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Pregnant woman strangled
Panchkula, August 19
A 20-year-old married woman was strangled by her jilted lover at her jhuggi in Sector 15 today. The victim, Ashrana, who was four months’ pregnant, was strangled with a salwar. The accused, Vakil, a first cousin of the victim, was annoyed at her refusal to marry him against her brother’s wishes.

Grieving relatives of victim, Asrana who was strangled in Panchkula on Tuesday. Grieving relatives of victim, Asrana who was strangled in Panchkula on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph

A bottle containing water drawn from a tap at Morthikari village.Carrier of diseases
Mubarikpur, August 19
Water-borne diseases can break out in Morthikari and its surrounding villages. The residents of the area complain that contamination in the water supply is very high in the morning. Supply of drinking water, containing larvae, has been continuing for the past over one month, they add. The taps run water containing a large number of larvae, worms and insects in the morning.



A bottle containing water drawn from a tap at Morthikari village. — A Tribune photograph. 






The basement in booth No. 171 being dug at the Mani Majra Motor Market on Tuesday.
Violations of the building bylaws: The basement in booth No. 171 being dug at the Mani Majra Motor Market on Tuesday. The owner of the booth is not the sole violator.
— A Tribune photograph

EARLIER STORIES
 

Is Fortis inn a hotel? PUDA is out to know
SAS Nagar, August 19
The Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) has marked an inquiry into the alleged violation of terms of allotment of land by Fortis Heart Institute here.

Dr Jaggi’s cure for conjunctivitis
Chandigarh, August 19
Dr Jagdish Jaggi, a local homoeopath, has claimed to have prepared a solution, which can cure eye flu (conjunctivitis), within one to three days time.

Notice to UT in Jattana case
Chandigarh, August 19
A local court today issued a notice to the UT administration to file a reply on the bail application moved by the President of the Student Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU), Khushwaz Singh Jattana, in an attempt to murder case registered against him on August 25.

  • Challan given to Bhardwaj
 
COMMUNITY

Devotees bow to dispeller of darkness
A little one pulling the cradle of Lord Krishna on the occasion of Janmashtmi at Sanatan Dharam Mandir, Sector 46, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Chandigarh, August 19
For the residents, there was no confusion about the "exact date" of Janmashthmi celebrations. As the evening sun disappeared behind the buildings, they thronged the temples all over the city for sankirtan and bhajan sandhya.

Devotional Pull: A little one pulling the cradle of Lord Krishna on the occasion of Janmashtmi at Sanatan Dharam Mandir, Sector 46, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan

Be vigilant from within, Verma tells cops
Chandigarh, August 19
Identify black sheep in the police by strengthening the internal vigilance system, said the UT Administrator, Justice O.P. Verma (retd), at a meeting to review the law and order situation in the city, here today.

Manjeet Singh untraceable, says police
Kharar, August 19
A raid conducted by the in charge of the special task force, SP office, Mohali in connection with the illegal detention of Manjeet Singh at Chahar Majra village of Kharar tehsil, proved futile as the team failed to find him.

Architects complain of harassment
Zirakpur, August 19
Members of the Zirakpur Architects Association have alleged harassment at the hands of officials of the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat for the last couple of months.

One of the posters to be displayed at the forthcoming exhibition on aviation to be held in Chandigarh.Poster exhibition on aviation
Chandigarh, August 19
To mark 100 years of aviation, a poster exhibition covering all facets of flying is being organised by the Chandigarh chapter of the Aeronautical Society of India in the city next month. This is for the first time that such an exhibition is being organised in the country.

One of the posters to be displayed at the forthcoming exhibition on aviation to be held in Chandigarh. — A Tribune photograph

Carcass at the back of market
Chandigarh, August 19
Due to the indifferent attitude of the Sanitation Wing of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC), the carcass of a cow has been lying at the back of the Sector 36-D market for the past two days.

Nothing Bhatti about emergency landing
Chandigarh, August 19
There is nothing funny about an aeroplane going in for an emergency landing. But humour maestro Jaspal Bhatti, on board the plane this evening, did not miss even this opportunity to make fellow passengers smile amidst tension.

Mohali MC issue notice to Bindrakhiya
SAS Nagar, August 19
The municipal council, here, has issued a notice to singer Surjit Bindrakhiya on charges of defacing public property in the township.

 

CRIME

Two injured in accidents
Chandigarh, August 19
Two persons were injured in separate accidents here yesterday. Ms Pardeep Kaur of Burail village was in injured when an auto-rickshaw (CH23 T 9006) reportedly rammed into a scooter which she was riding pillion, near traffic light points on the dividing road of Sectors 45 and 46 here yesterday.

BUSINESS

In City
Vikram BehlLook good, feel good, smell good
Chandigarh, August 19
Gone are the days when men in India paid little attention to how they dressed and how they looked. Unshaven, sloppily dressed and seldom minding their manners in public or private, mattered little to most of them.

 
EDUCATION

Special chance to improve results
Chandigarh, August 19
Panjab University plans to give a special chance to post graduate students for improving their previous results. This will be done following acceptance of a resolution of Dr Amarjit Singh Dua which comes up for consideration before the forthcoming syndicate meeting on August 25.

As many as 300 students of class IV and V from 30 schools in the city took part in an on-the-spot painting competition by Kandhari Beverages Limited
As many as 300 students of class IV and V from 30 schools in the city took part in an on-the-spot painting competition by Kandhari Beverages Limited as part of Fanta Fiesta -2003 at St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. The theme for the contest was “A Picnic Scene”. The contest was won by Bijoy Singh of St. John’s School, Sector 26, followed by Aarushi Kalra of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, and Komal Sharma of St. Xavier School in the second and third positions, respectively. — Tribune photo Parvesh Chauhan

College hopping for classes may go
Chandigarh, August 19
Panjab University proposes to waive the condition of attending classes in another college for students who wish to take up a subject that is not being offered by their college.

No takers for BSc (Home Science)
SAS Nagar, August 19
The unpopularity of science in undergraduate classes has touched a new low. Government College, here has not a single student enrolled in the three-year Bachelors of Science (BSc) (Home Science) course in the college.

40 students forced to leave physical education
Panchkula, August 19
Forty students of BA Part-I at the local Government College, who had opted for physical education as a subject, have been “forced” to opt for another subject.

Plus two compartment results out
Chandigarh, August 19
Most schools have attained the pass percentage of over 70 per cent with Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, securing a pass percentage of 98 in the class XII CBSE compartment result declared here today.

Engineering College launches newsletter
SAS Nagar, August 19
The Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, launched its newsletter here today. A special function was organised in the college to mark the occasion.

Participants of an inter-school music competition present a patriotic group song at AKSIPS, Sector 41, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Music contest held in founder’s memory
Chandigarh, August 19
Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 42, organised an inter-school music competition on the school campus here today to mark the birth anniversary of Ms Ajit Karam Singh, its founder.

Participants of an inter-school music competition present a patriotic group song at AKSIPS, Sector 41, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

 

CULTURE

Ammtoje Mann, writer, director and actor of Hindi movie Hawayein’ (right), addresses a press conference in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Singer and music director of the film Babbu Mann is also seen. ‘Hawayein’ of 1984 riots
Chandigarh, August 19
‘Hawayein’ is the portrayal of that wind which swept the country in 1984, unleashing a reign of terror that had its origin in Operation Bluestar leading to Indira Gandhi’s assassination and the subsequent victimisation of the people in Punjab in the years that followed. Ready to be released on August 22, the film “Hawayein “ is an a collective effort of five youngsters Nippy Dhanoa, Baldev Bhatti, Babbu Mann and Amrinder Singh.

Ammtoje Mann, writer, director and actor of Hindi movie Hawayein’ (right), addresses a press conference in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Singer and music director of the film Babbu Mann is also seen. — A Tribune photograph

Geetika Kohli’s 48 water colours will be inaugurated at Art Folio in Sector 9, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.
Geetika Kohli’s 48 water colours will be inaugurated at Art Folio in Sector 9, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. The exhibition will conclude on August 23. — A Tribune photograph
It’s love with first one, not at first sight
It’s love with first one, not at first sight

YOUTH LIFE & STYLE
You have left behind the protective seclusion of an all-girls' college. Are now riding into a world of Casanovas and Don Juans on your single cylinder flying machine called scooter. Feeling the wind of freedom blowing soft across your fair visage, you are all set to offer lift. Yes, without discrimination. To the "first one you spot on the bumpy highway to your young heart wildly thumping for love pangs".


New trends
Changing profile of city gets another boost
The changing profile of the City Beautiful has received another boost with the opening today of Copper Chimney, the wellknown restaurant chain from Mumbai. Located in Sector 26 on Madhya Marg, the restaurant is tastefully laid out offering both vegetarian as well as non-vegeterian menus. The common factory them is the strong northern Indian flavours.

What's in-What's out
What's in-What's outHey kids, forget all about wearing bandanas to the University campus. They may secure your oil-less tresses from the vigilant glare of the seniors so obsessed with ragging, but look so outdated. This is not all. Bandanas are good for the winters. They do not allow the piercing winter winds to give you a headache.

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HEALTH

10 city doctors to get training in AIDS control
Chandigarh, August 19
With 30,000 HIV-infected infants being born in India every year, the UT AIDS Control Society is all set to launch the Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) programme to prevent worsening of the already alarming situation.

 
SPORTS

Girls’ football tourney from Aug 22
Chandigarh, August 19
All preparations for the first Shivalik Trophy girls sub-junior football championship (under 16 years) have been made. Teams from 13 girls’ schools have confirmed their participation in the tournament, which will be played from August 22 to 25.

Chandigarh overall karate champ
Chandigarh, August 19
In the All-India Karate Championships-2003, organised by Shotokan Karate Association of India, Chandigarh won the overall championship trophy. Vishal Sharma won the best karateka award.

Team for gymnastics championship 
Chandigarh, August 19
The following gymnasts have been selected for the national team for the world series championship to be held at Leipzig in Germany from September 18 to 22. The trials were held at the ITBP gymnasium hall in the city today.

ADMINISTRATION

Junior assistant suspended
SAS Nagar, August 19
The Punjab government today suspended a junior assistant employed at the Punjab Secretariat following orders of Mr Jai Singh Gill, Chief Secretary, Punjab.
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