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HC stays SAS Nagar expansion
Next hearing fixed for July 2
Chandigarh, May 31
Acting on a petition filed by 61 Sohana village residents alleging disregard of the stay orders by the Punjab Urban Development Authority in SAS Nagar extension case, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed that “all further proceedings regarding the acquisition of land shall remain stayed”.

Jagannath Kaushal cremated
Chandigarh, May 31
Former Law Minister and veteran Congress leader Jagannath Kaushal died here early this morning following a prolonged illness. He was 86. Kaushal, who is survived by his wife, two sons, and six daughters, was admitted to a local private hospital about three weeks back as he had reportedly developed a clot in the brain.

A policeman sounds the bugle even as the funeral pyer of former Union Minister, Jagannath Kaushal is lit at the Cremation Ground, Sector 25 in Chandigarh on Thursday.  — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

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Lioness dies in Chhat Bir zoo
Chhat Bir, May 31
Death of a lioness after the death of seven monkeys in just two weeks at the Mahinder Chaudhary Zoological Park has given another setback to preservation of wildlife in the state. The lioness died in the early hours today.

Bradlaugh Hall site to be resumed Chandigarh, May 31 Controversy has again surrounded the Bradlaugh Hall Trust, which owns two acres of prime property in Chandigarh’s Sector 15-A along the Madhya Marg. The trust site is to be resumed for non-construction while Punjab and Haryana governments and the Chandigarh Administration have washed their hands off the proposed international centre project on the site.

City nefarious for vehicle thefts
Chandigarh, May 31
Maximum number of vehicle thefts north of Delhi take place in City Beautiful and its satellite townships of Panchkula and Mohali. These areas have also become the biggest centre for the resale of stolen cars in this region.

Schoolgirl died of jaundice, say doctors
Chandigarh , May 31
PGI doctors, who attended to Shobha Devi, a schoolgirl from Kasauli, who her family claimed died in the PGI yesterday due to beating up by her teachers in school, said today that she had actually succumbed to serious lung and chronic jaundice.

Encroachments removed
Chandigarh, May 31
The enforcement staff and staff of roads wing of the Municipal Corporation today removed illegal encroachments from the residential area in Sector 22. During the drive, encroachments on the road berms such as boundary walls, concrete structures, iron angles and barbed fencings were removed in accordance with the directions to clear 6 feet on both sides of the road.

COMMUNITY

Rallies, seminars mark No Tobacco Day
Chandigarh , May 31
Various non-government organisations and schools organised seminars and rallies to mark No Tobacco Day today to create awareness about the hazards of tobacco chewing and smoking.

TRIBUNE VIGIL
Part of city’s heritage, sculptural fountains cry for care

Chandigarh, May 31 Preservation of city’s heritage seems to be on no one’s mind. At least that is what gets reflected through the state of some monuments which once formed a part of the ambitious project that Chandigarh was. After baring the appalling condition of Leisure Valley, Chandigarh Tribune now shifts focus to the three sculptural fountains placed in the City Centre.

With no maintenance to boast of, two of the three sculptural fountains of Sector 17 tell the sad tale of disgrace. There is never any water in these water features. — Tribune photos by Manoj Mahajan

CRIME

Girl abducted, raped
Chandigarh, May 31
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly abducted by two men and later raped by one of them. It is learnt that the victim was abducted by the two accused from a house in Daddu Majra colony on May 28 on the pretext of that her mother had met with an accident. The girl was allegedly taken to Kalka, where she was raped by one of the accused.

Man stabbed by labourer
Chandigarh, May 31
A man was stabbed by a migrant labourer near new mandi in Sector 39 yesterday. Amir Chand was rushed to the GMCH, where he is recovering. According to an FIR registered under Section 307 of the IPC, Maheshwar Singh stabbed Amir Chand. The accused has been arrested.

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Plea to keep Pabhat octroi free zone
Kharar, May 31
The Ropar District Chemists Association has appealed to the Punjab Government to keep Pabhat village as an octroi free zone. The state government plans to merge the village with Zirakpur municipal limits.

SBI’s net profit up
Chandigarh, May 31
State Bank of India, Chandigarh Circle has recorded a net profit of Rs 281 crore during 2000-2001. This an increase of 11.77 per cent over the previous year profits.

EDUCATION

PEC to be upgraded to NIT
Chandigarh, May 31
Realising that getting the deemed university status is a faraway mission, Punjab Engineering College is now to be upgraded into ‘‘National Institute of Technology (NIT)’’.

Staff of PEC stage dharna
Chandigarh, May 31
The Punjab Engineering College Class three and four employees staged a dharna in the college here today protesting against the proposed conversion of the colleges into a private society.

Senate discusses chinks in examination system
Chandigarh, May 31
Big differences between marks of the original result and the reevaluation cards show the chinks in the existing examination system of Panjab University. There are a significant numbers of such cases which came up for a serious discussion at the university Senate meeting recently.

Prof Kakar to head geologists’ body
Chandigarh, May 31
Prof R.K. Kakar of the Panjab University has been elected as the president of the Indian Geologists Association’s Council. Prof R.Y. Singh of the university along with Dr N.S. Virdi of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, will be the vice-presidents.

Computer course for kids

HC summer vacations from June 4
Chandigarh, May 31
A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, comprising Mr Justice S.S. Sudhalkar and Mr Justice K.S. Garewal, will sit during the third week of summer vacations starting from June 4. Mr Justice R.L. Anand will look after civil and criminal work during the same period — from June 18 to June 22.

Syal for transfer of cases to Lok Adalat
Chandigarh, May 31
The Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Golden Forest Limited, R.K. Syal has sent a letter to Justice N.K. Sodhi of the Punjab and Haryana High Court requesting him that the cases pending before the UT Legal Services Authority relating to his company be transferred to the Lok Adalat or the high court or a direction be issued to the Member Secretary of the UT Legal Services to expedite the disposal of the cases which are already settled.

Remand for ‘peddler’
Panchkula, May 31
Ms Aradhna Sahni, Judicial Magistrate (First Class), today remanded Tazudin Adesola, an accused in smack smuggling case, in judicial custody till June 13 . The accused has been sent to Central Jail Ambala.

Forum directs firm to pay Rs 11,000
SAS Nagar, May 31
The Ropar District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has allowed a complaint by a family of Phase IX here regarding contaminated jam and ordered the firm concerned to pay compensation of Rs 10,000 along with Rs 1,000 as cost of litigation.

Advocate granted bail
SAS Nagar, May 31
An advocate of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr Hari Singh, against whom the Kharar police has recently registered a case of cheating, today said it was a false case registered at the instance of a senior district police officials.

CULTURE

Capturing the colours of nature
Chandigarh, May 31
Bishan Kumar Bhardwaj’s “Mood of nature” — an exhibition of mindboggling landscapes is a joy to behold. As one walks into the Indusind Art Gallery in Sector 8 here, where the artist is displaying about 30 of his paintings, one immediately gets transformed to the mystic heights of snow clad mountains, turbulent rivers and serenity of temples.

HEALTH

SPECIAL REPORT
Test to distinguish between TB, cyst
Chandigarh, May 31
To distinguish between tuberculoma and cysticercosis — two common etiological factors in patients suffering from epilepsy and headache — PGI Neurology Department is in the process of establishing a test, based on the genetic material of the organisms.

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Children vaccinated against typhoid
Chandigarh, May 31
Over 3,375 poor children in the age group of 6 to 11 years, enrolled in various government schools, were administered anti-typhoid vaccine free of cost during the immunisation camps organised by the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh in collaboration with Director Health Services and District Education Officer.