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Eight-year-old child kidnapped in Mohali
Culprits warn against informing cops, Press
SAS Nagar, August 25
An eight-year-old child was kidnapped when he was coming back from school in Sector 71 here today. It is reported that Harkaran Singh, a student of Class III at St Xaviers School, was kidnapped by two car-borne persons soon after he left the school.

30-yr-old man drowns in rivulet
Chandigarh, August 25 A 30-year-old rickshaw-puller drowned in the rivulet of Sukhna Lake towards the regulator end here today. According to information, Gajram, a resident of Mani Majra, was going to Saketri Temple along with his cousin sisters — Meera, Seema and Ramputlie — and a friend on his rehri, when the incident took place.
A policeman and divers retrieve the body of Gajram, who drowned in the rivulet of Sukhna Lake, near the regulator end, in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Man stabbed to death Chandigarh, August 25 Jagdish Kumar (27) was stabbed to death by three youths in Ram Darbar, Phase I, here tonight. He was stabbed at least six times. This is the third murder in the city in this month. Tonight’s murder, said the police, was a result of group rivalry. Some friends of the victim alleged that a resident of the same area, Chottu, was the main accused. He was carrying a knife, they said. Wailing wife and mother of Jagdish, who was stabbed to death at Ram Darbar in Chandigarh on Monday night. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

Octroi imposed on companies having godown in Zirakpur
Zirakpur, August 25
Tightening the noose around companies which are evading taxes by misusing the proximity of Zirakpur to Chandigarh, the Punjab Government has decided to charge octroi from those having major storage and forwarding godowns in the area.

Postgraduate students get special chance for improvement
Chandigarh, August 25
Panjab University has decided to give a special chance to postgraduate students for improving their previous results. A decision in this regard was taken by the Syndicate at its meeting held here today.

COMMUNITY

Rehabilitate oustees, panel urges commission
Chandigarh, August 25
The Pind Bachao Committee — a society of at least 5000 families of 11 UT villages — has approached the Chairman, National Commission for Minorities of India, Mr Tarlochan Singh, seeking his intervention to rehabilitate the original residents of the city.

Abhishek’s mother meets Governor
Chandigarh, August 25
The Administration has sought a legal view on what can be done in the case of city lad, 15-year-old Abhishek Ahluwalia, whose leg was amputated. The Shivalik Enclave Welfare Association and the mother of Abhishek met the UT Administrator, Justice O.P. Verma (retd), today and demanded action against Inscol.

FAUJI BEAT A school dedicated to nation Located at Dagshai, barely 50 km from Chandigarh, on the national highway to Shimla, is Army Public School. It was inaugurated on June 1, 1986, by Lieut-Gen H. Kaul, the then GOC-in-C Western Command. The motto of the school is “Dedication to the nation”. Lieut-General B. S. Thaksu, GOC 2 Corps, interacts with a student during a visit to Army Public School, Dagshai.

CRIME

Bag snatched at gunpoint
Panchkula, August 25
In a daring robbery, two gun-toting youths snatched a bag from a local resident in front of his Sector 7 residence this morning. Mr Hari Krishan Kakkar, a financier who runs a business in Chandigarh, was about to leave for work around 8.50 a.m. when the incident occurred.

1 hurt in Mataur clash, 8 held
SAS Nagar, August 25
Eight persons were arrested in Mataur village, near here, today following a clash in which a woman was injured last night. The clash took place among residents of two adjoining houses over a common wall between the two buildings.

Cyclist killed in mishap
Chandigarh, August 25
A Panchkula resident, Vijay Kumar, died when his cycle was allegedly hit by a military truck (DI11811344) near N Area here in the last evening. The truck driver, Mahesh Kumar, was arrested and later released on bail.

CTU driver kills self
Lalru, August 25
Ajaib Singh, a driver with the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking, committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at his home in Tasimbali village, about 15 km from here, this morning.

EDUCATION

CBSE decision on confidential results right, feel parents
Chandigarh, August 25
The Central Board of Secondary Education’s decision to do away with the declaration of confidential results has evoked a favourable response from academician and parents here.

FROM COLLEGES 342 students get certificates Chandigarh, August 25 As many as 342 persons were given certificates at the convocation of Simple Sanskrit Speaking Course at GGDSD College, Sector 32, here today. The 30-day course was sponsored by the University Grants Commission. Dr Ajaib Singh, member, Punjab Public Service Commission, plants a sapling at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Monday.

Showcasing pain in play Chandigarh, August 25 Situations from everyday life, the pain of growing up and the feeling of insecurity were the highlights of the two plays, “Dil Ka Maamla Hai” and “Kya Sabko Sabkuch Aata Hai”, which marked the opening of the 5th Children’s Community Theatre Festival at the Sector 17 Piazza, here today. The festival was inaugurated by the UT Administrator, Justice O.P. Verma (Retd).

A play ‘Kya sabko sabkuch aata hai’ being staged by students of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, during CEVA’s 5th Children Community Theatre Festival in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Bhavan students get prizes
Panchkula, August 25
A prize distribution function was held at Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, Panchkula. The Chief Guest of the function, Deputy Commissioner Satwanti Ahlawat lit the lamp. It was followed by recital of ‘Shabads’ by students. The principal of the school, Mrs Shashi Banerjee, welcomed the Deputy Commissioner.

45 participate in dance ‘dhamaka’
Chandigarh, August 25
Nearly 45 dancers from all over the region twirled around the floor during the ‘Monsoon dance dhamaka’ held at the Government Polytechnic College for Women, Sector 10, here yesterday. It was organised by the Creative Arts Network.

Hotel management institute opens
Chandigarh, August 25
The Modern Institute of Hotel Management, a trend-setting institute in the field of hospitality and service industry, was opened in Sector 17 here today. The need to have such an institute was felt by the promoters of this institute while running 3B Eating Mall in Sector 35, said Director D. J. Singh.

Students meet IGP over hotel brawl

Chandigarh, August 25 Sikander Deol, who was allegedly beaten up by staff of a Sector 35 based hotel, along with his friends (all students) today met the UT IGP, to complain that the police was dilly-dallying in registering a case against the hotel staff. Friends of Sikander Deol, who was allegedly beaten up by staff of a Sector 35-based hotel, going to meet the IGP to complain that the police was not registering a case against the hotel staff, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

SIDBI programme for women
SAS Nagar, August 25
A special four-week entrepreneurship development programme for women started at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing here today. The programme has been sponsored by the Small Industries Development Bank of India.

COURTS

High Court
‘Shift judges with kin’
Chandigarh, August 25
In a memorandum addressed to the President of India signed by 1,005 members of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association, lawyer Tahar Singh and his advocate friends have sought “the transfer of all local judges of different high courts whose children, spouses or relatives were practising in their courts”.

Ex-DEO Malti placed under observation
Chandigarh, August 25
Ropar’s former District Education Officer Malti Batra has been placed under observation, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court was today informed. Expressing doubts over her mental state, the Bench had, on the last date of hearing, directed the Registrar-General to send her for examination to the Psychiatry Department of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32.

HC stays Asst Engg’s termination
Chandigarh, August 25
Issuing notice of motion for September 22, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the termination of an Assistant Engineer with the Wakf Board. He had married an Ambala-based girl, who had managed to give a slip to her second husband on way to Vaishno Devi before returning to the petitioner — her “legal” husband.

District Courts
Jattana gets bail
Chandigarh, August 25
President of the Students Organisation of Panjab University Khushwaz Singh Jattana, who was arrested by the UT police in an attempt to murder case, was granted bail today by the UT Additional and Sessions Judge.

Police remand for Sandhu
Kharar, August 25
Mrs Baljinder Kaur Bhatia, Judicial Magistrate, here today remanded Rajinder Singh Sandhu, who was arrested by the SAS Nagar police on the charge of murdering his wife, Gurinder Kaur in Phase X on August 21, to police custody till August 27.

One million suffer from rheumatic heart disease
Chandigarh, August 25
In India, there are over one million patients suffering from rheumatic heart disease and it is responsible for upto 5 lakh deaths annually. These are the findings recorded by the Head of the Cardiology Department in the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Dr Anil Grover, and Dr Archana Bhatnagar, also of the institute.

Dabur India opens ayurvedic centre
Chandigarh, August 25
Leveraging its equity in ayurveda coupled with a quest to provide healthcare solutions, the Dabur India has opened its first ‘ayurvedic centre’ at Patiala Pharmacy, Sector 27, Chandigarh here today.