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Grief unbound!
Two generations wiped out in car crash
Chandigarh, April 27
Hari Mohan carried home a burden that none would ever like to bear. He brought the bodies of seven members of his family who were killed in a car crash near Sunam last night.

Wailing members of the Chandolia family in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Real Issues: Candidate Speak
‘Dam on Ghaggar only solution’
Chandigarh, April 27 
Come summers and water taps feel the impact of the heat wave. Majority of the colonies are facing water shortage and residents of various sectors in the city are already complaining of water shortage, particularly those located on the second and third floors.

Chandigarh, April 27  The exit polls after the second round of polling have exposed the BJP’s game- plan of fooling the Indian voters, said Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, Congress candidate in the forthcoming parliamentary elections. He was addressing a rally here today. Students of Panjab University with Congress candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Jain promises dental college for city

Chandigarh, April 27  Mr Satya Pal Jain, BJP candidate for the parliamentary elections, addressing a rally here today, said the city would have a dental college if he was voted to power. BJP candidate Satya Pal Jain campaigns in Sector 21, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.  — A Tribune photograph

• Traders demand apology from Satya Pal Jain

Sarpanch, 3 panches join INLD Chandigarh, April 27 Mrs Swaran Kaur, sarpanch of Khudda Jassa village, today joined Mr Harmohan Dhawan, candidate of the Indian National Lok Dal, in the forthcoming parliamentary elections here, along with three panches of the village panchayat. This was announced by Mr Dhawan while addressing a press conference here. INLD candidate Harmohan Dhawan with women panches of Khuda Jassu village,  who joined the INLD, in Chandigarh on Tuesday.  — A Tribune photograph

• SAD unit undecided over nominee

• EC asked to supply 500 more EVMs

First vote
I will play kingmaker
India is one of the few countries to have a democratic process for selection of governments and, now, I, too, am a part of this great game. It gives me the choice of deciding who I want as my leader. For once, I will be kingmaker even if it is for a day. I am eagerly looking forward to the day when I can go to the polling booth to cast my vote in favour of progress and development.

No mobiles, pagers in jails: HC
Chandigarh, April 27
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered that no mobile phones, pagers, and other electronic gadgets should be allowed inside jails in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. Passing these orders in the course of hearing in a public interest petition (PIL) filed by Mr Viresh Shandilya of Ambala, who is President of the All India Anti-terrorist Front, a Division Bench comprising Mr Chief Justice B.K. Roy and Mr Justice Surya Kant also asked the government to tell it under what rules colour televisions have been provided to inmates of the Tihar Jail in New Delhi.

Poultry farmers all smiles as electioneering picks up
Chandigarh, April 27
If fluctuating prices of chicken are any indication, elections may bring some cheers to the poultry farmers. While the prices of egg continue to be below production cost, the demand for chicken, which people in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh savour as a delicacy, has started shooting up, not only here but also in East and South India.

COMMUNITY

End to drinking water misuse in sight
Chandigarh, April 27
The issue of using drinking water for watering of lawns of the PGI and Panjab University (PU) seems to have reached a solution. At a meeting with officials of the Chandigarh Administration and the Municipal Corporation, the two institutes have reportedly agreed to make temporary arrangements from May 1 to use treated or recycled water for watering lawns and open spaces.

Girdawari of disputed Dhakauli land corrected

Zirakpur, April 27 The Circle Revenue Officer (CRO) has corrected the girdawari of a piece of prime land located along the Zirakpur-Panchkula highway at Dhakauli village, where about 24 armed henchmen of a ‘police-politician land mafia’ had attacked a Tribune team on March 22. Mr Pritpal Singh Virk, SP (Operations), Patiala, interacts with Mr Kamaldeep Singh, a claimant of a piece of disputed land along the Zirakpur-Panchkula road, at Dhakauli village on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Zoo authorities see staffers’ mischief in swamp deer’s death
Chhat Bir, April 27 
Apprehending mala fide intention on the part of certain zoo staffers relating to the death of a two-and-half-year-old male swamp deer, the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park authorities have lodged a complaint with the Zirakpur police.

Motor cycle sent by train missing
Chandigarh, April 27
Mr Surinder Parsad, an unskilled worker at a unit in Industrial Area here, is waiting for his motor cycle to arrive by train at his hometown Betiya in Bihar. Booked by Mr Parsad at the Chandigarh railway station, it went missing under from a sealed wagon of a passenger train, running between Chandigarh and Delhi. Mr Parsad suspects the connivance of some railway official in the incident.

PSEB officials escape unhurt in mishap
Lalru, April 27 
Mr Raman Bhalla, an administrative members of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), his driver, Mr Kashmira Singh, and personal assistant, Mr Kashmira Singh, had a miraculous escape when their official car (PB-11N-0496) met with an accident on the Kalka-Ambala highway at Gholu Majra village this morning.

• Lions Club City chief awarded

• Train runs over man

CRIME

Three arrested in dowry case
Mohali, April 27
Three persons were arrested by the local police on charges criminal of breach of trust and ill treatment. Ms Chanchal, a resident of Phase IV here, had complained to the police that she was harassed and also beaten up by her in-laws when her parents failed to fulfil their monetary demands.

Doctor held for stealing cars
Chandigarh, April 27
The Chandigarh Police today procured a production warrant of a doctor-turned auto thief in connection with the stealing of a car from the PGI parking. Mehtab Singh was arrested by the Ludhiana police and handed over to the Sector 11 police station.

1 booked for defrauding company
Panchkula, April 27
The local police today booked a Mohali resident on the charge of defrauding a private company of Rs 9 lakh. R.K. Johar, area sales manager with a Sector 21 company, M/s R-3 Organics Limited, was booked on the complaint of Mr Rajiv Kumar Lohia.

EDUCATION

Chandigarh, April 27 The UT Education Department today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Intel to train teachers in the use of information technology in classroom teaching. A delegate at ‘Principals Conference’ organised by Intel and Koshish Master Trainer’s Club interacts with teachers of DAV Public School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

PU council okays 2 courses
Chandigarh, April 27
A five-year integrated BA (Hons) course in social sciences and four-year advanced diploma in physical education (PEd) was given the go-ahead by the Panjab University Academic Council at its meeting held here yesterday. These courses will be offered from the forthcoming academic session.

PU may do away with linguistics 
Chandigarh, April 27
Despite the fact that over 50 per cent of the total number of students of Panjab University’s English Department choose linguistics as an optional paper in the final year of postgraduation, the Board of Studies (BOS) feels it is no longer an attractive course to offer in the coming academic session. While 50 of the 100 students opted for the optional paper of theoretical linguistics in the last academic session, 60 students took up this paper in 2003.

Toppers get awards Chandigarh, April 27 Middle class students of Government Senior Secondary School who secured the top positions in the middle standard examination-2004 were honoured at a function on the school premises here yesterday. A meritorious student of Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, Chandigarh, who was gifted a bicycle for securing a top position in the middle class examination.  — A Tribune photograph

LIFESTYLE

Exquisite Chinese art on display

Now you can own a set of hand-painted and hand crafted potteries in Hui Hua art, once exclusively reserved for members of Chinese royal families. The Indo-China Qiang Trade Company, organised an exhibition of exclusive Chinese potteries and artifacts at the exhibition hall in SCO 14, in Sector 17 of Chandigarh on Tuesday. Exquisitely crafted vases and artifacts on display at an exhibition in Chandigarh on Tuesday.  — A Tribune photograph

Keeping the family tradition intact
HE is a link between the two offshoots of Mayo School of Art, National College of Art, Lahore, and Government College of Art, Chandigarh. A third generation artist to be serving in the college, D.S. Kapoor, is now ready to unite the two branches together at a personal level.

Fitness Trail It pays to work out outdoors Summer is here. With colourful flowers blooming and earthy fragrance filling the air when a lawn is watered, it feels good to be outdoors. After winter months, it is good to break free. Health experts recommend outdoor workouts as these are better than working out indoors. Cycling is a lower body exercise, strengthens thighs, legs and cardiovascular system. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

She turns out recipes faster than you can cook them
THINK of a cookery book to help you out with the spicy Mexican, cheesy Italian or the Mughlai delights, and the name Tarla Dalal comes to you instantly. The country’s most celebrated cookery book author churns out recipes of various cuisines faster than you could actually cook them.

Simone not keen on career in films
This city girl is going places. Simone Singh, who charmed Indian couch potatoes with her portrayal of a jilted wife in “Henna,” is out to sizzle the silver screen with the likes of Naseeruddin Shah and Dimple Kapadia in an English film. Simone, who was one of the celebrity judges at a cookery competition, was radiant in her Kimono- inspired crimson top and jeans. Enjoying the delicacies prepared by participants, Simone speaks about her future projects, her culinary skills and her foray into Bollywood. 

HEALTH

Mismatched blood groups, matched kidneys
Chandigarh, April 27
They had never seen each other, had never heard of each other. But they both had one thing in common — their husbands were suffering from kidney failure. There was another thing common. The two wives were helpless because of a “mismatch”. Today they donated kidneys to each other’s husbands. The transplants were out carried successfully by the doctors at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here.

SPORTS

Chandigarh, April 27 Dr Ravinder Chadha, former doctor/ physio of the Indian cricket team gave important tips to golfers attending the IGU North Zone camp at CGA Range for maintaining fitness in golf and also to avoid golf injuries. Dr Ravinder Chadha (extreme right) at a fitness training camp for budding golfers at CGA Range in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Canara Bank in cricket tourney
Chandigarh, April 27
Canara Bank outplayed United India Assurance by 93 runs to win the second Tikka Lal Taploo Memorial Cricket Tournament organised by Harmukh Cricket Club at PEC grounds, here today.