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Rain brings down roof on family; 2 killed
Road washed away again
Zirakpur, August 14
A migrant labourer and his three-year-old daughter were buried alive and two other persons sustained serious injuries when the roof of a house where they were sleeping collapsed due to a heavy rain in Bartana village near here today.

• Who ‘checked’ the check dam?

The house that collapsed at Bartana after a heavy rain on Tuesday and (right) a breach in a new bridge on the Ghaggar due to the rain.
— Photos Karam Singh

Enough, it’s the limit, says PU
Shuts doors on those with less than 20 pc marks
Chandigarh, August 14
Panjab University has decided not to give admission to students who have less than 20 per cent marks in Class XII examinations, but wish to join the BA, B.Sc and B.Com courses in its colleges.

Adviser, Home Secy dance to kids’ tunes

Chandigarh, August 14 ‘Mera rang de basanti chola...ni mai rang de basanti chola’ The lyrics that great poets have penned down as a tribute to the heroes of the Independence still drive the soul like never before. So when the students of government model schools of the city presented a programme exuding patriotism today at the Tagore Theatre, heart kept getting overwhelmed with each reference to ‘freedom’.

“FEEL FREE TO DANCE ADVISER”: The Adviser to the UT Administrator, Ms Neeru Nanda, shares the stage with the ‘bhangra’ team of the Sector 45 St Stephen’s School at an Independence Day eve function in Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Octroi evasion on cement in SAS Nagar
SAS Nagar, August 14
Evasion of octroi on cement is going on right under the nose of local municipal council officials. By a rough estimate over 10,000 bags of cement land every month at godowns in Kumbhra village, located outside the limits of the civic body.

Rain welcome relief for residents not roads
Chandigarh, August 14
While almost continuous rain in the city and its surroundings over the past three days has come as welcome relief for residents, it has also resulted in a large number of potholes on roads.

COMMUNITY

Jacob to unfurl National Flag
Chandigarh, August 14
A 150-minute official function has been planned by the Chandigarh Administration to mark the local-level celebrations to mark the 54th Independence Day to be held in the parade ground Sector 17 tomorrow. The UT Administrator, Lieut Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), will unfurl the National Flag.

Shake a leg, it is I-Day
Chandigarh, August 14
All roads led to celebrations as the rainy weather failed to freeze the spirits of city youngsters on the Independence Day eve. As the evening sun bid goodbye, teenyboppers for whom August 15 was reason enough to celebrate their independence, zoomed towards the countless number of discotheques and clubs in the city.

Widows of soldiers honoured
Chandigarh, August 14
Four widows of soldiers of the Army Education Corps (AEC), who laid down their lives in various operations, were honoured at a brief function held at Headquarters Western Command, Chandimandir today.

War widows interact with Col N.S. Rawat at a function in the Western Command headquarters, Chandi Mandir, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Alliance, Manch leaders seek dissolution of House
Chandigarh, August 14
While the Chandigarh Administration is a waiting legal opinion on the issue of mayoral election, the BJP-SAD alliance and the newly formed Chandigarh Vikas Manch leaders are continuously pressurising the Administration to dissolve the House. 

FAUJI BEAT
Studying the snows of the Himalayas
Chandigarh
For the troops manning forward posts in terrains prone to landslides and avalanche, the Snow and Avalanche Research Centre (SASE) here provides invaluable help as Advance weather forecasts, maps of hazardous zones and warnings of avalanches.


A file photo of a Snow and Avalanche Studies Establishment camp in the Siachen sector with a ‘powder avalanche’ forming in the backdrop.

MC opens ‘locked doors’
Chandigarh, August 14
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, opened six community centres here today that had been lying closed for the past many months due to a controversy on the inauguration. Orders to this effect were issued by the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen (retd) J.F.R. Jacob, to the MC Commissioner yesterday.

Constable suspended
Chandigarh, August 14
A drunk police constable, posted in the Police Control Room, allegedly lost 10 rounds and a magazine of carbine late last night. The cop, Ajit Singh, has now been placed under suspension.

Satsang programme
Chandigarh, August 14
The Rohani Satsang Society will organise a three-day satsang programme at Nawan Nagar Manav Kendra, Saketri Road, near Mansa Devi temple from August 19 to August 20.

CRIME

Arrested for fraud and corruption
Chandigarh, August 14
An employee of the Haryana Architect Department has been arrested on charges of fraud and for indulging in corruption.

2 arrested in dowry death case
Panchkula, August 14
The Panchkula police has arrested two of the seven accused, Govardhan and Iqbal Singh, father-in-law and husband of the victim, respectively, in Balwinder Kaur dowry case who were booked for demanding dowry yesterday. Five of the accused in this case are still at large.

BUSINESS

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EDUCATION

Rain fails to dampen patriotic zeal
Chandigarh, August 14
Incessant rain could not disrupt cultural functions that were organised in various schools here on the eve of the Independence Day today. Braving the downpour, enthusiastic schoolchildren and teachers reached the venues on time to participate in the events.

Children of Strawberry Fields School wave flags that they made on the eve of the Independence Day, in Sector 24, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

I love my India, chorus city kids
Chandigarh, August 14
Sultry weather, six hours of power cuts, erratic water supply, roads reduced to streets of cobbled stones, poor standard of living, political upheavals and Tehelka explosions — nothing seems to kill the feeling of patriotism among the school students. Despite the feeling of “disillusionment” among some of them after 53-years of Independence, the students still love their country.

‘Postpone counselling date’
Chandigarh, August 14
More than 70 students along with their parents met at Panjab University here today to discuss further course of action regarding their demand for the postponement of the second counselling of joint admissions to Punjab Engineering College, Department of Chemical Engineering, PU and the Chandigarh College of Architecture.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Order on Lok Pal  report stayed
Chandigarh, August 14
Mr Justice K.C. Gupta of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the order pronounced by it on May 14 whereby the state of Punjab was directed to place the report of the Lok Pal before the Punjab legislature in the ensuing session.

• Life term convict acquitted
• 5 yrs RI for homicide
• Plea against pardon admitted

Judicial remand for Syal
Panchkula, August 14
The Managing Director of Golden Forests R.K. Syal was sent to 14-day judicial remand after he was produced in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Kamalkanth, here today.

HEALTH

GH-16 to have new operation theatre
Chandigarh, August 14
The Sector 16 General Hospital will soon have a new operation theatre in front of its new trauma unit. The 30-bedded trauma unit, which is already complete, is expected to become operational from August 21, following which construction work for the operation theatre besides a doctor’s room will also begin.

Dental camp
Chandigarh, August 14
The Dental Care Clinic under the aegis of Dr Vikrant Gupta Memorial Foundation will celebrate its third anniversary on August 15.

ITBP organises medical camp
Chandigarh, August 14
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) organised a medical camp for residents of Billa village adjoining its Basic Training Centre at Bhanu near here today. Free examination was carried out and medicines were distributed to the sick.

Blood donation camp
Chandigarh, August 14
As many as 125 units of blood were donated at a blood donation camp organised by the Panjab University Students Union (PUSU) in association with NICT at the Student Centre in the PU Campus here today.

SPORTS

Shikha, Vikram clinch TT titles
Chandigarh, August 14
Shikha Sharma and Vikram Aditya won the women and men singles section, respectively, in the 3rd Manav Mangal Open Table Tennis Tournament concluded here today at Sector 23 TT hall.

• Invited

• Gymnastics meet

• Basketball tourney

• Inter-school competitions

Inspectors resent appointment of DSP
Chandigarh, August 14
The appointment of Inspector Om Prakash as Deputy Superintendent of Police has opened a Pandora’s box, with five inspectors representing to the Home Secretary against his appointment, claiming that they are senior to the newly appointed DSP.