Sambar caught in city, released
Chandigarh, December 28
Two policemen of Mani Majra police station sustained injuries while trapping a sambar that strayed into the city this morning. The five-year-old male sambar strayed into the thickly populated area of Indira Colony in Mani Majra.

A policeman ropes in a sambar that strayed into Indira Colony in Mani Majra, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Goods worth lakhs destroyed in fire
Chandigarh, December 28
Clothes and electrical gadgets worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in fire by short-circuit in two shops of Sector 20 C. Six fire tenders took two hours to douse the fire. The fire operation became difficult as when the fire tenders sprayed water, there was a spark in the overhead wires.

A shopkeeper at a shop that caught fire in Sector 20-C, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. 
— A Tribune photograph

BJP seeks apology from Cong on remark against Atal
Chandigarh, December 28
The remark of a Congress councillor, Mr H.S. Lucky, against former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has snowballed into a major controversy with the BJP today deciding to protest outside the residence of the local MP and chief whip of the Congress Parliamentary Party, Mr Pawan Bansal, here on January 2.

2004: IN RETROSPECT
DTH service failed to take off
Chandigarh, December 28
After firing the imagination of viewers with the promise of crystal-clear pictures for several months, the direct-to-home(DTH) broadcast service — DD Direct+—of Doordarshan failed to see the light of day in 2004.

Councillor’s removal sought
Chandigarh, December 28
Former members of the Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress (CTYC) today demanded the resignation of the CTCC chief and councillor of the municipal corporation, Mr H.S. Lucky, for his remark against the former Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee.

Seminar on ‘Wither Society’ on Jan 2
Mohali, December 28
The Adara “Tarak”, Mohali will organise a seminar on “Wither Society” at Government Senior Secondary School, Phase 3BI, here on January 2.

ICCW creches to be renovated
Chandigarh, December 28
A comprehensive plan has been made to renovate and revamp all creches of Chandigarh being run by the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW). The council is running over 50 creches in various parts of the city.

Dalit rights forum to help needy
Mohali, December 28
Members of the Dalit Rights Protection Forum, Punjab, have decided to start a chain system to help women and weaker sections of society. This was decided at a meeting of the forum held in Mohali under the chairmanship of its president, Mrs Pushpa Salaria.

Tribune employee bereaved
Chandigarh, December 28
Mrs Phulan Rani (78), mother-in-law of Mr Vinod Kohli, Deputy News Editor, Dainik Tribune passed away here after a brief illness. She is survived by two sons and one daughter, all married besides her husband.

Youth held for making lewd remarks
Chandigarh, December 28
A car-borne youth of Sector 38 (West) was arrested for allegedly making lewd remarks and gestures at a woman in Sector 17 parking lot here today.

Porn site: case registered
Chandigarh, December 28
A day after refusing to act on the porn site in the name of Pawan Bansal, the Chandigarh police today registered a case against www.pawanbansal.com.

BUSINESS

Hepa filter project to be launched
Mohali, December 28
Dr K.R.K. Raman, a senior scientist and renowned environmentalist residing in Mohali, will launch a project to manufacture and export Hepa filters to the USA.

IIT Professor appointed PEC Director
Chandigarh, December 28
Prof Vijay Gupta, from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, was today selected as Director of the Punjab Engineering College. He was offered an appointment to which Prof Gupta will reply at a latter date.

Campus interviews being held in PU
Chandigarh, December 28
The Department of Correspondence Studies recently started PG Diploma in Computer Application through correspondence from the session 2004-2005.

CBSE cuts days for applying for rechecking
Chandigarh, December 28
To enable students to get timely admission in professional courses, the CBSE had reduced the days during which a candidate can apply for rechecking of answer books. It will enable the board authorities to declare the result in time, said a senior officer of the board.

Scientists throw light on emerging technologies
Dera Bassi, December 28
The Punjab Technical University (PTU), Jalandhar, organised lectures for the principals of various engineering colleges and the budding engineers at the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi, here today.

Mr Y.S. Rajan, Vice-Chancellor of the PTU, presents a memento to Dr S.K. Salwan (right), at the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

NSUI to collect relief funds
Chandigarh, December 28
The Chandigarh unit of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) at an emergency meeting held under the chairmanship of Nitin Goyal, president of the local unit, decided to collect donations for the PM’s Relief Fund.

COURTS

Orders to make discos safe
Chandigarh, December 28
Going to discos will be safer for the city youth. This means fewer brawls, those getting tipsy will not be served drinks and carrying of arms will be strictly prohibited.

Chill slackens morning walkers
Twiddling their thumbs, city residents wait for the sunrise. The morning chill surely bogs many of us down. As the temperature is dipping down it is becoming difficult for people to leave the bed early in the morning.

People take a walk at Sukhna Lake in the evening. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Portraying pangs of love
Chandigarh-bred Renu Mahajan is living the joy of a dream realized. As her debut novel “Whispering Vines” travels through the critics’ circuit in India, she seems confident of her labour, believing her passion will not fail her. And she has all the reason in the world to relax, for responses to her first work of fiction have been encouraging in Canada where she migrated 24 years ago.

A search for woman’s identity
“Social evils, especially the predicament of the ‘woman’ in India, are rooted so deeply in the soil that a complete revolution is necessary for reformation. Extolled as an angel in our scriptures, the ‘woman’ is a mere romantic adulation in the contemporary male chauvinism, where she has to fight for her survival at every level of society,” reiterates playwright director Pali Bhupinder Singh through a powerful presentation of a classic Punjabi play, “Ghar-Ghar”. The play was staged at Tagore Theatre here today.

Artistes stage a play “Ghar Ghar” during the Gursharan Singh Natya Utsav at the Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Music is medicine for this doctor
Man with magical fingers, the epithet suits Patiala-based Dr Sukhdeep S. Boparai to the tee as his fingers hold the surgeon’s knife and move on the strings of guitar and on the keyboard with equal deftness. This postgraduate in ophthalmology has performed several complicated operations and has restored the vision of thousands of patients in his 17-year-long career, besides attending several seminars and conferences in India and the world.

Dr Sukhdeep S. Boparai

HEALTH

80 Dev Samaj College girls donate blood
Chandigarh, December 28
As many as 80 girl students of the NSS wing of Dev Samaj College for Education, Sector 36, donated blood in a camp organised by the State Bank of India, Sector 22-C branch, at Dadu Majra village, today.

Archers from Jharkhand who bagged the first position in the overall medal tally in the 28th Junior National Archery Championship that concluded at DAV Senior Secondary School grounds, Sector 8, Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

DAV school lift cricket trophy
Chandigarh, December 28
Cricketers of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, proved their mettle when they trounced Sain Das School, Jalandhar, by 121 runs to lift the trophy of the Parle Inter-School (Under-17) Cricket Tournament which concluded at the PCA Cricket Stadium,  Mohali, today.

DAV school, Sector 8, team that won the Parle Cup Inter-School Cricket (Under-17) tie final at the PCA Cricket Stadium, Mohali, on Tuesday.

ADMINISTRATION

Draw for 69 CHB flats on December 31
Chandigarh, December 28
The Chandigarh Housing Board will hold a draw of lots for 69 flats in Sector 51 A on December 31.