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Probe sought into ‘cocaine’ bust in Ambala
Panchkula, May 20
The Haryana police headquarters today saw DGP Ranjiv Dalal in a heated exchange with Ambala Cantonment MLA Anil
Vij, who revealed a false claim by the police of having arrested seven smugglers with cocaine that later turned out to be sodium bicarbonate powder.
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| FACE-OFF: Haryana DGP Ranjiv Dalal and Ambala Cantt MLA Anil Vij engaged in a heated argument at the police headquarters in Panchkula on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal. |
Conman booked for duping another car dealer
Chandigarh, May 20
In what looks like shades of the notorious Natwarlal, a conman without any known base of operations and currently in police custody, has been booked in a fresh case for cheating a city car dealer. Varun Kaul, who was earlier arrested for defrauding Lally Automobiles, another dealership, of a Honda City car has now been booked for conning Swami Autos into handing over a Mahindra Scorpio.
11 booked for forgery
Chandigarh, May 20
The police booked 11 persons from Punjab on the charges of applying for the post of PTI (Physical Training Instructor) in the Punjab Education Department on fake
documents.
Class XII
Mathematics evaluation upsets students
CBSE director dismisses allegations as baseless
Chandigarh, May 20
A large number of students have complained over their mathematics score in the Class XII examination conducted by the CBSE. Students, who topped the school rolls in mathematics results throughout the academic session, have scored about 50 per cent.
Dandiwal Case
Man to wait more to get son’s custody
Chandigarh, May 20
Manjit Singh Dandiwal will have to wait for another 10 days before he can get his son’s custody. For, Justice TPS Mann of the Punjab and Haryana High Court yesterday extended by 10 days the deadline for handing over the custody of the seven-year-old boy to his father. The boy, Robin, was brought to India, without obtaining permission from court or the father by his mother, despite orders by a Canada court.
CBSE Class XII Results
Model schools fare badly this time
Chandigarh, May 20
This time, the CBSE Class XII result, has been excellent in several normal government schools in the city. At the same time a number of model schools have fared badly, as compared to the past.
They have made the difference
His desire is to get a big car for his father
Chandigarh, May 20
“When I was a child I would playfully tell my father that I will be the world’s best rickshaw-puller and he would snub me. One day he saw me playing on his rickshaw and he slapped me, that slap changed my life,” remembers a beaming Jagdamba Parsad, who has met all odds to secure around 80 per cent in his CBSE class XII result. |
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| Jagdamba, a rickshaw-puller’s son, who has secured 80 pc marks in CBSE class XII, is flanked by his mother and father at his residence in Industrial Area,
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High cut-off set to make admissions tough
Chandigarh, May 20
Celebrations will soon be over for a majority of 300 students who have scored more than 90 per cent marks in the CBSE Class XII examination, as the cut-off for various courses in colleges are bound to soar, making admissions a tough battle.
CAT notice to GMCH on non-selection to post
Chandigarh, May 20
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has issued a notice to Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32 on a petition filed by Gurmeet
Kaur, who had sought appointment as a pharmacist in the hospital, asking the latter to file its reply by July 20.
Tiny tots of DAV Public School, Phase X, Mohali, have a ball at a pool party.
A Tribune photograph
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Religious places
Panel for exemption from property tax
Chandigarh, May 20
The House Tax Assessment Committee of the Municipal Corporation has recommended that all religious places and dharmashalas be exempted from property tax.
Now convention centre at Beant Singh Memorial
Chandigarh, May 20
In an important decision which will go a long way in the development of southern sectors, the Beant Singh Memorial and Chandigarh Centre for Performing and Visual Arts in Sector 42 is set to have a convention centre instead of an auditorium.
Non-ISI helmets rule tricity roads
Chandigarh, May 20
In spite of the ban on the sale of non-ISI helmets, roadside vendors continue to defy the drive against such helmets launched by the Chandigarh traffic police.
Man found hanging at under-construction building
Chandigarh, May 20
Sajjan Sharma, a 30-year-old labourer, was found hanging at an under construction building in Sector 19 here this afternoon.
Insurance firm told to pay Rs 10,000
Chandigarh, May 20
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum directed an insurance company to pay Rs 10,000 as compensation to a Panchkula-based resident.
Consumer Forum
Company directed to compensate complainant
Chandigarh, May 20
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed New India Assurance Company Ltd to pay Rs 10,000 as compensation to the city resident as it failed to provide him the claim for his vehicle. The company has also been asked to reimburse the amount of Rs 31,552 to the complainant, along with Rs 5,000 as litigation cost.
Villagers protest shifting of transformer
Mohali, May 20
Residents of Mauli Baidwan, Raipur Khurd, Sambhalki, and Durali villages today staged a protest at 220 Kv grid sub-station in Sector 80 here against the alleged shifting of the main transformer to Majithia’s constituency in Amritsar.
Villagers protest against the shifting of the main transformer at Mauli Baidwan village
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Proof certificates of Domicile, Pension
‘Patwaris proving hurdle in issuing documents’
Mohali, May 20
Residents seeking certificates for entitlement to pensions, proof of domicile and caste are facing harassment after patwaris were asked by the government to give their report on the basis of which such documents could be issued.
141 kiosks pulled down
Mohali, May 20
Enforcement staff of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) removed around 141 unauthorised kiosks in Phase XI here today.
Occupants had been running shops from the kiosks for the past few years.
A demolition drive being carried out by GMADA at Phase XI,
Mohali, on Thursday.
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Demolition of illegal rehris
Migrants pelt stones at MC officials
Mohali, May 20
Employees of the tehbazari wing of the local municipal council were attacked by migrants when they had gone to remove illegal rehris in Phase VI here today.
50 yrs after marriage, couple go in for surgery together
Mohali, May 20
In a perfect example of fulfilling the marriage vows of being together in sickness and health, an elderly couple together underwent a knee replacement
surgery at Fortis hospital in Mohali here.
Developers accused of encroachment
Mohali, May 20
Members of the Junction Plaza Welfare Association have accused developers of the area of encroaching upon a 20-ft wide road here.
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