C H A N D I G A R H

Suspended clerk threatens self-immolation
SAS NAGAR, Oct 13 — The issue of suspension of a senior clerk in the SAS Nagar Municipal Council, Mr Avtar Singh Kalsia, has taken a new turn with the suspended employee threatening to self-immolate in front of the house of the Administrator of the council, Mr Jaipal Singh, if the latter did not review his decision.

A man sells posters of Maharshi Valmiki in the mela held on the occasion of Maharshi Valmiki Pargat Divas in Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Friday. 
— A Tribune photograph

Train to Mumbai from Oct 22
CHANDIGARH, Oct 13 — The Northern Railways today notified that a direct train between Chandigarh and Mumbai — terminating at Bandra station of the western metropolis — will start operating from October 22. 

PU campus poll as per schedule
CHANDIGARH, Oct 13 — Panjab University today reiterated its original plan of having the elections to Panjab University Campus Students Council as scheduled on October 20.

Ex-sarpanch killed by wife, her paramour
LALRU, Oct 13 — A 46-year-old former sarpanch, Rashpal Singh, was allegedly muffled to death late Thursday night by his wife and her paramour after having drinks with the latter at his residence in Aganpur village about 3 km from here.

A fast for longevity, mutual understanding
CHANDIGARH, Oct 13 — No matter how old this tradition is, the fact is that men like it a lot — not just because with each Karva chauth their wives observe they feel the pleasure of being worshiped by her but also because most of them actually believe that the age-old tradition has a lot to do with their partners’ longevity. 

COMMUNITY

Four years of flying and aerobatics
CHANDIGARH, Oct 13 — Six Kiran trainer jets of the IAF's Surya Kiran aerobatics teams streak barely 50 metres above the ground in an arrow-head formation.

• Air Marshal Nair addresses airmen
• Social get-together on IAF anniversary

Four-day Divali mela
SAS NAGAR, Oct 13 — A four-day Divali mela has been organised by the Lions Club in Phase VIII here. The mela was inaugurated last evening by the Ropar Deputy Commissioner, Mr Gurinder Singh Garewal.

Interest in circus waning?
SAS NAGAR, Oct 13 — Is the fun of circus dying ? Perhaps yes. The world of live performing animals has ceased to exist for children interested in watching KBC or some crime thriller on television sets.

Works by leading publishers on display
CHANDIGARH, Oct 13 — Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. And quite rightly so. Had the saying not been true, the Browser Book Fair, which opened at a local hotel today, would not have attracted so many people.

It’s mehndi time again
CHANDIGARH, Oct 13 — It’s all in the game, the smiles, the celebration and the henna, which reinforce the ritual of karva chauth year after year.

Seminar on gender sensitisation ends
CHANDIGARH, Oct 13 — The two-day seminar on gender sensitisation concluded at the Recruit Training Centre in Sector 26 Police Lines here today.