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BJP promises to untie ‘lal dora’
Chandigarh, April 25
Much to the delight of a rural audience at Behlana village here, Mr Rajnath Singh, Union Agriculture Minister, today said the Bharatiya Janata Party, if voted to power, would end ‘lal dora’ in the city. He was addressing a gathering of villagers particularly with reference to rural problems.

Union Agriculture Minister Rajnath Singh brandishes a sword at an election rally of BJP candidate Satya Pal Jain (left) at Behlana in Chandigarh on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Don’t shed crocodile tears, BJP told
Chandigarh, April 25 Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, Congress nominee for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, today accused the BJP of shedding crocodile tears. He said this was an act of desperation to appease the minorities. Congress candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal seeks votes at a rally in Sector 36, Chandigarh, on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Dhawan: Bansal, Jain acting irresponsibly
Chandigarh, April 25
People can see the level to which the local Congress and the BJP candidates have stooped to at rallies during their election campaign. This was stated by Mr Harmohan Dhawan, INLD candidate, while addressing a rally in Sector 20 here today.

Women activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party dressed in party flags come out of the BJP office in Chandigarh on Sunday. — Reuters

INLD to seek votes on government’s performance
Panchkula, April 25
Terming development as the main election issue, the INLD candidate from the Ambala parliamentary constituency, Mr Balwant Singh, today said that the party would seek votes on the performance of the Chautala government during the past four years.

Congress directionless, says Dhumal
Chandigarh, April 25
Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, a former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, today said it was for the fourth time Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee would be voted to power. He said he had toured different constituencies and noticed a wave in favour of the BJP.

SAD worker joins Cong
Mohali, April 25
The Shiromani Akali Dal received a jolt today when Youth Akali Dal worker Gurdhyan Singh of Naya Gaon deserted the SAD and joined the Congress in the presence of Cabinet Minister Jagmohan Singh Kang and a host of Congress leaders and workers of the area.

Women’s council to keep tabs on MP’s performance
Chandigarh, April 25
The Women Watch organisation today announced the constitution of a women council to keep monthly tabs on the performance of the local Member of Parliament, at a “face to face” with prominent candidates for the coming parliamentary elections.

First vote
I prefer Cong
“I am really excited to vote for the development of the city. It will be a great experience to participate in the process of elections. I have made up my mind to go for the candidate who talks about the development of the city and is honest”.

Sunaina Dutta ( 18) is a student of MCM DAV College, Sector 36.

COMMUNITY

Will MC privatise park maintenance?
Mohali, April 25
The local Municipal Council is all set to privatise the maintenance of public parks and green belts in the township, allowing private parties to advertise within the parks. The council will also hand over the maintenance of intra-sectoral parks to residential welfare associations.

Power consumers a harassed lot
Mohali, April 25
Power consumers of the town are facing various problems as the authorities concerned have failed to remove them even though these were brought to their notice many times.

Passionate appeal against female foeticide Chandigarh, April 25 Fifteen years ago when paediatrician Gurminder Sidhu wrote a long, narrative piece on female foeticide in Punjab she had not expected the response it would generate. Her passionate note on the subject was followed by a countrywide reaction, with certain parents virtually sending confessions to her. Overnight, Dr Sidhu assumed the role of a conscience keeper. Years later, the crusader is still on the job, although her following seems to have diminished. Dr Gurminder Sidhu at the release of her novel “Na Mammi Na” in Chandigarh on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

New auditorium for Panchkula
Panchkula, April 25
The City Centre in Sector 5 here will soon have a convention centre. The centre, having a state-of-the-art auditorium with a seating capacity of over 1,000 persons, is slated for completion next year.

Death did them apart
Chandigarh, January 25
A 25-year-old woman died while her 22-year-old suspected paramour was injured when they jumped in front of a train near Makhan Majra village here. The woman Sunita died on the spot while Karamvir Singh has been admitted to the GMCH after he lost his right leg and hand.

Unclaimed body of Nigerian buried
Mohali, April 25
The Mohali police today buried the Nigerian citizen Antriaghe, who had died in the township on April 10. His body was lying unclaimed in Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, for the past 15 days despite the Nigerian High Commissioner having been informed about the death.

Motorists stranded on highway
Panchkula, April 25
Thousands of motorists were stranded on the Ambala-Kalka highway near Pinjore following a traffic blockade this afternoon. Scores of workers of the stone crusher units of Burj Kotian village near the highway blocked the traffic around 12.30 pm.

EDUCATION

1600 Class VIII answersheets go missing
Mohali, April 25
As many as 1600 answersheets of Class VIII examination conducted by the Punjab School Education Board have gone missing from a school in Beas where the answersheets had been sent for marking.

Hamara School Where education is a unique blend of the East and the West DAV Senior Public School, Surajpur, is located in the picturesque Shivalik Hills. It was founded in April, 1983, by the DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, as a project school in collaboration with Associated Cement Companies Limited. DAV Senior Public School, Surajpur.

Principal Speaks
‘For me education is a mission’
Education should be a mission, not a misuse: Effluence of a new stream out of the lake at the foot of the mountains is a spectacular sight to be enjoyed. Similarly, the emergence of outstanding students out of a school is an achievement for the teachers of the school... the pride and a sense of contentment that every education institution longs to relish.

From Schools
Silver jubilee of Sec 19 church celebrated
Chandigarh, April 25
Students of St Anne’s Convent School, Sector 32, today performed bharatnatyam at a function organised to celebrate 25 years of the Cathedral of Christ the King, popularly known as the Sector 19 church. The day also coincides with the sacerdotal ordination of Bishop Dr Jerald John Mathias.

• Declamation contest

• Dance competition

40 toppers honoured

Chandigarh, April 25 The 12th felicitation ceremony of the Guru Harkrishan Educational Society was held at the Rotary Club in Sector 18 here today. Forty students who had topped in engineering, medicine and other professional courses from various universities were honoured. Awardees from different parts of North India with the Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Prof K.N. Pathak, at a felicitation ceremony of the Guru Harkrishan Educational Society in Chandigarh on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Student’s book of poems released
Chandigarh, April 25
“My Heart and Soul”, a book of 83 poems written by a school student, Srishti Sehgal from Abohar (Punjab), was released by the outgoing Member of Parliament, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, and Mr Rana Nayar from the Department of English, Panjab University, at a function at the Press Club here today.