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7 buffaloes killed, goods destroyed in fire incidents
Panchkula, April 20
After the Fire Safety Week celebrations concluded yesterday, there were three incidents of fire today, one leading to death of seven buffaloes and a cow and another causing losses worth lakhs of rupees.

FIRE FURY: Goods worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in a fire that broke out in a dry-cleaner’s shop and a boutique in Sector 7 market, Panchkula, on Sunday morning. — Photo Parvesh Chauhan

Man held for abandoning daughter Chandigarh, April 20 Strange are the ways of nature. While on the one hand it gives something, on the other it snatches it away. This is exactly what happened to a girl who was found abandoned at the Sector 16 General Hospital five days ago. Jai Kumar, an ice-cream vendor, who was arrested for abandoning his five-month-old daughter Vandana (inset) at the General Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

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Swiss national’s death: suicide not ruled out
Chandigarh, April 20
Life is generally cruel towards those who wish to help the downtrodden. This, exactly, can be said about the 43-year-old Swiss national, Edwin Bosshard, who was found dead in a room of Panchayat Bhavan in Sector 18 here yesterday.

MC suggests garbage collection charge
Chandigarh, April 20
Having failed to impose a sanitation cess, the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh has recommended that private contractors should be allowed to levy a monthly service charge for door-to-door collection of garbage in the city.

SPECIAL STORY
SAS Nagar transit camp for officers
SAS Nagar, April 20
SAS Nagar can safely be called a transit camp for Punjab officers. With top officers being transferred in and out of the township almost every six months, it is the lower staff which virtually run the show in the township.

CHANDIGARH CALLING A small and select group of connoisseurs of the City Beautiful were treated to a unique session of scotch tasting on Thursday night hosted by Mr Arun Seth, Master of Scotch Whisky and Vice-President, International Trade, Allied Domecq Spirits and Wine, India, the second largest spirits and wine company in the world. Thanks General Kapil in demand Vivek — the charmer Respecting pain Burning leaves Last good deed Big top big draw CET forms Errors in question paper SI on a cycle

COMMUNITY

Units close production as strike continues Chandigarh, April 20 The seven-day-old nation-wide strike has began affecting the manufacturing and trading sectors of the region. A number of industrial units in the city, SAS Nagar, Dera Bassi and Panchkula have been forced to close down their production, as their inventories have almost dried up.

The seven-day nationwide strike has begun affecting the manufacturing and trading sector in the region. — A Tribune photograph

Top cops rap subordinates for laxity
Chandigarh, April 20
After the change of guard at the top level in the city police, it has been pointed out that supervisory officers have not been inspecting the police stations regularly, leading to increase in the number of pending cases. Around 12 cases, pending for over two years, are still under investigation in different police stations.

SARS in East may boost Dubai tourism
Chandigarh, April 20
The outbreak of SARS in South-East countries has provided Dubai with a golden opportunity to attract more tourists and boost its own tourism industry. “We look upon the tragic outbreak of the deadly virus in South-Asian countries like China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and a few other countries as an opportunity to boost tourism”, said Mr Carl Vaz, Country Manager, Dubai Representatives Office in India, in a talk with TNS here.

Sikh body declares June 16 as Gurpurb
Chandigarh, April 20
The Central Coordination Committee of all gurdwaras and Sikh institutions, led by Mr Gurpartap Singh Riar, declared Gurpurb on June 16 as per the Nanakshahi Calendar as against June 4 fixed by the Central and state governments.

Pensioners flay hike in phone ST
Chandigarh, April 20
The Government Pensioners’ Association has condemned the Punjab Government for “burdening telephone subscribers with over Rs 100 crore annually by imposing 12.5 per cent Sales Tax on the monthly rental of land line, WLL and cellular phones”.

Semi-conscious woman found
SAS Nagar, April 20
A middle-aged woman was found in a semi-conscious state near the village pond at Jagatpura here today. The woman who, according to the police, is in a state of shock and also seems insane has not given any more details of herself beyond her name.

Kisan Morcha demands compensation for farmers
Chandigarh, April 20
The Bharatiya Kisan Morcha today decided to meet the Union Agriculture Minister, Mr Ajit Singh, tomorrow to urge him to compensate farmers of Haryana, whose over one lakh hens recently died of the Ranikhet disease.

Handling age-old themes with a difference
Chandigarh, April 20
Sawan Kumar Tak, the celebrated film director of the ‘70s and ‘80s, was in the city today to attend the wedding of Ravi Kant Sharma’s daughter at Panchkula. In a familiar mould, Sawan Kumar, the director who gave the film industry some of its greatest hits like ‘Sautan’, talked about his cinematic journey with a great deal of reflection on the days gone by.

R.K. Sharma’s daughter gets married
Panchkula, April 20
Gloom that had descended on the family of former Haryana Inspector General Ravi Kant Sharma after he was arrested in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case was tonight cast aside when a large number of people joined the celebrations of the wedding of his daughter Pragati to a writer, Amaresh Mishra.

Save Sukhna
Need to chalk out firm strategy
The only solution is complete rehabilitation of the lake. And this lies in totally desilting the lake. Apart from desilting, the environment around the lake is in a deplorable state. Maintenance cost has to be set aside for this.

Bharat Vikas Parishad honours social workers
Panchkula, April 20
The oath-taking ceremony and annual day celebrations of the Bharat Vikas Parishad, Panchkula, and the Bharat Vikas Parishad, Mansa Devi, were held at Parishad Bhavan, Sector 12-A, today. Ms Sharda Gupta, councillor from Ward No. 22 and Principal of New India Senior Secondary School, Sector 15, was the chief guest.

CRIME

Ex-president of Sacha Dhan Gurdwara held
SAS Nagar, April 20
The police here today arrested Balwinder Singh, a former president of Sacha Dhan Gurdwara in Phase 3B1 on charges of inciting religious sentiments of people leading to damage of public property. While the relatives of Balwinder Singh have alleged that he has been wrongly booked, the present president of the gurdwara has demanded that he be let off and let the management undertake its own inquiry.

BUSINESS

Cosmetics range unveiled
Chandigarh, April 20
Paramount Cosmetics (I) Limited has introduced a new range of cosmetics under its umbrella brand of Tips and Toes. The new range includes an exciting array of colours, textures and value-added ingredients.

EDUCATION

Panjab University to review stand on Bihar council
Chandigarh, April 20
Keeping in mind the larger interest of students, Panjab University has decided to review its stand on the admission of students who have passed their Class XII examination from the Bihar Intermediate Education Council.

Quota in PU hostels likely for tribal area students
Chandigarh, April 20
Panjab University (PU) will reserve about 30 per cent seats in hostels coming up on the campus for students from tribal areas exclusively who are studying in local colleges.

SCHOOL WORLD
Focussing attention
BY far the most common and important way in which we can exercise our concentration and attention is by focussing and listening. We spend an enormous amount of time listening, most of which we waste because on the whole most of us listen very poorly.

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‘‘Teachers should be motivating, positive and adjusting’’
Students of today need to be well equipped with weapon like education and skills to cope up with the ever changing world. The present era is that of fast technology and we must take care and emphasize on all aspects of child growth whether it is mental physical moral or social.

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CULTURE

Breathing new soul into classical music
Chandigarh, April 20
It is easy to sit back in air-conditioned cabins and feel sorry about the degeneration of arts in the country. What is difficult is to break the cocoon of complacency and offer one’s services to stem the rot of cultural drain as we witness it today.

Depicting Sikh history on canvas Chandigarh, April 20 Devender Singh, known for his illustrious work in Sikh religion, has recently bagged a 40-painting assignment from Sikh Museum, London. Though never been out of work ever since he started working at the age of seven with his father Sewak Singh, this type of outstation assignments mean a lot to him. A painting created by Devender Singh (inset) in which Guru Gobind Singh explains battle strategies to Baba Lewan Singh.

An evening of S.L. Rakesh’s songs
Chandigarh, April 20
Shyam Lal Rakesh is well-known in the city’s musical circles for two reasons. The first reason — a bigger one — is that he worded the beautiful ghazal “Hui mehngi bahut hi sharaab ki thodi thodi piiya karo...”, which wrote the success story of Pankaj Udhas.

HEALTH

Data collection study on menopause soon
Chandigarh April, 20
With medical research on menopausal-related disorders amongst Indian women still based on Western data, the Indian Menopause Society of India has launched a data collection study at 10 centres in the country.

‘Create local units to help thalassemics’ Chandigarh, April 20

“Doctor why can't there be a permanent cure for thalassemia,” asks 10-year-old Payal, who, along with many children suffering from this genetic disorder, was here to attend an interactive symposium at the PGI on prevention and management of the disease. Dr R.K. Marwah replies to queries of parents of thalassemic children at an interactive symposium on management of the disease at the PGI, Chandigarh, on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

700 Nirankari devotees donate blood

Chandigarh, April 20 More than 700 Nirankari devotees donated blood at two separate camps organised by the Sant Nirankari Mandal today. Inaugurating the camp held at Sector 30-A, the Punjab Financial Commissioner, Mr Naranjan Singh, said spiritual awakening was playing an important role in making the public realise the need for blood donation. Volunteers donate blood at a camp held at Sant Nirankari Bhavan in Sector 30 in Chandigarh on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Young ambassadors advocate positive lifestyle
Chandigarh, April 20
Around 25 youths representatives from Bangladesh, Brunnei, Dar-us-Salam, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Singapore and Sri Lanka participated in the five-day workshop on positive life in Commonwealth countries in Asia. The workshop concluded today.