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Security up for PM’s visit
Chandigarh, November 8
Just a day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s scheduled arrival here for delivering a lecture at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, the local police intensified patrolling in the city today.

HUDA allots 97 acres to HSIDC for IT park
Panchkula, November 8
Not to be left behind its neighbouring Information Technology hotspots- Chandigarh and Mohali, the Information Technology Corridor at Panchkula is beginning to take shape, with Haryana Urban Development Authority today allotting 97 acres of land to Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation.

Murder victim identified through fingerprints
Chandigarh, November 8
Adopting scientific methods of investigations, the Chandigarh Police has identified a blind murder case victim with the help of his fingerprints, two months after the incident.





EARLIER STORIES

 
Playing music to cure cattle
Shiamtu (Panchkula), November 8
Defying science, a rustic system of curing the most prized possessions of farmers- cattle, by treating them to music, still holds the sway in the rural areas of Haryana and Punjab.

 


Ram Swaroop and Sohan Lal play music for the cattle in Rattewali village, near Panchkula.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan


Ram Swaroop and Sohan Lal play music for the cattle in Rattewali village, near Panchkula

 
COMMUNITY

Admn fish farm gasping for air
Chandigarh, November 8
Fifty years after its inception, the fish seed farm of the UT Fisheries Department, near Kishangarh village, has fallen on bad days. Once a favourite destination for ornamental fish lovers, the fish breeding centre is crying for attention.


Wild growth has covered an empty fish breeding pond at a fish seed farm of the Chandigarh Administration near Kishangarh village.
— A Tribune photograph

Wild growth has covered an empty fish breeding pond at a fish seed farm of the Chandigarh Administration near Kishangarh village

LHRI wants ‘land-grabbing’ probed
Chandigarh, November 8
Demanding a judicial probe into the alleged grabbing of prime land in Kansal village of Ropar district bordering Chandigarh, the Lawyers of Human Rights International today alleged that land worth crores of rupees had been grabbed by certain influential persons, including police officials and politicians.

‘Bomb’ creates panic in Sector 21        
Chandigarh, November 8
Panic gripped in Sector 21 this morning after a ‘bomb shell’ was discovered by an advocate in an alley behind his house. As residents ran away from the spot apprehending the worse, police teams accompanied by experts from the bomb disposal squad seized the “explosive device”.


A policeman holds an object suspected to be a bomb in Sector 21, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Embezzlement of funds comes to light in Army unit
Chandigarh, November 8
A number of serious lapses, including espionage, alleged misappropriation of explosives, fraud in operational works and embezzlement of funds in a RAPID engineer regiment have come to light.
A policeman holds an object suspected to be a bomb in Sector 21, Chandigarh

Designers lend edge to Indian fashion
Chandigarh, November 8
Fashion today is not all glamour and glitter. It’s has become a hardcore business with a potential for generating huge revenues and foreign exchange. The Indian apparell industry combining both the export and domestic sectors represents a monolithic Rs 550 billion enterprise, mostly earned by brands with a fashion USP.
Karunesh Vohra
Karunesh Vohra
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Rinku Kaicker
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Sanjeev Wadhwani

HUDA caught on wrong foot
Panchkula, November 8
The Haryana Urban Development Authority has been caught on the wrong foot, after its staff reportedly demolished a structure on disputed land between Panchkula and Dhakauli in Zirakpur, for which a court stay had been granted.

Villagers meet Dy CM
Panchkula, November 8
Over 150 villagers from the Raipur Rani block today met the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Chander Mohan, and asked him to recommend the investigation of the Sarpanch Ram Niwas murder case to the CBI.

Santokh Singh Award for Amarjeet Kang
Chandigarh, November 8
The Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Akademi has announced the Bhai Santokh Singh Award and book awards for 2004-05. While stating this here today, Mr Phool Chand Mullana, Chairman of the akademi and Education Minister, said the Bhai Santokh Singh Award would be given to Dr Amarjeet Singh Kang.

House panel meeting on Chandigarh held
Chandigarh, November 8
A meeting of the Standing Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs for Chandigarh was held in New Delhi today, reliable sources said. The meeting on affairs pertaining to the City Beautiful earlier scheduled for October 27 was deferred.

 
CRIME

Woman booked for illegal confinement
Chandigarh, November 8
The police has booked a woman on the charge of keeping a minor boy in wrongful confinement. Besides, two persons were arrested by the police for allegedly indulging in gambling. Elsewhere, a motor cycle was reportedly stolen from the city.

Double murder: 2 remanded
Panchkula, November 8
The main accused in the Hangola double murder case, Kashmira Singh and Sadh Singh, were today remanded in four days police custody. They had surrendered before the Raipur Rani police yesterday. The accused, both step brothers of a former Minister, Mr Balbir Singh, were produced before the court of the Judicial Magistrate, Ms Shashi Bala Chauhan.

Kashmira Singh and Sadhu Singh, the main accused in Hangola double murder case, being produced in the Panchkula district courts on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Kashmira Singh and Sadhu Singh, the main accused in Hangola double murder case, being produced in the Panchkula district courts

Call centre owner, staff booked on assault charge
Chandigarh, November 8
The police today booked a proprietor of a Sector 44-based call centre and his two employees on the allegations of assaulting and injuring a Sector 21 resident and two others who had gone to collect rent from him.

Litigants come to blows
Panchkula, November 8
High drama was enacted in the courts complex when two opposite parties in a case exchanged fisticuffs outside the courtroom of the Judicial Magistrate, Ms Shashi Bala Chauhan.

BUSINESS

Firm seeks removal of illegal hoardings
Mohali, November 8
A private advertising firm, which is renovating bus queue shelters for the local Municipal Council, has urged the civic body authorities to get the unauthorised sign boards put up outside various shops by multinational companies removed.

 
EDUCATION

Summer hues dominate fashion show
Chandigarh, November 8
Quirky, fresh and sprightly, the collections of four designers on show at Fashion Knowledge Forum, held on the sparking lawns of the Mountview hotel here today, reflected the bright summers gone by, the hues vibrant and cheerful.


Models sport designer Suneet Verma’s collection during the Fashion Knowledge Forum show at the Mountview hotel in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik


Models sport designer Suneet Verma’s collection during the Fashion Knowledge Forum show at the Mountview hotel in Chandigarh

Fashion Tech Park comes into being
Chandigarh, November 8
Fashion gurus J.J Valaya, Ranna Gill and Sunita Shankar will soon have addresses in Mohali at the Fashion Technology Park.

A model of the Fashion Technology (FT) Park to come up in Sector 90 in Mohali.

To have ultra-modern setup


A model of the Fashion Technology (FT) Park to come up in Sector 90 in Mohali

Plan child-friendly cities: expert
Chandigarh, November 8
“Children’s preferences are normally not taken into consideration while designing cities”, said Prof Cherie Enns, while delivering a lecture on “Planning communities with and for children: perceptions of children around the world”. The seminar was jointly organised by the Canadian Studies Centre, Panjab University and the Indian Council of Social Sciences Research, North-Western Regional Centre.

Prof Cherie Enns, Professor of Geography, University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, interacts with students after delivering a lecture at the ICSSR complex in Panjab University, Chandigarh
Prof Cherie Enns, Professor of Geography, University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, interacts with students after delivering a lecture at the ICSSR complex in Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Modelling contest held
Mohali, November 8
The Swami Vivekanand Group of Institutes, Banur, organised a modelling competition on the college campus. According to a press note issued by the college today, engineering, pharmacy and B.Ed students of the group participated in the competition.

PU extends last date for submitting forms
Chandigarh, November 8
The Panjab University authorities today extended the last date for submitting admission forms for the private candidates from November 10 to November 18. Meanwhile, chaos prevailed even for a second day today as hundreds of students thronged the varsity to submit their forms and deposit fees.
Students sit as they wait for their turn to deposit fee at the basement of the administration block at Panjab University, Chandigarh
Students sit as they wait for their turn to deposit fee at the basement of the administration block at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Orientation course on disaster management
Chandigarh, November 8
The Centre for Adult, Continuing Education & Extension, Panjab University, organised an orientation course on “Disaster management & preparedness” at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, today.

Students display models
Mohali, November 8
A three-day district-level science exhibition started at the Paragon Senior Secondary School, Sector 71, here today. The exhibition was inaugurated by the District Education Officer, Mr Piara Singh.

Jobless ETT teachers hold protest
Chandigarh, November 8
Following the arrest of Punjab’s unemployed ETT teachers, the Unemployed Elementary Teachers’ Union today staged a dharna at Matka Chowk, here today. A spokesman of the union said that since November 4, the members of their union where staging dharnas during visits by various Punjab ministers all over the state, to express their resentment.

Unemployed ETT teachers hold a protest at Matka Chowk, Sector 17, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph
Unemployed ETT teachers hold a protest at Matka Chowk, Sector 17, in Chandigarh

 
SPORTS

CFA-42 emerge soccer champs
Chandigarh, November 8
Chandigarh Football Academy, Sector 42, defeated St Stephen’s Football Academy, Sector 45, 2-1 in a well contested match in the finals of the 3rd Kanwar Harbans Lal Memorial Football Tournament held at football ground, Sector 17, here, today. Jashanpreet of St Stephen’s opened the account in the 24th minute of the play when he converted a corner kick. Jashanpreet of St Stephen’s opened the account in the 24th minute of the play when he converted a corner kick.

The final match of the 3rd Kanwar Harbans Lal Memorial Football Tournament in progress at football ground, Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph


The final match of the 3rd Kanwar Harbans Lal Memorial Football Tournament in progress at football ground, Sector 17, Chandigarh

Transferred coaches heave sigh of relief
Chandigarh, November 8
The coaches working with the Sports Authority of India in the northern region who were served transfer orders in July have heaved a sigh of relief with the transfer of Secretary, Youth Affairs and Sports, Meenaxi Chaudhary and Northern Office Regional Director Suresh Harmilapi a few days back.

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