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PU student council to have direct elections
Chandigarh, September 19
Putting to rest anxiety among campus students, Panjab University today decided to conduct direct elections to the Panjab University Campus Students Council in the current academic session. The university also decided to conduct direct elections to the student bodies in affiliated colleges located in the city.

PGI Director may get more fiscal powers
Chandigarh, September 19
With the rent of commercial sites within the PGI complex ranging from Rs 800 to Rs 8.36 lakh per month, the issue of delegation of full powers by the Standing Finance Committee to the Director for approval of tenders will be taken up at the meeting, so as to avoid loss of revenue to the institute.

Kayak’s body comes up on Sukhna surface

Chandigarh, September 19 The worst fears of Mr Balbir Singh — father of 19-year-old kayak Ravi Ankit of the Central Protection Police Force who went missing in the Sukhna Lake on Tuesday — came true this morning when his son’s body was found floating on the water at about 5.45 am. The body of 19-year-old CRPF kayak, Ravi Ankit, being brought out of the Sukhna Lake on Thursday morning. — A Tribune photograph

Minor reshuffle of UT officials
Chandigarh, September 19
The Chandigarh Administration today ordered a minor re-shuffle of middle-level officials and appointed Mrs Madhvi Kataria as Subdivisional Magistrate, south replacing Mr H. S. Kandola of this additional charge.

COMMUNITY

The Sri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board proposes to replace wooden doors of sanctum sanctorum of the shrine with silver carved doors before the onset of Navratras in October. Sources inform that negotiations are under way with silver craftsmen from Jaipur and Amritsar for carrying out the work on two silver doors. A file photograph of murals within the sanctum sanctorum of Mata Mansa Devi Temple that are now being restored by the Archaeological Survey of India. — A Tribune photograph

On pre-shraadh shopping spree
Chandigarh, September 19
Manisha does not believe in making lists, nevertheless she is carrying one in her handbag. No, the 26-year-old housewife has not turned forgetful all of a sudden, but wants to buy every thing that is essential before the shraadhs begin.

Mahila Cong chief addresses city party workers
Chandigarh, September 19
The All-India Mahila Congress will urge Congress President Sonia Gandhi to allot 33 per cent of party ticket for the next Lok Sabha elections to women. In the past some years, the number of women MPs in both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha have fallen. This was stated by Ms Chandresh Kumari, president of the All-India Mahila Congress, while addressing party workers in Sector 35 here today.

MPs to visit city from Sept 23
Chandigarh, September 19
A Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs will start its two- day visit to Chandigarh from Monday morning. This is an inspection-cum-study tour for the MPs. Out of the 45 MPs on the committee the Chandigarh Administration had received confirmation from 19 till late tonight. The number can even go up.

Sohini preparing for Miss India contest

Chandigarh, September 19 Where Sohini Jaitly lacks as an experienced model, she makes up for this with her charm and enthusiasm. Sohini recently won the “Face of the Year” title by beating 15 contestants in a contest organised in Mumbai. Sohini Jaitly, a model from Mumbai, launches the "Confidence contact and me" campaign at a shop in Sector 17 in Chandigarh on Thursday.  — A Tribune photograph

Ex-Services League meeting on Oct 26
Chandigarh, September 19
The annual general body meeting of the Indian Ex-Services League, UT, will be held on October 26 at Giani Gurmukh Singh Bhavan in Sector 24.

CRIME

Finance firm owners booked
Chandigarh, September 19
The Chandigarh police has registered a cheating case against a Sector 36 based finance company for duping two investors of Rs 3 lakh. According to information, Mr P.S. Dhawan, a resident of Sector 16, complained that he was cheated of Rs 2 lakh by Dawn Financial Services.

• Man cheated

• Family members booked

• Tyres stolen

• Two held

• House burgled

BUSINESS

Auto-show displays latest car models
Chandigarh, September 19
The Canadian Institute of Computer Science and Technology, an institution promoted by Worldwide Immigration Consultancy Services Limited, celebrated its second anniversary last night.

CORPORATE HONCHO
Only the fittest will survive in Telecom
MR Ashok Goyal loves challenges. He likes to meet them head on and overcome them. This is just what he is trying to do to his latest challenge as the head honcho of the Rs 1,700 crore Spice Telecom in Punjab in the face of ever-increasing competition.

Internet company enters ASEAN
Chandigarh, September 19
Best Internet Solutions Pvt Ltd, a Chandigarh-based ISO-9001 company, has announced the launching of its operations in ASEAN countries.

Company drops CD prices
Chandigarh, September 19
Saregama (India), in an effort to make quality music more affordable to all, has introduced new CD prices.

EDUCATION

‘Prakriti’ makes progress
Chandigarh, September 19
‘Prakriti’ is making progress and gradually embracing one and all in its folds at Government College for Girls, Sector 11. This is no student who has infused new life in the curriculum but the environment society of the college which has earned an enthusiastic response for its vermiculture project.

New student body formed
Chandigarh, September 19
A new student body, “Association of Panjab University Students” was today floated at the PU campus and the party’s activists claimed that it had been formed by a breakaway group of both SOPU and PUSU.

Workshop opens
Mohali, September 19
Mr K.K. Bhatnagar, Principal Secretary, Education, Punjab, today inaugurated a three-day training workshop on GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) at CEDTI.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Ensure engineers’ pay parity
Chandigarh, September 19
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a significant judgement, has ruled that the state government cannot justify discrimination between two classes of engineers on the ground of workload after equating their pay scales.

• Orders reserved on MLA’s bail plea

• Contempt notice to Chief Secy

• Notice on bail plea of ex-Jathedar

DISTRICT COURTS
Beant Singh case: witness turns hostile
Chandigarh, September 19
One of the witnesses in the Beant Singh assassination case today turned hostile and did not recognise the accused in the case at a special court room in Burail Jail. While giving statement before the UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr H.S. Bhalla, the witness, Amarjit Kaur, said she did not know Navjot Singh, one of the accused in the case.

• 1-yr probation for juvenile
• Hearing adjourned
• Notice issued

Favouritism by Judges denied
Chandigarh, September 19
Allegations by lawyers regarding a soft corner of some Judges for certain advocates, and clarification by another, marked the general house meeting of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association this afternoon.

• Engineer remanded

CULTURE

NEW RELEASE
Karisma back with ‘Shakti — The Power’
SOUTH Indian writer-director Krishna Vamsi and debutant director Amol Shetge films ‘Shakti-The Power’ and ‘Gunaah’ are releasing tomorrow. After ‘Fiza’ and ‘Zubeida’, it has been along gap for Krishma Kapoor. And with ‘Shakti’, Krishma may well be back with a bang in this Surinder Kapoor and Boney Kapoor presentation. Film pundits say the film is inspired from the Hollywood hit ‘Not without My Daughter’. ‘Shakti-The Power is a remake of south film ‘Anthapuram’ directed by Krishna Vamsi who has also directed the Hindi version.

• Bipasha, Dino and ‘Gunaah’

Fusing music with painting    
Chandigarh, September 19
When the rhythm of music is combined with colours of nature, the effect is spellbound. M. K. Puri, a senior artist from New Delhi, has brought a series of paintings, expressing “swar” and rhythm by juxtaposing different gestures of hand and body movement in perfect brush strokes.

Mann aims to promote Punjabi culture
Chandigarh, September 19
“My main motive to work in a Punjabi movie, despite offers from the Hindi film industry, is to promote Punjabi culture and get Punjabi movies international recognition,’’ said Harbhajan Mann who is in city for the release of the music of his debut film “Jee Aayaan Nu’’.

‘Theatre’s strength lies in simplicity’
Chandigarh, September 19
Actor-turned-play director Alok Chakravarty is moved by reality, and it is the sense of realism which underlines the story of “Court Marshal”. The play was staged at the ongoing National Natya Festival, organised by the North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Allahabad, in collaboration with the Haryana Public Relations and Cultural Affairs Department at Tagore Theatre here today.

SPORTS

Chandigarh Police enter final Chandigarh, September 19 Chandigarh Police outplayed Chandigarh Football Club by a golden goal in the first semifinal, while defending champions AG, Audit, Haryana, got the better of AG, Audit, Punjab, 1-0 in the other semifinal to move into the final of the Senior State Chandigarh Police shaheed Samarak Football Championship played here today at Police Lines, Sector 26. The semifinal match of the Senior State Chandigarh Police Shaheed Samarak Football Meet between Chandigarh Football Club and Chandigarh Police in progress at Police Lines, Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma

Volleyball tourney Handball meet Carrom officials

Term of tourism panel renewed
Chandigarh, September 19
The Chandigarh Administration today renewed the term of the Chandigarh Tourism Advisory Committee for a further period of one year to promote tourism in the region under the chairmanship of the Secretary, Tourism, Chandigarh Administration.