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Stage set for battle royal
Chandigarh, March 5
The build up to the first cricket Test match between India and Pakistan, starting on March 8, reached a feverish pitch today with the arrival of the Indian team here late afternoon and the Pakistan team is scheduled to reach Chandigarh tomorrow morning.

Sachin Tendulkar (left) and Saurav Ganguly arrive in Chandigarh on Saturday. — Tribune photos by Manoj Mahajan

City all set to play host to visitors
Chandigarh, March 5
The city is ready to give a befitting welcome to more than 4,000 guests coming from across the border to watch the Indo-Pak Test.

Be courteous to Pak guests: SP

Labourer buried alive while sinking bore
Chandigarh, March 5
A teenaged labourer was buried alive after he fell into a 24-foot deep and 12-inch wide bore pit on the bed of Sukhna Choe in Kishangarh village this evening.

Tribune Exclusive Precious history lies trapped in boxes Chandigarh, March 5 Precious history lay trapped in the boxes in Panjab University, with its custodians urging the authorities to spare some space to preserver the pieces of past in a dignified manner. Many of the archaeological collections of the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology at Panjab University locked in the boxes outside its museum in the old correspondence building for want of space.

National Environment Policy to be formulated soon
Chandigarh, March 5
The much awaited National Environment Policy will soon be a reality. After many deliberations, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has forwarded the policy draft which will serve as the first-ever baseline document encompassing all aspects related to environment in India.

The police was forced to resort to a mild lathi charge outside Haryana Raj Bhavan to control the swelling Congress supporters in Chandigarh on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

City police ‘violated SC orders’
Death of man due to police torture
Chandigarh, March 5
If allegations levelled by a city resident are to be believed, then the Chandigarh police violated the directions issued by the Supreme Court by picking up her husband, after reaching their house, in plain clothes.

Post-mortem fails to establish cause of death
Chandigarh, March 5
A post-mortem examination has failed to ascertain the cause of the death of Sanjeev Kumar, the victim of alleged torture by two policemen of the Chandigarh police. The post-mortem examination was conducted by a panel of two doctors in the General Hospital today, the police said here.

Passing Thru
What is your area of research?
Currently I am working on instruments which are used for producing drugs. There are certain parameters for establishing the validity of the machinery used by the pharmaceuticals units. If these are not up to the mark then it affects the quality of drug production.

Suman Dutta, Senior Scientist, based in the USA. 

COMMUNITY

Religious structures around dumping ground to be demolished

Chandigarh, March 5 More than a dozen religious structures located around the dumping ground in Dadumajra will be demolished in the coming week. This was announced by the Municipal Corporation in an official press release here today. Residents of Dadu Majra sitting on a dharna in front of religious place against Municipal Corporation’s move to demolish unauthorised religious places in Dadu Majra on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Rs 17 lakh to be recovered from MC for flouting rules
Panchkula, March 5
The Haryana Government has approved and accepted the inquiry report regarding financial irregularities in the Panchkula Municipal Council. The government has asked the Urban Development Department , Haryana to initiate the recovery of losses from the council president, staff and contractors hired for maintenance works.

Extend lal dora in villages, demands JD(U)
Chandigarh, March 5
The local unit of the Janata Dal(United) today demanded a comprehensive policy for the development of the UT villages and the extension of the “lal dora”.

CRIME

Medical of undertrial ordered
Chandigarh, March 5
A local court today ordered to get the medical examination of Ashish Kumar, who was arrested with 2 gram of charas in Burail Jail, yesterday. The order followed the allegations of the petitioner’s counsel that Ashish was tortured in police custody.

Man stabbed to death
Chandigarh, March 5
An altercation over the payment of wage led to the murder of a palledar in the Sector 26 Grain Market, late last night. Jaspal Singh (20) was stabbed in chest by his four co-workers in the market publicly, he was rushed to the PGI where the doctors declared him brought dead.

Woman ends life
Chandigarh, March 5
Shattered by the death of her three-month-old son, a mother allegedly ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling at her house in Sector 22 here today.

Charas, liquor seized
Chandigarh, March 5
The Barotiwala police has seized 920 gram of charas from three motor-cycle-borne youth here last night. The motor cycle coming from the Nalgarh side was asked to stop at a naka put by the police party led by Harjeet Singh at around 9.25 p.m. The youth tried to reverse the motor-cycle but failed.

4 thieves arrested
Mohali, March 5
Four persons were arrested by the police on a charge of theft.

BUSINESS

Jewellery shops open after 2-day strike
Chandigarh, March 5
Jewellery shops opened after a two-day strike in the city today, following a clarification by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, dispelling their doubts on “branded jewellery.

EDUCATION

Science Olympiad achievers

Panchkula, March 5 Students of Manav Mangal School, Sector 11, bagged most of the top positions in the seventh National Science Olympiad (Ist level examination) organised by the Science Olympiad Foundation. The results were declared here today. Toppers of the seventh National Science Olympiad with their teacher at Manav Mangal School, Sector 11, Panchkula on Saturday.

309 students get awards

Chandigarh, March 5 As many as 309 students were given awards today at the 23rd annual prize distribution function of the Government College for Girls, Sector 42. Mr Dilip Kumar, Joint Secretary (Finance)-cum-director, Public Instruction (Colleges), Chandigarh Administration, was the chief guest on the occasion. Some of the prize winners of GCG-42 in a jubilant mood after their annual prize  distribution on Saturday. — Tribune photo Pradeep Tewari

COURTS

Judicial custody for burglary accused
Panchkula, March 5
The two accused in the serial burglary case at Pinjore — Omvir and Rakesh — have been remanded to judicial custody. The police had claimed that they were adults and demanded their police custody for five days. However, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Gulab Singh, denied police remand, saying the accused appeared to be juveniles. The police had also attached the medical report of the accused, which showed that they were over 18 years, which was not accepted by the court.

Complimentary passes: court reserves order
Chandigarh, March 5
A Kharar court today reserved its order in the case relating to the right of the Punjab Cricket Association to issue passes for the forthcoming Test between India and Pakistan.

64-yr-old lawyer remanded for rape bid
Chandigarh, March 5
A 64-year-old man allegedly attempted to rape a 10-year-old girl, living in his neighbourhood at Kendriya Vihar, Sector 48, last evening. The accused, Nasib Singh, a lawyer, was caught by the parents of the victim and handed over to the police.

CULTURE

Film Review
“Socha na tha” punny in parts
Director Imtiaz Ali should have thought twice. Making films flowing with fun requires certain aptness. When the theme is choosing a partner for marriage ,a grounded script helps. But the director while ignoring the plot takes recourse to overdressing here.

LEISURE

Instinct guides this artist
Giving shape to his ideas on the canvas is his passion. His growing up years at Sainik School , Kapurthala, shaped his sensibilities and he never knew one day he would be guided by his instinct. A.J.S. Kohli has a passion for fine arts and is impressed by the simplicity and bold depiction of ideas. He loves to express himself beyond the defined boundaries of art and lets his imagination fly. His works reflect the thoughts which are inspired by the surroundings and happenings in our daily life.

Living the joy of narration
The beauty of narration came alive at State Library in Sector 34 where three eminent short story writers from the city gathered to share varied sensibilities with their readers. Organised under the aegis of Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi, the story session facilitated the reflection of emotions and images - nostalgic and apathetic at the same time.

An evening of humour
Fresh and witty humour weaved a magic spell at the Tagore Theatre as renowned poets regaled the crowd with their poetic creations in a memorable “Hasya Kavi Sammelan” organised by the Rajasthan Parishad today.

HEALTH

Training programme for PGI docs
Chandigarh, March 5
A training programme on the medical certification of the cause of death was organised by the Department of Biostatistics in collaboration with the Department of Community Medicine for the resident doctors at the PGI on Thursday.

Camp concludes
Mohali, March 5
A two-day no scalpel vasectomy camp organised by the Ranbaxy Community Healthcare Society (RCHS) in association with the ESI Hospital concluded here today.

SPORTS

Balkar in semis of A.K.Misra boxing championship
Chandigarh, March 5
Balkar Singh of Punjab beat S. Hemanth of Pondichery under the heavyweight category to reach the semifinal of the 12th All-India Invitation A.K. Misra Memorial Boxing Championship organised at Skating Rink, Sector 10, here today. Mr O.P. Bhardwaj, Dronacharya awardee,was the guest of honour.

Raveen, Bajaj in doubles final of inter-media badminton
Chandigarh, March 5
Teams of the Hindustan Times and the Press Club will clash in the final of the ongoing Hutch Inter-Media Badminton Tournament. The tournament, which is being organised by the Chandigarh Press Club, has attracted participation by over 24 players. Mobile service company Hutchison Essar is sponsoring the tournament.