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Yograj, 4 others held for clash
Panchkula, August 25
Yograj Singh, a former cricketer-turned-actor, was arrested along with his friend Bhupinder Singh for alleged trespass and criminal intimidation during a clash with a former Deputy Superintendent of Police
(DSP) of the Chandigarh police and his two sons in Sector 2 late last night.
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| Former cricketer Yograj Singh (right) and Bhupinder being produced in a court in Panchkula on Monday. Tribune Photos: Nitin Mittal |
Sumit (left), Sunil and their father Ashanand (encircled), a former DSP with the Chandigarh Police, being produced in a court in Panchkula on Monday. |
Major relief for building owners
Chandigarh, August 25
Providing a major relief to building owners in the city, the UT Administration has proposed to reduce the penalty for misuse of buildings and violation of building bylaws from Rs 500 per sq yard per month to Rs 210 per sq yard per month.
Lease rent row
UT Administration seals 5 bank accounts of Golf Club
Chandigarh, August 25
A day ahead of the expiry of the 15-day notice period to the Chandigarh Golf Club (CGC) to pay 50 per cent of the outstanding lease rent, the UT Administration today sealed five bank accounts of the club.
Jasvir Kaur, the victim |
Girl student dies in road mishap
Mohali, August 25
After the tragic death of three students of the Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran, in a car-bus accident late on Friday night, an 18-year-old girl student of the same college lost her life today in another road accident on the Banur-Landran highway near Tangori village here.
intersection where mishap claimed five lives
UT Admn fails to learn lessons
Chandigarh, August 25
The fatal accident that snuffed out five precious lives was waiting to happen.
Mast headlights at the Sector 45/46/49/50 intersection are missing or broken. The MC has even failed to replace the boken pole of one of the mast headlights near the spot where the fatal accident took place; and (right) an employee of the horticulture wing cuts wild growth near the intersection. Tribune photos: Vicky Gharu
UT police to conduct detailed study of spot
Chandigarh, August 25
Two days after the gruesome accident at the Sector 45/46/49/50 intersection between a Volvo bus and a Swift car which claimed five lives, the UT police is conducting a comprehensive study of the accident spot and contemplating 24-hour night patrolling at the traffic intersection.
Up in arms:
Lecturers of Haryana gherao Shiksha Sadan in Sector 5, Panchkula, on Monday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal |
City police get new DIG
Chandigarh, August 25
A 2000-batch IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre, AS Cheema, joined the UT police as the Deputy Inspector General of Police.
Finance Secretary asks DC to consider revising collector rates
Chandigarh, August 25
After the demand raised by various associations of traders, industrialists and property dealers, the UT Finance Secretary has asked the UT Deputy Commissioner (DC) to study the present collector rates with that of Panchkula and Mohali and consider reduction in collector rates.
40% Indian tourists in Mauritius are from North India, says MTPA
 Chandigarh, August 25
The Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority today kicked off a “roadshow” in Chandigarh to collaborate with over 100 trade-industry stakeholders here.
(From left) Vijaye Haulder, deputy director, Vivek Anand, country manager, Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority, and Vineet Gupte, South Asia head, Air Mauritius, launch a promotional programme in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Int’l Academic Alliance Programme
Gharuan varsity, Canadian institutions join hands
Mohali, August 25
Royal Roads University, Victoria, British Columbia, King’s University, Edmonton, and Camosun College, Victoria, BC, have joined hands with Chandigarh University (CU),
Gharuan, under the International Academic Alliance Programme.
Divine strokes:
An artist gives the final touches to an idol ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
Poll official reviews arrangements
Panchkula, August 25
Shrikant Walgad, Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana, reviewed arrangements made by the District Administration for the coming Haryana Vidhan Sabha elections.
BUSINESS NEWS
Convenience store opens outlets
Twenty Four Seven Convenience Store, a retail chain that is popular for its round-the-clock service to customers, is all set to augment its presence in the Chandigarh region. The convenience store has launched four different stores at IOCL fuel stations in Chandigarh. These will be at the Indian Oil fuel stations in Sector 7, Sector 21, Sector 33 and Sector 34 in Chandigarh.
Six days on, cops clueless in Phase VI robbery case
Mohali, August 25
Even after six days of a robbery incident that took place in Phase VI, the Mohali police are still groping in the dark.
Mohali Municipal Corporation elections
Delimitation Board formed
 Mohali, August 25
The government has issued a notification constituting the Delimitation Board for the Mohali Municipal Corporation (MC) elections with the Director, Local Government, Punjab, being appointed as its chairman.
The MC Bhawan in Mohali. A file photo
Now, a website to evaluate performance of MLAs, MPs
 Chandigarh, August 25
Assessing legislators and parliamentarians would now be a click away. A website,
www.boljuntabol.com, also accessible as www.bjb.co.in, has been launched in the city here today. Soon, a mobile application would also be launched.
Sanjeev Ohri (left) and Alankar Nagi during the launch of the website in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Panel suspects industrial effluents, sewage polluting Patiala Ki Rao
 Mohali, August 25
Are effluents of the Industrial Area, Phase VIII, and sewerage water flowing in the seasonal rivulet ‘Patiala Ki Rao’ thereby polluting it, suspected a special committee constituted following the directions of the National Green Tribunal, New Delhi, during its first visit to the ‘unauthorised’ dumping yard in Sector 74 here recently.
The president of Mohali Industries and Commerce Association, Nikhil Saraf, shows the storm water pipeline allegedly carrying industrial waste and sewage in Sector 74,
Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu
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Panjab University Student Council Elections
Parties woo protesting interns with snacks
 Chandigarh, August 25
To woo the voters of dental college — who are staging a protest at Panjab University — a few student parties served them refreshments at the site of the dharna today.
A party activist offers eatables to a protester at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Monday. A tribune Photo
NSUI, PUSU raise voice for students
 Chandigarh, August 25
Activists of the National Students Union of India (NSUI), and the Panjab University Students Union (PUSU), today staged a protest at the UIET Department regarding the non-fulfillment of the long-pending demands of students.
PUSU activists stage a protest in front of the UIET Department at Panjab University on Monday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan
Tiff between principal, Class IV staff
Chandigarh, August 25
High drama was witnessed at Government Model High School, Sector 42, today when members of the UT Cadre Educational Employee Union arrived at the school regarding alleged misbehaviour with a Class IV employee on Sunday.
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Students during the BCom admissions at the Law Auditorium in Panjab University. Tribune Photo: S Chandan |
HPSA violates pre-election code, takes out scooter rally on campus
Chandigarh, August 25
To escape the prying eyes of the Panjab University authorities to check the holding of car rallies on the campus, the Himachal Pradesh Student Association (HPSA), today organised a scooter rally at the varsity.
Leaders eye smaller players to strengthen base for poll
Chandigarh, August 25
For the forthcoming Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) elections, the major student parties are finalising their alliance partners and sharing of posts in the council.
Students violate rules with impunity at PU
Chandigarh, August 25
It seems the student parties at Panjab University are not true to their word when it comes to campaigning for the student council elections.
A day after seven student parties sought that the campus be made a vehicle-free zone till the elections, vehicles bearing party stickers could be seen parked on the Panjab University campus in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune Photos: S Chandan.
BEauty
quotient: Models walk the ramp during the Mrs North India-2014 contest organised in Sector 10, Panchkula, on Monday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal |
Blood donation camp
Chandigarh, august 25
A blood donation camp was held at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8. President of the DAV College Managing Committee, Punam
Suri, took the initiative. It was held under the supervision of Dr Manish Rai, director, Blood Bank Society Resource
Centre, Sector 37. — TNS
from schools
Vanamahotsava
Vanamahotsava was celebrated by the students of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 56, in collaboration with the Chandigarh Social Welfare Board to spread awareness among the students and society.
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A 24-year-old cancer patient died at the PGI today after he allegedly jumped from the fifth floor of the New OPD building.
Chandigarh, August 25
