Ghaggar river bridge to open to traffic today evening
Dera Bassi, December 3
Even as the Ghaggar river bridge on the busy Kalka-Ambala highway in Bhankharpur village would be opened for the traffic tomorrow evening, the Buildings and Roads wing of the Punjab Public Works Department, has decided to enforce speed limit of 20 km per hour on the vehicles crossing the bridge.

To repair the bridge over the Ghaggar river, employees lift the third span of the bridge with the help of hydraulic elevators to insert bearings on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

SE threatens to take action against agitating employees
Mohali, December 3
The Superintending Engineer, Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), here today issued a warning to the agitating employees that disciplinary action would follow if they continued with their protest.

Members of the Technical Services, Punjab State Electricity Board Union, protest in Phase 2 Industrial Area, Mohali, on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

NCP submits memo to minister
Chandigarh, December 3
The local unit of the Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) today submitted a memorandum of demands to the Union Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Pak Punjab CM offers Friday prayers
Chandigarh, December 3
Chaudhary Pervez Elahi, Chief Minister, of Pakistan Punjab today offered Friday prayers at the Sector 20 Jama Masjid here.

Healing with scientific prayer
Chandigarh, December 3
Jer Master has spent a significant part of her life understanding and perfecting the art of scientific praying. A quintessential element of spiritualism and Christian Science, scientific praying has extraordinary healing powers, the kind that even traditional medicine can’t offer.

Fear of isolation keeps HIV patients indoors
Chandigarh, December 2
The fear of isolation and discrimination after being identified as an HIV positive is so compelling for the patients suffering from the disease in the city that none of them have come forward to form ‘Drop in centre’ for positive people, a community-based organisation, which is aimed at promoting the rights of the HIV patients.

Protest to mark 20th anniversary of Bhopal gas tragedy
Chandigarh, December 3
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, the Greenpeace and its supporters in Chandigarh held a silent protest and candle light vigil at sector Plaza, sector 17 today. They prayed for those souls who died in the disaster.

To mark the 20th anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, the Greenpeace holds silent protest and candlelight vigil in Sector 17, Chandigarh on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

• Editorial: Bhopal: 20 years after

Accident due to stray cattle, woman hurt
Chandigarh, December 3
A woman and her son had a narrow escape today evening when the motorcycle they were riding on collided with a stray cattle near Sector 37-38-40-41 roundabout. Harleen Kaur who was riding pillion got fractured her arm and foot.

Stolen goods worth Rs 45,000 recovered
Panchkula, December 3
The police has recovered stolen goods worth Rs 45,000 from Pramod and Chet Ram, who were arrested by the police on November 30.

Enthralling display of drill by Mount Carmel students
Chandigarh, December 3
Around 1200 students of Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, and its Mohali branch presented an enthralling display of drill and dances to mark its 18th annual day-cum-founder’s day on the school premises today. Students pre-nursery to Class X, participated in the function.

Students of Mount Carmel School, Sector 47-B Chandigarh celebrate its 18th Annual Day-cum-Founder's Day on Friday. — Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh

Schools and Colleges
St John’s students excell in ‘Competition - 2004’
Chandigarh, December 3
St John’s High School, Sector 26, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35 and Government College, Sector 46, have excelled in the 12 th Competition Master Library-related Competition-2004. The two running shields each in public and government schools and colleges category.

Prize distribution function of school held
Mohali, December 3
Prize distribution function for students who had won essay-writing and painting competitions was organised by the local Environment Protection Society at St Soldier International Convent School, Phase VII, here today.

Students who were honoured by the Environment Protection Society at St Soldier International Convent School, Phase VI, Mohali, on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Remit GPF on MC pattern, Admin tells PEC
Chandigarh, December 3
The Chandigarh Administration in a communique yesterday to the Director ad-interim of Punjab Engineering Deemed University has asked him to finalise the procedure of remitting the contribution of GP Fund, GIS to the Accountant-General (A and E) on the pattern of the municipal corporation, after consulting the Accountant-General (A and E), Chandigarh.

Sending back of KV principals stayed
Chandigarh, December 3
The Chandigarh Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal today adjourned the case relating to the cancellation and sending back of the principals of the Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) till December 8.

• Conference concludes

Bail plea dismissed
Mohali, December 3
A Ropar court has dismissed the bail application of Dhiraj Jetly, accused in a case of theft that took place in Mohali on September 30.

Canadian producer in city to shoot ‘A Love Story’
A film producer from Canada, Hugh Beard, is making an attempt to discover common attributes among diverse cultures through a romantic theme. He is in the city to shoot " A Love Story".

An artist applies make-up for the shooting of a scene of "A Love Story", in Chandigarh on Friday.
— Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma

Mrs World in all-new role
Aditi Govitrikar makes perfect sense when she talks of beauty and beauty solutions. Surfacing in an all-new role this afternoon, the former Mrs World performed the role she is best at - that of balancing her real life commitments. Already a mother, a model and an actress, Aditi is now glowing afresh as brand ambassador for a skin clinic in Sector 8-C.

For him sky’s the limit
After several achievements Rushil Goel (15), following his Class X results this year, is now all set to go to Singapore for further studies. Among the chosen few in Chandigarh to have been selected for the Singapore Airlines Youth Scholarship, Rushil is probably the youngest of  the lot. But that does not make him less serious about his future. “I would be joining junior college in Singapore.

French cartoonist in city to conduct workshop
His heroes are known for their elegance. Their adventures are based on detective novels of the fifties. Alternating between brilliance and despair, they speak volumes of innate drawing skills of this cartoonist.

Christian Caillerux, a French cartoonist, at a drawing workshop at Alliance Francaise, Sector 36, Chandigarh, on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

HEALTH

Surgical equipment to be sterilised a day in advance
Chandigarh, December 3
Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, has decided to sterilise all surgical equipment a day in advance of the planned surgeries so that the delay in scheduled operations could be avoided.

Governor receives Indo-Pak Punjab Games torch 
Chandigarh, December 3
The torch of the first ever Indo-Pak Punjab Games–2004 was handed over to Gen S.F. Rodrigues, Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh, at 4 pm today.

Torch in connection with the Indo-Pakistan Punjab Games is received by Punjab Governor S.F. Rodrigues at Punjab Raj Bhavan on Friday. — Tribune photograph by Manoj Mahajan

St Kabir lift ICL trophy
Chandigarh, December 3
St Kabir School, Sector 26, Chandigarh, outplayed St John’s High School, Sector 26, by two wickets to win the First ICL Champions Trophy Cricket Tournament in below-14 section in Sector 4, Panchkula, today.

Students of Government Institute for Mentally Challenged Children, Sector 32, Chandigarh, after they won the North Zone Cricket Tournament on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Inayat clinches CLTA Open Tennis title
Chandigarh, December 3
Samin Bhargava will take on Rahul Adhikari in the tomorrow’s under-10 boys final of CLTA Open Tennis Tournament being organized at tennis stadium, Sector 10, here. Inayat Khosla won ladies singles title by defeating Alipt Sandhu in three sets.

ADMINISTRATION

Schedule of holidays for Central govt staff released
Chandigarh, December 3
The Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee today finalised the schedule of gazetted holidays for the central government employees working in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali.