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City to get drinking water from Ganguwal
250-cr project using gravitational force okayed
Chandigarh, June 13
The Chandigarh Administration today approved taking up of a Rs 250 crore project to bring drinking water to Chandigarh by using gravitational force from Ganguwal in Ropar district, 70 km away.

Artificial rain and natural colours captured by Tribune lensman Karam Singh near Student Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.

TRIBUNE VIGIL
Punjab Govt shielding senior PCS officer?
SAS Nagar, June 13
The Punjab Government appears to have adopted a “lenient” view of an official suspected to be allegedly involved in causing a financial loss to the tune of lakhs of rupees to the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA).

TRIBUNE SPECIAL
Admn told to review policy on slums
Chandigarh, June 13
The National Commission for Minorities, has asked the Chandigarh Administration to review the process of first encouraging slum colonies in the city and then rehabilitating them as this has totally disturbed the population ratio in the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

Lack of uniform guidelines hinders Director’s appointment 
Chandigarh, June 13
The otherwise sleepy State Institute of Education, Sector 32 (SIE-32), was a hub of major activity today as after 12 days of the erstwhile Director of the Institute having retired, the Principal, Government College of Education, Sector 20, took over additional charge of the Institute.

Love birds seem to enjoy the change of weather after a hot afternoon at Deer Park in Patiala on Wednesday.  — Photo Rajesh Sachar

Hotels used for flesh trade raided
SAS NAGAR, June 13
Special teams of local police led by the Superintendent of Police, SAS Nagar, conducted raids on different local hotels allegedly being used to run flesh trade. At least four Chandigarh-based women, allegedly involved in the flesh trade have been booked under the Immoral Traffic Act.

TRIBUNE IMPACT
Pinnacle Group refunds member establishments
Chandigarh, June 13
The Pinnacle Group has finally refunded the advance amounts to about 75 member establishments (MEs) of Chandigarh, SAS Nagar and Panchkula, who had deposited the amount for subscribing to the value for money (VFM) card scheme.

Morni-Pinjore road approved
Panchkula, June 13
With a view to cut down distance between Morni and Pinjore, the Shivalik Development Authority approved the construction of road from Pinjore via Ballah to Morni. The decision was taken at the first meeting of the authority chaired by the Chief Secretary, Mr L.M. Goyal, here today.

Mayor’s efforts to end impasse futile
Chandigarh, June 13
The series of meetings convened by the Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal today, as part of yet another attempt to break the ongoing deadlock in the House failed to yield any significant result. It may be recalled that he had convened a similar meeting before the meeting of the House on May 28, the only difference being that he had called all the councillors together then, but he called the BJP, Congress and nominated councillors at different timings today.

Woman SI to probe rape case
Chandigarh, June 13
The investigations in the rape case of the 14-year old girl, assaulted by her mother’s paramour for over four months, has been transferred to a woman Sub Inspector, considering the tender age of the victim and the sensitivity of the case.

Proclaimed offender arrested
Chandigarh, June 13
Bhupinder Jit Singh, a resident of Moga, who was wanted by the city police in a dowry death case, was arrested by the Sector 34 police here today. He was later remanded in police custody by a local court.

COMMUNITY

Waterlogging in Sec 44-A due to choked outlet Chandigarh, June 13 It is classic case of indifference on the part of the officials at the helm of affairs. Water accumulation on the road has become a bane for residents of Sector 44-A, where the sole water outlet is both broken and choked. Water accumulation on the road has become the bane of residents of Sector 44-A, Chandigarh, where the sole water outlet is broken and choked. — A Tribune photograph

DISADVANTAGED CITIZENS
BSNL dilly-dallying on TTA appointments
Chandigarh, June 13
Mr Vikas Bhanghur, an Electronics Engineer from Jalandhar, has alleged that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) authorities were delaying the issuance of appointment letters to the candidates selected as Telecom Technical Assistants (TTAs).

Jacob concerned at infighting in MCC
Chandigarh, June 13
A delegation of the Chandigarh Vikas Manch(CVM), led by its president, Mr Harmohan Dhawan, met the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen, JFR Jacob(Retd), here today and demanded the dissolution of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC).

Police reaches a dead-end in May 11 murder case
SAS Nagar, June 13
What was being thought of as a “vital” clue in the case of the murder pf a 60-year-old woman here on May 11, has turned out to be evidence of little importance, dashing the hopes of the police of achieving a breakthrough in the case.

Phone subscriber alleges harassment
SAS Nagar, June 13
A resident of Phase XI, Mr H.K.S. Sidhu, is running from pillar to post to get rectified his telephone bill of over Rs 6,900 which he terms as excessive. Mr Sidhu alleged that officials of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd were acting in connivance with another telephone subscriber.

Tension over car parking
Chandigarh, June 13
Tension prevailed on the UT Secretariat premises following an altercation between a Municipal Councillor and a few constables posted on duty there over car parking in the premises.

83 rickshaw-pullers challaned
Chandigarh, June 13
Non-compliance to Municipal rickshaw by-laws by the thousands of rickshaw-pullers in the city has forced the traffic police to launch a special drive against them. As many as 83 rickshaws were challaned in different parts of the city and their rickshaws impounded for violation of laws on the first day of the special drive today.

Association’s plea to civic body
SAS Nagar, June 13
The Social Welfare Association of Phase 2 here has highlighted the poor conditions of parks in the area ever since the local civic body took over their maintenance.

Jagmohan to lay stone of club
Chandigarh, June 13
The Union Minister for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, Mr Jagmohan, will lay the foundation stone of Gymkhana Club in Sector 3 of Panchkula on June 15.

SHO suspended
Panchkula, June 13
The SHO of Kalka police station, Mr Pawan Kumar, was placed under suspension and sent to Police Lines for ``carelessness’’ in performance of duty, here today.

• SGPC member threatens stir
• ‘Shramdan’ enters 40th day
• Painting contest,  quiz held
• Tribune employee bereaved

FENG SHUI TIPS
Kitchen arrangement and layout
In Feng Shui, the kitchen is the room best suited to “pressing down on bad luck”. Thus the kitchens are supposed to take a lot of attention of the owner of the house. Certain sectors of the house are normally unlucky for an individual, depending on one’s date of birth and sex.

CRIME

Two held on theft charge
Chandigarh, June 13
The local police arrested two youths, Abhishek Sharma and Atul Gupta, residents of Muktsar (Punjab), for stealing clothes and a pair of branded shoes from a room in boys’ hostel no. 4 in the Panjab University (PU) here yesterday. The duo were in the PU in connection with the entrance examination of the Department of Law.

Keep tab on foreigners, police officers told
Chandigarh, June 13
The growing drug addiction in the city and the inflow of drugs here and its surrounding townships of Panchkula and Mohali from outside was the major cause of concern for the police during the UT SSPs crime review meeting here today.

Revolver, cartridges found in nullah
Chandigarh, June 13
A rusted .38 bore revolver and 28 cartridges was found from a nullah in Leisure Valley, Sector 10, here this morning.

Men posing as cops steal van
Chandigarh, June 13
In a strange incident at Mobinad village of Ramgarh, a Maruti van was driven away by two persons dressed as police personnel. The van belonged to a retired Armyman, Mr Ravinder Sharma, a resident of 1201, Sector 33C.

EDUCATION

STATE OF THE HOSTELS
Administrator’s visit holds hope
Chandigarh, June 13
Imagine yourself as a student of PGI residing in one of the 19 rooms allotted to PGI at the International Hostel, Sector 15. And then one day you want to change your room. “No problem”, says Mr Om Prakash, the caretaker of these rooms from PGI, “let us go and have some tea.”

City lad invited to USA
Chandigarh, June 13
As Amanpreet Singh of St John’s High School prepares to travel to the USA as a participant in the Presidential Classrooms International Conference, the city waits to share a part of his pride.

Making revelations about dinosaurs
Chandigarh, June 13
Very few people know that the largest Cretaceous nesting site for dinosaurs in the world lies in Central Asia.

MIS is now MSc (IT)
Chandigarh, June 13
Panjab University today decided to rename the Master in Information Science course as the Master in Science (Information Technology) from the forthcoming session.

Heavy rush for admissions at DAV College Chandigarh, June 13 The local DAV College today witnessed a heavy rush of admission seekers on the opening day of the admissions to Class 10+1 in the medical and non-medical streams.
Admission-seekers line up for the signature of the Principal of DAV College in Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Admissions to B.Com, BCA, BBA from July 5
Chandigarh, June 13
Admissions to B.Com, BCA and BBA first year in the various colleges of the city will be from July 5 to July 10. In Hoshiarpur the admissions will be from July 9 to July 11, at Moga from July 10 to July 12 and at Ludhiana from July 7 to July 11.

"Add management tips to professional courses"
Chandigarh, June 13
After four years of rigorous academic and practical training in engineering institutes, youngsters start training rigorously again for entry into management courses. This is an anomaly in the teaching system because they are still young for any experience of specialisation in related fields for a management course.

150 kids attend workshop Panchkula, June 13 Nearly 150 students of various age groups are working at the Bama Academy of Fine Art, Panchkula, in learning and creating different ideas through variety of media like crayons, water colours, oil colours, and decorating glasses, pots, murals, printing with vegetables, wax painting and spray work.
Children participate in a summer creative workshop at Bama Academy of Fine Arts, Sector 9, Panchkula, on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

COURTS

Defendant submits money in court
Chandigarh, June 13
Devinder Singh, a close relative of a Haryana Minister submitted a cheque of worth Rs 3.25 lakh and Rs 75 000 in cash the before UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class) today.

• Police remand

HIGH COURT
Ludhiana court’s orders upheld
Chandigarh, June 13
Punjab police Inspector Gurmeet Singh, alias Pinky’s application seeking the grant of regular bail in an attempt to murder case was today dismissed by Mr Justice Mehtab Singh Gill of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

• Interim bail granted
  
  

CULTURE

Overthrowing intolerance through theatre
Chandigarh, June 13
When a Pakistani theatre personality talks about producing a play written by Girish Karnad, it is certainly a matter of pride for Indian theatre. Today when Madeeha Gauhar, the famous director of Pakistan’s Ajoka Theatre group, spoke about the “substance” in Indian theatre, she certainly meant to compare the theatre scenario in India vis-a-vis Pakistan.

The little master’s voice
Chandigarh, June 13
A lot of human character lies hidden in the voice. A brief conversation with the man across the table can sometimes help in gauging how much substance he holds.

HEALTH

Disease surveillance must for malaria control Chandigarh, June 13 Global warming, industrialisation, changing life style, migration of population are a few causes which are aggravating the threat of malaria. But as per a prediction, it was now possible to meet the threat. These were some of the observations made during a panel discussion on prevention and control of malaria organised here today.

Participants from the northern region at the panel discussion on prevention and control of malaria at the UT Guest House in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Blood donation camp today
Chandigarh, June 13
Shri R.R. Social Welfare Association will organise a blood donation camp in collaboration with PGI Blood Bank Society at City Heart-2 Restaurant SCO 1019 Sector 22-B Opposite city bus stand tomorrow. The camp will begin at 9 a.m.

Diabetes detection camp organised

SPORTS

Harbir, Navneet to head basketball team
Chandigarh, June 13
Harbir Singh of DAV College, Sector 10 and Navneet Kaur of I S Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, will lead the boys and girls basketball teams in the 52nd Junior National Basketball Championship respectively. The championship will be held at Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, from June 17 to June 24. This was stated by Mr K. S. Bharti, Honorary Secretary of Chandigarh Basketball Association, in a press note.

• Snooker tourney from June 21

• PU hockey team placed second
  
  

MC staff hold rally
Chandigarh, June 13
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Public Health Workers Union organised a gate rally yesterday in Sector 32 to mobilise workers to participate in dharna on June 20. The call for the dharna has been given by the co-ordination committee of government employees and MC workers of the UT.

Bhattacharya takes over as head
Chandigarh, June 13
Mr Anil Bhattacharya has taken over as the new head of the Department of National Savings Organisation (NSO). He succeeds Mr T.S. Murty, who opted for voluntary retirement last month.