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Day after, more body parts found
Panchkula, September 21
A day after an arm of a youth, believed to be in his early twenties, was found near a drain in Sector 28 here, the Panchkula police today stumbled upon two legs and another arm of the victim at a distance of 100 metres from the spot.

Policemen and forensic experts inspect the spot where the body parts were found at Sector 28, Panchkula, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Civic body spends lakhs on futile study tours 
Chandigarh, September 21
It is not the first time that councillors and officers of the Municopal Corporation (MC) have gone on study tours that have turned leisure tours without yielding any results.

18-year-old girl killed in hit-and-run case
Chandigarh, September 21
A 18-year-old girl died after an unidentified vehicle hit the rehri she was travelling in between Kala Gram and the Housing Board light point late this evening. This is the third fatal accident reported from this road in less than a week.

COMMUNITY

Solar power tariff
First public hearing session today
Chandigarh, September 21
To determine the solar power tariff, members of the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) will hold a public hearing session tomorrow.

Open House response
Rid city of stray dogs before it’s too late, say residents
The root cause of the problem is lack of adequate drive by the MC to sterilise stray dogs. We, citizens, feed them in front of our houses. Animal activists also add to the problem by preventing harsher actions to minimise the problem.



Stray dogs roaming on roads are a common sight in Chandigarh. A File photograph

Teachers block Mohali-Kharar highway; commuters harassed
Mohali, September 21
Hundreds of commuters were left harassed when members of the Computer Teachers Joint Front, Punjab, blocked the Mohali-Kharar highway for hours to press for their demands.

Over 200 run for smoke-free life
Chandigarh, September 21
Over 200 people took part in a marathon organised by three voluntary organisations - Take a Breath of Fresh Air, Chandigarh Runners and Tecspa - at Sukhna Lake here today.


Navi Mumbai-based Kripa Sagar (in black t-shirt) takes part in a marathon at Sukhna Lake on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Hacker steals vital data after getting duplicate SIM
Chandigarh, September 21
A Panchkula-based IT professional has complained that his vital business-related information has been stolen by a hacker under the guise of changing the Vodafone SIM card for which no request had been made by the mobile connection holder.

Reporters Diary
Councillors seeking media attention
Councillors who were not part of the nine-day study tour to Chennai, Port Blair and Kolkata organised by the municipal corporation (MC), are busy calling up journalists these days requesting them to publish the names of the councillors who were part of the futile study tour.

As UT Home Secretary Anil Kumar (centre) and two others took part in a marathon race at Sukhna Lake on Sunday, two policemen in uniform had no option but to follow suit. Wearing leather shoes, they had a hard time keeping pace with their boss! Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

hit-and-run case
Cops fail to track vehicle that killed 16-year-old
Chandigarh, September 21
Even four days after an unidentified vehicle hit a scooter claiming the life of a 16-year old girl, the Chandigarh Police have failed to get any clue of the vehicle.

INLD accuses Hooda govt of foul play
Panchkula, September 21
As soon as the Indian National Lok Dal’s (INLD) star campaigner Dushyant Chautala, MP from Hisar, reached the venue to campaign for Kulbushan Goel, INLD candidate from Panchkula, the power was snapped.


Donning INLD caps, women drink juice during a rally of the party at Sector 16 in Panchkula on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal

Kidnapped Dehradun boy rescued from P’kula
Panchkula, September 21
A 17-year-old boy kidnapped from Dehradun for a ransom of Rs 5 crore was rescued from a Group Housing Society in Sector 20, late Saturday night.

Insurance surveyors, assessors oppose amendments to Act 
Zirakpur, September 21
To lodge their protest against the Union Government’s proposal to amend the Insurance Act 2008, over 150 members of the Indian Institute of Insurance Surveyors Loss Assessors (IIISLA) held a meeting here today.

KP Singh to get Mayor Greg Ballard’s Service Award
Chandigarh, September 21
Kanwal Prakash Singh has been chosen for the Mayor Greg Ballard’s Community Service Award, which will be presented on September 22 at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Centre.

70 units of blood collected at camp
Mohali, September 21
Over 70 units of blood were collected at a blood donation camp, organised at Kharar by the Doaba Group of Colleges (DGC), Kharar, in association with the PGI Transfusion Medicine Blood Bank.

EDUCATION

19 pvt schools fail to fill 69 pc EWS seats
Chandigarh, September 21
The 19 private schools against which the State Estate Office has initiated action had failed to fill 69 per cent of seats falling under the economically weaker sections (EWS) quota for the academic session 2013-14.

Anti-nuclear activists raise pitch
Chandigarh, September 21
Anti-nuclear energy activist SP Udayakumar today asserted that nuclear power was “anti-people, anti-nature and anti-future”.




Anti-nuclear activist SP Udayakumar addresses a gathering at a seminar in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Varsity plans rewiring work
Chandigarh, September 21
Keeping in view the recent incidents of minor fire or short circuit which took place due to old electricity wiring at Panjab University, the authorities have decided to begin the rewiring work. It will begin from the oldest department of the campus.

Walk for harmony: Students from various schools take part in a walk to observe the International Day of Peace at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Youngsters urged to create awareness on HIV
Chandigarh, September 21
With an intention to make a group of HIV-affected people self-indpendent, Enactus Dr SSBUICET, a student organisation of the Panjab University, has started a project, ‘Astitva’.

From schools
Yuva Dampati Sammelan held
Sharda Sarvhitkari Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40D, Chandigarh, organised Yuva Dampati Sammelan on its campus on Saturday. The programme began with the traditional tilak and an invocation to Goddess Saraswati.

CBSE to conduct fifth edition of Students Global Aptitude Index
Chandigarh, September 21
In order to provide students of Class X individual assessment reports ahead of their entry into Class XI, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) would be conducting the fifth edition of Students Global Aptitude Index (SGAI), pan-India in November.

Death of a Salesman staged
Chandigarh, September 21
The Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi in association with the Wings Theatre Academy, St Kabir School, staged the play ‘Death of a Salesman’ at the Tagore Theatre today.



Artistes enact a scene from the play, ‘Death of a Salesman’, at Tagore Theatre in Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

HSA leader ends fast
Chandigarh, September 21
Panjab University will review the fee hike of hostels after the audit report of December 2014.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

16,000 children administered polio drops 
Dera Bassi, September 21
The Punjab Health Department launched a pulse polio eradication drive and administered anti-polio vaccine to 16,000 children of 1 to 5 years of age, here today.

CRIME

Carpenter stabs wife to death, injures himself 
Chandigarh, September 21
A carpenter, a resident of Mauli Complex, Chandigarh, stabbed himself with a knife after stabbing his 23-year-old wife to death at their residence, here today.

Two Sector 18 residents booked on charge of murdering domestic help
Chandigarh, September 21
The Chandigarh Police on the directions of the court have registered a case of murder against two Sector 18 residents for allegedly killing their domestic help earlier this year.

8 booked for attempt to murder
Panchkula, September 21
The city police have booked eight persons for beating up and shooting at a Chandigarh resident while he was in a restaurant located on the Morni Road near here on Sunday.

SPORTS

City girl in Asiad handball squad
Chandigarh, September 21
International handball player Deepa, a student of Dev Samaj College, Sector 45, brought laurels to the city by confirming her place in the Indian Women Handball team for 2014 Asian Games being held in Incheon (South Korea).

Delhi eves get the better of Punjab by 3 wickets 
Chandigarh, September 21
Delhi eves defeated Punjab by three wickets in the second match of the ongoing First Rama Atray Memorial Women Cricket Tournament at Government Model Senior Secondary school, Sector 26, here today.



A player hits a shot during the First Rama Atray Memorial Women Cricket Tournament match between Delhi and Punjab at Sector 26 in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Inter-college cricket championship
Guntashveer steers SD College to victory
Chandigarh, September 21
A fine knock of 82 runs by opener Guntashveer led GGDSD College, Sector 32, to ensure a 167-run victory over DAV College, Hoshiarpur, during a match of the ongoing Inter-College Cricket Championship for men (A Division) at the campus grounds today.