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3 clubbed to death in UT’s vicinity
Armed robbers strike in Mastgarh, Tira villages

Chandigarh, May 10 Three persons were clubbed to death and another six were injured in two separate incidents of armed robbery in Mastgarh and Tira villages in the wee hours today. The two places where the six-member gang of armed robbers struck are located within a distance of about one kilometre.

Ten-year-old Sukhwinder Singh, son of Swaran Singh who was killed by robbers, being consoled by his relatives at Mastgarh village near Chandigarh. — Tribune photo Pradeep Tewari

Suspected meningitis patient’s condition serious
Chandigarh/Panchkula, May 10
The condition of 11-year-old Meena, admitted in the PGI with suspected meningococcal meningitis, further deteriorated today, with the doctors attending on her saying that the patient was in a state of shock and the final tests could not be completed to confirm the disease.

Cart owner pays price for cruelty on horse
Chandigarh, May 10
A greedy owner of a horse cart was today put behind bars for burdening his horse so much that it fainted. The cart owner did not know that his routine would hurt an animal lover who then dragged him to the police.

CBI carries out checks in CWC offices
Chandigarh, May 10
The CBI today carried out surprise checks in the offices of the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) at its regional headquarters in Chandigarh and an office in Panchkula.

Chinese delegates focus their cameras on city photographers (not in picture) during a seminar on education at the UT Guest House in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Tribune impact
Order to take over HUDA land, roads, road berms
Action taken against Wah Dilli, Pallavi hotels
Panchkula, May 10
The HUDA Administrator today called a meeting of officials of the Estate Office and the engineering wing and asked the latter to immediately take over the HUDA land, roads and road berms after the Estate Office had cleared the encroachments.

Technology Park given special status
Chandigarh, May 10
The Union Ministry of Department of Commerce (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, New Delhi) has allowed grant of Special Economic Zone status to the Chandigarh Technology Park.

UT skyline for sale
The city of Chandigarh speaks
If any one wants to raise his voice, now is the time to raise it,/ Once an apartment building blots the sky, you will not be able to erase it;/ What a hue and cry is raised, when a vendor sits on my pavement.

COMMUNITY

Development work being delayed, alleges councillor
Panchkula, May 10
The Municipal Councillor from Sector 5, Mansa Devi Complex, Ms Renuka Rai Walia, has decried the delay in carrying out development works in the area.

I support Bansal: Bahl
Chandigarh, May 10
“The local unit of the Congress is one family and I support Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, the local Member of Parliament, on all decisions and actions in favour of the party guidelines,” said Mr B.B.Bahl, president of the local unit, while addressing a press conference here today.

Mishap shatters sister’s dreams

Chandigarh, May 10 A young girl in Saharanpur was waiting for her brother to perform “kanyadan” but now she is waiting for his body. Kanwarpal was happy before setting out from here to attend his sister’s marriage and asked brothers of his brother-in-law and their children to accompany him to the marriage. A family member of the accident victim in Chandigarh narrates how he lost three of his relatives in an accident near Ambala on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Rights bodies release report on Burail jail
Chandigarh, May 10
The Lawyers for Human Rights International (LHRI) and Punjab Human Rights Organisation (PHRO) today released a fact-finding report on the sorry state-of-affairs in the high-security Burail jail here.

Power supply disrupted
Panchkula, May 10
Power supply to most parts of the township remained suspended for several hours today, following a snag in the 66 KV transformer at Industrial Area here.

Power shutdown
Zirakpur, May 10
Zirakpur, Harmilap Nagar, Dhakauli, Dhakaula, Guru Govind Singh Nagar, Wadhawa Nagar, MS Enclave, Peer Muchhiala and Gurdwara Bauli Sahib will face a major power breakdown for over seven hours tomorrow.

CRIME

One held for carrying weapon on HC premises
Chandigarh, May 10
The police today arrested a man under the Arms Act from the high court premises for carrying a weapon.

Dipti’s husband, in-laws in police custody
Chandigarh, May 10
The local police booked the husband and in-laws of Dipti Sahu (21), who allegedly committed suicide at her Mauli Complex house on May 7, in a dowry death case late last night. The accused were produced before a local court today, which remanded them to police custody till May 12.

Suicide by SI’s wife
Panchkula, May 10
Frustrated over her prolonged illness, the wife of a Sub Inspector in ITBP, Mr Rashpal Singh, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in a government house in the ITBP training centre, Bhanu, near here this morning.

Police directed to register case against SI
Panchkula, May 10
The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Gulab Singh has directed the local police to register a case against Sub Inspector, Satish Mohan, on charges of extortion and under various sections of Arms Act.

BUSINESS

Award for milk plant
Chandigarh, May 10
Appreciating the performance of Milk Plant, Mohali in productivity enhancement, the National Productivity Council has awarded National Productivity Award to the plant.

EDUCATION

New timings of PU offices
Chandigarh, May 10
The working hours of the University Administrative Offices, including the Construction Office, the Directorate of Sports and the Teaching Departments in Panjab University will be observed as under:-

Competitions held to mark 16 yrs of C-DAC
Mohali, May 10
An on-the-spot painting competition and quiz were organised for school children by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) as part of celebrations organised on the completion of 16 years of its establishment here today.

Salad-making contest Chandigarh, May 10 An inter-house salad-making competition was held at Government Girls Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, today. In the category of vegetable salads, Priya stood first, Komal of class VI second and Mamta of class VIII won the third prize. Students of Government Girls Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, prepare salads at the salad-making contest on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Students get tips on environment
Lalru, May 10
To make the students aware about safety and environment protection, the local unit of Gates India Pvt Ltd, conducted a “General Safety and Environmental Protection Awareness Programme” at Government High School, Sarsini, and Springfield Public School, near here, yesterday.

COURTS

Charges framed against two former Judges

Chandigarh, May 10 Almost two years after two judicial officers were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on corruption charges, a local court today framed charges against them. The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr R.S. Baswana, framed charges against S.S. Bhardwaj, former Judicial Magistrate First Class(JMIC) here and R.M. Gupta, former District and Sessions Judge, Jalandhar, under Section 120-B of IPC and various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA).

R.M. Gupta,

S.S. Bhardwaj

Plea to check falling female population
Chandigarh, May 10
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today asked the Punjab Government to a submit status report about implementation of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 in the state.

LEISURE

Impressive debut in fiction writing

IT was their maiden attempt at writing fiction and they came out with flying colours. Jatin Dhingra, Vishwajeet Chaudhary and Rahul Patnaik, winners of the best fiction writer award, let their imagination take over, run wild as the pen scripted a story on paper. The outcome was not comical and not fairytale-like as one would expect children’s writings to be. Instead, away from child-like concerns, the stories were sad, steeped in agony, and like one judge put it, they were “brooding”. However, they were unanimous that great talent and serious writers lay hidden in city schools. Winners of the best fiction writer awards with their prizes at Government Museum Auditorium, Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

‘Romeo-Juliet’ to be staged at PU today

THE stage is set for the play of love. And if all goes well, Shakespeare’s classic “Romeo -Juliet” will find a contemporary expression — the one that defies labels and transcends all that is the predictable. Students of the Department of Indian Theatre, Panjab University, enjoy their act on the eve of the opening of their play “Romeo-Juliet”, at Panjab University on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tiwari

HEALTH

Meningitis: docs caution against use of vaccines
Chandigarh, May 10
Antibiotics and not vaccines are the surest way to combat meningococcal meningitis. After a few isolated cases of the disease were reported in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali, doctors insist that antibiotics must be relied upon as they start acting immediately against the disease rather than the vaccines, which take at least 15 days to start combating the infection.