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VIP’s kin in hit-&-run case; cops silent
Dehradun/Chandigarh, March 31
As the Uttarakhand police is looking for Doon School student Abhimanyu Walia, a resident of Sector 34-D, Chandigarh, the local cops refused to act in the case. When the Chandigarh Tribune team visited the Abhimanyu Walia’s residence, it was found to be locked.

CITCO shed owners get raw deal
Chandigarh, March 31
The industrial sheds of the Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO), in both phases of the industrial area, have not been transferred in the names of their holders even though they were promised that it would be done after 15 years of the original allotment.

Panchkula taps go dry
Panchkula, March 31
Even as the summer season begins to settle down in the city, it has brought with it the chronic water woes. Though HUDA claims there is no shortage of water, residents of the first and second floors are already beginning to feel the summer fury.

Victim turns out to be swindler
Chandigarh, March 31
High drama prevailed today when a Sector 46 resident alleged that he was kidnapped by certain persons from the road dividing Sectors 32, 46 this morning. The police said the “victim” had allegedly withdrawn Rs 6.50 lakh from the account of one of his alleged kidnappers, a Bapu Dham colony resident, who was taking him to the police.

Youth killed in accident
Zirakpur, March 31
Sandeep Sharma, a resident of Raipur Rani, Panchkula district, was killed when his motor cycle was hit by a truck from behind on the Chandigarh-Zirakpur highway this evening.

COMMUNITY

Vehicle tracking, call-routing systems in the offing
Police control room up for revamp
Chandigarh, March 31
Police control room (PCR) vehicles deployed in different parts of the city can now respond to distress calls even without waiting for instructions or directions from the control room. For, the Chandigarh police is all set to revamp its PCR functioning with the introduction of latest technology.

Fire Dept
Foreign trip has many fuming
Chandigarh, March 31
A trip undertaken by officials of the municipal corporation has raised quite an eyebrow in the corporation.

Governor greets people on Milad-ul-Nabi
Chandigarh, March 31
Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), while extending his greetings to people on the eve of Milad-ul-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammad, today called for renewing the resolve for dedicating oneself to the goals of peace and working for the establishment of a dynamic and enlightened society through good deeds and actions, as visualised by the Prophet.

Kachchi kali kachnar ki Come summer and this kachnar tree gets in full bloom on the CSIO campus, Sector 30. — Tribune photo by Karam Singh

Muslim body extends greetings
Chandigarh, March 31
The United Progressive Muslim Front has extended greetings to people of the tri-city on the occasion of Milad-ul-Nabi, which falls tomorrow.

Teacher plays saviour
Chandigarh, March 31
Vijay Kumar Mittal, a government schoolteacher, on Thursday night played saviour to an abandoned newborn baby here.

Delegation meets officials on e-governance
Chandigarh, March 31 In order to suggest various modules for effective e-governance, a delegation of the PHDCCI held a meeting with officials of the Chandigarh administration yesterday.

A ladoo weighing more than 500 kilos made by devotees at the Mata Vaishno Devi mandir at Phase 3-A, Mohali, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

PSB union secy flays Khera
Chandigarh, March 31 Reacting to a news-item, "Union defends bank director", carried in these columns on March 30, the All-India Punjab and Sind Bank Officers Union has disassociated itself from "such act".

All geared up
Big, better bike’s the rage
Chandigarh, March 31
Tread uncharted ground, with wheels beneath your wings. Chase the wind and take that bumpy road with elan, for bikes no longer ‘stick-in-the-mud’.

Man dies in accident
Mohali, March 31
A resident of Chandigarh was killed late last night after his scooter hit a pole on the Chandigarh-Sohana road.

As the mercury rises... Children relish their ice creams on a hot summer day in Panchkula on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh

Dhanas Murder
Victim’s body given to kin
Chandigarh, March 31
The local police today handed over the body of Godawri, who was allegedly strangled to death by her husband at their Dhanas residence on Friday, to her parents after a post-mortem examination.

‘Conflict with man killing tigers’
Chandigarh, March 31
“Poverty is the root cause of rising man-animal conflict. In case a serious thought is not given to this, it will result in the wiping out of the tiger population from the planet. The ecosystem in which the tiger exists will collapse, as it is a keystone of the complex food web.”

Rickshaw-pullers challaned
Chandigarh, March 31
The Chandigarh traffic police today held a special drive against rickshaw-pullers and cyclists violating traffic rules and regulations.



Traffic policemen question rickshaw-pullers who were caught violating rules on the road separating Sectors 17 and 22, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

CPI raps admn for demolition notices
Chandigarh, March 31
The Chandigarh district council of the Communist Party of India has criticised the administration for issuing notices of demolition to the residents of Shastri Nagar.

Letters
The art of living
While the March 31 edition had a man killing his wife and then attempting suicide due to debt, the previous day’s edition had two people committing suicide due to depression.

BUSINESS

Unsorted Cheques
Bad blood between banks
Chandigarh, March 31
The inability of most banks to follow the guidelines issued by the MICR house with regards to depositing only government cheques for clearing today led to some bad blood between the MICR branch and two major banks - State Bank of India (SBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB).
A view of the State Bank of India, treasury branch, Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Saturday evening. — A Tribune photograph

EDUCATION

Justice Sodhi exhorts students to excel
Opens moot court contest at PU
Chandigarh, March 31
The job of an advocate is to be able to persuade and that of a judge is to be right, said Justice S.S. Sodhi, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, at the inauguration of the first UILS-Sarin National Moot Court Competition, organised by the University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS), at Panjab University here today.

From left: Dr Jasmeet Kaur, Dr R.S. Grewal and Justice S.S. Sodhi at the inauguration of a moot court competition at Panjab University on Saturday. — A Tribune Photograph

IETE opens students’ chapter
Mohali, March 31
The Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) opened a students’ chapter in Chandigarh Engineering College (CEC), Landran. It was inaugurated by D.S. Pathania, chairman, IETE, Chandigarh centre.

PU reforms
Vice-Chancellor to visit evaluation centres
Chandigarh, March 31
A conference of college principals was held at Panjab University, here, today under the chairmanship of the vice-chancellor, Prof R.C. Sobti, wherein they submitted two CDs each and hard copies of awards of the practical examinations held in March, 2007.

Admissions to smart schools on
Chandigarh, March 31
Admissions to four smart schools - Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS)-16, GMSSS-19, GMSSS-33 and GMSSS-46 - have begun.

Iran’s N-policy peaceful, says Prof Shafiee
Chandigarh, March 31
Prof Esmaeil Shafiee, head of the department of political science, University of Teheran, Iran, delivered a lecture on ‘Foreign Policy of Iran in Recent Decades’ at the department of political science, Panjab University, here, yesterday.

Tiny tots have a field day
Chandigarh, March 31
Amaan of nursery was given the prize for being a good player while her classmate Ritika got a prize for being the most obedient student at the annual prize distribution function held at Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, here, today.

Tiny tots of Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, are all smiles at the annual prize distribution function in Chandigarh on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

14 poor students awarded
Panchkula, March 31
Fourteen students of Adarsh Niketan School, Radha Mandir, Sector 4, run by the sector's House Owners Welfare association, were given prizes for performing well in academics at a function held here today.

COURTS

Stress laid on role of expert witnesses
Chandigarh, March 31
Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Vijender Kumar Jain has stressed the need for training of expert witnesses as well as creation of adequate infrastructure for the purpose.

Asst secy acquitted in forgery case
Chandigarh, March 31
An assistant secretary in the State Transport Authority (STA), Chandigarh, Vinod Kumar Sharma, has been acquitted of the charges of cheating and using a forged document. The judgement was delivered by Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Chandigarh, R.K. Mehta.

District Courts
Woman gets 10-yr term
Panchkula, March 31
Additional sessions judge J.R. Chauhan yesterday ordered 10-year imprisonment to Prabha Devi, a resident of Rajiv Colony, here. She was accused of immolating her neighbour Suman following a quarrel.

CULTURE

Hasya kavi sammelan today
Chandigarh, March 31
The Chandigarh administration in association with the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi will organise a Hasya Kavi Sammelan at Government Museum and Art Gallery Auditorium tomorrow at 4 pm. Famous hasya kavis Sufi Jagjit, Hari Singh Dilbar, Manjit Singh, Sunil Jogi, Dr Rajesh Khushdil and Suman Dubey will participate.

Plaza carnival a big draw
Chandigarh, March 31
For weekend crowd at plaza, the evening was a different experience. Many of them, finding no orchestral presence of humming guitars and sounding drums, thought the show had been cancelled till the doyen of Urdu literature Dr Kashmiri Lal took the centre stage to introduce poets.

A poet recites a poem at the Plaza Carnival in Chandigarh on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Puppet show, exhibition begin tomorrow
Chandigarh, March 31
The city art lovers, especially those interested in India’s traditional arts, will get a glimpse of the fascinating world of Indian puppetry through a week-long festival and an exhibition ‘Putul Yatra’ between April 2-15.

SPORTS

DAV emerge champion
Chandigarh, March 31
Local colleges dominated proceedings at Panjab University’s ‘A’ division inter-college sports meets this year. Continuing its winning spree, DAV College, Sector 10, was declared general champion in men’s section ‘A’ division for the record 35th time at the annual prize distribution function of the Panjab University Sports Department at PU gymnasium hall today.


Jubilant sportspersons with their trophies at the PU annual sports function in Chandigarh on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

30 probables selected
Chandigarh, March 31
Trials to select 30 probables for a coaching camp for the forthcoming under-21 Youth National Football Championship were conducted at Football Stadium, Sector 17, here today. The championship will be held at Haldwari in Uttaranchal from April 15.

City airmen lift volleyball title
Chandigarh, March 31
The Chandigarh area team of the Indian Air Force has lifted the Inter - area Western Air Command (WAC) Volleyball Championship 2007-08. In a keenly contested final held at 12 Wing Air Force Station here yesterday, the Chandigarh area team defeated the Adampur area team by 25-20, 25-12 and 25-10.

Office-bearers of PU body
Chandigarh, March 31
The following have been elected unanimously as members of the executive committee of Panjab University Sports Committee for the session 2007-08 in the general body meeting held today.

ADMINISTRATION

UT selections not so fair
Chandigarh, March 31
The selection process for class B and C non-gazetted posts in Chandigarh seems to have come under a cloud with bureaucrat-politician nexus calling the shots and ad hoc culture ruling the roost.

Nod to basements in Sector 7-C
Chandigarh, March 31
The Chandigarh administration yesterday allowed basements in showrooms of Sector 7-C Madhya Marg on the pattern of showrooms in Sector 26, Madhya Marg.