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MCM students go on strike
Student caught talking on cell phone "slapped" by teacher

Chandigarh, August 28 Students of MCM DAV College here boycotted classes today, alleging that a student of the college had been "slapped" by the physical education teacher for using a mobile phone on the college campus.
Students of MCM DAV College, Chandigarh, raise slogans against the college management on Monday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Debt, depression, disease kill 4
All suicides by hanging
Chandigarh, August 28 
Four city residents, including a woman today ended their lives in the various parts of the city. While one was suffering from diabetes, the other took the extreme step due to depression, while the third ended his life due to financial constraints.

Members of the Computer Teachers Union (contractual), Punjab, protest in front of the office of the Sarv Sikhia Abhian, Punjab, Sector 34, Chandigarh, on Monday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Round-the-clock water on anvil
Chandigarh, August 28
In a major step towards improving water supply in the city, two major projects submitted by the Municipal Corporation to the Ministry of Urban Development have been given the go-ahead.

UT to levy fee on Pb, Haryana autos
Chandigarh, August 28
Hundreds of auto-rickshaws on the city roads bearing Punjab and Haryana (PB-12 and HR-68) registration numbers will soon be paying a tax to the Union Territory.

Dharna to press for removal of encroachments
Panchkula, August 28
The Panchkula Joint Welfare Association Forum began a dharna against non-removal of encroachments outside the office of Administrator, Haryana Urban Development Authority, Sector 6, which saw participation by representatives of 27 residents’ welfare organisations.

Further remand for Gaganjit
Chandigarh, August 28
A local court today extended the judicial remand of Gaganjit Singh Barnala, son of Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala, who allegedly raped his maidservant at his Sector 3 residence on August 12, for 14 days.

Chandigarh Calling
Door-to-door through sun and rain
With many women forced to work to supplement the family income, there is a sizable brigade of women who are walking or cycling long distances to sell detergents and toiletries to women buyers. Tribune photographer Karam Singh clicks a photograph of Bimla Devi, who cycles every day with the goods hanging in plastic sacks on the bicycle to deliver things women need at their doorsteps. She leaves a young child in the care of her daughter who is but seven.

COMMUNITY

Orientation course begins at CRRID

Chandigarh, August 28 A five-day orientation course on issues relating to women and children for representatives of Panchayati Raj issues began at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) here today. Delegates during an orientation course at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Pardeep Tewari

Fauji Beat
Remembering the Hero of Jessore
The passing away of Maj-Gen Dalbir Singh (retd) on August 22, 1999, at his farmhouse in Ambala, brings back to memory the honour that he brought to the Army and the country in the 1971 war.

Cong govt must go, says former minister
Lalru, August 28
The former Punjab Finance Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, today demanded the resignation of the Capt Amarinder Singh government in the wake of Rs 1,000 crore irregularities detected by the CAG in utilisation of the Rural Development Fund by the government.

Ram Darbar Case
Blood samples of mothers, newborn taken
Chandigarh, August 28
To establish the parentage of children swapped at the ESI Hospital, Ram Darbar, a team of medicos from the General Hospital, Sector 16, along with experts from the Central Scientific Forensic Laboratory (CSFL), today took blood samples of women and their newborns and send these for DNA tests.

70 safe road users rewarded
Chandigarh, August 28
The UT Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Satish Chandra, today rewarded 70 safe road users at a function held at the Sector 23 Children Traffic Park for complying with traffic rules and regulations. The function was organised by the Chandigarh Traffic Police in association with The Tribune Trust and Ford Motors.

BUSINESS

Sun shines on Punwire
Locks opened, puja performed
Mohali August 28
Today was a red-letter day in the life of Punwire employees who have been jobless for six years now. The Sun Group enterprises took over the possession of the land and building of the once blue-chip company, in accordance with the orders of the Supreme Court.

EDUCATION

Economic reforms thrust on electorate, says PU study
Chandigarh August 28
A Panjab University study has shown that while economic issues form a major part of political parties’ manifestoes, these issues have failed to become central to their electoral campaigns.

From Colleges
Seminar on ethics in business practices
Chandigarh, August 28
The Department of Professional Studies, DAV College, Chandigarh, organised a UGC-sponsored seminar on “Promoting the idea of ethics in business practices in context of spiritualism”.

From Schools
Divneet, Amandeep best speakers
Chandigarh, August 28
The Regional Round of the ninth Mahbub-ul-Haq Memorial Inter-School Debate was held at Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, on Sunday. Eleven schools from the city, Mohali, Panchkula and Solan participated. Students spoke on “Cities are responsible for water scarcity in India today”.

Teachers’ protest jams traffic Chandigarh, August 28 Hundreds of motorists were put to inconvenience on the busy Ambala highway this evening when protesting Computer Teacher Union (Contractual) members blocked the road at Piccadily Chowk. They were demanding regularisation of services.
Traffic jam caused by a protest by the Computer Teachers Union (Contractual), Punjab, at the road dividing Sectors 34 and 20 in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo Pradeep Tewari

Mohali Schools
Astronomical show at Saint Xavier’s
Mohali August 28
Saint Xavier’s school here organised an astronomical show for the students and their parents ‘A voyage to the end of the known universe’ in the school premises. An interactive movie ‘Origin of the Universe’ was also shown.

Poor kids given books
Panchkula, August 28
Owing to the efforts by Brig Dr M.L.Kataria (Retd), Chairman, Health Care India, at a simple ceremony here today, Maj-Gen Dr P.C. Chamyal (Retd), renowned ENT specialist, patron, Health Care India, as well as the Residents Welfare Association, Sector 12, distributed books among children wanting to enrol themselves for informal education.

Rayat students boycott classes
Ropar, August 28
Students of Rayat Institute of Engineering and Information Technology today boycotted classes alleging that poor quality of food was being served to them in the hostel mess.

Evening of fun, frolic
Mohali, August 28
Youthful fervour pervaded Rayat and Bahra Institute of Engineering and Biotechnology, Sahauran (Kharar), as senior students organised a welcome party for the new batch of students.

Govt school holds vanmahotsav
Chandigarh, August 28
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10, organised vanmahotsav on the school campus yesterday in which the NSS and the Eco Club planted 50 saplings of various species like Ashoka, Amla, Arjun etc.

200 students donate blood
Chandigarh, August 28
As many as 200 students of the Army Institute of Law, Mohali, along with faculty members, donated blood at a camp organised at the institute’s premises today.

SPORTS

Dera Bassi school win table soccer trophy
Chandigarh, August 28
Col V.R. Mohan DAV Public School, Derabassi, won overall champions trophy of North Zone Table Soccer held at Vasant Valley School, Ladha, Sangrur district, from August 25 to 27.

ADMINISTRATION

Services of 76 clerks regularised
Chandigarh, August 28
The Punjab Government today regularised the services of 76 clerks posted, in the Punjab Civil Secretariat. They were appointed in 2003 and had been on probation since. It was one of the major demands of the Punjab Civil Secretariat Employees Union.