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Dearth of fresh air
Dry leaves being burnt with impunity
Chandigarh, April 7
Indiscriminate burning of dry leaves in the city has been resulting in increased levels of carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air. With dry leaves being burnt at some locations almost everyday, even the Suspended Particulate Matter levels in the air are rising, not only damaging the air quality but also posing major health hazards.

Leaves being burnt on a side of the Sector 18-19 dividing road in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Suicide or murder ?
Woman found hanging in in-laws’ house
Mohali, April 7
A 32-year-old married woman was found hanging from a ceiling hook at her in-laws’ residence in Phase I here this morning. The in-laws told the police that Nisha, who worked as a school teacher in Phase 3B2, did her household chores at 6.30 a.m.
Nisha (file photo)

Teenager held for molesting 3-year-old
Chandigarh, April 7
An 18-year-old balloon vendor allegedly sexually abused a three-year-old girl in a public park in Sector 33-D. Brij Pal was caught by residents of the area and handed over to Sector 34 police station. He was formally arrested on the complaint of the mother of the girl.

24 hurt in bus mishap
Banur, April 7
Over 24 passengers were injured, eight of them seriously, when a Chandigarh bound bus collided head-on with a canter on the Chandigarh-Zirakpur-Patiala highway in Rampur village this afternoon.

VHP seeks support for ‘Hindu agenda’ Chandigarh, April 7 The Vishva Hindu Parishad has launched a countrywide campaign to enlist the support of candidates fielded by various political parties in the forthcoming Parliamentary poll for its 11-point “Hindu agenda”. “We have told them that if they support our 11-point agenda, the support of the VHP workers will be available to them,” said Acharya Giriraj Kishore, Senior Vice-President of the Vishva Hindu Parishad, in a talk with TNS here today.

Acharya Giriraj Kishore

Tehelka exposé: court martial begins
Chandigarh, April 7
Three years after a sting operation carried out by a website exposed several Army officers indulging in malpractices while dealing with fictitious arms dealers, the first of the courts martial being convened to try the accused officers began at Chandimandir Military Station yesterday.

COMMUNITY

40 fridges destroyed as truck catches fire

Zirakpur, April 7 More than 40 refrigerators were destroyed in a fire that broke out in a multi-axle truck parked outsides a company godown along the Chandigarh-Ambala highway in Bhabhat village this evening. The remains of refrigerators which were destroyed after a multi-axle truck caught fire in Bhabhat village on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway in Zirakpur on Wednesday night. — A Tribune photograph

BJP complains to EC about Punjab, Haryana CMs
Chandigarh, April 7
The local unit of the BJP today urged the Election Commission of India not to deploy either Punjab Police and commandoes or Haryana Police in U.T. Chandigarh during the coming Lok Sabha elections.

• BJP’s allegation baseless: Bansal

• Cong ex-Mayor joins BJP

• INLD plea to EC

NCC involves IAF in flying activities
Chandigarh, April 7
To improve its training and streamline operating procedures, the National Cadet Corps has initiated steps to involve Air Force stations in flying activities being undertaken by its squadrons.

Pak delegates favour better relations
Chandigarh, April 7
The legal eagles from Pakistan, who were given a warm welcome by lawyers’ community of the Punjab and Haryana High Court yesterday, left a message for their Indian counterparts: let’s ignore the politicians and reach out to each other on our own.

Farmers told of radiation rewards
Chandigarh, April 7
Exposing foods to radiation for giving them a longer shelf life and adopting scientifically developed seeds, which are disease and pest resistant, were among the tips farmers of the region got from scientists of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.

Mobiles ahead of fixed-line phones
Chandigarh, April 7
The number of fixed-line telephone connections in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula has started falling. More and more subscribers are surrendering their fixed-line BSNL phones and switching over to mobile phones which they find much more convenient and cost effective.

Labourer killed while digging trench
Panchkula, April 7
Two persons were killed and others sustained injuries in separate incidents in last 24 hours in the district. Balwinder Singh (23), a resident of Nangal Sodian village in Pinjore, died soon after a poisonous insect entered his nostril and stung him.

Missing kids traced, restored to parents
Panchkula, April 7
Two children, who went missing from Bal Niketan in Sector 2 since Tuesday, were today handed over to their parents after being recovered from Naraingarh and Chandigarh.

Luther’s book on Raja Deen Dayal released
Chandigarh, April 7
Narendra Luther’s book titled “Raja Deen Dayal-Prince of Photographers”, a tribute to one of the greatest Indian photographers, was released by the Punjab Governor, Justice O.P. Verma, at a function organised at Panjab University, here today.

• Watering of lawns, booster pumps banned

• Home pumps launched

CRIME

One held for robbery
Chandigarh, April 7
One of the three youths, who had robbed a liquor kiosk employee of Rs 3000 and a cell phone near the Central Forensic Science Laboratory in Sector 36 on March 28, was arrested today.

Two held on charges of forgery
Kharar, April 7
The police arrested two persons on charges of forgery and impersonation here today. According to the police, three persons had come to the court to bail out a person on basis of fake documents. He was in the lock-up on theft charges.

Man beaten up by his former in-laws
Zirakpur, April 7
Rajinder Singh, a resident of Sector 19, Panchkula, was thrashed by his former in-laws when his vehicle developed a fault near their house in Lohgarh village near here last evening.

BUSINESS

Verka, Amul drinks push out colas
Chandigarh, April 7
Even as weather experts predict rather hot summers, people still fighting shy of sipping the much-maligned cola-based drinks have found alternative in the good old naturals like lemonade, lassi, sweetened milk and tetrapacks of fruit juices to quench their thirst.

Need to spend on R&D of drugs

Mohali, April 7 A two-day workshop on “Indian pharmaceutical industry: post 2005 scenario” was inaugurated a NIPER by Mr Pratyush Sinha, Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, New Delhi, here today. Mr P.U.M. Rao from the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers addresses a two-day workshop on ‘Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Post 2005 Scenario’ at NIPER in Mohali on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

• BSNL to launch Tarang on  April 12

CULTURE

Sardar Anjum’s anthology to be released on April 10
Chandigarh, April 7
With 25 anthologies of poems, eminent city-based poet Sardar Anjum is ready to publish another collection of his works. Dabbling in verses yet again, the poet honoured with the Millennium Peace Award, will get his next collection released by Ms Omita Paul and Pt Gautam Kaul.

‘Khulja Sim Sim’ to be shot in city
Chandigarh, April 7
A special episode of ‘Khulja Sim Sim’ will be shot in Chandigarh on April 10. The star attraction of the show — compere Aman Verma will also be present. He will arrive on the morning of April 10, to conduct a special show of the episode at Kala Gram.

LIFESTYLE

Eating Out A treat in royal splendour Combine the pleasures of a long drive that culminates in a yummy veg meal and the splendour of royalty. Around 20 km away from Chandigarh, further down the Nadda Sahib Gurdwara road (NH 73), is Fort Ramgarh, a part of which has been tastefully converted into a heritage retreat. Guests enjoy the Rajputana hospitality at Dastarkhaan, the restaurant in Fort Ramgarh, Panchkula. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Morning Chatter
Power of dressing up
YOU have a presentation where you have to pitch for a make-or-break deal for your company. In order to steal a march over your competitors, who are also present at the meeting, and to impact the prospective client, you not only work on your slides, content and strategy but more importantly you also indulge in power-dressing.

HEALTH

World Health Day
Trauma on PGI trolleys
Chandigarh, April 7
Bursting at the seams due to patient load from the entire region, especially trauma cases, the PGI emergency as against its capacity of 150 is catering to almost double the number of patients, with the trolleys on which patients keep lying for days choking the space within the wards.

PGI to train cops in first aid
Chandigarh, April 7
The PGI will train the UT police personnel on duty with the Police Control Room in first aid care so that basic medical help can be provided to accident victims while they are being evacuated to hospital.

Diabetic alleges negligence by doctor
Chandigarh, April 7
Maya Devi did not realise that she was in for a shock. When the 65-year-old diabetic was taken to a Nawanshahr hospital, she had no reasons to suspect that the attending doctor would subject her to “defibrillator” shocks.

SPORTS

CLTA trainees sail into second round
Chandigarh, April 7
Third seed Vijayant Malik and Gurmohit Singh, both CLTA trainees from Chandigarh, sailed into the next round of the boys under-14 section of the AITA Super Series Tennis tournament on the first day at the CLTA Tennis Stadium, Sector 10, today.