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CVC blames PGI’s MS office for financial lapses
Chandigarh, September 6
Taking a note of the financial lapses in the implementation of the sanitation contract in the PGI in 2002, the Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi, has put the institute’s Medical Superintendent’s office in the dock.

Obtaining bar licence made cheaper
Chandigarh, September 6
The city will have more bars and rates of liquor served in these bars are expected to fall. The Chandigarh Administration today removed eligibility condition imposed for applying a bar licence.

Janmashtami celebrated with pomp
Chandigarh, September 6
The flute of the Sri Krishna it is said, held the gopies in Mathura spellbound. His laughter, his dance created the spirit of festivity and became the longing of people. The “Janmashtami” has created a lot of fervour and enthusiasm among the city residents.

• Osho’s interpretation of Lord Krishna

• Jhankis depict Bal Gopal’s life

Laxmi Narayan Temple, Sector-20, Chandigarh, illuminated for Janmashtami celebrations on Monday. — Tribune photograph by Karam Singh

REGIONAL BRIEFS

Boys dressed as Lord Krishna perform at a school on the eve of Janmashtami, in Chandigarh on Monday.
 — Reuters

	Sukhi denies involvement in ‘kabootarbaazi’ September 6, 2004
	HUDA demolishes 250 jhuggis September 5, 2004
	IT park sans environmental clearance! September 4, 2004
	Residents of 15 villages block traffic September 3, 2004
	Devotees throng gurdwaras September 2, 2004
	85 pc quota for UT students in PEC stays September 1, 2004
	Deemed varsity status for CSIR likely, says Sibal August 31, 2004
	Happy end to love story August 30, 2004
	Fuel for disaster August 29, 2004
	Scientific temper runs high among young August 28, 2004

COMMUNITY

New sectors to have more green areas
45 ft roads, 2-kanal plots planned
Mohali, September 6
The layout plan for Sectors 77 and 78 has been approved by the Planning and Design Committee providing for several new features, hitherto lacking in other residential areas of the town.

Defunct traffic lights create traffic jams
Zirakpur, September 6
Defunct traffic lights at the Panchkula T-point on the ‘killer’ Chandigarh-Ambala highway have been creating a bottleneck in smooth flow of vehicular traffic for the past couple of months.

Bazigars object to PUDA move
Zirakpur, September 6
The fate of over 300 Bazigar families facing dislocation hangs in balance due to a move of the Punjab Urban Development Authority for setting up of an ultra-modern urban estate on the Kalka-Ambala highway, near here.

Handcuffing of Kohli: police fails to file reply
Chandigarh, September 6
The Chandigarh police today failed to file a reply to the contempt of court plea in the case relating to the handcuffing of Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, main accused in British teenager Hannah Foster rape and murder case.

Indigenous character basis of India’s unity: Mukherjee
Chandigarh, September 6
The Soviet Union disintegrated, Pakistan broke into two sovereign countries but the Indian union has remained a single unit despite its heterogeneous composition. According to Professor Partha Mukherjee, India succeeded in remaining united because the Indian state was based on an indigenous model of nationhood.

His quest for learning is young even at 70 Chandigarh, September 6 It’s a former school teacher’s quest to study Indian spiritualism in the light of history that’s taking him places at the age of 70 when most of his contemporaries are leading retired life in the comfort of their homes. Young at heart and still an eager learner rearing to go, Harbans Lal Bawa, a research scholar at Panjab University, has added another feather to his cap and one more degree to his kitty.

Harbans Lal Bawa

Serving destitutes his mission
Ladhowal, September 6
Jyoti, a 10-year-old mentally challenged girl, might have become a burden for her parents forcing them to abandon her eight years ago, but for Baba Jaswant Singh and his wife, Gurmeet Kaur, the child, whom they want to provide the very best in life, is a part of their lives.

Fauji Beat Defence forces need joint war doctrine IT is surprising that India has been functioning without a war doctrine since Independence. Not only that, the country does not even have a defence policy. Nor has any information policy for the Army been evolved so far. We believe in ad hocism because decision-making is not our forte. Don’t degrade pre-Independence war heroes Cancer detection camp Railways’ concession for widows A war in modern times calls for close coordination among the Army, the Navy and the Air Force.

• Bank computer goes on the blink, customers feel angry

• Kultar Singh’s death mourned

CRIME

6 cases of vehicle theft registered
Chandigarh, September 6
The city police has registered six cases of vehicle thefts, including two cars and four two-wheelers and arrested a thief, who was caught red-handed while stealing a scooter from Sector 19, yesterday, according to information released today.

Suicide by newly married woman
Chandigarh, September 6
A newly married woman committed suicide in Saini Bhavan, Sector 24, here today evening. It is learnt that Ritu Sharma, wife of Rajesh Kumar Prashar, consumed some poisonous substance in the evening when her husband was away.

Four arrested in a dowry case
Panchkula, September 6
The police has arrested four persons — Sanjeev Verma, Bal Krishan Verma, Tilak and Seema, on charges of harassing Sanjeev’s wife, Ashu Geeta, for bringing insufficient dowry. All accused were produced before Magistrate Ashok Aggarwal today.

Man suspected to have died of poisoning
Panchkula, September 6
Mystery shrouds the death of a 28-year-old resident of Bhainsa Tibba village, who died at Government Medical College and Hospital Chandigarh this morning. Meharban, a tailor, was rushed to the hospital in the morning after a bout of vomiting and abdominal pain.

BUSINESS

Unit owners meet Governor
Chandigarh, September 6
A delegation of the Chandigarh Industrial Fasteners Association today called on the UT Administrator, Justice OP Verma.