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Ex-MLA’s son at it again
Allegedly beats up Sec 9 house owner
Chandigarh, July 4
Within hours after Jasmer Singh Gill set his foot at his Sector 9 residence, which was allegedly occupied by a group of youngsters, he alleged that the group manhandled him.

Residents catch tipsy cops for thrashing man
Panchkula, July 4
Thrashing a youth in public cost two cops dear when residents of the area gathered on the spot, blaming police for highhandedness, and caught hold of the duo at Abhaypur village late yesterday night.

Missing Realtor
Cops for narco test on four suspects
Panchkula, July 4
Groping in the dark for more then one month to get a clue of missing realtor Deepak Rai Saggar, the local police now has decided to move an application in the court, seeking permission for conducting narco test on four suspects, including two property dealers from Delhi. The application will be filed on Monday, said sources.

First international flight from city
Duty hours of air traffic services a roadblock
Chandigarh, July 4
The existing duty hours of the air traffic services of the Chandigarh airport are proving to be the bottleneck in the commencement of the city’s first international flight to Dubai.

Now, airport city on cards
Mohali, July 4
As procedural glitches on part of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) is holding up the international aiport project here, the state government has planned to set up an aerotropolis or an airport city near the Delhi-Chandigarh National Highway 22.

COMMUNITY

City healthcare a success story: Survey
Chandigarh, July 4
Chandigarh continues to score on the healthcare front. The findings of the District Level Households and Facility Survey-3, conducted in 2007-08 and made available now, read like a success story of the Directorate of Health Services, UT Administration.

Road gullies pose threat to walkers
Chandigarh, July 4
Walking on the footpath has not only become arduous task but dangerous too for the residents of Chandigarh and outsiders as the road gullies, which were recently constructed in various areas on the roadside for the outlet of water have been left uncovered.

A road gully on the dividing road of Sectors 20 and 30 without iron mesh, while on the Punjab Raj Bhawan road, Chandigarh, it has been levelled. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

‘Cruising sites’ for gays thrive
Chandigarh, July 4
While passing by Sector 17, strolling in Rose Garden, dating someone in Pinjore Garden, has it ever come to your mind that these places have become sexual tryst sites for homosexuals in tricity?



It’s becoming open now: Rose Garden at Sector 16 happens to be one of the “cruising sites” for gays. Tribune photo:Vinay Malik 

Higher pay scale for honorary subedars notified
Chandigarh, July 4
Non-commissioned officers (NCOs) elevated to the honorary rank of naib subedar in the Army now have reason to cheer. They will be placed in the pay grade of naib subedar for the purpose of fixation of their pension.

Protest against duping staff, customers
Chandigarh, July 4
Employees of Reliable Recharge Service Centre gathered outside the Sector 31 police station and complained to the police, accusing employer of the organisation of duping customers and not paying salaries of his employees.


Employees of Reliable Recharge Service Centre protest outside the Sector 31 police station in Chandigarh on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

Ex-servicemen protest against stamp duty
Mohali, July 4
Members of the Ex-servicemen Movement, Mohali, and Defence Widows of Army Flats (AWHO) today staged a protest against an order of the Punjab government to levy stamp duty on current market rates and not on the original allotment price.

Ex-servicemen protest against the rate of stamp duty levied on Army flats in Mohali. A Tribune photograph

Cost of hospital complex up
Chandigarh, July 4
There has been a massive increase in the estimated cost of Northern Command’s new multi-storey, modern Command Hospital Complex and associated accommodation.

Workshop on trauma 
Mohali, July 4
A trauma and orthopaedics workshop was organised here today.

Amendments in rehab policy for rag-pickers
Chandigarh, July 4
As a step towards providing prefab shelters to the rag pickers of the city, the Chandigarh Administration has made amendments in the “Chandigarh Allotment of Prefab Shelters for the Rehabilitation of Rag Pickers on License Basis Scheme-2008”.

Accidents have reduced by 30 pc: Police
Chandigarh, July 4
The Chandigarh police has claimed that accidents have reduced by 30 per cent till June 30 this year against the corresponding period last year.

Tagore, Nazrul Islam remembered
Chandigarh, July 4
Four leading cultural societies paid musical tributes to Noble laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam on the premises of local Kalbari.




Artistes perform during the cultural event ‘Rabindra-Nazrul Sandhya’ at Kalibari in Sector 47, Chandigarh, on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

Barkat Sidhu casts magical spell
Pinjore (Panchkula), July 4
Soulful strains of Sufiana and folk melodies reverberated at the Yadvindera Gardens, Pinjore, as the acclaimed maestro Barkat Sidhu spelt magic at a musical evening to mark the eighteenth annual Mango Mela here today.


Sufi singer Barkat Sidhu performs on the occasion of Mango festival at Pinjore Garden on Saturday evening. A Tribune photograph

P’kula MC councillor thrashed
Panchkula, July 4 Five unidentified youths allegedly thrashed INLD municipal councillor here today.

202 donate blood at PGI
Chandigarh, July 4
The Thalassaemic Children Welfare Association (TCWA) organised 109th blood donation camp, fifth in the series of six blood donation camps, at Zakir Hall, Block-A, PGI, here today.

EDUCATION

Day 3: Class XI Admissions 
Arts stream gets poor response
Chandigarh, July 4
The poor response in the humanities and the vocational streams continues on day three with hardly on per cent of the seats filled up in the arts’ stream.


Students and parents queue up near the LCD at Govt Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10, for Class XI admissions. Tribune photograph

Contractual teachers seek exemption from written test
Chandigarh, July 4
Not willing to give in to the administration over their demands, the contractual employees today made their stand clear that they should be given exemption from the written test. They said from Monday onwards, the strike would become more intense.

Free cancer treatment for students
Mohali, July 4
Students suffering from cancer at government and government-aided schools will be given free treatment by the health department.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Woman burnt to death for dowry
Husband, mother-in-law held 
Rajpura, July 4
A resident of Nalas village was allegedly burnt to death by her in-laws late last night.








Family members of deceased Pooja (inset). The dead body in Civil Hospital in Rajpura on Saturday. Tribune photo: JS Virdi

Banks’ merger beneficial for staff: Union
Patiala, July 4
The merger of associate banks is the most debated topic now days among bank employees. All-India Bank of Patiala Employees Confederation leaders here today said the merger of the associates banks was beneficial for both employees and customers.

Rs 10 lakh looted from industrialists 
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 4
Unidentified miscreants today looted Rs 10 lakh from Mandi Gobindgarh industrialists around 10 am today. The victims, both brothers and owners of Shiv Shankar Steel Mukesh Arora and Parveen Arora, were on their way on a scooter after taking Rs 10 lakh from another industrialist, Makhan Lal Vinod Kumar at Amloh Road. As soon as they reached near Airy Mill Road, two unidentified boys with their faces and head covered stopped their scooter and threw red chilies in their eyes.

Ripening of fruits 
Use of chemicals rampant
Fatehgarh Sahib/Khamano, July 4
Before laying your hands on fruits in the market, just take a peek beneath those sheets where fruits are kept. Chances are that you’ll find chemical laid in baskets storing banana, mango, and sapota to ripen them early.

Chemicals are increasingly being used by vendors to ripen fruits and vegetables. Photos by writer

Mango Mela begins
Kalka, July 4
The two-day Mango Mela, organised jointly by the tourism and horticulture departments of the state, was opened today at Yadavindra Gardens, Pinjore. Harmohinder Singh Chatha, Haryana Agriculture Minister, and Kiran Choudhry, Haryana Minister of State for Tourism, jointly inaugurated the Mango Mela at Yadavindra Gardens.


Yadavindra Gardens in Pinjore decorated during the 18th Mango Mela on Saturday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan 

COURTS

Recheck techno-commercial bid, HC to BSNL
Chandigarh, July 4
Taking up a petition by Nokia Siemens Network Private Limited (NSN), the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to scrutinised the rejection of techno-commercial bid of the petitioner by its independent external monitoring committee.

Accused gets 2 days more in police custody
Chandigarh, July 4
A local court today extended the police custody of Ravi Chaudhary for two more days in a case pertaining to fake currency notes.

Police custody of two highway robbers extended
Chandigarh, July 4
Judicial Magistrate first class Dr Rajneesh today handed over the custody of two of the four highway robbers to crime branch for three more days for interrogation of their role in Sector 33 robbery case and recovery of stolen articles.

CRIME

Heroin worth Rs 2 cr seized
Mohali, July 4
The Mohali police today arrested four Nigerian nationals for allegedly possessing 500 gm of heroin.

6-yr-old succumbs to injuries
Zirakpur, July 4
A six-year-old boy who was injured after a gazebo tent collapsed on his head at a wedding function succumbed to his injuries at Panchkula-based hospital here yesterday.

Chargesheet against estate, housing society officials
Chandigarh, July 4
The anti-corruption branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against officials of the Estate Office, Chandigarh, and office-bearers of the Progressive Cooperative Group Housing Society for violation of building bylaws and issuance of occupation certificates by ignoring non-compoundable violations and also not imposition composition fee for compoundable violations.

SPORTS

Cricket tourney from July 12
Chandigarh, July 4
The Chandigarh Sports Club will organise Prakash Devi Arora Memorial League Cricket Tournament from July 12.

Patoudy Trophy: 30 probables selected
Chandigarh, July 4
Thirty probabels have been selected for the Chandigarh district team for the Haryana Inter-District Cricket Tournament for Patoudy Trophy.

Probables for women’s cricket
Chandigarh, July 4
The CCA affiliated to the PCA has selected 25 probables for women cricket team which will particiapte in the Punjab Inter-district cricket tounament in August.

Robbin bt Adeesh
Mohali, July 4
About 200 participants from all over India are participating in the Manav Mangal AITA Total Tennis Talent Series that started here today on the school premises.

Sandeep Singh is Haryana DSP
Chandigarh, July 4
Skipper of the Indian hockey team Sandeep Singh was appointed as a DSP in the Haryana Police by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda during a felicitation function organised by the Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department to honour 13 outstanding sportspersons of the state here today.

APJ Kharar lift Ind-Swift Cup
Chandigarh, July 4
APJ Kharar lifted the Ind-Swift Cup by surpassing MCA with a margin of 102 runs in the final here today at St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45.

Cricket tourney from July 12
Chandigarh, July 4
The Chandigarh Sports Club will organise Prakash Devi Arora Memorial League Cricket Tournament from July 12.

BTS Academy win
Chandigarh, July 4
BTS Academy beat Kundan International Academy by 106 runs to win the cricket tournament here today at Kundan International School, Sector 46.