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Body of missing 6-yr-old found
Rajpura, October 4
The body of a six-year-old boy, who had gone missing, was found in a pond here today. Lovepreet Singh of Angad Dev Colony was reported missing since Wednesday.
CM to take Kandi area issue with Central govt
Sarai Pattan (Ropar), October 4
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is to take up the issue to exempt the Kandi area from the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA) with the Central government.
Heritage fest draws visitors in droves
Kalka, October 4
Thousands of visitors and tourists thronged Yadavindra Gardens, Pinjore, on the second day of the 3rd Heritage Festival organised by Haryana Tourism, here today.
Performances like puppet show, Rajasthani Kachi Ghori, traditional Haryanavi
orchestra, Haryanavi folk dances remained the main attraction.
Folk artistes perform at the 3rd Heritage Festival at Pinjore on
Saturday. — Photo by Hemant Kumar |
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Medical officer to probe alleged removal of eyes
Ambala, October 4
The principal medical officer of the city civil hospital, Dr O.P. Arya, will conduct a probe into the alleged incident of removing the eyes of a person who was kept in the hospital's mortuary after his death in a road accident.
An artist gives final touches to an effigy of Ravana ahead of Dasehra in Ambala on Saturday.
— Photo by Kamal Sachar |
One-month-old killed in accident
Kharar, October 4
A month-old baby girl was killed in a road accident yesterday. Talwinder Singh and his wife, Daljit Kaur, residents of village Roorkee, were coming from village Daun Majra after visting their relatives, when a tractor-trolley hit their scooter from the rear end at around 8:30pm.
544 checked in eye camp
Bassi Pathana, October 4
The Mehar Baba Charitable Trust (MBCT) organised 7th free eye check-up camp in the memory of Harbaksh Kaur Mejie at Community Development Centre here today. Dr Kaustabh Sharma, SSP, Fatehgarh Sahib, inaugurated the camp. A team of doctors led by Dr Deepesh Arora, Dr Gurpeet Singh Garcha, Dr Sushank Sood and Dr Satwinder Singh Cheema checked up 544 patients belonging to the BPL families of 105 surrounding villages.
Residents go without power for 13 hrs
Kharar, October 4
Area residents sweat it out under 13 hours of power failure on Friday.
The power supply to Mundi Kharar feeder was snapped at 8 am and was resumed at
10.45 pm.
Haryana Guv releases directory
Five industrialists awarded
Ambala, October 4
The Ambala Scientific Instruments Manufacturers’ Association (ASIMA) organised its annual general body meeting today at Kingfisher Tourist Complex, Ambala, wherein Dr A.R. Kidwai, Haryana governor was the chief guest.
Illegal dairies continue to flourish
Patiala, October 4
Even as the MC has been talking of setting up cattle pounds on the outskirts of the city to get rid of the filth caused by unauthorised dairies, these dairies are thriving.
CIA to investigate Gurcharan murder case
Kharar, October 4
Railway police, Sirhind, and CIA staff, Kharar, will together investigate
the case of a Chandigarh resident, who was strangulated and then his body burnt
away. The police today conducted raids at various places in Kharar, Kurali,
Mohali and Chandigarh, where the deceased Gurcharan Singh's friends and
relatives were co tacted.
2 holiday special trains for Shimla
Kalka, October 4
In wake of the festival season and heavy rush of passengers and tourists on the Kalka railway station, the department of railway, Ambala division, Ambala, has started two additional holiday-special trains and two rail cars on the Kalka-Shimla rail section.
‘PUSA-1121’ may soon be Basmati variety: Chief secy
Rakhra (Patiala), October 4
“The Punjab government has urged the union agriculture ministry to label ‘Pusa-1121’ variety as Basmati rice. The central government will give a final shape to the state government’s proposal soon,” asserted Punjab chief secretary Ramesh Inder Singh.
IET Bhaddal abuzz with film activity
Ropar, October 4
A Punjabi film, “Luv u Bobby”, is presently being shot on the IET campus, Bhaddal. Students and faculty members of the institute will also feature in the movie.
Paddy procurement begins
Bassi Pathana, October 4
The process of procurement of paddy by government agencies began at the local grain market yesterday.
Local MLA Didar Singh Bhatti accompanied by SAD district president Jagdeep Singh
Cheema, local SDM and officials of the procurement agencies inaugurated the
process by making a purchase.
Major fire in appliance unit
Kalka, October 4
Electrical appliances of worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in a major fire at a factory in Parwanoo today.
According to sources, the fire broke out around 9 am at AK Appliances Company,
Sector 2.
Undertrial dies in Ambala
Ambala, October 4
An undertrial lodged in Ambala central jail died following illness this morning.
According to jail sources, the undertrial, Amit Kumar (45), who was in judicial
custody in a theft case, had been unwell for the past few days.
G.S. Sandhu bereaved
Patiala, October 4
Dronacharya Awardee G. S. Sandhu, the spirit behind India’s successful boxing campaign in the Beijing Olympics, was bereaved when his brother Jarnail Singh Sandhu (65) died following a heart attack at Ludhiana last week.
Four booked for Net fraud
Mohali, October 4
Four persons have been booked for allegedly cheating Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Phase III B2, here. According to the police, Gurpreet Singh, an insurance agent, had received an email in January that he had won a lottery for Rs 8 crore. The mail said before getting the amount, he would have to deposit some money.
Labourer murdered; accused at large
Zirakpur, October 4
A labourer in his mid-20s was murdered allegedly by two youths after they had an altercation with him in connection with some money at Phabat village on Friday night here.
2 held for misbehaving with cop
Chandigarh, October 4
The local police has arrested Ashok Kumar and Santosh Kumar and booked around 25 residents of Colony No. 4 for misbehaving with a sub-inspector of the Chandigarh police, Hans
Raj. They have also been charged with blocking traffic on the road and obstructing a police officer in the course of his duty.
ICL
Dhaka Warriors in city for training
Chandigarh, October 4
“Lack of security in Bangladesh’s national team forced us to join the rebel Indian Cricket League
(ICL),” said Bangladeshi members of Dhaka Warriors.
Inter-College Meet
MCM DAV eves register win
Chandigarh, October 4
Guided by Manmeet and Sunita, who netted one goal each, MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, defeated GGS Khalsa College, Jhar Sahib (Ludhiana), on the first day of the Panjab University Inter-College Football (Women) Tournament for 2008-09 on PU campus here today. |
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| A match in progress during the Panjab University Inter-College Volleyball A-Division (Women) Tournament for 2008-09 on PU campus, Chandigarh.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
Dev, Garima clinch TT titles
Chandigarh, October 4
Dev Saini of Shri Gurharkishan School and Garima Goyal of Bhavan
Vidalaya, Sector 27, annexed the boys’ and girls’ under-17 titles, respectively, in the second Chandigarh Table Tennis Ranking Championship at the Sector-23 Table Tennis Hall here today.
T20: Hyderabad enter quarterfinals
Chandigarh, October 4
Hyderabad enter quarterfinals by winning all its league matches. In its final league match against Pondicherry played here today at DAV College, Sector-10, Hyderabad thrashed Pondicherry by 60 runs during the Senior National Twenty20 Cricket Championship.
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