C H A N D I G A R H

Top stories | Community | Crime | Business | Education

Courts | Culture | Health | Sports | Administration

TOP STORIES

Robbers murder Ambala MC clerk
Lalru, March 3
A gang of masked robbers last night murdered a man and seriously injured two others in separate incidents, near here. The deceased, Shadi Ram Saini, was a clerk with the Ambala Municipal Council. Armed with iron rods and sticks, the gang broke into a house in Dehar village at about 2 am. The robbers scaled the boundary wall of the house to climb up to the terrace and entered the lobby from the staircase.

An elderly person shows the blood-stained bed where masked robbers hacked Shadi Ram to death and left his wife, Jasbir Kaur, seriously injured at Dehar village, near Lalru, on Monday morning.  — Photo Manoj Mahajan.

External examiners for college practical tests
Chandigarh, March 3
Panjab University is sending external examiners to conduct the practical tests in the forthcoming annual examination of more than 100 affiliated colleges. The condition will apply to all examinations barring certain where the student strength is less. A decision to this regard has been communicated to all colleges.

Anxiety over, CBSE exams begin

Chandigarh, March 3 After a prolonged period of anticipation and confusion regarding change in question paper pattern in the subjects of mathematics and physics, the CBSE plus two examinations started at 36 city centers without any hiccups today. Students discuss physics paper on the first day of the CBSE plus two examination at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Monday. — Photo Pankaj Sharma

Six held in assault case
Panchkula, March 3
The police today arrested six persons — Sukhjinder, Satish, Shammi, Deepu, Rajesh and Balram — on charges of assault and criminal intimidation. They reportedly beat up Mr Ramesh Gupta near the district courts today when he came to the courts to appear as a witness against them.

Nihang’s claim deepens land row
SAS Nagar, March 3
The controversy regarding the alleged encroachment on PUDA land in Sector 69 by a Nihang, Mr Gurdev Singh, deepened today with the Nihang claiming that he was from the Dera Sumer Singh to which the land originally belonged.

Youth crushed to death
Chandigarh, March 3
Abhinav (18) of Sector 40 was crushed to death by a tractor trailer here this evening. The victim was reportedly declared brought dead at the PGI.

Ontario minister opens office Chandigarh, March 3 The office of Sentinel International — an organisation “dedicated to the service of the non-resident Indian community” — was inaugurated in Sector 17-E by Health Minister of Ontario Tony Clement during his visit to the city. The Health Minister of Ontario, Canada, Mr Tony Clement, inaugurates the office of Sentinel International in Sector 17, Chandigarh.

Pinjore civic body to extend municipal limits
Move to benefit hundreds of violators
Panchkula, March 3
The Pinjore Municipal Committee has finalised a proposal to extend the municipal limits along the Nalagarh road, the National Highway-22 and near the HMT colony, Pinjore.

COMMUNITY

CAs point to lacunae in Budget
Chandigarh, March 3
Despite much euphoria over the Union Budget, members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants have expressed concern over the introduction of some clauses in the Budget, which would make it difficult for the honest tax payers to comply with the amendments.

Admn may decide in favour of middlemen
Panchkula, March 3
The controversy of allowing middlemen to sell their produce in kisan mandis in various parts of the district is likely to end, with the administration now deciding in favour of the middle men.

Dairy owners meet MC Chandigarh, March 3 The Municipal Corporation has sought affidavits from dairy owners operating from residential areas of Mani Majra, Burail, Attawa, Buterla, and Badheri to specify a period by which they will wind up their business. One of the dairies at Burail village that have been served notices by the civic body to shift from residential areas.

FAUJI BEAT
Officers salute Cariappa
THE silver statue of the late Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa, the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army is the centre-piece in the anteroom of the Officers’ Mess of Brigade of the Guards. On entering the mess, all officers salute the statue.

• Women officers
• School of Nursing

Exhibition of rare antique watches held
Chandigarh, March 3
A collection of about 60 rare antique watches was exhibited by The Heritage Watch Club at Ethos, a retail watch store in Sector 8, here today. The exhibition was inaugurated by the Chandigarh Administrator and Governor of Punjab, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd).

Leaf from history
Museum was also brainchild of Corbusier
LEAVES from history grow on the tree of philosophy. Without one the other would not be possible, both nurturing a sense of well-being among people. Hoping to guide them through the maze of life, both history and philosophy get inextricably linked with the manner in which a society defines itself today and hopes to chart a way for itself in the future.

Irate residents block traffic
Kalka, March 3
Residents of Upper Mohalla, blocked the Shimla-Chandigarh national highway near Gandhi Chowk, here yesterday. They were protesting against a police official. The traffic remained suspended for about one hour. Long queues of vehicles were seen on both sides of the road.

Murder victim identified
Panchkula, March 3
The police has identified a murder victim, whose mutilated body was found near a factory behind a liquor vend in Sector 19 on Saturday, as 40-year-old Devinder Pal, an employee of a dhaba in Zirakpur.

MCPI terms Union Budget as anti-farmer
Chandigarh, March 3
The Marxist Communist Party of India here today termed the Union Budget as anti-poor and anti-farmer and has extended support to the dharna call given by six organisations’ of farmers for March 10.

Launch campaigns to save Sikhism: seminar
Chandigarh, March 3
The Sikh Nari Manch organised a seminar on “Sikhism and Women”, here, today. Various Sikh organisations, including representatives of the Sikh Missionary College, the Institute of Sikh Studies and the Istri Satsang Sabhas participated in the seminar.

Workshop on rainwater harvesting
SAS Nagar, March 3
As many as 150 officers of various government departments of Punjab and Chandigarh attended a one-day training workshop on rainwater harvesting and artificial recharge to ground water here today.

Cancellation of case sought
Kalka, March 3
A deputation consisting of office-bearers of two recognised unions of railway employees, URMU and NRMU, railway workers and their wives met the Chairman of the Railway Board and gave him a memorandum here yesterday.

READERS WRITE
Ban sex education through ads
APROPOS ‘Sex education is must: academicians’ (Chandigarh Tribune, dated January 21, 2003). The utterly preposterous presumption of self-appointed experts on the subject that sex education and contraceptives offer the panacea to all related ills in society has always appalled me.

• Protect temple, gurdwara lands

CRIME

MC clerk held on graft charge
Chandigarh, March 3
The CBI today arrested a clerk of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for accepting bribe from a resident of Mauli Jagran, Manimajra, for “ignoring” violation of the building bylaws in his house.

Rs 27,000 snatched from Army man
Chandigarh, March 3
Two youths decamped with a bag containing Rs 27,000 from an Army personnel near the Bank of India, Sector 32, here today. According to the information available, Col MS Shadra, was coming from the bank after withdrawing the cash. While he was going to his residence in Sector 33, two youths approached him stating that his clothes were soiled.

BUSINESS

Bank launches new scheme
Chandigarh, March 3
Bank of Baroda today launched the super Savings Bank Account scheme for its customers, under which customers would be offered the facility of free demand drafts, banker cheques, free mail transfer. By keeping a minimum deposit of Rs 15,000 in the savings account, the customer would also get free credit and debit cards, apart from automatic transfer of surplus funds to short-term deposits of 181 days.

MARKET PULSE
NDTV dons new corporate logo
Chandigarh, March 3
New Delhi Television Limited, promoted by Dr Prannoy Roy, has unveiled its new corporate logo. The logo will symbolise the new corporate identity for NDTV’s ‘new avatar’ as a premier broadcasting house.

EDUCATION

100 more seats for B.Ed course
Chandigarh, March 3
With the recruitment of additional teachers under way, the Government College of Education, Sector 20, will be adding 100 seats to B.Ed course from the coming session. This would take the number of seats being offered by the college for the course to 300.

Career options in armed forces discussed

Chandigarh, March 3 A talk show on career options in the armed forces was organised by “Chavi” at the Food Craft Institute here today. The Governor of Punjab, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), was the chief guest on the occasion. Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob, with GOC-in-C, Western Command, Gen S.S. Mehta, and Ms Ranjana Malik (wife of former Army chief, Gen V.P. Malik) at a talk show on ‘Choosing Army as a career’ held at Chandigarh on Monday.

Poster-making contest
Chandigarh, March 3
A poster making competition for spreading awareness on HIV and AIDS was organised by the NSS unit of MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, here today. The theme of the competition was “Live and Let Live”.

PU council move to address student issues
Chandigarh, March 3
The Panjab University Campus Students Council has launched a “council on your doorstep” programme, under which its members will visit all teaching departments and hostels to take stock of students’ problems and grievances.

COURTS

MD, Director get 1-year RI
Kharar, March 3
Ms Preeti Sahni, Judicial Magistrate, has convicted Mr Parminder Singh, Managing Director M/S Shivehem Pvt Ltd, and Ms Surinder Kaur, Director, of the same company, both residents of Chandigarh, of an offence punishable under the Negotiable Instruments Act and sentenced

CULTURE

Hardeep takes to pop music Chandigarh, March 3 After singing Punjabi folk songs for almost two decades, Hardeep has now taken to the world of pop music with his latest album “Aashqan Di Rail Gaddi” which was released in the presence of Hans Raj Hans, Jasbir Jassi and Arjuna Award recipient and former captain of the Indian hockey team Ajit Pal Singh at Chandigarh Press Club in Sector 27 here today. Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans releases music album ‘Aashqan Di Rail Gaddi’ of Hardeep (left) at the Chandigarh Press Club in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

‘Tukde Tukde Zindagi’ — a bold portrayal
Chandigarh, March 3
Inter-religious marriage, identity crisis and the insensitivity of the society towards widows — the play “Tukde Tukde Zindagi” addressed boldly all those issues through two main characters — Ram Dei and her husband, with a gripping storyline that managed to implant a few seeds of social conscience to its audience at the Tagore Theatre here this evening.

HEALTH

Seminar on ‘Glaucoma — a fresh perspective’
Chandigarh, March 3
In most of the developing countries, including India, eye diseases are not taken seriously. Any problem in the eye is an emergency as it not only threatens the visual potential but may even cause loss of eye.

SPORTS

Dharam Singh enters bantam final
Chandigarh, March 3
The penultimate day of the ongoing 10th All India AK Misra Memorial Boxing Championship here at Sector 10 Skating Rink, saw city pugilist Dharam Singh making short work of Kamaldeep of Punjab Police on points to make his way in the final in bantam weight. Another city boxer, Dharmendra (light flyweight) and Ajay Singh (light welter- weight), also from Chandigarh, however, went down fighting to their respective rivals Arun Singh of Punjab Police and Deepak Tamang of Assam Rifles.

• Total Tennis

• Photo exhibition

SBP sports meet concludes
Chandigarh, March 3
The second Central Sports Meet of the State Bank of Patiala concluded at Government College of Physical Education, Patiala yesterday. The teams comprising six zones — Delhi, Patiala, Bathinda, Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi and Jalandhar participated. The Delhi Zone bagged the overall trophy.

ADMINISTRATION

MC scheme extended to 3 new sectors
Chandigarh, March 3
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation extended its 'garbage bin free sector' scheme to three new sectors from today. The scheme had been implemented in Sectors-19, 21 and Ram Darbar, Phase-II.

Rs 4.5 cr for Kharar-Banur road
Kharar, March 3
The Punjab Government has sanctioned a sum of Rs 4.5 crore for strengthening and widening the Kharar-Banur road and the work on this project was expected to start shortly.