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Admn reduces stamp duty
Chandigarh, July 1
The Chandigarh Administration today reduced the stamp duty on sale of property from 12.50 per cent to 6 per cent. This would now match the duty structure in the neighbouring Punjab.

Cable men shock subscribers again
Panchkula, July 1
Cable subscribers in the region are in for a rude shock. The monthly cable tariff has been hiked by Rs 50 to Rs 75 from this month onwards. The rates have been hiked following a hike in subscription rates by some pay channels since May and increase in connectivity charges of its package by the Star TV.

Stray dogs kill three fawns in Chhat Bir zoo
Holes in Banur Canal drainage

Chhat Bir, July 1 Apathy on the part of the Punjab Drainage Department authorities resulted in the death of three male black buck fawns at the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park here this morning.

An opening in the grill installed at an end of the Banur Canal that enables wild animals and stray dogs to enter the Chhat Bir zoo premises to attack animals. (right) A stray dog rests in water accumulated on the canal bed inside the zoo. — Photos Karam Singh

Parliament ‘yet to flay’ massacre of Sikhs
Chandigarh, July 1
While the US Congress and Senate have condemned bigotry and violence against Sikh-Americans in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the USA on September 11 last year, the Indian Parliament is yet to condemn the massacre of Sikhs in 1984, Mr Tarlochan Singh, Vice-Chairman, National Commission for Minorities, said today.

She donates kidney, saves father’s life

Chandigarh, July 1 More than the satisfaction of having saved the life of her father by donating a kidney, 21-year-old Harpreet Kaur derives immense strength and pleasure in the fact that she has set an example for other families who look towards people outside the family to make the donation. 21-year-old Harpreet Kaur who donated a kidney for her father Amrik Singh at her residence in Sector 38, Chandigarh, on Monday. — Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma

Sadbhavana Express makes a poor start

Chandigarh, July 1 It came chugging into the Chandigarh railway station, but a bit too late on the very first day. The Lucknow-Saharanpur Express, extended up to Chandigarh, was supposed to arrive here at 11.30 am — as per the new time table released by the Northern Railways. The Lucknow-Saharanpur Express train, extended up to Chandigarh, being flagged off from the Chandigarh railway station on Monday evening. — A Tribune photograph

Painters do brisk business
Chandigarh, July 1
Getting the number plates painted from black to white was an expensive affair today — dearer than it was yesterday — before the expiry of the deadline. As the residents, scared of getting challaned following their failure to get the background painted from black to white, waited patiently in queues for their turn, the painters unabashedly increased the rates by as much as Rs 50.

COMMUNITY

District gears up for flood control
Panchkula, July 1
The district administration has set up six base control rooms for flood control in rains. The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Jyoti Arora, said control rooms had been set up at the block, tehsil, subdivision and district levels.

10th anniversary of AN-12 phase-out held
Chandigarh, July 1
It was an unusual occasion where familiar faces met, exchanged notes, and recalled cherished moments they had shared when the AN-12, one of the country’s best transport aircraft with the IAF, was in service. And the occasion was the 10th anniversary of the phasing out of this aircraft.

A programme for Army Chandigarh, July 1 Anamika with her bubbly voice and Hans Raj Hans with his ethereal, hunting one, complemented each other, making Shaan-e- Watan, a musical and entertaining evening.  Famous Punjabi singers, Anamika and Hans Raj Hans, entertain the audience during the Shaan-e-Watan programme organised by Zee Alpha Punjabi at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Monday. — Photo Parvesh Chauhan

FAUJI BEAT
Will Indo-Pak war be limited?
IN his lecture on “Indo-Pak Relations: Kargil and after” at CII, Chandigarh the other day, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), who was Chief of the Army Staff during Kargil operations, brought out that “the political aim given to us (for Kargil operations) was to get the intrusion vacated but not to cross the LoC”.

Vinoba’s pupil seeks fall of ‘demonocracy’
Chandigarh, July 1
Mr Bal Vijay, former private secretary of Sarvodaya Andolan leader Acharya Vinoba Bhave and convener of the Khadi Mission, mooted the idea of forming an umbrella body of social workers to establish superiority of social forces over what Vinoba Bhave called their “demonocratically elected” representatives, here today.

Industrialists threaten stir
Panchkula, July 1
The Panchkula Industrial Association has threatened to stage dharna from July 9 onwards against the alleged “anti-industry” approach adopted by the Haryana Urban Development Authority.

AMUSEMENT PARK TRAGEDY
SDM seeks information
Kharar, July 1
Mr Sukhwinder Singh Gill, SDM, Kharar, in whose area Thunder Zone amusement park, where a six-year-old child was drowned on June 28, falls, has sought full information about the incident.

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CRIME

A soda water bottle with a twisted bottle cap inside. The bottle was supplied to the house of Justice P.K. Palli in Sector 19. Mr Palli alleged that the bottle was supplied by the company manufacturing the soda a few days ago, but the twisted cap was noticed by the family this morning when it wanted to use it. — A Tribune photograph

Robbing of industrialist: three held
SAS Nagar, July 1
Three youths were arrested today on charges of robbing an industrialist of over Rs 1.80 lakh and his Ford Ikon car here on June 25. Mr Rajinder Garg, a resident of Panchkula who runs an industrial unit manufacturing precision metal sheet parts and components in Phase IX here, was forcibly deprived of the cash, a mobile phone and his car by three persons.

Car hits tree, 1 killed
Panchkula, July 1
A 32-year-old resident of Mauli Jagran was killed and his three-year-old daughter was seriously injured, when their car hit a tree on the Panchkula-Pinjore highway near Saket Hospital this afternoon.

Theft bid in AG office
Chandigarh, July 1
Thieves reportedly broke into the Punjab Advocate General office located at the Punjab and Haryana High Court compound here last night. However, nothing was stolen.

BUSINESS

MARKET PULSE
Chips with Spanish Tomato Tango flavour
Chandigarh, July 1
Riding high on the great growth of Lay’s this year, Frito-Lay India, the country’s largest potato chips manufacturer, has launched a highly successful tomato flavoured chip from its international portfolio — the “Spanish Tomato Tango” — across the country.

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EDUCATION

Develop curiosity for science: Prof Yash Pal
Chandigarh, July 1

The Kishore Vaigyanic Protsahan Yojana Summer Programme-2002 started at Panjab University here today. Inaugurated by the PU Vice-Chancellor, Prof K.N. Pathak, the programme will continue for 13 days. It is being sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science.
Prof Yash Pal delivers the keynote address after inaugurating the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana Summer Programme in Panjab University on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Designing fashion graduates

Chandigarh, July 1 In times to come, the city may well emerge as a major fashion centre of the country, not just in terms of international style trends that yearn for a market in Chandigarh’s heart, but also in terms of local production potential in the field of fashion. Students in a jubilant mood after being selected for B.Sc courses in fashion, textile and interior designing, to be offered on the NIFD campus from August this year.

They’re back from planet holiday Chandigarh, July 1 It was back to the same old routine for students, as city schools reopened today after a-month-and-a-half of summer break. Classes in some of the schools will resume from July 3. SCHOOL IS COOL: Students rejoice on returning to school after the summer break, in Chandigarh on Monday. — Photo Pankaj Sharma

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Kidney removal: HC notice to Director
Chandigarh, July 1
In less than a week after doctors at the Sector 16 General Hospital reportedly took out a kidney of a patient having stones in her gall bladder, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today asked UT’s Director, Health Services, and other respondents to submit a report to the court giving details of “how such a deplorable incident took place”.

Death due to negligence: HC notice to PGI
Chandigarh, July 1
Taking suo motu notice of a newspaper report regarding the death of a three-year-old boy allegedly due to ‘medical negligence’, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the issuance of notice to the PGI, through its Director, asking the institute to submit a report ‘giving full details of the incident leading to Nimish’s death’.

Fortis offers angiography for Rs 5,000
Chandigarh, July 1
Fortis Heart Institute today announced angiography procedure for just Rs 5,000 for a limited period as part of its month-long ‘Maha Health Mela’ being organised to mark institutes’ first anniversary. This procedure normally costs between Rs 12,000 to Rs 15,000 in other hospitals.

SPORTS

Tee off then see off Chandigarh, July 1 A five-day coaching camp for junior players ended at the Chandigarh Golf Club driving range on Sunday. The 10 children who attended the camp were Vriti, Gobind, Angad, Anmol Virk, Sartaj, Rajat, Akashbir, Sahil, Aryan and Kirat. The youngest of them, Aryan, was three-year-and-a-half old and the eldest, Vriti, was 13-year-and-a-half old.
FROM RUSSIA WITH CLUB: Ajay Gujaral, who has given golf lessons in the Moscow Country Club and Korea House driving range in Moscow, gives tips to budding golfers at a training camp in the Chandigarh Golf Club on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Now training in evening hours
Chandigarh, July 1
The government schools in Chandigarh would now have specialised sports training in the evening hours also, said Mr D.S. Mangat, DPI Schools, UT. Mr Mangat said this would help in creating an environment for sports in the schools as the grounds were less utilised during that period.