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Haryana students clash on PU campus
$Deepak Singh Gahlawat who was injured in the fracas at Panjab University on Friday.$ Indulge in vandalism as police remains mute spectator
Chandigarh, August 1
Panjab University was witness to yet another group clash today at a meeting of the Haryana Students Association to decide the office-bearers of the organisation.

Deepak Singh Gahlawat who was injured in the fracas at Panjab University on Friday. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

Students made to sweat, then drop out
Panchkula, August 1
After sweating it out in the playgrounds for almost a fortnight, 53 first-year students of arts at Government College here, who had opted for physical education, are being “coerced” to change their option.

Rivulets feeding Sukhna Lake in spate
Chandigarh, August 1
A view of the full lake on Friday morning All rivulets feeding the Sukhna Lake are in high spate, thanks to heavy rains in Chandigarh and surrounding areas in the past few days.

A view of the full lake on Friday morning. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

REGIONAL BRIEFS

EARLIER STORIES

	PUSU members disrupt teaching on campus August 1, 2003
	PU student leader seriously injured in attack July 31, 2003
	HUDA to allot 4,000 plots in Panchkula July 30, 2003
	DIG’s car hits Army truck carrying schoolchildren July 29, 2003
	Aided colleges in a spot July 28, 2003
	PSEB detects 100 cases of power theft July 27, 2003
	Dacoits strike at Palheri village, three injured July 26, 2003
	Robbers club father, son to death July 25, 2003
	Jagraon SSP’s security guard rains bullets at car July 24, 2003
	35 shops gutted in fire July 23, 2003
	Kidnapped boy returns July 22, 2003
	Decomposed body of missing boy found July 21, 2003
	11-yr-old boy abducted July 20, 2003

Special wards created for PAN seekers
Chandigarh, August 1
Income Tax assessees applying for a new Permanent Account Number (PAN) will not have to look for their wards. The office of the Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, North-West Region, has created special wards in the Chandigarh and Patiala ranges for the assessees who have applied for a new PAN.

Teej celebrations at Haryana Raj Bhavan
Chandigarh, August 1
As the rhythmic beats of drums filled the air, enthusiastic youngsters performed Haryanavi, Kashmiri and other folk dances during the Teej celebrations at the Haryana Raj Bhavan this evening.

Time for celebrations: Enthusiastic youngsters dance at the Haryana Raj Bhavan during Teej celebrations in Chandigarh on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Admn to seek Centre’s opinion over NPA
Chandigarh, August 1
The Chandigarh Administration will be seeking opinion of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on the future of giving non-practising allowance (NPA) to doctors. Going against the orders passed by the Punjab Government, the Administration has asked the MHA to permit a continuation of payment of the NPA to doctors working in Chandigarh.

19-year-old student goes missing
Chandigarh, August 1
A 19-year-old boy has been missing from the city since last Friday. An FIR has been lodged in this regard at the Sector 17 police station.

COMMUNITY

Students of Delhi Public School, Panchkula, during their visit to The Tribune office in Chandigarh on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph

Draft voters’ list erroneous, says SGPC panel
SAS Nagar, August 1
Members of the local chapter of the Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee alleged that the district administration had deliberately shown a decline in the population of Sikhs in the township.

Cow row overshadows club brawl issue
Chandigarh, August 1
The discussion on the death of cows in Himachal came as a godsend to Mayor Subhash Chawla who was sure to come under heavy fire from the Opposition BJP for the Chandigarh Club episode.

Administration asked to probe cow deaths
Chandigarh, August 1
Mayor Subhash Chawla today informally communicated to Advisor to the Administrator Virendra Singh on the need for an independent inquiry into the death of 22 cows allegedly dumped by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation in Himachal.

Rainwater enters houses
SAS Nagar, August 1
Heavy downpour brings misery for residents of some pockets in the town as water enters their houses leading to problems apart from flooding roads.

Rain brings misery for Sohana police station
SAS Nagar, August 1
“Sohana police station is not a building surrounded by water but a swimming pool with a floating structure in it.” This is how the SHO, Sohana police station, Ms Raka Ghira, described the building.

Sohana police station flooded with rainwater. — A Tribune photograph

Downpour hits traffic

Take blood donation movement to villages, says Governor
Chandigarh, August 1
The Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Justice O.P. Verma, today underlined the need for taking the blood donation movement to remote rural areas of the country.

Resumption notices to house owners
Chandigarh, August 1
Contrary to the promise made by the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr I.D. Swami, the Chandigarh Administration has started issuing resumption notices to houses owners in Sector 23.

Vastu all about ‘energising’ structures
Chandigarh, August 1
Vastu Shastra — the art of placement mentioned in the Vedas — was rediscovered about a decade ago. Today, more and more people are using the science to redesign their houses. The trend is fast catching up with the North Indians.

ISO certification sought for police wing
Chandigarh, August 1
The National Productivity Council (NPC) has made recommendation to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for giving ISO 9001:2000 certification to the Chandigarh police on the basis of services offered by its woman and child support wing.

Trade union asks Admn to clarify on transfer options
Chandigarh, August 1
The local unit of the Indian Union Trade Union Congress (INTUC) today sought clarifications from the Chandigarh Administration on giving options to the Municipal Corporation staff transferred from the Chandigarh Administration.

ITBP trainee electrocuted

CRIME

Prisoner gives cops the slip
Chandigarh, August 1
A prisoner, Jagdip Singh, escaped from the police custody from the PGI here yesterday.

Pistol seized
Injured
Purse snatched

BUSINESS

UT petrol dealers make hay
SAS Nagar, August 1
Even as the strike by petrol stations on the border districts of Punjab was near total in SAS Nagar and other areas in Ropar, petrol stations in Chandigarh witnessed record sales today.

A petrol station at SAS Nagar that remained closed due to a one-day strike of petrol dealers of Punjab. — A Tribune photograph

Gladrags model unveils spa in city
Chandigarh, August 1
The city beautiful is gradually turning into a haven for those who are seeking a pleasure root to mind and body rejuvenation. After the inauguration of the new look VLCC slimming clinic in Sector 9 by actress Raveena Tandon about five days ago, it was the turn of Gladrags megamodel Simran Sachdeva to throw open yet another exciting beauty outlet in Sector 8.

Gladrags mega model Simran Sachdeva at the inauguration of North India’s First Day spa ‘Cleopatra’ in Sector 8, Chandigarh, on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

EDUCATION

Commercial coaching centres to pay service tax
Chandigarh, August 1
Commercial coaching and training centres will now have to pay service tax. The institutes which prepare applicants for board examinations, competitive examinations and those imparting postal coaching, have been brought under the ambit of service tax by the Central Excise Department.

Kids from 13 schools take part in contest
SAS Nagar, August 1
An on-the-spot painting and essay-writing competition was organised at St. Soldier International Convent School here. As many as 705 students from 13 schools took part in the contest.

Rural flavour to NIFD annual extravaganza
Chandigarh, August 1
The exhibition hall of the National Institute of fashion Designing was converted into a traditional village complete with the trademark Pipal tree and courtyard, as budding designers gave expression to their image of rural India.

Another term for Dean
Chandigarh, August 1
Not succumbing to student pressure, Panjab University has extended the term of Prof Nirmal Singh as Dean, Student Welfare.

COURTS

Hearing adjourned in corruption case against Bhattal
Chandigarh, August 1
The Punjab Agriculture Minister, Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, today appeared in a local court regarding charges of corruption and embezzlement of Rs 20 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund levelled against her.

Security to staff of Liquidator directed
Chandigarh, August 1
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed security for the staff of the Provisional Liquidator in the Golden Forests case. Issuing the directions, Mr Justice Hemant Gupta asked the revenue authorities to co-operate with the staff by showing relevant documents.

CULTURE

The inmitable Rajeshwari comes calling
Chandigarh, August 1
Rajeshwari Sachdeva is waiting to repeat the magic of Sardari Begum, in which Shyam Benegal raised her to the best possible performance level. Having done the classic role with celebrated film makers like Benegal, Rajeshwari is now on treading a different route within the film world.

Sahney back with another melody
Shankar Sahney Chandigarh, August 1
After giving hits like “Yaari Yaari,” “Kudi Kurmuri” and others, Punjabi pop singer Shankar Sahney is back with yet another album “Kede Yaar Nu”. The album has eight songs. Music has been given by Babloo Mahindra and lyrics have been penned by Shankar Sahney, Sanjeev Anand, Sunny Mann, Dev Rishi, Pali Singh and Avtar Babb.

New group set to redefine theatre
Chandigarh, August 1
Theatre in the city might well be on the verge of renaissance. As the first “youthful” group dedicated purely to improvisional theatre takes birth in the city, the very elements of production and purpose of theatre are bound to undergo a change.

On wings of imagination: The young brigade of theatre group, “Manch Tantra”, is all set to rejuvenate theatre by chruning out original productions one after the other. — Photo Pankaj Sharma

HEALTH

Anaemia rampant among expecting mothers
Chandigarh, August 1
Despite anaemia being a major health problem the world over, a study conducted in the Naraingarh area of Ambala district by the PGI, reveals that 92 per cent women are suffering from the disease as their diet mainly comprises of low iron foods.

SPORTS

CISF (Red) win hockey title
Chandigarh, August 1
CISF (Red) won the First Olympian Dharam Singh Memorial Six-a-Side Hockey Tournament which concluded at the Sector 18 hockey stadium this evening. They outplayed Wanders Club 9-5.

Badminton meet

ADMINISTRATION

MC to form 3 new subcommittees
Panchkula, August 1
At least three subcommittees on finance, building and public works and sanitation and water distribution, will be formed during the second meeting of the municipal council here on August 5.