Arrested man has heart attack
Tribune News Service

PANCHKULA, Dec 7— Ashwani Kumar, a resident of Maheshpur, rounded up by the police in connection with fake currency notes and forged visas on December 5, suffered a heart attack in the Sector 5 police station here this evening.

He was immediately shifted to the General Hospital, Sector 6, from where he was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. He had been suffering from a heart problem for over a year.

He along with Javed Kumar, Tara Chand and Bal Krishan (all Pakistanis) and Kasturi Lal had been remanded in to police custody till December 13 after being produced before the Duty Magistrate.

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Girl abducted: A resident of Mauli Jagran has complained that his 15-year-old daughter has been abducted.

According to police sources, Nathi Lal, father of the girl, who works at a brick-kiln, said Prem Lal, Hari Chander, Sishi Pal, Mohinder Singh, Pritam Singh and Mrs Birmati, all residents of the same colony had abducted his daughter.

A case under Section 363/366, IPC, has been registered at the Mani Majra police station.

Cars stolen: In separate incidents, two cars have been stolen.

Mr S.K. Bansal a resident of Sector 22, reported that his car, CH-01-A-8942, had been stolen from outside a hotel in Sector 35.

Mr M.P. Ohri, reported that his car, parked outside his residence in Sector 15, had been stolen.

Cases under Section 379, IPC, have been registered.

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Boy killed: A 14-year-old boy was killed after being hit by an unidentified jeep in Phase IX here yesterday. The deceased, Vipin Kumar, a resident of Phase IX, was crossing the road when he was hit by the jeep.

A case under Sections 279 and 304-A of the IPC has been registered at the Phase I police station.

Thief caught: Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, has been arrested by local police in connection with the theft of at least six bicycles. He was arrested by police yesterday and was sent to the police remand for a day. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered against him.

Stones pelted: Unidentified car-borne persons pelted stones at a hotel in Phase V late past night. The owner of the hotel reported the matter to the police. The case is being investigated by the police.

Women of the city unite
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Dec 7 —For the first time in the city, a majority of women's organisations have decided to form a common front called the Joint Women Front. A core committee will meet every month to set an agenda for local problems needing attention.

Dr Pam Rajput of the Centre for Women Studies at Panjab University, has been named the Convener of the front. Today, she talked about the forthcoming plan of action and the features of the new front.

Dr Rajput said representatives of leading women's groups of Maharashtra, Delhi and Punjab met the Prime Minister a few days ago to discuss the 84th Amendment, ensuring 33 per cent reservation for women in state legislatures.

"It was becoming evident to all political parties that women were gaining political influence. The shift is more obvious at the village level with the emerging leaderships in panchayats," a press note said.

The Peace for Empowerment and Call for Equity will make human chains all over the country on December 19 at 12 noon. Women, children and even men from all over the country would participate in the event.

An important review for national contribution in the upliftment of women in the post Beijing Conference era will be organised by the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, in January. The normal course on the subject has already been delayed, Dr Rajput said.

Rally held: A rally of the Panjab University Non-Teaching Employees Federation was organised in front of the Administrative Block today to acquaint members of the staff with the importance of introduction of a viable pension scheme.

It was said the scheme would be applicable with the cut-off date being April 1, 1998. This meant that employees who joined after October 2, 1993, would automatically be covered under the scheme and those who joined before this date would have the option to join the scheme.

The main speakers included the Panjab University Teachers Association President, Prof P.P. Arya, Mr Jasbir Singh, and Mr Dharam Paul Sharma, Secretary and President of PUTA, respectively.

PU lecture: The Panjab University Library Professional Activities Forum will organise a lecture and a panel discussion on the theme 'Women and Librarianship: Gender Perspective' on December 13, a press note said here today.

Issues relating to women librarians will be the focus of the event. The lecture synchronises with the PU Library Foundation Day.

The keynote address will be delivered by Ms Kalpana Dasgupta, Director of the Central Secretariat Library of New Delhi. Prof Pam Rajput, will be the chief guest, while Ms A.K. Anand, a former Librarian of the university, will be felicitated on the occasion.

PCP schedule: The Personal Contact Programme for second and third-year students of the Bachelor of Commerce course will be held at Panjab University from December 13 to 18. This programme will be for students between roll numbers 7001 and 7350, and 8201 and 8500.

The remaining students will attend classes from January 4 to 9, 2000. The PCP at Ludhiana will be held only from December 13 to 18.of the city unite

Athletics meet at Shivalik school
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Dec 7 — Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, organised a five-day annual athletics meet on the school premises.

The results of the events conducted for various classes are as follows: LKG (20 m race for girls) — Jadbeer 1, Deepti 2, Jaspreet 3; boys — Kirti Vardhan 1, Balkar 2, Siddharth 3; jumping race for girls — Bhanu 1, Sugandhika 2, Aaksha 3.

Boys — Gurinder-II 1, Gurinder-I 2, Yogesh 3; baloon bursting race for girls — Satinder 1, Baljot 2, Pallavi 3; boys — Prithu 1, Amrit 2, Darshanjot 3.

KG (20 m race for girls) — Avikirat 1, Nisha 2, Aditi 3; boys — Rahul 1, Ramnik 2, Rajat 3; jumping race for girls — Devika 1, Karandeep 2, Mansi 3; boys — Bhanu 1, Dipanshu 2, Jitish 3.

Balloon bursting race for girls — Ravneet 1, Manpreet 2, Parneet 3; boys — Nikhil 1, Manraj 2, Abhishek 3; Class I (50 m race for girls) — Gurpreet 1, Shivani 2, Jasmine 3; boys — Baljeet 1, Gulshan 2, Amandeep 3; spoon race for girls — Nehul 1, Sukhman 2, Anmol 3; boys — Harsimran 1, Nishay 2, Karanvir 3.

Balloon bursting race for girls — Simran 1, Neha 2, Jagriti 3; boys — Aditya 1, Devanshish 2, Mohit 3; 'Charlie Comes Home' for girls — Pridhi 1, Shefali 2, Kamal 3; boys — Ketan 1, Bikram 2, Harkanwal 3; Class II (50 m race girls) — Jashandep 1, Navpreet 2, Ishleen 3; boys — Ravinder 1, Karan 2, Mithun 3; spoon race for girls — Ela 1, Vinny 2, Minakshi 3; boys — Ravinder 1, Abhinav 2, Prashant 3.

Balloon bursting race for girls — Jagriti 1, Meenu 2, Ishneet 3; boys — Gautam 1, Karan 2, Akshay 3; 'Charlie Comes Home' for girls — Jasmine 1, Kamaljeet 2, Diksha 3; boys — Sahil 1, Dilsher 2, Bhuvneesh 3.

Class III (50 m race for girls) — Arshpreet 1, Simarjeet 2, Avneet 3; boys — Gagandeep 1, Karan 2, Balbir 3; Class IV 100 m race for girls — Anoop 1, Malvika 2, Suhani 3; boys — Sahil-II 1, Ravneet 2, Naveen 3.

Class V (100 m race for girls) — Amrita 1, Jasleen 2, Harminder 3; boys — Uplaksh 1, Shivanshu 2, Mohinder 3; Class IV (skipping race for girls) — Priyanka 1, Jyoti 2, Kamaldeep 3; Class V — Niharika 1, Nilofar 2, Sheley 3.

Class IV (three legged race for girls) — Urvashi and Rajandeep 1, Malvika and Kamaldeep 2, Neetika and Agyajeet 3; boys — Harpreet and Amanpreet 1, Shivinder and Amanpreet 2, Amandeep and Keshav 3.

Inter-school pool: Satluj Public School, Panchkula, will organise Inter-School Kelmscott Pool Championship on the school premises on December 11.

The Principal of the school, Krit Serai, has taken an initiative to organise this game at the competitive level. The school's pool club is named after a big pool joint in London.