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Cops drag feet on filing cases
Chandigarh, January 13
Directions on free registration of cases by the IGP notwithstanding, the Chandigarh Police continues to mislead complainants to avoid registering cases in cognizable offences, apparently to keep the crime rate low.

ON THRESHOLD OF NEW TRADITION: A family in Sector 44-A, Chandigarh, celebrates Lohri of their girlchild on Sunday. —Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

LG Amateur Golf
Prabagaran to defend title
India favourites in 9-nation team event
Chandigarh, January 13
K. Prabagaran of Sri Lanka will defend his title while India start favourites in the team event in the LG All-India Amateur Golf Championship which gets under way on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club on Monday.

Encroachers eye Mauli Jagran land
Chandigarh, January 13
Strange but true. Even as the Chandigarh administration is spending lakhs on constructing 23,000 dwelling units for slum dwellers after acquiring more land, it seems helpless in saving such land from the prying eyes of grabbers.

COMMUNITY

An accident that took place on the Dera Bassi-Barwala road on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Residents up in arms against GMADA
Shops being operated from residences
Mohali, January 13
Despite special drive launched by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority some months ago to force closure of shops running from residential areas, residents of the township have little respite. Neighbours living next to houses where the owners have allowed shops to run from garages are up in arms against the authority stating that there is no response from the authorities.

Cooperative Group Housing Societies
HUDA to give personal hearing
Panchkula, January 13
Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has decided to give a personal hearing to the representative of cooperative group housing societies regarding its November 7 notification on implementation of provisions of Haryana Apartment Act 1983. With this, an opportunity has been afforded to the petitioner at 11 am in the conference hall of HUDA complex in Sector 6 here tomorrow.

Mayor, minister chip in for Sector 21 development
Chandigarh, January 13
The Citizens’ Association, Sector 21, celebrated Lohri here this evening. Union minister of state for finance Pawan Kumar Bansal and mayor Pardeep Chhabra announced Rs 3 lakh each for the execution of development works in the sector.

IAF evacuates ITBP jawans from Iran

Chandigarh, January 13 The Air Force has evacuated five ITBP personnel who were injured in a suicide attack in Afghanistan from Iran. The task was executed this week by a specially modified AN-32 transport aircraft from Chandigarh-based 48 Squadron. The ITBP personnel had been injured in a suicide attack in Afghanistan during their deployment at Project Zaranj on the Deleram highway in South-western Afghanistan earlier this month.

A medical team attends to a casualty in a specially modified AN-32 during evacuation of the injured ITBP personnel.

Khaira has done it again
After blue tooth, develops technology for CD music
Chandigarh, January 13
Manpreet Khaira of Chandigarh has done it again. Based in Portland, Oregon, in the USA, this IIT gold medallist’s company, Avnera, has launched an array of products based on its proprietary wireless technology that delivers uncompressed CD-quality music, with no perceptible interference.

Som Ranchan with his book on Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond unplugged
Chandigarh, January 13
Ruskin Bond is back in black and white. Only this time he looks more like the man he is, and this on purpose. “I wanted to restore Bond to academia. Till now, he has been more popular with those in their light green years,” says Som Ranchan, a poet-writer, who has for the first time psychoanalysed Bond in the light of his life, struggles and works. In doing so, he has relied on western psychological approaches of Jung, Campbell, Alder and Freud; spiritual perspectives of Otto Rank, Rudolfe and Vedanta, and philosophical notions of Schopenhauer.

Debate on commercialisation of education
GCG-11 pockets winners’ trophy
Chandigarh, January 13
Over 30 students from various colleges of the city expressed their views on ‘Unavoidability of Commercialisation of Education’ at UBS yesterday. The debate was organised to mark Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary that is celebrated as Youth Day. Swami Brahmeshananda, secretary, Ramakrishna Mission, Chandigarh, was the chief guest. Prof A.C. Julka chaired the session while Prof Ronki Ram, Prof D.V. Rai and Prof Pankaj Malvia were the judges. Prof Rekha Jhanji was the guest of honour.

A boy buys popcorns on Lohri from a road side stall in Ambala on Sunday. —Tribune photo by Kamal Sachar

Lohri for special kids
Chandigarh, January 13
Students of the psychology department of Panjab University celebrated Lohri in a special way. They visited the children of ‘Samarth’, an institution for children with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities.

Recipe for success: Take the team along
Chandigarh, January 13
Yesterday when the gathering at Parvasi Punjabi Divas celebrations was discussing “deficiencies in education system”, a management professor from California turned around the debate. “As you talk of deficiencies in education system and consequential unemployment, technology around the world is changing,” he said, drawing from years of research on what it takes to be successful and happy in the 21st century.

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CRIME

Gold jewellery stolen
Chandigarh, January 13
Thieves decamped with gold and silver jewellery from a house in Charan Singh Colony, Manimajra, here. Ram Sanjivan of Charan Singh Colony reported to the police alleging that 69 grams of gold, 700 grams of silver and Rs 5,000 was stolen from his residence on Saturday. A case has been registered.

EDUCATION

Swami Vivekananda award for region’s CAT topper
Chandigarh, January 13
“Patience, perseverance and a disciplined lifestyle is the key to success,” said CAT topper of the Punjab region Vineet Saini, who was honoured with the first Swami Vivekananda Youth Award at a function held at the Chandigarh Press Club, Sector 27, yesterday. 

Students, who were honoured at a function held at the Chandigarh Press Club to mark Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary.

From Schools & Colleges
Students, staff donate blood
Chandigarh, January 13
A blood donation camp was organised at MCM DAV College, Sector 36, by the NSS unit and medical committee. The camp was conducted by a team of doctors led by Dr (Col) R.S. Shah from the Rotary Blood Bank Society Resource Centre, Sector 37, Chandigarh. The camp saw an enthusiastic response and students and members of the teaching and non-teaching staff donated 179 units of blood. The principal of the college, Dr Puneet Bedi, inaugurated the camp. She encouraged and motivated the students to donate blood generously for the noble cause. The NSS volunteers made colourful charts and posters to inspire students.

Students of Valley Public School perform Haryanavi dance at their annual function on school premises in Panchkula on Sunday. —Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

State education board’s chairman to present paper
Mohali, January 13
The chairman of Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) Dr. Dalbir Singh Dhillon would present a research paper entitled ‘Emerging Trends in Quality Secondary Education in Modern Era’ in annual conference of the Council of Boards of School Education in India (COBSE). Dr. Dhillon said at the onset of the 21st century, we have been witnessing a period of transformation with respect to economic, political, educational and international understanding.

From Colleges
National Youth Day celebrated
Mohali, January 13
Dr I.T. Institute of Management and Technology celebrated National Youth Day in the memory of Swami Vivekanand. J.B. Goyal, vice-chairman of the institute, told the students about the teachings of Swami Ji. Surendra Sharma is a well-known TV and stage artist also mentioned about Swami Vivekananda Ji’s teaching. He inspired the students to be eager learners as Swami Ji.

CULTURE

Poets touch upon socio-cultural themes
Chandigarh, January 13
As many as 16 well-known poets of the region recited their choicest verses at a kavi sammelan organised by ‘Sirjan’, an institute of creativity, in association with Komfort, here today. 

Jagmohan Chopra recites poetry at a Kavi Darbar held in Industrial Area, Phase 1, Chandigarh, on Sunday.—A Tribune photograph

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Tributes paid to assistant professor
Banur, January 13
Representatives of various sections of the society paid glowing tributes to Dr Hardev Singh, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery in Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Ram Nagar, who breathed his last on January 5.

Gas leak creates panic
Ambala, January 13
Panic gripped the Kabari Bazaar at Ambala cantonment today noon when gas started leaking from a cylinder, which was kept at a junk dealer’s shop.

SPORTS

SGGS in final of Administrator’s Cup
Chandigarh, January 13
Riding high on half centuries by opener Anupam Gambhir (53) and Simrat Bawa (50 n.o.) helped Sri Guru Gobind Singh College (SGGS), Sector 26, to reach into the final. They thrashed Government College for Men (GCM), Sector 11, by eight wickets in the semi-final (group B) of the Inter-College Limited Overs Cricket Tournament for the Administrator's Cup at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium here today.

HFCL beat Sigma
Chandigarh, January 13
A fine knock of 76 off 47 balls (unbeaten) by Rohin enabled HFCL Connect team to beat SIGMA team by seven wickets in the first semi-final match of the 8th CRY Cadence Corporate Cricket Challenge. The match was played at DAV Senior Secondary School grounds, Sector 8-C, here today.

Sidhant clinches seven gold medals
Chandigarh, January 13
Sidhant Chopra of St. Xavier’s School stole the limelight by clinching all the seven gold medals in the Sub-Junior Boys (under-15 category) in the Chandigarh Cycling Championships held on the Punjab Engineering College campus, Sector 12, here today.

CLTA facilities floor players
Chandigarh, January 13
Personal attention being given to players who are here from around the world for the ITF Tennis Tournament being played at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association grounds, Sector 10, is being admired by one and all.

GGS girl wins 3 golds
Chandigarh, January 13
Kulbir Kaur of GGS Khalsa College won all three events — 500m, 3,000m and one lap XC — during the Chandigarh cycling championship organised by the Chandigarh Amateur Cycling Association here yesterday. — TNS

HEALTH

Delhi babus play with city’s health
Chandigarh, January 13
A slow-moving union government is virtually “sleeping over” crucial issues and that is hampering health services in the city. While officials of the Chandigarh administration claim to pursue the matters, officials in the union ministry of health continue to sit on these.

110 examined at bone density camp
Chandigarh, January 13
A total of 110 patients were examined at a free bone density camp held at Life Line Care and Diagnostics, Sector 32, here today. Dr Sarvinder Gandhok, a consultant physician and child specialist, who conducted the camp, said more than 30 per cent of people, who visited the camp, were found suffering from osteoporosis.

Patients being examined at a medical camp held at Life Line Care and Diagnostics Centre in Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Sunday. —A Tribune photograph

Medical camp for needy
Panchkula, January 13
Amartex Industries held a free medical camp at the company’s showroom at 315, Industrial Area, here today. The camp was inaugurated by DC Rajinder Katatria. Dr Vikas Sharma, Dr Rahul Garg, Dr Sumeet Chander, Dr Jitinder Singh and Dr Kamaldeep Singh, examined, diagnosed and provided medicines free of cost to 353 needy persons.