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Marriage palace owner found murdered
Kansal (Kharar), August 17
The owner of Gill Estate, Satwant Singh Gill (52), was found brutally murdered at his estate in the wee hours here today. The victim was stabbed several times on face, chest and lower abdomen with a sharp-edged weapon.

The blood-soaked bedsheet on which Satwant Singh Gill (inset) was found murdered in a room of the Gill estate in Kansal village on Friday. — Photo Pradeep Tewari

• BJP may stall MCC meeting today

Petrol costs Rs 29.02 per litre in city
Chandigarh, August 17
The price of petrol in the city will be Rs 29.02 per litre and not Rs 28.92 as was erroneously worked out due to application of general sales tax at the first point instead of applying it at the last point. However, the revised price of diesel remains at Rs 16.69 per liter.

• Petroleum dealers call off strike

Poor GK landed doctor in CBI net
Chandigarh, August 17
Poor general knowledge of topography of the region landed Dr Asha Kiran in the CBI net for allegedly issuing fake medical certificates.

Dr Asha Kiran along with her husband Vinod Kumar being taken to the court of the UT Chief Judicial Magistrate in an alleged fake medical certificate case, in Chandigarh on Friday. Inset, the complainant Gurbax Singh.
— Tribune photographs

• Dr Kiran had private practice

Nirupa Roy’s arrest stayed
Panchkula, August 17
Issuing notice to the state of Haryana on an application seeking anticipatory bail, the Judicial Magistrate (first class), Mr Harvinder Singh, today stayed the arrest of cine-star Nirupa Roy, her husband, Kamal Roy, and son Kiran Roy till August 20 in a dowry case.

Third Shatabdi welcome, but cheaper superfast wanted
Chandigarh, August 17
The introduction of a third Shatabdi is good but there is a need to have a non-stop superfast train between Chandigarh and Delhi, opined city residents, while welcoming the move to have the third Shatabdi from August 25.

SPECIAL REPORT
CAG report indicts Army
Chandigarh, August 17
Headquarters, Western Command, and the recently-established Army Institute of Law (AIL) are in the eye of a storm, objections having been raised at the manner in which public funds amounting to Rs 52 lakh were used by the army authorities to assist the AIL. “Grossly misusing delegated powers, HQ, Western Command, sanctioned repairs and modifications to surplus buildings to be used by a private society,” a report tabled by the Comptroller and Auditor General a few days back states.

COMMUNITY

FLAVOUR OF THE WEEK
Celebrations fill the air
Chandigarh
The Independence Day has passed by. As always, the city went all out to pay tributes to those who sacrificed their lives at the altar of freedom. But as a top official of the UT Administration put it: “We still have a long way to go before we celebrate our freedom.”

Zoo animals, birds found dead
Chhat Bir, August 17
Seven animals, including a black buck, a porcupine, two hares and three Indian pigeons were found dead in their respective enclosures at the Chhat Bir Zoo, here this morning.

Invitation for IAF Presidential review
Chandigarh, August 17
A large static display of IAF aircraft and equipment, an impressive display of flypast and a ceremonial parade will be the main features of the programme at the Air Force Station in Chandigarh when the President of India reviews the Indian Air Force on October 17. A similar review of the IAF was held in Chandigarh 25 years back.

Sec 71 lacks basic amenities
SAS Nagar, August 17
Occupants in a pocket of over 200 houses in Sector 71, adjoining the Industrial Area, Phase VIII rue the day they moved in the area. Caught between the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) and the local civic body, the area badly lacks even the basic amenities.

Hand over mosques to Muslims: panel
SAS Nagar, August 17
The Punjab Pradesh Muslim Welfare Committee, Ropar, yesterday demanded the handing over of various buildings of mosques and graveyards to the Muslim community.

PCO owner gets bill for Rs 10 lakh
Kharar, August 17
A PCO owner at the local bus station had to face a shocking situation when he was asked to deposit about Rs 10 lakh in the local telephone exchange on account of the bill dated August 5, 2001, for 9,86,175 calls. The last date for the payment was fixed at August 14.

EATING OUT
In the cool clime of Kasauli
Chandigarh
The picturesque Kasauli Resort, just at the entrance of Kasauli, 55 km from Chandigarh, has come as a boon for the hill-loving people of this area. When you are in mood for adventure and the soaring temperatures of the plains become oppressive, a day out in Kasauli is usually the choice of many Chandigarhians. After just about two hours’ drive, you come back cooler and refreshed.

ITBP adopts Shatabgarh village
Chandigarh, August 17
The locally-based Transport Battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force has adopted Shatabgarh village, located on the Chandigarh-Patiala road, about 15 km from here.

An ITBP doctor examines a patient during a camp organised on the eve of the Independence Day at Shatabgarh village.

Journalist bereaved
Chandigarh, August 17
Ms Deepti Nath, elder sister of Ms Tripti Nath, Senior Staff Correspondent, The Tribune, and daughter of Mr Tribhuvan Nath, a veteran journalist, died at the Sector 32 Government Medical College Hospital early this morning. She was 34.

Namdharis fail to meet CMs
Chandigarh, August 17
Over a hundred Namdharis here today unsuccessfully sought to meet Punjab and Haryana Chief Ministers to get a top Namdhari saint’s nephew Thakur Dalip Singh , incarcerated in an attempt to murder case, released.

Consumer forum to organise camp
SAS Nagar, August 17
The local Consumers Protection Forum will organise a camp for the benefit of consumers in Sohana village tomorrow.

Lions Club function

CRIME

2 more arrested in dowry death case
Panchkula, August 17
Demanding the arrest of the accused in the Balwinder Kaur death case, more than 50 residents of Chaugama, near Karnal, protested outside the Sector 16 police station here yesterday.

One held for having fake RC
Chandigarh, August 17
The traffic police yesterday found the use of fake registration copies by certain drivers, when they challaned a scootorist for driving without helmet.

CBM for ban on sales in bhavans, hotels
Chandigarh, August 17
The Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM) has decided to take up the pending issues of the trading community with the authorities concerned on a priority basis.

BIZ CLIP

EDUCATION

PU to begin audit of 108 affiliated colleges
Chandigarh August 17
Following the directions by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Panjab University is all set to start the process of academic and administrative audit of its 108 affiliated colleges.

Student bodies flay PU decision
Chandigarh, August 17
The decision of Panjab University to allow a special chance to students who had not sufficient “credits” in the B Sc (honours school) came in for sharp criticism here today.

Panjab University student leaders at a meeting on the campus on Friday. — Tribune photo

PU accedes to demand, stir called off
Chandigarh, August 17
The Students Organisation of Panjab University yesterday called off its ongoing indefinite dharna following an assurance by the university to give a special chance to the students who have not cleared their credit requirement of the B.Sc (Honours) class while seeking admission to the Masters course.

PU to publish booklet for foreign students
Chandigarh, August 17
Panjab University is planning to bring out a booklet for foreign students that will provide information about the various courses available in the university and its affiliated colleges in addition to the required procedure for application.

Counselling for B.Sc (hons) on Aug 23
Chandigarh, August 17
Vacant seats in all reserved categories of first year B.Sc (honours) classes of Panjab University will be filled in a counselling session planned on August 23, official sources said here yesterday.

DSP charged with falsification
Chandigarh, August 17
The matter of a serving Deputy Superintendent of Police allegedly having furnished fake certificates to get his wards admitted in the Punjab Engineering College has created a furore.

Saplings planted at Kendriya Vidyalaya
Chandigarh, August 17
About 30 saplings were planted at a tree plantation camp organised at the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sector 31. The camp concluded today. Each sapling was patronised by a student.

Mrs Manju Lata Saxena, Assistant Commissioner, Chandigarh Region East (extreme right), and Mr S.P. Shergill, Principal, Kendriya Vidayalya, Sector 31, water saplings after plantation on the school premises in Chandigarh on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

St Stephen’s teachers told to wear helmets
Chandigarh, August 17
Practice before you preach Keeping this maxim in mind, St Stephen’s school teachers have been asked to wear helmets on the way to school. The orders to this effect were passed by the school Principal, Mr Harold Carver.

City teachers submit memorandum to Gujral
Chandigarh, August 17
The UT Teachers Association submitted a memorandum of their demands to the Education Secretary, Mr R.S. Gujral, here yesterday.

Aakriti inaugurated
SAS Nagar, August 17
Aakriti, a three-day annual exhibition of the National Institute of Fashion Design (NIFD), opened on the institute campus in Phase VII here today.

PG courses inaugurated
Chandigarh, August 17
Ms Neeru Nanda, Advisor to the Administrator, UT, inaugurated the post graduate diploma courses in evening classes of various faculties at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Sector 27, here today.

Swatin crowned  Miss Fresher
Chandigarh, August 17
Swatin of MCM DAV College, Sector 36, was crowned as Miss Fresher at the freshers party of the college.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Shift DSP from CID to distant place
Chandigarh, August 17
Coming down heavily on the Punjab Director-General of Police for not implementing orders directing him to consider the advisability of placing two Deputy Superintendents of Police under suspension while granting them pre-arrest bail in a 1993 abduction case, Mr Justice V.M. Jain of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed him to immediately transfer DSP Jagtar Singh to a far-off place and give him a less important posting.

• Notice in BFU admission cases
• Pre-arrest bail plea dismissed

Bail refused in liquor case
Chandigarh, August 17
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by Harvinder Pal Singla booked by the police after a “huge quantity of liquor” was found in an Industrial Area shed.

HEALTH

SMO honoured
Lalru, August 17
Dr Daler Singh Multani, Senior Medical Officer at Lalru, who was honoured by the Punjab Government for his best health and social services which he provided to the residents of the area for the last over 10 years.

2 new buses to GMCH-32
Chandigarh, August 17
The Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) has started two new routes for the public going to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, while two buses have exclusively been started for girls.

SPORTS

Bhavan Vidyalaya win basketball tourney
Chandigarh, August 17
Bhavan Vidyalaya School, Sector 27, and Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, won the girls and boys section titles, respectively, in the Fanta Fiesta Basketball tournament which concluded here today at the Sector 7 sports complex.

• Handball championship

• Girls football

• Karate championship
  
  

50 illegal huts demolished
Panchkula, August 17
Continuing its anti-encroachment drive, the enforcement wing of the Haryana Urban Development Authority demolished 50 unauthorised huts in Indira Colony in Sector 16 here today.

A child looks on as his unauthorised hut is demolished by the HUDA enforcement wing in Rajiv Colony, Sector 16, in Panchkula on Friday. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

HUDA employee suspended