Two thieves, scrap dealer arrested
CHANDIGARHMay 20 — Two drug addicts, who were allegedly involved in burgling shops and houses, have been arrested along with a scrap dealer who used to buy the stolen items.

Additional charge for CITCO MD
CHANDIGARH, May 20 — Things have started settling down in the Chandigarh Administration after a fortnight of controversies over various issues.

CM on inauguration spree
PANCHKULA, May 20 — The Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Bansi Lal, has directed the officials of the Town and Country Planning Department and other government agencies involved in the development of Panchkula to evolve a strategy to meet the water requirement of the town in the coming years. He was inaugurating a block of 140 booths, constructed at a cost of over Rs 2 crore, near the Mata Mansa Devi Temple here today.

Naughty 'gang leader' trapped CHANDIGARH, May 20 — After a number of attempts over more than a month, the UT Wildlife Department was finally successful in putting a 'culprit' — a full grown alpha monkey — behind the bars here today. Provisional admission for PU students CHANDIGARH, May 20—In an emergency meeting of the Panjab University Syndicate members, chaired by the Registrar, Prof Paramjit Singh, tonight, it was decided to grant provisional admission to students falling short of the required lectures to appear in examinations.

The monkey, which was captured from Punjab Raj Bhavan, in an angry mood at the Sector 19 UT Wildlife Office in Chandigarh on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Heated Syndicate debate on cards
CHANDIGARH, May 20—A heated debate is likely at the Syndicate meeting scheduled for May 25 in the case of seven ineligible students having been wrongly admitted to various courses of Panjab University. While five cases pertain to admissions in the 1998-99 academic session , two cases each are from the 1995-96 and 1996-97 sessions, respectively.

'Sarpanches deprived of right'
CHANDIGARH, May 20 — Mr Pawan Bansal, former MP and ex-President, Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee, has assailed the BJP-led Central Government for arbitrarily depriving the sarpanches of the Union Territory of their democratic right to send their representatives to the panchayat samiti.

Peeping cop
Chandigarh, May 20 — A constable of the Chandigarh police was caught two nights ago while allegedly peeping into homes of some persons in sector 20.

Effigies of Pawar, 2 others burnt
Chandigarh, May 20 — Punjab Youth Congress workers burnt the effigies of the three senior leaders who had raised the issue of the foreign origin of the AICC President Ms Sonia Gandhi, outside the Punjab Congress Bhavan here today.

Water Resources Day celebrated
DERA BASSI, May 20 — To celebrate Water Resources Day, students of various schools of Dera Bassi subdivision, participated in debate and painting contests, organised by the Chetna Society Chandigarh at Sukhamani International School, here today.

Pabla denies hand in case
Chandigarh, May 20 — The producer of Asian Films International , Mr L.S. Pabla, has claimed that his name was wrongly mentioned in the news item headlined "Police party ransacks Sector 42 house" that appeared in the Chandigarh Tribune on May 17.

Regiment celebrates raising day
Chandigarh, May 20 — The Shatrujeet Engineer Regiment celebrated its 33rd raising day somewhere in the Western Sector today. A special sainik sammelan was held to mark the occasion.

Power failure hits show
CHANDIGARH, May 20 — A power failure and lack of alternative arrangement in Tagore Theatre spoiled an otherwise beautiful performance by Pakistan-based ghazal singer Mubarak Ali Kanwal in the theatre hall here tonight.

Company told to refund money
CHANDIGARH, May 20 — In two similar cases, relating to refund of booking amount, the UT District Forum-I has directed M/s Pal Peugeot Ltd, Maharashtra, to refund the booking amount of Rs 25,000 each along with interest at the contractual rate from the date of deposit till its payment plus Rs 2,000 as costs in each case.

Prices of pulses stable
CHANDIGARH, May 20—Barring 'arhar', the prices of most pulses have remained stable during the past two weeks.

Indians played much below par
On May 19, 1999, when the Indian team handed over on a plater the match to the underdogs Zimbabwe, one's thoughts went back to the 1983 Prudential Cup when from a hopeless position of 17 for five against the same Zimbabwe team, Kapil Dev , the then Indian skipper, led a revival with a punishing knock of 175 and won the match when certain defeat was staring in the face.

Straying into their hearts
SAS NAGAR, May 20 — Driven by a sense of compassion, a number of kind hearted individuals, mostly aged women, have adopted orphan and stray dogs and other suffering animals, usually found abandoned along the roadside.