22052024-CT-01.qxd 5/22/2024 12:47 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune RAHUL GANDHI TO ATTEND SAMMELAN AT P’KULA TODAY 15.5 LAKH PEOPLE TO CAST VOTE IN FATEHGARH SAHIB DISABLED MAN AMONG 4 HELD FOR SNATCHING, THEFTS Rahul Gandhi to be in Panchkula to participate in the Samvidhan Samman Sammelan. P2 DEO Parneet Shergill said efforts were being made to ensure maximum participation of youth. P2 Meerut native Farrukh’s left foot is deformed. The 22-year-old cannot walk properly, let alone run. P2 » » CHANDIGARH 146 PANCHKULA 162 MOHALI 158 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF POLICE REMAND FOR FAKE JUDICIAL OFFICER Chandigarh: A day after the SUV driver was arrested for posing as a judicial officer over a traffic violation in the city, the police have added more IPC sections to the FIR. He was produced in the court on Tuesday and sent to one-day police remand. The police said Sections 476, 468 and 471 of IPC had been added to the FIR. Parkash Singh Marwah of Sector 51 was earlier booked under Sections 170, 186 and 419 of IPC at Sector 49 police station. TNS WHAT’S ON APNI MANDI CHANDIGARH: Sectors 15, 40, 46 and 52 MOHALI: Phase 11 PANCHKULA: Sector 25 SC Bench recuses itself from hearing SIPPY MURDER CASE New Delhi, May 21 A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court today recused itself from hearing a plea of an accused, daughter of a former High Court judge, in connection with the killing of national-level shooter Sukhmanpreet Singh. A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma said they were not inclined to hear the matter as it involved the daughter of a former judge. “List the matter before a Bench in which both of us are not members,” they said. Senior advocate Siddharth Dave, appearing for petitioner Kalyani Singh, said they had approached the top court challenging the April 25 order of the High Court, which rejected her plea for supply of statements of witnesses recorded by Chandigarh police. —PTI 10 days to go, RSS bolsters BJP campaign with baithaks 1,750 ‘drawing room meetings’ held so far covering about 60% city area INDIA VOTES 2024 Sandeep Rana Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 21 While the city BJP is taking out padyatras and rallies, the RSS is holding back-to-back “drawing room baithaks” in the run up to the Lok Sabha election here. According to sources, the ideological fountainhead of the BJP has held 1,750 such baithaks so far covering about 60 per cent area of the city. It was learnt that the RSS has adopted this model of establishing a connect with voters, which worked in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. “Ten houses are picked up at a time and a meeting is held with 15-20 members either in parks or in one of the residences. They are encouraged to vote for the sake of nation,” shared sources. The added, “The RSS earlier used to hold large meet- FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Special CL on May 25, holiday on June 1 Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 21 The UT Administration has announced a special casual leave on May 25 and public holiday on June 1 for all those employees who are registered voters in Haryana and Punjab parliamentary constituencies, respectively, where polling is to be held on these two days, under Section 25 of Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881. According to the notification issued by the Administration, it will also be a paid holiday in industrial shops and commercial establishments, and for daily wage employees/casual workers. June 1, 4 dry days in UT In view of the Lok Sabha elections, the Excise and Taxation Commissioner has ordered the closure of all SUCCESSFUL MODEL OF SANGH “Ten houses are picked up at a time and a meeting is held with 15-20 members either in parks or in one of the residences. They are encouraged to vote for the sake of nation,” shared sources. ings. But it realised since its model worked in MP and Chhattisgarh, it should replicate it in Chandigarh too.” At these meetings, the RSS leaders tells people about Tribune News Service FILE PHOTO WHO ARE BEING WOOED A team of 10 persons each holds these baithaks in sectors. For colonies, 20member teams have been formed. The meetings started about a month ago and will go on till the election. how the nation is growing. Focus remains on significance of long-standing issues, including Ram Mandir and the scraping of Article 370 in Jammu and Retired officers and intellectuals are encouraged to hold more such “baithaks”. The Sangh leaders are also holding meetings with people associated with temples, gurdwaras, deras, Radha Soami Satsang, Ramgarhia organisations, Vishav Manav Ruhani Kendra and others. Kashmir, which have been resolved by the Centre. The RSS is reaching out to people from different strata of society, including traders, exservicemen and general pub- lic. Retired officers and intellectuals are encouraged to hold more such “baithks”. The Sangh leaders are also holding meetings with people continued on page 2 Testing of EVMs under way in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Says Kirron Kher the real udan khatola Manish Tiwari addresses a meeting at Kishangarh. NITIN MITTAL ASKS TANDON FOR 10-YEAR ‘BALANCE SHEET’ Tewari asked his rival Sanjay Tandon for the balance sheet of 10-year work of his government. He was taking a dig at him for terming the Congress manifesto a bunch of lies. Manifestos are promises and cannot be dismissed instantly, he added. whom Yogi does not enjoy a comfortable relationship.” “The real ‘udan khatola’ was Kirron Kher, who was not seen for 10 years in Chandi- garh. Sanjay Tandon was the double-engined ‘udan khatola’, who did nothing as city BJP president when thousands of migrants were bru- talised by the saffron party and forced to flee to their villages in UP and Bihar and other places in India,” Tewari posted on X in reaction to Yogi’s comment attaching The Tribune report. The Congress candidate said as an MP he ensured , that everyone got proper food and care during the lockdown period, which his (Yogi’s) party’s government had imposed arbitrarily. “Leave aside protecting people or providing any aid or relief to them, you could not provide a respectable funeral to those who died of Covid for want of care, concern, medicines and oxygen in your state under your nose,” he said, referring to the UP Chief Minister. “You, your party and the government owe an apology to the nation for the loss of precious lives during the pandemic,” he added. 450 people of ~4 crore Chandigarh, May 21 A fake contractor has been arrested by the UT police for allegedly cheating around 450 people by making false promises of employment on contract. The accused, identified as Seemel of Mohali, and his supervisor Rohi have been arrested. The accused reportedly collected about Rs 4 crore from his victims. According to sources, Seemel had informed the victims that they were being hired for the horticulture wing of the Municipal Corporation (MC) on a contractual basis and the name of his company was Ultimate Manpower House Keeping. The police said the accused started paying salaries to his victims from the corpus he made with the money collected from them. Soon, more job-seekers paid him money. Gaurav Kanthwal Tribune News Service Mohali, May 21 Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park, also known as Chhatbir Zoo, is trying its best to beat the heat. Some of the birds and animal enclosures have been equipped with mini-pools, sprinkler systems and sheds wrapped in wet jute sheets. While most animals cool off inside, visitors sweat it out to have a glimpse of big cats. Ishu, the 18-year-old Jaguar, seemed to have made peace with a caged life. The coolerfitted enclosure has a customised perch erected under a shaded tree. The one and only jaguar of the zoo holds court to a steady stream of admirers. “In the evening, sharp at 5 pm, Ishu gets his daily dose of 4 kg beef. In between, the animal is given glucose water to keep it hydrated,” said Birds perched near a fountain and a bear sits near ice slab. NET COVERING DONE ON ENCLOSURES TO MAKE SHADE ■ Maya, Parvati and Hema, the pachyderms, take repeated rounds to the pond in their enclosure ■ To avoid direct sunlight, the animal management cell of the zoo has done net covering on enclosures Kuldeep Singh, a zoo keeper. Maya, Parvati and Hema, the pachyderms, take repeated rounds to the pond in their enclosure to stay cool. To avoid direct sunlight, c m y b that provides shade most of the time. ■ The Royal Bengal Tigers — Simba, Jyoti, Gauri and Arjun — like to stay indoors in the daytime. These come out occasionally to have a dip in the pool the animal management cell of the zoo has done an agronet covering on some of the enclosures that provides the animals with shade most of the time. The Royal Bengal Tigers — Simba, Jyoti, Gauri and Arjun — like to stay indoors in the daytime. These come out occasionally to have a dip in the pool and retire back to Summer break in UT schools from today DONATED ~8L GOLD CHAIN TO TEMPLE The police said three cars, a motorcycle and Rs 1 lakh had been seized from Seemel. He owns a house in Sector 52 and another in Jhampur, Mohali. He donated a gold chain worth Rs 8 lakh at the Khatu Shyam temple in Rajasthan. The police also recovered a car, gold “kada”, a gold chain and Rs 2.15 lakh from Rohit. He bought a house in Jhampur, Mohali, from the ill-gotten money and mortgaged 50 gram gold with a finance firm. Today, the victims gathered outside the UT Secretariat and staged a protest. They later assembled at the Maloya police station to lodge a complaint. The police registered a case and arrested the accused. This is the second such continued on page 2 Sprinklers, coolers, ice to beat the heat at Chhatbir Zoo A leopard sits under a sprinkler. TRIBUNE PHOTOS: RAVI KUMAR liquor vends/shops in Chandigarh and specified areas along the inter-state borders from 6 pm on May 30 to 6 pm on June 1. On the day of counting on June 4, the whole day will be dry day in areas within 3 km of interstate borders with Haryana and Punjab. During the dry days, no spirituous, fermented or intoxicating liquors or substances of a similar nature shall be sold, given or distributed in any hotels, restaurants, taverns, clubs, community centres, CSD canteens, shops or public or private places within Chandigarh and the specified border areas. The storage of liquor by individuals will be strictly curtailed and enforcement of restrictions on the storage of liquor in unlicensed premises will be strictly implemented. RSS office-bearer Indresh Kumar during "Matdaan Sankalp Sammelan" in Chandigarh on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR Tewari slams Yogi for Covid ‘mismanagement’ Fake contractor dupes Chandigarh, May 21 Congress candidate Manish Tewari today lashed out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his claims on Covid management and calling him “udan khatola”. “It is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black,” said Tewari, adding that “Uttar Pradesh under Yogi was the most mismanaged state during the Covid times where bodies floated in the Ganga and Yamuna and still, that man has the audacity to question us on pandemic management.” Reacting to Yogi’s “udan khatola” remark, Tewari retorted, “I am not sure whether by saying that he, by implication, actually meant me or was targeting his own Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is from Gujarat and is fighting election from Varanasi in UP and with , MAX 44°C | MIN 30°C YESTERDAY MAX 41.1°C | MIN 28.5°C SUNRISE THURSDAY 5.25 AM TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD TRIBUNE PHOTO: NITIN MITTAL AIR QUALITY INDEX MAINLY CLEAR SKY SUNSET WEDNESDAY 7.14 PM » WEDNESDAY | 22 MAY 2024 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST their two enclosures. Keeping in mind the intense heat, the diet pattern of some of the animals has also been changed. The zoo staff, including vets and dieticians, also try to increase the water intake of animals. “Juicy fodder and glucose water is being fed to the animals so that they stay hydrated all the time. Cucumbers and beet root are added in their diet in the summer season, said Harpal Singh, Zoo Education Officer. Officials said Himalyan bears liked to play in water. Ice slabs are placed in their enclosures in the morning. With the region witnessing intense heatwave, the footfall at the zoo has considerably come down. The authorities are hopeful that with summer vacations beginning tomorrow, footfall will increase in the coming days. Schoolgirls return home in Sector 48. PHOTO: VICKY Chandigarh, May 21 Following in the footsteps of neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana, the Chandigarh Administration has announced closure of schools from May 22 to June 30 in view of the prevailing heatwave. The administration has ordered all government/government-aided and private schools to prepone the summer holidays. “All schools (government, government aided/unaided and private recognised schools) will remain closed from May 22 to June 30 for summer break. The decision has been taken in view of the prevailing intense heatwave in the region that may pose a risk to the health of school students,” stated the order. Recently, the UT Education Department had ordered for closure of schools by 12 noon. As per the scheduled announced in March, the summer vacation was to begin on May 23 and end on June 30 for the ongoing academic year. “During this break, the staff (Teaching and Non-Teaching) of the education department on election duty for the Lok Sabha General Election 2024 will remain available for their duty. Teachers of government and government aided schools will resume duty after summer vacation,” read the order. —TNS
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