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Travel agency charged with duping youths
Over 120 complaints lodged with police
Chandigarh, June 19
Lured by dollar dreams, unemployed youngsters from the region, including Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh, continue to fall prey to activities of unscrupulous travel agents.

The unemployed youths allegedly duped by the travel agent lodge their complaints at the Sector 17 police station in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Another false report on building bylaws violation
Now it’s Tehal Singh Chicken Corner
Chandigarh, June 19
Giving a false report about building law violations appears to be a common practice with the officials in the building branch of the UT Estate Office.

Despite the heat outside, one has to keep fires burning at home. As such, a girl carries piles of dry wood from the Rose Garden valley in Chandigarh on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

City to vie for world heritage status
Chandigarh, June 19
The Archaeological Survey of India has asked the Chandigarh Administration to list its cultural heritage for placing its name on the tentative list of the Department of Culture for recommendation as a world heritage city status of the UNESCO.

PU revives economics course after 20 years
Chandigarh, June 19
Panjab University has after 20 long years revived a course which was the brainchild of this university’s most illustrious alumnus Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.

Child run over by uncle accidentally
Chandigarh, June 19
In a tragic incident, a man accidentally ran over his two-year-old nephew crushing him to death under his car in Sector 29, here, last evening. The incident took place when the child, visiting his grandparents was playing outside his house while the accused, on a visit to his in laws, was driving out of the house.

CHANDIGARH CALLING On the other side of the wall On one side of the wall, the privileged live in comfort and on the other there are the less privileged and leading a hard life. Tribune photographer Karam Singh brought us this very poignant picture of two school-going children sneaking a nap by the roadside in Sector 27.

COMMUNITY

Harassed couple gets police protection
Chandigarh, June 19
The Chandigarh police today provided protection to a local boy and a girl hailing from Rohtak, who had married each other against the wish of the girl’s family.

Youths’ problems vary from country to country: expert
Chandigarh, June 19
The Commonwealth Youth Programme, (CYP) here will begin with a youth volunteer exchange programme among various commonwealth nations.

Develop Sec 5 on pattern of UT’s Sec 17: Chander Mohan
Panchkula, June 19
The Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Chander Mohan, asked the Haryana Urban Development Authorities (HUDA) to develop Sector 5, Panchkula, on the pattern of Sector 17, Chandigarh. He was reviewing the working of HUDA and its projects launched in the city, here today.

Salwan heads PRSI's UT chapter
Chandigarh, June 19
Ms Renuka Salwan, Deputy Director (PR), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), has been re-elected as the chairperson of the Chandigarh Chapter of Public Relations Society of India (PRSI), at the annual general meeting held at the Press Club on June 17.

Eminent architect to get ‘Bharat Jyoti Award’
Chandigarh, June 19
his meritorious services and excellent achievements, Mr Surinder Singh Sekhon, a former Chief Architect of Punjab, has been honoured with the Bharat Jyoti Award by the India International Friendship Society.

No lighting facility for city cycle tracks
Chandigarh, June 19
Even though Chandigarh Administration has laid cycle tracks throughout the length and breadth of the city for ensuring the safety of cyclists, there is no light at the end of the trail. Almost all the tracks are rendered useless after dark due to poor-illumination.

Lions Club members given tips to serve better
Chandigarh, June 19
Members of Lions Club International District 321-F attended district schooling ‘‘Gurukul 2006’’ at Hotel Shagun on Zirakpur road yesterday.

2 ultra-modern bus stands for Mohali
Mohali, June 19
Mr Bir Devinder Singh,MLA, Kharar, today announced that two ultramodern bus stands were being planned for Mohali. He was interacting with shop owners at the Phase V market here this evening.

BJP protest against price rise
Panchkula, June 19
In protest against the rising prices of commodities in the state, the local unit of the BJP held a protest and blocked the road at Sector 7-8-17-18 round about for over one-and-a-half hour here today.

BJP memo against price rise
Chandigarh, June 19
The Bhartiya Janata Party led by Mr Yash Pal Mahajan, president of the local unit and Mr Satya Pal Jain, national convener of the legal cell, today presented a memorandum addressed to Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India, through Mr R.K.Rao, Deputy Commissioner, in connection with the “unprecedented” price hike.

Youth Cong celebrates Rahul’s b’day
Mohali, June 19
Members of the Youth Congress here celebrated Rahul Gandhi’s birthday today by serving sweet water to the public in phase VII here.

Prominent social worker dead
Chandigarh, June 19
Darshan Mehan, a prominent social worker, died here today after a prolonged illness. She was 78. She was the wife of Mr B. K. Mehan, Chairman of Sri Aurobindo Society, Chandigarh, and a pioneer industrialist of the city.

City police holds meetings
Chandigarh, June 19
The police yesterday carried a public contact programme in the city. All Station House Officers, In charge of police posts and other beat staff took part in the programme.

Get-together of ex-officers of Rajput Regiment
Chandigarh, June 19
Members of the Chandigarh chapter of the Rajput Regiment Officers’ Association organised their annual summer dinner 2006 here last evening, which was attended by a large number of serving as well as retired officers along with their wives.

Members of the Chandigarh Chapter of Rajput Regiment Officers’ Association during their annual Summer Dinner 2006 in Chandigarh on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Fauji Beat
How to make Army attractive?
According to the figures given by the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, in a written reply the Rajya Sabha the other day, there was a shortage of 11,256 officers in the rankin Lt-Colonel and below on January 1, 2006.

A MiG-25 after its last ceremonial flight from Bareilly on May 1.

CRIME

3 held in PVC rolls theft case
Chandigarh, June 19
The police arrested two employees of a Ram Darbar-based pharmaceutical company and a junk dealer and claimed to have recovered polyvinyl chloride (PVC) rolls worth Rs 1 lakh from their possession. These rolls are used for used for packing medicines.

The youths arrested for stealing PVC rolls from an industrial unit in Ram Darbar, in police custody in Sector 31, Chandigarh, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Body found in Nada forests identified
Panchkula, June 19
The semi-naked body of a woman with injury signs on its head, that was found in the forest area of Nada village along a road leading to Morni Hills yesterday morning, was identified today.

Two girls hurt in road mishap
Panchkula, June 19
Two girls — Nidhi and Jaspreet Kaur — residents of Sector 19, were seriously injured when a scooter (Activa) they were riding collided with a truck at T-point on a road leading to the Mata Mansa Devi shrine here today.

A Perilous implication of slow-moving vehicles running alongside fast traffic: A tractor slid under a trailer on the Kalka- Zirakpur highway near the Panchkula Deputy Commissioner's office on Monday. Fortunately, no one was injured in the mishap.
— Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh 

Tap thieves on the prowl
Mohali, June 19
The Mohali police is faced with a new breed of thieves: those stealing taps from houses. These tap thieves struck at three different houses on Saturday and have stolen at least 30 taps.

Mobile phone snatched
Abrar Ahmed, a resident of Sector 42, has complained that three motorcycle-borne youths snatched his mobile phone on Friday. He was assaulted by the youths before they snatched his phone. The police has, however, registered a case of missing mobile phone at the Sector 34 police station.

2 held for not paying for diesel
Chandigarh, June 19
The local police has arrested two residents of Sonepat district in Haryana, who sped without paying for diesel at a petrol station in Mani Majra this afternoon here.

2 killed, 5 injured in road accident
Panchkula, June 19
Two employees of a Baddi-based industrial unit were killed and five others injured, two of them seriously, in an accident involving a motorcycle, Tavera and a truck on the “killer” Panchkula-Kalka stretch of the Kalka-Ambala national highway near Surajpur near here, this afternoon.

3 booked on theft charge
Mohali, June 19
The police has booked three persons of Rattewal village on the charge of theft

BUSINESS

Sampark Centres to accept SPICE bills
Chandigarh, June 19
The Director of Information Technology, Mr Manjit Singh Brar, has announced that the e-Sampark Centres would also accept telephone bills of SPICE Private Limited from the general public.

EDUCATION

Campaign for peace
Chandigarh, June 19
In continuation of the campaign for peace-city Chandigarh, a similar campaign for peace-town Solan was launched by MS Panwar Institute of Communication and Management, Solan, under the aegis of Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi.

Awareness camp on environment
Chandigarh, June 19
The Centre for Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, Panjab University, organised an awareness camp on environment issues with special reference to water-borne diseases at Khuda Lahora village. More than 50 women from the village participated.

CULTURE

A Jugalbandi of melody and harmony
Chandigarh, June 19
Fusion can be confusing if you do not respect the originality of music, believe the six artists of the French music group 'Jugalbandi'.

The French music group for a performance in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

French band enchants music lovers
Chandigarh, June 19
The sublimity of Indian classical music and the grace and harmony of Western music found their true expression in a musical concert organized by the Alliance Francaise de Chandigarh and the French embassy at the Tagore theatre today.

A live performance by a French band on the occasion of World Music day at Tagore 
Theatre in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

‘Mehndi Waale Hath’ faces piracy crisis
Panchkula, June 19
Strange though it may seem but it remains a fact that the pirated music compact discs, MP3s of a forthcoming Punjabi film ‘Mehndi Waale Hath’ has hit the market even before the formal release of its music and the film.

Jaspal Bhatti displays an original and pirated CD at a press conference in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

SPORTS

Bhavika romps home in Hot Weather tennis
Chandigarh, June 19
Bhavika defeated Sheshna (7-6 (2) ,6-0) in the finals of girls’ under-12 Hot Weather Tennis Tournament held at CLTA Complex, here, today.

Dinesh Kumar and Varinder Patial in action in men’s doubles against Shiv Bahadur and Ram Kirpal at a tennis tournament at the CLTA complex, Chandigarh, on Monday.

Rajan-Jasjeet enter final of CLTA tourney
Chandigarh, June 19
The duo Rajan Kashyap and Jasjeet Singh moved into the finals of the veteran’s doubles’ event defeating their opponent pair of J.L. Sharma and Pritam Singh 7-5,6-4 in the semifinals of CLTA Hot Weather Tennis Tournament held at CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here today.

Rollerbones register win
Chandigarh, June 19
Rollerbones Skating Club registered a victory over Roller Hawks team 6-4 in junior boys’ category on the concluding day of 16th Roller Skating Carnival held at Skating Rink, Sector 10, here yesterday.

Team members of DAV SS School, Club, Sector-8, Chandigarh, who won the junior girls roller hockey tournament in a skating carnival in Chandigarh on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograh

Mani Majra lad in Indian U-19 team
Chandigarh, June 19
Yet another name is emerging on the list of local cricketers. Meet 16-year-old Mani Majra lad Amanpreet, who has been selected in the 15-member Indian under-19 cricket squad that will tour England from July 9 to August 10.