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Robbers attack family, injure 9
Mohali, September 29
Members of the suspected “Bangala gang” or the Kala Kachha gang struck at a makeshift accommodation of a Muslim Gujjar family last night and decamped with Rs 5 lakh and gold and silver jewellery after injuring nine persons near Kelo village here.

JYOTI MURDER CASE
Probe report finds 3 DSPs, 2 ASIs guilty of lapses
Panchkula, September 29
Five Haryana police officials, including three Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs), involved in the investigations of the sensational Jyoti murder case are in for trouble as they have been found guilty of lapses that led to the acquittal of Doon MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary and the other accused.

cheating case
Birender’s missing aide Batra booked
Panchkula, September 29
There is trouble for BJP leader Birender Singh’s aide Vibhore Batra, who is missing. The Panchkula police today lodged an FIR against him after a number of high-profile persons alleged that he duped them and fled. The police questioned his personal security officers to get information about his whereabouts.

Setback to prosecution in rape case
Chandigarh, September 29
In yet another setback to the prosecution in the Khuda Lahora rape case involving five UT police constables as the accused, the forensic report in the case has revealed that the DNA samples of the accused do not match with the samples obtained from the victim at the time of the registration of the case. The report prepared by the Central Forensic Scientific Laboratory (CFSL) was placed before the court today during the resumed hearing of the case and taken on record.

Poor quality of food, stay during study tour
Civic body stops part payment to travel agency
Chandigarh, September 29
Following the controversy surrounding the study tour, the MC has stopped a part payment of Rs 8 lakh to the tour operator. Some councillors had submitted a written complaint against the poor quality of food and stay during the study tour.

COMMUNITY

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
‘Clean Hands’ campaign launched
Chandigarh, September 29
A ‘Clean Hands’ campaign under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched by KK Sharma, Adviser to the UT Administrator, at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33 D, today.

Adviser to the UT Administrator KK Sharma (3rd from left) and Mayor HC Kalyan (4th from left) release a poster at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Shashi Sharma alleges threat to life, seeks police security
Panchkula, September 29
A day after former Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) leader Shashi Sharma alleged manhandling by Ambala MLA Venod Sharma; the complainant met the Panchkula Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and sought security alleging that he feared threat to life.

Street vendors gherao MC office
Chandigarh, September 29
Street vendors gheraoed the municipal corporation office and demanded implementation of the Street Vendors Act today. The street vendors continued their protest till 5 pm and did not allow any official’s car tomove out during the protest. The officials used another gate to come out from the MC building.

Rehri vendors protest outside the MC office at Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep tewari

Raising Day celebrations
Indian Army team scales 18,000-foot-high peak
Chandigarh, September 29
A mountaineering expedition organised by the 14 Mechanised Infantry to Mount Deo Tibba as part of its 38th Raising Day celebrations was flagged in at Chandimandir Military Station today by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, Lt Gen KJ Singh.

A mountaineering expedition team from the 14 Mechanised Infantry being flagged in at Chandimandir on Monday. A Tribune photograph

UT Home Secy’s post
Haryana Government for extending Anil Kumar’s tenure
Chandigarh, September 29
The Haryana Government has recommended extending the present Home Secretary Anil Kumar’s tenure for one more year For the post of UT Home Secretary, the Haryana Government has recommended for extending present Home Secretary Anil Kumar’s tenure for one more year.

4 traders in dock for evading Market Committee fee
Chandigarh, September 29
Even as the traders of the Sector 26 Vegetable and Fruit Market led by senior BJP leader, Harmohan Dhawan, today met the UT Home Secretary, demanding a stop on the checking to plug evasion of Market committee fee, the State Agriculture Marketing Board (SAMB) has initiated the process to serve show-cause notice upon four commission agents for the evasion of market fee.

CSIR celebrates foundation day
Chandigarh, September 29
A lecture on the importance of anesthesia in the modern day medical procedures and an open day for visitors to its laboratories marked the foundation day celebrations of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) at the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), here today. 

Ist Indian journal of neurosciences gets recognition
Chandigarh, September 29
Annals of Neurosciences — the first Indian journal of neurosciences having a PGI neuroscientist Dr Akshaya Anand as the editor, has found recognition in PubMed — an international library of select research journals. 

11 PGI doctors leave for J&K
Chandigarh, September 29
A team of 11 doctors led by Dr Sanjay Jain, professor,internal medicine, left for for Flood-affected J&Kon Sunday.

Sanitation workers protest at PGI
Chandigarh, September 29
Chaos prevailed in front of PGI Chief Security Officer PC Sharma’s office when nearly 50 sanitation workers of the hospital demanded action against a BSc student who was caught red-handed stealing articles from a fellow hostellers’ room today.

world tourism week
Qawwals captivate audience 
Chandigarh, September 29
Sham-e-qawwali remained the key attraction on the third day of being organised by Chandigarh Tourism and STEPS. Renowned qawwals Quadar Niazi, Hayder Nizami and Hasan Nizami enthralled the audiences at the Sector 17 Plaza with their famous numbers and also responded to the demand of the audience by singing qawwalis of their choice.
Qawwal Hayder Nizami performs at the Sector 17 Plaza as part of World Tourism Week organised by Chandigarh Tourism in association with The Tribune on Monday. Tribune Photos: S Chandan

Major reshuffle in Police Dept
Chandigarh, September 29
The Police Establishment Board today ordered the transfer of 111 personnel of the UT police with immediate effect.

OPEN HOUSE RESPONSE
Study tours are an exercise in futility, say residents
The recent nine-day study tour of councillors to Chennai, Port Blair and Kolkata kicked off a debate on the need to organise such a junket when previous trips failed to improve the quality of life in the city. Chandigarh Tribune asked its readers if it was acceptable to spend public money on such tours.

Councillors try to defend study tours during a recent MC House meeting in Chandigarh. A file photo

EDUCATION

Medical aspirants left in the lurch
Chandigarh, September 29
The recent interim order by the Supreme Court to allow private medical colleges to admit students — which have not been allowed to admit students by the Medical Council of India (MCI) — has lead to chaos among the medical aspirants.

election nullified
No appeal by DRs
Chandigarh, September 29
Three days after Panjab University nullified the election of 19 department representatives (DR) of nine departments — who had not submitted their election expenditure accounts to the election officer — none of them appealed while the deadline lapsed.

St John’s students leave for NASA
Chandigarh, September 29
Students of St John’s High School today left for a three-day ATX programme at the Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Annual function 
Chandigarh: A three-day annual function got underway at Guru Nanak Public School. Performances were given by students of the pre-primary section. 

Students participate in the annual function at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune Photo: Vicky Gharu

PU & COLLEGE NOTES
Research centre
A research resource centre has been started at Government College of Education, Sector 20. A six-month PhD course has been started at the centre. A total of 15 students hailing from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi have registered for the PhD course.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Panchkula, Kalka Votes 2014
Latika Sharma accused of dual vote
Kalka, September 29
The BJP candidate from the Kalka Assembly seat, Latika Sharma, might land in a trouble as an Independent candidate has filed a written complaint against her in the office of the Returning Officer (RO), Kalka, today.

Nominations of three covering candidates rejected in Kalka
Kalka, September 29
With cancellation of nomination papers of covering candidates of the BJP, the Congress and the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) after scrutiny today, 14 candidates are left in the election fray for the Kalka Assembly seat.

Woman ends her life in Dera Bassi
Dera Bassi, September 29
A 30-year-old woman of Shivpuri Mohalla allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her room this afternoon.

Abhey Chautala to address rally in Kalka today
Abhey Chautala of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) will address an election rally in the favour of the party candidate, Pradeep Chaudhary, in Kalka on Tuesday. An INLD spokesperson said Chautala would welcome some senior leaders of other parties, who would quit their parent party to join the INLD. It is learnt the some senior Congress leaders from the constituency along with their supporters will also join the INLD on Tuesday. — TNS

COURTS

10-year jail for rapist
Panchkula, September 29
A local court today sentenced a youth to 10 years in jail for raping a student of Class IX in Manav Colony this year. A fine of Rs 10,000 has also been imposed on Satish, the convict.

HC acquits patwari in 25-yr-old graft case
Chandigarh, September 29
Facing allegations of demanding Rs 1,500 about 25 ago from a property purchaser, a patwari has finally been acquitted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

molestation case
Tutor sentenced to 3-yr jail
Mohali, September 29
A Mohali court today sent a man to three years of imprisonment for molesting a girl who used to come to his house for tuitions.

Student acquitted in rape case
Chandigarh, September 29
The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Anshu Shukla today acquitted a student in a case of rape after the prosecution failed to prove the charges. The court acquitted Ishaan Bhardawaj, a Sector 20 resident of the charges of rape under section 376 of the IPC.

Woman gets life term for husband’s murder
Mohali, September 29
In the infamous ‘chipkali kaand’ (lizard case), the Mohali District Courts convicted the accused Manpreet Kaur guilty of her husband’s murder and pronounced life term to her. Her sister, Baljit Kaur, the co-accused in the case, has been acquitted by the court.

CRIME

Cable theft leaves 800 BSNL phones dead in Mohali
Mohali, September 29
Around 800 phones of the BSNL in Phase VI and adjoining areas here have gone dead after cables linking the area to the network were stolen yesterday.

Suicide bid by 18-yr-old
Chandigarh, September 29
An 18-year-old girl, allegedly distressed over a failed love affair, tried committing suicide by jumping-off from the fourth floor of her relative’s residence at Mani Majra.

SPORTS

City lad Sanam does nation proud
Chandigarh, September 29
The efforts were to regain the gold medal. However, local performer Sanam Singh, a former trainee of Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association, had to settle for a silver medal along with his partner Saketh Myneni in the doubles’ event of the ongoing Asian Games in Incheon (South Korea).

Football tourney: Patiala boys clinch third spot
Chandigarh, September 29
Dalbir Football Academy, Patiala, clinched the third position after defeating Sahayatri Football Club, Howrah, by a solitary goal during the 12th Administrator’s Challenge Cup Football Tournament at the football stadium in Sector 17 here today.

South Central Railway beat CISF 3-1 in hockey
Chandigarh, September 29
The South Central Railway defeated CISF while Ropar Hawks overpowered ITBP in the exciting ties of the ongoing 44th SN Vohra’s All-India Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament at the newly-built hockey stadium here today.

Players vie for the ball during a match between Ropar Hawks Club and ITBP of the 44th SN Vohra All-India Gurmit Singh Memorial Hockey Championship in Mohali. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

DAV-10 shuttlers lift trophy
Chandigarh, September 29
Shuttlers of DAV College, Sector 10, won the Panjab University Inter-College Badminton Championship for Men that concluded at the badminton hall of the Panjab University Campus here today.

21st All-India JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tourney
Baroda, Uttar Pradesh log wins
Chandigarh, September 29
Teams of Baroda, Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association and CAG recorded win on the opening day of the 21st All-India JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament that was inaugurated here today.

Players in action during a cricket match between Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh at Sector 26 in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan