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Tuesday, July 9, 2002, Chandigarh, India

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Gang forging VIP security stickers busted
Three held, fake BCA certificates also seized
Chandigarh, July 8
In what could have been cause of a serious security lapse like the shootout incident in Parliament in December last, a gang involved in forging stickers authorising the use of black films and use of red lights atop vehicles has been busted by the Crime Branch of Chandigarh Police.

Daljeet And Gangandeep arrested by the Crime Branch of Chandigarh Police for forging black film permission stickers and degrees of different universities in Sector 11, Chandigarh, on
Monday.
— A Tribune photograph

HC stay on power connections in Naya Gaon
Chandigarh, July 8
If allegations in a writ petition filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court are to be believed, the Punjab Government had issued an advertisement in newspapers announcing that the houses constructed before December 9, 1998, in Naya Gaon were being regularised.

REGIONAL BRIEFS

EARLIER STORIES

	PU plans more academic independence July 8, 2002
	Sector 34 goes without power for 18 hours July 7, 2002
	Defaulting schools: PUDA hits back July 6, 2002
	Entrance test for enrolment in PhD July 5, 2002
	Thunderous court orders park shut July 4, 2002
	Ex-sarpanch gunned down July 3, 2002
	Admn reduces stamp duty July 2, 2002
	Admission to PU evening classes goes tough July 1, 2002
	Plan to augment power supply to Panchkula June 30, 2002
	6-yr-old boy drowns at amusement park June 29, 2002
	Couple, girl electrocuted June 28, 2002

COMMUNITY

Gujri trustees trade counter-charges
Allege false implication by police
Chandigarh, July 8
Three trustees of the Mata Gujri Sahara Trust, who are taking care of terrorism-affected children in Patiala district, have accused the police of seeking to implicate them at the behest of their trust rivals and sought a fair inquiry.

The Pashchim Express ready to depart for Mumbai after seven days from the Chandigarh railway station on Monday. — A Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma

‘Stop school building construction in park’
SAS Nagar, July 8
Resentment prevails among a section of residents in Phase VII here against the construction of a school building in a park. The agitated residents gathered and got the construction activity stopped today.

Admn chalks out plans to improve power supply
Chandigarh, July 8
Reacting to long hours of power cuts in the southern sectors of the city, the Chandigarh Administration today cracked the whip and ordered short and long-term management plans to spruce up the power distribution system in the city.

FOLLOW-UP
Police clueless in hit-and-run case
Chhat Bir (Patiala), July 8
Even after a lapse of over 18 hours, the Dera Bassi police is still in the dark regarding an accident that took place on Saturday night in which an unidentified man was mowed down by an unidentified vehicle on the busy Chandigarh-Patiala highway near Chhat village bus stop. Over hundreds of other vehicles too had run over the body making on identification of the deceased almost impossible.

MC BEAT
Power panel clears Rs 31 lakh for brighter parks
Chandigarh, July 8
Several parks of the city will light up with an approval of around Rs 31 lakh for fitting lights at various places, mostly in parks. The condition of streetlights, however, may not immediately improve with the privatisation of maintenance not being approved today.

Fee revised
Statements recorded

Fragrant flowers on garbage dumps
Chandigarh, July 8
Sweet-smelling flowers on and around garbage dumps. Sounds unbelievable, but it is true. The Chandigarh Administration, spurred by the success of a small experiment in growing flowers near the dump last year, will now be planting flowers on the five-acre garbage dumping site in Daddu Majra village located on the western fringe of the city.

Babu Parmanand visits Kultar Singh
Chandigarh, July 8
The Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand, visited the PGI today, to enquire about the health of Mr Kultar Singh, younger brother of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, who has been admitted here for treatment.

The Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand, enquires about the health of Mr Kultar Singh, younger brother of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, at the PGI on Monday.

Nominations invited for awards
Chandigarh, July 8
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has constituted two national awards for individual organisations.

FAUJI BEAT
Stagnation forces officers to quit Army
SLOW promotions in the Army have resulted in the stagnation of officers in the same ranks for years together. What has further dampened the prospects of promotion is the two-year extension in service.

Gallantry awards
Compensation to farmers
Friend of defence services
Defence pension website

Administrator visits markets
Panchkula, July 8
The Administrator, Haryana Urban Development Authority, Panchkula, Mr Arun Kumar Gupta, today took a round of various markets in order to assess the development works and maintenance works.

Woman falls from motor cycle, dies
Chandigarh, July 8
A Sector 20 resident, Dolly Vohra (37), died after she fell from a motor cycle she was riding pillion near the Dera Bassi police station yesterday. Her husband who was driving the motor cycle and 10-year-old daughter Sanchi, who was also riding the vehicle, however, escaped unhurt.

CRIME

16-yr-old girl dies under mysterious circumstances
Chandigarh, July 8
A 16-year-old girl, Monica, died under mysterious circumstances in the wee hours here today. According to police sources, last night at around 11.30 pm, the victim complained of stomach ache and was taken to the PGI, where she died.

BUSINESS

MARKET PULSE
Mohali resident wins Ebony lucky draw
Chandigarh, July 8
For a period of one month, ending June 30, 2002, Ebony India’s premier chain of department stores, had sported a display of Royal Enfield Bullets as part of a joint promotion from Basics, Royal Enfield and Ebony. The promotion was carried out in the six Ebony stores in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Delhi (South Extension, Rajouri Garden) and Noida,

Wills Navy Cut
Insurance scheme

EDUCATION

Science seats filled in 3 govt schools
Chandigarh, July 8
Proximity to home coupled with reputation of schools seems to be the guiding factor in the choice of schools in the ongoing centralised admissions, which continued for the Class XI of government schools, at GMSSS-23 here today.

Students and parents await their turn for counselling at the centralised admissions for Class XI in government schools, at GMSSS 23, on Monday.
— Tribune photo Parvesh Chauhan

Playing cop with great elan
Chandigarh, July 8
They are cops in the making. Conspicuously in their orange jackets, they are streamlining traffic and managing public single-handedly at the admission venue for plus one classes of government schools in GMSSS-23.

NSS volunteers in action at the admission venue for government schools in GMSSS-23. Students have been entrusted with the task of managing traffic during the ongoing admission season. — A Tribune photograph

Engineering college opened
Chandigarh, July 8
To give impetus to technical education in the backward Malwa region and to enable students of the area to get hi-tech education in the field of engineering and technology, Bhai Gurdas Group of Technical Institutions has set up the Institute of Engineering and Technology at Sangrur affiliated with Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar.

School for disabled kids
Panchkula, July 8
A unique model school under the project of the Integrated Education for Disabled was set up as a pilot project in Government Primary School, Mansa Devi complex, Sector 4, here today.

M.Sc zoology admission

COURTS

PALA SINGH MURDER CASE
Suspects deny disclosure statement
Chandigarh, July 8
The case of the murder of Pala Singh, a former Sarpanch of Khuda Ali Sher, took a new turn today when the three accused — Kartar Singh, Mohinder Singh and Kesar Singh — denied in a local court having said what had been mentioned by the Chandigarh Police.

DISTRICT COURTS
Sidhu’s remand extended
Chandigarh, July 8
The suspended Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) Chairman, Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu, was further remanded in judicial custody by a local court under the Excise Act today. Sidhu was produced in the court of the UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Mr Sanjay Sandhir, who remanded him in judicial custody till July 20.

CULTURE

Learning tricks of modelling fast
Chandigarh, July 8
Taking part in the Nomarks Face of the Year was just a whim for Anmol Gill, but bagging a prestigious assignment from a world class Paris-based photographer to promote Indian heritage in Paris was just sheer luck. Anmol Gill, the winner of Nomarks face of the Year-2002, is simply ecstatic, and is thanking her Lady Luck for giving her this opportunity to start her career at an international level.

HEALTH

Stagnant water poses malaria threat
Chandigarh, July 8
Even though ‘Anti-Malaria Week’ was observed in the city a few days, ago, effective steps have not been taken by the health authorities to prevent the larvae-from breeding and subsequently spreading the malady.

Stagnant rainwater at Pushpak Colony in Sector 49 of Chandigarh. The water provides a breeding ground for mosquitoes adding to the problems of residents. — A Tribune photograph

Directions for carbonated drink manufactures
Chandigarh, July 8
As a preventive measure to check the outbreak of water-borne diseases, the UT Food and Health Authority, has directed those manufacturing and selling carbonated and sweetened water to obtain the requisite license and ensure that there is no adulteration.

SPORTS

Motor cycle expedition from July 15
Chandigarh, July 8
The Team Ocha-ve Motor Cycle club will organise the Greater Himalayas, Pangong- So and Khardung-la motor cycle expedition from July 15 to 26 covering a distance of approximately 2,500 km.

Adventure association
Shooting camp
Handball meet

ADMINISTRATION

Deadlock over probe into recruitment scam
Chandigarh, July 8
The Municipal Corporation House inquiry into the alleged bungling in the recruitment of firemen hit a deadend here today with the Municipal Corporation refusing to provide more documents to the committee.

Sukhi on Board of Directors
Chandigarh, July 8
A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chandigarh State Co-operative Bank was held today in which Mr Sukhjit Singh Sukhi was unanimously elected as president. Mr Prem Singh was elected as vice-president.