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Masterpieces restored; back in home gallery
Chandigarh, January 18
Conservators from National Museum, New Delhi, have resurrected 17 contemporary artworks from the collection of Government Museum, Sector 10. Valued at several lakhs in the international market, these originals by masters like Jamini Roy, Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore, Amrita Shergill and Sobha Singh, among others, were in poor condition and in danger of being lost when these were handed over to National Museum experts for restoration.

Manisha Attri’s Death
Car driver held guilty
But six other accused acquitted
Chandigarh, January 18
Twelve years after the Manisha Attri murder case hit the headlines, a city court today sentenced one person acquitting six others. Additional and sessions judge R.S. Attri convicted Jatinder Mohan Singh under Sections 302 and 307, IPC. The quantum of the sentence has been deferred to January 23.

Cashier looted of Rs 5 lakh at gunpoint
Panchkula, January 18
Criminals looted more than Rs 5 lakh from the cashier of Berkely Automobiles, a dealer in Maruti cars, here today. The cashier, accompanied by the driver, was robbed when he was going to deposit the money in a bank in Sector 11 market.

COMMUNITY

Encroachments in CHB flats removed
Drive against jhuggi dwellers also launched
Chandigarh, January 18
The enforcement staff of the Chandigarh Housing Board today removed encroachments from housing board flats in Sector 51-A.


Encroachments being removed in Sector 51-A in Chandigarh on Friday. —A Tribune photograph

Bird Flu
UT intensifies surveillance of migratory birds, poultry
Chandigarh, January 18
In the wake of bird flu outbreak in West Bengal, UT forest/wildlife department has intensified surveillance of migratory birds in and around the city. Under the forest guards' scanner these days is the 10,000-strong migratory bird population at Sukhna Lake and another about 500 birds that have flocked to Patiala ki Rao water body in the Dhanas area.

85 donate blood at two camps
Chandigarh, January 18
As many as 85 persons donated blood at two separate camps here today.

GMCH-32 inspection concludes
Chandigarh, January 18
The two-day inspection of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, by a team of the Medical Council of India (MCI) concluded here today.

Youngsters ransack shop, injure three
Zirakpur, January 18
A group of youngsters carrying swords, hockey sticks and baseball bats allegedly ransacked a mobile phone shop last night before grievously injuring three. According to Saudagar Ali, one of the victims, the group ransacked his shop as he had refused to give a mobile phone to one of the youngsters some days back.

Gurcharan Singh, Saudagar Ali and Karajit Singh at the civil hospital in Dera Bassi on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Indian troops in Lebanon get UN citation
Chandigarh, January 18
The Indian Army contingent deployed for peacekeeping in Lebanon has been awarded the United Nations Force Commander’s Unit Citation. The contingent was selected from amongst 30 units from different countries making up the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

The ravages of winter? No, Nature’s arrangement. Fallen leaves these days carpet the roadside near Fitness Park in Sector 10, Chandigarh. Why do leaves fall in winter in such great numbers? If the leaves on deciduous trees did not fall, the water in the leaves would freeze, causing the cells in the leaf to burst. The fall is to protect the trees. Also, it makes the tree less heavy when coated with ice because of less surface area. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

MC Poll
BJP to field candidates on all seats
Panchkula, January 18
Enthused with victories scored by the party in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to contest on the party symbol and field its candidates on all seats in the forthcoming elections of the municipal council.

MC’s New Mantra
Beautification of town goes in private hands
Mohali, January 18
Beautification of the town with income from private parties is the new mantra of the municipal council. Claimed to be a scheme launched for the first time in Punjab, the civic body will rake in a huge amount and make the town spic and span.

Work on highway to start on March 1
Panchkula, January 18
Work on the Pinjore-Kalka-Parwanoo highway will commenc on March 1 this year. This was stated by N. Gokul Ram, chairman NHAI, at Pinjore here today.

Rains, hail give city shivers
Chandigarh, January 18
Rains and early morning hail brought down the day temperature in the city today. Hit by sudden seasonal changes, the mercury dipped by 4.4 degree, sending the city into shivers. Although the city recorded just a trace of rain at 0.4 mm, maximum temperature fell from 21.8 degree yesterday to 17.4 degree today. Night temperatures have strangely been rising since the past three days. Today it registered a one-degree rise from yesterday.

Plot Allotment
Status of slips to be ascertained
Chandigarh, January 18
UT estate office has initiated an inquiry to ascertain the official status of provisional slips issued in the early eighties for allotment of plots in rehabilitation colonies.

CSIR programme on youth for science concludes
Chandigarh, January 18
The two-day CSIR programme on youth for leadership in science (CPYLS) for attracting young and brilliant minds in the science stream concluded at the CSIO here today.

Bus shelter collapses; none hurt
Chandigarh, January 16
Bus passengers at a bus queue shelter on the Khuda Lahora-Sarangpur road had a miraculous escape when the structure suddenly collapsed last evening. Moments after passengers boarded a bus, the dilapidated structure collapsed.— TNS

Letters

EDUCATION

PU Media Fest
Contests mark Soch ’08
Chandigarh, January 18
‘Soch’08’, a three-day national media fest, organised by the Department of Mass Communication, PU, Chandigarh, kick-started today with Haryana governor Dr A R Kidwai inaugurating the event.

Cheema falsely implicated: PUSU
Chandigarh, January 18
The Panjab University Students’ Union (PUSU) held a press conference today regarding a case registered against Tejpal Cheema, PUSU leader, in connection with his involvement in a molestation case.

From Schools & colleges
Reekrit wins first ever spelling bee
Chandigarh, January 18
Reekrit Serai of Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula, emerged the winner in this first ever spelling bee organised by the Quizcraft Event of New Delhi in the American Corner of the Central Library, Sector 17, here, today. Reekrit edged out his rivals from DAV School-15, Carmel Convent School-9, St John’s School in the buzzer round. Host of the contest was Adittya Mubayi.

Fateh Singh best student at robotics workshop
Chandigarh, January 18
Fateh Singh Aurora of Vivek High School, Sector 38, here brought laurels to the city after he emerged as the best student during the robotics workshop organised by The Robotics Institute at IIT, Mumbai.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Non-payment of bills by council
PSEB disconnects power supply to streetlights, tube well
Bassi Pathana, January 18
The local PSEB officials today disconnected power supply to the streetlights and a tube well of the Bassi Pathana municipal council due to non-payment of electricity bills. As a consequence, the entire city has plunged into darkness and residents are facing acute water shortage, and that too, for no fault of theirs.

Cash-strapped MC goes after development
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 18
The Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib municipal council has gone into a development overdrive as it has floated tenders worth over Rs 1.5 crore even though it does not have enough cash.

PNDT advisory committee to hold chetna rally
Bassi Pathana, January 18
The PNDT advisory committee, in its meeting held here yesterday, has decided to launch an awareness campaign against female foeticide in the area.

BSP has no place in Haryana: Selja
Ambala, January 18
Union minister and MP from Ambala parliamentary constituency Selja said the BSP had no place in Haryana as the people had realised the reality of its supremo Mayawati.

SPORTS

Champs: Need for more tournaments
Chandigarh, January 18
After 15 long years, Punjab boys at the under-14 badminton meet grabbed gold during the 53rd National School Games underway at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3, here today. In the finals, Punjab team made a clean sweep of Maharashtra boys 2-0.

THE VICTORS: The under-14 punjab badminton team members (from left) Antarpreet Singh , Kawaldeep Singh, Rupinder Singh and Puneetinder Singh in Panchkula on Friday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Boxing trials on Jan 21
Chandigarh, January 18
Trials to select the Chandigarh state senior men boxing team for the participation in the two-day 15th Senior Men Northern India Boxing Championship to be held at Samrala (Punjab) from February, will be held at SD College, Sector-32, on January 21 at 4 pm.

GMSSS holds Twenty20 match for students
Chandigarh, January 18
In a friendly Twenty20 match between teachers’ team and students’ team of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 32, the teachers lost to the students by four wickets at the school grounds here today.

Rahul, Manav Das barge into semis
Chandigarh, January 18
Seventeen-year-old Rahul Bakshi made his his entry into the amateur circuit with a bang making the last-four grade along with Manav Das of Ambala, Abhishek Jha of Bangalore and Mohammad Arie of Malaysia in the LG Indian Open Amateur Golf Championship on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

Rahul Bakshi braves foggy conditions as he takes a hit in the LG Indian Open Amateur Golf Championship at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Friday. —Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

PU wins judo championship
Chandigarh, January 18
The hosts Panjab University won the All-India Inter-University Judo (women) Championship for the year 2007-08 with 16 points while Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, and Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, finished second and third with 9 and 7.5 points, respectively.

Springfield karatekas bag 8 gold medals
Ambala, January 18
Springfield Public School, Ambala City, won eight gold, four silver and six bronze medals in the district-level karate championship that concluded yesterday.

Cricket trials tomorrow
Chandigarh, January 18
The Chandigarh Twenty20 Cricket Association (CTCA) will hold selection trials on January 20 at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium at 11 am to participate in under-19 National Twenty20 Cricket Championship to be held at Hyderabad from February 18 to 22.

CRIME

Another case of minor’s rape
Chandigarh January 18
A day after a resident of Mauli Jagran was booked on the charge of attempting to rape a minor, yet another case of rape of a minor was registered today at the Mani Majra police station.

BUSINESS

Baddi corporate house invests Rs 100 cr in Reliance Power
Chandigarh, January 18
A Baddi-based corporate house has invested Rs 100 crore in Reliance Power IPO. This is the highest sum that an institution is allowed to invest in this IPO.

CULTURE

Naresh Jacob to hold concert today
Chandigarh, January 18
Naresh Jacob has regaled music lovers since 1988. He is now ready to recast himself - well, almost. A regular at hotel Mountview where he pioneered the tradition of restaurant singing (before him many singers tried this format but flopped), Jacob started out as a drummer.