RBI officer held for misbehaving with German couple CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — The local police has arrested a Deputy General Manager of the Reserve Bank of India here for allegedly using vulgar language and misbehaving with a young German woman, who had approached him along with her husband regarding some money transfer problem being faced by the tourist couple. The German couple that faced harassment. Rickshaw-puller electrocuted CHANDIGARH, Aug 11— A rickshaw-puller from Bihar, Sanjay, was electrocuted at Kishangarh village last night when he touched a live electricity wire.

S N I P P E T S Nursery section inaugurated Plea for war memorial Veterinary camp held Order to attach furniture

Pvt Internet provider in city soon
Chandigarh, Aug 11 — A internet provider in the private sector is going to provide competition for the local Telecom Department. This will be beneficial for the internet users, who will have an option of accessing the worldwide web through the telecom operator or through the private provider.

AICC defers decision on Chandigarh LS nominee
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11— The All-India Congress Committee again deferred the announcement of its candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat. All the candidates in race for the party ticket are reportedly camping in the union capital along with their supporters.

Dazzled by high-class life
SAS Nagar, Aug 11 — The disappearance of two 12-year-old local school girls and then being tracked down after nine days in Sector 17, Chandigarh, yesterday appear to be a typical case of youth being dazzled by high-class life and landing in the soup.

AOC-in-Chief Patney visits WC HQ
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — The Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, Air Marshal Vinod Patney, visited the Western Command Headquarters at Chandi Mandir, near here, and discussed operational matters with the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, Lieut-Gen H.B. Kala.

Vivek Joshi new Panchkula DC
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — The Haryana Government today ordered the appointment of Mr Vivek Joshi as new Deputy Commissioner of Panchkula in place of Mrs Saroj Siwatch, daughter of Mr Bansi Lal, a former Chief Minister.

Over 11,000 new voters in Kharar
SAS Nagar, Aug 11 — At least 11,325 new voters will exercise their franchise in the Kharar assembly segment of the Ropar parliamentary constituency in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The increase in the number of male voters is nearly four-fold as compared to the women voters.

Batalik hero dead
LALRU, Aug 11 — Subedar Balbir Singh (42) of 153 Medium Regiment laid down his life in the Batalik sector during Operation Vijay. Martyr Balbir, a resident of Dapper village, 4 km from here, had joined the Army in 1976.

Benefits elude ex-Army doctor
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11— While people all over the country are contributing their mite for the victims and martyrs of Kargil and the government is announcing schemes for their rehabilitation, there are those who had served in the Indian armed forces in 1971 and are waiting for the grant of military service benefits.

French film festival in city
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — A four-day festival of French films organised by the Chandigarh Film Society, in collaboration with the TTTI Cultural Club, was inaugurated yesterday at the TTTI Campus, Sector 26. Mr Yash Pal Mahajan, Chairman, Board of Governors, TTTI, inaugurated the festival.

UT future ‘through consensus’
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — The local unit of Rashtriya Raksha Dal will try to find a solution to the future of Chandigarh through consensus, says Col Harsharan Singh Sandhu, President of the unit and a candidate for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.

2-year B.Ed course not this session

Student bodies hold protest

Reservation for women in college management


Photography exhibition
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11— From Hindi films to t-shirts to art exhibitions to even musical nites, everything seems to be revolving around the Kargil crisis. And now to add to this list, a photography exhibition, titled 'Kargil Tigers' by R S Kwatra, showing photographs of tigers, has been put up at a private gallery in Sector 35.

Pay interest, Telecom GM told

HUDA penalised for negligence


Mangoes vanishing from market
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11— Almost all commonly used fruits, particularly mangoes, has become costlier in the local market during the past one week.

Manav Mangal, Air Force schools enter semis
Chandigarh, Aug 11 — Manav Mangal School, Panchkula, and Air Force school, 12 wing, entered the last four stage in the Sova Inter-school Tennis Ball cricket tournament being played at St Anne's school, sector 32, today

Few takers for science subjects
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — The notion that only bright students take up science subjects is fast losing its appeal with less than 10 per cent students pursuing pure sciences at colleges after plus two. Interestingly, even at the national level the percentage of students interested in these sciences has dropped from 32 per cent in 1960 to 19 per cent in 1998.

MCC-run complex cries for care
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — With the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) turning a blind eye towards its upkeep, the panchayat complex in Badheri village is dying a slow death.

Usefulness of courses unclear
Chandigarh, Aug 11 — Picture of usefulness of the UGC-sponsored vocational courses in colleges of Panjab University remains unclear in the absence of any feedback on the employment front to the colleges branch since their inception.