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CHANDIGARH CALLING Season of Gugga Pir Elusive Bhattal: Eager to promote literary and cultural activities in the city, the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi held a ‘Kavi Darbar’, in the city last week. The august gathering consisting of stalwart poets of the city, sat patiently and genially for the evening to start.

COMMUNITY

City’s unique manhole covers become things of past

Chandigarh, August 29 “Pierre Jeanneret designed the manhole cover with the master plan; see how many you can locate”. This quote is emblazoned just below the manhole cover originally designed by Pierre Jeanneret. This model manhole cover can be located, standing tall, enshrined on the premises of the Government Art and Museum Gallery, Sector 10 Chandigarh. A model of original manhole with master plan of Chandigarh etched on it, installed at the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Tribune staffer hurt in mishap Chandigarh, August 29 Accidents, some of them fatal, continue unabated on the city roads because of uncovered and poorly maintained covers of manholes and sewer pipes all over the city. Prabhjot Singh, Chief of Bureau of The Tribune, fell from his scooter on Sunday night on the road behind the Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat near the Chandigarh Club when his scooter wheels skid on a poorly maintained sewerage cover. The poorly maintained sewerage cover near the Secretariat. — A Tribune photograph

Illegally altered jeeps impounded

Chandigarh, August 29 The Chandigarh Traffic Police today impounded 57 vehicles, including nine jeeps which were altered without taking permission from the authorities concerned. The traffic police issued 215 challans to various traffic rule offenders. Impounded jeeps, which were allegedly altered illegally, parked at the Traffic Lines in Sector 29, Chandigarh, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Good at challaning but not so in solving murder cases
Chandigarh, August 29
The Chandigarh Police may be good at challaning traffic violators after hiding behind the camouflaging bushes but the cops just cannot be given 100 per cent credit of solving murder cases.

Councillors’ study tour cuts short MCC meeting
Chandigarh, August 29
The departure of nine councillors, including the Mayor, to Mumbai and Goa, for a study tour today cut short the meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh(MCC).

Fauji Beat Blunders of 1965 war On September 1, 1965, Pakistan launched Operation Grand Slam in the Chhamb sector to cut off Jammu and Kashmir from the rest of the country. To release pressure on Chhamb, our forces opened a front in Lahore and Sialkot sectors on September 6. The jampacked parking area of Sector 21 CSD canteen, Chandigarh.

Makhan’s kin pray for his safety
Mohali, August 29
While the Punjab police and officials in Durban have failed to provide any information about Makhan Singh, a resident of Kumbra village, who was allegedly kidnapped in South Africa on August 15, members of his family have been praying for his safety.

CM greets scholar on birthday

Chandigarh, August 29 Mr Bhupinder Singh, Chief Minister of Haryana, and Mr Venod Sharma, Excise and Taxation Minister, visited the residence of veteran scholar and numerologist Dr Sansar Chandra to congratulate him on his 89th birthday and praise his services as a teacher, researcher and a writer of eminence. Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana, offers sweets to Dr Sansar Chandra on his 89th birthday at his residence in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

• Inform details of servant to SHO
• Amitoj’s death mourned

CRIME

1 dead, 4 hurt in 3 accidents
Chandigarh, August 29
Residents of the city are constantly exposed to perils of road accidents as the police has failed to make roads safer. In three separate accidents in the past couple of days, one person succumbed to his injuries and four others, including a child, are nursing fractured limbs in various hospitals of the city.

Rickshaw puller commits suicide
Chandigarh, August 29
Troubled by a prolonged illness, a 26-year-old rickshaw puller allegedly hanged himself to death, in full public view even as passersby walked pass with indifference. He was found hanging from a mango tree along the roadside this morning behind the Pir’s mazar near Mauli Complex. No suicide note was found on the body, said the police.

4 women held for roaming aimlessly
Chandigarh, August 29
The local police arrested four women on the charge of roaming about aimlessly from Sector 56 this evening. The police sources said acting on an anonymous call about the women roaming in the vicinity of Government Primary School in Sector 56, a police party conducted a raid. 

House burgled
Panchkula, August 29
Cash and goods worth thousands of rupees were stolen from the Sector 11 house of a Superintending Engineer in the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board.

EDUCATION

IAF shifting MiG-29 school to Chandigarh
Chandigarh, August 29
The IAF’s training establishment at the Air Force High Grounds, near here, would soon begin training officers and airmen on technical aspects of the IAF’s frontline combat aircraft, the MiG-29. The move comes in the wake of the IAF terminating training programmes on the MiG-23 fighter, which were being carried out here.

Hooda meets old school mates

Chandigarh, August 29 It was the time to forget the present for remembering the past. The Bhupis, Sukhis or Ganjas, as they were fondly nicknamed by their classmates, were all over the place to share their school days memories at the second reunion of the Senior Model Alumni Association (SMAA), Sector 16, organised at a hotel in Sector 22 here last night. Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana, with his classmates and teachers at a SMAA get-together in Chandigarh on Sunday night. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Pvt unaided institutions oppose govt role in quota
Mohali, August 29
Representatives of the managements of unaided private institutions today opposed the government move to bring about legislation in Parliament to overturn the Supreme Court judgement on the reservation quota in unaided private colleges.

Education board staff start protest

Mohali, August 29 The Punjab School Education Board (Non-teaching) Employees Association today demanded the removal of the Punjab Education Minister, Mr Harnam Dass Johar, and transfer of senior officers linked to the Education Department. Members of the Non-teaching Staff Association of the Punjab School Education Board protest against the authorities at the PSEB office, Mohali, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

LEISURE

Snipping his way to a record This man has snipped his way to glory and that too blindfolded! Nadeem Ahmed, Chandigarh-based hairstylist, has been featured in this year’s edition of the Limca Book of Records for cutting hair ‘safely and stylishly’ with a candle flame, blade, paper cutter and even with his eyes covered! Hairstylist Nadeem Ahmed enters the Limca Book of Records this year for his ‘blindfolded’ hairstyles. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Poetry translated on canvas A poetic lyricism enthusing myriad passions is apparently inherent in all 40 graphic paintings showcased in the exhibition ‘Transfigurations’ inaugurated by Home Secretary Krishan Mohan at the Government Museum and Art Gallery today. An exhibition of graphic prints by Rajesh Chadha at the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Punjabi poetry book in Delhi varsity course
The Punjabi poetry book, ‘Panj Nadian Da Geet’ written by Harvinder Singh, a Chandigarh-based poet, has been introduced in the Punjabi M Phil course at Delhi University, Delhi.

SPORTS

ICLCL clinches cricket title
Chandigarh, August 29
An excellent all-round performance by Gurinder Saini (52 runs and 3 for 22) helped ICL Certifications Limited, Panchkula, to defeat the Prudential Cricket Club by single run in an exciting match at the Government Model School, Sector 19 here.

Bhaura wins main bout Chandigarh, August 29 Harmesh Bhaura of Delhi won the main bout after beating Amarjit Singh of Sirsa in the wrestling competitions, organised by the Guga Madi Committee and Gram Panchayat, Dadu Majra, at Guru Dronacharya Stadium of the village today. Wrestlers grapple to prove their supremacy at Dadu Majra on Monday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik.

SD School, DAV-8 for title clash
Chandigarh, August 29
The host S.D. Public School, Sector 32, beat DAV School, Sector 15, by 42-28 (Boys’ category) in the semifinals of the 6th Pandit Mohan Lal Memorial Basketball Tournament here today.

Asayari Tayal of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, won the top honours in Air Pistol Sub Junior Women and Air Rifle Peep Sight (NR) in Chandigarh State Inter-school Shooting Competition at Patiali Ki Rao Shooting Ranges, Sector 25, Chandigarh, on Sunday.

Soccer meet from September 2
Chandigarh, August 29
The Chandigarh Sub-Junior Girls Under-17 Football Championship for the Shivalik Trophy will begin on September 2 at Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, here. Eight girls’ teams of different schools of the city will take part in the tournament.

Canara Bank win by 30 runs
Panchkula, August 29
Superb batting performance by Rampal Raghav (52 off 48) enable Canara Bank to beat Airtel XI by 30 runs in the Tata-Indicom Cup League Cricket Tournament at Cricket Stadium, Sector 3, here today.

Run-for-fun contest