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Trader kills wife, son, ends his life
Elder son survives stab wounds; family was reportedly under heavy debt; suicide note recovered
Panchkula, August 22
Vinod Mittal, a debt-ridden shopkeeper, stabbed his wife and two sons before committing suicide by consuming poison at his rented accommodation in Sector 9 here yesterday afternoon.

UT to be country’s first solar power city: Minister
Chandigarh, August 22
Chandigarh will become the first solar power city of the country. This was stated by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijuju, who was in the city to inaugurate a 200 kW solar power plant at the PG Govt. College for Girls, Sector 42, today.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijuju (left), MP Kirron Kher and UT Adviser KK Sharma during the launch of a 200 kW solar power plant at the Post Graduate Government College for Girls in Sector 42, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Lab technician falls into lift duct at GMCH, hurt
Chandigarh, August 22
A lab technician at the GMCH, Sector 32, was injured this morning after falling two levels from the ground floor into the basement when the slide doors of a lift opened while the lift was still on one of the upper floors and he stepped into the duct.

The victim, Jagtar Singh, under treatment at the GMCH, Sector 32, in Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph

Assns rail against Shivraj Patil
Chandigarh, August 22
Industrialists, traders, villagers and residents’ welfare associations want the Centre to remove UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil immediately.

COMMUNITY

ITBP centre
Subordinate officers pass out
Chandigarh, August 22
The largest ever batch of subordinate officers passed out from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force’s (ITBP) Basic Training Centre (BTC) at Bhanu near here today. As many as 358 officers joined the ranks of the force as sub-inspectors in the general cadre on culmination of their training.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju inspects the passing out parade at the ITBP Basic Training Centre in Panchkula on Friday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal

Be approachable and responsive to residents, Rijiju tells officials
Chandigarh, August 22
The Minister of state for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, on his first official visit to the city set the priorities for the officials of the Chandigarh Administration.

Minister: Will protect democratic rights of residents
Chandigarh, August 22
Home Minister of State Kiren Rijiju today said democratic rights of city residents will be protected. While talking to mediapersons, Rijiju said being a Union Territory, issues of Chandigarh were different as compared to other states. But he assured that the Administrative set up would not come in the way of providing democratic rights to residents here.

safai karamchari’s death
Post-mortem report indicates death due to vasovagal shock
Chandigarh, August 22
A day after a 36-year-old safai karamchari employed with the UT’s Public Health Department, Satbir Singh, died while cleaning a blocked sewer line near the Lake Club, the post-mortem report indicated vasovagal shock as the cause of death.

Haryana takes to ‘WhatsApp’ to curb sales tax evasion
Panchkula, August 22
The Department of Excise and Taxation, Haryana, launched “Apna Tax Scheme” here today. Rajeev Chaudhary, Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner (ST), Panchkula, said under the scheme, people can forward an image of any invoice to the department on WhatsApp, a mobile phone application. The mobile number of the department for the service is 9501022222.

New motor market to come up at Balongi
Mohali, August 22
A new motor market for repair of vehicles will come up at Balongi near here. District Planning Committee chairperson Amanjot Kaur Ramoowalia said this during a meeting of members of the Beopar Mandal with officials at the office of the Municipal Corporation here today. She said the GMADA had allotted land for the market and work on it would start soon. She said small motor markets in various parts of the town would be shifted to the new location.

PSEB staff hold rally to press demands
Mohali, August 22 The Punjab School Education Board Karamchari Association held a rally at the office of the board here today. MP Prem Singh Chandumajra received a memorandum of demands from the protesters and assured them that he would take these up with the Deputy Chief Minister and the board authorities.

FOSWAC meets minister, raise their demands
Chandigarh, August 22
A delegation of the Federation of Sectors Welfare Association Chandigarh (FOSWAC) today met Kiren Rijiu, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs to put forward their demands.

Corporate social responsibility initiatives
Industry should join hands with Army, says Lt General
Chandigarh, August 22
Lt Gen KJ Singh, AVSM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GoC-in-C), Western Command, Chandimandir, today called upon the industry tojoin hands with the Indian Army in its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives mandated by the new Companies Act 2013. The act makes its mandatory for large-scale companies of various categories to spend at least 2 per cent of their profits for CSR activities.

Lt Gen KJ Singh, GoC-in-C, Western Command, Chandimandir, addresses a gathering at the CII Headquarters. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahjajan

Abandoned persons continue to suffer at hospitals in city
Chandigarh, August 22
The recent case of the unidentified maggot-infested person lying at GMCH, Sector 32 Emergency, has once again exposed the apathy of the UT Administration in ensuring a centralised care service for such persons in the city.

Action against 3 officers sought
Mohali, August 22
The Punjab School Education Board authorities have written to the state government to take departmental action against three officers of the Education Department in connection with the alleged tampering with of answer sheets of the Class XII examinations held last year.

BUSINESS NEWS
First 3M Car Care Store opened
3M Car Care, a unit of the Automotive After Markets Division of 3M, launched its first store in Chandigarh here on Friday, marking its maiden entry into the market. This is the 39th 3M Car Care store in the country. The store was inaugurated by celebrated athlete Milkha Singh, who congratulated the car care unit team for the launch and said: “The facility will prove beneficial for residents of Chandigarh.”

Flying Sikh Milkha Singh inaugurates the 3M Car Care store at the Industrial Area in Phase 1, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo:Manoj Mahajan

EDUCATION

Only five student parties attend VC’s meeting
Chandigarh, August 22
Representatives of only five student parties turned up for the meeting called by Panjab University’s Vice-Chancellor here today. Taking a serious note of the spate of violence on the campus, the VC, Prof Arun Kumar Grover, had called all 17 student parties for a meeting. Most parties, however, failed to attend it.

Panjab University security staff and police personnel check vehicles and seize lathis at Gate No. 1 on Friday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Special campaign’s meaning, aim lost in ABVP workers’ din
Chandigarh, August 22
The “violence-free campus” campaign launched by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) took a violent turn when party workers tried to forcefully enter the Panjab University Vice-Chancellor’s office here today.

ABVP workers try to breach security outside the VC’s office in an attempt to submit a memorandum regarding their “violence-free campus” campaign on Friday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

PU ELECTIONS
Admn’s approval expected soon
Chandigarh, August 22
The UT Administration is all set to give Panjab University the green signal to hold the students’ council elections on September 5. Highly placed officials in the administration said a report had been sought from the police on the issue and by the next week the approval would be sent to the varsity.

Violence on campus
2 PUSU leaders held
Chandigarh, August 22
A day after violence on the Panjab University campus, the police arrested two Panjab University Students’ Union (PUSU) leaders before releasing them on regular bail here today.

hunger strike
NSUI leader hospitalised
Chandigarh, August 22
NSUI chief patron Simranjeet Gill, a student of Punjabi department who has been sitting on hunger strike for past three days, was rushed to the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, after her condition deteriorated late this evening.

Striking guest teachers violate Section 144
Panchkula, August 22
Striking guest teachers blocked the road in front of the Shiksha Sadan violating Section 144 of the CrPC imposed in a part of Sector 5 here today.

From Schools

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Hospital launches ‘Care for Grain’ scheme for poor farmers
Banur, August 22
Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital here has launched a scheme, ‘Care for Grain’, to enable poor farmers “to pay in food grains in lieu of treatment” they undergo at the hospital.

Salary not paid, HMT staff hold protest
Kalka, August 22
To lodge their resentment against the HMT management for the non-payment of their salaries for the past 11 months, members of the HMT Karmik Sangh, headed by its president Diwan Chand, held a road show here today. It began from the HMT main gate and culminated at the Administrative Block.

CRIME

Snatching, theft cases
On tip-off, cops arrest two accused
Chandigarh, August 22
The crime branch of the UT police today arrested two persons, including a juvenile for their involvement in snatching cases in the city. As many as seven gold chains as well as one stolen motorcycle have been recovered from the possession of the accused. The police arrested Pankaj and a juvenile for their involvement.

The accused being taken to court by the police in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Youth’s body found hanging from tree
Chandigarh, August 22
A 24-year-old was found hanging from a tree in the forest area near Mauli Jagran. The victim had hung himself with his trousers.

SPORTS

football tourney
St Xavier’s pip Strawberry Fields
Chandigarh, August 22
The soccer team of host St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, will face St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, Chandigarh, in the final of the ICSE Inter-School Football Tournament on Saturday here. In the first semi-final played today, St Xavier’s School, Sector 44 defeated Strawberry Fields World School, Sector 26 (4-3), via a tie-breaker. Earlier, in the stipulated time of 70 minutes, both teams played a 1-1 draw.

Players in action during a match of the ICSE Inter-School Football Tournament at Sector 45 in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune Photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Football meet from today
Chandigarh, August 22
The Air Force station, 3BRD, will host the Air force Football Championship on its football grounds from August 23 to 30, here.

kabaddi
GMHS-Mani Majra claim title
Chandigarh, August 22
The kabaddi team of Government Model High School, Mani Majra, defeated Government Model High School, Sector 39, to win the final of the boys’ (U-17) inter-school kabaddi championship (national style), held, here, today.

basketball tourney
GNPS-36 rout Vivek school
Chandigarh, August 22
Guru Nanak Public School (GNPS), Sector 36, outclassed Vivek High School, Mohali, in the opening game under the girls’ category, of the 1st Independent School Association’s Basketball Tournament here today.

Cricket: Atul Jaswal guides Saupin’s School to victory
Chandigarh, August 22
Saupin’s School, Sector 32, defeated St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, during an encounter at the ongoing 6th St Joseph’s (under-13) Cricket Tournament here today.