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Even Corbusier bore the brunt of babudom

Confidential letters written by Le Corbusier to top Indian functionaries, including Jawaharlal Nehru, show the agony of the legendary architect over the “stumbling blocks” created by the bureaucracy in the execution of his dream project Chandigarh, October 6 Somethings do not change in India and the bureaucracy is one of them. Despite having patronage of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Le Corbusier had to overcome bureaucratic hurdles to realise his dream of creating an architectural marvel and India’s first modern city — Chandigarh.

A letter of Le Corbusier to Jawaharlal Nehru, alleging delay in payment of his bills. The document is now part of the Le Corbusier Centre in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Drive against corruption
Three top officials in CBI net
Chandigarh, October 6
With the arrest of Y. R. Verma, assistant director of the Advance Training Institute, Ludhiana, for allegedly accepting a bribe, the CBI has so far nabbed three officials in the past fortnight as part of its recently launched drive against corrupt government officials.

Foul Play
Education dept goes extra mile
to help ‘favourites’
Chandigarh, October 6
The sports wing of the UT education department has once again come under scanner with a recently appointed sports organiser protesting against the department’s alleged efforts to accommodate certain ‘favourites’.

Wedding turns sour for NRI couple
Bag with valuables worth Rs 10 lakh stolen
Panchkula, October 6
Marriage celebrations turned sour for an Australian NRI
couple on yesterday morning when their bag containing
valuables worth Rs 10 lakh ($15,000 and jewellery
worth $10,000) was stolen from a rented house in
Sector 10, here.

COMMUNITY

Dowry case: Remand for BJP leader, son
Girl’s relatives raise slogans against them
Mohali, October 6
Amid heavy police deployment, district vice-president of the BJP Suresh Gupta and his son Rohit today got two-day police remand. Both had been arrested yesterday in a case of dowry registered at Dera Bassi police station.

Mohali BJP vice-president Suresh Gupta and his son
Rohit being produced in Mohali courts on Monday.
A Tribune photograph

Le Corbusier Centre inaugurated
Chandigarh, October 6
UT administrator S.F. Rodrigues today inaugurated Le Corbusier Centre at Sector 19, the work place of Chandigarh’s creator and his team.

UT administrator S.F. Rodrigues has a close look at the model of the Governor’s house during the inauguration of the Le Corbusier Centre in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

UT chief engineer slips, fractures leg

Corbusier’s creative genius on display
Chandigarh, October 6
"A dream realised — an architectural overview of ideas that became cities", an exhibition showcasing the creative genius of Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, who gave India its first modern city, was cynosure of all eyes.

Eminent architect Surinder Bahga (right) of the Saakaar Foundation, makes a point to the visitors at a special exhibition at the Le Corbusier Centre in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

City’s heritage fest begins
Chandigarh, October 6
The Chandigarh Heritage Festival kicked off with the inauguration of the Le Corbusier Centre at the Old Architects’ Office building, Sector 19 B, here today.

Cash Scam
CBI asks media to exercise restrain
Chandigarh, October 6
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) does not want the media to speculate in the cash-at-judge’s doorstep case.

Panel for Industrial Area’s upkeep set up
Chandigarh, October 6
The Chandigarh administration today constituted a committee for the development of infrastructure in the Industrial Area.

Probe team accused of shielding suspect
Chandigarh, October 6
If allegations of a Zirakpur resident are to be believed, the investigating officials are ignoring "glaring facts" in an attempt to shield a former superintendent in the office of director, public instructions (secondary), Punjab, booked on the charges of procuring a job under the Scheduled Caste quota by furnishing fake certificates.

Aanganwadi workers call off 92-day strike
Chandigarh, October 6
With the enhancement of Rs 200 and Rs 100 in the monthly honorarium of the workers and helpers, respectively, the Aanganwadi Workers Union has called off its 92-day old chain hunger strike here today.

Police cancels case against MC staff
Civic body withdraws protest
Mohali, October 6
Employees of the Mohali municipal council have withdrawn their protest after the police cancelled a case registered against five of their colleagues.

Puncham Coop Society stages dharna
Mohali, October 6
Occupants of the Puncham Cooperative House Building Society, Sector 68, Mohali, today staged a dharna in front of the office of the registrar, Cooperative Societies, Punjab, in Sector 17 here today.

Courier company to pay Rs 90,000
Chandigarh, October 6
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Deep seed EX Express, a courier company, to pay Rs 90,000 for not delivering a parcel, as it got lost.

OIC sets up service centre
Chandigarh, October 6
The Oriental Insurance Company (OIC) opened a ‘claims service centre’ at its regional office in Sector 17 here this morning. It will deal with all motor own damage claims in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali.      S.K. Chanana

More than 85 donate blood at GMCH
Chandigarh, October 6
To commemorate National Voluntary Blood Donation Day, the Department of Transfusion Medicine, GMCH-32, in association with the Medical Laboratories Association, Chandigarh, organised a blood donation camp today on the hospital premises.

Volunteers donate blood at the GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Monday. A Tribune photograph

IIT fest
Chandigarh, October 6
Kshitij, the annual techno-management fest of IIT, Kharagpur, will be held from January 29 to February 1.

Mock UN session begins
Chandigarh October 6
A national-level conference on the lines of the UN, WORDMUN 08, kicked off here today. The event, being organised by WORDZ, a debating society, has around 124 participants from various schools of India who will represent various countries in a mock United Nations, attending various bodies like the General Assembly, ECOSOC and the Security Council.

Theatre body to hold music workshop
Chandigarh, October 6
The Indian National Theatre (INT) will hold a five-day music appreciation workshop from October 9 to 13 at Bhawan Vidyalaya in Sector 27.

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EDUCATION

PU to have own exam centre
Rs 12 lakh to be saved per year
Chandigarh, October 6
Panjab University has finally woken up to the need of having its own examination centre after spending lakh of rupees each year taking on private halls for the same.


The chairs taken out from the dumping ground in front of the department of mathematics at Panjab University where the proposed examination centre is to be constructed. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik

Manpreet Badal plays guide to students
Mohali, October 6
Over 200 students of Gidderbaha constituency visited the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, IT Park, Punjab Tractors, Panjab University in Chandigarh, and the Dell in Mohali today.



Students of Gidderbaha constituency, led by Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, visit Dell, Mohali, as part of the three-day educational tour. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Eyes on sale: Rajpura police summons Ambala doctor
Ambala, October 6
The Rajpura police today summoned Dr Dinesh Goel who conducted the post-mortem of Lallan Shah on October 2.

One killed in accident
Kharar, October 6
Varinder Singh, a resident of ward No 6, the Badala road, Kharar, was killed in an accident today.

Convocation at Thapar University
Patiala, October 6
Thapar University conducted its convocation ceremony for 2007-2008 batches here today. Tarun Das, chief mentor, Confederation of Indian Industry; Gautam Thapar, president, Thapar University; and Avantha, chairman and CEO, presided over the ceremony. Dr Abhijit Mukherjee, director, Thapar University, conferred the degrees on the graduating students.
Students at annual convocation of Thapar University in Patiala on Monday. Tribune
photo: Rajesh Sachar

Youth fest begins at DAV school
Patiala, October 6
The All-India Mahatma Hansraj Aryan Youth Festival (Punjab Zone)--2008 was inaugurated at DAV Public School here by chief guest Mohan Lal, secretary, Arya Vidya Sabha, DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi.

BRUSH WITH DIVINITY

An artist gives final strokes to an idol of Goddess Durga on the eve of Durga Puja in Ambala on Monday. A Tribune photograph

CBSE kho-kho tourney starts
Rajpura, October 6
The CBSE Cluster-XV Kho-Kho Championship was inaugurated today by commissioner of Patiala Division, S. K. Ahluwalia, at Scholars Public School.

Net out of order
Kalka, Otober 6
Residents of Kalka, Pinjore and its vicinity are irked over the long unscheduled power cuts and frequent failure of broadband Internet system of the BSNL. The broadband Internet system of the BSNL on Monday remained out of order for more than six hours. — OC

COURTS

Girl stands by complaint
Chandigarh, October 6
The statement of six-month pregnant juvenile, who was raped by her stepfather continuously for four years, was recorded under Section 164 of the CrPC at a local court today.

CRIME

Thieves take fancy to car stereos
Panchkula, October 6
The Panchkula police has failed to check the theft of music systems from the parked vehicles in the city. Barely 15 days after thieves took away stereos and other belongings from more than 12 cars in Sector 2, here, 10 more vehicles parked in the same area were made the target on Sunday night.

Man dies in mishap
Zirakpur, October 6
Joginder Singh Bedi, a 63-year-old man, was killed in an accident after a car hit the scooter he was riding at Zirakpur-Chandigarh highway.

Motor cycles stolen in city
Chandigarh, October 6
Kuldip Singh, a resident of Muktsar, in his complaint with the police, alleged that his Bullet motor cycle (PB-30-E-6608) was stolen from Sector 15 on October 3.

SPORTS

Panchkula clinch overall trophy
Panchkula, October 6
Clinching 18 medals, Panchkula district clinched the overall trophy for the first time in the 42nd Haryana State Inter-District Table Tennis Championship held at Jagadhari, which concluded on Saturday.

Jovial paddlers of Manav Mangal School, Sector 11, Panchkula, pose with trophies and medals won by them in the Haryana State Inter-District Table Tennis Championship. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

HP stun Punjab in quarters
Chandigarh, October 6
Himachal Pradesh defeated Punjab by 31 runs in the first quarterfinal during the Krishan Murari Sharma Memorial Senior National Twenty20 Cricket Championship held at DAV, Sector 8, here today.

Manit guides Hoshiarpur team to victory
Chandigarh, October 6
SGHRS College for Women, Chabbewal (Hoshiarpur) made a big splash as they thrashed GGS Khalsa College, Chandigarh, 10-0 with the help of Manit Kaur, who scored scintillating goals on the third day of the Panjab University Inter-College Football (women) Championship for the year 2008-09 being held at Panjab University ground here today.

Players during a match of the Panjab University Inter-College
Football (Women) Championship at Panjab University,
Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik

The girls of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19-C, Chandigarh, who won Rajiv Gandhi Memorial National Table Soccer Championship (U-19) that concluded at DAV Model School, Sector 15, here on Sunday.

Rowing c’ship from Oct 18
Chandigarh, October 6
The Chandigarh State Junior Rowing Championship for Men and Women will be held at Lake Club on October 18 at 7 am.

I want to make lawn tennis popular in my country: Abdullah
Chandigarh, October 6
“Lawn tennis is not popular in our country and by winning the Commonwealth Youth Games, I want to make the sport popular in my country,” says Mohd. Aiman Abdullah, who has been recently selected to represent his country, Brunei Darussalam, for the Commonwealth Youth Games to be held this month in Pune.