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Violence on PU campus
Chandigarh, August 21
Violence was witnessed on the PU campus today ahead of the student council elections. 
Cars of NSUI leaders that were allegedly damaged by GGSU and PUSU workers on the PU campus on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Police, varsity play blame game over security
Chandigarh, August 21
The police and the Panjab University authorities have started playing the blame game over security on the campus following the violence between the GGSU and NSUI workers today.

Clear stand, Delhi HC tells UT
Chandigarh, August 21
The Delhi High Court has now asked the UT Administration whether it was willing to initiate proceedings against the Punjab Government under Article 131 of the Constitution for restraining development in Nayagaon, Kansal, by filing a suit in the Supreme Court.

Co-owners’ signatures not required, says HC
Chandigarh, August 21
In a judgment that will simplify the procedure for carrying out renovations and modification in houses by co-owners, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that building plans submitted by them cannot be disapproved only because other co-owners have not signed the same.

36-year-old safai karamchari asphyxiated in gutter
Chandigarh, August 21
A 36-year-old safai karamchari employed with the UT’s Public Health Department, Satbir Singh, died after inhaling toxic gases as he came to clean a blocked sewer line near the Lake Club today. Satbir Singh was sitting near the gutter after removing its cover when he inhaled the gas and fell into the 10-foot-deep gutter.
Firemen try to rescue the victim, Satbir, from a sewer line near the Lake Club in Chandigarh on Thursday; and (right) the victim’s mother mourns his death. Tribune photographs

COMMUNITY

Not a drop to drink: Residents of Sector 29-D are getting muddy water supply. They have alleged that despite complaints made to the Public Health Department, nothing has been done. A Tribune photograph

Back-to-back burglaries in P’kula
Panchkula, August 21
Burglars targeted two houses in Sector 6 here, including that of a former ADGP of Punjab, in the wee hours today and decamped with valuables and LEDs worth lakhs of rupees.

Admn assures industrialists of resolving their issues
Mohali, August 21 A new industrial policy has been launched by the state government wherein huge relaxations have been given for setting up new industry and a single-window system has been started for implementing the same. This was stated by DC Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu here today during a meeting of members of the Mohali Industries Association (MIA) and various government departments.

UT to raise pending issues with minister
Chandigarh, August 21
The Chandigarh Administration will be taking up pending issues with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) during tomorrow’s visit of Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, to the city. The minister is visiting the city tomorrow. Apart from interacting with UT officials, the minister will inaugurate an auditorium and a solar power plant at the Sector 42 Government College for Girls.

New technique evolved in high-risk bypass surgery 
Chandigarh, August 21
A new technique for high-risk bypass surgery in patient with high fat and calcium deposition in aorta has been evolved by city doctors. Under conventional by-pass surgeries, such patients remain at risk of brain stroke after the surgery, they said.
Dr Virendar Sarwal, director and head, CTVS, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mohali, and Dr Deepak Puri at a press conference at a local hotel in Sector 43-B in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Probe marked into death of Public Health Dept employee
Chandigarh, August 21
The UT Administration has marked probe into the death of 36-year-old Satbir Singh, employee of the UT Public Health Department, who died after inhaling poisonous gas emanating from a manhole in the Lake Sports Complex, Sector 5, today.

GMCH-32 provides aid to patient infested with maggots
Chandigarh, August 21
The unidentified, maggot-infested patient, who has been lying neglected at the GMCH-32 Emergency, finally caught attention of the staff, a day after Chandigarh Tribune highlighted the matter. Social workers and support staff provided him clothes and a drip was attached to his body to stabilise him and he could sit today. The wounds on the back of his head, however, seem to be still deep and improperly treated.

Now, community kitchen commences at GMSH-16
Chandigarh, August 21
On the footsteps of the PGI, now Government Multi Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, will also hold community kitchen service for patients’ attendants.




MP Kirron Kher (extreme left) distributes free food among attendants of patients outside the GMSH, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Fire breaks out at Sector 26 bank
Chandigarh, August 21
A fire broke out at Punjab National Bank in Sector 26, this afternoon. The Fire Department controlled the fire within15 minutes.

Youth summit tomorrow
Chandigarh, August 21
Chandigarh is all set to host India Today’s ‘Mind Rocks Youth Summit’ on August 23.

Boy’s death in mishap shatters family
Dera Bassi, August 21
Family members of Gourav, who died in an accident on his way to school yesterday, are still not able to come out of the trauma.

EDUCATION

Mohali schools reek of official apathy
Mohali, August 21
According to the report of Ministry of Human Resource and Development, every school, total 669 schools, has facility of separate toilets for boys and girls in the Mohali district.



Toilets without water at a school in Janjehri village, Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Insect found in mid-day meal 
Chandigarh, August 21
Four months after reports of poor-quality rice being served under mid-day meal scheme in government schools of the UT came to fore, an insect was spotted in the cooked rice being served to students of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 45, here, today. The food was meant to be served to 700 students of the school. After the insect was detected in the container by the school authorities, during the inspection of the meals before being served to the students, senior UT Education Department officials rushed to the spot to probe the matter. The food is being supplied by CITCO after being prepared at Shivalik View Hotel.
Health and Education Department officials inspect the food at Government School, Sector 45, Chandigarh on Thursday. A Tribune Photograph

Minister visits school for meritorious students 
Mohali, August 21
Students of the special residential school for meritorious students would be given special extra coaching so as to enable them crack competitive exams like IIT-JEE, AIPMT, Chartered Accountancy and Company Secretary besides Civil Services.
Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema interacts with students of the residential school for meritorious students at Sector 70 in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

PU elections
Parties claim credit for raising student issues
Chandigarh, August 21
Keeping in view the forthcoming Panjab University Student Council Elections, fight to take credit for raising issues concerning students among two student unions was evident today.
SOI leaders address mediapersons; and (right) members of the NSUI hold a protest at Panjab University on Thursday. Tribune Photos: Pradeep Tewari & Manoj Mahajan

Former student leader alleges firing at his house
Chandigarh, August 21 High drama was witnessed in Kishangarh when a former Panjab University student activist, Harpreet Multani, called the police and alleged that two-three persons opened fire at his house. 

PU to host book fair from August 25
Chandigarh, August 21
For the first time, Panjab University will host a five-day book fair from August 25 to August 29 at the ground in front of the library at the university.

Education Dept set to face staff shortage
Chandigarh, August 21
The UT Education Department, which is already reeling under staff crunch, is going to fall short of another 200 Junior Basic Teachers (JBTs) as they are learnt to have got selected for regular posts of JBT teacher in Haryana.

CCET staff continue hunger strike
Chandigarh, August 21
The Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET) Employees Union continued its chain hunger strike. Gurpreet Singh, Ram Bahadur and Chandarpal sat on the hunger strike for 24 hours today. Coordination Committee of Government Workers and MC Employees Union co-convenor Raj Kumar came today and passed on the baton to the next shift of agitating employees. A delegation of the CCET Employees Union met UT Advisor KK Sharma.
Members of the Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology Employees Union sit on a hunger strike on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Dhanwantary students’ protest enters Day 2
Chandigarh, August 21
Students of Shri Dhanwantary Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Sector 46, continued their protest for the second day today. The students refused to vacate the OPD and administrative block. The protesting students had bolted the premises from inside yesterday.
Students stand in front of the OPD during their protest at Shri Dhanwantary Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Sector 46, in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

3,000 take part in job fest
Mohali, August 21
About 3,000 students from across the region participated in the 20th Aryans Job Fest.

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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Kingpin of gang held
Dera Bassi, August 21
The police have arrested the kingpin of the Kala Kachha gang. The police have also recovered a country made pistol (.315 bore) and two live cartridges from him. The accused was identified as Denny, a resident of Banur. Acting on a tip off, the police laid a trap on the Zirakpur-Sanauli road and nabbed him, said Anil Kumar, SP, Dera Bassi.

COURTS

Advocates suspend work
Chandigarh, August 21
Work remained suspended in the District Courts today, a day after an advocate committed suicide at his estranged wife’s residence in Sector 22. Work was suspended after a call given by the District Bar Association (DBA).

Lok Adalat quashes water bill, tells MC officials to pay litigation cost
Mohali, August 21
The Permanent Lok Adalat (Public Utility Services), Ropar, headed by Jagroop Singh Mahal, has quashed a bill of Rs 6,635 issued to a resident of a village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil and directed the Executive Engineer and the SDO, Water Supply and Sanitation, concerned to pay her litigation cost of Rs 2,000

CRIME

Man posing as SP arrested
Mohali, August 21
The Mohali police today nabbed a man posing as Superintendent of Police (Vigilance), Chandigarh.  The accused has been identified as Rahul Kumar (47), a resident of Gurdaspur. Giving details, Sub-inspector Navin Pal Singh Lehal, SHO, Phase XI police station, said Rahul had contacted Jatinder Kumar Jain, Executive Officer (EO), Municipal Council (MC), Rajpura, and Sushil Verma, EO, MC, Bhadson, and asked them to contact him as he (Rahul) had received some complaints against them.
The accused in police custody. A Tribune photograph

Injured cyclist dies
Chandigarh, August 21
The cyclist who was left injured after being hit by a CTU bus near Matka Chowk on Wednesday succumbed to his injuries last night. Rohit Yadav was admitted to PGIR after being hit by the CTU bus. He was pillion riding on the cycle while Subhash was riding the cycle when the incident took place. Subhash had died on the spot.

Graft: CHB clerk chargesheeted
Chandigarh, August 21
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed a chargesheet against a clerk-cum-junior technician of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) arrested for graft in March.

16-year-old boy held for minor’s rape
Chandigarh, August 21
A nine-year-old girl was repeatedly raped by a 16-year-old boy at the servant quarters in a palatial house in Sector 8.

SPORTS

YPS cagers bag three titles
Mohali, August 21
Yadavindra Public School, Mohali, bagged three titles on the concluding day of Sardar Bhagwant Singh Memorial Basketball Tournament, held at Vivek High School, Mohali, here today. The teams of girls (U-14), boys (U-16) and girls (U-16) registered win in their respective finals, to claim the titles. In the boys (U-14) category, hosts Vivek High School got better of Yadavindra Public School to claim the title.
The girls (U-16) team of Yadavindra Public School with the trophy at Vivek High School, Sector 70, Mohali, on Thursday. A tribune photograph

Sports complex inaugurated 
Panchkula, August 21
Manan Vohra, Kings XI Punjab opener, inaugurated a new sports complex, at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula. Manan, a former student of the school, inaugurated the sports complex comprises of skating rink, basketball courts, cricket net practice area and pitch. 

Strawberry Fields begin campaign with win
Chandigarh, August 21
The soccer team of Strawberry Fields World School, Sector 26, defeated Little Flower Convent School, Panchkula, in the opening game of ICSE Inter-School Football Tournament, held at football grounds of St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here today.

GMHS-Mani Majra, GMHS-39 enter kabaddi final
Chandigarh, August 21
The team of Government Model High School, Mani Majra, will play against Government Model High School, Sector 39, in the final of the ongoing Inter-School National Style Kabaddi Championship for boys (U-17), on Friday.



Players in action during a kabaddi match. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan

Chandigarh Baptist defeat AKSIPS-41
Chandigarh, August 21
In the ongoing 6th St Joseph’s Cricket Trophy for boys (U-13), Chandigarh Baptist School registered a 90 run win over AKSIPS, Sector 41, here today.


A match in progress between Satluj Public School, Panchkula, and Swami Vivekanand School at St Joseph’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan