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UT IAS officer faces dismissal
Chandigarh, August 13
A UT cadre IAS officer, Dr Dilraj Kaur, earlier posted as Assistant Commissioner (under training), Chandigarh, faces termination from service for alleged misconduct and for carrying out activities unbecoming of an officer during her one-year tenure in Chandigarh.

Rain brings cheer all around
Chandigarh, August 13
Widespread rain in the city and its surrounding areas brought down day time temperatures and broke a long dry spell. For once no one minded the day long rain which forced residents indoors, reduced activity to the minimum and affected businesses.

Mittal re-elected PUTA president
Chandigarh, August 13
The sitting president, Prof P.K. Mittal (Zoology Department), was re-elected president of the Panjab University Teachers Association here today. A total of 525 votes were polled out of the total 585.

Leaking roofs force PGI OTs shut
Chandigarh, August 13
Come rains and the problems of the PGI are compounded. The leakage on the fifth floor of Nehru Block has rendered some of the PGI operation theatres (OTs) unfit for use, while six OTs in the New OPD Block remain unused, as day-care surgery is yet to be opened there. The continuous rain that lashed the city today exposed the leakage.

POLLUTION PANGS
Fish population declines in Ghaggar
Panchkula, August 13
Excessive pollution in the upper stream of the Ghaggar here has had its toll on the fish population. With pollutants from the crusher zone in Burj Kotian village here and industrial effluents from paper and sugar mills in Dera Bassi, Lalru, Patiala and Patran being discharged into the river, the aquatic life has been adversely affected.

Slow carriageway coming up along NH-21
Chandigarh, August 13
On a recommendation of the Chandigarh traffic police, the Engineering Wing of the Chandigarh Administration is building a slow carriageway along the section of the National Highway 21 passing through the city. The 18 foot-wide slow carriageway will run from the Zirakpur border to the SAS Nagar border.

READERS WRITE
TV channels harassing consumers
THE deadlock between cable operators and residents’ welfare associations of different sectors is cause for serious concern. Efforts should be made to end the impasse in the larger interests of both consumers and cable operators. The residents’ welfare associations in Chandigarh, SAS Nagar and Panchkula have protested against ‘overcharging’ by the operators.

COMMUNITY

Fifty years of bookselling
THE IQ of city’s residents can be measured truly by the number of bookshops dotting its up-market commercial centres. That way the presence of several bookstores in Chandigarh is certainly a tribute to the enlightened denizens of this designer city — in sharp contrast to the rest of the towns in North India (except perhaps one bookshop in Ludhiana and two in Shimla), that boast of a high commercial and industrial potential but cannot show up more than a few well-managed modern bookshops.

Traffic restrictions on I-Day
Chandigarh, August 13

In view of the Independence Day celebrations on August 15, the Chandigarh police has imposed restrictions on the movement of traffic on certain roads in the city. Diversions on certain sections of roads leading to the Parade Ground and the Punjab Raj Bhavan will remain effective till the end of the function. Schoolchildren carry out preparations for the Independence Day celebrations in pouring rain in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photo

• Zoos closed on I-Day
• Mega fasting prayer

CRIME

• Youth commits suicide

EDUCATION

Adventure in the hills Chandigarh, August 13 A bunch of boisterous boys for whom adventure is a visual life from Bay Watch, X-Files Michael Schumacher’s car races and programmes of the dare-devilry kind from AXN, a weakened adventure camp in the Shimla Hills was not just a sobering experience but also one which sensitised them to the gentle demands of nature. Children of St John’s High School during an adventure camp organised by the Durga Das Foundation in the Shimla Hills.

Contests mark I-Day celebrations Chandigarh, August 13 Patriotic feeling was the hallmark of various competitions organised by Mount Carmel School to celebrate Independence Day at Lecma Hall, 3 BRD Air Force Station, here today. Students of The Gurukul wave the Tricolour during the Independence Day celebrations on the school premises in Sector 20, Panchkula, on Tuesday.  — Photo Manoj Mahajan

PUSU activists go on fast Chandigarh, August 13 Student activists of the Panjab University Students Union, including its president Malwinder Kang, sat on a hunger strike at Student Centre in PU here today. They were released yesterday. A doctor examines an activist of the Panjab University Students Union on fast at Student Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

COURTS

Death sentence for 2 in murder case
Panchkula, August 13
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Panchkula, today pronounced death sentence to two youths involved in the murder of a 10-year-old girl in May, 2001, here today. The duo-Rakesh and Abdul Khalil, were also sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for raping the 10-year-old before killing her.

Life term for four men
Chandigarh, August 13
Nearly six years after the incident, the four accused who had murdered a former MLA Bachittar Singh, were sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court here today. Jugraj Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Kuljit Singh and Inderpreet Singh were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the UT Additional and Sessions Judge, Ms Sneh Prashar. A fine of Rs 10,000 was also imposed on them.

CULTURE

City girls are best folk artistes  
Chandigarh, August 13
City-based singing sisters Simran Jeet and Tripat Jeet Kaur have been pleasantly surprised with a sudden encounter with fame. Only last year they had marked their presence on the folk music circuit of the region, with their maiden album, titled “Lacha Multan da”.

Sirmauri dancers enthral audience
Chandigarh, August 13
Nostalgia of the hills was brought alive on the small stage of Bhaskar Rao Auditorium in Pracheen Kala Kendra, which was the venue of a cultural presentation by a troupe from Sirmaur. Recreating the magic of mountains in melody were six young dancers comprising the Sanskritik Dal Baunal from Sirmaur.

A colourful ode to nature Chandigarh, August 13

Taking a cue from nature, Nikhil Sanger weaves a beautiful tapestry with colours. Intense in conception and impressive in execution, the works span a vast area of human thought and imagination. Not only does the ensemble draw from the rich, eternal, ethereal treasure of nature, but also from the creative base of mind, which is home to the memories of all beautiful or not-so-beautiful images in the world. A painting by Nikhil Sanger displayed in IndusInd Art Gallery, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

HEALTH

Rs 60-lakh project launched to check RHF
Chandigarh, August 13
Even though rheumatic heart fever afflicts almost an equal number of children suffering from tuberculosis and Polio in India, yet majority of the people fail to take note of it as it begins with simple fever and a sore throat, finally leading to serious heart ailment, which could be fatal.

• 36 donate blood

SPORTS

GCG-42 girl does city proud
Chandigarh, August 13
Harpreet Kaur, a student of the Government College for Girls, Sector 42, and a trainee of the Sports Training Centre, Sports Authority of India, Sector 18, has done the city proud when she was picked up as the only probable from the city in the national young women (below-20) basketball camp being held at Dehra Dun.

• Shuttlers excel

Anil wins gold in judo meet Chandigarh, August 13

Anil wrapped the below-50 kg section title in the two-day Chandigarh Sub-Junior Judo Championship, which concluded here this evening at Ajit Karam Singh International Public school, Sector 41. Silver medal in this section went in favour of Vikram while Vinod and Rajan got bronze medals. Anil (right) overpowers Vikram to lift the below-50 kg-section title in the Chandigarh Sub-Junior Judo Championship in Chandigarh on Tuesday.  — A Tribune photograph

Mongia to be honoured
Chandigarh, August 13
The Chandigarh Administration today added two more names to the list of persons who will be honoured on Independence Day. The additional list has the name of left-handed batsman Dinesh Mongia who is presently on tour with the Indian cricket team.

• Selection trials

ADMINISTRATION

Admn to release Rs 7 cr grant to MC
Chandigarh, August 13
The Administration has decided to release the held-up Rs 7.035 crore grant under the plan head to the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh. The Chandigarh Administration has sent a letter regarding clearance of the grant due since last month to the MC. The decision followed the MC producing the utilisation certificate before the Chandigarh Administration.

• Cops without raincoats
• MCC to auction commercial sites