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Administration objects to railing in Sector 17
Notice to MC soon
Chandigarh, January 5
The Chandigarh Administration has taken a strong objection to the “mindless” erection of mild steel railing in Sector 17 by the Municipal Corporation in the name of beautification drive.
Steel railing which has been erected along a road berm in Sector 17, Chandigarh. — A Tribune photograph

Treated sewerage water for irrigation
Chandigarh, January 5
Chandigarh has been selected as one of the cities under the pilot project of the ‘National Urban Renewal Mission’ for harvesting of sewage effluent as tertiary treated water for irrigation purposes.

Custodial death: 3 cops suspended
Derabassi, January 5
Even as three Government Railway Police personnel were today suspended for their alleged involvement in the custodial death of Gurmail Singh, a resident Kakrali village, at Rajpura yesterday, a wave of anger and resentment prevails among the residents.

Sealed house ransacked, room gutted
Mohali, January 5
A house belonging to an OSD of the SAD President Parkash Singh Badal, which had been sealed by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau, was today found ransacked with one of its rooms gutted. The one-kanal house of Mr Hardeep Singh in Phase III B 1 here had been sealed by Vigilance officials about three years ago in connection with the registration of graft cases. Mr Hardeep Singh is yet to be arrested.

Hardeep Singh’s sealed house in Mohali after it caught fire on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Ramdev's ‘wonder cures’ still popular
Chandigarh, January 5
Yoga guru Ramdev's medicines testing positive for animal and human traces may have stirred a hornet's nest all over the country but sale of his medicines in the city continues unabated.

Gurpurb celebrated with fervour
Panchkula January 5
The spiritual fervour pervaded the city as devotees turned out in a large number to celebrate the ‘Parkash Utsav’ of Sri Guru Gobind Singh. The devotees paid obeisance at different gurdwaras, including Haripur and Nadha Sahib. Langar was served among the devotees.



Devotees enjoy langar on the birth anniversary of Shri Guru Gobind Singh at the Sector 34 gurdwara in Chandigarh on Thursday.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

• 140 donate blood on Gurpurb

Zirakpur limits likely to increase
Zirakpur, January 5
The municipal limits of Zirakpur, the fastest growing township of Punjab, are set to increase. Close on the heels of the inclusion of three villages — Peer Muchhalla, Kishanpura and Gazipur—in the municipal limits, two more villages, Nabha and Singhpura, are likely to find a place in the extended urban boundaries.

For him expression is independent of medium
Chandigarh, January 5
For Andreas Weber, Austrian author, expression is independent of the medium. Be it an essay, film, portrait, novel, play or a short story, Weber manages to get his point across.

COMMUNITY

Power cuts lead to chaos on roads
Chandigarh, January 5
The Road Safety Week of the Chandigarh Police notwithstanding, truant weather leading to frequent power cuts has thrown the traffic into chaos.

Traffic chaos in Sector 17 after power breakdown causes signal failure in Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Army Chief’s concern over ‘inflated’ ACRs
Chandigarh, January 5
All may not be well with the Army's system of appraising and evaluating the professional caliber of its officers. A large number of officers are being given "inflated" annual confidential reports (ACRs), purporting their acumen to be higher than their actual performance during the assessment period.

A Bofors 155 mm Howitzer being readied for the Know Your Army exhibition which begins on January 6, in Chandigarh on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

New Deputy DG, NCC, takes over
Chandigarh, January 5
Brigadier D.C. Katoch today took over as Deputy Director-General of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) here today. He will be responsible for the functioning of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh NCC Directorate.

‘Hanera te Parchhawa’ released
Mohali, January 5
“Hanera te Parchhawa”, a book written by Dr Mehak Manik, lecturer at Rayat and Bahara College of Law, was released by Mr Gurvinder Singh Bahara, vice-chairman, Rayat and Bahara Group of Colleges, here yesterday.

SETTING THE CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS: Some diving, others flying, pigeons put up their impressive show in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan Members of the Hindu Sena burn an effigy of the CPM in Sector 17, Chandigarh.  — A Tribune photograph

Site not suitable for school: residents
Mohali, January 5
Members of the MIG (Ind) Housing Welfare Society, Phase X, today condemned PUDA for allotting a site adjoining a park to a school in a thickly populated area.

Pre-marital counselling
Panchkula, January 5
Two organisations, Virasat and Provider, have come together to introduce the concept of pre-marital and post-marital, family, child and personal counselling.

Inconvenience due to dug up earth
Chandigarh, January 5
Residents of the Chandigarh Housing Board complex in sector 40-A are a peeved lot over the past 10 days because a private telecommunication company which dug up land for laying underground cables did not care to fill it back.

Sun God blesses city
Chandigarh, January 5
After three days of severe cold, the sun finally shone through the fog today, bringing warmth among city residents.

‘Ladla Driver’ on Doordarshan
Chandigarh, January 5
‘Ladla Driver’, a short film on road safety produced by Jaspal Bhatti, will be telecast by Doordarshan, Chandigarh, at 6.30 pm tomorrow.

• Leaders mourn death of Kang’s mother

CRIME

2 held for rape of woman
Chandigarh, January 5
The police today arrested Sunil, second husband of a woman, who was allegedly raped and assaulted in Mauli Jagran village on January 1, and her brother-in-law, Mukesh.

Sunil and Mukesh, who were arrested on Thursday in connection with the rape and assault on a woman in Mauli Jagran village.

Minor’s rape: man held
Mohali, January 5
The 50-year-old man, who had raped a four-year-old girl in Jagatpura colony, has been arrested here today.

BUSINESS

Work on housing project in Baddi starts
Chandigarh, January 5
Construction work on a complex, housing 400 apartments, near Baddi, has started. The project, being executed by Mountview Group Housing Company (MGHC), entails a cost of Rs 100 crore and is expected to be completed in 18 months.

EDUCATION

Teachers asked to boycott course
Panchkula, January 5
The Haryana Rajkiya Adhyapak Sangh has called upon teachers to boycott the ongoing refresher course to press their demand for privilege leave in lieu of work or training during the holidays, said Laik Singh, secretary of the sangh, while talking to mediapersons here today.

SPORTS

Indians win gold, silver in chess
Chandigarh, January 5
The Indian men Chess team have bagged gold medal in the 14th Asian Men Team Chess Championship and silver medal in the 4th Asian Women Chess which concluded at Esfahan, Iran, on December 28.

The Indian men and women chess teams that won laurels in the Asian Chess Championship held in Iran.

Adidas unveils team jerseys
Chandigarh, January 5
After cricket the big companies are now turning to India’s national game hockey to make it popular and its players financially sound. Many multinational companies have came forward to sponsor the ongoing month-long second edition of Premier Hockey League being played at Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, started here today.

Hockey stars on the occasion of unveiling jerseys and shoes in Chandigarh on Thursday.