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Back in city, Abhinav gets thrilling welcome
Chandigarh, August 16
A long wait ended this morning when Abhinav Bindra returned home with the first-ever individual Olympic gold medal for the country adorned around his neck at his palatial mansion at Kishanpura village here today.

Olympic gold medal winner Abhinav Bindra strolling in his residence on the Zirakpur- Rajpura road on Saturday. Also seen in the picture are Abhinav’s father, Dr A.S. Bindra, and his coach, Col Dhillon. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

India is full of talent, says Abhinav
Chandigarh, August 16
Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra, who claims to love cricket a lot, wants to encourage Olympic sports in the country.

4 employees loot Rs 17 lakh from Amartex
Panchkula, August 16
Four employees, including an assistant manager of Amartex Industries Limited, allegedly looted Rs 17 lakh at knife point from the showroom of the company in Industrial Area here, late yesterday night.

Special textbooks for students with poor vision
Chandigarh, August 16
Students of government schools with poor vision will now have some respite. The Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) wing has found a novel way of helping these ‘special children’ by providing them with specially designed textbooks having bigger fonts.

COMMUNITY

SMEs leave women at cab drivers’ mercy
Yet to provide security to women during night shifts
Chandigarh, August 16
The spread of IT and ITEs sector in the tricity has drawn up new challenges for the administration. As more and more women are now going out to work in the BPOs (business process outsourcing) and call centres that now dot the region, their security has become prime concern.

A garden sculpture at Leisure Valley in Sector 10, Chandigarh, cries for upkeep. Tribune photo: Karam Singh

KNOTTY AFFAIR: Siblings celebrate Raksha Bandhan in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik

Rain Woes
Effective drainage system still far from admn’s mind
Chandigarh, August 16
The Chandigarh administration believes in a piecemeal approach to tackle the problem of flooding due to rains in the city.

Holding out hope for alcoholics
Chandigarh, August 16
"If you want to drink, that is your problem, if you want to quit, that is our concern," these life-saving words on a pamphlet of the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), a worldwide fellowship of recovering alcoholics, changed life of Partap, an alcoholic for about 30 years, for better five years ago.

Changing address is an issue at RLA
Chandigarh, August 16
At the Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA), address of a license holder is not changed even if the holder applies for a new license as the software used at the office doesn’t have the provision to do so.

Water level in Sukhna rising
Chandigarh, August 16
Due to heavy rains that lashed the city and its surrounding areas during the past few weeks, the water level in the lake is regularly rising.

Civil supplies gets tough on hoarders
Chandigarh, August 16
The department of food and civil supplies is getting tough with unscrupulous traders in a bid to curb hoarding.

Surinder Verma, principal of Government Inservice Training Centre, addresses a seminar on ‘Biotechnology-A bane or boon’ on the occasion of National Technology Day in Patiala on Saturday. Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar

Non-compliant contractors to face action
Chandigarh, August 16
The Chandigarh municipal corporation will issue notices to parking contractors of Sectors 17, 35-C, 9 and Sukhna Lake for not complying with the orders of installing CCTV cameras in their respective parking lots by August 16, 2008. These cameras will help in identifying the defaulters and car thieves in the parking areas.

Brahm Kumaris celebrate Rakhi
Chandigarh, August 16
The Prajapati Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya celebrated the festival of Raksha Bandhan by organising a public event titled ‘Significance of Raksha Bandhan in Modern Age’.

Training centres for soldiers’ wards
Chandigarh, August 16
In order to create employment opportunities for wards of defence personnel and ex-servicemen, Punjab Ex-servicemen Corporation (PESCO) has launched an initiative to start various training centres in Mohali.

Nagar sankirtan at Plaza
Chandigarh, August 16
As part of celebrations of Sri Krishna Janamashtami, the local chapter of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) today organised a nagar sankirtan programme at Sector 17 Plaza, here.

ISKCON devotees take part in a nagar sankirtan procession organised at the Sector 17 Plaza, Chandigarh, on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

Letters
Sixth Pay Commission
After the announcement of the Sixth Pay Commission all employees of the Central government are happy. In a single step a cash flow of Rs 2000 crore has been announced and another 20,000 crore will be out in early 2009 and also 40,000 crore in 2010.

EDUCATION

AYUSH cancels affiliation of ayurvedic college
Chandigarh, August 16
Students of Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College, Sector 46, have nowhere to go after the government body AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Sidha and Homeopathy), on recommendations of Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), has finally cancelled affiliation of the college. After the decision was conveyed to the college through the council officially, the college put up notices and the authorities called up the students to tell them to take full refund of the fees.

Symposium on contribution of Prof Bambah
Chandigarh, August 16
A symposium in honour of the internationally renowned mathematician, Prof R.P. Bambah, was held at the Transit Campus of IISER, Mohali, today in recognition of his services to mathematics education and research.

From Schools
Grandparents Day celebrated at Millennium
Mohali/Panchkula, August 16
Grandfathers and grandmothers gathered to celebrate their deep rooted sense of belongingness to their tiny tots at the annual Grandparents’ Day celebrations at Millennium School here today.

Geetika, Dhruv win poster competition
Chandigarh, August 16 Geetika and Dhruv of Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan-27, here emerged winners during the Inter School poster competition held at St. Soldier International School, Sector 28 here.

Students remember martyrs
Ludhiana, August 16
Independence Day celebrations at Ryan International School concluded today.

COURTS

Denied holiday on Rakhi, lawyers suspend work
Chandigarh, August 16
After the District Bar Association’s (DBA) request for a holiday on “Rakhi” was declined by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the lawyers suspended work at the district courts here today.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

South Indian professor campaigns for Punjabi
Ropar, August 16
Pandit Rao Dharennavar, a south Indian lecturer from Chandigarh, presented a play on Punjabi language at Ropar. He is soon going to release Gurbani translated into Kannada in September.

Members of the Kisan Action Committee stage a dharna in front of the house of Raj Khurana, Rajpura MLA, in Patiala, against the acquisition of 1078.16 acres of fertile land for the proposed super thermal plant near Nalash village on Saturday. Tribune photo: J.S. Virdi

Power failure irks Kalka residents
Kalka, August 16
The residents of Kalka were deprived of electricity for more than eight hours today. They had to remain without electricity from 5.30 am to 1.30 pm. The official sources of the UHBVN said the power failure occurred due to some important maintenance work at the Housing Board Colony, Kalka and near Govt College.

Rape accused gets life term
Ambala, August 16
Additional Sessions Judge, fast track court, M.M. Dhonchak, sentenced life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25,000 to rape accused Jaswinder Singh, a resident of Jangu Majra village.

SPORTS

Chess
Himal, Sanjeev lead with 4 points
Chandigarh, August 16
Himal Gusain and Sanjeev Biswas are leading with four points at the end of the second day of the 19th Chandigarh Chess Championship being held at St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, here today.

Jeev misses cut in US PGA Tour
Chandigarh, August 16
Jeev Milkha Singh, who created history in the PGA Championship at Michigan last week being the first Indian to finish in the top 10 in a US major, missed the cut in the PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship playing a two-over par 142 in the second round at the Greensboro greens in North Carolina yesterday.

Abhey pins hopes on Indian boxers
Chandigarh, August 16
Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) and Haryana Olympic Association (HOA) president Abhey Singh Chautala hailed the victories of the boxers at Beijing Olympics.

CRIME

Controversy of Errors
Law officer, clerk among 3 booked
Chandigarh, August 16
Around 48 hours after clerk of Haryana’s Additional Advocate General Sanjeev Bansal tried to leave behind a carrybag full of currency notes at the residence of high court judge Nirmaljit Kaur, the Chandigarh police has booked the law officer, clerk Parkash Ram and another person in a corruption case.

Woman duped of Rs 62,500
Chandigarh, August 16
City resident Rupinder Pal Kaur was duped of Rs 62,500 on the pretext that she had won a lottery of 1,25,000 pounds. The police has arrested the conman. The victim, in a written complaint to the police, said she had received an e-mail which informed her of having won 1,25,000 pounds in a lottery.

Fake CBI Officers
Sudha also faces case of cheating in Panchkula
Panchkula, August 16
Sudha Rani, who was arrested by the Lalru police for allegedly posing as assistant commissioner of the CBI, is even facing a case of cheating at Panchkula. According to the police, she allegedly cheated a resident of the city of Rs 4 lakh.

One more held
Lalru, August 16
Making headway in the fake CBI officers’ case, the Lalru police today arrested Tejinderjit Singh, who allegedly provided fake identity cards to the accused Aman Kumar, Suresh, Yatish Sharma and his wife Sudha Rani.

2 youths hurt in brawl
Panchkula, August 16
Two youth from Mauli Jagran were seriously injured in a brawl at a dhaba in Rajiv Colony here today. The injured, identified as Babbu and Sonu, were admitted at Government Multispecialty Hospital, Sector 16 and Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, respectively.

CULTURE

Dev Anand Film Festival starts at Govt Museum
Chandigarh, August 16
The Dev Anand Film Festival was inaugurated today by Sanjay Kumar, finance secretary, at the Government Museum and Auditorium, Sector 10.

Musical bonanza at Kalagram
Chandigarh, August 16
The NZCC and STEPS teamed up with ‘ Playback Harmony’ a group of accomplished artists to celebrate the 62nd Independence Day with a captivating musical bonanza “ An Evening of Patriotic Songs” at the Kalagram here today.