Puran Chand Wadali and his brother Pyare Lal sing hymns from the Guru Granth Sahib at a concert organised by the Chandigarh Administration and the North Zone Cultural Centre at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

No water on upper floors CHANDIGARH, April 13 — With the mercury soaring, certain parts of the city and UT villages have started experiencing the shortage of water. Man stabbed to death CHANDIGARH, April 13 — A Ram Darbar resident, Satbir, was stabbed to death by armed assailants in the forest behind the Industrial Area, Phase I, here last night.

Flight safety award for WC unit
Chandigarh, April 13 — The 'Best Flight Safety Trophy 1998 - 99' of the Western Command was presented to 17 Reconnaissance and Observation Unit by Lieut-Gen H.B. Kala, GOC-in-C of the command, at the inauguration of the two-day annual Army Aviation Conference in Chandi Mandir today.

Major fire in forest area CHANDIGARH, April 13 — Several varieties of trees, worth crores of rupees, have been destroyed in a major fire which recently broke out in a large forest area falling in Parch village in Ropar district. The fire which was sighted five days back was still raging till the filing of this report.

A forest fire which is gradually inching towards Seonk village near Chandigarh. — A Tribune photograph

Jagjit Singh opens school section
CHANDIGARH, April 13 — A section, which will house the playway class, was inaugurated at Strawberry Field, Sector 24, here today, by renowned singer Jagjit Singh who is also a trustee of the Durga Das Foundation that runs the school.

Home guards to be recruited
CHANDIGARH, April 13 — The Chandigarh Police will fill up the 300 vacant posts of Home Guard volunteers, the Inspector-General of Police, Dr Kiran Bedi, said here today.

Forum orders company to refund money
CHANDIGARH, April 13 — The Chandigarh Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I has directed Premier Automobiles Ltd and Fiat India Automobiles Pvt Ltd to refund Rs 21,000 deposited by a Mohali-based consumer on account of booking of an Uno car.

Row over animals haunts circuswalas
CHANDIGARH, April 13 —“This circus is not like Raj Kapoor’s film ‘Joker’ or even like Sharukh Khan’s television serial ‘Circus’. This is totally different”, said 22-year-old Naushad, a trapeze artiste, a Bengali, who has been a circus performer since the age of 14 and is these days in the city with his circus, from Calcutta to perform in front of the Chandigarh crowd.

Power cuts irk villagers
BARTANA (ZIRAKPUR), April 13 — With the rise in mercury, Zirakpur and its surrounding villages are facing frequent and unannounced power cuts. Residents complain that power supply is irregular during each summer.

Kanwal in classic mould
CHANDIGARH, April 13 — Kanwal Thakar Singh (now Pannu), who ruled the badminton scene of Punjab for 14 years and carried the state’s name to the international women’s badminton arena, was among the sportspersons honoured at the Mata Saheb Kaur Istri Sammelan during the tercentenary celebrations of the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib.

Bumper yield raises spirits
CHANDIGARH, April 13 — The bumper crop of wheat has brought smiles to the farmers and traders alike which are abundantly visible at the local grain market. Compared to last year, the arrivals have registered an increase of more than 40 per cent this year.

Too many trucks in too little space
Transport area blues
CHANDIGARH, April 13 — A trail of trucks passing through the Industrial Area here comes to a screeching halt as there is little parking space at the overcrowded Transport Area in Sector 26. A self-appointed traffic regulator directs these truck drivers to park in all vacant spaces on the roadside adjoining some schools and right up to the golf course.

Problems of Saidpura industrialists
SAIDPURA, April 13 — The various local small-scale industrialists have to face a lot of problems due to the ill-maintained roads, frequent power cuts, non-working of telephones and the increased rates of octroi imposed on them.