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Court orders impleading of 37 city schools
Chandigarh, March 17
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered impleading of 37 schools in Chandigarh as party in a bunch of petitions challenging the amendment made to the UT Administration’s allotment policy for school sites in December 2001.

CBSE cancels Guru Harkrishan Public School’s affiliation
Chandigarh/Ambala, March 17
The CBSE has cancelled the affiliation of Guru Harkrishan Public School, Ambala Cantonment.

Maximum temperature falls after duststorm

City residents were forced to cover their eyes for protection as strong winds lashed the city on Thursday afternoon. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Rs 5.4 cr earmarked for roads, parks, tubewells
Chandigarh, March 17
A sum of Rs 5.4 crore will be spent on the widening of roads, sinking of tubewells and the upgradation of facilities in parks in the city, the Chandigarh Administration announced today.

Chemist manhandles SMO
Panchkula, March 17
The surgery ward at General Hospital, Sector 6, witnessed high drama, here today, after a doctor was allegedly manhandled by a chemist from a shop operating on the hospital premises.

Kanishka verdict

Kanishka wounds impossible to heal
Chandigarh, March 15
His world came crashing down after the ill-fated Kanishka aircraft went up in flames. Twenty years after the incident, the memory of losing his childhood sweetheart is still fresh.

Bhinders upset over verdict
Chandigarh, March 17
He was most confident flying over the sea. Capt SS Bhinder, co-pilot of Air-India Kanishka which exploded over the Altantic 20 years ago, would often advise family members to fly rather than travel by road.

• Haryana page: Kanishka co-pilot’s kin feel cheated

Bold judgement a victory for Sikhs, says a defence counsel
Chandigarh, March 17
It is a bold judgement in the face of strong pressure from the general public and the prosecution and a victory for the Sikh community in Canada, said Chandigarh-based lawyer, Mr Navkiran Singh, who assisted the seven-member team of lawyers defending India-born Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, in the Kanishka case.

• Punjab page: Disappointment over verdict here, sigh of relief there

• Re-investigate case: NRI Sabha

• Ripudaman a kind-hearted soul, says aunt

• Villagers see pressure behind verdict

• Nation page: Verdict has absolved Sikhs, says NCM

• Editorial: Justice in Canada

NRI wants to bring kabaddi on Olympic map
Chandigarh, March 17
Mr Gurdial Singh Padda, a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) sports promoter from Oslo (Norway) has one mission — development of sports in India and Norway.

Passing Thru: Ashwani Kumar

COMMUNITY

City police to update its road safety website
Chandigarh, March 17
Habitual traffic offenders beware! The Chandigarh police has announced to regularly update its website on road safety, launched earlier this year.

Prithvi Singh Azad’s daughter donates land
Lalru, March 17
Paying tributes to her father, Baba Prithvi Singh Azad, a veteran freedom fighter and founder member of the Gaddar Party in the USA, Dr (Mrs) Pragya Kumar, donated about 14 bighas of her patrimony land to the Aruna Asif Ali Memorial Trust, here today.

Kasni promises to make HUDA corruption-free
Panchkula, March 17
The new Administrator, Ms Neelam Pradeep Kasni, who took over today promised to weed out corruption from HUDA. Ms Kasni said she would get close circuit cameras installed inside the HUDA building besides putting up boards to educate public against indulging in corrupt practises.

Trade union leaders hold rally
Chandigarh, March 17
Members of the Joint Platform of Mass Organisations (JPMO) organised a massive rally at Parade Ground, Sector 17, here today. Mr Chander Shekhar, general secretary of the CITU and JPMO convener, while addressing the rally emphasised on the importance of joint movement in resisting the World Bank.

Members of the Joint Platform of Mass Organisations (JPMO) hold a rally at Parade Ground in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Chautala suffers fractures
Chandigarh, March 17
Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala suffered two fractures in his right leg after he slipped in his bathroom in Narnaul today. He was brought to the Department of Orthopaedics, PGI, here in the afternoon where the Head of the department, Prof O. N. Nagi, attended upon him.

Streetlights of Sec 46-D in bad shape
Chandigarh, March 17
Almost all streetlights on V-6 roads from house No. 4026 to 4046 and house No. 4047 to 4059 in Sector 46-D have been non-functional for a long time.

CRIME

Three vehicles stolen
Chandigarh, March 17
Three vehicles have reportedly been stolen in the city while one person has been arrested with 36 bottles of liquor.

Three held for stealing LPG cylinders
Chandigarh, March 17
With the arrest of three persons involved in stealing seven LPG cylinders from Sector 51, the Chandigarh Police has claimed to have solved two cases registered on March 15.

Three persons, accused of stealing LPG cylinders from the city, in police custody in the Sector 11 police station in Chandigarh on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Youth held
Chandigarh, March 17
The police has arrested a 20-year-old and recovered four stolen scooters from his possession.

EDUCATION

ETT students walk out of examination centre
Chandigarh, March 17
Students of the Elementary Teachers Training course, appearing for the first year examination, walked out of the examination centre at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, here today.

Dharna by NSUI activists
Chandigarh, March 17
Activists of NSUI today staged a dharna at Government College of Arts followed by a strike in protest against the inaction of the authorities concerned in dealing with complaints against a lecturer, Sanjeev Kumar.

A student of Government College for Art, Sector 10, Chandigarh, closes the main entrance of the college during a protest on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Participants ‘not’ serious about refresher courses
Chandigarh, March 17
“Non-serious, indifferent and work shirkers. It’s the not the typical college student’s attitude that we are talking about but the behaviour of most of the lecturers and readers who take part in the mandatory refresher courses organised by Panjab University every session”, said the Chairperson of the Department of History, Prof Surinder Singh, during a heated discussion today at the Academic Staff College (ASC) meeting.

‘Faculty should chip in to enhance PU resources’
Chandigarh, March 17
It’ about time Panjab University stops looking towards the students for filling its empty coffers by enhancing fees each year, but should introspect to find avenues of generating resources through its huge faculty.

‘Morality in personal life reflected in public sphere’
Chandigarh, March 17
Fact, a discussion forum of Government College, Sector 46, organised a lecture on the theme “Monk, media and men in khaki”, here today. The Principal of the college, Prof A.N. Garg, welcomed the panelists.

Participants at seminar “Monk, media and men in Khaki: problems of moral degeneration”, organised at Government College, Sector 46, Chandigarh, on Thursday. 
— A Tribune photograph

Consequences of globalisation discussed
Chandigarh, March 17
The Department of Psychology, Panjab University, organised a seminar on “Globalisation Change Processes and Well-being Consequences” here today. Prof K. N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said increasing rate of suicides and other social disorders had been disturbing him a great deal and there was a need for deliberations on such issues.

COURTS

PEC employees’ absorption subject to outcome of case: CAT
Chandigarh, March 17
In an order affecting the absorption of Punjab Engineering College employees, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) said today that the notification in this regard would be subject to the outcome of the cases being heard by it.

NHRC moved over hike in PU fee
Chandigarh, March 17
A local organisation, Lawyers for Human Rights International (LHRI), today moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the decision of the Syndicate of Panjab University to hike the fee.

CAT Bar poll
Chandigarh, March 17
The election of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Bar Association will be held on May 18. A resolution to this effect was passed in a General House of the association held here yesterday.

CULTURE

New Release
Return of Mithun Chakraborty 
A Meghna Naidu (of “Hawas” fame) film always creates excitement and her new movie, “Classic Dance Of Love” should be no exception. shot widely in Mauritius, this film is produced and directed by B. Subhash. The maker of “Disco Dancer”, “Dance Dance”, “Pyar Ke Naam qurbaan”, “Tarzan” and “Divine Lovers” promises entertainment for the audience.

Vikas Bhardwaj and Meghna Naidu in “Classic Dance of Love.”

Leisure

Sudanese, B’desh Sufi singers impress
Breathing beyond time and space, Sufiana melodies with striking notes of universal love and humanism pulsated through the hearts of the devout audience, as artistes from Sudan and Bangladesh enlivened the International Sufi Festival at Baba Makhan Shah Lobana Foundation auditorium today.

Singers from Baul group, Bangladesh, perform at a Sufi Gayan programme at Makhan Shah Lobana Bhavan in Sector 30, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Vegetarian food good for heart: expert
Human beings getting smarter and technically savvy with the introduction of hi-tech equipment and technology in everyday life. Efficient means of communication and easy and faster availability of goods have their own ill side effects.

HEALTH

Today’s health tips

SPORTS

Jharkhand, Haryana ready for semifinal clash
Chandigarh, March 17
Cricket teams of Haryana and Jharkhand had an extended practice session at the cricket stadium in Sector 16 today. Both teams will clash in the semifinal of the Ranji Trophy starting tomorrow.

Umpires and officials for the Haryana versus Jharkhand Ranji Trophy semifinal inspect the pitch at the Cricket Stadium, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Yoga conference from tomorrow
Chandigarh, March 17
More than 200 delegates from various parts of the country will converge to Chandigarh to take part in the two-day National Conference on Yoga and Naturopathy to be held at National Technical Teachers Training Institute and Research, Sector 26, Chandigarh, on March 19 and 20.

ADMINISTRATION

5th economic census in May
Chandigarh, March 17
The Chandigarh Administration will conduct the fifth economic census during the month of May and June this year to collect useful information about all the enterprises engaged in economic activity. This will help in policy formulation and planning. The entire economic census work will be completed within a period of two months effective from May 1 to June 30, 2005 .