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GMADA inks paying guest policy
Mohali, August 22
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) today approved a policy regarding paying guest accommodation in residential areas here on the lines of the policy being followed by the Chandigarh administration.

Indigenous gensets for missile launchers
Chandigarh, August 22
Meeting the strategic requirements of India’s integrated missile development programme, a Pune-based firm has developed special generators for use in missile launchers. The generators are used for supplying power to missile launchers and associated systems in field areas.

Raid on Taj Hotel
Chandigarh, August 22 
The crime branch of the Chandigarh police tonight conducted a raid on Taj Hotel, Sector 17, for violating rules under the excise Act.

Retracing shared heritage of India, Pakistan
Pak scholar researching on Ranjit Singh’s samadhi
Chandigarh, August 22
For years after Maharaja Ranjit Singh passed away, his memorial stood as a silent spectator to the passage of time, waiting to be touched and felt. It had countless tales to tell, but no one would listen. Now after ages of lusting for attention, the memorial of Punjab’s lion king, located at Lahore, has found a friend, ready to share its history and record it for posterity.

COMMUNITY

Family looks for missing cop
Chandigarh, August 22
The Kangra-based family of a Punjab Police constable, who has been missing since July 28 from the city, has been running from pillar to post to know about his whereabouts.

A workshop on adolescent education organised at BSH Arya Senior Secondary School in Sohana on Wednesday.—A Tribune photograph

Sex ratio improving, says Chawla
Mohali, August 22
Health minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla said here yesterday that some improvement was being noticed in the sex ratio in the state which showed that people were now becoming more aware and did not want to indulge in female foeticide.

MC chief to appear before Bains today
Mohali, August 22
Municipal Council president Rajinder Singh Rana will present himself before the principal secretary, department of local government, D.S. Bains, again tomorrow in connection with a show-cause notice served to the former as the official was away to Delhi today.

11 councillors want MC chief to quit
Mohali, August 22
Municipal councillors belonging to the opposition group have demanded that president of the civic body Rajinder Singh Rana should resign as he had failed to carry out adequate development in the town.

Bhavan Vidyalaya gets another notice for violations
Chandigarh, August 22
The Chandigarh Education Department has issued another show cause notice to Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, Chandigarh. Besides education department, two notices by the Estate Office too, have been issued to the school regarding building violations and misuse of building by subletting it to palmistry classes by the school.

70 representatives attend workshop
Mohali, August 22
A workshop on adolescent education with special reference to parenting was held at BSH Arya Senior Secondary School, today. More than 70 representatives of NGOs and members of parent teachers association participated in the workshop organised by the Family Planning Association of India here.

Children bank inaugurated for the poor
Chandigarh, August 22
At the inaugural function of the ‘peace-club’ of Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, organised in collaboration with NGO, Yuvsatta, an innovative ‘children bank’ was launched by the principal Dr Satinder Dhillon.

GMADA pulls down 45 jhuggis
Mohali, August 22
A team of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority today demolished unauthorised structures in Sohana village.

11 councillors want MC chief to quit
Mohali, August 22
Municipal councillors belonging to the opposition group have demanded that president of the civic body Rajinder Singh Rana should resign as he had failed to carry out adequate development in the town.

Threat to telecom firms, security up
Mohali, August 22
A general security alert has been issued by the Mohali police to telecom companies which have their offices here following an intelligence report that ultras operating in Jammu and Kashmir intend to target offices of leading telecom companies in India.

Book released
Mohali, August 22
Prof Avtar Singh, chairman of the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology (SSIET), Dera Bassi, on Monday released a book on “Machine Design” written by Prof Sukhwinder Singh Jolly, HoD (ME), SSIET, Dera Bassi

PNB helping hand for 15 Muslim students
Chandigarh, August 22 
The Punjab National Bank today extended support to 15 students of the Muslim minority community by approving educational loans worth Rs 50,000 to each of the students. This loan will help the students to enhance their knowledge in a variety of fields ranging from retail marketing and sales to computer programming on Internet applications to training in the BPO and proficiency in English and improving employability skills.

Remodel Bapu Dham in one month: Rodrigues
Chandigarh, August 22
Setting a deadline of one month for improving basic amenities in Bapu Dham Colony, UT Administrator Gen S.F Rodrigues (retd) yesterday asked senior officers of the administration to ensure tap-water supply, removal of encroachments, repair of pavements, streets and internal roads and regulation of power supply.

Mauled by Malls
Green signal to axe green cover

Chandigarh, August 22 Hundreds of fully-grown trees in Industrial Area, Phase-I, are being “sacrificed” in the name of upgradation of infrastructure for the successful implementation of conversion policy, introduced by the Chandigarh Administration in 2005. No silver lining for these silver oak trees in Industrial Area as the dark clouds of MC axe loom large over them. —Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Boosting tourism, the souvenir way

Chandigarh, August 22 The Chandigarh Tourism Department today launched souvenirs and memorabilia of the city. Irina Brar, international women golfer, Vivek Atray, director tourism, Chandigarh, Nek Chand, creator of Rock Garden, and Jaspal Bhatti, comedian and actor, release souvenirs and memorabilia at a hotel in Sector 42, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.—A Tribune photograph

Letters

CRIME

Chain of cop’s wife snatched
Panchkula, August 22
Two motorcycle-borne youths snatched a gold chain from the wife of Haryana police head constable Tarsem near the Police Lines at Sector 25 here on Monday.

ASI in trouble for graft
Chandigarh, August 22 
Even the fear of Central Bureau of Investigation failed to prove any deterrent to the corruption prevailing in the UT Police. For, less than a day after the CBI arrested three UT policemen, including a sub-inspector under the Prevention of Corruption Act, another assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of UT police, Surinder Pal, landed in CBI net for allegedly accepting a bribe.

2 cops booked under narcotics Act
Chandigarh, August 22
The police today registered a case under narcotics act against the in charge of the Mauli Jagran Police Post, SI Baljit Singh, along with constable Ballu Singh following the seizure of 34 kg poppy husk from them on Tuesday night.

290 booked by traffic cops
Chandigarh, August 22
The Chandigarh Traffic Police today booked 290 motorists for violating traffic rules and regulations in various parts of the city.

2 booked for duping employer
Chandigarh, August 22
The local police has booked two city residents on the allegation of duping their employer of over Rs 8 lakh.

BUSINESS

BSNL offers incentives
Chandigarh, August 22
With over 13 lakh mobile connections in its pocket in the Punjab circle, the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has offered a slew of incentives to its subscribers.

EDUCATION

US prof holds physics workshop
Chandigarh, August 22
The Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) organised a workshop on ‘Applications of Lasers in Physics Teaching’ at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, yesterday. The workshop was conducted by Prof George Simon, an Indian-American from the California State University, USA and he was accompanied by Prof Ved Ratna, a former NCERT teacher with 50 years of experience and six patents to his credit.

PU Notes
Consequences of new technology discussed
Chandigarh, August 22
The department of sociology, Panjab University organised the first weekly seminar for the current academic session on ‘Bio-ethics and Women’. The talk was delivered by Dr Raj Mohini Sethi, former professor from the department and she tackled the issue of the misuse and consequences of new technology. She highlighted the link between technological advancement and patriarchal value of a society and advocated appropriate and equitable use of medical technology as well as the need for self-regulation and monitoring by the state.

From Colleges
Teachers to protest against ‘misuse’ of authority
Chandigarh, August 22
The teachers working in the non-government aided colleges of Chandigarh will wear black badges on Thursday in support of their demands and to register their protest against the deliberate and intentional misuse of authority by the principals of DAV College, Sector 10 and MCM DAV College, Sector 36 against their employees.

COURTS

Custodial Death
Police told to file medical reports
Chandigarh, August 22
The UT police was told by the Punjab and Haryana High Court today to submit PGI reports and CFSL viscera examination report of Anil Kumar, a youth who died allegedly in police custody at Manimajra police station. A Division Bench, comprising Justice Uma Nath Singh and Justice Rajive Bhalla, also took a strong notice of the fact that the accused SI Narinder Singh had still not been taken into custody despite Section 304, IPC, being imposed on him.

Judicial remand for two youths 
Accused of thrashing cop
Chandigarh, August 22
Preet Kamal and Jas Kamal, both accused of beating a UT police constable near MCM DAV college in Sector 36 here yesterday, were today sent to judicial custody by the judicial magistrate (first class), Sudhir Parmar, who also served a notice upon the police for August 24 on the accused’s bail plea.