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Wednesday, April 9, 2003, Chandigarh, India

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16-yr-old stabbed to death
Chandigarh, April 8
In less than a month after his arrival in the city to prepare for medical entrance test, a 16-year-old Ferozepore district student, Randeep Singh, was ruthlessly stabbed to death by an unidentified mob, armed with chains and knives, near the Sansi Colony market in Sector 38. His companion was also injured.

Relatives of the victim at the PGI, Chandigarh, after hearing the news about the stabbing incident on Tuesday. (Inset) The victim, Randeep Singh. Relatives of the victim at the PGI, Chandigarh, after hearing the news about the stabbing incident on Tuesday. (Inset) The victim, Randeep Singh.
— Photo Parvesh Chauhan

Jacob lays Kajauli’s Ph IV foundation
Chandigarh, April 8
The Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT, Chandigarh, Lt-Gen JFR Jacob (retd) today, laid the foundation stone of the Phase IV of Kajauli augmentation water supply scheme, Chandigarh at Kajauli water works in Ropar district, 27 km from here. This project is scheduled to be completed by August 2005.

REGIONAL BRIEFS

EARLIER STORIES

	Drop boxes for paying traffic challan fine April 8, 2003
	Main suspect in Sec 44 murder case held April 7, 2003
	118 jhuggis removed in Sector 57 April 6, 2003
	Several CBSE-prescribed textbooks not available April 5, 2003
	City declared threatened zone for malaria, dengue April 4, 2003
	MC razes furnace of master potter April 3, 2003
	Man sets himself on fire, dies April 2, 2003
	Class XI student commits suicide April 1, 2003
	Areas near slum colonies to be developed March 31, 2003
	Sukhna level raise can ‘cause’ flood March 30, 2003
	Sushma opens building with cracks March 29, 2003

Royal Bengal tiger cub born
Chhat Bir (Patiala), April 8
A Royal Bengal tigress has given birth to a litter of three cubs, two of them stillborn, here. The third cub is said to be doing fine. With this new arrival, the total population of Royal Bengal tigers has gone up to 22 at Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park located on the Chandigarh-Patiala highway.

The Royal Bengal cub that was born to a tigress at Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park, near Chandigarh, on Monday. — Tribune photo Karam Singh

Young minds’ memorable visit
Chandigarh, April 8
Have a dream, visualise it and act to fulfill it. It is with this missive from the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, that five school students from the city returned home yesterday after a memorable interaction with the nation’s First Citizen at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

IAF gives Rs 8,000 relief to each injured
Chandigarh, April 8
The Air Force authorities today decided to give cheques of Rs 8,000 as ex-gratia to each of those injured in the MiG-21 BIS crash at the Vita Milk Plant residential colony in Ambala yesterday. In fact, the medical team handed over these cheques to two of the injured admitted to Civil Hospital, Ambala city.

TRIBUNE IMPACT
Trade Fair organisers pay up 26,000 as entertainment tax
Chandigarh, April 8
Consequent upon publication of the news item ,“Trade Fair violates entertainment law” in the Chandigarh Tribune dated April 7, the organisers of the North Zone Trade Fair going on at Sector 17 Parade Ground here have been directed to deposit a sum of Rs 26,000 as entertainment tax, to begin with.

Organised crime poses challenge for police
Chandigarh, April 8
The arrest of the gang, based at Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, specialising in stealing money from unattended vehicles, has once again forced the police to focus its attention on organised gangs operating in the region.

Interstate gang of thieves busted
Chandigarh, April 8
Four members of an interstate gang, specialising in stealing money from glove boxes of two-wheelers and cars, have been arrested by the crime branch of Chandigarh Police.

Mandeep murder case: 3 held

COMMUNITY

Dr Babu Ram Bhattarai in 1972 (left) and now

Local teachers remember Maoist rebel leader
Chandigarh, April 8
Dr Babu Ram Bhattarai, a Maoist leader of Nepal, who studied in Chandigarh for five years between 1972 and 1977, is again in the news. He led a delegation on March 29 of Maoists holding peace talks with the Nepal Government.

BJP lashes out at VP for Mandal panel
Chandigarh, April 8
The BJP national Vice-President Harshvardhan has lashed out at former Prime Minister V.P. Singh for ‘dividing’ the country with his Mandal Commission recommendations.

Exhibition of CSIR opens
Chandigarh, April 8
Entrepreneurs and students from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir were here today introduced to the scientific and technological backbone of the country’s economic and social development which got strengthened through more 3,000 technologies developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

Students visit an exhibition that was inaugurated at the Central Scientific Instruments
Organisation, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

New scheme to check fire incidents
Chandigarh, April 8
Watchmen will have to keep awake throughout the night as the Fire Department is considering making it mandatory for them to report to the department on an hourly basis.

Save Sukhna
City Beautiful's most prominent water feature, Sukhna Lake, is in danger. Relentless silting over the years has drastically reduced its capacity. Unless the trend is reversed, it is only a matter of time before the lake dries up.

CRIME

36 JCT men charged with trespassing
SAS Nagar, April 8
The police has registered a case against 36 JCT employees on charges of criminal trespassing and criminal intimidation.

Boy crushed under canter
Chandigarh, April 8
An eight-year-boy, Munir, died after being crushed under the front tyre of a canter in Industrial Area, Phase 1, here today. According to the information available, the boy was standing, along with his mother, when the mishap took place.

EDUCATION

Assistance funds for PU depts
Chandigarh, April 8
During times of extreme financial restrictions at Panjab University, it is heartening to know that a number of departments have received grants from funding agencies for promotion of research which is of the primary concern to any institute of postgraduate studies.

Fun-filled Jungle Jamboorie concludes
Chandigarh, April 8
The Jungle Jamboorie week, which started with a host of competitive activities for children below 14 years, concluded today with the 4th Annual Kapkids Genius Awards, organised by the Kapsons, at the Tagore Theatre.

Winners of Kipkids Genius Award (B) category with their prizes at Tagore Theatre in Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

SCHOOL WORLD
How & Why: Gears

COURTS

Land acquisition: HC reserves orders
Chandigarh, April 8
A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court yesterday reserved orders on a bunch of writ petitions challenging a notification issued by the Chandigarh Administration, expressing intention to acquire 29.07 acres in the revenue estate of Mani Majra “for developing residential complex”.

Judicial Magistrate acquitted
Chandigarh, April 8
A local court today acquitted UT Judicial Magistrate(First Class), Jaswinder Singh, in a case registered against him for allegedly causing death due to rash and negligent driving.

Hearing in monkey menace case fixed
Chandigarh, April 8
Taking up a public interest litigation on the basis of a letter written by PGI doctors regarding monkey menace at the institute, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today fixed April 28 as the next date of hearing.

CULTURE

From France with music and love
Chandigarh, April 8
The only inscrutable detail about the visiting ethno-rock group from France relates to the name by which the troupe calls itself. ‘Faubourg de Biognard’ sounds rather strange. But as you leave behind the details regarding the origin of the troupe and the respective nationalities of its seven performers, you begin to understand what ‘Faubourg de Biognard’ is all about.

Members of ethno-rock troupe ‘Faubourg de Boignard’ at Alliance Francaise, Sector 36, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Photo Pankaj Sharma

Jacob gifts 34 art works to museum
Chandigarh, April 8
Already famous for its collection of some of the rarest pieces of art, the Government Museum in Sector 10 now boasts of something still better. Thanks to the UT Administrator and Punjab Governor, Lieut Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), the museum is now richer by 34 works of art, each exclusive in its own right.

Two Kashmiri paintings, which have been donated to the Government Museum, Sector 10, by Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd). — A Tribune photograph

LIFE & STYLE
Get ready, graffiti girl
BORED of sleeveless spaghetti tops over floral shirts? Tired of walking down the college campus in halter neck top, even beaded shirt teamed with boot-cut trousers? Take a break, now.

Tip Top
Save the worst for last
LAST week, we told you to reach the examination hall well in time with identity card and spare pen. Now, we will give you some hot tips for staying cool while scribbling answers.

Glitz & glamour
Forget mathematics, remember to keep the promise
IMPATIENT minutes roll by as Zoya shifts weight from one leg to another, waiting for her chum Dharkan to arrive in a jaunty jalopy at their favourite coffee bar for savoring café mocha and ice-cream nicely buried under layers, and layers, of thick chocolate sauce.

Mars Speaks
Promises to keep
HE believes in keeping promises and appointments, even in the days of examinations. If you do not believe it, just ask Ashish Kansal. He will tell you all about it, in details.

Bright advice for summers
HEY girls, summer's here with promise of a dark future. So pamper yourself before leaving the cool comfort of your house. Last week, we told you everything you wanted to know about getting rid of the loathsome tan. Now, we have some "beautiful" advice for you.

Radio Buzz
The weekday songs

HEALTH

Early detection for vision correction
Chandigarh, April 8
With doctors as well as parents failing to detect squint in children at an early age, the number of such patients pouring in at PGI’s Ophthalmology Department is over 1,000 every year, as some of them have to contend with irreversible vision loss.

SPORTS

UT athletics meet evokes poor response
Chandigarh, April 8
The much delayed Inter-school Athletics Meet of the 2002-2003 session evoked poor response. Young athletes, who had given their entries several months back, never turned up for the today’s event.

Gymnastics hall opened at ITBP centre
Chandigarh, April 8
The Director-General of Indo-Tibetan Border Force (ITBP), Mr R.C. Agarwal, today announced that a concrete plan to improve sports scenario in the ITBP was on the anvil. He was here to inaugurate a gymnastics hall at the ITBP centre, Behlana, UT.

An ITBP gymnast demonstrates the Roman rings event at the inauguration of a new gymnastics hall at the ITBP centre, Behlana, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Use of drugs by sportspersons flayed
Chandigarh, April 8
The newly elected team of the Chandigarh Olympic Association, (COA) led by its president Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi and secretary general, Mr Ravinder Talwar, in a joint statement have condemned the use of drugs in sports.

ADMINISTRATION

New office for SDM (South)
Chandigarh, April 8
The office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (South) will start functioning from the Sports Complex, Sector 42 from tomorrow. The present SDM (South), Ms Madhvi Kataria, will now operate from the new office.