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21 animals found dead in truck
Were being taken to slaughter house; residents indulge in arson
Chandigarh, August 5
An incident of cruelty to animals, which were being taken to a slaughter house, came to light in Sector 39 here today when the vehicle met with a minor accident.

Residents treat the animals after rescuing them from the truck which met with an accident. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Food Inspector found murdered
Was in city to attend court case
Chandigarh, August 5
A Jalandhar-based Inspector with Punjab’s Food and Civil Supplies Department — in Chandigarh for attending a court case — was found murdered near Piccadilly Hotel in Sector 22 late last night.

SIT tightens noose around Nayagaon gangsters wanted
in rape case
Mohali, August 5
As the special investigation team of the Punjab police tightens its noose around a group of alleged gangsters wanted in a rape case, over 10 criminal cases ranging from murder, looting, rioting and cheating pending at the various police stations in the area are also likely to be solved.

ASI rams jeep into scooter, injures two
Chandigarh, August 5
A Punjab Police cop, allegedly in an inebriated condition, rammed his jeep into a scooter, leaving the riders seriously injured before hit hitting a Honda City car parked in Sector 44 this afternoon.

Pak porter gave details of surprise attack
1965 war veteran recollects
Chandigarh, August 5
Had a Pakistani porter, who was denied his wages and maltreated, not strayed across the ceasefire line and come to Baramullah, Indian forces would have had no inkling to the Pakistani buildup and the Kashmir valley could well have been lost to the enemy.

Major-Gen H S Kler shows a propaganda poster, captured from Pakistani infiltrators near Baramullah in 1965, at his residence in Chandigarh on Friday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Passing Thru

COMMUNITY

Chaos at draw of lots
Chandigarh, August 5
With allegations and counter-allegations flying high, a chaos prevailed at the draw of lots for the Sector-21 Universal Cooperative House Building Society in Sector 48 here today.

Members of the Universal Coop House Building Society exchange heated words with officials of the society on the issue of draw of lots in Chandigarh on Friday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Bansal-Bahl truce may be
short-lived
Chandigarh, August 5
The truce between the local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, and the newly appointed president of the Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee, Mr B.B. Bahl, brokered by the party high command is likely to prove short-lived.

A beaming Mr B.B. Bahl, newly appointed president of the CTCC, acknowledges greetings of his supporters on his arrival in Chandigarh on Friday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

‘Contemporary Vibes’ has regional flavour
Chandigarh, August 5
A literary magazine with a difference, for this has been creatively conceived to incorporate the texture and the flavours of regional literature in English.

Few show up at HUDA open darbar
Panchkula, August 5
An open darbar organised by Haryana Urban Development Authority today to redress public grievances came a cropper. There were more HUDA employees at the darbar than the complainants.

Cong man is Pinjore MC chief
Panchkula, August 5
The new mantra for gaining control in all local bodies for the various Congress factions seems to lie in a tie-up with arch rivals from the Indian National Lok Dal.

e-governance plan for UT villages, says Governor
Chandigarh, August 5
Villages of Chandigarh have higher living standards than rural areas in other parts of the country.

A former Governor of Punjab, Lieut-Gen B.K.N. Chhibber (retd), flanked by Anil K. Sharma, Editor of ‘Contemporary Vibes’ (left) and writer K.L. Zakir at the launch of the magazine at the Chandigarh Press Club on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

‘Bike Messengers’ on a mission
Chandigarh, August 5
An eight-member team of “Bike Messengers” today reached Chandigarh on their way from Kanyakumari to New Delhi. Their main aim is to spread the message of national integration, peace and harmony.

 Goyal installed Rotary chief
Chandigarh, August 5
The installation ceremony of the office-bearers of the Rotary Club of Chandigarh Midtown was held at the CII, Sector 31 today. Mr R.K. Goyal was installed as the new President of the club.

Mr R.K. Goyal (second from right) being installed as Rotary chief at a ceremony at the CII, Sector 31, Chandigarh, on Friday. The chief guest for the installation ceremony was Mr H.K. Dua,
Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune, (extreme left).
— A Tribune photograph

Low water pressure
Chandigarh, August 5
The water supply in the city will be at low pressure on August 8 and 9. According to a press note issued here today, there will also be no supply in the afternoon on these two days.

Prison authorities say no to Kharar police
Mohali, August 5
The Kharar police today could not bring Babbar Khalsa International chief Jagtar Singh Hawara on production warrants to the Kharar court.

Programme on water conservation
Chandigarh, August 5
A mass awareness programme on water conservation was organised by the Central Ground water Board at Government Polytechnic College, Khunni Majra, Ropar. The topic of the programmee was ‘Rainwater Management for Ground Water Recharge’ .

Singla to meet mediapersons today
Chandigarh, August 5
Mr Surinder Singla, Finance Minister, Punjab, will address a “meet-the-Press” programme at the Chandigarh Press Club tomorrow at 10:45 am. 

CRIME

6th burglary in fortnight at Army flats
Panchkula, August 5
A sixth burglary in a fortnight was reported in the Army flats, Mansa Devi Complex, today. Residents allege that in spite of the tall promises made by the police to control burglaries and thefts, the spate of such crimes in the flats is continuing.

Cop nabbed taking bribe from taxi driver
Chandigarh, August 5
The UT vigilance wing today nabbed a head constable of the Chandigarh police when he was accepting a bribe of Rs 200 from a taxi driver.

Man jumps from third floor after rape bid
Chandigarh, August 5
In a desperate attempt to save himself from the ire of parents of the girl whom he allegedly tried to molest a 32-year-old Mani Majra resident allegedly jumped from the third floor of his rented accommodation last night and landed in the PGI with a broken leg.

Housewife kidnapped, dropped back
Chandigarh, August 5
A 20-year-old housewife, studying in Sector 46 Government College, was allegedly pushed into a car by two youngsters in Sector 29. She was subsequently dropped at the spot “without being harmed

BUSINESS

Industrialists meet Finance Secy
Chandigarh, August 5
A delegation of local industrialists met Mr S.K.Sandhu, Finance Secretary, today and asked for revision of conversion rates in the industrial area, reliable sources said here today.

EDUCATION

School board suspends worker
Mohali, August 5
The Punjab School Education Board today suspended an assistant in the examination branch on the charge of dereliction of duty.

Result declared
Chandigarh, August 5
The result of M.Sc (Mathematics) Part-I examination conducted-Panjab University in April May 2005 has been declared.

Shikshan Sansthan celebrates vanamahotsava
Mohali, August 5
The Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), Mohali, celebrated vanamahotsava on its premises today to create awareness among students and common people and to sensitize them on various issues related to the environment.

Deepinder (left), a PUSU activist, and Jaspal of SOPU, being removed from the dharna site in front of the office of the Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, on Friday. They were taken to the General Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh. — Tribune photos by Manoj Mahajan

COURTS

Capt gets bail in assault case
Chandigarh, August 5
Even as a local court granted bail to a serving Captain and his two friends, accused of assaulting a practising advocate of the District Courts, the Army authorities today moved an application for the officer’s custody to try him under the Army Act.

Defamation case against CM adjourned
Chandigarh, August 5
A local court today adjourned a defamation case filed by a Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) member, Mr NS Minhas, against Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to October 28.

CULTURE

Classical vocalist Sharayu Kalekar dead
Chandigarh, August 5
Sharayu Kalekar, a leading torch-bearer of the Rampur Sadarang tradition of Hindustani classical music died today. Wedded to the classical music, the music icon was a brilliant exponent, musicologist and Principal of Government College, Chandigarh.

Knotting friendship through bands
“Friends are forever”, “A friend in need is a friend indeed” and so on. These are some of the adages which have been in circulation for a long time. But these still hold true. And to check the strength of your friendship bonds there are friendship bands, knotted with love and perfection by Aarti Varma. She recalls with passion her affair with the bands, “I was bored seeing those elastic bands and wanted to do something different.



Aarti Varma with her friendship bands

SPIC MACAY’s next stops — world heritage, holistic food messes
Chandigarh, August 5
Last year when SPIC MACAY (Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture among Youth) founder Dr Kiran Seth visited Chandigarh, he was deeply concerned about financial strains troubling the movement.

Dr Kiran Seth, founder of SPIC MACAY. Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

HEALTH

Breast-feed ‘must’ till six months
Dera Bassi, August 5
Mr Nachhattar Singh, Joint Director, Social Security and Woman and Child Welfare, Punjab, today advised women to breast-feed children till six months of age.

113 donate blood at camp
Chandigarh, August 5
As many as 113 persons, including four Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, donated blood today at a camp organised by the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association.

Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice D.K. Jain inaugurates a blood donation camp in Chandigarh on Friday. — A Tribune photograph 

SPORTS

St Stephen’s to take on St John’s in soccer final
Chandigarh, August 5
St Stephen’s School, Sector 45 will take on St John’s High School, Sector 26 in the tomorrow’s final of the U-14 (boys) UT Inter-School Soccer tournament for Pre-Subroto cup being played here tomorrow.

Chandigarh outclass J&K in dodgeball
Chandigarh, August 5
Chandigarh outclassed Jammu and Kashmir in a one-sided affair 2-0 (10-5, 8-4) in the First Senior National Dodgeball championship that commenced at Sports Complex, Sector 7, here today.

A player in action on the opening day of the First Senior National Dodgeball championship at Sector 7 sports complex in Chandigarh on Friday.

Table tennis meet
Chandigarh, August 5
More than 125 players, drawn from various institutions of the district, will be seen in action in the two-day Panchkula District Table Tennis championship beginning tomorrow at the Indoor hall of the Manav Mangal School, Sector 11, Panchkula.