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Businessman violates forest laws
Retaining wall comes up along choe
Chandigarh, October 2
In violation of the forest protection laws, a large chunk of forest land is allegedly being diverted for non-forest purposes in Karoran village by a Patiala-based businessman, related to a highly-placed officer in the Punjab Government. The site is located at a short distance from the controversial Forest Hill resort.

A retaining wall has been raised in a seasonal rivulet to protect a particular piece of land in Karoran village. Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

EO ‘sits on’ house plan despite court order
Chandigarh, October 2
In a case of the bureaucracy flouting the judiciary, the UT Estate Office has allegedly failed to pass the revised plan for a Sector 15 house despite court orders.

Travel agent held for cheating
Chandigarh, October 2
The police today arrested a travel agent on the allegations of duping a Sector 15 resident of Rs 11.40 lakh by promising to arrange a study visa for his daughter and would be son-in-law.

Taxi driver commits suicide
Chandigarh, October 2
A taxi driver in his mid-30s, Kitab Singh, reportedly hanged himself to death at his house in Hallo Majra late last night. Though no suicide note has been recovered, family dispute over his habitual drinking is cited to be the reason behind the extreme step, police sources said.

Four drug addicts held for burglaries
Panchkula, October 2
Four young drug addicts who had been indulging in chain snatching, purse snatching and burglaries are now in the police net. The accused come from middle class families and say that the reason for committing offences was to get easy money for smack.

Centres to deal with health issues of newborn babies
Chandigarh, October 2
Faced with the daunting task of addressing health challenges for the new-born, both in India and the US, the Indo-US team comprising representatives from the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, US, yesterday decided to launch Clinical Academic Centres across the country to deal with the issue.

Cancer-afflicted kids take their maiden flight
Chandigarh, October 2
Thirtyfive underprivileged children from across the country took a joy trip aboard the Indian Airlines plane from Delhi to Chandigarh and back. Designed to bring cheer to the suffering children and also to shut their minds to hospital travails, the trip was successful in achieving its target.

Cancer-afflicted children interact with the pilot inside the cockpit at the Chandigarh Airport on Sunday. 

Hunt on to nab former AAG
Chandigarh, October 2
Even after registering a case of cheating, forgery and fraud against a former Assistant Advocate General, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Rajinder Singh, the police is far from laying its hand on him.

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COMMUNITY

Rodrigues releases model plan of village
Chandigarh, October 2
The UT Administrator today called upon villagers to join hands in helping the Administration shape the future of the UT villages. The response and conviction of the villagers will determine the response from the Administration, the Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), said.

Need to improve trout habitat, says study
Chandigarh: Game fish trout has always been an angler’s delight. But now there is a need to improve its habitat in Himachal Pradesh, says a study conducted by the Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Brown trout

“Every journalist has to be a Gandhi at heart”
Chandigarh, October 2
A special lecture on “Gandhi and Media” was organised by the Gandhian Studies Department to mark Gandhi Jayanti today. Vipin Pubby, Resident Editor, Indian Express, delivered the lecture.

Gandhi, Shastri remembered
Chandigarh, October 2
Floral tributes were paid to Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversary at the Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan in Sector 35 here today.

People spin on a wheel to mark Gandhi Jayanti at Gandhi Samarak Bhavan, Chandigarh, on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

98th birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh celebrated
Mohali, October 2
The Mohali and Chandigarh unit of the All-India Democratic Students Organisation observed the 98th birth anniversary of hero of the freedom-struggle, Saheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, at Punjab School Education Board, Phase VIII, here yesterday.

Deep Complex residents hold rally
Chandigarh, October 2
To protest against the acquisition of land of the Deep Complex, Hallomajra, residents of the area held a rally against the move by the Chandigarh Administration.

Check unethical practices, valuers’ told
Chandigarh, October 2
Calling on valuers to follow the code of conduct and check unethical practices, various speakers of the Institution of Valuers urged the members to be “investigative and well-versed with the fiscal scenario”.

A seminar on Valuers’ Day in progress at Sector 7, Chandigarh on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Effigy of Congress-Left burnt
Chandigarh, October 2
The local unit of the BJP today burnt an effigy of the Congress-Left parties outside Congress Bhavan in Sector 35 here in protest against their alleged “unholy nexus” with the Russian intelligence agency KGB as exposed by a recent book.

BJP workers protest in Chandigarh on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph

Readers Write
Filth around Assembly buildings
We are tourists from France and were most distressed to see the surroundings of Le Corbusier’s Assembly buildings located in Sector 1, Chandigarh.

CRIME

Landlord booked on trespassing, theft charges
Chandigarh, October 2
The local police today booked a landlord and his accomplices on the charges of trespassing, theft and criminal conspiracy for allegedly taking away Rs 2 lakh along with goods worth about Rs 8 lakh from the shop of his tenants after breaking open the shutters late last night.

Crime round-up
Man held with 14 cartons of liquor
Chandigarh, October 2
The police today arrested a resident of Burail village on the charge of possessing 14 cartons of liquor illegally. In another incident, a Sector 15 resident was caught red-handed while allegedly stealing a VCD player.

1 held for drugging, looting
Panchkula, October 2
The police has arrested a man on charges of looting people by drugging them. The accused, Bhola, offered victims laddoo laced with dhatura seeds as prasad. Once they lost consciousness, he robbed them of their cash and other belongings.


The police, along with Bhola who drugged and robbed people in Panchkula. 
— A Tribune photograph

Computer parts stolen
Mohali, October 2
Thieves decamped with computer parts worth Rs 2 lakh from a compact computer shop in Phase 3B2 here today.

EDUCATION

Hamara School 
Stop not till the goal is achieved
New India Senior Secondary School, Panchkula, came into being in 1982 with a meager strength of 12 students. In a small span of time, the school has grown into a big institution, located in the heart of Panchkula.




New India Senior Secondary School, Sector 15, Panchkula.

Children’s camp begins
Chandigarh, October 2
A three-day children’s camp began at Sharda Sarvhitkari Model Senior Secondary School here today. As many as 600 students from Class III to Class VIII participated in the camp.

A maths workshop in progress at DAV School, Sector-15, Chandigarh, for DAV teachers of Panchkula, Mohali and Chandigarh on Saturday.
— A Tribune photograph

Fancy dress contest at Adharshila
Panchkula, October 2
A riot of colours and reverberation was all around as tiny tots of Adharshila Preparatory School celebrated Gandhi Jayanti last evening. Many children dressed up as Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, and soldiers participated in a fancy dress competition organised on the occasion.

Students of Adharshila school await to perform during a fancy dress competition organised at the school in Panchkula on Saturday.

Kangra Mahajan Sabha funds poor students
Chandigarh, October 2
The Kangra Valley Mahajan Association, Chandigarh, celebrated its second birth anniversary at the IMA Hall, Sector 35, here today.

AICTE sanctions more seats to Engg institute
Mohali, October 2
The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, has accorded approval to Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology (SSIET), Dera Bassi, for increasing seats in electronics and communication engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science and engineering courses by 30 each.

Inter-department quiz at Engg college
Mohali, October 2
The Department of Management Studies Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, organised an inter-departmental quiz competition today.

LEISURE

Her work speaks for itself
“The Indian tradition is not only vibrant and rich but also a fountainhead of creativity.” City-based jewellery and clothes designer Khushboo Jain proves the authenticity of her words through her work. She unveiled her collection in the city on Sunday. Be it her traditional jewellery designs, sarees or the embroidery work on her ensembles, her love for all traditional things is reflected everywhere.

Khusboo Jain (extreme right) at the launch of her designer collection in Chandigarh on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph

Anju George is her inspiration
She wants to be another Anju Bobby George. May be much more than that. Athlete Talwinder Jit Kaur, who has yet to turn 15 and is a Class X student of Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, has just attended the Indian Junior Athletics camp in Delhi in preparation for next year’s Asian Athletics meet.

City’s date with Yesudas on October 15
There is hardly any award worth its name which Dr K.J. Yesudas has not got for his contribution to the world of music. Growing up in penury, he had enough courage to dedicate himself to the realisation of his father’s dreams.

An evening of non-filmi music
The Swar Saptak Club presented an evening of non-filmi songs at Tagore Theatre on Sunday. Leading vocalists of the region rendered ghazals and songs penned by city-based lyricist S.L. Rakesh, who also composed the music and directed the show.

HEALTH

Australian docs visit Rattan institute
Mohali, October 2
Students of Rattan Institute of Nursing and Ayurveda, Sohana, today interacted with a team of doctors from Australia, who are practising the Chinese traditional medicine.

Australian doctors examine a patient at the Rattan Institute of Nursing and Ayurveda, Sohana, near Mohali, on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Blood test camp
Panchkula, October 2
More than 150 persons availed of the free blood test facility at a camp organised by the Sood Sabha at Sood Bhavan, Sector 10, today. A free haemoglobin test was conducted for women.


A free blood check-up camp organised by the Sood Sabha in Panchkula on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

SPORTS

Kendriya Vidyalaya sports meet from today
Chandigarh, October 2
Kendriya Vidyalaya sports enthusiasts have started converging from all over India at KVs in and around Chandigarh to participate in the 36th KVs National Sports Meet.

KV students of Ambala during the rehearsal for the inauguration of the 36th Kendriya Vidyalaya sports meet in Chandigarh on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph

Sachin’s best is yet to come, says Archrekar
Chandigarh, October 2
“Sachin’s best era will come and he will hit a minimum 50 centuries in international cricket,” stated Ramakant Archrekar, the mentor and coach of Sachin Tendulkar, who was in the city recently on a personal visit.

Shaleen, Mansimran best shooters
Chandigarh, October 2
Shaleen Chauhan and Mansimran Singh were declared best shooters in the women’s and men’s section, respectively, in the 30th Chandigarh State Shooting Championship which concluded today at the Sector 25 Patiali Ki Rao Shooting Ranges.

DAV, Karate Club adjudged joint winners
Chandigarh, October 2
The karate team of DAV, Surajpur, and the SNS Karate Club-22 were declared the joint winners of the 14th Chandigarh State Open Karate Championship-2005 held at Skating Rink, Sector 10 here today.

Sector 7 govt school clinch boxing trophy
Chandigarh, October 2
Government High School, Sector 7, lifted the championship trophy with 15 points in the 20th Chandigarh Sub-Junior State Boxing Championship at Sports Complex, Sector 42, here today.

A bout in progress during the 20th Chandigarh Sub-junior Boxing Championship on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Gian Jyoti athletes excel
Mohali, October 2
Students of Gian Jyoti Public School here brought laurels to the school in CBSE Cluster XIII for boys and girls in Athletics Championship 2005-2006.

German soccer expert to hone coaches’ skills
Chandigarh, October 2
Torsten Frank Spittler, a certified sports instructor and a professional soccer coach of Germany, is in the city at the invitation of the Asian Football Confederation to train and interact with Indian coaches and players.

City team for cricket tourney announced
Panchkula, October 2
The team which will represent Chandigarh in the 1st Senior North Zone Twenty 20 cricket championship was announced today.

Vikas, Nadia TT champs
Chandigarh, October 2
ikas Sharma of AG Punjab and Nadia Saini of New Public School, Sector 18, bagged the men’s singles and women’s singles title, respectively, during the 4th Chandigarh State Table Tennis tournament held at Table Tennis Hall, Sector 23, here today.

Softball title for MCM DAV
Chandigarh, October 2
MCM DAV College, Sector 36, clinched the Panjab University Inter-College Softball (women) Championship which concluded on the Panjab University grounds here today.