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Wednesday, April 10, 2002, Chandigarh, India

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Congress rejects proposal to increase sewerage cess
Chandigarh, April 9
Frustrated by the Chandigarh Administration’s failure to “honour its reported commitment of providing matching grants” against resources generated by the Municipal Corporation, the Congress has hit back, rejecting the proposal of three-time increase in the sewerage cess.

Panel boots the hike as well

Poisonous ‘burfi’ kills 2 kids

Lalru, April 9
Two children, aged five and three, died under mysterious circumstances after they allegedly consumed some poisonous sweets in Chaundheri village, about 5 km from here, late last night. Two pet dogs of the family also died after licking the foamy substance regurgitated by one of the kids.
A grieving Ms Kiran Singh, whose two children died after eating poisonous ‘burfi’ on Monday night near Lalru. (Inset) Nisha and Akash.

REGIONAL BRIEFS

EARLIER STORIES

	Colony plots ‘sold twice’ April 9, 2002
	Study suggests five birthdays for city April 8, 2002
	Official function was on Oct 7, 1953, says historian April 7, 2002
	M. Sc (Environment Science) at PU April 6, 2002
	Inventing an event! April 5, 2002
	BBA course fails to attract students April 4, 2002
	Show-cause notice to schools in residential areas April 3, 2002
	UGC gives Rs 5 cr to PU April 2, 2002
	PU concessions for poor students April 1, 2002
	Unregistered property dealers thrive March 31, 2002

PGI Dean’s selection today
Chandigarh, April 9
The Governing Body of the PGI is meeting tomorrow in New Delhi to consider the names of five professors for appointment to the post of the Dean.

Students feel the heat in PU Library
Chandigarh, April 9
Students at the Panjab University library here today had to suffer as power supply to the library remained suspended for over seven hours.

Unauthorised markets killing authorised ones

SAS Nagar, April 9
With the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) turning a blind eye to the misuse of residential premises, more and more owners of strategically located houses, especially those facing main markets and main roads, are putting their houses to commercial use.

Unauthorised shops give these houses in Phase IX, SAS Nagar, the look of a mini market. — Photo Pradeep Tewari

Overbridge opening postponed again

Dera Bassi, April 9
In what may be called a game of political oneupmanship between the Congress and the BJP, the inauguration of the overbridge on the busy Chandigarh -Ambala highway has been postponed for the third time.

Finishing touches being given to the foundation stone of the railway overbridge at the Bhankarpur level crossing near Dera Bassi on Tuesday. The bridge was scheduled to be opened on Wednesday, but the inauguration was postponed. — A Tribune photograph

PGI governing body meets today
Decision on ad hoc service may benefit many
Chandigarh, April 9
PGI’s Governing Body which meets in New Delhi tomorrow to appoint the PGI Dean is also likely to consider another important matter which would be affecting the service conditions of the entire PGI faculty who have put in any ad hoc service before being regularised in their particular positions.

COMMUNITY

Poor lighting in garages poses problems for residents
Chandigarh, April 9
The Modern Housing Complex in Mani Majra, having a population of nearly 20,000 and built by the Chandigarh Housing Board about a decade ago is plagued by a plethora of problems. A major problem is unsafe garages in the multi-storeyed complex, involving nearly 2300 four-storeyed flats, where the absence of any proper lighting system has resulted in total darkness.

Displaced villagers demand reservation
Chandigarh, April 9
The Pind Bachao Committee, a body of villagers who were ousted to make way for establishing Chandigarh, has demanded reservation in jobs in the Police Department and also other wings of the Chandigarh Administration on compassionate grounds. The committee says it will be like an alternate profession to be taken as rehabilitation in lieu of loss of their ancestral professions which were lost for ever at the time of displacement.

Coloniser denies selling plots twice
Zirakpur, April 9
Reacting to a news item published in Chandigarh Tribune today Mr Prem Chand Singla, managing director of Shalimar Enclave Colony, located in Dhakauli village, near here, has alleged that members of the Shalimar Enclave Welfare Society and the land owners from whom he had purchased land were blackmailing him.

Tax-payers honoured
Chandigarh, April 9
Former Advocate-General of Punjab and Haryana Manmohan Lal Sarin, and Mr Gurmeet Singh, proprietor of the Gurmeet Singh and Company, of the city were honoured by the Income Tax Department for their tax contribution to the national exchequer.

Attack on scribes condemned
Chandigarh, April 9
The Governing Council of the Chandigarh Press Club today took serious view of the recent incident in Ahmedabad in which journalists on duty were assaulted.

CTCC rally against attack on journalists
Chandigarh, April 9
The Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) here today decided to organise a rally from Ram Darbar to the main parts of the city on April 11 to protest against the alleged attacks on journalists in Gujarat.

Dharna by vendors
Chandigarh, April 9
The Sector-26 Subji Mandi Rehri-Phari Union here today sat on a dharna to protest against the alleged harassment of rehri-phariwallahs.

Probe ordered
SAS Nagar, April 9
The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Mr G.P.S. Bhullar, has marked an inquiry into an alleged incident of preventing certain scribes from entering the Phase 8 police station here today.

Killing of Hindus condemned
Chandigarh, April 9
The Bharatiya Yuva Janata Morcha here today condemned the killing of nine Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir and criticised the Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah, for failure to protect the minorities in the state.

National Survey Day today
Chandigarh, April 9
The north-western headquarters of the Survey of India will celebrate the National Survey Day here tomorrow.

READERS WRITE
SCOs not covered by PSEB order
THE Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), vide Memo No.11420/12170/SSM268, January 24, 2002, has decided to release more than one connection on the same premises for domestic supply consumers keeping in view the genuine problems of the consumers and for giving independent supply to tenants by landlords to avoid disputes.

Polio not eradicated

Lions’ population

CRIME

One killed in car-truck collision
Chandigarh, April 9
A resident of a village, Ranjit Singh was killed and his brother-in-law, Varinder Singh, injured when their car collided with an unidentified truck near Kansal village today. The incident occurred this morning while the car was turning on to the main road from a kutcha track. The truck driver sped away.

BUSINESS

Exhibition of sarees
Chandigarh, April 9
Bugli’s Creation, a well-known name for designer suits and sarees, is holding an exhibition of hand-painted sarees and suits which will be inaugurated at Hotel Aroma in Sector 22 here tomorrow.

EDUCATION

PU opens doors for single window
Chandigarh, April 9
Decks have been cleared for introducing single-window enquiry service in Panjab University within a fortnight. The facility will save students the trouble of running from desk to desk for enquiries at the administrative block. Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor of the PU, had announced this decision at the last meeting of the Senate.

Scholarship scheme
Chandigarh, April 9
Bhupindra International Public School (BIPS), Patiala, the first ISO certified school in Punjab, has launched an attractive scholarship programme for children.

2 students honoured

Chandigarh, April 9
The Food Craft Institute, while celebrating the annual function amidst dignitaries like Home Secretary and Chairman of the institute R.S. Gujral, MD CITCO and Special Secretary S.P. Singh and DPR of Chandigarh Vivek Atray on the campus in Sector 42 here today, honoured Noel and Gurpreet, two of their students for their bravery efforts. Students perform ‘bhangra’ during the annual-day function of the Food Craft Institute in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

Students perform ‘bhangra’ during the annual-day function of the Food Craft Institute in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

COURTS

HIGH COURT
PGI told not to declare result
Selection of new Dean
Chandigarh, April 9
Directing the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research at Chandigarh to continue with the process of selecting the Dean, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered that the result will, however, not be declared.

Petition allowed

Fertiliser scam

Undertrial collapses in court, hospitalised
Chandigarh, April 9
An 18-year-old undertrial, Kuldeep Singh, involved in a case of theft, collapsed here today while he was being produced before a magistrate in the District Courts complex. He collapsed at about 1 p.m at the make-shift jail in the District Courts. Later he was taken to hospital by the police.

DISTRICT COURTS
Production warrant against Ravi Sidhu
Chandigarh, April 9
A local court issued a production warrant against Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) Chairman, Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu for April 11 on a request made by the Chandigarh police to seek his arrest in a case registered against him under the Excise and Arms Act in Sector-39 police station.

Ball plea dismissed

CULTURE

Paintings with message of peace

Chandigarh, April 9
If you are expecting to see those typical Shanti Niketan style of paintings from this Kolkata-based artist Sanjib Roy, who is exhibiting his creations at Art Folio in Sector 9, then you are in for a disappointment.

Works of Sanjib Roy exhibited at Art Folio, Sector 9, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

HEALTH

Seminar on stress management

Chandigarh, April 9
Homo sapiens is the greatest species on the earth, for it can change its destiny, build it and enlighten itself.

Mr Vijay Dhasmana (second from right) addresses a seminar on ‘Spirituality, Stress and Health’ at the CRRID in Sector 19, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. The others in the picture are (from left) Dr Anil Singhal, Dr Hanumanth S. Rao and Dr Prakash Keshaviah. — A Tribune photograph Mr Vijay Dhasmana (second from right) addresses a seminar on ‘Spirituality, Stress and Health’ at the CRRID in Sector 19, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.

‘Medical services in India as good as abroad’
Chandigarh, April 9
Dr Kuldip Singh, general secretary of the Indian Association of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons, has challenged the popular perception in developing countries, including India, that medical facilities in Western countries, including the USA and the UK, are much better than those available in India.

SPORTS

Tribune XI win cricket tourney

Chandigarh, April 9
The Tribune XI team here today defeated The Indian Express XI by 48 runs in the final of the first Inter-Media Cricket Tournament. The Tribune XI batted first. It had a bad start as the opening batsmen, failed to click.

The jubilant Tribune XI team after winning the first Inder-Media Cricket Tournament in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

ADMINISTRATION

Survey to ascertain number of toilet seats
SAS Nagar, April 9
The Public Health Department is undertaking a survey to ascertain the number of toilet seats on residential and commercial premises in the township. According to department officials, it has been noticed that in a number of cases, the number of toilet seats has been increased without permission.

20 villages identified under IWDP
Panchkula, April 9
The district administration has identified 20 villages in the district for various soil and water conservation activities under the Integrated Watershed Development Project (IWDP).

PUDA against misuse of parks
SAS Nagar, April 9
The Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) has asked the SAS Nagar civic body not to give permission for use of parks to hold public functions. The parks maintained by the horticulture wing of PUDA suffered during public function, said PUDA officials.

DC gets 1-yr extension
Posting of DSPs