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Two more murders rock city

* Woman killed, cops suspect rape * Drug dealer done to death Chandigarh , June 15 Two more murders, a day after a man was done to death by his wife and son, rocked the city today. In one incident, a woman was possibly raped and then murdered while in the other, a suspected drug dealer was hacked to death near Panjab University by another drug peddler.
A policeman with the body of a woman, suspected to have been raped before she was murdered in Gwala Colony, near the Railway light point in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Cops hunt for contractor in Chopra murder case
Chandigarh, June 15
The Punjab police has asked the Chandigarh and Panchkula police to trace a Panchkula-based contractor, Rahul Kohli, as he is required for questioning in XEN V. K. Chopra murder case.

Consumers resent hike in petrol, LPG prices
Chandigarh, June 15
While the Oil companies, which suffered losses worth Rs 14,000 crore during the past six months, heaved a sigh of relief with the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG increasing today, the consumers are sore over this hike.

NIIFT, PESCO owe Rs 58 lakh in rent
Eviction process starts
Mohali, June 15
The Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology and the Punjab Ex-Servicemen Corporation face eviction from the building occupied by them in the industrial area here due to the non-payment of rent totalling nearly Rs 58 lakh.

Court raps Army over GCM proceedings
Chandigarh, June 15
While dismissing General Court Martial proceedings initiated against a brigadier on charges of intent to defraud, the Delhi High Court has castigated the Army over the manner and method of handling the case.

Punjab, Haryana farmers for UK show
Chandigarh, June 15
As many as 12 progressive farmers and agri-businessmen of Punjab and Haryana have been invited by the British Government to participate in this year's edition of the Royal Show. The show covers a broad spectrum of predominantly agriculture and agri-business-related activities.

Prof Roger Gafke

Focus on community journalism, suggests US journalist
Chandigarh, June 15
Indian media also need to focus on community journalism as in the US. It helps in improving the life of the common man, said Prof Roger Gafke, an eminent journalist from Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia.

Verma orders probe into assault on tourists
Chandigarh, June 15
Taking a serious note of an alleged incident of slapping and hitting Delhi-based tourists by a traffic police Inspector on Saturday night, the UT Administrator, Justice O.P. Verma (retd), today ordered an inquiry against Mr Ishwar Singh Mann.

COMMUNITY

A nightmare for night commuters
Panchkula, June 15
The two national highways passing through the district, Panchkula-Kalka-Shimla highway, and Panchkula-Naraingarh highway, are turning into a nightmare night commuters. Thanks to the Ministry of Surface Transport and National Highways, no funds have been released for either four laning/ widening of the highways, or for ensuring that proper illuminated road markings and retro-reflective sign boards are installed.

Members of the Pind Bachao Action Committee and Gram Panchayat, Kishangarh village, hold a protest rally in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Members of the Kirti Kisan Union from all over Punjab stage a dharna to protest against the completion of the SYL canal at Matka Chowk in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photographs

Verma seeks report on Pink Rose Society
Chandigarh, June 15
The case of the Pink Rose Cooperative House Building Society is back in the news. The UT Administrator, Justice O.P. Verma (retd), has asked the Municipal Commissioner-cum-Secretary Cooperation, Mr M.P. Singh to file a complete report on the status of the society.

Roadsurvivors on ‘save mountains’ campaign
Chandigarh, June 15
Roadsurvivors, comprising a group of people owning 3.5 HP Bullet motorcycles in the city, is organising a roadshow carrying a message “Save Mountains” They will begin a two-week-long motorcycle ride “Ladakh Beckons” on June 18.

Panchkula Diary
Daily wage staff stage dharna
Panchkula, June 15
Over 50 daily wage employees of the Forest Department, Haryana, today staged a dharna outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office here, in protest against the retrenchment drive of the department.

• Convention of HCMS Association

• Khula durbar

Facilitation services to help taxpayers
Chandigarh, June 15
The Commissioner of Income Tax, Chandigarh, Ms P. Sahi, the Income Tax Department has arranged facilitation services to enable the taxpayers find out their PAN/TAN number in view of the quoting of the PAN/TAN number on challans for tax payments having been made mandatory from June 1.

Review panel meeting held
Panchkula, June 15
The district-level Review Committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner, Ms Neelam P. Kasni, here today. She urged representatives of banks, who were attending the meeting to ensure that the poor and the needy were granted loans on easy terms and conditions so that they could become self-independent.

• Labourer falls off roof, dies

• Newspaper launched

EDUCATION

Recruitment scam on PEC campus: report
Chandigarh, June 15
The Punjab Engineering College authorities have favoured certain candidates while recruiting non-teaching staff on contract in the college, says the findings of the inquiry report submitted with the Chandigarh Vigilance Department.

B.Ed. entrance test result declared
Chandigarh, June 15
The result of the B.Ed. entrance test held for admission to colleges of education in the city has been declared. The result is available at the colleges of educational and on the website of the Chandigarh Administration: www.chandigarh.nib.in.

• Admission bureau

• Result declared

• Migration certificates

Dr Chhina to present paper on globalisation of education
Chandigarh, June 15
Dr Amanpreet Chhina, member of faculty with the Canadian Institute for International Studies, Mohali, has been selected from India to present a 30-minute paper at the International Conference on Diversity, on Organisations, Communities and Nations to be held at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA from July 6-9, 2004.

Miss India Earth coming today
Chandigarh, June 15
Femina Miss India World Jyoti Brahmin is visiting the National Institute of Fashion Design tomorrow. Jyoti will be here to review designer creations of the students for the forthcoming annual fashion show of NIFD, scheduled to be held in July this year.

Students get self-defence tips Panchkula, June 15 A three-week karate and taekwondo workshop concluded at “The Gurukul”, Sector 20, today. Students learned self-defence techniques under the guidance of martial arts instructor Sukhjeevan Sharma. Students learn self-defence techniques at a karate and taekwondo workshop held in The Gurukul, Panchkula.

5,000 class XI admission forms sold
Chandigarh, June 15
On the first day sale of prospectus for admission to Class XI in government senior secondary schools of the city, at least 5000 forms had been sold till today evening.

CULTURE

A walk through rich Indian heritage
Chandigarh, June 15
“Carnets Indiens” by Marie Accomiato is more than just an exhibition of photographs. Sliced from history itself, frames speak in the language of nostalgia. For any Indian, who looks at his country from the eyes of this French woman photographer, this exhibition would serve as a walk through the rich Indian heritage.

LIFESTYLE

Fitness Trail
Variety, not quantity, of diet crucial for kids
There can’t be a parent in the whole world who doesn’t want to see his/her child eat more healthily. Childhood is associated with growing. During infancy, the rate of growth is high. Till five years of age this rate is fast. Between six to 12 years, the growth rate is slower than in infancy or adolescence when it again shoots up.

Shiamak’s students stir the audience Shiamak Davar keeps getting better by the day. Every bit a performer, the man surely has a knack of passing on his tradition to everyone who comes in contact with him. Through a host of summer and winter funk shows, which he organises under the aegis of his Institute for the Performing Arts, Shiamak virtually makes dance a part of every life.
Sizzling on the stage — young performers are caught in a delightful stance during the Summer Funk Show, organised at the Tagore Theatre by the Shiamak Davar Institute for the Performing Arts (SDIPA) and the Durga Das Foundation on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Wear jeans for rough-and-tough look
Good clothes, they say, open all doors. So when youngsters are knocking at the doors of opportunities, trendy wear is a must. And when you talk of trendy clothes, can jeans be far behind. The jeans are the first choice of many college-going girls and boys. Their popularity has increased, especially in cities. They have posed a considerable challenge to the traditional salwar kameez.

Corporate wear turns bold
From beige to bold, corporate wear has come a long way. Gone are the days when men entered their work stations wearing those beige trousers and sober coloured shirts. The office goer has undergone a complete makeover, believe fashion gurus. They assert that the importance of being well dressed has increased over the past few years.