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Property dealer, official nexus deepens
Now sale of land in Pocket No 11
Chandigarh, May 15
The alleged property dealer-official nexus in the sale of the prime acquired land in the Pocket Nos. 2 and 11 of Mani Majra is getting murkier with each passing day.

95,000 children given polio drops
Chandigarh, May 15
More than 95,000 children below the age of five years were administered polio drops in the first day of the pulse polio campaign here today. Following the trend of the previous campaign, the response from the southern sectors was more enthusiastic today as compared to the northern sectors campaign.

Immunisation drive An 11-month-old baby being administered polio drop at Sector-22-B, Chandigarh, on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Admn plans a blast for slum children
Chandigarh, May 15
The UT Administration is buying some colour to brighten up the dull lives of children from underprivileged sections. After long last, it has proposed a special social initiative meant to educate slum children who have hardly had the taste of fun-filled moments.

One killed in highway mishap
Zirakpur, May 15
One person died and two others sustained injuries, in two separate accidents on the Zirakpur-Lalru stretch of the busy Kalka-Ambala highway in last 24 hours.

Passing Thru: Tina Chhatwal,
former Miss India and Ms Asia Pacific, 2002

UT skyline for sale?
Chandigarh Tribune has started a debate on the changing nature of city’s skyline. Should apartments be allowed on single unit houses? Readers are invited to write in their views to Chandigarh Tribune, Sector 29 C, Chandigarh. They can also e-mail at debate@tribunemail.com
— Editor-in-Chief

REGIONAL BRIEFS

Gurdas Mann, performs at Circus Ground in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

	Golf courses, shopping malls on anvil in UT May 15, 2005
	Corpn swallows poor man’s money May 14, 2005
	Ring road to decongest UT-Kharar stretch May 13, 2005
	Controversial DC on way out May 12, 2005
	3 clubbed to death in UT’s vicinity May 11, 2005
	Bypass to Patiala gets nod May 10, 2005
	Two women, labourer murdered May 9, 2005
	3 new cases of meningitis reported May 8, 2005
	KFC, Gulati emporium issued demolition notices May 7, 2005
	Pawan Sharma remanded in judicial custody May 6, 2005

COMMUNITY

SSP asked to probe police role in accident victim’s death
Chandigarh, May 15
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the local SSP to probe the alleged negligence of certain police officials in the death of Mahipal, a resident of Naya Gaon village, in an accident in January this year.

Indian pigeons popular in Pak
Chandigarh, May 15
It may appear incredible. But it is true. In Pakistan, a pair of racing pigeons fetches a price of Rs 1 lakh. Indian breeds, which are known as Jalandhari, Ferozepuri or Rampuri fetch maximum price in Pakistan.

Army procuring avalanche victim detectors
Chandigarh, May 15
With a view to enhancing the search and rescue capabilities of formations deployed in hazardous, snow-bound areas, the Army is in the process of procuring a large number of Avalanche Victim Detectors (AVD).

Encroachments cleared by HUDA resurface
Panchkula, May 15
Inspite of the best efforts made by the Enforcement staff of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to clear encroachments, their efforts have seemingly gone down the drain. The encroachments removed by the HUDA staff resurface within a few hours.

UT skyline for sale Apartments have become a necessity The skyline appears to have no limit when we look around the world and its metros. What should be the skyline in Chandigarh? Such a question in isolation cannot provide a legitimate answer. Should the city be converted into a metro merely because its officials and advisors will earn all-round appreciation?                     Subhash Chand Jindal

  Cong men meet observers
Chandigarh, May 15
Meetings of two election observers for the in-house elections of the Congress continued, here yesterday. Delegations of councillors, ex-servicemen, Youth Congress and the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) and other cells met the observers, Mr Raj Bahadur and Mr KVR Naidu.

Annual idol installation ceremony held
Chandigarh, May 15
More than 200 devotees took part in the ‘mangal kalash yatra’ which passed through Sector 32 this evening as part of an annual idol installation ceremony of Pracheen Sri Hanuman Mandir, Sector 32-A.

Devotees take part in a ‘kalash yatra’ at Pracheen Sri Hanuman Mandir, Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Yoga camp concludes
Chandigarh, May 15
A 15-day yoga camp concluded at the Chandigarh Press Club. It was sponsored by Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College and Dabur Dhanwantry Hospital, Sector, 46-B, Chandigarh. Yogacharya Balvinder Kumar, lecturer in yoga science of the college, conducted the camp.

Bansal’s effigies burnt
Chandigarh, May 15
The SC Morcha of the BJP today burnt effigies of the local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, and a Congress councillor of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC), Mr Surinder Singh, in Mani Majra.

Training programme from May 17
Chandigarh, May 15
A 10-day training programme for the members of zila parishad, panchayat samiti and gram panchayats in the UT will begin at the Centre for Research for Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) on May 17. The opening session will be inaugurated by the UT Administrator.

Protest against movie
Chandigarh, May 15
Sikh religious organisations today held a procession in protest against the screening of the movie ‘Jo Bole So Nihal’ at local theatre.

A protest against the screening of “Jo Bole So Nihal”, was organised in front of a theatre in Sector 32, Chandigarh on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Water Resource Day celebrated
Chandigarh, May 15
Institution of Engineers (India), yesterday held a function to celebrate Water Resource Day on its premises which was attended by about 100 engineers. Institution of Engineers (India) celebrates this day every year in May all over India.

2 hurt by bulls
Panchkula, May 15
Two persons were injured in Sector 20 here after a raging bull charged at them. Residents of the area say that there was no provocation.

CRIME

Three thieves held
Chandigarh, May 15
With the arrest of three thieves, the police today claimed to have solved several theft cases in the city besides cases of stealing cheques from the LIC and the Bank of Punjab.

Members of a gang of thieves in police custody in Chandigarh on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Couple booked for fraud
Chandigarh, May 15
The police has booked a Sector 48 couple for their alleged involvement in an immigration fraud.

BUSINESS

Plea to roll back prices of MS round
Chandigarh, May 15
The Chandigarh Industrial Fasteners Association is perturbed over the vast difference in the prices of MS round sold by secondary steel producers and the state-owned public undertaking Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL).

Biz Clip

EDUCATION

PU to educate students on drugs’ ill effects
Chandigarh, May 15
To combat the increasing drug abuse among the youngsters in the region, Panjab University is planning to impart the knowledge about its ill effects among the undergraduate students. The university has decided to introduce a few chapters in the compulsory subjects studied by the first year undergraduate students in its colleges and on the campus.

Hamara School
School which gives free rein to the human spirit
Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education which is affiliated to CBSE and recognised by the UT board is a school with a difference. It is based on the principles of integral education, propounded by Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.

Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education, Sector 27-A, Chandigarh.

59 get English test certificates
Chandigarh, May 15
Fifty-nine students of DAV Public School, Sector 8, were awarded certificates for qualifying Cambridge University’s International Young Learners’ Examinations (YLE), Key English Tests (KET) and Preliminary English Tests (PET) at a function held, here today.

350 poor students get free books, stationery
Panchkula, May 15
As many as 350 students from poor families, studying in government and private schools here, were given books and stationery by the Bharat Vikas Parishad (BVP) at an impressive function held at Bharat Vikas Parishad Bhavan today.

BAMS students a harassed lot
Chandigarh, May 15
Students of the BAMS (2nd professional) course of Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College and Dabur Dhanwantry Hospital, Sector 46, are a harassed lot. Even after about one-and-a-half -years of attending their classes, Panjab University (PU) is dragging its feet on the holding of their examination.

200 take part in UGC NET Fest
Chandigarh, May 15
Nearly 200 postgraduate UGC NET aspirants participated in UGC NET Fest at Gandhi Samarak Bhavan, Sector-16, today. It was organised by the Aryans Educational and Charitable Trust in association with the Sanjivani, an NGO. The exhibition of UGC NET Books was the main attraction of the FEST.

Students take part in a UGC NET Fest organised at Gandhi Samarak Bhavan Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Sunday.

Author who thrives on small experiences
Chandigarh, May 15
Small experiences of life, if observed closely, can be very gainful. Twentyone-year-old Harvinder Singh aka Harry, a final year student of Punjab Engineering College, learns keenly from his routine experiences.

Harvinder Singh

Workshop on public speaking
Panchkula, May 15
A workshop on public speaking was held at Manav Mangal School, Sector 11, here yesterday, with an aim to provide guidelines about the impressive and emphatic way of public speaking. Stress was laid on importance of clarity of thought and speech, body language and confidence building.

Campus interview for geologists
Chandigarh, May 15
A team of experts from Director General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) is arriving here to conduct campus interview on May 25 for the selection of geologists from amongst the students of Geology Department, Panjab University (PU), according to Prof R.Y. Singh, Chairman, Department of Geology.

New method to learn arithmetic
Chandigarh, May 15
ALOHA (Abacus learning of higher arithmetic), a popular programme in south India, has now been introduced in the city. It is a unique and fun-filled method to learn mental arithmetic.

Mohali institute ties up with Australian college
Chandigarh, May 15
The Mohali-based BGS World Institute has tied up with a college in Australia to provide the Australian model of education in the city.

Career forum

LEISURE

Romancing nature
Ashwani Verma’s art works are literal odes to nature. Soothing yet strong, they fascinate the mind’s eye no end. The central theme of the exhibition which opened some days ago is nature. The national bird also features prominently in the display, with three works being exclusively dedicated to it. A Masters in Fine Art from Panjab University, Ashwani Verma has primarily romanced nature in his current collection. Titled “Beauty of Nature”, his exhibition comes across as a tribute to nature. On display are majestic mountains, flowing rivers and snowcapped peaks - all splendid and striking. The works are mostly in oil, water and acrylics.

A work of Ashwani Verma on display. — Tribune photo

Marathon dance treat from today
Drawing motivation from the saying “The greatest thing is not winning but fighting well” and inspiration from his inner self the 22-years-old Vijay Sharma is all determined to record ‘Vijay’ in his unique venture of non-stop solo dance marathon of 25 hours.

Vijay Sharma

Ghazal singers enthral audience
The young duo of Hardip Singh and Jatinder Singh of Patiala enthralled the audience with choicest ghazals and songs immortalised by the top Pakistani and Indian maestros.

HEALTH

NICD team visits hospitals
Chandigarh, May 15
After the scare of meningococcal meningitis gripped the city and its vicinity in the past few weeks, a three-member team from National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), New Delhi, came to visit the hospitals in Chandigarh to assess the situation of outbreak.

Workshop on asthma
Chandigarh, May 15
The UT Home Secretary, Mr Krishna Mohan, yesterday inaugurated a one day workshop organised to educate patients and public on asthma, COPD and smoking cessation in the Department of Respiratory Medicine and Tuberculosis, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32.

Health camp
Chandigarh, May 15
A free health camp and healthy baby competition were organised at Arya Samaj, Sector 22 A, here yesterday. In the camp, ayurvedic doctors checked around 100 patients and gave them information regarding health. Free medicines were distributed to patients.

SPORTS

Skaters’ camp begins
Chandigarh, May 15
The fine performance by Indian skaters in the just concluded 13th Asian Skating meet in Korea has encouraged local roller skating players in the city to gear for the various skating competitions.

Children learn skating at a camp that began at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Table tennis calendar announced
Chandigarh, May 15
The Chandigarh Table Tennis Association will hold six different table tennis tournaments during this year. Announcing its annual calendar of activities, the Secretary of the CTTA, Mr Patanjali Kumar, said they would organise two ranking tournament and open state championships which would be the basis for participation of Chandigarh team in the national championships.

Women’s singles carrom event
Chandigarh, May 15
Sushila Prasad along with Anjali Yadav, Saroj Chandel and Inder Kanta sailed into the semi-finals in the women’s singles event of the eighth St Stephen’s carrom ranking tournament being held at St Stephen’s School, here today.

Carrom players in action in the St Stephen’s Ranking Carrom Meet played at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, Chandigarh, on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

City tennis team to play friendship series in Pak
Chandigarh, May 15
The Total Tennis Academy, Chandigarh, has got an invitation from the Punjab Tennis Association, Lahore, to play a friendship tennis series in Pakistan in June. The team, led by Mr Pawan Kapoor of CITCO, will leave Chandigarh on June 6 for a 10-day programme.

Nine Famous Club in limelight
Chandigarh, May 15
Nine Famous club captured the limelight in both sub-junior and junior section in the 18th Chandigarh sub-junior and junior state Softball Championship which concluded here today at Government College for men, Sector 11.