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DC stripped of IG, Prisons, charge
Chandigarh, January 29
In the first major step affecting senior officialdom after the “jail-break” case, the Chandigarh Administration today stripped the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Arun Kumar, of his charge as Inspector General of prisons.

Gujral briefs MHA

Judge, DC asked to explain jail inspection
Chandigarh, January 29
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that UT District and Sessions Judge H. S. Bhalla was duty bound regarding “effective local inspection of Burail Jail”. The observations were made on the administrative side after a report prepared by the Superintendent of Burail Jail was placed before the high court soon after alleged assassins of Punjab’s former Chief Minister Beant Singh escaped.

Jailbreak accused charged with waging war against nation
Chandigarh, January 29
The Chandigarh police has slapped fresh charges of waging war against the country on the 12 arrested jail officials, security personnel and prisoners who allegedly helped Jagtar Singh Hawara and others escape from Burail jail here on January 22. 

DATE WITH STARDOM: Debutante Udita Goswami has stars in her eyes as her launch vehicle ‘Paap’ opens today.

Arrested jail staff to be sent to Patiala
Chandigarh, January 29
Perhaps finding Burail jail ‘‘unsuitable’’ for the its arrested jail staff, the Chandigarh Administration will keep six of the arrested jail staff in Patiala jail, about 65 km from here.

400 families get eviction notices
Zirakpur, January 29
More than 400 families of Dhakauli village, near here, have been passing sleepless nights following the eviction notices served by the authorities of the Northern Railways. The fate of these families is in the doldrums ever since the Northern Railways started staking its claim on the land along the Kalka-Ambala track in this village of the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat.

Bird flu scares chicken consumers
Chandigarh, January 29
The scare created by the reports of the spread of bird flu in Asian countries has led to drastic fall in the consumption of poultry products, especially of the chicken.

City to have e-post services from today
Chandigarh, January 29
Facility to send and receive e-mails is now available at post offices in the city. The users would have to write down their message on a paper and handover it at any of the post offices. The message would be manually sent to the General Post Office (GPO), Sector 17, for forwarding the mail to the designated address.

Curb female foeticide, says Giani’s daughter
Chandigarh, January 29
“Since it is not possible to abort a female child without the connivance of doctors and other health staff, I feel it is the moral responsibility of the medical fraternity to help curb female foeticide, especially in Punjab and Haryana,” feels Dr Gurdip Kaur, Head of Gynaecology at the General Hospital here and daughter of late President, Giani Zail Singh.

COMMUNITY

Admn’s permission on changes in houses only on paper
Chandigarh, January 29
Promises made by the Chandigarh Administration to allow important people friendly changes in designs of thousands of city houses remain only on paper though a committee formed with fanfare eight months ago had recommended two major changes which were published prominently in local newspapers. The real thing, a notification by the Chandigarh Administration approving these changes, has been held back.

Ravi Sidhu yet to report to SP
Mohali, January 29
Despite being out on bail since January 24, Ravi Sidhu, former Chairman, Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), who was asked by the Supreme Court to deposit his passport and certain property-related documents with the SP, Mohali, has yet to report to the SP.

Whither good Samaritans?
Chandigarh, January 29
“I have lost all hope in life. After losing eyesight, I have been turned into a liability for my family and society. Not a single day passes when I do not think about committing suicide. I resist the feeling, thinking that what will happen to my wife and my two children after my death,” says Mr 50-year-old Khajan Singh of Mullana village.

Mohali Diary
PGI radiologist given farewell

Dr Balwinder Kumar Thapa of the Department of Radiology, PGI, was given a farewell during a special meeting of the academy of National Literature and Culture India held on January 22. Prof Darshan Singh (left), national president of the academy of the National literature and culture India, at the farewell of Dr Balwinder Kumar Thapa.

Readers Write
Mela report baseless
This is reference to the news item “Health melas from Jan 15 to Feb 15” in The Tribune dated January 13. I and two of my colleagues went to Ambala on January 15 to see the health mela after reading the news report. On reaching Ambala, however, we were shocked to know that no such mela was being organised in the parliamentary constituency of Ambala on January 15.

Cong seeks apology from Mahajan

CRIME

Quack arrested, clinic sealed
Chandigarh, January 29
The Haryana Health Department today caught Ms Rajni Sharma, a quack, while performing medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) on a seven-month pregnant women at her clinic in New Colony Morr in Gurgaon.

3 of family held for abduction
Lalru, January 29
The police has arrested three members of a Jhuansa-based family for abducting a minor girl. The trio — Lakhbir Singh, his father Mangat Singh and mother Charan Kaur — were arrested from a gurdwara at Karnal. The minor was also recovered from there.

2 held for taking photos of CBI office
Chandigarh, January 29
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today allegedly picked up a singer, Karnail, and a photo artist, Jaswinder, on the suspicion of taking photographs of the CBI office in Sector 30. There was no official confirmation of the two being picked up by the investigating agency.

Body of newborn girl found
Mohali, January 29
The body of a two-day-old baby girl was found at Balongi village, near here, today. The body was found by residents of Azad Colony, comprising jhuggis, from bushes near a nullah. A crowd gathered and the police was informed.

BUSINESS

Cable operators not to charge above Rs 200
Mohali, January 29
Cable operators here have decided to provide good quality service to the residents at a rate which should not go beyond Rs 200 per month per connection. This was decided at a joint meeting of the cable operators and the various residents’ welfare associations of the township held at the SDM’s office here today.

EDUCATION

Gosal for second green revolution

Chandigarh, January 29 Suggesting a second green revolution to deal with declining profitability and deterioration in agriculture, Prof G.S. Gosal, former Head of the Geography Department, Panjab University, shared his concern over the fall in food reserves in the country. Prof G.S. Gosal delivers the inaugural address at the national seminar on ‘Regional dimensions of population, agriculture and environment in India since 1990s’ in ICSSR Complex, Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

MI-8 helicopter handed over to PEC

Chandigarh, January 29 The Indian Air Force today formally handed over a decommissioned MI-8 helicopter to aid aeronautical studies at Punjab Engineering College (PEC) here today. Air Cdre S.P.S. Virk, Air Officer Commanding, 3 BRD, Air Force Station, Chandigarh (extreme left), and Air Cdre S.B. Prashar (retd) hand over the log books of the MI 8 helicopter to Dr Baljeet Kapoor, Principal of Punjab Engineering College, at a function on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

South Korean students in town under exchange programme  Students from Jeong Myung Girls High School, Mokpo, South Korea, perform fan dance as part of an exchange programme with Paragon Senior Secondary School, Mohali, on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh

Education board honours 50 schools
Mohali, January 29
As many as 94 awards were distributed among over 50 schools affiliated to the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) for winning top positions in the academic competitions organised by the board during 2003-2004 at a special function here today.

GIFE students allege cheating
Panchkula, January 29
Alleging cheating and duping of huge money, students of the Graduate Institute for Further Education (GIFE), Mansa Devi complex, today held a dharna and boycotted the classes.

Campus Notes
Journey through myriad emotions
Chandigarh, January 29
Dealing with human relationships at one level and glaring difference between art and reality on the other, a play based on English translation of Mahesh Elkunchwar’s “Atmakatha”, a Marathi play, was staged by students of the English Department at the university.

• Seminar on education in UK

• 1,050 take part in handwriting contest

COURTS

HC Bar gets 33 lakh from Punjab
Chandigarh, January 29
A cheque for Rs 33 lakh was presented by Punjab Public Welfare Department Minister Partap Singh Bajwa to the president of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association, Dr Anmol Rattan Sidhu, for the completion of the ongoing projects.

SPORTS

Sacred Heart, DAV School overall winners

Chandigarh, January 29 Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, and DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, have been adjudged overall winners in the UT Inter School Sports Tournament held in different disciplines in girls and boys categories, respectively, during 2003-2004. Winners of the inter-school sports tournaments, 2003-04, at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

SGGS-26 beat DAV-10 in handball

Chandigarh, January 29 Hosts SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh, beat DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, 41-39 in the Panjab University Inter-College Inter-Zonal Handball Tournament here today. The winners were leading 16-15 at half-time. For the winners, Shiv Dayal scored 14 goals, followed by Bhupinder Singh with 10 goals, Hardeep Singh nine, Rajnish four and Sukhdev and Amrinder Pal Singh two each. For the losers, Shaminder Singh scored 12 goals while Narinder Singh and Ramesh Kumar scored six goals each, Mandeep Singh five, Rajnish and Ram Nath three each and Sanjay Kumar and Nand Lal two each. Sri Guru Gobind Singh College boys leap in the air in a handball match against DAV College played in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph