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Relief On Resumed Properties 
Nothing new, practice on for long
Mehra’s predecessors had also condoned delay in filing review petition
Chandigarh, January 12
While fingers are being raised against UT Adviser Pradip Mehra for entertaining petitions relating to certain resumed properties in the city and granting relief on them, it turns out that this practice has been going on for many years and even his predecessors, including Lalit Sharma, Neeru Nanda and Virender Singh, had done the same.

Employer held on rape charge
The victim alleged that the accused booked a room in a hotel at Shimla and raped her
Chandigarh, January 12
The police today arrested owner of a Sector 22-based loan facilitator company on the charges of raping his personal secretary. In her complaint, the victim alleged that the accused, Anurag Aggarwal (30), of Action Group Company in Sector 22, had raped her at a hotel in Shimla on January 10 after taking her there on the pretext of attending an official meeting.

Woman accuses IGP of sexual harrassment 
Panchkula, January 12
A seven-year-old case of alleged sexual harassment by an official of the IG rank of the Haryana Police came to haunt the state police when a woman from Yamunanagar, demanding “justice”, sat on a dharna before the DGP office here today. The woman alleged that due to the influence of the accused official, the police had failed to deliver justice. Though the police personnel deputed on the spot asked her to return, till the filing of this report at midnight, she was adamant and kept sitting in front of the police headquarters in Sector 6.

COMMUNITY

RTI Application
Speed-breakers for Guv ‘security’ removed
Chandigarh, January 12
After crying hoarse over the security concerns of the UT Administrator and Punjab Governor, SF Rodrigues, thereby installing two iron speed-breakers on the road in front of the governor house recently, UT administration today got them removed, courtesy, an RTI application filed by one of the hassled commuters.
Labourers remove speed-breakers on the road in front of Punjab Governor House on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Lok Sabha Polls
Differences surface in RJD over canditate
Chandigarh, January 12
A day after the local unit of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), reportedly declared its candidate from the Chandigarh seat for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, fissures has appeared in the party with the Central leadership terming the decision as fictitious.

 

Hoardings of leaders dot highway Mohali, January 12 The Mohali district administration is gearing itself to remove the hoardings that have come up along the National Highway no. 21 passing through the district. The drive will be carried out in light of a case going on in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Officials have been asked to identify all such hoardings that have come up along the national highway in Mohali, Kharar and Kurali. A senior official disclosed that the drive would be carried out within this week.To review the situation, a meeting of officials of the district administration was held here today.

Thank you sir! A hoarding thanking the Akali leadership for a political appointment, which has been put up on the Chandigarh-Zirakpur road against norms. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Home for abandoned girls soon: Minister
Mohali, January 12
A home would be constructed in the state for newborn-abandoned girls to provide an environment that could facilitate their overall upbringing, said Chaudhry Swarna Ram, Minister for Social Security, Women and Child Development, at a function held here to celebrate Lohri of newborn girls today.

Finally, CVC probe set to get going
Records to be dispatched today
Chandigarh, January 12
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) probe into the controversial UT mega projects is finally set to get going with the Chandigarh Administration deciding to dispatch the entire record to the Commission office in New Delhi tomorrow.

Gautam Munjal bags honours
Panchkula, January 12
Dr Gautam Munjal, a city-based orthodontist, has received the Best Clinical Paper Award and a gold medal, at the recently held 43rd Indian Orthodontic Conference at Mumbai.

Punjabi book ‘Banne Channe’ released 
Chandigarh, January 12
A Punjabi book “Banne Channe”, a collection of articles on various socio-political global developments by acclaimed Punjabi writer Ripudaman Singh Roop was released at a function organised by Punjabi Lekhak Sabha and Punjab Sahit Sabha at Kala Bhavan, here yesterday. Presiding over the function, eminent journalist Gobind Thukral, former Bureau Chief, The Tribune, appreciated the Punjabi language and the thematic content having all-time relevance. Chief guest Santokh Singh Dhir, National Sahitya Akademy, awardee and author’s father Roop, was appreciated for charismatic literary works.

Lohri celebrated with traditional fervour
Mohali, January 12
Different educational institutions in the city celebrated Lohri with traditional fervour. At Ashmah International School tiny tots dressed in smart apparels and typical Punjabi dresses made the occasion colourful.

MC celebrates Lohri for girl child
Chandigarh, January 12
The Women’s Empowerment Committee, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, has celebrated Lohri for “Girl Child in the Family” at Terraced Garden, Sector 33, here today.

Baby show at Gian Jyoti
Mohali, January 12
A baby show was organised at Gian Jyoti Global School, Mohali, Phase 2. Dr Gaurav Gupta, and Dr Avneet Kaur were the judges.

Letters
Give respect to cops

EDUCATION

Peace rally for Indo-Pak ties at PU
Chandigarh, January 12
A peace rally was held here today by students, teachers and various other literary organisations at Panjab University Students Centre to cement people-to-people relations between India and Pakistan. In the rally, the students took pledge for peaceful solution to the problem of terrorism. Prof Sukhdev Singh, general secretary, Punjabi Sahit Academy, Ludhiana, said, “It is painful for us to know that the Indian Government has refused visa to Madiha Gauhar’s Ajoka theatre on account of ‘security’ reasons’. 

Students of Panjab University take out a peace rally on the university campus on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Schools & Colleges
Lohri celebrated with slum kids
Chandigarh, January 12
Students of Interact Club, Guru Nanak Public School, visited the Kushth Ashram, Sector-47 on the occasion of Lohri today. The students distributed sweets and snacks among the slum children.

230 awarded at annual convocation
Panchkula, January 12
A total of 230 winners in academic and curricular activities were awarded at the annual convocation and Founder’s Day of Satluj Public School, here today.

Drama over meeting injured girl
Mohali, January 12
High drama prevailed outside Silver Oak Hospital when the family of Malvika Kalra (19), a BBA-1 student of GGDSD College here, died in a road accident near Jabli on the Kalka-Shimla highway on last Friday when the Skoda she was travelling in fell into a 500-ft deep gorge, tried to meet Padmini, another girl, who was injured in the road accident.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Seminar on image processing at Rayat and Bahra college
Kharar, January 12
Rayat Bahra College of Engineering and Biotechnology for Women in association with the National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh, is organising winter school on advances in image processing at Rayat Bahra Biotechnology Centre of Excellence, Sahauran, Mohali campus.
Rayat and Bahra Group chairman Gurvinder Singh addresses a gathering on the inaugural day of the two-day workshop in Kharar. A Tribune photograph

‘Nanhi Chhan not a platform for politics’
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 12
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, wife of the SAD (B) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today said “Nanhi Chhan” was not a platform for politics as it was a way to create awareness among common people.

2 of rescued labourers dead
Patiala, January 12
Two of the six labourers, Tribhuvan Mandal and Vijay Mandal, who were rescued from debris near Amar Hospital yesterday, died here today morning at the hospital. Both of them belonged to Spoy village of Bihar and were between 21 to 25 years of age.

Adidas outlet burgled 
Articles worth Rs 8 lakh stolen 
Kalka, Janurary12
Unidentified thieves decamped with goods worth Rs 8 lakh from the Adidas showroom on National Highway-22, Abdullapur, near Sheranwali Mata Temple, here last night.

COURTS

Admn fined
Chandigarh, January 12
Dissatisfied with the request by Chandigarh Administration counsel for another adjournment to file the reply to a PIL on continuation of police officials guilty of corruption in departmental inquiries, the high court today slapped Rs 5,000 as costs on the Administration.

Murder accused gets life term
Panchkula, January 12
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Sanjiv Jindal, has sentenced a murder accused, Vijender, to life term. The three other accused, however, were acquitted of the charges.

CRIME

Jeep, Kinetic Honda stolen
Chandigarh, January 12
Amit Sharma of sector 46 lodged an FIR alleging that his Mahindera Jeep (PB-65-F-9099) was stolen from his residence on the night of January 9. A case has been registered in this regard at sector 39 police station.

Firing incident: Police recovers pistol 
Chandigarh, January 12
The local police has recovered the pistol, allegedly used to fire two rounds in air in Sector 38-D market yesterday, from accused Vishal Aggarwal’s servant.

3 killed in accidents
Mohali, January 12
Two persons died in two accidents in the city today. A 45-year-old labourer, Surjeet, died of electrocution while working at a house in Janta Colony, Nayagoan. The victim was engaged by Daya Singh to lay the lintel of his house.

SPORTS

Delhi defeat UT lads in handball
Chandigarh, January 12
Mighty Delhi trounced Chandigarh 27-15 in the boys’ handball final of the 54th National School Games at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, here today.

Referees fail to wear uniforms
Chandigarh, January 12
Not caring for the sports norms, none of referees wore their designated uniforms on any of the day during the 54th National School Games 2008-09 in different venues in the city.




A referee with a casual dress during a handball match in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari 

No action against referee
Chandigarh, January 12
The Education Department adopted delaying tactics to hush up yesterday’s matter in which, Ramandeep Singh, a referee from Punjab, slapped Anil Kumar yesterday, a contingent manager of Himachal Pradesh team, while officiating a handball match, as it marked an enquiry to the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) but no concrete move has been initiated.