Members of the Tribune Youth Club present a water cooler and inverter to Mansa Devi Sanstha Board workers on the occasion of the death anniversary of the founder of The Tribune, Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, which falls on Friday. Cadets from the Amritsar Naval NCC Unit at a watermanship training camp at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Wednesday. As many as 15 boys and 10 girls of No.2 Punjab NCC Naval Unit, Amritsar are attending the camp.The cadets are from various colleges in border districts of Amritsar and Gurdaspur.

42 Army men fear dead
Anxious moments in ‘K’ Area
Chandigarh, September 8
The news of the tragedy seems to have filtered the air at ‘K’ Area, the Army Cantonment at Zirakpur near Chandigarh. With the collapse of the bridge at Kharo, (between Rekong Peo and Puh in Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh), one of four bridges being built by the Army Engineers, the catastrophe has come very close to home, causing dread, fright and alarm. The worst fears are those, where information is scanty and the wait seems interminable.

Aujla case: 1 held, gets bail
Chandigarh, September 8
An accused in the Karanvir Aujla assault case was arrested and bailed out by the local police today. Son of UT Municipal Commissioner P.S. Aujla, Karanvir, was allegedly waylaid by nearly 10 persons in Sector 8 here on Wednesday night. Besides this, the stabbing of a Mauli Jagran resident was reported to the police during the past 24 hours, along with a robbery and an attempt-to-outrage-modesty case.

Electric cars yet to catch fancy of city residents
Chandigarh, September 8
One question that gains pertinence in the wake of the sky-rocketting prices is why petrol-free electric cars are not catching the fancy of the general public in the city. Launched with much fanfare more than a year ago, the city and surrounding areas do not have more than a couple of electric cars.

Passing Thru : S.K. Sharma, secretary-general of the International Carrom Federation and general secretary of the All-India Carrom Federation

COMMUNITY

Iron grills hamper traffic
Chandigarh, September 8
A number of houses in Sector 46 have erected iron grills outside their houses encroaching on the public land. Besides being eye-sores, these constructions also hamper the traffic flow.

An encroachment outside a house in Sector 46, Chandigarh.
— A Tribune photograph

Hawara moves NHRC 
Chandigarh, September 8
More than three months after his arrest, Jagtar Singh Hawara, alleged BKI chief and the main accused in the Beant Singh assassination case, today took on the Delhi police and moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) alleging torture and hurting of his religious sentiments in police custody.

New presidents of Rotaract clubs
Chandigarh, September 8
Mr Misha Pratap, Mrs Amia Mehta and Mrs Avneet Kaur were inducted as presidents of the Rotaract Club, Chandigarh, Rotaract Club MCM DAV College and Rotaract Club of DAV College, respectively, by Mr. Dhian Chand, District Governor Elect. These clubs are sponsored by the Rotary Club of Chandigarh.

Sector 31, 32 accident-round
Chandigarh, September 8
The Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, can earn revenue from motor companies by leasing some of the roads for use as “shocker testing tracks”!

The poorly laid road around the roundabouts of Sector 31, 32 and Sectors 46, 47, 48, 49, which develop gaping potholes during rains every year. — Photos by Parvesh Chauhan

6-lane road to IT park by Sept 20
Chandigarh, September 8
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, during his proposed visit to the city will travel by the state-of-the-art road to reach the IT park in Kishangarh.

Work in progress for laying of 6-lane road between the railway light point and IT park in Kishangarh. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Delimitation board re-constituted
Mohali, September 8
Putting an end to a six-month-old controversy, the Department of Local Bodies, Punjab, has re-constituted the delimitation board set up in February this year for the extension of municipal limits of the Mohali Municipal Council.

Warehousing corpn gets awards for developing state
Chandigarh, September 8
The Institute of Economic Studies has conferred a gold medal and the Bharatiya Shiromani Puraskar on Punjab State Warehousing Corporation at a seminar held recently at Bangalore. The awards have been conferred in recognition of the efforts made by the warehousing corporation for the development of the state.

Centenary of ‘Vande Matram’ organised
Chandigarh, September 8
The Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee observed the centenary function of “Vande Matram”, national song, at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Sector 35, here today.

Tribune employees bereaved 

BUSINESS

Tata Indicom launches ‘Walky’
Chandigarh, September 8
Tata Indicom today announced the launch of their new, sleek, feature rich ‘Walky’ for its post-paid customers in the city.

EDUCATION

Sweet start to student council
Chandigarh, September 8
Having recently won the Punjab University Student Council elections the Panjab University Student Union, claims to be the party with the maximum supporters in the university. However, at today’s swearing-in ceremony of the council held at the Mathematics Department in PU, except for four or five supporters nobody was visible.

The Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Prof K.N. Pathak, offers a ladoo to the student council president, Amandeep Singh, in Chandigarh on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Tiny tots regale grandparents with rhymes
Chandigarh, September 8 Pre-Nursery children of the local Delhi Public School, Sector 40, expressed their gratitude and respect to their grandparents on the occasion of the Grandparents Day.

Vidyalaya opened for labourers
Panchkula, September 8
Jeevan Mukt Nishulk Vidyalaya today embarked upon a unique project to celebrate Literacy Day, by opening a branch of their free school at Labour Chowk and enrolling labourers as students.

Students of Jeevan Mukt Nishulakh Vidyalaya, Sector 9, Panchkula, educate labourers to mark International Literacy Day at Labour Chowk in Sector 16, Panchkula, on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

COURTS

High Court
PIL against school Principal dismissed
Chandigarh, September 8
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed with costs the PIL seeking action against the Principal of Guru Gobind Singh Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, for his alleged involvement in sexual harassment of two schoolteachers.

Consumer courts to have Lok Adalats, too
Chandigarh, September 8
For those who have been complaining about delays in consumer courts, which are otherwise supposed to dispose of cases speedily, here is good news.

Judicial remand for Nayagaon case accused
Kharar, September 8
A local court today remanded Gurbachan Singh, an accused in the Nayagaon rape case, in judicial custody till September 13.

CULTURE

Jagmeet stars in comedy show
Chandigarh, September 8
Jagmeet Samundari, a former student of the Department of Mass Communications, Panjab University, is making it big on the small screen.

Jagmeet Samundari in a scene from “ Banda ye bindaas hai” being telecast on Sab TV every Thursday.

New Release
Romantic comedy set in Australia
Yash Chopra is back with his latest offering `Salaam Namaste’ which is a light-hearted romantic comedy set in Australia. This is the first Bollywood film to be fully shot in Australia.

SPORTS

Chandigarh beat Panchkula in cricket
Panchkula, September 8
Chandigarh team began its campaign with style when it defeated Panchkula district by a convincing margin of 82 runs in the Haryana State Inter District Cricket Tournament for under 15 section played at the JR Institute of Cricket Technology, Barwala, near Panchkula, here today.

Shishu Niketan win Kho Kho opener
Chandigarh, September 8
It was a day of the host on the opening day of the CBSE Cluster XIII Kho Kho tournament being held on Shishu Niketan School grounds, here today.

A player of DAV Public School, Sector 15, Chandigarh, tries to catch the Air Force 12 wing school player during the CBSE Cluster Kho-Kho tournament at Shishu Niketan School 22, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Rahul, Bipul crack tons
Chandigarh, September 8
Centuries by Rahul Arora (106) and Bipul Sharma (105) helped Chandigarh pile up mammoth 398 runs in the first innings against Ludhiana in the second match of the pool of the Katoch Shield Tournament for the year 2005-06 at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, here today.

Sec 11 Govt College victorious
Chandigarh, September 8
Government College, Sector 11, beat Government College, Zira, by 18-11 in the first match of the PU Inter-College Handball Tournament (2005-06) at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, here today.

KVS sports meet
Chandigarh, September 8
The Regional Sports meet of the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pinjore, in handball and chess will be held on September 10 and 11. As many as 200 students drawn from various KVS from Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh would take part in the competitions. In chess, the events will be held in under 14,17 and 19 sections.

CLTA trainees excel in Lahore
Chandigarh, September 8
CLTA trainees continue to show good performance in the Junior International Tennis Tournament being played in Lahore, Pakistan, from September 5 to 10.

MCA post win
Chandigarh, September 8
The Mohali Cricket Association (MCA) outplayed St John’s Cricket Academy by two wickets in the First Lukesh Thakur Memorial under 10 Cricket tournament to enter the final of the tournament at Stepping Stones School, Sector 37, here today. The second semi-final between the MCM Academy and Saupin’s School will be held at 3 pm tomorrow.

Dodgeball tourney from tomorrow
Mohali, September 8
The Ropar District Dodgeball Association is conducting the first Ropar District Dodgeball Championship on September 10 and 11 at Government Senior Secondary School, Phase 3B1, here.

Sport bodies to protest
Chandigarh, September 8
The All India Forward Bloc and a number of sports organisations and players from various educational institutions drawn from regional states will march to the Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, tomorrow in protest against changing the name of Netaji Subhas Northern Centre, Chandigarh, to Chaudhary Devi Lal Regional Centre.

Landran college win in weightlifting
Chandigarh, September 8
Students of Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, Ropar district, bagged six gold medals, four silver and four bronze medals in the Punjab Technical University Inter-College Weightlifting and Best Physique Championship held here today.

ADMINISTRATION

Varinder back as SP, Mohali
Mohali, September 8
Mr Varinder Singh, PPS, has been brought back as SP, Mohali, replacing Mr Pawan Kumar Rai, IPS, who had joined here less than a month ago.