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16-yr-old dies in mishap
Chandigarh, September 18
A 16-year old girl died while her mother was injured after an unidentified vehicle hit their scooter last night at the railway light point.


The scooter that was hit by a vehicle at the railway light point. A Tribune photograph

Winter uniform: Education Dept eases norms for bidders
Chandigarh, September 18
In order to facilitate bidders applying for the school winter uniform, the Education Department has removed the clause of laboratory testing of samples before applying for the tenders.

Three arrested for guest house owner’s murder
Chandigarh, September 18
Two days after Makhan Singh, a 40-year-old guest house owner, was murdered in Khuda Alisher, the police claim to have solved the case with the arrest of three accused. The accused, Jarmal Singh, alias Jamma (22), Kuldeep Singh, alias Kaga (23) and Jatinder Singh (24), all residents of Khuda Alisher, were arrested at a nakka near the Sector 11/12/14/15 roundabout.


The accused in police custody in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Rs 10 lakh looted from employee of private company
Chandigarh, September 18
Four motorcycle-borne miscreants looted a bag containing Rs 10 lakh from an employee of a private company in Sector 52 late this evening.

Now, UT to ink three-year lease pacts with clubs
Chandigarh, September 18
After a controversy over the renewal of lease of various clubs in the city, the UT Administration has now decided to sign short-term lease pacts of three years with the clubs. At present, the matter related to the renewal of the lease of the Chandigarh Golf Club is pending before the court.

UT wants area near rivulets notified as eco-sensitive zone
Chandigarh, September 18
To prevent unregulated construction activity alongside the two seasonal rivulets, Patiala Ki Rao and Sukhna choe, the UT has recommended to the Centre to notify 30-metre area on both sides the rivulets as eco-sensitive zone.

Two-day-old girl found abandoned
Mohali, September 18
A two-day-old baby girl was saved by a good Samaritan, who took her to the Civil Hospital at Kurali after finding her abandoned in bushes near a dhaba at Channalo village near Kurali this morning.

COMMUNITY

Sohana residents decry Mohali MC apathy
Mohali, September 18
Residents of Sohana are up in arms against the Mohali Municipal Corporation (MC) as ‘no development work’ has been carried out in their village ever since it came under the MC limits in January this year.


Pond water has entered the Government Senior Secondary School for Girls at Sohana village in Mohali. Tribune photos: Vicky Gharu

Anxious moments for excise officials
Chandigarh, September 18
Directives issued by the UT finance Secretary to the UT Taxation Department to examine the issue of illegal charging of value added tax and service tax on the entire bill amount by hotels and restaurants is giving anxious moments to officials.

CTU officials found drinking in depot, suspended
Chandigarh, September 18
In surprise checks conducted at the CTU depot in the Industrial Area by officiating Director (transport), SK Setia, and Additional Transport Secretary Rajiv Tewari, six persons were placed under suspension.


One of the CTU officials (left), who was caught drinking on duty at the Sector 43 ISBT on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

Haryana Assembly elections
Canvassing gains pace in P’kula dist
Panchkula, September 18
The electioneering in the district has gained momentum with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) fielding their candidates for ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections.

healthy environs: ESI officials plant saplings during a drive at the ESI hospital in the Industrial Area, Phase VII, Mohali, on Thursday. At least 800 saplings were planted during the drive to provide clean and pollution-free environment to the patients. A Tribune photograph

Special trains for festival season
Chandigarh, September 18
To cater to the extra rush of passengers during the festival season, the Northern Railway has decided to run weekly special trains.

Kalka seat
Local leaders peeved as BJP ‘mulls’ fielding former cricketer
Panchkula, September 18
Resentment prevails among the local BJP leaders as the party mulls to field former cricketer Chetan Sharma from the Kalka Assembly constituency.

encroachments
200 violators in city markets challaned
Chandigarh, September 18
In a special anti-encroachment drive conducted by the enforcement wing of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, encroachments from various city markets were removed today and 200 violators challaned.

Inflated water bills
Members of housing societies meet MC staff
Chandigarh, September 18
A delegation of the Housing Societies Residents Welfare Federation (HSRWF), Chandigarh, today met municipal officials over the issue of inflated water bills served to residents of the housing societies due to the failure on the part of societies from Sectors 48 to 51 to take completion certificate from the Estate Office.

Region’s development
Ministry to convene meeting
Chandigarh, September 18
The Union Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has called a joint meeting of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh over the regional planning and unplanned development in the UT’s periphery. The meeting will be held in New Delhi on September 19.

Relief sent to flood victims
Chandigarh, September 18
The Chandigarh Beopar Mandal sent 500 blankets and 15 quintal of rice to flood-torn Jammu and Kashmir.

Thailand Trade Show gets good response
Chandigarh, September 18
Be it kitchenware, decorative items, or fashion accessories, you name it and it’s there, at the ongoing Thailand Trade Show. The interesting part about the show is that 90 per cent of the exhibitors from Thailand are women. Women thronged the venue making the show a great success.

Musical play enthrals audience
Chandigarh, September 18
The tale of “Oliver Twist”, which has been one of the greatest hard-knock lives in literature, was brought alive by students of Yadavindra Public School, Mohali. They staged “Oliver Twist”, a musical play, at Tagore Theatre here today. The play was enacted by 75 students, complemented by a melodious choir.

Students of Yadavindra Public School stage a play at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

AAP MP supports ETT teachers’ stir
Mohali, September 18
“To assess the performance of all Members of Parliament (MPs), their report card should be prepared after every three months and made public,” said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann here today.

BUSINESS NEWS
Campaign promotes investments
Kotak Securities has launched StartNow, a campaign that advises retail investors to now start informed investing. The campaign highlights research-backed insights and use of smart technology.

EDUCATION

PU plans to introduce MSc in nanoscience
Chandigarh, September 18
Panjab University is planning to start MSc (nanoscience) on the recommendation of the faculty of science.

Seats for SC candidates
MBBS aspirants to protest today
Mohali, September 18
Dr Ambedkar Joint Action Committee of Scheduled Caste (DAJACSC) MBBS Aspirants and Thinkers will hold a peaceful dharna in Kharar tomorrow against usurpation of MBBS seats for SC candidates and given to the General Category violating the Reservation Policy and Constitutional Provisions.

World Bamboo Day
Experts dwell on importance of bamboo
Chandigarh, September 18
World Bamboo Day was observed at Panjab University with a national seminar-cum-workshop on bamboo. It began at the Department of Botany here today. The two-day national seminar-cum-workshop is being organised on the topic “bamboo as wood and food for the 21st Century”.

Officials of the Punjab Forest Department interact with botany teachers after the inauguration of a seminar-cum-workshop at Panjab University on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Over 120 teachers attend mathematics workshop
Chandigarh, September 18
The Independent School Association (ISA) organised a mathematics excellence workshop at Vivek High School today. Around 120 teachers from various schools of the tricity attended the workshop.

Beauty brigade: Participants pose for a photograph during a freshers' party at the Government Industrial Training Institute for Women in Sector 11, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan

PU & college notes
Talk on green revolution
The Department of Geography of PGGCG-11 organised a talk on “Green Revolution - An Agricultural Model of Punjab” by Dr Dhian Kaur, Professor, Department of Geography, Panjab University.

From schools
Environmental talk held
The British School organised a talk on “Environmental Challenges for Sustainable Development” on its campus on Thursday. 

COURTS

Illegal charging of VAT, service tax by hotels, restaurants
HC puts UT on notice
Chandigarh, September 18
Acting on a petition alleging illegal charging of both VAT and service tax on hundred per cent billed amount by hotels and restaurants in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice of motion to both the states and the UT.

Need to improve facilities in govt schools: HC
Chandigarh, September 18
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today emphasised the need to improve infrastructural facilities in government schools across the city.

stabbing incident
Retd Colonel sent to judicial custody
Zirakpur, September 18
Col Gobind Bakshi (retd), who is accused of attempt to murder a policeman, was arrested after he was discharged from the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi, this morning. The police produced him before a local court, which remanded him to judicial custody.

graft case against DSP bains
Bank managers record statements
Mohali, September 18
The managers of the Ludhiana branches of the Oriental Bank of Commerce today recorded their statements as prosecution witnesses in the corruption case involving DSP Gurbans Singh Bains.

CRIME

Cheating case: Directors of construction firm booked
Chandigarh, September 18
The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Chandigarh has booked Manohar Singh and Tarinder Singh, both Directors of Manohar Infrastructure and Constructions, for cheating Bharat Bhushan Sharma, a resident of Sector 43, of around Rs 4.67 crore on the pretext of providing him land at Dhanoura village near Mullanpur, Mohali.

Two more snatching incidents reported from city
Chandigarh, September 18
Tall claims made by the Chandigarh Police to step up patrolling in the city in a bid to check incidents of snatchings seems to have fallen flat as two more snatching incidents were reported in the city on Wednesday. Interestingly, four snatching incidents were reported on September 15, while another snatching incident was reported on September 16.

SPORTS

PCA stadium witnesses low turnout
Mohali, September 18
As expected, the opening match of the Kings XI Punjab in the CLT-20 witnessed a low turnout at the PCA Stadium here this evening.


RIOT OF COLOUR: Fans enjoy a CLT20 match between Kings XI Punjab and Hobart Hurricanes at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Ludhiana college lift baseball title
Chandigarh, September 18
The baseball team of the Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, won the Panjab University Inter-College Baseball Championship for Women (A division), for the session 2014-15.

SGGSC-26 spikers emerge victorious in league matches
Chandigarh, September 18
In the ongoing Panjab University Inter-College Volleyball Championship for Men (A-division), the team of SGGS College, Sector 26, won their both league matches held here today. In the first match, the spikers of SGGS College registered a marginal 3-2 win over Gobindgarh Public College, Alour, Ludhiana (3-2). In a see-saw battle, the winning side won the first set (25-19).

Players in action during a match of the Panjab University Inter-College Volleyball Championship for Men (A-division) in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Handball trials today
Chandigarh, September 18
The Chandigarh Handball Association will organise selection trials to shortlist junior boys’ team for participating in the 37th Junior National Handball Championship to be held at Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) from October 7 to 12.