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Youths vandalise pub, attack proprietor
Chandigarh, May 17
A group of youths last night assaulted the proprietor of Mercury Restaurant and Pub in Sector 46 and vandalised the premises. About 15 youths, armed with hockey sticks, hit the proprietor, Mr Yogesh Sharma, and his brother, Mr Naveen Sharma, on the head.

Mr Yogesh Sharma, proprietor of Mercury Restaurant and Pub in Sector 46, Chandigarh, looks through the smashed windowpanes of his establishment. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

Villagers start relay fast against land acquisition

Mohali, May 17 The three-month-long struggle of thousands of villagers against the acquisition of their lands by the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority intensified with landlords starting a relay fast here today. Landlords on relay fast in protest against the acquisition of land by PUDA at Sohana village on Monday.

Tanzanian fails to provide proof of owning currency
Chandigarh, May 17
The Tanzanian patient who claimed to have lost $ 17,000 from Sunbeam Hotel in Sector 22 has failed to provide any proof of the currency in his possession before it was stolen on May 11.

NRI killed, 4 hurt in mishap
Mohali, May 17
An NRI was killed and a Chandigarh-based couple along with two other women were injured when their car rammed into a truck on the Kharar-Kurali road, near Burmajra village, late tonight.

Child’s body found
Chandigarh, May 17
The decomposed body of a four-year-old boy was found in a nullah in Makhan Majra today. The body seemed to be around three or four days old. The face of the child had been bitten by some animals, according to the police. The child wore a red T-shirt. There were no injury marks on the body.

Tie-up with more private hospitals on cards: Lt-Gen JJ Singh
Chandigarh, May 17
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, Lt- Gen J.J Singh, today said that a tie-up with a few more major private hospitals in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali was on the cards.

• Those who couldn’t vote — 7th list

CHANDIGARH CALLING The city might be the education hub, given its many educational societies, schools and colleges. However, it also provides fertile ground for mushrooming of illegal institutes, not accredited and yet, in the business of imparting education. At a press conference of an institute offering the Nursery Teachers Training course and accredited to the National Council of Technical Education, the director released the names of a few institutes offering the same course without accreditation. Summer workshops A dull election Sonia and Sushma Officials jittery Helping society

COMMUNITY

Move to boycott Sonia’s swearing-in criticised
Chandigarh, May 17
A former city Mayor and local Congress leaders today criticised the decision of the BJP-led NDA to boycott the swearing-in of Ms Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister. According to them, the action of the NDA and the BJP in particular was against all norms of democracy and against the spirit and provisions of the Indian Constitution.

HUDA to float housing scheme in Sectors 27, 28
Panchkula, May 17
It is raining plots in Panchkula. Close on the heels of the Haryana Urban Development Authority floating a housing scheme in the Mansa Devi Complex, another scheme is in the offing in Sectors 27 and 28 of Panchkula Extension.

Administration in a fix over  reverting deputationists
Chandigarh, May 17
A controversy has arisen, over sending back long-serving deputationists. With no policy or criterion to follow, employees feel this could be more of a witch hunt than anything else. They opine that the “powerful” may just stay back thanks to their links.

Irate residents ‘attack’ PSEB complaint centre
Mohali, May 17
The Punjab State Electricity Board complaint centre in Phase VII was ‘attacked’ by irate residents who had been trying to contact the employees at the centre to complain against a power cut.

Campaign to spread peace in city Chandigarh, May 17 “Peace from within self leads to peace in community,” said Mr Shantum Seth, Adviser, United Nations Development Programme, Delhi, while launching peace clubs in schools and colleges in the city today. Volunteers at a rally at the launch of a campaign for “Peace city — Chandigarh” on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Fauji Beat Fake killings a blot on Army discipline What makes the Army different from the civil is its strict discipline. To maintain this, a Commanding Officer (CO) is vested with the requisite disciplinary and administrative powers over his troops. This makes him accountable for everything that happens in his unit. A nursing officer in pre-2001 white dress.

City shops to remain open on Sundays
Chandigarh, May 17
Shopping in the city will never be the same again. The Chandigarh Administration today allowed several categories of shops to remain open on Sundays. This will start as an experiment for one year.

• Dhanas residents sore over erratic power supply

• Engg student missing

• PSEB worker electrocuted

CRIME

Contractor booked for  embezzling  college parking fee
Chandigarh, May 17
The parking contractor of the Dev Samaj College for Girls, Sector 45, has been booked for allegedly illegally charging annual parking fee from around 200 students and not depositing it with the college.

Servant escapes with Rs 50,000
Chandigarh, May 17
A 16-year-old domestic help of a Sector 18-based cloth merchant allegedly stole Rs 50,000 from the latter’s house yesterday. The servant, Vinod Kumar from Bihar, had been serving Mr Naveen Chhabra for the past two years and had access to the keys of Mr Chhabra.

Rs 50,000,  jewellery stolen from Panchkula house
Panchkula, May 17
About Rs 50,000 and jewellery have been stolen from a house in Sector 16 here. According to information, thieves broke into house 709 in Sector 16, belonging to Mr Sohan Lal Kher, a former Haryana State Electricity Board official, and decamped with the cash and valuables.

LIFESTYLE

Your favourite stars in different moods
CATCH your favourite stars in different moods — having a good laugh with their co-stars or puffing a cigarette in between shots or signing their contracts with their producers. Picking up bits and pieces from the galaxy of Bollywood stars, freelance photographer Raj Tilak Chawla has weaved a kaleidoscopic world of the dream makers — ranging from yesteryear evergreen hero Dev Anand to today’s teenage hearthrob Hrithik Roshan, from Rekha to Preity Zinta.
R.T. Chawla poses with his creations at IndusInd Art Gallery in Sector 8, Chandigarh, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Bringing out the dark side of people It is a story on the dark side of people and their deep dark secrets that lurk just beneath the surface, always ready to come out when under pressure. That is what Rahul da Cunha’s play “Pune Highway” has for you. A scene from Rahul da Cunha’s play “Pune Highway”, staged at Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh, on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

The latest in hairstyling Blondes are in and so are deep frings and spikes, if you go by the fashion statement made by Meloary Dixon, the Creative Training manager of Loreal, India, who demonstrated the latest in hairstyling at Tress Lounge in Sector 8, here on Monday. Models show the latest hairstyles at Tress Lounge in Sector 8, Chandigarh, on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Preserving antiquities is this Asst Commissioner’s passion
Collection and preservation of antiquities, old lithographs, miniatures paintings, oil paintings and handwritten manuscripts have become a passion for Mr Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa, Assistant Commissioner to the DC, Fatehgarh Sahib.

Market Pulse
Hand-painted Irish linen shirts
This spring summer 2004 collection of Monte Carlo has hand-painted Irish linen shirts — absolutely cool that makes one feel light and airy.The colours used in them bring cleanliness to any stylish man’s ensemble and are made from vegetable dyes which are environment and skin-friendly.

HEALTH

Dental lab complex opened at Chandi Mandir Chandigarh, May 17 With a view to providing better facilities to troops, mobile dental vans will be made available to dental formations across the country within an year. This was stated by Director-General of Dental Services, Lieut-Gen R.C. Dhir, while speaking at the Command Military Dental Centre, Chandi Mandir, today after the inauguration of a dental laboratory complex here.

Lieut-Gen J.J. Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command (extreme right), inspects the fabricated artificial denture after inaugurating a dental laboratory complex of Command Hospital, Chandi Mandir, on Monday. Lieut-Gen R.C. Dhir, Director-General, Dental Services (extreme left), and Brig K. Ravishankar, head of the command military dental centre, are also seen. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Pulse polio drive on May 23
Panchkula, May 17
Over 71,000 children up to five years of age will be administered polio drops during the sub-national pulse polio programme to be held on May 23. According to official sources, 317 booths — 299 fixed ones, five transit teams and 13 mobile team — will be pressed into service.