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Dengue: numbers rise; keep kids covered
Chandigarh, October 11
With 15 fresh cases of suspected dengue fever received at General Hospital here and Civil Hospital of Mani Majra today, the number of such patients has risen to 38.

HC orders payment of salary to PU teachers
Chandigarh, October 11
Taking up a petition filed by 38 Panjab University teachers, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed that salary up to September 30 would be paid to the them.

PUBLIC VIGIL
A law unto himself?
Panchkula, October 11
The powerful can wield their stick anywhere. Power allows them to cock-a-snook at the rules. Rana Gurmeet Sodhi, Political Secretary to the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt. 

An alleged unauthorised structure outside the Sector 4 residence of Rana Gurmeet Sodhi, Political Secretary to the Punjab Chief Minister, in Panchkula. — Photo Pankaj Sharma.

7-yr-old crushed to death

Chandigarh, October 11 A seven-year-old boy was crushed to death by a speeding truck on the road dividing Sectors 55 and 56 here today. The boy, Sumit, lived in Palsora Colony No. 2. The truck driver, reportedly, abandoned the truck and fled after a boy called Sanjay (16) climbed the vehicle and forced him to stop it. Persons of Colony No. 2, Palsora, block the national highway, where a seven-year-old boy was crushed to death by a truck on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

COMMUNITY

MC approves 407 more sweepers for city
Chandigarh, October 11
The Sanitation Committee of the Municipal Corporation today asked an Indian arm of the French company, Vivendi Environment, to conduct a survey in a part of the city for taking up its comprehensive cleaning.

Open spaces overscaled: expert
Chandigarh, October 11
The open spaces around Corbusier’s capitol complex appear loose and unarticulated. Most roadsides in Chandigarh do not present an articulated treescape. These observations were made by Prof Ravindra Bhan, eminent landscape architect and ecological planner of the country.

International convention on tourism today
Chandigarh, October 11
The city will host a two day International Tourism Convention, starting tomorrow. Organised by the Chandigarh Tourism Department, CITCO and the Forum of Educators and Scholars of Tourism, this convention is expected to be attended by diplomats, government and tourism officials, intelligentsia, academicians, scholars, educators, authors, writers, and visionaries from India as well overseas.

PUDA opposes Revenue Dept instructions
Chandigarh, October 11
The Punjab Urban Development and Planning Authority has forcefully opposed the Punjab Revenue Department’s verbal instructions to its officials concerned to stop the execution of “ conveyance deeds on official allotment price” of the plots allotted by PUDA in Mohali to successful applicants.

Kirya of Lieut-Cdr Rajesh Saini, who was killed in a plane crash near Goa on October 1, at Saini Bhavan in Sector 24, Chandigarh, on Friday. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

Jain for probe into land allotment
Chandigarh, October 11
BJP national executive member Satyapal Jain and the local unit president Yashpal Mahajan at their meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister L.K. Advani on Wednesday demanded a probe into the allotment of land to Heritage Society involving the local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, and Ms Ambika Soni.

NOSTALGIA
When an Englishman kept his promise
Human life is full of beautiful certainties and uncertainties. After passing my degree examination (B.Sc.) from the Panjab University in 1938, I joined the YMCA’s institute of shorthand and typewriting at Lahore. My father had also by that time retired from the Punjab government service as head clerk from Rasul Headworks (i.e. Upper Jhelun Canal Headworks), and earnestly wanted some job for me.

CSIO develops gold analyser
Chandigarh, October 11
The Central Scientific Instruments Organisation has added one more success story to its achievement list by developing the gold analyser. It has now transferred the technology to the National Research Development Corporation, New Delhi.

3 booths sealed for non-payment of dues
Panchkula, October 11
The Estate Office today sealed three booths in the township, allegedly for non-payment of dues totalling to Rs 41 lakh. A team of officials led by Estate Officer, Ms Monica Mallick, and the Assistant Estate Officer, Mr Vijay Bhardwaj , went to Sectors 8 and 11 in the morning to seal the three booths — two in Sector 8 and one in Sector 11.

Water shortage irks villagers
Kharar, October 11
On the one hand a large number of residents of Gharuan village are facing drinking water shortage and on the other hand a tubewell installed by the Public Health Department there has not been working for the past seven years. The village has a population of 10,000.

Pillars create tension in Sec 17
Chandigarh, October 11
Tension developed between traders of Sector 17-A and a parking-lot contractor after the man allegedly tried to install pillars in the market corridor with the help of the Municipal Corporation staff. The police had to be called.

IT Department raids crockery house
Chandigarh, October 11
The search wing of the Income Tax Department today raided the premises of the Dharampal & Sons crockery. The raids, which started in the morning, were continuing till late evening.

Goddess Durga beckons all

Chandigarh, October 11 Rhythmic beats and melodious music filled the air at a colourful cultural programme here today on the first day of Durga Puja celebrations. Excitement was writ large on the faces of enthusiastic devotees who thronged the Sector 35 Banga Bhavan to participate in the programme. A priest worships Goddess Durga during celebrations in Banga Bhavan, Sector 35, Chandigarh, on Friday. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

Residents witness Bharat Milap
Chandigarh, October 11
On the sixth day of Ramlila, the residents from different parts of the city thronged the various venues to witness Bharat Milap. Excitement was writ large on their faces as they sat on the ground waiting for the “touching scene” to take place.

‘Bhajan sandhya’ enthrals devotees
Panchkula, October 11
‘Bhajan sandhya’ at Mata Mansa Devi shrine today left hundreds of devotees in eternal trance. The cultural programme today was sponsored jointly by the North Zone Cultural Centre and the Public Relations and Cultural Affairs Department, Haryana.

• Permission for Dasehra grounds awaited

• Religious function

CRIME

5 incidents of vehicle theft in city
Chandigarh, October 11
At least five cases of vehicle theft have been reported from different parts of the city. Mr Ranjai Sanadi reported that his white Maruti Esteem-LX (CH-01-P-8155) car was stolen from a parking lot in Sector 17 yesterday.

BUSINESS

Udyog Rattan for city accountant
Chandigarh, October 11
Mr Mukul Bansal, a Chandigarh-based chartered accountant, was conferred the Udyog Rattan award, for performance for the development of industry and the Excellence award for his firm, Bansal Mittal and Co, by the Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi, here yesterday.

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EDUCATION

Excellence awards for 4 city teachers
Chandigarh, October 11
Amid thunderous applaud, four teachers from different city schools — Ms S Khorana, Ms Anuradha, Mr Sartul Singh and Mr Koushik Sinha — were today awarded Tara Chand Saboo Excellence Awards for their “high quality and dedicated work” in the field of teaching.

Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd) presents Tara Chand Saboo Excellence Awards in school teaching for the year 2002 to (L to R) to Ms S. Khorana, Principal, Shishu Niketan Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, Ms Anuradha of Institute of Blind, Sector-26, Mr Sartul Singh of Government High School, Kaimbwala, and Mr Koushik Sinha of Mount Carmel School, Sector-47, at CII in Chandigarh on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

PU panel apathetic to youth welfare
Chandigarh, October 11
Only a select few seem interested in youth welfare activities at Panjab University despite the university having a full-fledged department for the purpose. This is evident from the fact that no meeting of a special sub-committee constituted by the university to study ‘weightage to be given to students for participation in youth welfare activities’ could be conducted for the want of sufficient members.

Rally by ABVP

Chandigarh, October 11 The Chandigarh unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad today organised a rally at the Sector 17 Plaza to mobilise students’ opinion in favour of the “national students’ charter” to be submitted to the Prime Minister on November 26. Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad hold a rally in support of their demands in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Freshers’ party at computer centre
Chandigarh, October 11
It was a gala time for students of GCS Computer Tech (P) Limited, Sector 9, of Punjab Technical University, when they all assembled for a freshers’ and dance party last evening.

Schools celebrate Dasehra
Panchkula, October 11
Dasehra was celebrated with religious fervour and enthusiasm in various schools of the district today. In DAV School, Surajpur, students of the junior wing gave a scintillating performance, while being dressed up as Rama, Sita and Ravana.

Tiny tots set Ravana ablaze
Chandigarh, October 11
The tiny tots at Strawberry Fields had a roaring time as amidst chants and yelps of “down with evil” they set ablaze a homespun Ravana at a pre-Dasehra celebration in the school premises.

CULTURE

A perfect flow of melody and rhythm

Chandigarh, October 11 Ujwal Nagar’s vocal recital at Pracheen Kala Kendra this evening gathered considerable applause. Not just because the audience remained conscious of his fairly young age (16 years) and hence his grain as a vocalist, but also because Ujwal, with his fine presentation, rendered the aspect of his age quite insignificant.
Noted kathak dancer Urmila Nagar flanked by her sons Vishal (left) and Ujwal (right) at a press conference in Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh, on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

A tale of every woman’s heart
Chandigarh, October 11
The story which was told by Lushin Dubey at Tagore Theatre yesterday was the story of every heart. Woven with sensitivity to do justice to the sorrows that man has woven into the very pattern of woman’s life, “Untitled”, the production directed by Arvind Gaur, dissected the male-dominated system with admirable ease and perfection.

Presenting a slice of history
Chandigarh, October 11
Sucheta Rangmanch today presented a slice of history in the form of a powerful adaptation of a historical story. Basing the theatrical production on Nanak Singh’s novel, “Ek myaan do talwarein”, the theatre group carved out the exact situation that prevailed in the times when the Ghadar movement was gaining momentum.

HEALTH

200 to attend CME in pathology
Chandigarh, October 11
Coming a close second to cardiovascular diseases, cancer is emerging as a leading cause of deaths. Keeping in view the urgent needs, the Department of Patholgy at the Government Medical College and Hospital is organising the first zonal CME in pathology.

Punjabis more prone to heart diseases: study
Chandigarh, October 11
Bad news for Indians, especially Punjabis. It is estimated that by 2010 50 per cent of the heart patients in the world would be Indians, with the people of Punjab being under the high risk group as incidence of heart diseases among them would be double that of the national average.

135 donate blood at SOPU camp Chandigarh, October 11 At least 135 volunteers donated blood at a camp organised by the Students Organisation of Panjab University here today. The camp at the Students’ Centre witnessed a heavy rush.   Students donate blood in a camp at Students' Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

SPORTS

Students urged to play with sportsmanship

Dera Bassi, October 11 The block level Primary School Games :2002 of Block I concluded in Government Primary School, Devi Nagar, about 2 km from here today. As many as 500 boys and girls from 70 schools (divided in 10 centres) participated in the games organised in collaboration with the local Rotary Club. Players in action during a kabaddi final of the block-level Primary School Games: 2002 in Government Primary School, Devi Nagar, near Dera Bassi, on Friday.

Jayshree shines in table tennis
Chandigarh, October 11
On the second day of the Special Olympics National School Games table tennis and badminton were played at different venues in the city. Jayshree from Maharashtra shone in both singles and doubles event of table tennis.

Milkha Singh lauds athletes’ achievements at Busan
Chandigarh, October 11
Flying Sikh Milkha Singh today lauded the achievements of Indian athletes, especially women in the Busan Asian Games. In a statement issued here he said after a long gap “we can celebrate good achievements by Indian athletes”.

City team for Signature Inter-Club Golf
Chandigarh, October 11
The North Zone leg of McDowell’s Signature Inter Club Golf Championship, India’s only championship for golf clubs, teed-off yesterday with Chandigarh Golf Club members competing amongst themselves for a place in a six-member Chandigarh Golf Club team. Over 120 members participated.

ADMINISTRATION

Closing hours of shops extended
Chandigarh, October 11
The Chandigarh Administration today said shops in the city may be allowed to remain open till 10 p.m. until November 10, a formal notification was issued here today.

Watchman suspended
Panchkula, October 11
A watchman in HUDA office at Panipat, Karam Veer, was today placed under suspension by the Chief Administrator, Haryana Urban Development Authority, allegedly for misrepresentation and conspiracy.

• Holiday announced