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Law institute: UT told to take corrective steps
HC gives two-month ultimatum
Chandigarh, February 14
In a judgment that is sure to leave many top officials in the UT Administration red-faced, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today termed the allotment of a prime piece of land in Sector 38-A to Chandigarh Law Institute Private Limited as “arbitrary, unjust, clandestine and illegal” and opposed to Article 14 of the Constitution.

Maid jumps to death
Relatives cry foul, protests make situation tense
Panchkula, February 14
A maid allegedly jumped to death from the third floor of the Haryana Environmental and Public Health Officer's Co-operative Group Housing Society, Mansa Devi Complex, in Sector 5, here, this afternoon.

Another sleazy MMS doing rounds
Chandigarh, February 14
While the Chandigarh Police is groping in the dark about the origin of a sleazy MMS, another has come into circulation apparently featuring a city-based student.

Chandigarh seeks Rs 202 cr in Budget
Infrastructure to handle flooding, power supply
to be improved
Chandigarh, February 14
The growing demand for power and the impact of floods in the last monsoon has forced the Chandigarh Administration to seek more funds under the next year’s Budget to add infrastructure to handle flooding and streamlining the power supply system in the city.

Forensic science can help nab ‘VIP’ criminals
Chandigarh, February 14
With criminalisation of politics and politicisation of crime taking toll on criminal justice system, the newly acquired forensic science knowledge has armed the investigating agencies with latest techniques to deal with ‘VIP’ criminals whom policemen dare not touch.

BJP councillors to quit MC panels
Chandigarh, February 14
Alleging discrimination in the constitution of committees of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) by the Mayor, Ms Anu Chatrath, the BJP councillors today decided to resign from the committees.

New drug molecules cleared for clinical trials
Mohali, February 14
Indian pharmaceutical units have discovered 15 new drug molecules in the past one year. These molecules have been cleared by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for the first phase of clinical trials.

Dr Karan Singh expresses concern over erosion of values in society
Chandigarh, February 14
Girls have far outdone boys in number of medal winners at the 54th annual convocation of Panjab University here today. More than 75 per cent of the total 139 medal winners were girls.

Mr T.N.Chaturvedi, Governor of Karnataka (extreme left), Dr Karan Singh and Mr Ashwani Kumar, both Rajya Sabha MPs and Dr S.S. Johl, Vice-Chairman of the Punjab State Planning Board at a convocation in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan.

Passing Thru: Pradeep Medhi

 

CHANDIGARH CALLING THE spring showers over, the city got ready for a sunny Basant Panchami on Sunday. The festival is symbolised by the flying of colourful kites to mark the end of a harsh winter. Happy coincidence Touch of class Learning and earning The same story Stray dog menace Tailpiece

VALENTINE SPECIAL

Age no bar, it is Valentine’s Day
Chandigarh, February 14
Hundreds of couples, youngsters and the aged celebrated Valentine’s Day with zeal which was unmatched in many senses. Dressed up in their finest clothes, they tried to enjoy every moment of the day. City hotels, pubs discotheques were tastefully decorated.

Couples celebrate Valentine’s Day at the Rose Garden in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

MLA’s Valentine’s Day gift to school
Mohali, February 14
It was a unique Valentine’s Day. The Kharar MLA, Mr Bir Devinder Singh, handed over a cheque of Rs 10 lakh to the students of Government Senior Secondary Girls School, Sohana, here today.

Students celebrate Valentine’s Day
Dera Bassi, February 14
Students and staff members of Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology celebrated Valentine’s Day here today.

Clockwise: Girls buy hearts-shaped balloons on Madhya Marg near GCG, Sector 11, Chandigarh, on Monday. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma Zipping down the road to affection: For revellers, it was time to display love with flowers and balloons on St. Valentine’s Day in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo byMalkiat Singh Students of Saupin’s School hand over gifts to inmates of the Old Age Home, Sector 15, Chandigarh, on Monday.  — A Tribune photograph

COMMUNITY

City Park ready for inauguration
Mohali, February 14
This year, spring in Mohali is bound to be special. Come March and the much awaited City Park, spread over 18 acres of land in Sector 68 would be thrown open to the public. Already blooming with a thousand flowers, the city park is an undertaking of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) and one of its kind in the state.

Damaged railings: no action yet
Zirakpur, February 14
Even after a week of Chandigarh Tribune highlighting the gross violation of traffic rules by motorists at the illegal opening along the Chandigarh-Zirakpur stretch of the Chandigarh-Ambala highway, the authorities concerned have hardly woken up from their slumber.

Motorists pass through a gap in the railing on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway in Bhabhat village near Zirakpur; after being highlighted by Chandigarh Tribune, barriers were put up at the same point by the management of an artificial limbs manufacturing centre along with their advertisement board; (and extreme right) a car crosses over a zebra crossing meant for pedestrians in Zirakpur. — Tribune photos by Karam Singh

Discount shop raises police’s eyebrows
Panchkula, February 14
The police has started flashing warning signals to public on the local cable TV network against a shopkeeper in Haripur, Sector 4, who is selling electronic and other household goods at 50 per cent discount.

TRIPS may lead to drug monopoly: expert
Mohali, February 14
“A major cause of concern for the developing countries was that in view of technological advantages of the developed countries and protection offered under trade-related intellectual property rights (TRIPS), public health issues would be seriously affected as drugs would be monopolized and their prices would rise,” said Dr P. Rama Rao, Director, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) here today.

SAD (L) protest rally on Feb 25
Mohali, February 14
The SAD (Longowal) will be organising a protest in Ludhiana on February 25 in connection with various issues faced by the state.

Fauji Beat
War widows’ relief of misery
WITH the bodies of soldiers coming from Jammu and Kashmir regularly, the number of war widows is increasing in the country with every passing day.

• Duping in Army recruitment

• Navy Queen contest

• Cars from CSD

Navy Queen Sonia Suri (centre) flanked by first runner-up Zaver Shroff (left) and second runner-up Daljit Kaur.

Basant Panchmi celebrated
Chandigarh, February 14
The Department of Music, Panjab University, organised a colourful function today in connection with Basant Panchmi.

Eminent litterateur dead
Panchkula, February 14
Eminent litterateur, Dr Govindnath Rajguru died of cardiac arrest at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, last evening. He was 84.

SAD leader bereaved
Chandigarh, February 14
Sant Singh Minhas, father of the president of the local unit of the SAD, Mr N.S. Minhas, died here today due to cardiac arrest. He was 84.

CRIME

500 cases of liquor seized
Panchkula, February 14
The Panchkula Excise Department has seized 500 cases of liquor which were being transported in a Hisar-bound truck.

Fortythree arrested for loitering
Mohali, February 14
As many as 43 persons moving about in the town under suspicious circumstances were arrested by the police. They were remanded in police custody for one day by the local SDM today.

Thief held with iron plates
Chandigarh, February 14
The Crime Branch of the Chandigarh Police has arrested an iron shuttering plates thief who has reportedly admitted to having stolen 32 plates from Sieuj village in Himachal Pradesh and planning to sell them in Chandigarh.

BUSINESS

Insurance policies to be available at post offices
Chandigarh, February 14
Insurance policies, which could be procured from the offices of the insurance companies or the commission agents will now also be available at the counters of various post offices just like stamps and post cards.

A stitch in time
Chandigarh, February 14
A stitch in time not only saves nine but can also be a sincere expression of love by women who have through the ages been embroidering dreams on fabric.

No dearth of coins, says RBI
Chandigarh, February 14
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has clarified that there is no dearth of coins of any denomination and people should not accept other goods in return for the balance amount due to them, says press note.

EDUCATION

Embarrassment ruled PU convocation
Chandigarh, February 14
Embarrassment was writ large on the face of Poornima when she went to get her prize at the 54th annual convocation of Panjab University here today.

Scholars of perseverance
Chandigarh, February 14
Never-say-die spirit always emerges victorious, they say. And physically challenged Ram Sharma (75) who retired as Deputy Director, Archeological Survey of India, New Delhi, in 1988, has reinforced our faith in the adage. In a wheelchair for the past six months, he is a proud recipient of D. Litt in Arts which he received today at 54th annual convocation, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Panjab University Vice-Chancellor K.N. Pathak awards a degree of D.Litt in Arts to Mr Ram Sharma at the 54th annual convocation of the university in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

UK teachers visit school
Chandigarh, February 14
Teachers from the UK visited the city under the Teachers International Professional Development Programme and were impressed by the discipline in KB DAV Centenary Public School, Sector 7, here today.

Teachers from the UK interact with students of KB DAV Centenary School in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Vijay Gupta takes over as PEC Director
Chandigarh, February 14
Mr Vijay Gupta took over as the Director of Punjab Engineering College today. He said he was not aware of the controversies surrounding the college. Projecting a positive attitude, he said some fruitful changes would take place in the college.

Bhutan delegates meet VC
Chandigarh, February 14
A delegation from Bhutan led by Mr Lyonpo Thinley Gyamtsho, Minister of Education, met the Vice-Chancellor, Prof K.N. Pathak, here today.

COURTS

Congress leader gets judicial remand
Chandigarh, February 14
The alleged immigration fraud involving the organising secretary of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Seva Dal, Harbans Kaur, and her son, Sandeep Singh, seems to be assuming alarming proportions with fresh complaints pouring in against the accused.

Property dealer in the dock
Panchkula, February 14
The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Mr Gulab Singh, has directed the police to investigate a case of cheating against a Zirakpur-based property dealer.

Assault case against cops to be probed
Panchkula, February 14
The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Mr Gulab Singh, today directed the DSP, Panchkula, to investigate a case of assault against two police constables.