The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

Rights panel with villagers against IAF
Zirakpur, November 23
Inhabitants of Zirakpur, Lohgarh and its surrounding areas took up the issue of the ban on construction within 900 m of the outer fence of the defence installations with the All-India Human Rights Watch at Dera Bassi here today.

‘Bogus voting’ mars Bar Council polling
Chandigarh, November 23
The second phase of polling to the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana elections was allegedly marked by bogus voting and mismanagement, in various districts and tehsils of Punjab and Haryana today.

PGI faces another tough deadline
Chandigarh, November 23
The Union Health Secretary and the PGI authorities have failed to persuade resident doctors on the evening OPD issue. The doctors said here today that they would take a tough stand, if the PGI Director and senior officials did not get in touch with them by Monday.

COMMUNITY

‘Law-abiding tenants are safe’
Chandigarh, November 23
The Pind Bachao Committee has hailed the decision of the Chandigarh Administration to amend rent laws and sought the removal of the condition of Rs 1,500 monthly rent for property in the villages of the Union Territory. The rents are much lower in the villages than the urban areas.

MIA faction alleges misuse of funds
SAS Nagar, November 23
A faction of the Mohali Industries Association led by Mr Tarsem Bansal held a meeting outside the association’s office here today. Its members locked the office from outside, stating that if they were not allowed to use the office premises, they would not allow the other group to make use of it.

Trustees meet Capt Amarinder
Chandigarh, November 23
Two trustees of the Puri Foundation U.K, Mr Anil Puri and Mr Ashwani Puri and Chairman of Development Trust for Mullanpur Garibdas yesterday met the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, at his official residence and briefed him of various plans of the foundation regarding development of Mullanpur Garibdas village and its surrounding areas.

Estimates for ‘Sarkar Aapke Dwaar’
Panchkula, November 23
The district administration will prepare estimates for announcements made by the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, during the third phase of “Sarkar Aapke Dwaar” programme within a fortnight.

MC launches drive to rid city of pig menace
Chandigarh, November 23
The Municipal Corporation yesterday launched a campaign for an indefinite period to make the city pig free in the wake of reports of Japanese encephalitis and directed the police to register cases against owners of pigs.

Bugga mesmerises at carnival

Chandigarh, November 23
When the Punjabi folk is blended with Western pop music and has someone like Satwinder Bugga to carry it off, the result is enchanting. This is exactly what happened today at Plaza Carnival in Sector 17 where the singer performed on an open stage drawing a huge crowd and keeping them mesmerised .

Punjabi folk singer Satwinder Bugga performs in The Tribune-sponsored Plaza Carnival, in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Photo Parvesh Chauhan

Symposium on trends in automotive industry
SAS Nagar, November 23

By producing the system of stock-less production, the Japanese industry has made the system of inventory management obsolete and gained cost savings of over 10 per cent.

(From left) Mr Robert Emptage, Mr Bruce Miller, Prof R.N. Nauhria, Mr Gautam Nagwekar, Mr Geoffery Dalton and Mr R.P. Sehgal at a symposium on automotive industry in SAS Nagar on Saturday.

Automobile association to issue IDLs

Educating people with tricks
Chandigarh, November 23
They play with fire to douse the flame of superstition burning in the hearts of ignorant residents. Clad like saints in white kurta pajamas, they descend upon a village, eat embers and pierce tongue with a trishul before driving away an “evil spirit” from a “possessed maiden”.

READERS WRITE
Daily loot at Pipali bus stand
PIPALI is an important bus halt on the Chandigarh- Delhi highway. All Haryana Roadways buses stop here for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There is only one canteen and the rates of various items are displayed on the wall. One of the items is “thali” priced at Rs 20 which looks reasonable. But the actual position is quite different.

ISKCON organises rath yatra
Chandigarh, November 23
The local chapter of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness here today organised the annual Lord Jagannath rath yatra on the pattern of Puri rath yatra. A large number of devotees from India and abroad participated in the procession.

CRIME

Faked CD racket: 3 nabbed
Chandigarh, November 23
The police claims to have busted a racket and nabbed three persons. They were involved in a business of pirated compact disks and video cassettess of Hindi and English movies in Sector 40. The police raided various music shops after a copy right protection company informed the police about the alleged piracy.

Four theft cases registered
Chandigarh, November 23
A fax machine was stolen from Sector 46 residence of Mr A.K Katyal here yesterday. Mr Budh Ram, a resident of Burail village, reported to the police that 22 vibrator machines were stolen from a ground in Sector 44-C on the night intervening November 21 and 22.

Challan against 4 in rape case
Chandigarh, November 23
The UT police today filed a challan against four persons. Ram Lal, Surinder Sharma, Narveer and Baldev, charging them with raping a Shimla-based girl. Meanwhile, the UT police has not framed any charges against M.K Jain and N.K Jain.

EDUCATION

ICCT opens new vistas for youngsters
Chandigarh
If you have a great voice and can carry off a conversation with an American accent, then here is a million dollar job opportunity right under your nose. Vizinfoz in collaboration with the Institute of Call Centre Technology has brought an opportunity for the city youngsters to enter into mainstream jobs in top class organisations through a campaign called Call Centre Placement Programme which was launched at GGDSD College in Sector 32 here on Friday.

Booksellers’ charge against schools
Chandigarh, November 23
The Punjab Booksellers Association yesterday said private schools affiliated to the Punjab State Education Board or the Central Board Secondary Education are neither following the rules and regulations nor teaching out the books prescribed and published by the boards.

Flower-arrangement competition
Panchkula, November 23
Creativity was at its best at DAV School, Surajpur, during the inter-house fresh and dry flower arrangement competition. While the fragrance of fresh flowers enveloped the atmosphere, the artistic beauty of dry flowers enraptured judges.

COURTS

Plea to quash lecturers’ selection
Chandigarh, November 23
In a petition filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court today, a city resident, Mr Ajay Sondhi, sought directions to Punjabi University, Patiala, and four others, to quash the selections made on October 9, besides the provisional appointment of three lecturers in Defence Studies by a selection committee.

CULTURE

Exhibition shows Tibetan sufferings

Chandigarh, November 23
The exhibition does not evoke any pleasant feelings but then it was not meant to. It was an attempt to make the world aware about the sufferings of the Tibetans. The exercise was taken up by the Tibetan students under the umbrella of Tibetan Freedom Movement and Regional Tibetan Youth Congress through a series of gruesome photographs at Mohyal Bhavan in Sector 24. Tibetan girls at a photo exhibition on sufferings of the Tibetans in Balmiki Bhavan, Sector 24, Chandigarh, on Saturday

Tibetan girls at a photo exhibition on sufferings of the Tibetans in Balmiki Bhavan, Sector 24, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Immortal comedy retold with rod puppets

Chandigarh, November 23
The beauty of puppet theatre was today brought alive by four young caretakers of Kat-Katha, an association of puppeteers and storytellers that operates under the aegis of the Foundation of Universal Responsibility of HH Dalai Lama.
Members of Kat-Katha, an association of puppeteers, present an adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy ‘Twelfth Night’ with rod puppets at CITCO’s Drop In restaurant, Sector 34, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Sambhang Natyotsav attracts 250 participants

Chandigarh, November 23
Reliving its tradition of paying creative homage to Prabhat Gupta, who sacrificed his life while saving a child in 1987, the Sambhang Theatre Group today organised the Natyotsav 2002 in which over 250 artistes participated.
Students present a one-act play in Sambhang Natyotsav 2002, in MCM DAV College, Sector 36, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

HEALTH

Cosmetic surgery in 4th century
Chandigarh, November 23
Strange as it may sound but evidence of hospitals, practicing reconstruction, cosmetic surgery and therapy for one and all, including royales, monks and the commoners, proves that the first such institute was set up in Sri Lanka, way back in the 4th century.

Declamation contest on AIDS
Chandigarh, November 23
Finding effective ways of spreading awareness about HIV and AIDS and care and support of persons suffering from the infection were some of the issues which came to forefront at Lala Lajpat Rai Bhavan in Sector 15 here yesterday.