The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

‘Sacrificial’ baby goat to lure leopard
Lalru, March 15
A two-month-old kid (baby goat) is being used as bait to capture a leopard that has killed two calves in Kurli and Batoli villages, about 5 km from here, in the past five days. The baby goat is tethered every night to a cage put up by villagers.

Mohan Singh, a resident of Kurli village, near Lalru, drags a baby goat into a cage set up in the village to catch a leopard. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Notices to villagers on surplus land
Kharar, March 15
Notices have been issued by the SDM-cum-Collector (Agrarian) to 17 land owners for not filing a declaration under Section 5 of the Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972. The land of 16 persons, to whom notices have been issued, falls in Mirzapur village, while the land of the 17th person falls in Majrian village. All of them own more than 50 acres.

Shabana to campaign for secular candidates
Shabana Azmi Chandigarh, March 15
An actor par excellence, fiery feminist, social activist and astute politician who believes in the pluralism of India. That, and much more, is the firebrand Shabana Azmi. But does she not face an identity crisis in her multi-faceted life? No, she says. “I am a woman, actor, activist and Muslim, besides my various family roles of being a mother, wife and daughter.

Ticket denial turns ex-DGP’s political dream sour
Chandigarh, March 15
Mr P. C. Dogra, former Director-General of Punjab Police, who has fought and won many a battle with those operating on the other side of the law during his long career as a police officer, has lost the battle for securing the BJP ticket for the Chandigarh Parliamentary constituency. The BJP formally announced last night that Mr Satya Pal Jain would be its nominee for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, ending Mr Dogra’s dream to seek election from here.

CHANDIGARH CALLING

YOGA is a science of discipline. So it is essential for every human being to practice it. These are the views of 59-year-old renowned Yoga teacher Swami Adhyatamananda, who is in the city these days to conduct a Yoga camp. He called upon the people to enchant ‘Aum’ for at least 10 to 15 minutes early in the morning every day which helps in recharging the body in every manner.

COMMUNITY

Havala accused is wanted by UK police
Mohali, March 15
The suspected havala operator with three identities caught by the Mohali police recently is wanted by the British police for jal break. The police today informed that the accused, Balhar Singh, alias Dalbara Singh, alias Avtar Singh had escaped from a jail in England where he was lodged on charges of having opened fire in public there. Earlier, Balhar Singh had spent four years in another British prison on charges of rape.

Call to help families of disabled soldiers
Chandigarh, March 15
The UT Administrator, Justice O.P. Verma (retd), yesterday called upon social and voluntary organisations to take initiatives to improve the life of widows and children of gallantry award winners and those rendered disabled while fighting for the country.

A one-inch-long worm was reportedly found in tap water at the residence of Mr D.N. Dhiman, a resident of the PEC campus, Chandigarh, on Sunday. A worm was also reportedly found in the tap water 15 days ago. — A Tribune photograph

Low turnout at training course for cops
Chandigarh, March 15
Only 27 police officials from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan turned up for a week-long training course at the Central Detective Training Institute here today. In all, 51 police officials were called to undergo training into investigation into cases of crime against women and children.

Bansal promises extension of ‘lal dora’
Chandigarh, March 15
The pace of development in the local villages would be accelerated and the ‘lal dora’ extended if the Congress was voted back to power, said Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, a former Member of Parliament. He was addressing a rally of the Youth Congress at Hallo Majra village here yesterday.

P.S. Pruthi is CGA president
Chandigarh, March 15
Mr P.S. Pruthi, Commissioner, Central Excise, Ludhiana, is the new President of the Chandigarh Golf Association.

P.S. Pruthi

Readers Write
Names missing from voters’ list
I am a resident of House No 1053, Sector 41-B, Chandigarh, for the last more than 10 years. I am working as private secretary in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh. I cast my vote in the last municipal Lok Sabha elections. It is surprising that my name as well as my wife’s do not exist in the latest voters’ list, whereas the names of my three daughters and son do exist in the list.

Save city’s pride
Cops should lend a helping hand
Filth all around
Shift GPO to Sector 5
Sad end to love story
Natural life — a health solution

Mohali Diary
Children made aware of traffic rules
A traffic rules awareness camp in progress at Guru Nanak Public School, Mauli Baidwan, on Sunday. AS part of the traffic week celebrations, the education cell of the traffic police, Mohali, organised a traffic rules awareness camp at Guru Nanak Public School, Mauli Baidwan, here yesterday.

A traffic rules awareness camp in progress at Guru Nanak Public School, Mauli Baidwan, on Sunday.

Bank foundation day
Cultural show
Sabha’s plea
Anti-Corruption Forum

Rally against shelving of housing scheme
Mohali, March 15
The Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Staff Association held a gate rally in front of the Udyog Bhavan, Sector 17, Chandigarh, today. The rally was held in protest against the decision of the Punjab Government to shelve the Industrial Housing Scheme of the corporation at Mohali.

BKU(E) men gherao office
Chandigarh, March 15
Hundreds of Punjab farmers owing affiliation to the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta) today took out a rally from the Matka Chowk to the Inter-State Bus Terminus, Sector 17. Later, they gheraoed the office of the Registrar, Punjab Cooperative Societies, Sector 17.

Youth federation activists form human chain
Chandigarh, March 15
Thousands of activists of the All India Youth Federation here today formed a human chain demanding free and compulsory education for all students up to class XII and employment for all. The activists were wearing white T-shirts with a picture of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and were also carrying either a flag or placard.

Fauji Beat
Decorated soldiers honoured
Brig Sant Singh MVC & bar (retd), president WDI, presents a bouquet to Amarjit Kaur, daughter of Nb-Sub Nand Singh, VC, MVC (posthumous), at Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh. The triennial convention of The War Decorated India, an organisation founded in 1991, was held in Chandigarh on March 13 and 14. It was attended by over 1000 gallantry award winners or their survivors. Since 1947, only 21 soldiers have won the PVC. Of them, 16 got the award posthumously.

Brig Sant Singh MVC & bar (retd), president WDI, presents a bouquet to Amarjit Kaur, daughter of Nb-Sub Nand Singh, VC, MVC (posthumous), at Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh.

Bungling in promotions
Rashtriya Rifles

CRIME

Sukhna incident: case registered
Chandigarh, March 15
The Sector 3 police station here has booked Ajay Anand for committing suicide in Sukhna Lake yesterday. Meanwhile, the father of Ajay Anand today told the police that his son had been telling him to take care of his wife and child as he was going to commit suicide.

Jewellery shop burgled
Mohali, March 15
A jewellery shop in Phase 3BI rehri market was burgled last night. According to the owner of the shop Sharda, she found the shutter of her shop dismantled this morning. Goods worth Rs 33,000 and Rs 4000 in cash were found missing.

BUSINESS

Seminar on globalisation of media
Chandigarh, March 15
Self-restraint and not an official regulatory authority is the key to manage the free flow of information through various media. This was the general consensus among delegates at the two-day seminar on “Globalisation of Media and Accountability”, which concluded here today.

EDUCATION

Student loses year, negligence by school authorities alleged
Chandigarh, March 15
Sidharth Luthra, a Class X student of Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, is a dejected person today. He has lost one crucial year as he could not sit in the ongoing matric examination of the Punjab School Education Board due to alleged negligence of the school authorities.

More autonomy sought for business schools
Chandigarh, March 15
The business schools in Punjab should be given greater autonomy so as to help them adapt better to the changing market requirements of the industry. This was the focus of an interaction organised by the Punjab School of Management Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, with its alumni, some of whom being well placed in the industry circles shared their experiences with the MBA students, here today.

Himachali culture showcased at PU
Chandigarh, March 15
“Dholru”, the annual function of the Himachal Pradesh Students’ Association, turned out to be an extravagant affair, rich with folk songs and dances of the hill state. Organised at the Law Auditorium, Panjab University, here today, the programme showcased the essence of Himachali culture. From the Kangra folk dance ‘jhankara’ to the Himachali version of the Punjabi ‘giddha’ and the ‘Solan natti’, the programme was a thorough entertainer.

Students present a Himachali folk dance at the annual function of the Himachal Pradesh Students’ Association in Law Auditorium, Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Paper theft: police asked to lodge FIR
Mohali, March 15
Following the reports of question paper leak of the Class X mathematics examination held today, the Punjab School Education Board has asked the police to lodge an FIR for theft of question papers from its Dehlon centre. A departmental inquiry has also been initiated into the matter. However, the board has decided not to cancel the paper.

B. Braun foundation to offer scholarships
Chandigarh, March 15
B. Braun Medical Trust Foundation, a non-profit organisation, and a part of the German healthcare conglomerate, B. Braun, today announced scholarship for medical students studying in final year. The scholarship will be awarded to 50 postgraduate students in recognition of their academic achievements.

From Schools & Colleges
Two caught impersonating in examination
Chandigarh, March 15
Two candidates appearing in the Class X examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education have been found impersonating in Jind district of Haryana. The cases were detected when the centre superintendent compared the photograph on the attendance sheet with the photograph on the roll number issued to the candidates. The impersonators had attached their photographs on the roll numbers.

COURTS

District Courts
Four Chandigarh Club members move court
Chandigarh, March 15
Four executive members of the Chandigarh Club have moved an application before a local court, for issuance of directions to the club and its acting president, to call the meeting of its executive body to appoint a returning officer for the forthcoming elections.

LIFESTYLE

Panchkula cactus garden nowhere on tourism map
OFFICIAL apathy towards his unique contribution to the region has made Dr J.S. Sarkaria an angry man. For a man who brought Panchkula on the national eco-tourism map, his creation, National Cactus and Succulent Botanical Garden and Research Centre, does not figure on the tourism circuit of Chandigarh or Haryana. The 85-year-old curator of this unique garden says that he has given up any hope of recognition by the Tourism department, or of exhibiting his labour of love to the cactii and succulent plant lovers in the country and abroad.

A view of the National Cactus and Succulent Botanical Garden and Research Centre, Panchkula. — A Tribune photograph

Tabla player par excellence
WHEN a Panchkula-based tabla player wins the first prize at a national-level competition, it is a matter of pride for the region. Such an honour has come to Gautam Dhar, a familiar name in the music fraternity of the city. A music teacher at Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, he won the first prize at the National Youth Festival in Jamshedpur recently. For the honour that he has brought for Haryana, he will be honoured with a cash award by the Haryana Government. Gautam started playing under the guidance of Bhuvan Bhattacharya in Assam when he was only a toddler.

Great to storm male bastion
FROM a person who got training in Indian classical music to running a music company and now directing music videos-Sagarika Bam’s journey has been long but she has managed to reach for the stars. In the city today, Sagarika, has recently shot to fame with her music video “Halu Halu Chal”, says that it feels great to be in a traditionally male bastion. Though this is the first video to be directed by Sagarika, it has got her a lot of rave reviews in the industry.

Select clothes with caution
BAGGY clothes can make you look fatter. This is not all. Too much of white will make you appear larger than you are. At least this is what young fashion designers in the city claim.

Kaifi Azmi comes alive on stage
WHAT Rani Balbir Kaur aspired to achieve through her musical "Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Hasin Sitam" was just to pay tribute to legendary poet Kaifi Azmi, not to make people laugh and certainly not to make them cry. But the moment his daughter Shabana Azmi recited the introductory couplet, "Azib admi tha woh", and broke down on stage, the mood was set — to know this man who enriched Urdu literature and Hindi cinema with his beautiful compositions.

A scene from Rani Balbir Kaur’s “Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Hasin Sitam”, based on the poetry of Kaifi Azmi, which was staged at Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh, on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Viagra works in 40 pc cases, says expert
VIAGRA or the blue pill works in only 40 per cent of the cases though it is termed as super drug and is the second most recognised medicine in the world after Lipitor, says Prof Ajay Nehra from Mayo Clinic in the USA.

God on her canvas, in vibrant colours
SALVATION for Seema Jaitly means riddance from sorrow and finding comfort through unhindered contact with God. She has tried to achieve it through paintings. The theme she has chosen this time is ‘Om’ and the artist has come out with a series of 24 paintings in mixed media which are being displayed at IndusInd Art Gallery.

SPORTS

120 take part in veterans athletics competition
Mohali, March 15
Senior citizens participate in “chatti” race at the Veterans Athletics Competition held at the Dasehra Grounds Ninety men and 30 women took part in the VII Veterans Athletics Competition which was organised at the Dasehra Grounds, Phase VIII, here today. The competition, organised by the Senior Citizens Pensioners Council, Mohali, was inaugurated by the President of the local Municipal Council, Mr Kulwant Singh. Prizes were given by the SDM, Mohali, Mr M.L. Sharma.

Senior citizens participate in “chatti” race at the Veterans Athletics Competition held at the Dasehra Grounds in Mohali on Monday.

20 youngsters attend tennis camp
Chandigarh, March 15
A special training camp involving youngsters below 14 years began here today at the CLTA tennis stadium, Sector 10. A total of 20 youngsters attended the first day of the camp. Mr Kawaljeet Singh, Director, Coaching, said the basic idea of the camp was to look at the overall physical conditioning of trainees. Mr S.M. Sharma, secretary of the CLTA, said the objective of the camp was to prepare the participants for various tournaments in the coming season.

EYE-BALL CONTACT: A boy concentrates hard on a forehand shot during a training camp at the CLTA courts in Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Monday.
— Photo by Pawan Sharma

ADMINISTRATION

Admn proposal to set up chicken slaughtering plant
Chandigarh, March 15
Worried over the sale of unhygienically slaughtered chicken in the city, the Administration has asked the Union Animal Husbandry Ministry to hand over a portion of its poultry farm in Chandigarh for setting up of a state-of-the-art chicken slaughtering plant.

Traffic police strength to be raised, says SSP
Mohali, March 15
The strength of the traffic police in the town would be increased soon as more staff was allotted for this purpose. This was stated by Mr Surinder Pal Singh, SSP, Ropar, while talking to mediapersons here today. He had come as chief guest at a function organised to mark the conclusion of the Traffic Education Week, which had started on March 8.