27082025-CT-01.qxd 8/27/2025 12:44 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune ADMINISTRATOR’S NOD MUST FOR DEPUTATION OF STAFF MANKIRAT AAP STUDENT WING PICK FOR COUNCIL PREZ POST #RAGNEETI—A LOVE STORY ETCHED IN SONG & SOUL... Administrator will decide recruitment rules, appointment and relieving of employees on a deputation in UT. P2 Association of Students for Alternative Politics names Mankirat Mann as its PUCSC presidential candidate. P2 As Parineeti Chopra, Raghav Chadha get ready to embrace parenthood, we reload their fairy tale romance. P3 » » WHAT’S ON APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sectors 15, 40, 46 Panchkula: Sector 25 Please send information about events in tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com 12-hour power cut in Mohali Tribune News Service Mohali, August 26 Residents of Phase 9 and 10 in Mohali remained without power supply for almost 12 hours. Locals said there was a blackout from 11 pm to 11 am today. They said normal supply resumed only at 1 pm. PSPCL helpline of no use, claim residents Manpreet Singh of Phase 10 said, “There has been erratic power supply for the past several months. No one picks up the phone at PSPCL to address the complaint.” Irate residents said there was no staff at night to fix technical snags. It was at 6 am that PSPCL staff began looking for the fault. “First, they said there was an issue with one of the jumpers. Later, they said the transformer was having an issue. Power outage has become a routine affair,” said Amanpreet Singh of Phase 9. SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:57 AM /THETRIBUNECHD FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Monthly parking pass gets approval Marshals remove Oppn councillors after demand for riders on shifting of roads Tribune News Service Congress double standards exposed: Malhotra Ramkrishan Upadhyay Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 26 Amid uproar by the Opposition councillors, the General House of the Municipal Corporation approved the agenda regarding handing over V-3 roads to the Engineering Department of the UT Administration for maintenance. As the councillors protested, demanding for conditions such as fixing a timeframe for getting these roads back from UT, they were removed from the hall by marshals. Proposing the shifting of the V-3 roads, Mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla said owing to the shortage of funds, these sectordividing internal roads had not been repaired or recarpeted for years. She announced that once the roads are recarpeted, an agenda item on taking back the roads from the Administration will be tabled in House. The proposal is being passed for the benefit of the residents and also in view of the fact that it will save a lot of civic body's money, she claimed. However, the councillors of AAP and the Congress stressed the need to put conditions such fixing a timeframe for taking back these roads from the Administration. While they were continuing with their protest, the Mayor ordered marshals to remove them from the hall. However, they continued their protest outside the hall. City Congress president HS Lucky and AAP chief Vijay Pal Singh alleged that the BJP Continued on page 2 Bar Council gives clean chit to senior lawyers Bali, Nehra Chandigarh, August 26 The Privilege Committee of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana has given clean chit to two senior advocates. Puneet Bali and Rakesh Nehra, and their associates in its ongoing probe into the alleged case of “bench hunting” at the Punjab and Haryana High Court. In the order, the committee, headed by Raj Kumar Chauhan, said no material had surfaced against them or their associates. It says in their respective replies, Nehra and Bali categorically submitted that the petition was neither filed from their offices nor by any advocate working therein. Both senior advocates stated before the committee that even the earlier petition had not been filed from their offices and that they had only been engaged in the said petition subsequent to its filing. They clarified that their associates had appeared solely to assist them and had no role in the filing of the present petition. The order further says that upon a perusal of the records and replies, the committee is of the considered view that further assistance from the offices of Nehra and Bali is not required in the present inquiry. No material has surfaced MAX 33°C | MIN 25°C YESTERDAY MAX 29.9°C | MIN 24.4°C Amid high drama, MC House okays transfer of V-3 roads to UT Admn ‘BENCH HUNTING’ CASE Tribune News Service RAIN SUNSET WEDNESDAY 6.52 PM » WEDNESDAY | 27 AUGUST 2025 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST against them or their associate advocates namely Sauhard Singh, Rupender Singh, Bindu Tanwar, Ankit Yadav Anmol Chandan, Gagandeep Singh and Aakash Sharma. On the contrary, both senior advocates have extended full cooperation throughout, reflecting their commitment to transparency, integrity and the highest standards of professional ethics. The Committee, therefore, records that the reputation and integrity of Nehra and Bali, along with their associates, remain untarnished, and no further information is required from their offices. The committee observed that it has also come to its notice that several advocates appearing for Roop Bansal were engaged by Gulshan and Siddhrath Bhardwaj, both practising in Delhi, and appearing in matters concerning Bansal before the Punjab and Haryana High Court. It is significant that the information relating to restriction of listing of certain advocates’ cases before particular Benches is not in the public domain. Many advocates, whose names appeared in such orders, were themselves unaware of this fact. However, Gulshan and Siddhrath were found to be surprisingly well aware of such restrictions. Continued on page 2 Chandigarh: City BJP president Jatinder Pal Malhotra said the double standards of the Congress were once again exposed before the public. “Just two days ago, the Congress was staging protests on the streets over the poor condition of roads, trying to mislead people with theatrics. When the real solution was brought in, it backed out as usual,” he said. — TNS << Councillors debate public issues during the MC House meeting in Chandigarh on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: VICKY Anil Masih moment all over again: Tewari Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 26 Chandigarh MP and former Union Minister Manish Tewari strongly condemned the manhandling of AAP and Congress councillors in the MC House by what he said deploying policemen masquerading as marshals. “It was the Anil Masih moment all over again,” he quipped. Tewari said the AAP and Congress councillors were demanding that the Chandigarh Administration should transfer 30% of the Rs 5,800 crore that it gets Marshals remove AAP councillors from the hall. from the Union budget to the MC. This amount was determined by the respective Finance Commissions, including the Delhi Finance Commission for the proper civic upkeep of Chandigarh or repair of the V-3 roads. But, they were brutalised at the behest of the powersthat-be in the most authoritarian manner possible. “Why doesn’t the Chandigarh Administration take responsibility for repairing the V-6 roads along which a large number of people reside?” the senior Congress parliamentarian questioned, while adding that the V-3 roads are where the cavalcades move. Tewari said, “This spells the death knell of democracy.” ~500 for cars, ~250 for two-wheelers Chandigarh, August 26 The MC General House has approved the agenda regarding single monthly parking pass of Rs 500 for four-wheelers and Rs 250 for two-wheelers for all 89 paid parking lots under the civic body. In July, the MC had sought suggestions from the public on the introduction of the single parking pass. Municipal Commissioner Amit Kumar told the House that a large number of residents supported the move and send their suggestions also. The proposed pass would allow unlimited entries and exits, offering a more convenient and cost-effective option for regular car users. Meanwhile, the House also gave its nod to the request for proposal (RFP) to hand over the operations and processing of construction and demolition (C&D) waste to a private firm. The MC will earn revenue in the form of royalty from the company, including a share on the sale of products made from the recycled waste. The firm will be selected on the basis of the highest royalty quoted per metric tonne (MT) of waste processed. The other agenda items approved in the meeting include floating fresh tender for hiring 27 security guards and three security supervisors through the GeM portal and adoption of the stringent Haryana Fire and Emergency Services Act 2022 (Extension to the Union Territory of Chandigarh) Act 2025 with OTHER KEY ISSUES The other agenda items approved in the meeting include floating fresh tender for hiring 27 security guards and three security supervisors through the GeM portal and adoption of the stringent Haryana Fire and Emergency Services Act 2022 (Extension to the Union Territory of Chandigarh) Act 2025 with certain relaxations. The proposal for auction of five plots at Pocket No. 6 of Manimajra for "Multi-storey group housing for residential purposes" was also cleared. certain relaxations. The proposal for auction of five plots at Pocket No. 6 of Manimajra for “Multi-storey group housing for residential purposes” was also cleared besides tender for GIS-based mechanised and manual sweeping roads in southern sectors (Sectors 31-56, 61 and 63). The other agendas which have been passed include agenda for Conversion of the Free Parking Area at Hallomajra / Ram Darbar and the Parking Area behind Fun Republic, Manimajra into Paid Parking Facilities for Tourist Buses One more key agenda item, selection of Indian Oil Corporation Limited as agency for setting up a segregated organic municipal solid waste-based compressed biogas plant, also got the House approval. Meanwhile, the MC Chief Engineer directed the officers concerned to complete the survey of non-functional streetlights in 10 days. Congress councillor Gurpreet Singh had raised the issue during the meeting. RSS office cordoned Youth held for issuing threat calls to Pbi singer off after ‘bomb hoax’ Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 26 The police tightened security at the RSS office in Sector 18 today and barricaded all roads leading to the premises. The area around the office was also searched, and those entering the building were frisked. According to sources, a bomb threat targeting the RSS office was received in the morning. Senior police officers, includ- ing SSP Kanwardeep Kaur, reached the spot and held a meeting with RSS leaders. Although the police refrained from giving any official statement, the heightened measures indicated that the matter was being treated as serious. However, RSS office-bearers said the police periodically enhance security as a precautionary measure and this could be part of that routine. Mohali, August 26 The police have arrested Harjinder Singh, alias Ravinder Singh, of Khudda Jassu here for making threat calls to Punjabi singer Mankirat Singh Aulakh. The police said he was arrested from Delhi International Airport while he was trying to flee abroad. “The suspect had lived in Italy for the past sometime and was trying to flee abroad. He has been taken into custody and more revelations are likely,” said police officials. A case under Sections 318 (5) and 351 (2) of the BNS was registered at the Mataur police station on August 21. Aulakh had received repeated threat calls from unknown numbers on his management’s phone number in the form of voice calls and WhatsApp messages. The caller, who was speaking in Punjabi, even threatened his family members by sending pictures of Aulakh’s home and vehicles. The singer had got threat calls from gangsters earlier also. The accused in custody of the Mohali police. Security beefed up at PU, all set for nominations today Deepankar Sharda Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 26 A day before nominations for the Panjab University Campus Students’ Council (PUCSC) elections, the authorities beefed up security on the campus today. While PU security personnel and cops strictly asked day scholars to get parking and entry stickers, the latter alleged harassment in the name of checking. Today, all four-wheelers not bearing mandatory entry stickers were stopped for a check at the university gates. The last date to apply online for the same was August 25. The university authorities, however, have now extended the last date. “There were many students who are yet to apply for the entry stickers. We made such students aware about the process to apply for the stickers,” said Vikram Singh, Chief of Security, Panjab Uni- Vehicles not bearing stickers undergo strict checking, students allege harassment MAJOR DEPTS IN FOCUS The political groups are focussing on the departments having a large number of students. A maximum of nominations are expected from the University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Department of Law, UILS and Chemical Engineering Department. As these departments house a maximum of voters, fielding candidates from there can get parties and student groups a huge support. <
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