C H A N D I G A R H

Building bylaws
Traders issue ultimatum
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — The Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM) today served one-month ultimatum on the Chandigarh Administration to withdraw resumption notices issued to a large number of shopkeepers in the city.

NIIFT to showcase talent of 22 designers CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Desire will find a form and that too a virgin one, as 22 fashion designing students from the Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology, Mohali, get ready to dip tomorrow’s evening in colours of meaningful content.

Top fashion divas of the country, who are in the city to take part in ‘Anukama-2000’, a fashion show by NIFT, pose in Hotel Mount View on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Monthly loss of 40 lakh for MC
SAS NAGAR, Oct 3 — Prevailing recession in the industrial sector is casting its shadow on the revenue collection of the SAS Nagar Municipal Council, which forms a major part of its octroi collection from the units located here. Low production by some of the major industrial units here, which contribute around 75 per cent of the total income from octroi, has been resulting in a loss of around Rs 40 lakh per month to the civic body.

Getting the ring back an ordeal
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — If one has to register a complaint about a faulty phone number in the Chandigarh, Panchkula or SAS Nagar, it can be an ordeal in itself. First to register a complaint and then to get the phone back in order.

Divali mela site fetches 2.05 lakh
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Even as the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) netted an amount of Rs 2.05 lakh through the auction of Sector 22 Nehru Park for Divali mela today, the other three sites were withdrawn by the civic body.

THE BOTTOMLINE
Traffic flow smooth despite highway closure
DERA BASSI, Oct 3 — Day one of the experiment to close the busy Chandigarh-Ambala highway and divert vehicular traffic onto a new route did not pose much problems today.

Man held captive by in-laws
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — A Patiala resident was confined to a room here for the past two months as punishment meted out by his in-laws for entering into a love marriage with Harpreet Kaur.

COMMUNITY

Panel to sort out Nada Sahib impasse formed
PANCHKULA, Oct 3 — A committee was constituted by the Deputy Commissioner hue today to work out a solution to the problem of the alleged encroachment around the Nada Sahib Gurdwara by the villagers of the adjoining village.

Reduce water tariff, demand villagers
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Demanding immediate withdrawal in the hike in water tariff, sarpanches and panches of the villages falling in Chandigarh staged a dharna at Matka Chowk here today. They also burnt copies of the water bills.

Agnihotri bandhu create spiritual high
PANCHKULA, Oct 3 — The spirit of the navratras and devotion of the people came alive yet again at the bhajan sandhya which saw the Agnihotri bandhu perform to a packed satsang hall at the Mata Mansa Devi Shrine complex, here today.

• A clarification

CRIME

Adulterer gets one-year RI
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 —The owner of Singla Traders and Suppliers, SCF 8, Sector 7-C, Iswar Das, was sent to one-year rigorous imprisonment today by the UT Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sant Parkash, in a prevention of food adulteration case.

Teacher dies in hit-and-run incident
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Mrs Suman Ghai, a 38-year-old school teacher at Government High School, Sector 38, was fatally injured when her two wheeler was reportedly hit from behind this morning by an unidentified vehicle at the level crossing near the Modern Housing Complex at Manimajra.

Three hurt in mishaps
SAS NAGAR, Oct 3 — Three persons were injured in two separate road accidents here today.

BUSINESS

Beopar Mandal threatens stir
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — The Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM) today served one-month ultimatum on the Chandigarh Administration to withdraw resumption notices issued to a large number of shopkeepers in the city.

• Chemists’ bandh call for Oct 5

EDUCATION

10-day NSS camps come to a close
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — The 10-day NSS camps organised by different schools and colleges concluded with valedictory functions here today.

Electronic magazine by PU scholar
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Buddhism Today, a non profit electronic magazine designed and edited by Thich Nhat Tu, a Vietnamese PhD scholar of Panjab University, has emerged as one of the major sites on Buddhism and stood second among the 253 Buddhist sites linked to Dharamnet International Webring, a press note said.

Panchkula school in aero-quiz semis
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — St. Edward’s Public School, Shimla and Hans Raj Public School, Panchkula, have been selected for the semi-finals of the Aero Quiz - 2000 during the zonal round organised by the local chapter of Aeronautical Society of India at Satluj Public School, Panchkula, today.

Kids to be shown forest areas
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — To mark the Wildlife Week, the Forest Department of Chandigarh has decided to allow city school children to visit the Kansal and Nepali forest areas.

COURT

Chemist granted anticipatory bail
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Mr Justice K. S. Kumaran of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today granted anticipatory bail to Gurvikram Singh Duggal, a partner of Sector 17 chemist Sahib Singh and Sons.

SPORT

Rudra wins bronze medal
CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Rudra Mukherji of Manav Mangal School ,Sector 11, Panchkula, won the bronze medal for Panchkula in 8-11 years category in the 16th Haryana State Yoga Championship held from October 28 to 30 at Kaithal.