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Traffic jams and chaos were the order of the day outside local schools, especially in Sector 26, in the wake of a drive launched by the traffic police against school buses for violating traffic norms.

Parents ferry children to schools in Chandigarh on Tuesday.  — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Beware! you’re breathing impure air
Chandigarh, October 5
The State of Environment Report for Chandigarh belies many presumptions long harboured about its air, noise and land quality.

• OPDs exceptionally noisy
• Land degradation

Security for hockey match belies claims
Chandigarh, October 5
Entry in the Sector 42 stadium, the venue for the India and Pakistan hockey match, is unchecked despite around 500 police personnel deployed to guard the teams a night before the match.

• Parking arrangement for Indo-Pak hockey match
  
  

COMMUNITY

Abortion an ‘industry’ in India: expert
Chandigarh, October 5
With more than one million female foeticides taking place in the country each year, abortion has become an ‘industry’ worth more than Rs 500 crore in India where the unethical doctors are reaping all benefits.

Decision on maintenance of govt houses pending for 40 yrs
Chandigarh, October 5
What may come as a surprise, the Chandigarh Administration in the past 40 years is yet to decide if it will get the exterior of the thousands of government houses white-washed and painted or will it allow the present state of non-maintenance to continue. Much to the humiliation of thousands of families living in Type XIII and Type XII houses, the Administration has a stock reply that the job to get the exterior of these houses repaired is not covered under the policy of maintenance.

An unkempt government house in Sector 23, maintenance of which lies with the Chandigarh Administration. 
— A Tribune photograph

Getting a driving licence in UT - a harassment
Chandigarh, October 5
Mr Ashwini Kumar Bansal, President of the Public Interest and Common Cause Society, an NGO, today recounted unpleasant experiences and harassment hundreds of visitors have to undergo every day at the Licensing and Registering authority, Chandigarh, for a driving licence.

Punjabi not given ‘much importance’ in Pak Mohali, October 5 There are not many story writers in Pakistan who write in Punjabi as the language is not given much importance by the nation. Urdu is the national language and Punjabi has to be learnt by people on their own as it is the mother tongue of a large number of people. Maqsood Saqib, Editor of Pancham and story writer from Pakistan, at a ru-b-ru organised by the Sarang Society in Mohali on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

Abhey Chautala’s call to party workers
Panchkula, October 5
Mr Abhey Singh Chautala, son of a Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, and MLA from Rori constituency, today gave a call to the party workers to begin campaigning for the Assembly elections.

Students of Air Force School, 12 Wing, Chandigarh, pose for a photograph outside The Tribune office on their visit on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Memo on housing facilities submitted
Chandigarh, October 5
A delegation of the Punjab unit of the Dalit Rights Protection Forum attended a four-day campaign for housing rights, which concluded in New Delhi yesterday.

• Body found
• Flowers presented to senior citizens

CRIME

Scooterist hit by car, hospitalised
Chandigarh, October 5
Scooterist Devinder Kaur of Phase 3, Mohali was hit by a Santro car driven by Ankur, a resident of Sector 38-B, near Sector 51-52 turn, yesterday. She received injuries and was hospitalised. A case has been registered against the accused under sections 279 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code at Sector 36, police station. He was later released on bail.

Impersonator held by Crime branch
Chandigarh, October 5
Avtar Singh, 23, who impersonated as a dupatta seller at Burail village has been arrested by the Crime Branch after a year of hot pursuit. He was always on a prowl of rickshaw pullers, vegetable and other roadside vendors living in colonies and villages. He used to cheat those sending money orders to their families

Probe indicts 5 officials for defrauding Health Dept
Panchkula, October 5
The probe into the embezzlement of funds at General Hospital here has indicted five officials in its Accounts Branch. They are accused of defrauding the Health Department officials of Rs 10 lakh.

Man, son booked for fraud
Chandigarh, October 5
The Chandigarh police has booked man, his son and other relatives who had duped a jeweller of Rs 1.5 lakh.

4 held, stolen property recovered
Chandigarh, October 5
The Crime Branch of the Chandigarh Police has claimed to have worked out five theft cases and recovered Rs 80,000 worth of stolen property from four thieves arrested from different places in the city.

Rs 50,000 snatched by scooter-borne youths
Mohali, October 5
In two separate incidents cash and a gold chain were snatched by some youths in the town. Mr Sohan Singh, a resident of Sector 68 here, had withdrawn Rs 50,000 from a bank in Phase VII.

2 more Fiat car thieves arrested
Chandigarh, October 5
A team of the Sector 17 police station today arrested two more Fiat car thieves from Patiala. With today’s arrest, four thieves and a buyer of stolen property have been arrested in connection with the theft of Fiat cars, 32 of which have been stolen this year.

EDUCATION

NSS camp held
Chandigarh, October 5
The NSS unit of Punjab Engineering College started one-day camp with the theme “Health for Youth” on the college premises. Dr M.L. Gupta, office in charge of the NSS, inaugurated the camp. Around 450 volunteers are attending the camp. During the camp, the volunteers were briefed on micro-financing scheme in Janata Colony.

A NSS volunteer of GCG-11 presents a dance item during the valedictory function of NSS camp at their college on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph  

NCC Air Wing cadets excel
Chandigarh, October 5
NCC Air Wing cadets from Chandigarh have bagged gold in three of the five competitions organised during the Pre-Vayu Sainik Camp held at Ludhiana. The Chandigarh contingent had 23 cadets, including girls.

• Lecture series in memory of Kalpana Chawla

Consumer Forum rejects patient’s plea
Chandigarh, October 5
The local Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I has dismissed the complaint alleging negligence in the treatment of a Sector 44 resident, Ms Bhupinder Pal Kaur Brar, by Deep Nursing Home, Sector 21.

Court finds Weights and Measures official guilty
Panchkula, October 5
Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ms Sneh Prashar, today held an Inspector of the Weights and Measures Department, and a contractor guilty of graft. The sentence will be pronounced tomorrow.

LIFESTYLE

Fitness trail
Potato helps fight cancer: expert
Are you a couch potato? Though in this age of Internet it is a mouse potato that rules. But do you know that sedentary lifestyles of couch and mouse potatoes can be a hot potato. Table

Gifts galore for festive season
Those gifts of gold which you wanted to shower on your loved ones are now within your reach. 24 carat gold-plated images, automobile accessories and gold-plated sticks -on are as good as pure gold. In fact, in many ways these give advantage over traditional gold items.