Farmer killed due to land dispute

CHANDIGARH: A land dispute between a farmer and his two sons led to the murder of another farmer who had taken the land on lease in Sonepat on Tuesday.
Sources said Om Prakash of Aterana village had leased out his land to one Dhanraj of Manoli village. When the latter was ploughing the fields, he was [...]

Youth found dead in Mohali was US resident

Mohali: The youth found dead in Phase VII here last night has been identified as Yadvinder Singh, a resident of USA. He had come to India some days ago and was living with his cousin, a head constable with the Chandigarh Police in Sector 26.
His cousin, after reading newspapers this morning, contacted the Mohali police. [...]

TN resident booked on theft charge

Chandigarh: A Tamil Nadu resident was allegedly caught while stealing a wallet from a car in Sector 7.
Gurdev Singh of Ropar has reported to the police that M. Ramesh had stolen his wallet containing Rs 1,000, a voter card and a PAN card from his car last evening. The car was parked in Sector 7. [...]

BSNL nos. under hammer

Chandigarh: The Punjab circle of the BSNL has began the auction of VIP numbers of its new mobile series 9464. The details of the scheme can be accessed at www.punjab.bsnl.co.in.
The auction, which got under way on October 28, will continue till November 4.
Meanwhile, the waiting list of broadband connections in Sectors 4, 7, 34, 37 [...]

Diwali stall coupons from today

Chandigarh: The MC has decided to issue prepaid coupons to those who want to set up temporary stalls on Diwali.
The coupons will be issued at the MC office and sub-office, Mani Majra, from tomorrow until November 6.
For Mani Majra and Mauli Jagran, the coupons will be issued at the sub-office, Mani Majra. For Sector 17, [...]

Marla house owners, traders meet adviser

Chandigarh: A delegation of the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal, headed by its president Charanjiv Singh, today met Pradip Mehra, UT adviser.
The delegation submitted a memorandum of demands of the trading community, a press note said here today.
Mehra sought suggestions, especially for reforms in the obsolete building bylaws and rent legislation. He told the delegation that beautification [...]

Cops’ driving skills tested

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh traffic police today organised a workshop for drivers of the police department in liaison with the Motor Sport Association (a member of the traffic advisory committee) at the Children Traffic Park, Sector 23.
The eyesight of drivers was checked by doctors from Guru Harkrishan Sahib Eye Hospital Trust, Sohana. They were also given [...]

Quarterly meetings to review crime

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration has decided to hold quarterly meetings to review the crime situation in the city.
The meeting would be chaired by the home secretary, Krishna Mohan. The meeting would take into account factors such as crime, traffic, training administration, police-public interface modernisation and housing.
Source: TNS

Devise strategy to curb snatching, IG tells cops

Chandigarh: The UT inspector-general of police (IG) today directed his force to devise a strategy to curb cases of snatching and vehicle theft, at a quarterly crime meeting held at the police headquarters in Sector 9 here.
The IG told Chandigarh Tribune that the crime graph of the city was discussed at the meeting and officials [...]

Central govt staff strike work

Chandigarh: Central government employees organisations observed a one-day strike in support of their demands here today.
Under the banner of the coordination committee of the central government employees and workers, Chandigarh, the associations of the office of the accountant general (A and E), department of posts, central ground water board and department of income tax and [...]