CRIME

Auto-lifters' gangs busted
Chandigarh, February 16
The Chandigarh Police has busted two separate gangs involved in auto-lifting in the city. According to information, the officials of Sector 39 Police Station arrested three addicts involved in cases of auto-lifting.

• Cyclist killed
  

EDUCATION

HAMARA SCHOOL
CAREER ACADEMY, BHADSON ROAD, PATIALA
The journey to success begins from here
IT claims to be a school with a difference and this cliche is indeed proved true within the campus of Career Academy, situated on the Bhadson road, Patiala. The institution has established itself as a school of repute in the short period of its inception.

A frontal view of the Career Academy, Patiala

• Brain teasers

• Poems by students

• Tuitions dampen the learning process

CAMPUS NOTES
Yet another row at Law deptt of PU
Panjab University once again witnessed a round of procedural wrangling for more than 40 students of the Law department who were denied admission in their next semester for failing to have the required attendance in the previous semester.

• Seminar on demography

• Critised

• Youth festival

• Non-teachers' demands

• Attestation power

Sudanese envoy visits PU
Chandigarh, February 16
Mr Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem, the Ambassador of Sudan in the country, today visited Panjab University and showed interest in possibilities of exchange programmes.

Doon school function
Panchkula, February 16
The annual prize distribution function of Doon Public School was held with much fanfare at the school premises in Sector 21 here this evening. Dr John V. George, IG, Director, Vigilance and Security , HVPNL was the chief guest , while Dr. O.P. Chaudhary, former Vice-Chancellor of MD University, graced the occasion.

Fun games mark YPS annual fete
SAS Nagar, February 16
Hundreds of students of Yadavindra Public School along with their parents and friends attended the school annual fete which concluded here today.

Manipuri students hold function Chandigarh, February 16 A colourful cultural programme was the highlight of the XXII annual literary and cultural meeting of the Manipuri Students’ Association at Panjab University here today. Members of the Manipuri Students Association, Chandigarh, in traditional dress pose for a photograph in Panjab University before their annual literary-cum-cultural meet-2003 at the Evening Studies Auditorium in Panjab University, Chandigarh on Sunday. — Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma

COURTS

Berry is Bar Council chief
Chandigarh, February 16
In the elections of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, held today, Mr Mukesh Berry was elected Chairman of the council, defeating his opponent Mr B.S. Malik by a margin of nine votes.

CULTURE

World Cup official album
NIRVANA Music, a subsidiary of Nimbus Communications Ltd, has come out with ‘‘Khel Re’’, the official musical album of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003. It is not an album about cricket but focuses on passion, trials and tribulations one has to go through to achieve one’s dream. All of this created in a manner that is stylish and meaningful.

HEALTH

Laser treatment can prevent blindness
Chandigarh, February 16
For long, diabetic patients have lived under the fear of going blind due to diabetic retinopathy and in fact, it is a major cause of blindness worldwide. But timely laser treatment can prevent blindness in these patients.

SPORTS

Local women team win TT tourney
Chandigarh, February 16
It was a dream come true for the home team, Regional Sports Board (RSB), Chandigarh, which capitalised on it being local, to finally bag the women team championship title in the final of the All-India Civil Services Table Tennis Tournament played here today at Sector 23 TT hall. The RSB, Chandigarh, men too played well and came runners-up while RSB, Kolkata men won the championship.

Sports, cultural meet organised
Chandigarh, February 16
A sports and cultural meet was organised by the Citizens' Association, Sector 21, at Dev Samaj Senior Secondary School here today.