21062026-CT-01.qxd 6/21/2026 1:21 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune SAHIL NETS SEVEN AS ITBP ROUT SGGS 16-2 CITY GOLFER MANNAT CLAIMS MAIDEN PRO TROPHY FARMERS TO BLOCK ROAD OVER UREA SHORTAGE ITBP beat SGGS Hockey Club during the ongoing Chandigarh State Hockey Championship at Sector 42. P3 Mannat captures her first professional victory at the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2026-Leg 8. P5 The BKU will block the road to protest the govt's failure to ensure supply of essential fertilisers. P5 » » PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 37°C | MIN 27°C YESTERDAY MAX 38.6°C | MIN 26.3°C SUNSET SUNDAY 7.27 PM SUNRISE MONDAY 5:22 AM » SUNDAY | 21 JUNE 2026 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST /THETRIBUNECHD FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE 3 with link to Sector 11 murder accused held Samba youths were to carry out fresh attack in UT Tribune News Service Singer Gurdas Maan performs at Sector 17 in Chandigarh on the eve of World Music Day. TRIBUNE PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR LEGENDARY MAAN MESMERISES Tribune News Service Chandigarh, June 20 Legendary Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan mesmerised a sizeable crowd during a live performance at the Sector 17 Plaza on Saturday. The free concert began at 6:30 pm. Maan regaled the audience with folk songs, making it a memorable evening for his fans. His songs “Chhalla” and “Ki banu duniya da” drew the loudest applause from the crowd. Fans had started gathering at the Sector 17 Plaza hours before Maan took the stage. As the show began, the enthusiastic audience danced to his songs, creating an electric atmosphere. Maan sought more appreciation for Punjabi folk and culture. The show was organised by the Chandigarh Tourism Department. AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 85 PANCHKULA 93 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD WHAT’S ON APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sec 34 and Dadumajra Mohali: Sector 88, Phase 8 Please send information about events in Tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com 50 ice cream carts seized Tribune News Service Chandigarh, June 20 The Municipal Corporation today removed ice cream vendors operating illegally from public spaces in Sector 20. The MC’s enforcement teams impounded 50 ice cream carts during this special drive, which commenced at 7 am. The action was undertaken to ensure the unobstructed movement of pedestrians and encroachment-free public spaces. An official of the MC said such enforcement drives would continue across the city and strict action would be taken against violators. Chandigarh, June 20 In a major breakthrough that significantly expands the scope of the investigation into the daylight murder of the cashier of a medical store in Sector 11 here, the UT police have busted a module of gangster Gurpreet Singh, alias Goldy Dhillon — a close associate of Canada-based terrorist Satinderjit Singh, alias Goldy Brar. Three youths, all residents of Samba district in J&K, were arrested with sophisticated weapons as they attempted to enter the city to carry out a fresh attack. A patrol team received information that three armed operatives of Goldy Dhillon — Happy Chib, Rahul Kumar and Vansh Sharma — were coming to the city from Mullanpur. The police laid a trap and nabbed them after a brief chase. A case under the Arms Act has been registered. The police have recovered a foreign-made pistol, a .32-bore weapon and nine cartridges from the three youths. Link to Sector 11 killing The interrogation of the three youths revealed that they were The accused in custody of the Chandigarh Police. in contact with Goldy Dhillon. They were close associates of the three youths accused of killing Janki Das, the cashier of Shree Kumar Medical Hall in Sector 11. They travelled together from Jammu on Dhillon’s orders, splitting into two modules in Punjab. Sunny Mehra, Aryan Sharma and Amit allegedly carried out the Sector 11 killing, while Happy Chib, Vansh Sharma and Rahul Kumar stayed back awaiting fresh orders. Goldy Dhillon, also known UT heritage furniture sold CHB considers relief to rent for ~1.6 crore in Brussels defaulters of rehab schemes Tribune News Service Nitin Jain Tribune News Service Chandigarh, June 20 Seven out of 13 lots of Pierre Jeanneret-designed furniture from Chandigarh were sold for over Rs 1.6 crore at an auction in Brussels on June 18. The auction was held even though heritage activist Ajay Jagga had alerted the Union Ministries of External Affairs and Culture two days before the sale. Jagga, a member of the Heritage Protection Cell, Chandigarh, had informed External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat about the impending sale by auction house PIASA, seeking urgent diplomatic intervention to halt it. In a follow-up representation sent today, he said, “Despite such advance intimation, seven, out of 13 identified items, were auctioned on 18 June 2026.” The pieces were sourced from administrative buildings associated with Panjab University and the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Jagga, in his letter, clarified that “administrative buildings” in such catalogue listings was not confined to the Chandigarh Administration alone but spanned structures across Punjab, Haryana, Panjab University, PEC, the High ITEMS SOLD AT THE AUCTION ITEM LIBRARY TABLE SOFA BENCH DESIGN PIECE (JEANNERET & LE CORBUSIER) SET OF 3 HIGH STOOLS PAIR OF PERFORMANCE HALL ARMCHAIRS STUDENT’S DESK & LIBRARY CHAIR SALE PRICE (IN ~) 52.48 LAKH 18.40 LAKH 10.52 LAKH 26.29 LAKH 32.87 LAKH 7.23 LAKH 13.15 LAKH HOW CHANDIGARH’S HERITAGE FURNITURE KEEPS LEAVING COUNTRY PAGE 5 Court and the PGI. The Brussels sale comes within weeks of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan seeking a custody report from the Chandi- garh Administration after a pair of heritage chairs and a set of four low stools from the Punjab MLA Hostel in Sector 4 were auctioned in Chicago on June 4. c m y b Chandigarh, June 20 The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) is likely to consider a proposal to provide relief to allottees of small flats under rehabilitation schemes who have failed to pay rent. According to officials, the issue would be taken up during a meeting of the Board of Directors of the CHB scheduled to be held soon. Instead of cancelling the allotment, the rent defaulters were likely to be given an opportunity to pay the pending dues in instalments, stated the officials. The CHB had recently intensified its action against defaulters and cancelled the allotment of nearly 90 beneficiaries of the Small Flats Scheme-2006 and the Affordable Rental Housing Complex, who have failed to pay their rent. Nearly 13,000 allottees have defaulted on rent payments. Notices had been issued to those whose allotments had been cancelled to vacate their flats. These flats are located in Maloya, Dhanas and other parts of the city and these housing units were allotted under various rehabilitation schemes. According to officials, the total outstanding amount has reached nearly Rs 52 crore, including Rs 25 crore in May be allowed to pay dues in instalments instead of cancelling allotment unpaid rent and nearly Rs 27 crore in accumulated interest due to prolonged non-payment over several years. The housing units were allotted under a licencebased system, requiring beneficiaries to pay a minimum monthly rent. However, many allottees failed to deposit even the basic rent over extended periods, making the dues run into lakhs per household. Long-pending demand of allottees for regularisation of need-based changes in the dwelling units would also come up for discussion in the Board meeting before finalising the report, stated the officials. The UT Administration had recently constituted a fresh eightmember committee headed by the CHB Chief Executive Officer to review and recommend need-based changes in CHB dwelling units. In January this year, the UT Administration had constituted an 11-member committee to review the policy on need-based changes notified on January 3, 2023. It was put on hold following the SC order on January 10, 2023. The committee recommended that the policy be implemented with certain exclusions. Out of the 28 clauses in the 2023 policy, the committee dropped four. However, the house owners have been opposing the January 2023 notification, claiming it reversed previous relaxations and categorised these as violations. CHB allottees have demanded the withdrawal of the policy and the provision of a comprehensive alternative. Over the past four decades, CHB has constructed around 68,000 flats across categories, with nearly 80% having some form of structural alteration. The other issues to come up for discussion in the meeting would be the development of IT Park and construction of high-rise buildings on vacant land of the CHB. High-rises, plots at IT Park and group housing societies in the city’s periphery have been proposed in the draft amendments to the Chandigarh Master Plan-2031 released by the UT Administration recently. The proposed amendments focus on promotion of high-rise government housing in Phases II and III, modern residential development for general group housing in Phase III. The UT Administration has proposed shifting from multi-storey flats to plotted development at IT Park to bypass wildlife clearance hurdles. as Goldi Rajpura, is not the same person as Satinderjit Singh, alias Goldy Brar, the Home Ministry-designated terrorist. The two are closely linked. However, Dhillon is named Brar’s co-conspirator in an NIA chargesheet in the Sector 5 firing case. Criminal background Happy Chib (20) is a Class X dropout and already faces six FIRs in Jammu, including attempt-to-murder and Arms Continued on page 5 All set for NEET exam today Tribune News Service Mohali, June 20 The administration and the police today completed the last-minute preparations and security checks for the NEETUG 2026 examination at eight designated examination centres in the district. The examination will be conducted at the following eight centres on June 21: Schools of Eminence, Phase 11, 3B1 in Mohali and Kharar; PM SHRI Government Senior Secondary Schools at Sahauran and Desu Majra; Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sector 80, Mohali; Kendriya Vidyalaya, K-Area, Zirakpur; and PM SHRI Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Rakoli. The examination will be conducted from 2 pm to 5:15 pm. Candidates have been advised to report at their respective examination centres between 11 am and 1:30 pm to facilitate security checks, document verification and other pre-examination formalities. The candidates and their parents have been appealed to reach the examination centres well in advance and strictly adhere to the guidelines issued by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Eight observers have been appointed to monitor the conduct of the examination and ensure compliance with the NTA guidelines. CCTV cameras have also been installed at all examination centres to strengthen surveillance.