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Illegal parking lots thrive in Panchkula
Panchkula, November 16
Residents of the township are being forced to pay parking fees for vehicles at various public places and near government offices even though the district administration, HUDA or the Municipal Council have not introduced the concept of paid parking in the district.

Rodrigues has many friends in city
Chandigarh, November 16
For him, it was nothing less than home coming. As General S.F. Rodrigues stood in Punjab Raj Bhavan soon after being sworn-in as Punjab Governor this afternoon, friends and former colleagues were there to meet him.

Issues before Rodrigues
Index page: Rodrigues sworn in Punjab Governor

Punjab Governor S.F. Rodrigues (left) with Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court B.K. Roy after the swearing-in ceremony at Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Photo by Manoj Mahajan

Slum children her best pals
Chandigarh, November 16
For as long as Geeta can remember, slum children of Sector 25 have been her best pals. To them she may be a mentor, a teacher, a model but to her they will always be eternal sources of strength. Why else would she come rushing to them even after her destiny planned otherwise?

Geeta (right) busy teaching slum children in the Theatre Age-run school on the premises of Government High School, Sector 24, Chandigarh. 
— Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Dog’s meat being sold in city?
Chandigarh, November 16
Mystery shrouds the appearance of body parts of dogs in the Sehaj Safai Kendra of Sector 15, here. A PGI doctor resident of Sector 15, Dr Pankaj, told the Chandigarh Tribune that a skeleton, head, paws and skin of a dog were found today in the SSK.

Dera Bassi resident wins Rs 10-lakh lottery prize
Dera Bassi, November 16
Fortune smiled on Mr Harish Arora, an employee of a steel products manufacturing unit, when he won a prize of Rs 10 lakh in Maha Luxmi Divali Pooja Bumper of Punjab State Lotteries today. He won the amount in the consolation prize category.

Eight fresh gastroenteritis cases reported
Patiala, November 16
Eight fresh cases of gastroenteritis were reported today from Guru Nanak Nagar, Gurbaksh Colony and Jujhar Nagar here even as a team led by the Civil Surgeon, Dr Hardev Singh, today distributed 20,000 chlorine tablets in the area.

Stress laid at institutionalising Army-media interface
Chandigarh, November 16
In the backdrop of the changing face of warfare, with terrorism, low intensity conflicts and information warfare gaining center-stage, stress was laid at institutionalising Army-media interface at a seminar organised by Western Command at Chandimandir today.



GOC-in-C, Western Command, Lieut-Gen J J Singh, and former Army Chief, Gen V P Malik along with other officers during a seminar in Chandimandir on Tuesday. 
— Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Students up in arms over non-receipt of roll numbers
Chandigarh, November 16
Several students in the region enrolled with the National Institute of Open Schooling for appearing in the matric examination are up in arms against the authorities for non-receipt of their roll numbers.

COMMUNITY

Sisters’ woes refuse to end
Chandigarh, November 16
The tale of rejection and misery of India’s first woman pilot, Mrs Beant Kaur, and her younger sister, Ms Satwant Kaur, refuse to end. Red-tapism at the Punjab and Haryana High Court stalled, Mrs Beant Kaur’s, efforts to personally meet the Chief Justice along with some of her well-wishers to narrate her woes.

Sanitation in Mohali neglected
Mohali, November 16
Sanitation is in a state of neglect in many parts of the town. Complaints made by residents to the municipal council authorities have fallen on deaf ears. According to the complaints, employees of a private contractor who have been allotted sanitation work for almost half of the town, do not lift garbage regularly.

Indians express solidarity with Tibetans
Chandigarh, November 16
Hundreds of Indians expressed their solidarity with the Tibetans in exile seeking the release of their religious leader Lama Tulku Tenzin Delek. Delek (54) is facing execution in China for his alleged involvement in a bomb blast that killed one and injured 12 persons two years ago.

Traffic blocked in Sector 17

Dwarka Dass Library falls on bad days
Chandigarh, November 16
A treasure trove of rare historical literature, the Dwarka Dass Library in Sector 15 here, seems to have fallen on bad days due to resource crunch. With government and non-government organisations (NGOs) virtually turning a blind eye to its upkeep, the premier institution is finding it difficult to preserve scores of out-of-print publications on the political and social history of the country, particularly Punjab.

Visitors scan rare books displayed at the Dwarka Dass Library in Lajpat Rai Bhavan in Chandigarh on Tuesday. 
— Photo by writer.

Martyrdom fortnight of Lala Lajpat Rai from today
Chandigarh, November 16
A variety of activities will be organised during the martyrdom fortnight of Lala Lajpat Rai to be organised by the Servants of the People Society here from November 17 to 30.

Campaign Trail
Lucky promises development
Chandigarh, November 16
Holding out the development card and seeking votes on grounds that the Congress government was ruling at the Centre and the Congress-led Municipal Corporation here would ensure that the demands of the residents were met with Congress candidate Harmohinder Singh Lucky began his campaigning in Sector 20, here today.

Mr Harmohinder Singh Lucky, Congress candidate, campaigns in Ward 11 for Municipal Corporation byelection in Sector 20, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — Photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Raising Day silver jubilee
Chandigarh, November 16
Seventeen Dogra will be celebrating the Silver Jubilee of its Raising Day from November 24 to 26, with a number of events being organised to commemorate the event. The celebrations would be attended by Chief of the Army Staff, Gen N C Vij, who is also Colonel of the Dogra Regiment. A number of serving as well as retired regimental officers are expected to join in the celebrations.

‘Only BJP can solve problems of Dalits’
Chandigarh, November 16
Mr Ramnath Kovind, national president of the Scheduled Castes Morcha of the BJP and an MP, claimed here today that the problems of the Dalit Samaj could only be solved by the BJP. Addressing a meeting in support of the party candidate from Ward No 11 of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MCC), Mr Girdhari Lal Jindal, he said the BJP had launched several welfare schemes for the uplift of the Dalits.

Rally condemns arrest of seer
Chandigarh, November 16
Various Hindu organisations of the city held a rally and condemned the arrest of Shankaracharaya Jayendra Saraswati under the banner of the Hindu Maha Panchayat, here today. Activists, led by Mr Subhash Kataria, marched from the Sanatan Dharma Mandir, Sector 22, to the Sector 17 plaza.

CRIME

Police notice to Bal Sehgal for investigation
Chandigarh, November 16
With the former head of Quark company, Bal Sehgal, today failing to turn up to join investigation, the Chandigarh Police today issued him a notice under Section 160 of the CrPC to join investigation with regard to an allegedly threatening call made from his mobile phone.

Police claims solving 5 cases of theft
Mohali, November 16
Five cases of theft in the town seems to have been got solved by the police with the arrest of six persons from a choe near Chapparchiri village, near Kharar, on November 9.

Three held with smack
Chandigarh, November 16
Two scooters and a motor cycle were stolen in city, the police said here today. Mr Hunny Kaura of Sector 15-A complained to the police that his motor cycle (HP-47-2072) was stolen from his residence on November 6. A case under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered on his complaint.

Junk dealer held for selling liquor
Chandigarh, November 16
The local police arrested a junk dealer today for selling liquor illegally in the city for years. Parkash Chand of Ram Darbar was today arrested from 3 BRD with 24 bottles of Officer’s Choice whisky. He was buying the liquor in bulk and selling it in small quantities later on. He was into this practice for a long time and made a lot of money, said the police.

HMT employee succumbs to burns in PGI
Panchkula, November 16
Than Singh, an employee of HMT Pinjore, who tried to immolate himself following a fight with his wife in the wee hours of November 11, died at the PGI yesterday. His wife, Bhagwanti, too, had tried to immolate herself.

Theft in showroom, case registered
Mohali, November 16
The police has registered a case in connection with a theft which took place in a showroom dealing in readymade garments here yesterday.

EDUCATION

Turnabout of slow learners
Chandigarh, November 16
A few months ago, students of Government High School, Sector 25, could not correctly pronounce the National Anthem or could not pinpoint the location of Punjab or Haryana on the national map.

Illustrations on drug addiction and adult education adorn the walls of Government High School, Sector 25. — A Tribune photograph

Campus Notes
Pension issue to dominate Finance Board meeting
Chandigarh, November 16
The implementation of the pension scheme for Panjab University employees is likely to dominate the proceedings of the Board of Finance when it meets tomorrow. The pension scheme, sanctioned in 1991, was kept in abeyance since the university was facing a resource crunch.

Free of cost computer training for senior citizens
Chandigarh, November 16
The authorities at DAV College, Sector 10, today started a programme to train the senior citizens on the basics of computer. The training is being offered free of cost. The programme was inaugurated by Justice SS Sodhi (retd), a former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.

Senior citizens at the computer training programme at DAV College, Sector 10, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. 
— A Tribune photograph

COURTS

Torture of AVM’s widow case: hearing on November 18
Chandigarh, November 16
A court here today deferred till November 18 the hearing of a case relating to the “torture” of Ms Beant Kaur, wife of late Air Vice-Marshal Harjinder Singh, and her sister, Ms Satwant Kaur, by her “adopted” son, Col Manmohan Singh Bains(Retd), and members of his family.

LIFESTYLE

Fitness trail
 Enjoy party food without adding to girth
Divali has just gone by leaving in its wake a houseful of gifts. Most of these are in form of goodies, sweets, cookies, chocolates, nuts, mithais, namkeens etc. Though Divali bashes are over but the festival season is going to last well past the New Year with the grand finale in Lohri.

Astrology: superstition for some, science for others
NEHA (25) was desperately in love with a boy who was disinterested in her. It troubled her. She couldn’t forget him and the need to “possess” him by hook or crook became obsessive . Instead of taking the help of friends, parents or a psychologist, she landed in the office of an astrologer. The astrologer assured her that she will “get” that boy in two days’ time. All she was required to do was to bring the photograph of the boy and conduct a puja which would cost between Rs 750 and 1100. Without a thought, she paid him the money.

SPORTS

National Warehousing sports meet inaugurated
Chandigarh, November 16
The third National Warehousing Sports Meet was inaugurated today here by, Mr Lal Singh, Punjab Minister for Irrigation, Power and Cooperation, at the Athletics Stadium Sector 7. About 250 athletes from eight units, AP, MP, UP, Maharasatra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, CWC and Punjab — are taking part in the meet.

A badminton match in progress during the third Warehousing National Sports Meet in Chandigarh on Tuesday. 
— A Tribune photograph

• Athletic meet

• Greenfield wins

St Stephen’s school triumph
Chandigarh, November 16
St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, Chandigarh, beat hosts St. John’s High School, Sector 26, by 45 runs in the final of the Edmund Rice Cricket Tournament for under-14 players. Brief scores: St Stephen’s 137 for 6 (Akshay 44, Gaurav Puri 31, Lakhan 23, Vishal 2 for 26). 

Members of the St Stephen’s school team which won Edmund Rice Cricket Tournament for under-14 players.