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Principal Kapoor chargesheeted
Gave ‘undue benefit’ to lab attendant
Chandigarh, February 25
The Chandigarh Administration today chargesheeted the Principal of the Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Sector 26, Dr Baljeet Kapoor, for extending undue benefit to a laboratory attendant of Punjab Engineering College.

The photograph of Tribune lensman Pradeep Tewari that won a consolation prize in the professional category of a photography contest at the Festival of Gardens, which was inaugurated in Chandigarh on Friday.

MC clears annual budget
Water, road projects get fair share
Chandigarh, February 25
The Municipal Corporation today cleared the annual budget giving top priority to water and road services in the city. A sum of Rs 21.25 crore was earmarked for recarpeting of roads, while the MC sanctioned Rs 15 crore for the completion of Phase IV of the Kajauli Water Works.

PUDA budget Rs 1,100 crore
Mohali, February 25
In a massive hike the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) would spend Rs 1,100 crore in the coming year as compared to Rs 306 crore that was to be spent for the year 2004-05. Out of this Rs 811 crore alone would be spent on the acquisition and development of new urban estates in the state.

• UT Adviser to head steering committee

Bitterness gone, lawyers give warm send-off to 3 Judges
Chandigarh, February 25
A jam-packed house today bid farewell to three Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, who have been transferred to other High Courts.

Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi thanks the lawyers of the Punjab and Haryana High Court for their love and affection at the farewell party organised in Chandigarh on Friday. Others seen in the picture are Mr Justice V.K. Bali (extreme left), Mr Justice H.S. Bedi and Mr Justice V.M. Jain. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

• H.S. Bedi appointed Acting Chief Justice

Kidnapping drama ends peacefully
Chandigarh, February 25
To teach a lesson to two boys suspected of harassing his sister, the brother of the girl allegedly kidnapped the boys from outside New Public School in Sector 18, here, this afternoon.

PUDA, HUDA issued notice to complete allotments within 15 days
Chandigarh, February 25
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued a notice of motion on a PIL seeking direction to the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) and the Punjab Urban Development and Planning Authority (PUDA) to complete the processes of allotment of plots/flats within 15 days of the closure of schemes.

Western Command’s new role in J-K operations
Chandigarh, February 25
Changes in the Area of Responsibility (AOR) being brought about by the creation of a new Army command may see the Chandimandir-based Western Command being involved in counter-terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir.

The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, Lieut-Gen S. Pattabhiraman, talks about the command’s role and responsibilities at Chandimandir. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Charges framed against 2 CBSE employees
Chandigarh, February 25
Even as the Central Board of Secondary Education is yet to hand over the investigation of a five-month-old case of tampering with an answer book in its regional office to the Chandigarh police, two employees of the board have been charge-sheeted in connection with the case.

Brain-dead persons’ organs better for transplants: docs
Chandigarh, February 25
Even the dead brain can bring life to many, if only relatives give their vital consent. As doctors from Jaslok Hospital Mumbai, discussed their second case of a liver transplant at the 6th annual conference of the Indian Society of Neuro-anaesthesiology at the PGI here today, where a 58-year-old “brain-dead man’’ donated his liver to a 43-year-old patient recently, the lack of consent of relatives emerges as the main hindrance in carrying out more such transplants where the organs of brain-dead persons are utilised to save lives.

• Passing Thru

COMMUNITY

Rodrigues inaugurates Festival of Gardens
Chandigarh, February 25
UT Administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd) inaugurated the Festival of Gardens today.

A rose by any name is still a rose: Girls enjoy the beauty of roses at the Festival of Gardens in Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Friday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Festival of Garden results
Chandigarh, February 25
Following are the results for Class A, B, C and I regarding cut flower arrangement held on Friday during the Festival of Gardens-2005:

FCI employees stage protest
Chandigarh, February 25
About 1,000 members of the Food Corporation of India’s Executive Staff Union today protested against the appointment of Mackinsey and Co, a foreign consultant on the restructuring of the FCI.

Workshop on female foeticide
Panchkula, February 25
The Civil Surgeon, Dr Satvir Chaudhary, urged upon the anganwadi workers, local voluntary groups and youth leaders to spread awareness among public against the declining population of girl.

Arjan Dev martyrdom day now on June 16
Chandigarh, February 25
In a partial modification of its earlier order the Chandigarh Administration has changed the dates for the restricted holidays on the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev which will now fall on June 16. Earlier the restricted holiday for it was on June 11.

CRIME

Body of newly married woman found from canal
Mohali, February 25
The body of the newly-married Ranjeet Kaur of Kumbra village here was found from the Sirhind canal today. The body of her husband, Kuldeep Singh, was found yesterday which was cremated here today.

Cash, documents stolen from car
Panchkula, February 25
Cash worth Rs 5000 and some important documents were stolen from a car parked near the Sector 11/15 roundabout at 10 am today.

Chd residents booked for firing
Mohali, February 25
The police today booked a few residents of Chandigarh for allegedly firing at a resident of Phase VI here.

Woman held for carrying liquor
Chandigarh, February 25
A Qualis jeep, a motor cycle and a scooter were stolen from the city while the local police has arrested a woman who was carrying liquor illegally, said press release issued by the police here, today.

EDUCATION

PAU camp office opened in Sec 70
Mohali, February 25
The Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) Vice-Chancellor’s camp office opened in Sector 70 here today. The office, built at the cost of Rs 45 lakh, was inaugurated by the former Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof G.S. Kalkat.

NIIFT fest begins
Mohali, February 25
The two-day festival of the Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology (NIIFT) began here today. A host of competitions were organised as part of the first day events today.

Gurdas Mann regales PU audience
Chandigarh, February 25
Singer Gurdas Mann today regaled the students of Panjab University (PU) with his Punjabi numbers. It was a concluding night of Jhankar — inter-university youth festival at PU today.

Punjabi singer Gurdas Mann performs during Jhankar-2005 at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Friday evening. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Students pay heavily for board employee’s fraud
Mohali, February 25
Students of some villages studying in a private school in Ropar district had to pay heavy fees to get their roll numbers for appearing in the matriculation and Class XII examinations of the Punjab School Education Board commencing from March 2.

• Prof Ram Paul symposium

COURTS

Saini attack case adjourned
Chandigarh, February 25
The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr R.S. Baswana, today adjourned a case relating to an attack on former Chandigarh SSP Sumedh Singh Saini, involving a dreaded Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) militant, Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar, till March 14.

CULTURE

5 to be honoured at sabhyacharak mela
Chandigarh, February 25
Dhadi Balihar Singh Dhindsa, singer Harjeet Herman, writers Pargat Singh Mastuana, Amardeep Gill and Prof Surjeet Mann would be honoured at the Punjab Sabhyacharak Mela 2005 to be held at Dasehra Ground of Mohali tomorrow, Mr Surinder Singh, president, Punjab Lok Kala Kendra, announced here today.

New Releases
Great expectations from ‘Bewafa’
There are great expectations from Boney Kapoor's ''Bewafa'', which was released yesterday. After the lukewarm response accorded to Kapoor's ''Khushi'', the trade has its hopes pinned on ''Bewafa''. Produced by Sridevi and directed by Dharmesh Darshan, who earlier directed films like ''Raja Hindustani'' and ''Dhadkan'', this Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor and Sushmita Sen starer is reportedly a modern-day BR Chopra's ''Gumrah.'' The film was released yesterday at Batra, Chandigarh, Fun Republic, Mani Majra, KC, Panchkula.

A scene from “Bewafa”

Sukhwinder enthralls audience
The larger than life image of the indomitable singer, Sukhwinder Singh, swelled in the minds of the inquisitive and receptive crowd at the leisure valley on Friday waiting for their favourite star. Despite another celebrity Gurdas Mann performing simultaneously at the concluding show of the ‘Jhankar’ festival at the Panjab University campus, a multitude of people waited for him for about two hours.

Singer Sukhwinder Singh performs during the Festival of Gardens in Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Friday evening. — A Tribune photograph

Leisure

Traditional miniatures with modern elements
S.M. Mansoor is a man of miniatures. Credited with decorating the ancient form with contemporary elements, he has not only enhanced the demand of miniatures in Pakistan but has also brought fresh perspectives to the genre.

Pakistani artist S.M. Mansoor details the aspects of modern miniature to environment architect Nek Chand in Chandigarh on Friday.

Malout boy’s work rooted in soil
Among the young group artists who graduated from the Chandigarh College of Art in the mid-eighties was Kanwal Dhaliwal. This Malout boy showed a lot of promise even in his early work and more so for it was work rooted in the soil.

HEALTH

British doctors impressed with Ayurvedic system
Chandigarh, February 25
Impressed by the Ayurvedic system of medicine, a team of doctors from the British National Health Service, today underlined the need for Indo-British collaboration in the field of integrated system of medicine.

Dr Madan Gulati (extreme right), Deputy Director (Ayurveda), shows medicinal plants to a British team of doctors in Chandigarh on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

CME at PGI
Chandigarh, February 25
The Continued Medicine Education Programme of the Sixth Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care was held at PGI here today.

SPORTS

Indian, Pakistani spectators to be segregated
Mohali, February 25
Sniffer dogs will supplement electronic equipment in clearing the pitch of any hidden explosives to rule out all possibility of sabotage during the Test match between India and Pakistan beginning here on March 8.

First class cricket returns to city
Chandigarh, February 25
First class cricket will return to Chandigarh after a long time when Haryana take on Jharkhand in a semi-final encounter of the Ranji Trophy Cricket Championship (Plate Group) at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium. The match is scheduled to be played from March 18 to 22.

AG Punjab win hockey tourney
Chandigarh, February 25
Hosts AG Punjab scored a thrilling 3-2 win over defending champion Delhi Audit to lift North Zone Indian Audit and Accounts Department Hockey Tournament played here at the Hockey Stadium, Sports Complex, Sector 42.

YPS meet: Steffi of Nalagarh House fastest
Mohali, February 25
Steffi of Nalagarh House in under-13 girls’ section while Abhaydeep of Tagore House in under-15 boys’ section stolen the limelight on the fourth day of the ongoing annual athletic meet of the Yadavindra Public School, Mohali.

Amrita wins gold in 400 m
Chandigarh, February 25
Students participating in the 37th annual sports meet of MCM DAV College, Sector 36, were given oath by Irina Brar at the inaugural ceremony here today.

ADMINISTRATION

Ex-IG Sharma appears before probe panel
Panchkula, February 25
Former Inspector-General of Police, Haryana, and main accused in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case Ravi Kant Sharma today appeared before an inquiry commission headed by Director-General of the Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) Dr H.S. Anand.