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Women with helmets win appreciation from police

Chandigarh, September 23
Anxiety gave way to happiness as traffic policemen, better known for issuing challans, handed over food coupons as award to women scooterists wearing helmets at the Sector 18 crossing, here today.
One of the recipients of the “award”, Ms Manmeet Kaur, tells the cops why she chose to wear a helmet at the Press Chowk

One of the recipients of the “award”, Ms Manmeet Kaur, tells the cops why she chose to wear a helmet at the Press Chowk, Sector 18, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

HC Additional Registrar booked for corruption
Chandigarh, September 23
Suspended Registrar (Additional) of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Tara Chand was booked by the police here today under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1998, for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

REGIONAL BRIEFS

EARLIER STORIES

	Ex-BJP Mayor caused 16 cr loss to MC: Chawla September 23, 2003
	Housing society members allege Rs 3-cr bungling September 22, 2003
	MP, student leaders seek Mayor’s intervention September 21, 2003
	Illegal structures around city pulled down September 20, 2003
	Public, industry bear brunt of power cuts September 19, 2003
	One feared washed away near Mauli Jagran September 18, 2003
	On-wheel mobile users to get tickets September 17, 2003
	Dalit protesters canecharged September 16, 2003
	Infant abducted from General Hospital September 15, 2003
	Tax raids on 2 discos September 14, 2003
	It’s clean sweep by PUSU September 13, 2003

Priest stabs wife for spurning unity offer
Chandigarh, September 23
A 22-year-old estranged priest today allegedly stabbed his 20-year-old wife when she spurned his offer to get reunited after having been separated for the last six months.

‘Happening’ place for PU students

Chandigarh, September 23
The canteen of the Arts Block I and II or ‘The Hut’, as it is popularly known, is one of the most happening places on the Panjab University campus. The rush of students during the working hours, particularly during the earlier part of the day, is overwhelming compared to other canteens on the campus.

Students share a joke during a break at ‘The Hut’ in Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma

8 petrol station owners booked
Chandigarh, September 23
Hundreds of vehicle owners may feel relieved at the booking of erring petrol pump operators by the Weighs and Measures Cell in the UT Industrial Department. These petrol stations were allegedly dispensing less quantity of petrol and diesel, while showing the correct meter reading to the consumers.

Tribune chowk-Zirakpur stretch declared ‘accident prone’
Chandigarh, September 23
The road from Tribune chowk to Zirakpur has been termed the second “killer stretch” after the one leading to Panchkula, with the Chandigarh Police putting up six caution boards declaring it a “fatal accident-prone” road.

And now power from aero-engines
Chandigarh, September 23
The IAF has initiated a project to study the techno-economic feasibility of using surplus aircraft engines to run generators for producing electricity. The project is being undertaken at No.3 Base Repair Depot here.

Plea of sportsperson on engineering seat dismissed
Chandigarh, September 23
The classification of games for providing benefit to the students by a university is permissible under Article 14 of the Constitution of India, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled in a significant judgement.

Warrants against Chandigarh DC
New Delhi, September 23
A Delhi court has issued a bailable warrant against Chandigarh Deputy Commissioner for failing to produce the records of revolver licence issued to a person accused in a case before the court.

COMMUNITY

Award to Ranbaxy a cruel joke, feel residents
Chandigarh, September 23
The National Safety Award conferred on the Mohali plant of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has been declared a cruel joke by residents of Mohali and villagers living in the vicinity of the factory.

The plant of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited at SAS Nagar that has been awarded National Safety Award recently. — Photo Parvesh Chauhan.

Looking forward to meet ‘modern Chacha Nehru’

Chandigarh, September 23
“He’s the modern Chacha Nehru of the children”. So perceive two visually impaired children chosen to interact with President of India, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, with other schoolchildren on his visit to the city on September 29.

Visually impaired Mandeep Singh and Manglesh Kumar are all smiles as they talk of their expectations from the President’s visit at the Institute of Blind, Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Kalam to open NIPER facility
SAS Nagar, September 23
The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) is among a few centres to have a state-of-the art facility to develop batches for clinical trails of active pharmaceutical ingredients of synthetics and herbal origin. The President, Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam, will dedicate the facility to the nation on September 29.

Mohali to be spruced up for President’s visit

Phase XI park in a state of neglect
SAS Nagar, September 23
The Neighbourhood Park in Phase XI is in a state of neglect and the number of people who come there for daily walks has come down.

Panchkula Diary
MC gives 10 days to pay house tax
Panchkula, September 23
The Municipal Council has given 10 days’ time to all residents within the municipal limits to pay their house tax and fire tax bills for the year 2002- 2003.

Council chief refutes fraud allegations
Panchkula, September 23
The President and the Executive Officer of the Panchkula Municipal Council today refuted allegations of fraud levelled at the latter by a local social organisation, Peoples Voice Gods Voice. They have also threatened to take legal recourse against the organisation.

All-India Tribes Dal threatens to move SC
Ludhiana, September 23
The All India Tribes Dal has threatened that if their demands regarding welfare schemes for destitute tribes were not fulfilled, it would move the Supreme Court against the governments responsible for delay.

Clarification

CRIME

Man, horse killed in accident
Chandigarh, September 23
A 35-year-old resident of Palsora Colony and a horse were killed this evening near Daddu Majra in an accident involving a bicycle, a tractor-trailer, a horse cart and a stationary vehicle of the Municipal Corporation.

Police told to register cheating case
Chandigarh, September 23
A man who was trying to make a fast buck by promising assured allotment of subsidised rehablitation dwelling units against payment to displaced jhuggi dwellers is to be booked at the behest of the Chandigarh Administration.

Man hangs himself to death
Chandigarh, September 23
An ailing 44-year-old resident of Colony Number 5 today hanged himself to death leaving behind three children and his wife.

BUSINESS

Hallmarking gold jewellery
Chandigarh, September 23
About 88 per cent of the samples of jewellery picked up by the Bureau of Indian Standards in different parts of the country have been found to be much below their declared purity.

EDUCATION

PU to hold seminar on Sept 26
Chandigarh, September 23
Panjab University has been identified as one of the six universities in the country to host a seminar in connection with the Golden Jubilee year of the University Grants Commission later this year, official sources said here today.

Meeting cancelled, college students threaten stir
Chandigarh, September 23
The stage is set for a confrontation at the Government College for Girls, Sector 11, between the college authorities and students tomorrow with the scheduled meeting among parents, staff members and the DPI (Colleges) called off today.

Curriculum development workshop
Chandigarh, September 23
A four-day workshop on curriculum development was organised at the Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Tangori, in collaboration with the Technical Teachers’ Training Institute, Chandigarh.

Lecture on nation building
Chandigarh, September 23
To discuss issues like population programme, eradication of illiteracy, environment degradation, status of women and communal harmony, an extension lecture on the theme “Role of Youth in National Building” was organised by MCM DAV College for Women at its college campus in sector 36 here yesterday.

Philately workshop
Chandigarh, September 23
A Chandigarh-based voluntary organisation, Burning Brain Society, in association with TS Central State Library will organise a one-day workshop and quiz competition on philately for schoolchildren of Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula and peripheral areas. The workshop will be conducted on October 8 at the TS Central State Library auditorium.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Plea on cleanliness
Chandigarh, September 23
A save Rose Garden campaign launched by a city advocate moved ahead with the High Court asking the UT Administration to consider the proposals by its officials expeditiously.

Court summons five for perjury
Chandigarh, September 23
Acting on an application moved by Mr S.K. Vohra, a local court today summoned five persons for trying to mislead the court by distorting the facts and also by concealing material facts. Those summoned, including Sanjeev Kumar, have been asked to appear in the court on November 24.

Woman sent in judicial custody

CULTURE

Baring the squalor of politics

Chandigarh, September 23
Set in the 14th century, “Zille Subhani”, today’s presentation at Tagore Theatre, sought to bare the ugly face of power and politics. Written to recreate that period in history which takes off from the death of Alla-ud-din Khilji and proceeds to focus on the coronation of Mohammed Tughlaq, today’s production by the NSD Repertory company was all about analysing the dirty planks that shroud the bitter realities about rulers and their designs.
A scene from a play “Zille Subhani” staged at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

A scene from a play “Zille Subhani” staged at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh

YOUTH LIFE & STYLE
Festival season on, time to celebrate
Hey kids, its time to celebrate. The seniors are busy throwing freshers’ parties. In the university, even in colleges, Divali celebrations are also ready to explode with a bang.

HEALTH

Nature Cure Centre attracts many
Chandigarh, September 23
The nature cure centre at Kalagram in Mani Majra, which was opened on June 14, has been providing all sorts of treatment for obesity and various chronic diseases. With the opening of the centre, Kalagram has recorded a rise in the number of visitors. The centre, which functions under Dr Bindu Gupta, Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS), and a B.Ed in yoga offers treatment for obesity, hypertension, arthritis, depression, skin diseases, asthma, cervical, diabetes and various chronic diseases.

Dr Bindu Gupta gives mud therapy to a patient at the Nature Cure Centre at Kalagram, Mani Majra,
on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Medical camp at Bapu Dham Colony
Chandigarh, September 23
About 126 residents were examined and 28 patients treated for sexually transmitted diseases at an awareness-cum-medical camp for prevention and control of HIV and AIDS at Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26 here.

Workshop on female foeticide
Chandigarh, September 23
A two-day workshop on “Abolishing female foeticide” to be organised by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s Directorate of Field Publicity (North-West region) will begin here tomorrow.

Health camp held
SAS Nagar, September 23
A special health camp for senior citizens was organised to celebrate World Senior Citizens Day by Defence Veterans Polyclinic here today.

SPORTS

Manav Mangal boys are table tennis champs

Chandigarh, September 23
Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21, clinched the title in the under-14 boys category in the inter-school Table Tennis Tournament being organised by the UT Education Department, at the Table Tennis Hall in Sector 23 here today.

The boys’ under-14 table tennis team of Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21, which won the title in the UT Inter-School Table Tennis Tournament organised by the UT Education Department at table tennis hall, Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma
The boys’ under-14 table tennis team of Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21, which won the title in the UT Inter-School Table Tennis Tournament organised by the UT Education Department at table tennis hall, Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.

City to host national triathlon meet
Chandigarh, September 23
Chandigarh is all set to host the 12th Senior National Triathlon Championship at Sukhna Lake on September 28. It is for the first time in the history of the city that a senior national meet in this sport is being conducted here.

Inter-district cricket tourney
Panchkula, September 23
Panchkula once again emerged powerful against Chandigarh in the opening match of the Haryana State Inter-District Cricket Championship (under-15) and won the game by 29 runs here today.

ADMINISTRATION

BJP councillor secured 20.50 lakh for development
Chandigarh, September 23
When it comes to “spending” public money on development projects in the city, businessmen operating from the major commercial hubs of the city, certainly need to be happy. Also the political differences between the ruling Congress group and the BJP did not prove a deterrent for the latter in securing funds for development.

Corporation loses lakhs as taxi stands mushroom
Chandigarh, September 23
Taxi mafia, operating in the city, is causing loss running into lakhs to the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh. As per an estimate, the mafia as of now has almost 35 to 40 unauthorised taxi stands in the city. There are currently 43 authorised taxi stands in Chandigarh.

Tight security for Ramlilas
Chandigarh, September 23
Even as actors descended on the stage for Ramlila rehearsals in most parts of the city, the Chandigarh Police today stepped up its vigil around the venues.

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