking a serious note of the rising crime graph in Dera Bassi and Zirakpur, the district police chief today asked his subordinates to crack all unsolved crimes. 

Violations galore at paid parking lots
Chandigarh, July 15
Despite the Municipal Corporation’s (MC) claim of tightening noose around the paid parking contractors hardly any norm seems to be implemented by the contractors. Absence of parking attendants to ensure systematic parking, issuing parking tickets manually instead of e-ticketing machines and CCTV cameras installed at the entry point can be found missing from the parking lots.

Attendants without the uniform at a parking lot in Sector 17, Chandigarh.

Pilot project: Water pipelines in Sectors 16, 35, 19 to be cleaned
Chandigarh, July 15
Following requent complaints of muddy water in different sectors, the Municipal Corporation (MC) has decided to clean water pipelines in Sector 16, 35 and 19 to ensure that residents don’t get muddy water in their taps. The issue muddy water in taps was discussed at the meeting of the Water Supply and Sewerage Disposal Committee.

High on demand, PG owners charging hefty rent with little facilities
Chandigarh, July 15
Due to limited hostel facilities in the undergraduate private and government colleges in the city, students have no other option but to look for paying guest (PG) accommodations that charge hefty rent with little facilities. During a visit to sectors which are near prominent colleges, including Sectors 15, 22 and 38, the room sharing of two costs around Rs 3,500 to 5,500 per month depending on the facilities provided in the room
Students at a paying guest accommodation in Sector 11, Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: S Chandan

Insects found in food served on Shatabdi Express
Chandigarh, July 15
High drama was witnessed in Coach No. 3 of evening Shatabdi plying from New Delhi to Chandigarh when insects were found in the food served to one of the passengers. An insect was found in the food of Ganga Parsad, one of the passengers, aboard the train. He raised an alarm and lodged a complaint against the authorities. Soon other passengers too found insects in their food and protested inside the coach.

An insect found in the food of a passenger aboard the Shatabdi train on Tuesday. Tribune photo

anti-encroachment drive
105 violators challaned
Chandigarh, July 15
The enforcement wing of the Municipal Corporation (MC) today carried out an anti-encroachment drive and issued 105 challans to violators.

Mobile van service for cheaper onion, potatoes in new areas
Chandigarh, July 15
The mobile van service for selling onions and potatoes at reasonable prices, which was started by the UT Administration last week, will be available in newer areas on Wednesday.

Over150 attend talk on latest treatment option for prostate 
Chandigarh, July 15
Over 150 members of the Himachal Pradesh Pensioners’ Association attended a health talk on ‘Latest treatment option for prostate’.

Graveyard facility to come up at Balongi 
Mohali, July 15
Chairman of the Punjab Minorities Commission Munawar Masih today said the graveyard facility would be provided to the Christian and Muslim communities on two acres in Balongi village near here.

EDUCATION

panjab university student elections 
election PANEL
ABVP gives girls the cold shoulder?
Chandigarh, July 15
Even as the strength of girls on the Panjab University campus is around 70 per cent, they have no representation in the ABVP Panjab University election panel. It seems the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) — the student party of the BJP — did not follow their Prime Minister Narinder Modi’s policy of giving due representation to girls while selecting their election panel today.

ABVP members in a jubilant mood after the party declared Sukhjot Singh Sidhu (held aloft by students), for the post of president for the student elections at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan

SOPU announces its state president with ‘dark past’
Chandigarh, July 15
It seems the Student Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU), has ‘ignored’ the notorious background of Lawrence Bishnoi — currently in Ropar jail following a complaint of a clash — as the party announced him as their state president for the Panjab University elections.

SOPU and ABVP supporters raise slogans in front of each other as the police try to control the situation at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan

GMCH-32 mbbs seats
Health Ministry nod to increase in seats
Chandigarh, July 15
The Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare today announced that the number of seats in the MBBS course at the GMCH-32 will be increased from 50 to 100. The ministry uploaded the information on its website.

Interview for PU Registrar concludes
Chandigarh, July 15
The interview for the post of Registrar, Panjab University, concluded today. On the other hand, rumours of the selected candidate were rife on the campus.

Admissions under way at Government College in Mohali
Mohali, July 15
Admissions to various courses at the Government College here are being carried out on a first-come-first-served basis. Students are being admitted to BCom classes only on the basis of merit.

Representatives from tricity schools pose with their trophies during a workshop on sustainable environment at The Millennium School, Mohali, on Tuesday. A Tribune Photograph

ICCW holds meeting
Chandigarh, July 15
The Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW), general body meeting today held a discussion on the two-year-old budget report as the authorities were not ready with the latest financial report.

Five students to get scholarship
Mohali, July 15 Five students — who scored more than 90 per cent marks in Class X and XII –- will get 100 per cent scholarship under the Dr Kiran Bedi Scholarship Scheme. Similarly, the fees of 20 students with more than 75 per cent marks will also be waived off under the scheme.

Students of Shemrock School celebrate Ice Cream Day on the campus in Mohali on Tuesday. A Tribune Photograph

from schools
Class XI admission: 2nd round of counselling today
Chandigarh, July 15
The UT Education Department will conduct its second round of counselling — to fill vacant seats of Class XI in government schools across the city — on Wednesday.

pu & college notes
BSc (bio-technology) honours Ist year result out
Panjab University (PU), has declared the result for BSc (bio-technology) honours Ist year and Shashtri Part-III examinations. Out of 291 students, who appeared for the BSc (bio-technology) honours Ist year examination, as many as 146 students have passed the exam. 

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Chhat Bir Zoo
Asiatic lioness gives birth to 4 cubs
Chhat Bir, July 15
With a lioness giving birth to a litter of four cubs here over a fortnight ago, once again, roars of Asiatic lions will fill the air in Chhat Bir zoo.

Office-bearers elected
Dera Bassi, July 15
Former MC of Dera Bassi Vipin Thaman was unanimously elected president of the NN Mohan DAV Senior Secondary School Committee, Dera Bassi, in a meeting of committee members held here today.

COURTS

Court raps CBI for reporting late without intimation
Chandigarh, July 15
A CBI court today pulled up the investigating agency for delay in bringing three accused to the court today. The court asked the investigating officer why he didn’t inform the public prosecutor and kept the court waiting. The accused were produced at 5.15 pm.

Case against DSP Bains transferred to ADSJ court
Mohali, July 15
The corruption case against the dismissed Punjab DSP Gurbans Singh Bains has been transferred from the CJM’s court to the court of Mohali Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) today.

rape case
Charges framed against former Panchkula DHO
Chandigarh, July 15
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Anshu Shukla, today framed charges of rape against former Panchkula District Health Officer Dr Lalit Vermani in the case of rape of a woman at Hotel Shivalik View in May this year. The trial will now begin in the court on the next date of hearing on July 23.

CRIME

Three more accused in Gurjant murder case held
Mohali, July 15
The police have arrested three more accused in the SAD activist Gurjant Singh murder case here today. Those arrested are Kamal Deep Singh, alias Kamal, Daljit Singh, alias Dali, and Gagandeep, alias Lada, all residents of Dharamgarh village. They would be produced in a court tomorrow.

The accused in police custody in Mohali on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

PSEB employee suspended for embezzling funds
Mohali, July 15
The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) authorities suspended a senior assistant on the charge of embezzlement of funds running into several lakhs.

SPORTS

AIMING HIGH: Sachin Chaudhary, an International handball player, attempts a shot during a practice match at a coaching centre in Sector 8, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. The exhibition match was played between senior handball players and young trainees of the centre. The senior group registered a marginal 25-22 victory over juniors. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

City to host baseball nationals in Oct
Chandigarh, July 15
The UT Education Department has got approval from the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) to host the National School Games for baseball in Chandigarh in October this year. The department failed to host the National School Games for cricket in November 2013 and January 2014.

Sarvhitkari Blue pip Red in cricket
Chandigarh, July 15
The Blue team of Sarvhitkari School, Sector 40, defeated the red team of the school, during the first match of the 1st Sarvhitkari Cricket Cup for Boys (U-12) held at the cricket grounds of the school here. The Blue team registered a six-wicket win over their rivals. After electing to bat first, Sarvhitkari Red posted 105 runs in the allotted slot of 25 overs.

golf tour
City’s Saaniya to play in 9th leg
Chandigarh, July 15
Saaniya Sharma of Chandigarh will vie for top honours among the top 10 professional and 4 amateur golfers during the ninth leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour 2014 to be held at Eagleton Golf Resort in Bengaluru from tomorrow.

HIV/aids
Volleyball matches to spread awareness 
Chandigarh, July 15
The Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society in order to rightly implement the Targetted intervention Project for truck drivers in Chandigarh, along with the NGO Transport Corporation of India Foundation (TCIF), is organising volleyball matches to spread awareness of HIV/AIDS/STI.