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Tribune News ServiceMohali January 28As a pilot project basic legal advice will be given free of cost to the accused complainants victims and witnesses in the police stations of the Mohali district. Rajinder Singh Rai District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman District Legal Services Authority stated this while presiding over the quarterly meeting of the DLSA at Judicial Complex in Sector 76 today. Rai said various issues related to legal services were discussed in detail in the meeting. He said despite the Covid pandemic free legal aid was given in 593 cases during 2020 472 detainees were granted interim bail and 72 prisoners were released on a parole. The police personnel were asked to inform the needy about the new pilot project.

Tribune News ServiceMohali January 28The Mohali Municipal Corporation (MC) has finally received a certification of being included in the list of open defecation free (ODF) ++ category of urban local bodies in India. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Government of India had provided the certificate after the nominated agency - Quality Control of India - carried out the inspection of Mohali. The certification has been provided for fulfilling the criteria laid down for ODF++.

Chandigarh: Two motorcycle-borne miscreants snatched a purse from a girl near the grain market in Sector 26. Dr Tejinder Kaur Pro-Chancellor Dr Varinder Singh Adviser to Chancellor and Dr Shalini Gupta Vice-Chancellor DBU were also present on the occasion. TNSPanel to allot vending sitesChandigarh: The local MC will form a committee to allot appropriate sites for newly registered vendors. TNSCricket meet from Feb 8Chandigarh: The 1st Dronacharya Desh Prem Azad U-17 Cup will start from February 8 at IVCA Cricket Academy in Dera Bassi. A total of eight academies - Kalsi Cricket Academy Mohali Chandigarh Cricket Academy Gallant Cricket Academy Panchkula YJR-A Cricket Academy Chandigarh Cricket Bash Academy Mohali Champions Cricket Academy Kharar YJR-B Cricket Academy Chandigarh and Century Cricket Academy Chandigarh - will participate in the championship.

Mohali: As many as 42 new Covid-19 cases were reported from the district on Wednesday. As many as 56 more patients recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours. The district has seen 18856 cases so far while 17621 patients have been cured. The active case tally stands at 884. With no death reported on Wednesday the toll in the district stands at 351.

Tribune News ServiceMohali January 20The police today claimed to have nabbed four associates of the Sampat Nehra-Lawrence Bishnoi gang with arms and ammunition. Mohali SSP Satinder Singh said the Kurali police received a tip-off that a few members of the gang were active in the area and might commit some crime. Darshan Singh was absconding in a murder case registered at the Civil Lines Bhiwani police station on November 1 2017. Manish Kumar was involved in a murder case registered at the Julka police station in Patiala district in 2016. The Bishnoi gang is involved in dacoities murders and extortion in Punjab Haryana Rajasthan and Chandigarh.

Tribune News ServiceMohali January 22The district health authorities have set a target to prepare health insurance cards of 4.25 lakh people in Mohali district. Out of this 1.35 lakh cards have already been prepared. Disclosing this here today Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said the work of preparing cards for registered families and farmers holding J forms under the Public Health Insurance Scheme in Mohali district was in full swing. A spokesperson for the District Health Department said in order to expedite the process the cards were being made by setting up camps in streets and mohallas in urban areas and villages of the district. The spokesperson said various teams of a company named Vidal had been authorised by the state health agency to make this card.

Tribune News ServiceMohali January 25Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader NK Sharma said today that former Mayor Kulwant Singh had backstabbed the party and Mohali residents by “selling” himself to the Congress for his business interests. Sharma said it was shameful on the part of Kulwant Singh to betray the party. The SAD leader appealed to people of Mohali reject the likes of Kulwant and his gang. YAD leader expelledMohali: The Youth Akali Dal (YAD) has expelled Mohali SAD youth president Parminder Singh Sohana for “betraying” the party and appointed Advocate Prince as the president of the youth wing of YAD Mohali. Parmbans Singh Romana YAD president said there was no place for opportunists in the party.

Mohali January 24High drama prevailed outside former Mayor Kulwant Singh's Azad Group election office in Sector 79 this afternoon when a group of people holding a farmers' agitation flag objected to a “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” symbol on his party's banner. No one was injured in the melee but the Kulwant Singh-led group alleged that it was a murderous attack on them with revolvers kirpans and sticks. A complaint had been lodged with the Election Commission and the Mohali SSP regarding the attack. SAD senior vice-president and former MP Prem Singh Chandumajra and Sukhbir Badal's political adviser Charanjit Singh Brar termed the allegations baseless. Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu whose younger brother Amarjeet Singh Sidhu (Ward No.

Sanjay BumbrooTribune News ServiceMohali January 17Even as the State Election Commission has announced the date for the MC poll in the state the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is yet to finalise its candidates for the forthcoming elections in Mohali. The party will hold a survey to finalise the candidates within the next few days. The party would release the list of about 50 per cent candidates within a day or two. Goldy said they had finalised and released the list of 14 and six candidates for 17 wards of the Lalru and Kurali Municipal Committees respectively. The SAD had already announced its candidates for 28 wards of the Mohali Municipal Corporation.

Around 53,000 birds of two poultry farms in Punjab`s Mohali are to be culled after some samples from there testing positive for avian flu.

Mohali January 20The Mohali District Petroleum Dealers Association has expressed concerns over the deteriorating law and order situation in the district particularly the increasing incidents of crime at filling stations in the district. On January 18 Rs 2 lakh was looted from an employee of M/S Petro Junction on the Kharar-Landran highway by three motorcycle-borne youths in broad daylight. One of the robbers threw chilli powder in the eyes of cashier Vinod Kumar who was going to a bank to deposit money around 1:45 pm and robbed him of Rs 2 lakh. Passersby nabbed one of the robbers Jaspinder Gir (25). Vinod was rushed to the Civil Hospital where he was discharged after treatment.

Mohali January 13Shiromani Akali Dal is trying hard to woo back former Mohali Mayor Kulwant Singh and his flock for the upcoming Mohali Municipal Corproation (MC) elections after they announced to contest the poll independently. Sources said senior SAD leaders are preparing the ground for a meeting with the disgruntled group on Thursday. A week ago SAD announced its first list of 28 candidates for the upcoming MC elections but the name of Kulwant Singh and his loyalists were missing in it. Kulwant and 25 former councillors announced on January 11 to contest the MC elections independently. Earlier SAD president Sukhbir Badal had constituted a committee for the Mohali MC elections.

While both Simrita and Ramneek have post-graduate degrees in Hindustani classical music the duo admits that they are not essentially lyricists. The duo residents of Mohali whose parents come from an agricultural background insist that they (parents) have been very quite encouraging. Feeling that social media has been instrumental in making youngsters' join the agitation Simrita adds that considering its deep penetration among youngsters it has been successful in presenting multiple facets of the agitation. Most people of our generation are heavy social media users.

Gaurav KanthwalTribune News ServiceDera Bassi January 8The Mohali Animal Husbandry Department will start sampling of birds in the district from tomorrow onwards. Layer farm owners cautious Vicky Kalra a poultry farm owner in Dera Bassi said: “There is no panic among poultry farmers here. However layer farms (dealing in hen eggs) are keeping a more guarded approach while broiler farms (dealing in chicken)have mostly cleared out their stock.” Business insiders says layer farm bird's life is of 18 months while a broiler farm bird's life is 35 days only. Meanwhile poultry farm owners in the Dera Bassi area said disinfectant was being sprayed from time to time at the farms. Conservative estimates peg the bird population in Dera Bassi area around 20 lakh.

Mohali January 8Rumble strips have come up on both sides of the S-curve near Sector 70 to slow down vehicles on this killer spot on Airport Road. It is a joint effort of the Mohali traffic police and GMADA. At a sharp curve near Mata Gujri Gurdwara a major black spot on Airport Road a sand-ladden tipper hit their two-wheeler following which they lost control and fell on the road. The Tribune had highlighted the issue 'Fatalities on rise Airport Road turns motorists' nightmare' on December 8. The 17.5-km stretch of Airport Road connecting the Mohali-Kharar road with the Zirakpur-Patiala road has more than 10 black spots which snuff out lives recurrently.