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Health Secy’s prescriptions for GMCH-32’s well-being
Chandigarh, January 20
Secretary Health, UT, has a long list of prescriptions to rid Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, of its ailments. On a visit to the hospital today, the official didn’t know where to go, thanks to the information delivery system which is conspicuous by its absence.

No headway in Burail jailbreak case after a year

Hawara suspected to be in Pakistan Chandigarh, January 20 An alleged assassin of Beant Singh, Jagtar Singh Hawara, and his two accomplices broke through the high-security Burail jail by digging a 94-foot-long tunnel a year ago.

Senior Chandigarh Administration officials look at the tunnel that took Hawara and three others out of the Burail jail. — A file photo

Labourer dies as quarry caves in
Panchkula, January 20
A 32-year-old labourer, Geeta Ram, was killed and another injured when a quarry on the Ghaggar riverbed caved in this evening. The police says some labourers were mining riverbed material near Jhalla village in Morni block.

Bitta favours hardline against Pakistan
Chandigarh, January 20
A Kargil-like situation has developed on the Indo-Pakistan border following the ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch Sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday night, Mr MS Bitta, chairman of the All-India Anti Terrorist Front (AIATF), said here today.

Programme lays stress on IT for nurses
Chandigarh, January 20 To orient nursing officers and paramedical staff in the increasing role and importance of information technology in medicare, a 10-day Continuing Nursing Education Programme on Information Technology for Nursing began at Command Hospital, Chandimandir, near here, yesterday.

Project to upgrade UAVs launched
Chandigarh, January 20
About six years after the Army inducted Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), it has launched a project to upgrade the earlier Searcher Mark-I versions to enhance their operational capability.

Passing Thru
You were born in Sri Lanka, but spent most of your life in Europe and Australia, where you are an established writer on Buddhist philosophy. What brought you to Chandigarh? My friendship with Heidi Sabra, who now lives in Panchkula.

COMMUNITY

Commercial welfare body submits memo to panchayat chief

Zirakpur, January 20 Members of the Commercial Welfare Association, Bhabhat, yesterday met the Zirakpur nagar panchayat president and submitted him a memorandum regarding to their demands and facilities. A kutcha road in the godown area of Bhabhat village shows the stepmotherly treatment given by the civic body authorities to the Commercial Welfare Association, Bhabhat, in the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat. — A Tribune photograph.

Parking blues — order of the day

Panchkula, January 20 Years ago, the Town Planning wing of Haryana Urban Development Authority failed to plan for parking places in most markets and public offices of the township. Now it is the visitors and the traders in these markets and the public who are facing traffic snarls, even as HUDA and traffic police choose to look the other way.
The markets in Panchkula were designed without parking places. Traffic chaos is the rule rather than exception in markets of Panchkula. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Governor’s greetings on Id Chandigarh, January 20 The Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), today extended greetings and good wishes on the occasion of Id-ul-Zuha. A father and son in Chandigarh give a pat to the animal bought by them to be sacrificed on the occasion of Id-ul-Zuha which falls on Friday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Cong anti-poor, says BJP candidate
Panchkula, January 20
The BJP candidate, Mr Sham Lal Bansal, today toured various parts of the constituency in the Doon and Morni area and  villages falling in Panchkula.

Civic body tells police to book encroachers
Dera Bassi, January 20
Unable to enforce the Punjab and Haryana High Court orders to remove encroachments from the Kalka-Ambala highway in Dera Bassi, the local civic body authorities have written to the police to register cases against the violators.

‘Holocaust Day’ observed
Chandigarh, January 20
Members of the Kashmiri Sahayak Sabha, Chandigarh, here today observed ‘‘Holocaust Day’’.

Dr Babita cremated
Chandigarh, January 20
Dr Babita Kaura, who allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of her residence in Sector 24 on Tuesday night, was cremated today.

Rs 60000 collected for tsumani victims
Mohali, January 20
Members of the House Welfare Association, Phase V here today handed over a cheque of Rs 60,000 to the Deputy Commissioner, Ropar, Mrs Seema Jain, for the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund to help tsunami victims.

CRIME

One injured in road mishap
Mohali, January 20
One person was injured when the motorcycle he was riding on met with an accident. The police has booked the unknown driver of the Maruti car (PB-65A-0192) following a complaint from Tushar Prashar, a resident of Phase X here.

EDUCATION

YPS circular irks parents
Mohali, January 20
Parents of children studying in Yadavindra Public School here have received an interesting circular from the school authorities. While the circular had been aimed to have a certain effect on the students, it has made their parents feel rather uneasy.

Give autonomy to educational institutions: UGC Secretary

Chandigarh, January 20 The two-day northern regional workshop under the aegis of the Central Advisory Board of Education began at Panjab University here today. The inaugural session of the workshop was chaired by Mr Kanti Biswas, Education Minister, Government of West Bengal. Mr Kanti Biswas, a minister in the West Bengal Government, flanked by Prof K.N. Pathak, PU VC (left) and Prof Ved Prakash, Secretary, UGC, at a workshop on “The autonomy of higher education in India”, orgnised by the UGC at Panjab University on Thursday.

MCM DAV remembers founder member
Chandigarh, January 20
A lecture and a vocal music performance marked the Jitender Kumar Memorial function at MCM DAV College, Sector 36, here today. He was founder member of the college. The performance was given by Dr D.K. Bhonsle.

Central Govt sanctions Rs 1.75 cr for ITI
Mohali, January 20
The ITI in Phase V here will be developed as a centre of excellence and the Central Government has sanctioned Rs 1.76 crore for the purpose.

COURTS

Bar Association poll to be poster-free
Chandigarh, January 20
For the first time in the history of the District Bar Association, the January 28 election is going to be poster-free.

Forgery issue: staffer's apology accepted
Chandigarh, January 20
The Executive Committee of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association today accepted the apology of the staffer who was found involved in tampering of association record.

CULTURE

New Releases
‘Kisna’ — a cross-cultural romantic film
BOLLYWOOD'S showman Subhash Ghai has always dreamt of making a period film. So three years after ‘Yaadein’ Subhash Ghai returns to studios with a cross-cultural romantic film ‘Kisna’. It will be released today at Piccadilly, Chandigarh, Fun Republic, Manimajra, K.C. Panchkula.

LIFESTYLE

Brahaspati sangeet sammelan concludes
THE three-day ‘Brahaspati sangeet sammelan’ concluded with a superlative spell of sublime music from Padma Bhushan Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Waris Khan of Mumbai. The ustaad’s rich voice rambled to establish the vivid form raag ‘marwa’.

PU to stage ‘Dance Like A Man’ PANJAB University English Department is ready with its annual act. Rehearsing for the annual theatre production “Dance Like A Man” are 40 students from the department, taking every care to make the show a success. Members of the Literary Society, Department of English, Panjab University, make a poster for their play, “Dance Like a Man”, on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

My India is vibrant: Dahiya
AMARDEEP Dahiya’s debut work “Four Fingers and Seventeen Nails” has secured his berth in the community of Indian writers in English. Wondrous, imaginative and realistic in parts, the collection of 17 short stories sets apart the writer, who has dared to take a road less trodden. The element of surprise lives through his work which has rightfully deserved renowned publishers in the form of UBS.

Sarita — an ardent supporter of ‘guru-shishya parampara’
“IF the vast popularity of Indian classical music is to go by there is an abundance of admirers and proponents of our rich classical art in India and abroad which was earlier confined to the esoteric groups of the royals or affluent lords” opined the upcoming vocalist of Hindustani classical music , precisely of Rampur Sadarang tradition.

Play reflects ideological conflict THE four-day drama festival, organised by the Pracheen Kala Kendra, under the guidance of thespian S. Gursharan Singh concluded with the staging of revolutionary play “Sab Se Udaas Kavita” at Tagore Theatre today. A scene from the play, “Sab Se Udas Kavita”, which was staged at Tagore Theatre on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

HEALTH

Winter can be harsh for arthritis patients
Chandigarh, January 20
Winters can be harsh for those, who complain of pain in neck and joints. It is even worse for those suffering from arthritis and spondylitis as their condition worsens due to severe pain.

Only 40 pc newborns to get free hepatitis-B vaccination
Chandigarh, January 20
The city adds nearly 20,000 newborns to its population each year. However, only 9,000 would get vaccination for immunity against hepatitis-B free of cost.

SPORTS

DRDO employee wins table tennis tourney
Chandigarh, January 20
A city-based Defence Research and Development Organisation employee, Mohammad Amjad Khan, has bagged gold medal in the DRDO National Table Tennis Championship organised in Hyderabad last week. About 70 players from all DRDO laboratories and establishments participated in the tournament.

City judokas win 9 medals Chandigarh, January 20 Chandigarh judokas bagged four gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals in various disciplines in the 50th National School Games which concluded on January 16 at Mehsana, Gujarat. City school judokas, who won medals, were felicitated by the UT Education Department in Chandigarh on Thursday.

PU Campus clinch squash title
Chandigarh, January 20
GGD SD College, Sector 32, will meet Panjab University Campus in the final of the PU Inter-College Inter-Zonal Cricket tournament for men being played here on the campus grounds.

ADMINISTRATION

CAT Bar chief fined Rs 25,000
Chandigarh, January 20
The general body of the Central Administrative Tribunal(CAT) Bar Association today accepted the resignation of its president H.C. Arora and imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on him for an alleged financial irregularity.

All set for second draw of lots
Chandigarh, January 20
The Estate Office has completed all formalities for holding the second draw of lots for 335 plinth sites for the eligible people which had been displayed earlier.

Sudha Sharma joins as DG, Income Tax
Chandigarh, January 20
Ms Sudha Sharma, an Indian Revenue Service officer of the 1970 batch, today joined as the Director-General of Income Tax (Investigation), North Western Region.