22092026-CT-01.qxd 9/22/2026 12:29 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune TWO HELD FOR CAB DRIVER’S MURDER IN SECTOR 38-WEST EARLY DIAGNOSIS KEY TO ALZHEIMER’S TREATMENT BHUMI PEDNEKAR TURNS SHOWSTOPPER FOR NAZRANAA The UT police have arrested two labourers for the murder of a 31-year-old cab driver. P3 Doctors say early diagnosis has become important with availability of new treatments in India. P3 Collection Samskriti 2.0 brings India’s extraordinarytemples,textsandintellectual traditions to New York Fashion Week.P4 » » AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 40 Tribune News Service WHAT’S ON CHANDIGARH 10 am to 2 pm: Parts of Sectors 35, 37, 39, 40, 44, 45, 50, Dadumajra Colony, Shastri Nagar, Manimajra, Bapu Dham Colony, Lahora Khuda village 2 pm to 5 pm: Sectors 35, 37, 39, 40, 50, Dadumajra Colony, Shastri Nagar, Manimajra, Bapu Dham Colony, Lahora Khuda village Devotees take an idol of Lord Ganesha to the Ghaggar for immersion on Monday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR Bomb threat puts Mohali court, 6 schools on alert Tribune News Service Mohali, September 21 The judicial court complex in Sector 76 and six private schools here received bomb threat emails today, triggering security protocols and searches. Public entry to the court complex was barred until the entire premises had been sanitised, while schoolchildren were sent home in school buses or picked up by their parents. Officials said schools in Phase VI, Sector 69 and Phase XI were among those targeted. FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Civic body proposes free community centre booking for bhog, rasam pagri Immersed in faith Ramkrishan Upadhyay POWER SHUTDOWN MAX 37°C | MIN 22°C YESTERDAY MAX 35.7°C | MIN 24.4°C SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 6.11 AM /THETRIBUNECHD SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sectors 29 and 56, & Dhanas Mohali: Sec 68, 71 Please send information about events in tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com PARTLY CLOUDY SUNSET TUESDAY 6.19 PM » TUESDAY | 22 SEPTEMBER 2026 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST Police teams, including anti-sabotage and bomb disposal squads, accompanied by sniffer dogs, searched the premises for suspicious objects. Officials said court proceedings and school activities resumed after the premis- c m y b es were cleared. Similar hoax threats have repeatedly disrupted official work and caused panic among school authorities, parents and children. The police and administration are yet to find an effective solution to the recurring incidents. Chandigarh, September 21 The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has proposed to provide community centres free of cost for conducting bhog and rasam pagri ceremonies. The proposal will be tabled before the MC General House at its meeting scheduled for September 22. According to the agenda, the proposal follows suggestions made by Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria during the inauguration of the Community Centre in Sector 29 on August 12. The Administrator had suggested renaming community centres and making them available free of cost to residents for conducting bhog and rasam pagri ceremonies. The MC has already placed a separate agenda before the House proposing to rename community centres as “Jan Upyogi Kendras”. Currently, residents have to pay a concessional booking fee for holding bhog ceremonies at community cen- Proposal to be tabled at General House today tres. At its 351st meeting held on July 29 last year, the General House had approved bookings for bhog and kriya ceremonies at 25 per cent of the prescribed charges. The House subsequently reduced the rate to 15 per cent of the prescribed charges at its December 30 meeting In view of the Administrator’s suggestions and the Mayor’s recommendation, the MC has now proposed waiving the booking charges entirely for residents conducting these ceremonies. Ads at toilets, bicycle stations The MC is planning to generate Rs 82.45 crore in revenue by granting advertising rights at 526 public toilet spaces, connecting passages and bicycle docking sites. A proposal in this regard will be placed before the House tomorrow. Advertising rights will be allocated to an agency for 320 public toilet spaces, 144 connecting passages and 62 bicycle docking stations. The proposal states that finalising a long-term tender will take time. Therefore, the corporation is seeking approval to grant temporary permission for displaying advertisements. Bylaws on sale of meat, poultry The corporation has finalised bylaws regulating the sale of meat, fish and poultry products after incorporating suggestions received on the proposed rules. Under the proposed regulations, the sale of these products will not be allowed without obtaining a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the corporation. Shops and commercial food establishments will have to comply with the standards and regulations prescribed by the MC. Rs 17-cr paver block works A proposal for paver block works worth Rs 17 crore will also be discussed at the meeting. The projects involve uprooting existing paver blocks and installing new ones in sectors. The proposal comes amid questions from several residents over the Continued on page 2