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Naval
band to play at Lake Club
Chandigarh, February 12
Indian Naval Central Band
consisting of 72 musicians will perform at Lake Club here on February
16. It is for the first time that the band will perform in the city. The
band will also stage an open air performance for the public at the
Sector 17 piazza on the February 15 from 5 pm to 6.30 pm.
Prayer,
feasts mark Id celebration
Chandigarh, February
12
Excitement broke loose
outside the Sector 20 Jama Masjid and other mosques in the city
today as enthusiastic Muslims, immaculately clad in colourful
dresses, hugged each other warmly on the occasion of Id-ul-Zuha.
Chandigarh’s Administrator-cum-Punjab Governor Lt. Gen. JFR
Jacob also extended heartiest felicitations to all the people on
the occasion.
Devotees pray on the occasion of
Id-ul-Zuha at the Sector 20 Mosque on Wednesday. — Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma |
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Of
5 children abandoned, 4 are girls
Panchkula, February 12
Despite government legislation and
social awareness for equal affection towards girl child, the society
continues to show contempt towards her, a fact proved by the increasing
number of baby girls being abandoned by their parents.
Don’t mistake it for fake currency: This ‘‘Rs 10 currency note’’ printed correctly on one side and virtually blank on the reverse side was received by Dr P.C. Swami of Swami Nursing Home, Dera Bassi, in lieu of Rs 100 notes from the State Bank of Patiala, Dera Bassi. |
Fighting
adversity with fortitude
Chandigarh, February 12
Opportunities arise in the midst
of adversity. We seldom hear of sayings coming true. But in the case
of Capt Ram Sarup, this saying acquires a greater meaning. Blinded while
defending the country during the 1965 Indo-Pak war, Capt Sarup ensured
that physical handicap did not alter his destiny.
INLD
factions vie for MC chief’s post
Panchkula, February 12
Following the notification of
Municipal Council election results by the district administration
yesterday, the race for the presidentship of the council has begun. With
the ruling Indian National Lok Dal all set to gain an absolute majority
in the Municipal Council here, with the crossing over of at least five
councillors from other parties, the two factions within the local unit
of the party are now all set to fight it out over the post of president.
It is learnt that the final decision in this regard will be taken by the
party high command by February 16.
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Roopa Saini, Kiran Bedi honoured
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Chandigarh, February 12
Olympian Roopa Saini, police officer Kiran Bedi and Deputy Commissioner of Ropar, Ms Seema Jain, were presented the ‘great daughter of India’ award at a function for internationally recognised talented Indians (FIRTY 2003), organised by the SAS Academy at Ropar, near here, yesterday.
Olympian Roopa Saini (left) receives the award from Sant Baba Daljit Singh at Ropar on Tuesday.
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EATING OUT
Sumptuous
sixers on offer
Chandigarh, February 12 |
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It’s virtually a
theatre at Hotel Sunbeam’s restaurant-cum-cocktail lounge. A
theatre of the World Cup 2003. A huge screen (60’’ by
80’’) brings alive the action off the South African fields
through the 2400-lumine state-of-the-art Sharp projector that the
hotel has acquired specially for the Test series.
Even the waiter’s eyes are on the giant screen: Guests enjoy food and cricket at Hotel Sunbeam, Sector 22, on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma |
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 Celebrating
life, the spiritual way
Chandigarh, February 12
I asked of life: “What have you
to give me? The answer came: “What have you to offer?” How often are
we inspired to think so heartily about life and its blessings? Mostly we
go about our days seeking comfort in the complaining routine and
brooding over what we have not got. It’s this very negativity which
the monks of Chinmaya mission seek to counter.
Beopar
mandal, POWA meet Naidu
Chandigarh, February 12
The Chandigarh Beopar Mandal and
the Property Owners Welfare Association separately met with the BJP
President, Mr Venkaiah Naidu, this morning. Both the bodies claimed to
have got a favourable response from the BJP Chief on the issue of
amendment to the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1948. Ever
since the Chandigarh Administration amended the Act in November last
year, the mandal has been opposing the amendment, while POWA has
welcomed the move.
Naidu calls for cordial
Centre-State ties
Chandigarh, February 12
Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu, national president of the BJP, today called for cordial Centre-State relations to help the country become a developed nation by 2010.
‘‘The politics of confrontation by Congress chief ministers like Ajit Jogi and Captain Amarinder Singh will not help in stablising the national polity”, he said at a Meet the Press at Chandigarh Press Club. ‘‘The politics of dharnas before the Prime Minister’s residence will not help’’, he added.
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complain against SP
Chandigarh, February 12
Paramjit Singh Sahota, of SAS
Nagar, Jaspal Singh, of Kharar and Dharam Singh Sandhu, of Chandigarh
had jointly complained to the ADG (Crime), Punjab, that Mr S.P.S.
Parmar, SP (Crime) was distorting the facts of investigation against
Resham Singh, a warrant officer of the Air Force who had duped them of
Rs 17,40,000 promising to send them to the USA.
Samarpan
Divas observed
Chandigarh, February 12
The local unit of the BJP observed
the martyrdom day of Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhaya as Samarpan Divas at the
party’s office in Sector 33 here yesterday.
Mayor
impressed by Greater Noida sanitation scheme
Chandigarh, February 12
Chandigarh is studying the
mechanised sanitation arrangement of the future benchmark city of the
country, Greater Noida. Mayor Subhash Chawla visited the city recently
and was impressed with the arrangement. He said garbage could not be
seen in the city anywhere even in villages falling under the periphery
of Greater Noida.
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