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Verma, officialdom set on collision course
Battelines drawn over reversion of deputationists
Chandigarh, May 15
The UT Administrator and the bureaucracy are set on a collision course. Justice O.P. Verma’s order yesterday to send back deputationists to their parents cadres in Punjab and Haryana has raised the hackles of thousands of employees.

What the employees say

Four of family killed in accident
Kharar/Mohali, May 15
Four members of a family, including two Mohali residents, were killed and two other seriously injured when a Maruti van fell into a nullah near Sahora village, about 5 km from Kharar, today.

The mangled remains of a Maruti van that fell into a dry rivulet near Sahora village on the Kurali-Kharar highway The mangled remains of a Maruti van that fell into a dry rivulet near Sahora village on the Kurali-Kharar highway. Four occupants of the car were killed in the accident.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

REGIONAL BRIEFS

EARLIER STORIES

	Five years on deputation: time up, orders Admn May 15, 2004
	Commoners’ ‘hand’ helps Bansal stand tall May 14, 2004
	32-year-old woman murdered in house May 13, 2004
	Heat wave grips city May 12, 2004
	Moderate polling in city Villagers lead the show May 11, 2004
	Voter’s Day today May 10, 2004
	Cong-led Oppn lacks unanimity, says Jaitley May 9, 2004
	2 PEC ex-students among Civil Services toppers May 8, 2004
	Mayor booked for trying to bribe voters May 7, 2004
	Entrance tests at model schools to cope with rush May 6, 2004

COMMUNITY

Residents suffer as Mountview violates law
Chandigarh, May 15
Hotel Mountview, run by the Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation, is becoming a source of nuisance for residents of Sector 10. Any late evening social functions in the lawns of the hotel means blaring music for the ears.

Cow dung manure dumped outside the boundary wall of Hotel Mountview in Sector 10 has become a source of nuisance for residents of the area.
— A Tribune photograph

Cow dung manure dumped outside the boundary wall of Hotel Mountview in Sector 10 has become a source of nuisance for residents of the area

Traffic blocked over challaning of BSP candidate Kashyap
Chandigarh, May 15
Traffic was disrupted for at least half an hour at a busy road separating Sectors 34 and 35 during the peak evening hours yesterday when losing BSP Lok Sabha candidate Hemraj Kashyap was challaned by two traffic policemen. He accused them of demanding a bribe.

Bansal told to remember poll promises
Chandigarh, May 15
Various local organisations have welcomed the election of Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal as Member of Parliament for the local seat in separate press notes here yesterday. Mr Amarjit Singh Sethi, general secretary of the Chandigarh Nagrik Sabha, congratulated Mrs Sonia Gandhi for success in the Lok Sabha elections.

Panel formed to assess Jain’s defeat

MC to hire ex-servicemen for octroi posts
Mohali, May 15
The Municipal Council will tie up with the Punjab Ex-servicemen Corporation to man various octroi posts in the township. According to sources, the move comes in the wake of acute shortage of staff in the council and to ensure efficient management of octroi posts.

Acute shortage of postal orders
Chandigarh, May 15
Hundreds of prospective candidates, planning to appear in competitive examinations or applying for government jobs, fear losing out on the opportunity as postal orders used to pay the application fee are not available at post offices in the city.

Complaint of highhandedness against councillor
Zirakpur, May 15
A Panchkula resident has complained to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Dera Bassi, against the highhandedness of a councillor of the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat.

Zirakpur shopkeepers resent PPWD order
Zirakpur, May 15
Resentment prevailed among shopkeepers after authorities of the Punjab Public Works Department along with the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat and revenue officials from Dera Bassi visited the local market and asked them to remove goods kept outside of shops.

Slum-dwellers get power connections
Mohali, May 15
Slum and hutment dwellers of Janta Colony, Naya Gaon, Jujhar Nagar within the Chandigarh periphery heaved a sigh of relief with the release of electricity connections. The inhabitants of the colonies had been facing difficulty due to lack of provision of electricity.

Expect cool relief today
Chandigarh, May 15
There is good news for residents of the city. The weekend crowd can plan their day out tomorrow as the Meteorological Department has forecast rain or thundershowers at isolated places in the city and its surrounding areas.

CRIME

Chain snatched
Chandigarh, May 15
An unidentified youth snatched a gold chain from a woman near the Rock Garden here this evening. The woman from Maharashtra is on a visit to the city along with her husband, Mr Sunil Kumar.

BUSINESS

Single-window system at PNB branch soon
Mullanpur-Garibdass, May 15
The Mullanpur-Garibdass branch of Punjab National Bank will soon introduce single-window system for its clients by the end of June. This was stated by the Senior Manager of the branch, Mr Baljit Singh, during the 35th Foundation Day celebrations of the branch at the village yesterday.

EDUCATION

Students of Paragon Senior Secondary School, Sector 71, Mohali, at The Tribune office in Sector 29, Chandigarh. — A Tribune photograph

University Syndicate approves promotions
Chandigarh, May 15
The Panjab University Syndicate approved all promotions under the Career Advancement Scheme at its meeting held here today. These promotions, that of 14 professors, 16 readers and 22 senior lecturers, were made over a period of three months and had been withheld due to the coming into force of the Model Code of Conduct.

Hostel vacation order resented
Chandigarh, May 15
With the summer vacation in Panjab University already underway, students staying in Panjab University hostels have been asked to vacate rooms. However, this has caused resentment among students who are preparing for one exam or another and need rooms during the vacation.

Creations of love put to judgement
Mohali, May 15
Efforts of students of the Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology here to showcase their best creations have begun. The first set of collections designed by these students was presented before a jury today. The jury included faculty from the NIIFT in Delhi, a designer and a choreographer.

Gautam Rakha and Harmeet Bajaj

From Schools
950 young artists display talent

Chandigarh, May 15
At least 950 students from various schools of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula participated in “Cricket-I love you”, a painting competition organised by the Creative Institute of Visual Arts at St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, here today.

Declamation contest

Blood donation camp

Fancy dress contest

Visit

Students show their skills at a painting competition, held in St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, Chandigarh

Students show their skills at a painting competition, held in St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Meditation workshop in Sector 8
Chandigarh, May 15
A meditation workshop was organised by Dhyan Foundation in Sector 8 this evening. The participants were addressed by Yogi Ashwani, an ardent student of the ancient sciences who imparts knowledge of Upanishads, Vedas and the Yog Sutras by sequencing and formulating these for the modern people.

CULTURE

Film Review
A ‘Run’ of the mill stuff
Boney Kapoor’s “Run” is a run of the mill stuff in which only saving grace is Abhishek Bachchan. The first half is a limping mass with the director losing his focus. It is a dull and drab dance and singing session. The dignified star son has given some good expression here. He has honed up his skills and dancing steps and shows marked improvement. In action scenes too the actor manages to look quite aggressive.

Abhishek Bachchan and Bhoomika Chawla in Run

LIFESTYLE

To rejuvenate your soul visit city spas
Is the sun and grime out to get you, or piles of workload at office is keeping you tied down? So, even as you wait for your summer vacation, take a small break and rejuvenate your weary souls at the spa next door. The growing metro culture in the city has brought the leisure and lifestyle of the rich and famous for its netizens.

A young girl undergoes a spa treatment with clay body wraps at Cleopatra Day Spa. — A Tribune photograph

A young girl undergoes a spa treatment with clay body wraps at Cleopatra Day Spa

Who is the prettiest of them all?
IT was the shutterbug’s turn to decide on who’s the prettiest face for the Ms Photogenic title in the Miss and Mr Glamour (North India) Contest, 2004. The contestants from all over Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Chandigarh, posed for lensmen as they vied with each other to win the sub title during the pageant. The contest was held at Fort Ramgarh, near Panchkula, and the grand finale of the show will be held on Sunday.

Contestants pose for Ms Photogenic title during the Mr and Ms Glamour North India contest.

Making waves in music industry
This young man from Sriganganagar in Rajasthan is making waves in the music industry with his latest album, ‘Dil Mangdi’. After struggling for several years in Mumbai, the young lad has finally arrived.

Santokh Singh

Mango, ice-cream festival
Beat the heat with the bite of exotic mangoes and array of chilling ice-creams. What’s summer without mango and ice-cream? Summers can never be over without a mango and ice-cream feast.

SPORTS

17 Shishu Niketan girls for skating championship
Chandigarh, May 15
As many as 17 eves of the Shishu Niketan Skating Club, Sector 22, are part of the Chandigarh Roller Skating team which will represent UT at the 41st National Roller Skating Championship to be held at Visakhapatnam from May 20 to 25. Stating this, Ms S. Khorana, Principal of Shishu Niketan School, Sector 22, said presently they had more than 100 trainees who practice under roller hockey coach Balwinder Johal.

Kho-kho championship

Cricket tourney

Chess tournament

Roller hockey players of the Shishu Niketan Club, Sector 22, who will leave Chandigarh tomorrow for the 41st National Roller Skating meet at Visakhapatnam. — A Tribune photograph