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Enforcement staff ‘forces’ penalties on shopkeepers
Receipts issued saying it is for festival 
Chandigarh, October 27
It seems that taking a bribe is now routine thing in the Municipal Corporation. The enforcement wing of the Municipal Corporation resorted to forcible collection of lakhs of rupees from shopkeepers in the name of Divali and even issued receipts for the same saying the money had been collected on account of the Festival.

Two held for drugging, looting passengers
Chandigarh, October 27
Befriending co-passengers and naive people in trains and on railway stations in the city, Ambala, Ludhiana and Kalka, before drugging and looting them, brought in quick money for two unemployed youth on a number of occasions but eventually landed them behind bars.

Vikas and Padam Bahadur — the two persons suspected of drugging and looting train passengers — in the custody of the Railway Police in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Kapil inaugurates cricket academy
Chandigarh, October 27
India’s ‘Cricketer of the century’ Kapil Dev inaugurated a cricket academy at the Sector 16 cricket stadium here today.

Kapil Dev distributes T-shirts and caps sent by the Cricket Board to young trainees after he inaugurated a cricket academy at the Sector 16 cricket stadium in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Divali sales in city over Rs 100 cr
Chandigarh, October 27
“We had never expected such a heavy rush of customers on Divali. The response from them has been unprecedented. Not only city residents, but also customers from all over Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and even Jammu and Kashmir have thronged the city markets,” said Mr Arvind Jain, president, Shopkeepers’ Association of Sector 22.

A day after Divali
SAS Nagar/Chandigarh, October 27
After the shopping spree during Divali city residents seem to be taking the much needed rest. Many shopkeepers too closed shops early today.

BREAKING NEWS
PU plans value-added courses for arts graduates
Chandigarh, October 27
Panjab University proposes to introduce value-added courses at the undergraduate level to develop entrepreneurship in students who pass out as simple arts graduates. This is to be in tune with the changing times and in consonance with the market-driven economy and job opportunities.

Fee hike in PU colleges on anvil
Chandigarh, October 27
A fee hike in the colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh affiliated to Panjab University is on the anvil though the proposal of the massive hike, recommended by the UT Administration, is unlikely to get the nod of the special 10-member committee of the Senate when it meets tomorrow for the second time since its constitution in July this year.

Hansraj Principal moves court against suspension
Panchkula, October 27
The Principal of the prestigious Hansraj Public School in Sector 6 here, Dr(Mrs) Rajani Thareja, who has been placed under suspension by the DAV Managing Committee, Delhi, for the alleged insubordination, has gone to the court against her transfer to Surajpur as well as her suspension.

SC grants bail to N.K. Jain
Chandigarh, October 27
Former UT Home Secretary, N.K Jain was today granted bail by the Supreme Court in a case pertaining to his alleged involvement in the rape of a Shimla girl. Mr Jain was arrested by the UT police on the charge of hatching a conspiracy to implicate a city-based businessman, Mr M.K. Jain, in the case.

COMMUNITY

Who will light these expensive park lights?
SAS Nagar, October 27
Once again residents of the township find themselves at the receiving end due to lack of coordination between the Municipal Council (MC) and the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) here.

A park behind the Phase VII market, SAS Nagar, which has no functional lights.

Goods damaged in fire
Chandigarh, October 27
Goods worth lakhs were gutted in a major fire which broke out in an industrial unit in Ram Darbar here this evening. The unit, Ajay Steel Industries (Delight Chairs), manufactures plastic chairs, steel chairs, plastic tables and plastic fridge stands.

Add soya punch to your diet
Chandigarh, October 27
With more than 80 per cent of the Indians suffering from some disease or the other, a conscious effort is being made by the community at large to adopt healthy eating habits. Most of us today do understand and relate to health related issues but do we actually make a conscious effort to modify our diet or introduce healthy eating habits?

Convention achieved nothing, says Chohan
Next to be held in December
SAS Nagar, October 27
The leader of the Khalsa Raj Party, Dr Jagjit Singh Chohan, said here today that nothing concrete had emerged from the World Sikh Convention and announced the holding of another convention in December.

Jagjit Singh Chohan, leader of the Khalsa Raj Party, on their way to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, in connection with the installation of a portrait of Darshan Singh Pheruman at the Vidhan Sabha in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Pak national allowed to observe Ramzan fast in jail
Chandigarh, October 27
Stating that every prisoner has a right to practice his religion while he is in jail, the Model Jail Burail authorities today allowed a Pakistani national, Abid Mehmood, lodged in the jail on spying charges, to observe fast, along with about 25 other Muslims, during Ramzan.

Strengthening the bond of affection
Chandigarh, October 27
Strengthening the bonds of love and affection, sisters throughout the city applied vermilion on the forehead of their brothers on the occasion of Bhaiya Dooj today.

Bhaiya Dooj was celebrated with traditional gaiety in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

FAUJI BEAT
Don’t treat infantryman as unskilled labourer
Infantry Day is celebrated on October 27 every year, because on this day our first battle, after the partition of the country, started with Pakistan. On October 27, 1947, one infantry battalion (1 Sikh), was flown from Gurgaon to Srinagar.

• Command Hospital

• Fifth SSB

• Army placement agency

City to have another electric crematorium
Chandigarh, October 27
The city will have a futuristic plan for roads for the next 20 years. This will include the involvement of road science experts who will conduct a study and visualise the future requirements of city roads.

Bhatti opens ‘kabootar centre’ in city
Chandigarh, October 27
“Canada, America ke dekh nazare, jameen jaidad bech ke pyare,” was a satire typical of Jaspal Bhatti. As the comedy king and members of his Nonsense Club launched the International Kabootar Centre amidst much fanfare in the Sector 17 Piazza here today, Jaspal Bhatti hit it where it hurts the most, attacking the ongoing practice of human trafficking in the name of art and culture.

Comedy king Jaspal Bhatti launches the International Kabootar Centre in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

RSS chief mourns ex-Chief Justice’s death
Chandigarh, October 27
Mr K.S. Sudharshan, chief of the RSS, has condoled the death of a former Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Jitender Vir Gupta, who was the president of the Northern Zone unit of the RSS. The former Chief Justice died on October 25.

• Judges mourn Justice Gupta’s death

EDUCATION

Mock medical entrance test
Chandigarh, October 27
A group of students and alumni of Punjab Engineering College, Sector 12, and Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, will organise a ‘mock engineering and medical entrance examination’ at various centres in Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi.

Jury for teachers’ awards constituted
Chandigarh, October 27
The Teacher’s Achievement Awards 2003 which will be given next month promise to set standards for excellence and achievement.

PEC student wins national competition
Chandigarh, October 27
Prashant Chadha, a final-year student of Punjab Engineering College, (PEC), Chandigarh, has won the All-India Programming Competition called ENIAC -1 organised by the faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, in collaboration with Student Branch, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) in New Delhi.

COURTS

Novel released
Panchkula, October 27
‘Khushbu Khushbu’, a novel written by Mr B.D. Kalia Humdum, president of the Ehsas Adabi Society, was released by Justice N.C. Jain at Panchkula recently.