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Man washed away by rising choe
Chandigarh, August 22
Twenty-four-year old Gopi died last night when he failed to cross the rising N. Choe which passes through Leisure valley, Rose Garden, Kajheri village before flowing down SAS Nagar. His three friends, Dinesh, Manoj and Sunil, managed to save themselves by clutching to bushes and trees coming their way.

Neighbours try to console the mother of Gopi, who was washed away in a seasonal rivulet in Chandigarh on Thursday evening. — Tribune photo Parvesh Chauhan

Mohali Murder
R.S. Sandhu held, sent to police remand till Aug 25
SAS Nagar, August 22
The police has arrested Rajinder Singh Sandhu who had fled the scene of crime after killing his wife and seriously injuring his step daughter in Phase X here yesterday. Gurinder Kaur was shot dead and Komal was seriously injured by Rajinder Singh yesterday morning.

Boy lost leg due to doctors’ negligence, say parents Chandigarh, August 22 Seeing the cricket kit in his room replaced with crutches, the Ahluwalia family is still not able to come to terms with the fact that their 15-year-old son, who sustained a minor knee injury, has come home crippled after an amputation, shattering his dreams of becoming a cricketer. It was a minor internal knee injury which Abhishek sustained while playing football at St John’s School on July 11 which landed him at Inscol Hospital in Sector 34. A weeping Mrs Anuradha Ahluwalia giving details of her son’s case, Abhishek, whose leg had to be amputated after a simple fracture at her residence in Manimajra on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

UT seeks extension in retirement age
Chandigarh, August 22
The Chandigarh Administration has made a formal request to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs seeking implementation of Central Service Rules, which, if approved, mean the retirement age of employees will rise from 58 years to 60 years on the Central pattern.

Educating masses, not classes
Chandigarh, August 22
“Innovation and creativity have been the major guiding forces in my life and during the past three-decade long teaching career I have been guarding myself from getting stagnant,” says Ms Sarita Manuja, the National Award-2002 winner, sharing her proud moments with The Tribune today.

13 murders in city this year
Chandigarh, August 22
The number of murders in the city, which stood at nine at the end of June, has risen to 13, despite the police claiming that it is less than that of the last year. Last year, by this time, 18 persons had been murdered.

COMMUNITY

Auction for mela grounds gets poor response
Chandigarh, August 22
The hammer did not fall today. Many city residents reached the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh office to attend the auction of Sector 34 Exhibition Ground and Sector 17 Circus Ground for the Divali mela, but no one came forward for the finalisation of the bids.

Canadian consulate in city by 2004
Chandigarh, August 22
Canada will by April, 2004, set up its only consulate in the city, first of any country outside the four metros. “Canada is thankful to the government of India to have allowed setting up the Canadian consulate in Chandigarh, outside the four metros,” Canadian High Commissioner to India Peter H Sutherland told The Tribune here today.

Crystal tattooing comes to town

Chandigarh, August 22 Swarovski, the Austrian family company synonymous with full-cut crystals, has stocked Ethos, a store in Sector 8, with fine crystal collectibles and an exquisite range of crystal jewellery. It also inducted today into its glittering stock a fashion range spanning the art of nail and body painting. A trained artiste from Delhi spills the magic of crystal and colour on a belle of the City Beautiful at Ethos in Sector 8 on Friday. — Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma

New Rotary team Chandigarh, August 22 The new team of Rotary Club Himalayan Ranges was installed by the Inspector-General of Police, Ambala Range, Mr Alok Joshi, at an impressive ceremony in Hotel Solitaire today. Rtn T.K. Ruby, outgoing president, installs Rtn Anil Oberoi, president for 2003-2004 of Rotary Club, Chandigarh Himalayan Ranges, in Chandigarh on Friday. Others in the picture are Mr Alok Joshi (IPS), Mr O.P. Arora (AGM, The Tribune) and Mr Rajesh Bajaj. — A Tribune photograph

Readers Write
Rent Act has outlived its utility
THIS is with reference to the tall claims made by various Tenants’ Associations on the misuse of power by the UT Administration and making baseless allegations that it does not have the power to exempt the buildings from the operation of the Rent Act.

Cinegoers stage walkout over poor sound
Chandigarh, August 22 Cinegoers who had gone for the night show of ‘Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost’ at Neelam Cinema in Sector 17 staged a walkout in protest against the poor quality of sound. The police had to disperse the protesting crowd. Cinegoers protest outside Neelam Cinema against the poor quality of sound during the screening of ‘Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost’ on Friday night. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

• Awadhi food festival

• Businessman donates land for temple

CRIME

Man poisoned over property dispute
Panchkula, August 22
A 38-year-old man was allegedly poisoned by a property dealer here yesterday and thrown near Sarseni village, Lalru in an unconscious state. He died at the PGI, Chandigarh this morning.

Truck crushes social worker in front of her house
SAS Nagar, August 22
Tragedy struck the family of prominent social worker and religious activist, Surjit Kaur, when she was crushed to death by a truck in front of her home here today. According to residents, the accident took place when Bibi Surjit Kaur, who headed the Bebe Nanki Istri Satsang in Phase-I here, was going towards a rehri parked on the roadside.

Husband accused of sending men to wife’s place
Panchkula, August 22
In a peculiar case of harassment, a woman has accused her estranged husband of exposing her to the lust of men. He has allegedly been sending men to her by telling them that she is involved in flesh trade.

3 MC employees arrested in cow death case
Chandigarh, August 22
The Himachal Pradesh police has arrested three of the eight employees of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, who were named in the FIR registered in the case of death of 22 cows at Lal Dangh near Paonta Sahib.

INTUC leader’s brother booked for kidnapping
Panchkula, August 22
There seems to be no end to the ongoing tussle between the chief of Himachal Pradesh unit of INTUC, Mr Amarjit Bawa, allegedly supported by the Congress government in Himachal, and Pinjore-based lawyer, Mr M.K Shishodiya.

Woman ‘barges in’ in-laws’ house
Panchkula, August 22
An aged couple, Mr BD Suri and his wife, Ms D. Suri, have accused their daughter- in-law, Ritu Suri, of harassing them, even after they had won a civil suit for permanent injunction against their son and daughter-in-law.

One arrested for fraud
Chandigarh, August 22
The Crime Branch of the Chandigarh Police today unearthed a Rs five lakh cheating racket by arresting Pawan Kumar who allegedly charged Rs 5000 each for getting a person job abroad.

Mother of three commits suicide
Mubarikpur, August 22
Mother of three children, Savitri Devi committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree in paddy fields in Pandwala village near here, early this morning. Her body was noticed by some villagers hanging from a sheesham tree in the outskirts of the village at about 8 am and her husband Mr Vidhan Varman was informed.

• Man succumbs to injuries

CII workshop for better HR
Chandigarh, August 22
An effort aimed at enhancing the quality of human resource in the country right down to the grassroot level of the school, the CII’s two-day workshop on tools and techniques of “Total Quality Management” began at the CII, Sector 32, here today.

Serving safe beedis
Chandigarh, August 22
“After serving in world class companies like Crompton Greaves, Britain Keltron Bailey, France, Eastman Kodak, USA, Amway Corporation, USA, and Hutchinson Telecom, Hong Kong, why am I putting my career on the line for promoting a product like a herbal beedis.

City store bags award
Chandigarh, August 22
Kapsons, a Sector 17 shopping store, has been given an award for “excellence in retail operations” for the city of Chandigarh by the Mumbai-based DFU (Dealers For You) Inside Fashion Publications.

EDUCATION

78 school employees to get Central pay scales
Chandigarh, August 22
In a significant order favouring 78 school employees the Central Administrative Tribunal has directed the UT Administration to continue their pay entitlement under the Central pattern and not revert them to the Punjab pay scale.

Meenakshi Mohindra to get CBSE award
Chandigarh, August 22
The humanitarian approach adopted by Ms Meenakshi Mohindra, Principal of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, in imparting education to students makes her stand apart from her contemporaries.

Academics repose faith in narrative
Chandigarh, August 22
The growing importance of imparting knowledge through narratives was the highlight of the one-day seminar on “Rethinking Narratives in Cultural Studies” organised by the Department of Evening Studies, Panjab University here today.

UT language teachers’ plea
Chandigarh, August 22
The Bhasha Adhyapak Sangthan, UT, Chandigarh, a representative body of language teachers working in government schools here, in a statement released today, welcomed the UT Education Department’s initiative in promoting seven language teachers to the post of Headmaster/Headmistress.

COURTS

Order on Pink Rose housing society stayed
Chandigarh, August 22
The controversial case involving membership of five IAS officers in the Pink Rose Group Housing Cooperative Society has taken a new turn. The Secretary Cooperation, Mr M.P Singh, has stayed the order of the Registrar Cooperative Societies which had sought the dissolution of the society.

Two get life term for murder
Chandigarh, August 22
Two city men, Inderjit Singh and Rohit Makker, were today sentenced to life imprisonment for murder by a local court. The two had murdered a resident of Sector 44-C, Harvinder Singh Brar, on February 14, 2001.

HEALTH

Deficient service plea against PGI Director fails
Chandigarh, August 22
The UT State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission today dismissed a complaint filed by city resident H.S. Tuli against the Director of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, besides Dr V.K. Khosla, Dr Promila Chari and Dr Kajal Jain.