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Panchkula/Chandigarh, October 4 There are seven new confirmed dengue cases at the PGI and one new case from Panchkula, with the tally up to 16. Two patients developed minor episodes of bleeding today and were administered platelet transfusion at the PGI.

Dengue-conducive conditions to attract fine
Chandigarh, October 4
The Chandigarh Administration has decided to issue notices and challans to the defaulters for creating or not removing conditions that help in the breeding of the Aedes mosquito, causative of dengue disease, at their houses. The house owners will be challaned and fined for continuously allowing the mosquitoes to breed inside their houses.

Unsolved hit-and-run cases worry cops

34 lives lost in accidents this year Chandigarh, October 4 The Chandigarh and Mohali police have added three more cases to their list of hit-and-run cases during the past one week. Five persons, including three members of a family in Mohali, were the victims of these accidents. The Chandigarh Police has been trying to make the roads more secure but sharp increase in the number of fatalities in hit-and-run cases this year is still worrying it. As many as 34 victims of road accidents have lost their lives till date after being hit by unidentified vehicles, as against 33 in 2005.                   —Illustration by Gauarv Sood

Admn chalks out details for Education City
Chandigarh, October 4
The Chandigarh Administration has finally chalked out details of the ambitious project of “Education City” at Sarangpur with a Plan outlay specifying the courses, project areas and financial requirements.

Childhood’s paradise lost
Chandigarh, October 4
As you close in on the five-year-old Ramji, he stares at you with hopeful eyes. Heavy with pain though, they implore untiringly, as if weary of the vagaries of time. His feet are bare as his heart; his hands empty and stretched out. Impatient of waiting, the child finally pours his heart out and musters the courage to ask: “Why have you come here? Have you something for me?”

Bringing alive the world of Indian manuscripts

Chandigarh, October 4 Art historian B.N. Goswamy’s latest work offers precious insight into Indian manuscripts. An unusual show, it lifts the veil from an ancient tradition and presents it to the world as it is-mystic and inspired by the divine. Dr B.N. Goswamy talks about his latest exhibition, which is India’s entry to the Frankfurt Book Fair this year, in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

In Town
Jagjit to sing in Pinjore
The arresting beauty of the illuminated Pinjore Mughal Gardens against the backdrop of music and melody is all set to add a dash of excitement to evenings in the city. Haryana Tourism Department’s Pinjore Heritage Festival, a five-day extravaganza, gets under way tomorrow.

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COMMUNITY

Residents resent gypsum unloading
Chandigarh, October 4
Residents of Daria and Mauli Jagran have complained about air pollution being caused by unloading of gypsum clay at the Chandigarh Railway Station. The show-cause notice issued by the Chandigarh Administration to the Railway authorities too has failed to bring any respite to the residents of the area.

Rodrigues inaugurates Police Housing Complex
Chandigarh, October 4
With a view to meet the housing needs of the police personnel, the Punjab Governor and U.T. Administrator, General S.F. Rodrigues (retd.), today inaugurated a Police Housing Complex with 156, Type-II houses, meant for constables and head constables in Sector 41, here, today.

Clerk in Vigilance net for graft

Mohali, October 4 A team of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau today arrested a clerk of the Municipal Council on a charge of accepting bribe. Ved Parkash, working in the branch dealing with certificates of births and deaths, was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 from a resident of Sector 68. The raiding team was headed by Mr Gurmel Singh, DSP.

Vigilance officials raid the Municipal Council office in Mohali on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Allottees not given plots hold protest
Mohali, October 4
Members of the Plot Allotment Sangharsh Committee, Sectors 76-80, held a protest against the failure of the government to give possession of plots allotted years ago. The protesters demanded immediate possession of plots, failing which they would be compelled to organise an anti-government stir before the Assembly elections.  

Rights body seeks report on cases against NRI couple
Chandigarh, October 4
Taking cognizance of a complaint made by a German NRI couple, Mr Jaswant Brar and his wife, Mrs Jagshir Brar, about being implicated in false cases by the Moga Police, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission has sought status report from the Punjab Government and the SSP, Moga. The reply has been sought by November 2, 2006.

An exhibition with a cause

Chandigarh, October 4 Celebrations Fiesta 2006 is unique, for this colourful exhibition to be held at Hotel Shivalik View, Sector 17 on October 6 and 7 will raise money for children with special needs. “There is no other way that we would have had it,” stressed Tahira Kashyap, who runs her own PR firm, and Rashmi Bindra, a city-based designer, who have spearheaded this idea.

Celebrations Fiesta ’06, an exhibition to raise money for Vatika School announced at Hotel Shivalik View, Sector 17, on Wednesday. Sitting left to right: Tahira Kashyap, Rashmi Bindra (organisers), Radha Sinha (VP, IAS Wives Association), Mrs Vashisht (member) and Ramesh Talwar (Principal, Vatika School). — A Tribune photograph

Tourism exhibition to begin tomorrow
Chandigarh, October 4
The Chandigarh Administration is organising N’Tour-2006, a three-day conference-cum-exhibition on tourism, in the city from October 6. The Chandigarh Heritage Festival will be organised on October 7.

N.P.S. Aulakh is BSF Special DGP

City electorate 5,72,662
Chandigarh, October 4 The overall percentage of elector photo identity card (EPIC) holders in the Union Territory has increased from 52 to 67. The total electorate of the Chandigarh parliamentary constituency has increased from 5,63,610 to 5,72,662, Chief Electoral Officer-cum-Secretary Finance S.K. Sandhu said here yesterday.

Wage ceiling up for ESI coverage
Chandigarh, October 4
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has issued a notification amending Rule 50 and 54 of the ESI (Central) Rules, 1950, resulting in the enhancement of wage ceiling for coverage under the ESI Act, 1948, from Rs 7,500 per month to Rs 10,000 per month from October 1, 2006.

Veterinary pharmacists stage dharna
Chandigarh, October 4
Members of the Veterinary Pharmacists’ Union, Punjab, yesterday staged a dharna in front of the office of the Department of Animal Husbandry in Sector 17. Later, the protesters marched to the Matka Chowk after removing their shirts to press for their demands. The protesting pharmacists had come from Muktsar and had taken mass casual leave.

Elders’ day out
Chandigarh, October 4 It was a fun-filled day for over 200 senior citizens from Chandigarh and Panchkula, who were special invitees to an exclusive screening of “Lage Raho Munnabhai” at the Fun Republic here today.

CRIME

Inebriated ASI rams PCR Gypsy into car in PU

Chandigarh, October 4 An inebriated Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of the Chandigarh Police allegedly banged a Police Control Room (PCR) Gypsy in a stationary car parked outside hostel number 5 in Panjab University late on Tuesday night.

The damaged Maruti Zen car after being hit by a PCR Gypsy in Panjab University on Tuesday night, which was allegedly driven by an inebriated cop of the UT police. (R) A police officer inspecting the damaged Gypsy. — Tribune photos by Parvesh Chauhan

BUSINESS

Haier showroom opened
Chandigarh, October 4
The Haier Group, plans to open 25 Planet Haier showrooms by the end of this year, the Director and Chief Operating Officer(COO), Mr Pranay Dhabhai, said here yesterday.

EDUCATION

All clear for business school in Banur on IIM pattern
Chandigarh, October 4
The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi , has issued a letter of intent to an educational institute for the first time in this part of the region for setting up a business school on the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) pattern.

People-to-people contact vital for peace: Pak student
Chandigarh, October 4
“If India and Pakistan join hands, we can become a force to reckon with in South Asia. And in the next decade the two nations can be the superpower of the world,” said Mubashir Ahmed Mirza, a 21-year- old chemical engineering student from Pakistan, here yesterday.

COURTS

3-month jail for jeweller
Chandigarh, October 4
A local jeweller, Ajit Jain, was today sentenced to three months’ imprisonment in a seven-year-old case of cheque bounce. The orders were passed by the Magistrate, Mr A.S Shergill, on the basis of a complaint made by Joginder Kaur.