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Shotgun’s shot alarms PGI
Launch of evening OPD a tall order
Chandigarh, September 30
Twentyfour hours after Union Health Minister Shatrughan Sinha’s, visit to the PGI, during which he announced the move to start an evening OPD, the PGI authorities are confused.

• PGI meeting: decision on sensitive issues deferred

Save Rose Garden: HC 
Chandigarh, September 30
Acting on a public interest litigation, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Chandigarh Administration and the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh to take adequate and effective measures against damage to the Sector 16 Rose Garden by the agitating farmers.

Frequent protests take their toll on city police
Chandigarh, September 30
The Chandigarh Police perhaps will be the most relieved lot once the agitating farmers of Punjab lift their “siege” from the Jan Marg, the dual carriageway running between Sectors 16 and 17, here.

Panchkula emerges as drug traffickers’ haven
Panchkula, September 30
The town is fast becoming as an important point in the “golden triangle” of drug trafficking. Not only foreign nationals, but also their Indian agents involved in drug trafficking have made Panchkula a base for their clandestine operations in Punjab and Haryana.

Groups clash at Sec 30 temple
Chandigarh, September 30
Two groups, claiming control over the management of Shri Maha Kali Mandir in Sector 30, clashed here late this evening. According to the information available, the two groups had gone to court over the control of the management of the temple.

Policemen at Shri Maha Kali Mandir in Sector 30, Chandigarh, after two rival groups clashed on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph

Petition filed against high cable tariff
Chandigarh, September 30
In a petition filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the city-based Federation of Sector Welfare Association today sought directions to the Central Government, pay channel broadcasters and other respondents to take effective steps against high subscription charges.

FAKE VISA RACKET
Two more suspects brought to city
Chandigarh, September 30
In the racket involving issuing of fake visas which was busted yesterday by the operation cell of the Chandigarh Police, two more suspects — Raman and Kushwinder — were brought to the city from Delhi. Earlier a girl, Priyanka, was arrested from her residence in Delhi in this connection.

Ramandeep and Khushwinder, two suspects in the fake visa case, who were arrested by the operation cell of the police in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph.

Major power cut in city areas today
Chandigarh, September 30
Power supply to parts of Sectors 38 and 40 will remain suspended from 10 am to 4 pm, while the supply to parts of 33-B and C, 37 and 41will remain suspended from 10 am to 5 pm due to urgent maintenance work.

Excise raids on Amartex Industries
Chandigarh, September 30
A team of the Central Excise, Gurgaon range, today raided the premises of Amartex Industries at Panchkula. According to officials in the Excise Department, a team of six officials raided the premises at Industrial Area, Phase II, Panchkula, and seized documents relating to payment of accounts and sales.

COMMUNITY

Need to set up more primary hospitals: minister
SAS Nagar, September 30
“As many as 80 per cent of the diseases in our country are preventable but in the last more than 50 years we have failed to eradicate them.”

BKU asks Badal to quit NDA
Chandigarh, September 30
The Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta) has asked Mr Parkash Singh Badal to come out of NDA alliance if the Centre failed to revise the MSP of paddy.

BKU (Ekta) activists burn an effigy of Union Minister for Food and Civil Supplies in front of the Food Corporation of India office in 
Sector 34, Chandigarh, on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph

Rs 100 cr earmarked for nano-technology
Chandigarh, September 30
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has set aside Rs 100 crore for research and development in an emerging field of nano-technology (matter broken to nano-metre level) in the Tenth Five Year Plan.

Prof V. S. Ramamurthy, Union Science and Technology Secretary (left), inaugurates the 45th annual technical convocation, “Nano-Technology”, at the CSIO, Sector 30, Chandigarh, on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph

FAUJI BEAT
Helpline renders laudable service
LITTLE did anyone realise that the ‘Ex-servicemen Helpline’ service started by the Headquarters Western Command at the Command Hospital, Chandi Mandir, will receive such an overwhelming response.

• Accommodation for Army
• Financial assistance
• Joint replacement

Scientists on lookout for alternative fuels
Chandigarh, September 30
The September 11 attacks on the WTC in the USA and subsequent terrorist attacks in other countries have given a fillip to the research on alternative fuels. Scientists of the USA and other countries are working on other energy sources, including hydrogen.

Council’s appeal for blood donation
Chandigarh, September 30
The Baba Sheikh Farid Blood Donors Council, Mohali, has appealed to the public to donate blood tomorrow to celebrate the blood donation day.

Free entry to Zoo from Oct 1 to 7
Chandigarh, September 30
Entry to Chhat Bir Zoo will be free for one week beginning October 1 in celebration of wildlife week.

Army HQ post for Gen Jagdish Chander
Chandigarh, September 30
Lt-Gen Jagdish Chander today took over as Director-General, Supplies and Transport, Army Headquarters, New Delhi. He succeeds Lt-Gen I.K. Chhitwal. Earlier, he was commandant of ASC Centre and College at Bangalore.

Punjabi Tribune News Editor retires
Chandigarh, September 30
Mr Surjit Singh, News Editor, Punjabi Tribune, retired today after 31 years of service.

Tribune employee retires
Chandigarh, September 30
Mr Makhan Lal, senior head Havildar in The Tribune Group of Newspapers, retired today after 35 years of service.

Social worker dead
Chandigarh, September 30
Ms Sheela Saihgal (69), senior vice-president of the Punjab Istri Sabha and a social worker, died here today due to cardiac arrest.

EDUCATION

Shivalik, St John’s enter quiz finals
Chandigarh, September 30
Discovery Kids Quiz, held at St John’s High School, Sector 26, here today proved to be fun all the way for youngsters who competed to represent Chandigarh in the finals to be held in the last week of November.

The winners of Discovery Kids quiz contest with their prizes at St John’s School, Sector-26, in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Kids’ performance a feast for the eyes
Chandigarh, September 30
Dressed in frills and laces, little girls danced with their partners on the occasion of the annual cultural programme of the primary wing of St Soldier International School, Sector 28, here today.

Tiny tots at a cultural function held in Saint Soldier International School, Sector 28, Chandigarh, on Monday. — Tribune photo Parvesh Chauhan

PU re-evaluation results
Chandigarh, September 30
Panjab University declared the re-evaluation results of MMC I and II, MAI and II (Economics, Punjabi, Public Administration, History and Political science) examinations conducted in April 2002, here today.

COURTS

Sidhu’s remand extended
Chandigarh, September 30
The suspended Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) Chairman, Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu, was today further remanded in judicial custody till October 10 by a local court in a case under the Excise Act registered against him at the Sector 39 police station.

Notice issued to Principal Secy
Kharar, September 30
Ms Preeti Sahni, Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), has issued a notice to Mr A.K. Dubey, Principal Secretary to the Punjab Government’s Department of PWD (B&R) Chandigarh, for October 17 on a petition filed by the Bar Association, Kharar.

HC orders status quo on rehri market issue
Chandigarh, September 30
A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, comprising Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Kiran Anand Lall, today ordered the maintenance of status quo in the Sector 46-C rehri market matter.