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Dust blanket chokes residents
Brings down day temperature; reduces visibility
Chandigarh, May 20
A thick blanket of dust choked residents of the city and neighbouring areas throughout the day today. It did bring down the day temperature by two degrees from yesterday’s maximum of 43.8°C, but it increased humidity and reduced visibility to a few hundred metres. Visibility at the airport was a bare 800 metres.

Dust engulfs Chandigarh’s horizon on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Mohali, May 20 “I killed my sister because she was a dancer. I did it to save my family’s honour and I have no regrets,” said an un-repentant 21-year-old Pritpal Singh. He was arrested today by the Mohali police on charges of stabbing his 34-year-old sister Harjit Kaur to death at her residence in Phase VI on May 12. Pritpal Singh (centre) being brought to the office of the SSP, Mohali, on Thursday after being arrested for killing his elder sister. — Tribune photo by Pawan Kumar

Overloading leads to power failures
Chandigarh, May 20
Inadequate planning on the part of the Electricity Department to upgrade its power distribution infrastructure at the sector level leads to the disruption of power supply at odd hours in the city. Heating is common in transformers and cables are getting burnt.

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UP’s wanted criminal held Chandigarh, May 20 The Sector 17 police has arrested Ran Pal Singh Gujjar of Muzaffarnagar, who has 22 cases of murder, attempt to murder and kidnapping registered against him in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and other northern states. He is one of India’s most-wanted criminals, with a prize on his head in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh’s most- wanted criminal Ran Pal Singh Gujjar in police custody in Chandigarh on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

AIEEE’s first day passes without hitch Chandigarh, May 20 The first phase of the two-day All-India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) went off peacefully in the city today. Students from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh appeared at 21 centres situated across the city. An officer of the CBSE said the exam was held for subjects of physics, chemistry and mathematics. Tomorrow, the exam would be held in the stream of architecture. Troubled by the recent leak of PMT question papers, the CBSE changed the system involved in the transportation and delivery of the question papers of the AIEEE. Physically challenged Poonam from Pathankot, who appeared for the AIEEE, being carried out of the examination hall by her father Jagdish in Chandigarh on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

PGI first govt hospital to produce test-tube babies
Chandigarh, May 20
The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) has become the first government hospital and teaching institute in the country to produce test tube babies.

COMMUNITY

Challaned in 2008, told to appear in ’03!
Mohali, May 20
An autorickshaw driver of Kharar was in for a surprise when he realised that the challan chit he was given by a traffic policeman was dated 2008 and the policeman had asked the offender to present himself before the Judicial Magistrate at Kharar on a date in 2003.

Manmohan’s tenants feel the buzz
Chandigarh, May 20
Six-year-old Yajur Tyagi is a sought-after boy in his class these days. Being the Prime Minister-elect Dr Manmohan Singh’s tenant sets him apart from the rest and he is being treated like royalty by his classmates.

Manmohan defies the ‘r’ factor
WITH Dr Manmohan Singh all set to take over as the Prime Minister, the myth that the letter “r” always figures in an Indian Prime Minister’s name has suffered a blow. An astrologer, Mr TN Sharma, a resident of Sector 38, said political developments in the past few days had validated the “r” theory as Ms Sonia Gandhi had declined the PM’s post.

VC hails Manmohan’s elevation
Foundation hails choice of Manmohan as PM
Cong workers hail Manmohan’s appointment

Plea to include Bansal in Central ministry
Chandigarh, May 20
Dr Tejinder Mohan, president of the local branch of the National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA), has urged the Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, to give representation to Chandigarh in the Union Council of Ministers.

Chandigarh cops ‘shielding’ thief
Panchkula, May 20
Mr Bhushan Lal, a resident of Sector 4 here, today alleged that the Chandigarh police had been shielding a mobile phone thief.

Centralise water supply, demand residents
Panchkula, May 20
The Citizens Welfare Association today urged the Haryana Urban Development Authority and the municipal council to start a centralised system of water distribution through filtration waterworks.

Mohali Diary Rally conducted to spread awareness regarding nature Mohali, May 20 Students of Golden Bells Public School, Sector 35, Sohana, took out a rally to celebrate the environment week. Every student carried a banner in order to spread awareness regarding conservation of nature. Students of Golden Bells Public School in a sunflower field.

• Those who couldn’t vote

CRIME

Four booked for fraud
Chandigarh, May 20
Four persons belonging to Himachal Pradesh have been booked for fraudulently securing a Rs 3 lakh loan from Shriram Transport Union Finance, Sector 35, pledging an already financed truck.

Missing villager’s body found
Mullanpur-Garibdass, May 20
The body of a 47-year-old resident of Mullanpur - Garibdass village, Roshan Lal, was found near the Mullanpur-Chandigarh barrier today. Preliminary investigations have ruled out foul play, the police said.

EDUCATION

Paper smuggle-out case handed over to CBI
Chandigarh, May 20
Panjab University has handed over the case of smuggling out of a question paper registered against a student caught cheating during the annual examination last month to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

675 kids participating in summer camp
Chandigarh, May 20
A total of 675 children in the age group of five to 12 years are attending a 12-day summer camp in sports and other co-curricular activities at Delhi Public School, Sector 40. On a visit to the school this morning, several activities were in progress on the school campus.

PEC students develop bilingual operating system

Chandigarh, May 20 Computer users who are not comfortable with a operating system which works in English have a reason to smile. Three final-year students of the Department of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Punjab Engineering College, have developed an operating system that also works in Hindi. Abhishek, Amit and Arun, students of Punjab Engineering College, who have developed a new operating system that also works in Hindi. — A Tribune photograph

 

MRD School students top exam Chandigarh, May 20 The top seven positions in the Class V Scholarship Examination-2004 of the UT Education Department have been bagged by students of MRD Model School, Mani Majra. Students of MRD Model School, Mani Majra, who have topped the Class V Scholarship Examination-2004.

Cyprus college official visits engg college
Mohali, May 20
Mr Andreas Papathomas, executive director, Eurocollege, Cyprus, visited the Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, near here yesterday to discuss the possibility of exchange of courses and expertise between the two colleges, through which both colleges could benefit. 

CULTURE

New Release
High hopes from ‘Yuva’
HIS “Dil Se” may have proved to be unsuccessful but Mani Ratnam’s “Yuva” with Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor and Esha Deol could well  spring up a surprise at  the Box office. “Yuva”  which opens today all over India, will easily be a money-earner for the producer and the distributors, predict trade analysts.

Musical evening at Kala Bhavan
Chandigarh, May 20
Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi today organised a musical evening at Punjab Kala Bhavan, Sector 16, here.

LIFESTYLE

May ‘Queens’ steal the show THIS was a fusion fashion show as professional models wearing designer ensembles and ladies — young and elder — sashayed down the ramp at Central Club, Sector 9, on Thursday. The occasion was the May Queen contest being organised by Thursday Ladies Club, where women between 20 to 80 years of age vied with each other for the title. In the process a wide range of chiffons and georgettes — in all its summery appeal — were on display. ‘ABHI TO Main JAWAN HOON....’ Women over 60 walk the ramp for the Mother May Queen title. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Kimmi wants more exposure for Punjabi culture IF there is an actress who can give Aishwarya Rai competition, it is “Punjab di kudi” Kimmi Verma. Being seen in Manmohan Singh’s new Punjabi venture, “Asaan Nu Maan Watna Da,” Kimmi has the potential of storming Bollywood. Punjabi actress Kimmi Verma makes a point during a press conference in Mohali to promote her film “Asaan Nu Maan Watna Da” on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

NIIFT designers set to storm fashion world

IT will be a collection of high couture, diffusion and pret designs in weave and in knits at the Seventh Design Collection show- Anukama 2004, by graduating students of Fashion Design and Knitwear Design Technology from Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology. Budding designers of NIIFT all set to take on the fashion world during the design collection show to be held on Friday in Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Nikita waiting for the right role
HER petite frame and easy mannerisms would make you take another hard look at her, making you think again if this is actually Nikita Anand, Femina Ms India Universe 2003. But the warmth in her eyes soon reaches the face, unlike most ramp models, as you approach her for an interview.


Nikita Anand

SPORTS

DAV school cricketers to play in Dhaka
Chandigarh, May 20
Awijit Singh will lead a 16-member DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, cricket team that will play six matches against Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) teams from May 20 to 28 in Dhaka.