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Man jumps to death in District Courts
Chandigarh, October 11
A man in judicial custody jumped to death from the fourth floor of the District Courts Complex here today after he was refused permission to attend the cremation of his wife for whose dowry death he and his mother were arrested yesterday.

  Chief Justice orders inquiry 
  Not first time in city

Rain cools haves, chills have-nots Chandigarh, October 11 Moderate to heavy rainfall in the city and the adjoining areas today seems to have brought an early onset of the winter. Normal life was thrown out of gear this evening with heavy rainfall forcing the residents to remain indoors. The flooding of the low-lying areas, particularly the slums, brought misery to the residents.

Collegiates try a jump over a stream of rainwater on the Madhya Marg. (Right) Slum dwellers try to ward off nip in the air by burning leaves near Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photos Manoj Mahajan

Fencing of border to be discussed
Pak Rangers-BSF talks today

Chandigarh, October 11 A 15-member delegation of Pakistan Rangers arrived here today for the biannual conference with their counterparts from the Border Security Force (BSF) on matters pertaining to management of the international border between the two countries and other issues of mutual interest. BSF Inspector General, G.S. Gill (right) welcomes Major-Gen Zaved Zia and Major-Gen Hussain Mehdi of Pakistan Rangers along with other officers in the 15-member delegation which arrived in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan.

Pak seeks Punjab expertise to boost agriculture
Chandigarh, October 11
Struck by the success story of Punjab agriculture, Pakistan has made up its mind to sign Indian experts in the lead role. Pakistan’s Minister for Agriculture and Marketing Rana Mohammed Kasim Nau today revealed that they had decided to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Punjab Mandi Board here for the transfer of expertise in the filed of marketing and agriculture research.

CHANDIGARH CALLING Power men of Chandigarh, wake up! You have nothing to lose but your lethargy and save, in the process, precious lives. This photograph taken by The Tribune photographer Manoj Mahajan is a fairly common sight in Chandigarh. Drinking vs  diabetes Red in face Science seminar Music show Education fairs

COMMUNITY

Bombshell not defused yet
Neembuan (Dera Bassi), October 11
Panic still prevails in Neembuan and nearby villages as the defence authorities failed to turn up for defusing the live bombshell for the second consecutive day, here today. The bombshell was spotted on Saturday.

Water samples of Kumbra village fail test
Mohali, October 11
Water samples collected by district health officials from Kumbra village have failed purity test and the water of the area has been declared “not potable”.

Water flows in village taps after 9 years
Mohali, October 11
Residents of Giddarpur village remained deprived of potable water for about nine years due to lack of coordination between the field staff and those preparing drawings for related projects. This attitude has exposed the indifferent working style of government officials.

Plan for pre-paid metering of power
Panchkula, October 11
Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) proposes to ask its two power distribution companies — Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) — to run pilot projects for introducing pre-paid metering of power supply.

Secretarial body dwells on mantras of success
Chandigarh, October 11
Espousing the secrets of true success, the Institution for Secretarial Practices and Development (INSPIRE) said every individual has a hidden potential to reach any heights and it can be realised through self-belief only.

Woman, grandson suffer burns
Panchkula, October 11
A 65-year-old woman and her four-year-old grandson received serious burn injuries when the woman accidentally put spirit, used as thinner, in the stove instead of kerosene.

Cigarette butt nearly cost him life
Panchkula, October 11
A 30-year-old resident of Indira Colony was seriously injured today when he inadvertently threw a cigarette butt near a can containing spirit, which was used as a thinner.

Airmen's recruitment rally from Oct 18
Chandigarh, October 11
A recruitment rally is being conducted the Air Force station, Adampur (Jalandhar), from October 18 to 20 for the youth of Punjab for selection of airmen in technical trades (group-X) in the Indian Air Force.

Harbans Singh cremated
Chandigarh, October 11
Former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Harbans Singh, who died yesterday evening after a brief illness, was cremated here today. He was 90. Justice Harbans Singh had also remained Chief Commissioner of Sikh Gurdwara Election Commission.

CM mourns death
Chandigarh, October 11
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today mourned the death of Justice Harbans Singh (retd), who passed away here on Sunday. He was former Chief Commissioner, Sikh Gurdwara Election Commission.

CRIME

Nine hurt in Sumo-truck collision
Lalru, October 11
Nine occupants of a Tata Sumo including two women were injured, three of them seriously, when their vehicle had a head-on collision with the truck on the busy Kalka-Ambala highway in Dappar village near here, this morning.

Minor girl abducted
Chandigarh, October 11
The local police registered a case of abduction of a minor girl of Manimajra. According to the police, father of the girl Sushil Kumar of Pipliwala town in Manimajra reported that Ravi Kumar, resident of Sector 26, allegedly abducted his daughter on October 9. The girl had gone to a computer centre when she was abducted.

Chain snatched
Mohali, October 11
In a daring incident of robbery, a gold chain was snatched from a woman, resident of Sector 71, here this evening. The incident occurred when Mrs Geeta Malik was returning home from an STD around 4 p.m., when a scooter-borne person snatched her chain and fled.

Two injured
Chandigarh, October 11
A scooterist, Sushma Chauhan, of Sector 15-D was hit by a Maruti Van driven by Navjot of Phase 7, Mohali, near Sector 24-25 chowk. Her two sons — Rahul and Lalit — got injured in the accident and were admitted to the PGI.

BSNL GM held on graft charge
Chandigarh, October 11
The Patiala BSNL General Manager, Mr C.S. Kataria, was caught by a team of the CBI while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000. He has been arrested. The CBI, in a statement said, the bribe was allegedly demanded for granting him a tender for collecting outstanding telephone dues.

1 booked under Periphery Act
Chandigarh, October 11
The local police booked a person under the Periphery Control Act today. Mr S.K. Setia, Land Acquisition Officer had given a written complaint to the Senior Superintendent of police, Mr Gaurav Yadav, that the Nazar Singh of Hallomajra village sold small plots without any permission.

BUSINESS

Bank cracks down on defaulters
Chandigarh, October 11
The Punjab and Sind Bank, Patiala Zone, has initiated action against habitual defaulters. It has taken over the possession of the properties of M/s Chandan Pan Products Ltd on October 4 under the SRFAESI Act, 2002, said an official statement.

EDUCATION

Punjab University employees hold rally
Chandigarh, October 11
The Panjab university Non-Teaching Employees Federation held a rally at the administrative block, panjab University, here today, to protest against the indifferent attitude of the authorities towards clearing appointments to be made on compassionate grounds.

COURTS

Bail plea rejected
Panchkula, October 11
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr J.R. Chauhan, today rejected the bail application of two Health Department officials accused of embezzlement. The accused — Pramod Kumar, cashier, and Rajiv Kumar, clerk — had moved the court after they were booked by the police under Section 409 of the IPC last week.

LIFESTYLE

Strains of sitar sparkles at govt college 
“Indian classical music can be an effective medium for contributing towards world peace”, said sitarist Prateek Chaudhury , who was in the city to perform at co-educational Government College, Sector 46,Chandigarh .

‘Painter Babu’ explores nuances of relationships

Everyone has his own way of looking at things and own philosophy of life. This theme was presented in a play, 'Painter Babu’, staged by the ‘Manch tantra’ group at Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, today which explores intricacies involved in relationships. Fateh Singh Gangani performs at Prachin Kala Kendra, Sector 35, Chandigarh, on Monday. — Tribune photo

‘Tridhara’ enthralls audience
Noted tabla player, Fateh Singh Gangani, vocalist Rita Chatterjee and young sarangi player Murad Ali gave a wonderful performance at a music concert, ‘Tridhara’, organised at the Bhaskar Rao Indoor Auditorium, Sector 35 today to mark the 92nd monthly Bhaithak of Pracheen kala Kendra.

Delay in DTH launch disappoints residents

It is a case of being all dressed up, but nowhere to go for the common man as far as the Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcast service by Doordarshan is concerned. After promising crystal clear pictures and digital quality sound through its direct-to-home broadcast service called “DD Direct+” last month, Doordarshan has failed to formally launch the service so far. A dealer in Chandigarh displays satellite dishes for DTH broadcasting.

HEALTH

PGI doctors win awards Chandigarh, October 11 To reduce the ill effects of the radiation of X rays taken for gastroenterological disorders, the Department of gastroenterology at PGI has worked out an ultrasonic technique of Sonoenteroclysis. A team of Department of Gastroenterology, PGI, who bagged six awards at the 45th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology, along with the chairperson Prof B. Nagi ( second from right) .

Convention of medical technologists held
Chandigarh, October 11
Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, member of Parliament from the city, has extended all help for the formation of a college for medical technology at the PGI and a national council for medical technologists.

28,238 kids get polio vaccination
Dera Bassi, October 11
As many as 28,238 children were administered vaccination against polio in the Pulse Polio eradication drive by the local health authorities against the target of 34,000.

SPORTS

Shuttlers get comfortable stay, courtesy CBA 
Chandigarh, October 11
Whenever any tournament of zonal or national level is held in the city and adjoining areas, it has been noticed that the hosts give less importance to the lodging and boarding arrangements for the participants, while more emphasis is laid on placating the officials.

Gurnoor bags gold in rowing meet
Chandigarh, October 11
Gurnoor Kaur of Chandigarh, who represented the Chandigarh Rowing Association, won the gold medal in the single sculls event with timing of 8.53.97 in the 25th Junior National Rowing Championships that concluded near Hardwar yesterday.