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Woman beats youth to death over langar

SAS Nagar, November 8 In a horrifying incident that took place in the holy precincts of a gurdwara, a middle-aged woman in Mauli Baidwan village today beat a 22-year-old youth to death while he was doing sewa in the gurdwara.
Grief-stricken Jagir Kaur (right), mother of Sukhdev Singh (inset), 22-year-old youth beaten to death at Mauli Baidwan village, SAS Nagar, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

PU questions its own concession
Chandigarh, November 8
Panjab University has raised a question mark over a special concession made by the Syndicate for allowing admission to candidates placed under compartment of school boards, particularly Punjab School Education Board.

Gurpurb weaves a joyous spell Chandigarh, November 8 Boisterous din of bursting crackers today echoed in houses decked up with colourful blinking lights as residents celebrated Guru Nanak Dev’s birth anniversary. Blood donation camps, health camps, community kitchens, poetry recital and shabad singing competitions were organised all over the city and the adjoining areas to commemorate the parkash utsav.

Divine light: Devotees light candles at a gurdwara on the occasion of Prakash Utsav of Guru Nanak Devji in Chandigarh on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

20-yr-old killed in mishap
Chandigarh, November 8
A city youth, Amit Rajwanshi, a student of the Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehra Dun, died in a road accident this morning.

Anupam Kher comes home to nostalgia

Chandigarh, November 8 No matter how close to prominence one gets, there is no escaping the call of nostalgia. It is small wonder then that Anupam Kher, the brand new chairman of the Censor Board of India and outstanding actor who is busy straddling international cinema, came running when warm memories of childhood beckoned him. Anupam Kher and his wife Kiron halted in Chandigarh on their way to Shimla, where they are to attend the centenary celebrations of the Kalka-Shimla rail track. — Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan.

Nostalgia prevails at UBS alumni reunion

Chandigarh, November 8 “I am feeling so happy on visiting my department that I have no words to express. I owe my confidence, positive attitude and professional skills to the department,” said Ms Kiran Khera, the first woman MBA passout of 1971 batch from University Business School (UBS) of Panjab University. Young would-be managers at the University Business School of Panjab University are all smiles while defeating the old guards in a tug-of-war game at the sixth UBS Alumni Association meet held on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

Kurukshetra boy who rocked the Silicon Valley
Chandigarh, November 8
If Sabir Bhatia hit the news headlines in 1997, when he walked away with a $400 million deal with Bill Gates, Rohit Sharma did a repeat with a share-exchange worth $900 million, when his 1997 infant ONI Systems merged with CIENA Corporation in June 2002. A deal that shook the US communications industry, it was a stunning debut.

Seized drugs to stay in police hands no more
Chandigarh, November 8
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has paved way for effective pre-trial disposal of seized contraband. This can go a long way in reducing the possibility of the police planting the narcotics on innocent people.

COMMUNITY

Dance girl may sue police for harassment
Chandigarh, November 8
One of the dancing girls recovered from a pub in Bangalore is considering to sue the police for her alleged harassment and plans to return to the Indian Silicon Valley sometime after November 20.

Punjab canals in bad shape, says engineers’ body
Chandigarh, November 8
The Institution of Engineers (India), a body of engineers from Punjab, Chandigarh and surrounding states, has expressed its concern about the lack of maintenance of hydel projects and canal system in Punjab. With the fall in budgetary support from the Centre and state governments, it felt, the Irrigation Departments were finding it hard to meet even day-to-day maintenance expenses of the canal systems.

Century-old rail heritage Chandigarh, November 8 As the last train to mark the end of a century of glorious railway heritage chugged off from Kalka Railway Station this evening, there were somethings special for every passenger on board. Wearing a dress of the erstwhile North-Western Railways, a guard flags off the Kalka-Shimla train at Kalka Railway Station on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

INLD flouts apex court’s order on hoardings Panchkula, November 8 Encouraged by political patronage, the two national highways passing through the district NH-22 (Zirakpur - Panchkula- Kalka) and NH-73 (Panchkula - Naraingarh) are the new avenues for political parties and various companies to seek publicity. Hoardings, highlighting the achievements of the ruling INLD, dot the two highways (Panchkula - Kalka and Panchkula - Naraingarh) running through the district. — A Tribune photograph

Panchkula Diary
Pammi Bai supports Daler Mehndi
Panchkula, November 8
Punjabi folk singer Pammi Bai yesterday gave his oblique support to pop star Daler Mehndi, caught in the human trafficking racket, by saying that bureaucrats, politicians and religious leaders were also involved in this racket.

Tension over bid to sacrifice goat
SAS Nagar, November 8
Tension prevailed at the Phase II park here yesterday when residents of Maloya and Burail villages tried to sacrifice a goat as a thanksgiving gesture for the birth of a son to a resident of Burail.

MC workers to hold rally
Chandigarh, November 8
The Municipal Corporation Roads Workers Union will hold a rally at Matka chowk in protest against the non-acceptance of their long-pending demands.

Readers Write
Plan approval a long-drawn process
REPORTS appearing in the Press like “UT's red tape just got a little longer”, “Getting the building plans now more simple”, “Estate Office: where clerk is the king” and “Estate Office clarifies time-frame for plan approval process” are not projecting the true picture of ground reality.

CRIME

Raids conducted to arrest assaulters
Panchkula, November 8 
The police today raided various places in Chandigarh and Panchkula to arrest Lokesh and Satish Gupta, who have been accused of having assaulted lawyer Neeraj Sahni.

Man killed in road mishap
Chandigarh, November 8
An unidentified man in his early 70s died after being hit by a car on the Madhya Marg in Sector 26 here yesterday.

EDUCATION

PU to rethink on festival venue
Chandigarh, November 8
Rowdyism at the Youth Festival yesterday will force Panjab University to rethink on the issue of choosing venue for the Zonal Youth Festivals from the forthcoming academic session. The ‘gidha’ and ‘bhangra’ competition witnessed a heavy disorder, exchange of chairs, breaking of furniture and a break in the session on the concluding day of Zone-B festival yesterday.

COURTS

District courts
2 Punjab cops identified
Chandigarh, November 8
Tarlochan Singh, whose son Kulwinder Singh was killed by the Punjab police in an alleged fake encounter case in 1989, yesterday identified two of the accused — Punjab police officials — involved in a local court. The hearing in the case was adjourned for November 27 for cross-examination.

CULTURE

Exploring the vitality of clay
Chandigarh, November 8
The first semester students of Chandigarh College of Architecture had their first chance to explore the vitality of clay when they attended a day-long clay modelling workshop conducted on the college campus by eminent sculptor Sumangol Roy yesterday.

Jagjit Singh to perform as organisers pay up
Chandigarh, November 8
Famous ghazal singer, Jagjit Singh, will render his melodious voice in the city tomorrow as organisers of his show, Tycoon Events and Promotion Private Limited, paid up Rs 1.44 lakh as entertainment tax as demanded by the Excise and Taxation Department of Chandigarh Administration.

Loading audience with Smirnoff Experience
Chandigarh, November 8
The glory of blended music will never end, at least not till the time we have mixers like deejay Ivan, who has behind him some celebrated deejay concerts with the most promising music blenders in the world.

HEALTH

UT Red Cross to hold health camps
Chandigarh, November 8
The UT Red Cross will organise health camps in the rural and slum areas of the city. The first of the fortnightly camps will start on November 14 at Government Girls School, Sector 25, at 8:30 am. The camp will be free of cost for all residents.

510 examined at medical camp
Chandigarh, November 8
As many as 510 patients were examined at a free medical camp organised by Sewa Bharti at Darua village today. The camp was sponsored by Siddharath Memorial Trust.

Ultrasound machine installed
Chandigarh, November 8
An ultrasound machine was installed at a charitable diagnostic centre run by Bharat Vikas Parishad at Indira Holiday Home in Sector 24 here today. The machine, worth Rs 6 lakh, will help in the diagnosis of various problems.

SPORTS

Saupin’s carrom tourney opens

Chandigarh, November 8 The Third Saupin’s Inter-School Carrom tournament began here today at Saupin’s School, Sector 9, Panchkula. In the girls section (Class IX onwards), Saupin’s School team A won the title by beating its team B 2-1. Carrom players in action at the third Saupin’s Inter-School Carrom Championship, which began at Panchkula on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Razdan, Jaskaran lead chess championship
Chandigarh, November 8
Anmol Razdan and Jaskaran Jeet Singh, with three points each, were leading at the end of the third round of the Chandigarh Junior Chess (under 19) Championship, which began here today at St Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Sector 44.

GGS College, PU win table tennis titles
Chandigarh, November 8
GGS College for Women, Sector 26, here in women’s section and Panjab University campus in men’s section emerged winners in the Panjab University Inter-College Table Tennis tournament, which concluded here today. In the women’s final, GGS College defeated MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, by three matches to nil.

ADMINISTRATION

Cycle track altered to suit encroachers
Chandigarh, November 8
The much-hyped about scheme of the Chandigarh Administration to have cycle tracks along the major roads to ease traffic congestion has hit a roadblock in Sector 19, thanks to the encroachers who have illegal shops along the road dividing Sector 19 and 27, besides an unauthorised parking lot.

Advisory council suggests widening of roads
Chandigarh, November 8
A sub-committee of the transport advisory council, Chandigarh Administration, yesterday suggested that operations of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) should be based on profitability for providing adequate services while also keeping in view its social obligation.

MC employees promised service condition benefits
Chandigarh, November 8
Employees of the municipal corporation have been promised some benefits in the service conditions which will be decided shortly. A meeting between employee unions and the Chandigarh Administration has been convened to discuss the matter.

• Panchkula SP