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Fire ravages HR bus depot
Chandigarh, June 4
A major fire broke out in the local depot of the Haryana Roadways located in Industrial Area, Phase I, this afternoon. The fire started in a heap of condemned tyres lying in the depot, which later turned into an inferno.

A bus and tyres burn after a fire broke out in the Haryana Roadways depot in Industrial Area, Phase I, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Fire Department caught napping?
Exemplary show of courage by staff

Beware of spurious ice-cream, cold drinks Panchkula, June 4 Giving rules a complete go by, a large number of illegal cold drink bottling and ice-cream manufacturing units have cropped up in the district. These units have a large network of retailers, who continue to sell lemon and orange drinks and ice candy, posing a risk to consumers’ health.
An ice-cream unit and (right) a cold drink bottling unit being run illegally in Panchkula. — Tribune photos by Manoj Mahajan

Man held for raping disabled minor
Chandigarh, June 4
In a ghastly act, a resident of Adarsh Colony in Sector 55 was caught while allegedly raping a physically challenged minor girl living in his neighbourhood late last night.

PPHC housing scheme: DC asked to submit report
Mohali, June 4
With barely three weeks to go before the notification for the acquisition of land for the Punjab Police Housing Corporation scheme in Kharar lapses, the Finance Commissioner (Revenue) has asked the Deputy Commissioner, Ropar, to probe into the attainability of the project.

COMMUNITY

Chandigarh-Ludhiana rail link to be electrified
Chandigarh, June 4
In an important development, the under construction Chandigarh—Ludhiana railway link will be electrified to provide smoother connectivity to Chandigarh. The Railways has agreed in principle to electrify the 45 km section of rail track between Chandigarh and Morinda.

Over 1,000 phones dead in Zirakpur
Dera Bassi, June 4
Over 1,000 telephones have not been ‘ringing’ for the past two days in parts of Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat. Curtsey Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board for digging deep trenches to lay water pipes without varying the locations of telephone cables laid by the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in the area.

World Environment Day today Malba gobbling up greenery City Beautiful, known for its flower-rich green patches dotted with woods, is losing its sheen. Its green lungs are dying a slow death. The threat is posed by short-term thinking of urban planners. A view of a low-lying area in Sector 31, Chandigarh, where malba has been dumped. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Babita’s death: forensic laboratory asked to re-examine report
Chandigarh, June 4
The police has asked the Central Forensic Science Laboratory to re-examine its report on Dr Babita Kaura's death after the CFSL claimed that she could have been pushed down from her Sector 24 residence.

Fire in telephone cable factory
Mohali, June 4
Wild growth and wood caught fire in a telephone cable factory in the Phase VIII Industrial Area here today.

• Drive to find explosives
• Season’s hottest day
• IT Dept to start help centre

CRIME

Trees felling: Forest Dept asks police to book 4
Chandigarh, June 4
In connection with the large-scale felling of khair trees in the private forest area of Ladal, Sanana, Behronpur, Dhargah Shah and Malkpur villages, the Punjab Forest Department has written to the police for registering a first information report (FIR) against four persons. The persons, Laddi, Baljinder, Amarjit and Kanwal, were engaged by a notorious person of the area for felling of trees.

Tipsy youths vent ire at tractor-trailer
Zirakpur, June 4
In a bizarre incident, four drunk youths, angered at hitting a roadblock, fired at and flattened the tyres of a tractor-trailer here late last night.

Man commits suicide
Dera Bassi, June 4
A 25-year-old employee of an industrial unit at Bhagwanpura village on the Dera Bassi-Barwala road committed suicide by consuming some drug at his rented accommodation in Adarsh Nagar colony here late last night.

BUSINESS

Network security at risk, says expert
Chandigarh, June 4
A few months ago, network security experts “hacked” into the computer servers of India’s oldest cellular service provider and were able to send mass anonymous SMSs, access online accounts and billing database of each user and even track down messages being currently sent by the system.                                                    Pukhraj Singh

IBA completes 10 years
Chandigarh, June 4
“Leave your career to us for the next 10 years and we will take care of it,” says confident. Varun Kochhar, Director of IBA Manpower Consulting Services, India.

EDUCATION

20 inclusive education schools for UT’s special kids!
Chandigarh, June 4
As required by the Union HRD Ministry, the UT Administration is ready with its policy of inclusive education for special children in Chandigarh. Till now, the city has been addressing the needs of special children through special schools, meant exclusively for them.

School celebrates environment day

Dera Bassi, June 4 The WWF India (north region) and Sai Dharam Singh Grover Foundation celebrated the World Environment Day with students of Sai Grace Public School at Said Pura village here today. A painting competition was held in which students of various schools took part. Project Scientist of the Punjab State Science Council was the chief guest. Children plant a sapling at Sai Grace Public School in Dera Bassi on Saturday.

Common prospectus for 4 govt colleges
Chandigarh, June 4
The four city Government Colleges — Government College for girls, Sector 11, (GCG-11) Government College, Sector 11, (GC-11) Government College for Girls, Sector 42 (GCG-42) and Government College, Sector 46 (GC-46)- have rationalised their fee structure. From the forthcoming session the students would have to pay the same amount of fee, irrespective of the government college that they got admission in.

College Call
Range of new courses at DAV-10
Chandigarh, June 4
Traditionally a boy’s college, the gender tag has become a misnomer for DAV College, Sector 10. After opening its gates for girls in B.Sc medical and non-medical last year, the college makes way for accommodating more girl students as it is going to start as many as eight co-ed postgraduate courses from 2005-06. The college does not shun away from boasting that it offers maximum courses at the MA level.

CULTURE

Film Review
‘D’ — not up to the mark
Chandigarh: Factory king Ram Gopal Verma’s latest output with the shortest possible title and similar to the life of Dawood Ibrahim was supposed to kick up our heels. But after his superb “Satya” and “Company”, “D”, another gangster flick in the league, does not exactly measure up to expectations. But it is not a bad attempt either by first -timer director Vishram Sawant.

Cultural show at Yavanika
Panchkula, June 4
Hundreds of visitors to the Yavanika Open Air Theatre got a taste of Haryanvi culture. The Haryanvi Sanskritik Avam Khel Vikas Manch had organised a cultural programme here this evening.

LEISURE

Comedy play on environment staged

“Any further neglect in preserving the ecological balance is bound to lead to a disastrous situation,” opined the Panchkula SSP, Dr R.C. Mishra, author of over 12 books on the subject. He was speaking while presiding over a function organised by the Theatre Arts on the eve of the World Environment Day at the Plaza today. Artistes stage a play, “Paryavaran ka Vinash,” on the eve of the World Environment Day in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

French group enthralls music lovers
Rarely music passes beyond pleasures and pains, but today it transcended all frontiers as the musical ensemble “Images Quartette” from the alien land of France enthralled elite city music lovers at Baba Makhan Shah Lobana Bhavan.

From painter to singer
Creativity overcomes all barriers. It has the capacity to excel inspite of deterrents. Ravinder Ravi, who made to the top five of the Indian idol contest, has proved it in ample measures .Be it whitewashing houses or singing on public platforms, he exhibits the creative verve.

Play focuses on sharing wives
The truth is stranger than fiction, more so in times when women, are shared by unmarried brothers to avoid division of ancestral property. The Punjabi play “Kaala Ilam” by the Adakar Manch, Mohali, with The Tribune group of newspapers as the media sponsor is slated for June 5 at the Tagore Theatre and will bare the “necessary evil”.

SPORTS

City eves topple HP team
Chandigarh, June 4
Chandigarh eves toppled the Himachal Pradesh team in a well-contested tie in Regu event (women section) at 22-24, 21-14, 17-16, in the ongoing 16th Senior National Sepak Takraw Championship being held at St Joseph’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, here today.

Manipur and Assam players struggle to topple each other during the XVIth Senior National Sepak Takraw Championship, being held at St Joseph Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

United Club, Sonnet Club emerge victorious
Chandigarh, June 4
The Surinder Khanna Academy, Delhi, boys could not face the bowling attack of Prateek (5 for 6) and Sidhant (3 for 8) of the Sonnet Club in the Chetan Sports Foundation Under-14 Cricket Tournament at St John's School ground in Sector 26 here today and bundled out at 14 runs made in 8.4 overs.

AITA talent series meet
Chandigarh, June 4
Akshit Bhatia and Sarthak Chauhan were among those under-14 boys who made it to the next round of the qualifying rounds which began today as part of the AITA Talent Series Tennis Meet being played at St Peter’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 37 here.