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HC officer raids Sector 39 police station
Issues notice to SSP, SHO on illegal detention
Chandigarh, October 23
Acting on a habeas corpus petition filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a warrant officer raided the Sector 39 police station and found a man kept in illegal detention there. The officer issued a notice to the Chandigarh police on the matter.

Inflated bills for some, deflated for others
Consumers in bill shock
Panchkula, October 23
Seventy-year-old Prakash Singh, a resident of Sector 15, was “shocked” when he received an electricity bill of over Rs 19,000 for his three-room accomodation. In Mansa Devi Complex, Kundan, a resident of GH-3, was equally appalled to get a bill of a mere Rs 281 against the usual bill of around Rs 5,000.

Car thief’s cell does him in
Chandigarh, October 23
Acing promptly, the Chandigarh police arrested a Mohali resident in less than 24 hours after he stole a car from the Sector 15 market here on Monday afternoon. The accused is said to be involved in several criminal cases, said the police.

Dengue Threat
Nangal MC hires fogging machine
Ropar, October 23
A resident of Giani Zail Singh Nagar here, Gurcharan Singh, was today admitted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in Ludhiana with dengue.

Vendors thrash MC staff
Chandigarh, October 23
The police tonight arrested four roadside vendors for allegedly assaulting a team of the municipal corporation enforcement wing in Manimajra. The team had reportedly gone to the area to remove encroachments.

PEC director: 5 shortlisted
Chandigarh, October 23
The process to appoint a new director at Punjab Engineering College here is in the final stages. The administration, at a meeting chaired by UT adviser Pradip Mehra today, shortlisted five candidates for the post.

COMMUNITY

MC Decides
Bill collection not to be handed over to board
Mohali, October 23
The proposal to hand over the work related to the collection of water supply bills and sewerage to the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board (PWSSB) was unanimously rejected by the house at the monthly meeting of the municipal council, held here today.

Corbusier brings 2 lensmen together
Chandigarh, October 23
It is a shared common backdrop of two singular cities shaped by Le Corbusier’s architecture, Chandigarh in India and Firminy in Central France. While people make cities, their relationship with their space, forms part of an exhibition aptly titled ‘regards croises franco-indiens’ (Indo-French glances) inaugurating tomorrow at the Alliance Francaise de Chandigarh, Sector 36.

City-based photographer Diwan Manna (left) and French photographer Michel Dieudonne in the city for an exhibition of their photographs being inaugurated on Wednesday at Alliance Francaise, Sector 36, Chandigarh. — A Tribune photograph

Chandigarh to compete for best global policing practices
Chandigarh, October 23
With a view to making police stations responsive to community needs and accountable to rule of law, Altus Global Alliance, based in The Hague, is organising a visit of eminent personalities to various police stations across the globe to judge the working of the police stations on various parameters.

Violation of President’s orders
Contempt case against Army
Chandigarh, October 23
An artillery Army officer has moved the Delhi High Court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the central government and the Army for their failure to follow the High Court’s directions to implement a Presidential order for his conversion to the legal branch.

63 booked for jumping red light
Chandigarh, October 23
The Chandigarh traffic police has booked 63 motorists for jumping red light signals during a late night drive yesterday at seven locations across the city.

Surprise visit by Mayor
Chandigarh, October 23
The parking committee of the municipal corporation during surprise checks at the parking lots of sectors 17, 22, 34 and 35 found that the parking contractors were not adhering to the guidelines issued by the corporation.

Campaign against global warming
Chandigarh, October 23
Yes Bank and the Rotaract Club organised a signature campaign against global warming at the Sector 17 Plaza, Chandigarh, on Monday. People were warned that a major catastrophe may hit the world in next 25 years. — TNS

Letters
Towering woes
The installation of mobile towers in residential areas is not permitted, either by the administration or the state government. According to a report published in a newspaper, even if the administration or state government approved the installation of such towers, these could not be installed on top of buildings. However, these may be permitted in open grounds.

CRIME

Revolver, cartridges stolen
Chandigarh, October 23
Thieves decamped with a briefcase containing a .32 bore revolver, 15 cartridges and other articles after breaking in in a car belonging to Dera Bassi-based tehsildar. The car was parked in Sector 17 here this morning.

Migrant killed in mishap
Chandigarh, October 23
An unidentified migrant labourer was killed while a motorcyclist was injured in two separate road accidents in the city during the past 24 hours.

BUSINESS

Biz Word
Amartex opens 2nd store
Chandigarh, October 23 Amartex Industries added another store to its chain of stores across the tricity. This is the second store in the city and was inaugurated by its managing director, Arun Grover.The inauguration attracted huge crowds on the first day.

EDUCATION

‘Focus should be on overall personality of student’
Chandigarh, October 23
In recognition of the role played by teachers in shaping and fostering the moral and educational fibre of children, four teachers from the city were conferred this year’s prestigious “Tara Chand Saboo Excellence Awards in School Teaching”.

Principal’s behaviour
DAV teachers to go on mass leave today
Chandigarh, October 23
In a meeting held today, the executive of the DAV College Teachers’ Union unanimously decided that the members of the DAV College Teachers’ Union will proceed on mass casual leave tomorrow in protest against the high-handed behaviour of principal S. Marriya with the union members in the college staff room.

PU Poll
Not now, say principals
Chandigarh, October 23
Uncertainty still looms large over the date of Panjab University students’ council elections even after the Panjab and Haryana High Court decision of October 11 in this regard. Though there are speculations regarding the exact date of elections, so far the university hasn’t come up with any specific date.

Result declared
Mohali, October 23
The result of the supplementary senior secondary (+2) open school examination held by the Punjab School Education Board in August was declared today.

COURTS

Insurance co. to pay Rs 50,000
Chandigarh, October 23
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on the regional manager and divisional manager of National Insurance Company Limited for not honouring the medical claim of Sito Rani under an accident insurance policy.

Six acquitted in assault case
Chandigarh October 23
Six accused were acquitted in the court of Additional and Sessions Judge S.K. Aggarwal today.

CULTURE

70 audition for city's first choir
Chandigarh, October 23
Trust this city to rise to any occasion, with or without notice. The rush at at St Stephen’s, Sector 45, today proved this point. The occasion was auditions for the city’s first official choir and the response was heartening.



A contestant auditions for the first choir of Chandigarh at St Stephen’s, Sector 45, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Blending abstraction with reality
Mohinder Tuli puts up his maiden solo collage expo
Chandigarh, October 23
"In the fine arts, it is only the convention, the form, the incidentals that change; the fundamentals of passion, of intellect and imagination remain unaltered." These words of Aldous Huxley aptly sum up the artistic creations of Mohinder Tuli, a talented artist, who, after a hibernation of three decades, has put up a grand solo show of his 40 collage painting works at Government Museum and Art Gallery, here, today.

World-renowned art historian Padmashri Dr B.N. Goswami (extreme left) has a close look at a painting by Mohinder Tuli at Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

SPORTS

Shweta on top
Chandigarh, October 23
Seventeen-year-old Shweta Galande of Delhi shot a three-over par 75 to take a slender lead on the opening day of the 15th Realtech Punjab Open Ladies Amateur Golf Championship, which was teed off by Golf Club president R.S Sandhu on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club, here today.

Cycle Polo: IAF win 11-10
Chandigarh, October 23
The Indian Air Force team shocked defending champions Kerala in the Federation Cup Cycle Polo Championship, which began at the Police Lines ground in Sector 26, here, today.


A match of the Federation Cup Cycle Polo Championship in progress at the Police Lines ground in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. IAF defeated Kerala 11-10. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Cricket trials
Chandigarh, October 23 Trials to select players for the National Twenty20 Cricket Tournament would be held at Bhavan Vidalaya-15, Panchkula, on October 25 at 2.30 p.m. Players should contact Amarjit Kumar at the venue. — TNS