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De-addiction centre inmates ‘tortured’
Thrashed by Director in the name of therapy
SAS Nagar, August 8
As if living with the trauma of being labeled a drug addict was not enough, the very place that is supposed to bring them back from the brink of death, is actually pushing them towards it. For the inmates of Amarjot Drug De-addiction Centre, Phase IX, death is an option preferred over life at the centre.

Jattana, 2 others surrender
Chandigarh, August 8
The president of the Students Organisation of Panjab University, wanted in the case of alleged assault on the president of a rival student organisation, Panjab University Student Union, surrendered along with two others at Panjab University today.

• Police remand for the three

Information sought on PU clash
Chandigarh, August 8
The inquiry commission appointed by Panjab University to look into the student clash of July 30 has asked students to directly approach the commission, an official press note said here today.

Bandh bares chinks in traders’ unity
Chandigarh, August 8
The divide among the city’s trading community was exposed as traders observed a very selective bandh today even as the former Union Law Minister and leading legal expert, Mr Ram Jethmalani, while addressing traders protesting against the rent Act notification promised all help, including fighting a legal battle.

• Book tenants' body chief for calling PM a traitor: POWA

Jethmalani for give and take policy on Kashmir
Chandigarh, August 8
A former Union Law Minister, Mr Ram Jethmalani, who is active in ‘‘track II’’ diplomacy over Kashmir, today said India and Pakistan have to climb down from their stated positions to adopt a policy of ‘‘give and take’’ to come up with a solution for peace over the vexed problem of Kashmir.

HP police returns empty-handed
Chandigarh, August 8
The Himachal Police today attempted to “arrest” the Slaughter House Superintendent, Dr M.S. Kamboj, and Police Sub-Inspector Om Prakash attached with Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh in connection with the case of the death of 22 cows in Paonta Sahib.

Paonta Sahib SHO Khazan Singh receives replies to queries on allegations of causing death of cows from the Municipal Joint Commissioner, Mr Kulwant Singh Kalsan, in Chandigarh on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph

Rejecting babudom for the love of art
“Anonymity in Indian art is an accident,” says Dr Brijinder Nath Goswamy, having devoted several years of research in his bid to put a face to Indian miniature artists of yore. While doing research, he asked a panda if his records had any reference to painters.

Dr B N Goswamy and his granddaughter Damini browsing through his book on Indian costumes that is considered a “Bible” by many top designers. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

CBI files fresh chargesheet against judicial officers
Chandigarh, August 8
A chargesheet filed by the CBI against two judicial officers in the court of the UT CBI Special Judge, Mr R.S Baswana, was today returned by the court on ground that it was incomplete as the statements of some important witnesses were missing.

500 sorties failed to locate AN-12, says engineer
Chandigarh, August 7
It was a battle against odds for IAF personnel involved in the search for an AN-12 aircraft which disappeared on February 6, 1968. A treacherous terrain, inclement weather and high-altitude disorders stretched their professionalism and determination to the limit.

COMMUNITY

Verma launches sapling plantation drive
Chandigarh, August 8
Governor of Punjab and Chandigarh Administrator Justice O.P.Verma today officially dedicated the green belt of Sectors 46-C and D here to the residents to mark the opening of the sapling Plantation drive.

Obituary Remembering Ravinder You cannot believe that something real bad can happen to you till it actually takes place. Sharing jokes with him or discussing serious issues in the corridors of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, I had never thought that one day his smiling face would not be there. When president of the Chandigarh Club and advocate Ravinder Chopra passed away at the PGI this morning, a pall of gloom fell on the intellectual community in the city.

Farmers told to cultivate medicinal plants
SAS Nagar, August 8
A two-day workshop-cum-personal contact programme on cultivation of medicinal plants began at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) here today.

Deputy Director records statements of 6 councillors
SAS Nagar, August 8
Statements of six municipal councillors were recorded by the Deputy Director, Urban Local Bodies, Ludhiana, Mr S.R. Kler, at the Municipal Council office here today in connection with a regular inquiry into a case of octroi evasion which had resulted in the suspension of a superintendent of the civic body last year.

5 VHP, Bajrang Dal men held
Chandigarh, August 8
The police today picked up five VHP and Bajrang Dal activists from outside the office of Municipal Commissioner M.P. Singh while they were protesting against his reported statement following the death of cows in Himachal Pradesh.

Scientist alleges harassment by roadways staff
Chandigarh, August 8
A junior scientist of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) had to face the inhospitable attitude of a Haryana Roadways employee at the Sector 17 Inter-State Bus Terminus here.

Homage paid to Major Shankla
Chandigarh, August 8
Homage was paid to Maj Sandeep Shankla, at a solemn ceremony held at his memorial in Panchkula, near here, to mark the 12th anniversary of his martyrdom today.

Soft drink samples sent for testing
Panchkula, August 8
In wake of the reports on tests conducted by the Delhi-based, NGO, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), suggesting the presence of high level of pesticides in soft drinks, the district health authorities collected samples of different brands of cold drinks from Kalka, Surajpur and Pinjore.

• Clarification

• Titanium trophy for defence lab
• Tributes paid to Tagore
• Jhoolan yatra inaugurated at Gaudiya Math
• Girl drowns

EDUCATION

PU told to let 12 M.Phil students take Ph.D test
Chandigarh, August 8
Taking up a petition filed by 12 M.Phil students seeking the quashing of Panjab University’s decision to hold entrance tests for admission to Ph.D, Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar and Mr Justice S.S. Grewal today directed the university to permit the petitioners to take Joint Entrance Test even if they had not completed the formalities like filling the necessary forms.

Admn to improve child labourers’ education programme
Chandigarh, August 8
The Chandigarh Administration will make special efforts to impart education to child labourers and conduct a survey to ascertain the basic literacy rate among children below the age of 15 years and also above the 15-year-limit, said the Adviser to the Administrator, Mr Virendra Singh, while chairing a meeting of the Chandigarh Literacy Council here today.

Arena signs pact with Sikkim varsity
Chandigarh, August 8
Arena Multimedia, leaders in multimedia training in Asia, have announced an alliance with the premier Sikkim Manipal University (SMU), which will see the launch of B.Sc. in multimedia.

Students body carries on anti-cola tirade
Chandigarh, August 8
The Panjab University unit of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today broke cola bottles at the Student Centre in protest against the university not banning the sale of cola bottles despite an adverse report given by the Centre for Science and Environment(CSE).

FROM THE SCHOOLS
Students plant saplings on school campus
Chandigarh, August 8
A sapling plantation function was held at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 35. The Principal, Ms Khushinder Sharma, staff and students took keen interest in planting saplings on the school campus.

Students of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, plant a sapling on the school premises in Chandigarh on Friday.

Kids play-act Raksha Bandhan
Chandigarh, August 8
Students of Strawberry Fields used craft to express their myriad feelings on the theme of Raksha Bandhan. Play-acting various imaginary situations, they enacted scenes from their daily lives which involved brother-sister duos partaking in a host of activities. 

Students of Strawberry Fields use craft to express their myriad feelings on the theme of Raksha Bandhan in Sector 24 on Friday.

COURTS

2 travel agents’ remand extended
Kharar, August 8
Mr Ranjan Kumar Khullar, Judicial Magistrate, today extended the police remand of two accused Harjeet Singh and his father Romesh Singh, both resident of Barampur Bhagomajra village, near here, till tomorrow.