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GMCH head puts in papers
Chandigarh, August 23
The Director Principal of Government Medical College and Hospital Sector 32, Prof S.B.S. Mann, today put in his papers before the UT Administration. “I have resigned purely on personal grounds.

Father donates son’s eyes
Chandigarh, August 23
Even as he saw his 15-year-old son being crushed to death by a truck, right before his eyes, Mr Virender Sakhuja of Ambala, had the heart to think of the visually impaired person who could get the “gift of vision” even though he had lost his son.

Doctor’s negligence case: family to meet Administrator
Chandigarh, August 23
The family of Abhishek Ahluwalia, along with the Shivalik Enclave Residents Welfare Association, will be presenting a memorandum to the UT Administrator, Justice O.P. Verma (retd), to seek strict action against the doctors and Inscol Hospital, due to whose alleged negligence, Abhishek’s one leg had to be amputated.

BSNL subscribers await new telephone numbers
Chandigarh, August 23
About two lakh fixed-line subscribers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd in Chandigarh, Panchkula and SAS Nagar are waiting for the introduction of the new telephone numbers with prefix 2 to their current numbers. The new 11- digit number have been introduced in the country, except a few towns in the south and Chandigarh region.

Up went the truck as the driver tried to download earth along the roadside in front of Durga Nursery on Chandigarh-Panchkula Highway on Saturday. — Tribune photo Pawan Sharma

Gains likely for UT staff shifted to MC
The Chandigarh UT employees transferred to the Municipal Corporation are likely to gain several benefits if the thinking in the Home Ministry is any indication. Over 7,000 employees who have been transferred to the corporation since 1994 would benefit by the proposed amendment to the Punjab Municipal Corporation Law Act.

Murder accused dies in custody
Patiala/ SAS Nagar, August 23
Parampal Singh Matharoo, the main accused in the murder of executive engineer V.K. Chopra, died here today after being brought to Government Rajindra Hospital from the Central Jail.

Parted in death
Panchkula, August 23
Their love story ended in tragedy. Unable to make their respective families agree to their marriage, 26-year-old Jaswinder and 24-year-old Puja attempted suicide at their rented accommodation in Kalka this afternoon. While Jaswinder died, Puja was admitted to the hospital and saved.

• Zirakpur shops to close on Monday

COMMUNITY

Allotment of IT park sites from next week
Chandigarh, August 23
The formal allotment of sites in the Information Technology (IT) Park here is all set to commence from next week. The Chandigarh Administration has sought a clarification from its lawyer Mr Soli J. Sorabjee, on an order of the Supreme Court passed on August 11.

Administration cautions Togadia
Chandigarh, August 23
The international general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Dr Praveen Bhai Togadia, may not be his fiery self during his visit to Chandigarh and Panchkula tomorrow.

Cops to be trained to crack terror crime
Chandigarh, August 23
With terrorists posing a challenge to investigating agencies by using ever-improving techniques of using explosives, the Bureau of Police Research and Development has planned training programmes for the reorientation of officials of these agencies.

AN-12 crashed as it was flying blind: Sehgal
Chandigarh, August 23
The last radio contact with the pilot of the AN-12 aircraft which crashed in the upper reaches of Himachal Pradesh 35 years ago indicates that the aircraft was flying in zero-visibility conditions and it had strayed off-course, which may have led to the disaster.

90 kundi  connections removed from district courts
Chandigarh, August 23
The UT Engineering Department today removed kundi connection from 90 temporary chambers in the District Court Complex here. A team of senior officials of the UT Engineering Department accompanied by a police posse marched in the district court premises in the afternoon and removed the kundi connections from the temporary chambers made on the first and second floors of the building of advocates’ chambers.

Cow case: 3 more MC employees surrender
Chandigarh, August 23
Three more employees of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, who were wanted by the Himachal Pradesh Police, today surrendered at Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh.

2 cops suspended on woman’s complaint
SAS Nagar, August 23
Two policemen posted in the township have been suspended on charges of illegally detaining a woman and trying to outrage her modesty. Taking a serious note of a written complaint by Rajinder Kaur (name changed), a resident of village Sohana here, the Superintendent of Police, Mr Harcharan Singh Bhullar has ordered immediate arrest and suspension of Dilbagh Singh and Shamsher Singh, both constables.

• 10-year-old electrocuted

EDUCATION

Accountancy expert points out lapses

Chandigarh, August 23 “A nexus between publishing houses and red-tapism prevented the Central Board for Secondary Education from introducing a revised syllabus in accountancy which has been long overdue,” said Dr Balbir Singh, Chairperson, Department of Business Studies, Delhi University. Teachers from various city schools take part in a two-day orientation programme on accountancy at DAV Public School, Sector 15, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Law students to get 3 teachers
Chandigarh, August 23
Even after about two months of commencement of the fifth semester, the students of Panjab University’s Law Department are struggling to get faculty for three major subjects.

Resentment over checking at PU gates

Chandigarh, August 23 The police checking at the Punjab University gates opposite Sector 15 and Sector 25, respectively, coupled with closing of the gate opposite PGI has created a resentment among daily visitors to the campus. Visitors to the Panjab University campus face inconvenience as cops verify their antecedents before allowing them entry on the campus. This picture was taken on Saturday at Gate No. 2. — Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan

Biotech fest takes off
Chandigarh, August 23
A Biotechnology Festival-COSMID-2003 was organised by the Department of Biotechnology at GGDSD College, Sector 32, here yesterday. The festival, inaugurated by Principal of the college Dr. A.C. Vaid, was marked by lecturers by eminent scientists, inter-college quiz contest, group-discussions among others.

Bhavan college Principal gets award
Chandigarh, August 23
The Principal, College of Communication and Management, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Dr P. K. Vasudeva, was given the Bharat Jyoti Award by Dr Bhisham Narain Singh, former Governor Tamil Nadu at a function at Hotel Cannaught, New Delhi.

From Colleges Talent search contest held Chandigarh, August 23 A two-day annual talent search competition, “Aurora” organised by students of the Guru Gobind Singh College for Women concluded here today. Girls perform at the annual talent search competition “Aurora”- cum-Miss Fresher at Guru Gobind Singh College for Women in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Tribune photo Parvesh Chauhan

From Schools
Essay writing contest on environment
Chandigarh, August 23
About 100 students from 50 government and public schools of the city participated in an essay writing contest held at the CII Northern Region Headquarters here today.

50 take part in poster contest
Chandigarh, August 23
Lions Club International( Region IV) today organised a seminar on anti dowry and a peace poster contest at Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21C. As many as 50 students participated in the poster competition. Students laid stress on the need to save the earth from war.

COURTS

Ravi Inder Singh summoned in embezzlement case
Panchkula, August 23
Taking up a criminal complaint case by a Chandigarh resident Ms Baljit Kaur, a local court has ordered the summoning of the former Punjab Speaker, Mr Ravi Inder Singh, Ms Rajmohinder Kaur and Mr Gurdev Singh for December 2.

AWWA holds blood donation camp Chandigarh, August 23 Thirty-four members of the Army Wives Welfare Association donated blood at a camp organised today at Command Hospital, Chandimandir, near here, to mark the association’s 38th anniversary. A blood donation camp was organised by the Army Wives Welfare Association at Command Hospital to mark its 38th anniversary in Chandimandir on Saturday.

Blood donation camp in memory of Captain Batra
Chandigarh, August 23
More than 100 students donated blood at a camp organised by the Himachal Pradesh Students Union in memory of Capt Vikram Batra, Param Vir Chakra, at Panjab University.

Talk on positive health at PU
Chandigarh, August 23
A former PGI physician and cardiologist, Dr J.S. Chadha, was invited by the Department of Correspondence Studies, Panjab University, to deliver a talk on positive health.

SPORTS

St Stephen’s, Sacred Heart sail into last four
Chandigarh, August 23
St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, and Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, won their respective matches to sail into the last four of the first Chandigarh sub-junior girls football championship being played at Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, here.

ADMINISTRATION

IT Dept to target big violators
Chandigarh, August 23
Income Tax assessees who hide their income, especially “other” sources of income while filing their returns, should be ready for penalty and imprisonment, said Mr Raj Narain, Member of the Settlement Commission of the Income Tax Department, here today.