The Tribune, Chandigarh, India


Golden jubliee celebrations of the Punjab and Haryana High Court at the Rock Garden in Chandigarh on Friday: (left) A mememto is presented to Mr Justice Y.K. Sabharwal by Mr Surinder Singla and Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal; (right) VIPs at the function.

MC eyes land in UT villages
Chandigarh, December 9
After the successful auction of residential site in Mani Majra which fetched Rs 108.01 crore, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is now eyeing the unacquired land in the UT villages.

Match or no match, city is ready
Chandigarh, December 9
Whether or not Chandigarh gets to host the one-day international between India and England, scheduled for the end of March, 2006, the Chandigarh Administration is already on the job to upgrade the existing facilities to make it a fit venue, with all the state-of-the-art facilities.

130 oustees apply for plots in MDC
Panchkula, December 9
The screening committee for the oustees of the Mansa Devi Complex, Sector 2 and 6 met under the chairmanship of the HUDA Administrator, Panchkula, Ms Neelam P. Kasni, to settle the claims of the oustees.

Dera Bassi to have medical college
Dera Bassi, December 9
Long-dubbed as educationally-backward area, the Zirakpur-Dera Bassi-Lalru belt is set to emerge as a major medical education centre with the setting up of the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Medical Sciences and Research.

COMMUNITY

Happy with cops, Quark institutes award

Mohali, December 9
Terming the cracking of Sukhvinder’s murder case as a brilliant job done by the Punjab Police, Mr Fred Ebrahimi, QuarkCity Chairman, today said the company had instituted an award for the Punjab Police personnel who had solved the case. A corpus of Rs 25 lakh had been set aside by the company for the purpose, for which further donations would be solicited.

Mr Fred Ebrahimi, Chairman, QuarkCity, at a press conference in Mohali on Friday. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Rs 92.49 lakh penalty imposed on erring power consumers
Chandigarh, December 9
The Electricity Wing of the Engineering Department of the Chandigarh Administration has imposed a penalty of Rs 92.49 lakh on the electricity consumers who were either found using unauthorised load or involved in the theft of electricity during the routine checking carried out from June to September, an official press note said here today.

Senior citizens get Net training
Chandigarh, December 9
The Sector 30 branch of the State Bank of India, organised a Computer-Internet training programme for senior citizens of Sri Sathya Sai Old Age Home, Sector 30, Chandigarh. The two-week training programme which concluded today covered the basics of computers, use of MS-Office, e-mail and internet.

BJP stir threat over roads
Panchkula, December 9
The local unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party today gave a one-month ultimatum to the district administration for starting the repair of roads in the township.

VIP number for car fetches Rs 3.05 lakh
Chandigarh, December 9
A Mani Majra-based firm today purchased the “prestigious” number 1 for registration of its vehicle at a cost of Rs 3.05 lakh at an auction conducted by the Registration and Licencing Authority (RLA), Chandigarh. An up market model of Maruti Alto can be bought in the same price.

Photo contest winners announced
Chandigarh, December 9 The Department of Tourism of the Chandigarh Administration has announced the names of winners of the photography competition organised on December 1, to promote the city as a tourist destination during all the seasons of the year.

Union Bank staff stage protest
Chandigarh, December 9
Members of the Union Bank of India Officers’ Association, Chandigarh unit, in accordance with the direction of their central leadership, staged a protest and handed over a memorandum to the Regional Head of the Bank at Chandigarh here today.

Kerala Bhavan stone to be laid tomorrow
Mohali, December 9
Mr T.K.A. Nair, IAS, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Government of India, will lay the foundation stone of the Kerala Bhavan at Phase XI here on Sunday.

Safe use of LPG cylinders stressed
Chandigarh, December 9
An Indane clinic on LPG cylinder safety was conducted at Government Nursing School at the Government Hospital, Sector 16, here today.

CRIME

Pistol recovered
Mohali, December 9
The Mohali police today claimed to have recovered the .32 bore pistol that was used for killing Sukhvinder Singh, the 35-year-old Quark engineer who was shot dead on Sunday night. Himmat Singh, alias Brandy, and Neki Nalwa, wife of the deceased had been arrested for having committed the crime.

Rickshaw-puller held for minor’s rape
Chandigarh, December 9
The local police today arrested a 24-year-old rickshaw puller on a charge of raping a minor girl in Sector 52.

Three call girls arrested
Panchkula, December 9
The Raipur Rani police today claimed to have busted a flesh trade racket by arresting five persons, including three call girls.

15 held in assault case
Panchkula, December 9
The Pinjore police today arrested 15 persons, including the main accused, Harpal Singh and his son Nirmal Singh, in the Maulawali assault case.

Police inaction compounds loss of stolen goods
Chandigarh, December 9
It’s nothing but double jeopardy. First, thieves and burglars break into your house and decamp with valuables, and then, cops do little to recover the stolen goods.

Body identified, family cries murder
Chandigarh, December 9
A family of Allahpur village today identified as Foopinder Singh, the body of a young male found from open fields in Radiala village on the Kharar-Kurali road here yesterday. The body with a face virtually covered with blood was found by a passerby from the village who informed the Sahora police post.

BUSINESS

Kingfisher Airlines eyes city
Chandigarh, December 9
While the proposal to make the Chandigarh airport an international airport is still under consideration, airlines are making a beeline to start operations from here. After Deccan Airways it is now Kingfisher Airlines and Indus Airlines that have their eyes set on City Beautiful.

Lahore shopkeepers keen on trade with city
Chandigarh, December 9
The Traders Association of Sector 17, the Trade Promotion Council, Chandigarh, and Lahore-based shopkeepers are keen on trade between shopkeepers based in the two cities.

Members of the Trade Promotion Council interact with shopkeepers from Pakistan in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Friday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

EDUCATION

Hansraj boy tops young scientist talent contest
Panchkula, December 8
Vikram Saini, a Class XII student of Hansraj Public School, has topped the All-India Young Scientist Talent Test conducted by Uniglobal Technologies Inc., USA, and Sri Chaitanya, New Delhi, for students of classes X, XI, XII.

Constructive criticism of courts okay: expert
Chandigarh, December 9
Professor Virendra Kumar, UGC Emeritus Fellow and former Chairman, Department of Laws, Dean, Faculty of Law and Fellow, Panjab University, delivered a special lecture on “Free Press and Independent Judiciary: Their Juxtaposition in the Law of Contempt of Courts” here today.

Open schooling results out
Chandigarh, December 9
The National Institute of Open Schooling, Regional Centre, Chandigarh, yesterday declared the results of Classes X and XII examinations held in October, 2005. As against the results of examination held in April, 2005, the current results have shown improvement. The pass percentage for Class X is 36.38, as compared to the earlier 21.03 per cent. For Class XII, the pass percentage is 43.98.

Teachers’ union holds meeting
Chandigarh, December 9
The general body meeting of the Government Teachers Union (GTU) was today held at the Jama Masjid ground, Sector 20. Nearly 100 teachers attended the meeting during which the current problems and demands of all cadres were discussed.

Fun, frolic mark annual day
Panchkula, December 9
It was fun and frolic at the annual day function of Saupins School, Sector 9, here this evening. Students jived, sang and showed their histrionic skills at Tagore Theatre.

Students of Saupins School, Sector 9, Panchkula, present a Haryanvi folk dance during the annual day function at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Friday. — Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Institute donates Rs 1 lakh for quake-hit

Dera Bassi, December 9
The management, staff and students of the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology (SSIET) and Sri Sukhmani International School have donated Rs 1 lakh to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for earthquake victims of Jammu and Kashmir.

Prof Avtar Singh, Chairman of the SSIET, presents a cheque for Rs 1 lakh for the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund to the Principal, Dr I.P. Singh, in Dera Bassi on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

DAV-8 celebrates roll of honour
Chandigarh, December 9
DAV Public School, Sector 8, today celebrated roll of honour on the school premises. The event also marked the President of India’s third Computer Literacy Award being received by the school.

PU Professor awarded
Chandigarh, December 9
Mr Ripudaman Singh, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Geography, Panjab University, received the second prize in the Young Geographer’s Award competition held during December 2 to 4.

Kids swear to protect human rights
Chandigarh, December 9
A special assembly to observe world human rights was yesterday organised at Delhi Public School, Sector 40. The 57th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights was attended by Mr M.M. Sharma, Regional Director, Northern Region, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, as chief guest.

Guru Nanak school students meet 'father of Pentium'
Chandigarh, December 9
It was a rare occasion for the students of Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, when they met Mr Vinod Dham, the "father of Pentium" here today. The students had a fruitful interactive session with the guest from the USA, who is currently on a visit to India.

Fasting student lands in hospital
Chandigarh, December 9
As the fast by students of BSc honours course of Panjab University entered its tenth day today, one of the two students on strike had to be shifted to General Hospital, Sector 16, following a deterioration in his condition.

COURTS

HC lawyers for 1,000 chambers
Chandigarh, December 9
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has sent a proposal to the UT Administration for the construction of 1,000 chambers for lawyers at the High Court.

Disciplinary proceedings against lady officer
Chandigarh, December 9
Following an Army Court of Inquiry (CoI) holding a lady officer prima facie blameworthy for professional impropriety while conducting military trials, she has been "attached" to a different formation for the commencement of disciplinary proceedings, it is learnt.

SPORTS

North Zone lift trophy

Chandigarh, December 9
North Zone beat Headquarters 2-1 in the final of the 35th All India FCI Inter-Zonal Hockey Tournament at Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, here today. Headquarters took the lead in the first half as the forward Amit Kumar scored the first goal. The equaliser came through Gurpreet one minute before interval.
The final of the 35th All-India FCI Inter-Zonal Hockey Tournament in progress at Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, Chandigarh, on Friday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Karnataka pile up 511 for 5
Chandigarh, December 9
Resuming from the overnight score of 309 runs for three, Karnataka today batted formidably to pile up a huge total of 511 runs for five before declaring their first innings in the Cooch Behar (Under19) Cricket Tournament which entered the second day here today at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium.

Pooja secures first place
Chandigarh, December 9
Pooja and Mohit Rana of Lily House secured first place in 100 metres on the second day of the annual athletics meet of Sri Guru Harkrishan Model School, Sector 38-D, at Sector 46 sports complex. The 400 metres race for girls was also a close finish, with Amandeep of Rose House winning by a split second.

Banker selected referee for carrom championship
Chandigarh, December 9
Mr Gurinder Singh, Senior Manager, Punjab National Bank, Ropar, has been nominated by the All India Carrom Federation (AICF) as the Assistant Chief Referee for the 9th SAARC Countries Carrom Championship to be held in Maldives from December 14 to 17. He is also the joint secretary of the AICF and general secretary of the Punjab State Carrom Association.

Hans Raj student wins gold in skating
Panchkula, December 9
Jatin Sachdeva of Hans Raj Public School has won two gold medals in the age group of 8-10 years in the 11th Panchkula District Rollar Skating meet held at Bhawan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, Panchkula recently. Jatin bagged one gold each in rink race and road race events.

ADMINISTRATION

Rs 100 cr market complex in Phase XI planned
Mohali, December 9
An ultra modern agro product market complex has been planned for Phase XI here. Twenty acres at Kambali village have been allotted to the Punjab Mandi Board for the construction of the complex at a cost of over Rs 100 crore.

City to have Heritage Conservation Centre
Chandigarh, December 9
The Chandigarh Administration has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the Adviser to the UT Administrator for setting up a Heritage Conservation Centre in the direction of placing the city on the list of World Heritage City.