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Head Constable shoots neighbour in land dispute
Mohali, December 10
A 46-year-old resident of Mataor village was killed and his nephew critically injured when their neighbour, a head constable in the Punjab Police, went on a shooting spree here this morning. The three were involved in a long-standing land dispute in the village that came to a head today.

Tirlochan Singh
Accused Tirlochan Singh
Deceased Meher Singh
Deceased Meher Singh
(file picture)

A police officer shows bullet marks on a wall at Matour village in Mohali on Friday.
A police officer shows bullet marks on a wall at Matour village in Mohali on Friday. — A Tribune photograph





EARLIER STORIES
  Dr Baljeet Kapoor PEC Principal, officer chargesheeted
Chandigarh, December 10
The Principal of Punjab Engineering College, Dr Baljeet Kapoor, and the Administrative Officer Mr Darshan Singh, were charge-sheeted today for allegedly recruiting about 20 persons in PEC on contract without following the procedures.

Land prices in Chandigarh touch a new high
An employee of the Estate Office seeks bids for the auction of residential property in Chandigarh on Friday. Average price on per square yard basis this year was Rs 25,719 against last year price of Rs 16, 820
 Chandigarh, December 10
Prices of residential property in the city reached new high today at the auction for residential plots.



An employee of the Estate Office seeks bids for the auction of residential property in Chandigarh on Friday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Selection panel chief accused of assaulting lawyer
Bar president threatens strike
 Panchkula, December 10
The Chairman of the Haryana Staff Selection Commission, Mr Amir Chand Chawla, along with two others, has been accused of assaulting a lawyer, and trying to kidnap him. The lawyer, Mr Ajay Gupta, had accidentally rammed his car into the Chairman’s Safari on the Zirakpur- Kalka highway this afternoon.

Ordnance factory to export phone cables to Nepal
Chandigarh, December 10
Making a headway into the international market, the Ordnance Cable Factory (OFC), a Ministry of Defence enterprise based here, will export telephone cables manufactured by it to Nepal.

Anupam Kher announces opening of acting school in Mumbai
Chandigarh, December 10
Whether on screen or off it, Anupam Kher almost always manages to make news. Until recently he was in the eye of a storm over unsavoury developments in the Censor Board. Today he is back in the limelight as his autobiographical play “Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai” enters its 87th show in a city that taught him the art of acting.

CBSE undertakes exam-related reforms
Chandigarh, December 10
Students appearing in the forthcoming Class X and XII examinations of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will get their roll numbers and admit cards by the first week of January next year.

Administrator is just a click away
Chandigarh, December 10
The city residents can now contact the UT Administrator and send their suggestions and ideas to him just at the click of the mouse.

 
COMMUNITY

Girls admire the beauty of flowers at the Chrysanthemum Show display at Terraced Garden in Sector 33, Chandigarh, on Friday. Colourful start to Chrysanthemum Show
Chandigarh, December 10
The 18th Chrysanthemum Show got off to a colourful start at the Terraced Garden in Sector 33 here today with the wife of the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Ms Jean Rodrigues, inaugurating the show.

Girls admire the beauty of flowers at the Chrysanthemum Show display at Terraced Garden in Sector 33, Chandigarh, on Friday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

MLA calls PUDA irresponsible
Mohali, December 10
Residents of Sector 71 has criticised the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) for failing to mitigate their problems which were brought to the notice of officials concerned.

Merchant Navy’s event today
Mohali, December 10
The Merchant Navy Officers’ Association, Chandigarh, will organise North Sea 2004, an event aimed at promoting interaction of Merchant Navy officers with the government authorities and shipping companies’ officials.

Shaheedi Chetna march on Dec 12
Chandigarh, December 10
The Chandigarh Gurdwara Parbandhak Sangathan will organise shaheedi chetna march to mark the 300th anniversary of martyrdom of Mata Gujri and four sahibzadas on December 12.

Osho meditation camps today
Panchkula, December 10
Santoor vadan by Dr Varsha Aggarwal of Ujjain with Lalit Mohant on the tabla and dance celebrations are the highlights of the two-day Osho Meditation camp which will begin at 58, Industrial Area, Phase -1, here tomorrow.

Date for computer award forms extended
Chandigarh, December 10
The Union Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, New Delhi, has extended the last date of submission of applications for the third Computer Literacy Excellence Awards (CLEA) for schools-2004 by private and government schools located in Chandigarh to December 30.

Honest gesture
Chandigarh, December 10
The chosen ones are tested once in their life for what they are, but a city resident underwent the experience twice in a week.

Wet sand on road claims life
Panchkula, December 10
A 45-year-old scooterist was killed after his scooter skidded near Vatika Garden in Sector 5 here last night.

 
CRIME

Cook stabbed, robbed of money, mobile
Chandigarh, December 10
Two unidentified persons stabbed a cyclist from Palsora Colony and robbed him of his wallet and mobile phone in Sector 56 when he was returning home on Wednesday night.

Man run over by train
Chandigarh, December 10
An unidentified man was run over by the IUK train near the railway bridge close to Chandi Mandir, this evening.

Man held for stealing car
Chandigarh, December 10
A thief was arrested for stealing a car from Burail and another for stealing a brief case containing Rs 16,000 from Colony No 5 yesterday.

Three vehicles stolen
Chandigarh, December 10
Three vehicles are reportedly stolen from the city, according to the information released by the police here today.
BUSINESS

Biz Clips

 
EDUCATION

Paper out of syllabus
Chandigarh, December 10
Paper having question out of syllabus has led to a protest by students of the Law Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Tiny tots of Kids Kingdom, Sector 8, perform during their annual function at the Art Gallery auditorium in Chandigarh on Friday.
Tiny tots of Kids Kingdom, Sector 8, perform during their annual function at the Art Gallery auditorium in Chandigarh on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Students were apprised of lecture shortage
Chandigarh, December 10
In connection with the agitation by law students over the shortage of lecture, the Director of the University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University, the Director of the University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University,

Arts college in dilemma over MFA courses
Chandigarh, December 10
The All-India Council of Technical Education has put College of Arts run by the Chandigarh Administration in a fix.

15 teams take part in Aero Quiz
Chandigarh, December 10
The Chandigarh chapter of the Aeronautical Society of India conducted an Aero Quiz in which 15 teams from schools of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali participated.

Campus Beat
BCA curriculum revision mooted
Chandigarh, December 10
The Department of Computer Science and Applications (DCSA) and Information Technology Centre for College Education (ITCCE), Panjab University, conducted a one- day workshop on curriculum revision for the BCA course at the ICSSR Complex here.

AKSIPS holds annual function
Chandigarh, December 10
The annual function of Ajit Karam Singh International Public School AKSIPS, Sector 41-B, was held here today.

Shemrock’s annual day
Mohali, December 10
Shemrock Senior Secondary School, Sector 69, here celebrated its annual day today. Students of Classes I to VI presented a colourful spectacle full of plays, songs, dances and music.

COURTS

Contempt notice to Sports Director
Appointment of Lake Club GM
 Chandigarh, December 10
The Chandigarh Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today issued a notice under the Contempt of Courts Act to the UT Director, Sports, Mr Inderjit Singh Sandhu, for flouting the directions of the tribunal while making the appointment of Dr Reet Mohinder Singh as the General Manager of the Lake Club.

Non-bailable warrants against lawyer
Chandigarh, December 10
The Judicial Magistrate, First Class(JMIC), Ms Harpreet Kaur, today issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against a practising advocate of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr Shekhar Lal Chander Shekhar, in a cheque-bounce case.

 

LIFESTYLE

Anupam Kher performs during a play “Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai”, at the PGI auditorium, Chandigarh, on Friday. The actor’s tribute to a life well-lived
VERY rarely does one come across sincere productions. Anupam Kher’s one-man act, “Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai”, is one such play that dares to celebrate the human virtue of honesty as it is — simple and basic.

Anupam Kher performs during a play “Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai”, at the PGI auditorium, Chandigarh, on Friday. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Sardar Anjum couplets to welcome Pak guests today
Dr Sardar Anjum with Pakistani Punjab Chief Minister Parveiz Elahi “THO hamsaye bhai ban kar duniyan par chhaa jayenge, Yahi sdayen uthti hein akaash pe chaand sitaron se.... Rabb ki rehmat dharti ke tapte seene pe barsegi, Yaar milenege jis din “Anjum” khol ke baahen yaaron se...”, this ode of resolute yearning for Indo-Pak amity came from Dr Sardar Anjum as both the Chief Ministers of Indian and Pakistani Punjab greeted each other at the inaugural ceremony of Indo -Pak Games at Patiala.

Dr Sardar Anjum (left) with Pakistani Punjab Chief Minister Parveiz Elahi (right)

This Pustak is for slum children
“IT is better to go to the cinema than to school,” says father of Parwana, a nine-year-old, who hails from Bihar. The boy had left his home about two years ago and had come to Chandigarh to earn a livelihood along with his father. His mother is still in Bihar.

Artist Gurpreet Kaur with one of her sculptures on display at the Sculpture and Drawings Exhibition being held at Alliance Francaise, Sector 36, Chandigarh, on Friday. Sculptures that reveal a world of wonderment
Gurpreet Kaur’s art works are uniquely traditional. Created out of the most contemporary mediums of wood and metal, her sculptures represent of culture in context with newness. A product of Benaras Hindu University where she studied Masters in Fine Arts, Gurpreet uses her mediums rather effortlessly to bring alive the issue of her own displacement from the culturally vibrant Benaras to the modern Chandigarh.

Artist Gurpreet Kaur with one of her sculptures on display at the Sculpture and Drawings Exhibition being held at Alliance Francaise, Sector 36, Chandigarh, on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Bonsai orange tree
A tree is laden with dozens of oranges. Nothing exceptional, except for the fact that it is less than a metre in height.

HEALTH

Medical camp held

 

SPORTS

Mr Dheeraj Malhotra and Mr Sukhwinder Bawa at a press conference of the 'ESPN Scorpio Speedster' in DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chandigarh. Hunt for fastest bowler in city today
Chandigarh, December 10
The stage is set for the city to play a host to the “ESPN Scorpio Speedster”, a nationwide hunt for India’s fastest bowler, beginning tomorrow at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8.

 

Mr Dheeraj Malhotra (left) and Mr Sukhwinder Bawa at a press conference of the “ESPN Scorpio Speedster” in DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, 
on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

The cricket team of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School
The cricket team of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, Chandigarh, which won the UT inter-school under-19 girls cricket tournament held on Friday.

At 72, he wins a bronze in shot put
Chandigarh, December 10
Captain Gurjiwan Singh Sidhu, a veteran athlete of the city, is still strong at 72 and won a bronze medal in the shot put event in the above-70 years’ category in the 13th Asia Masters Athletics Championship which concluded in Bangkok (Thailand) on December 5.

Gymnasts fail to attend meet due to CGA apathy
Chandigarh, December 10
All is not well with the functioning of the Chandigarh Gymnastic Association (CGA). The manner in which the UT girl gymnasts team selected for Junior National Gymnastics Championship, which began today at Hyderabad, was not sent for one competition has invited criticism from several quarters.

ADMINISTRATION

17 ASIs to be recruited
Chandigarh, December 10
The Chandigarh Police is going to recruit 17 Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASIs) after a gap of five years.

Move on friendly building passing plan
Chandigarh, December 10
The Chandigarh Administration is considering a new procedure for the passing of building plans, which will be more people-friendly, and also ensuring the construction as per building rules.

Health club for babus
Chandigarh, December 10
Babus at the Estate Office will now have the option to exercise their muscles. A health club was opened yesterday morning, giving babus the option to use the gym between 5.00 pm and 8.00 pm on all working days and from 8.00 am to 12 noon on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
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