The sky is overcast with clouds. Such a scene has become routine during evening in the City Beautiful since the onset of the monsoons. This scene was captured by our photographer Pankaj Sharma on Saturday.

Intermittent showers cool city CHANDIGARH, July 31 — Intermittent heavy showers accompanied by a cloud cover throughout the day resulted in a wet start to the weekend while day temperature was 3°C less than yesterday. Since morning, the city had received 15 mm of rain. The bursts of rain were sharp and did not last for more than 30 minutes on any occasion.

Kapil, kids and Kargil
CHANDIGARH, July 31 — Kapil Dev came and facilitated the collection of lakhs of rupees by the Rotarians for the benefit of children of Kargil martyrs.

Nari Niketan to be transit centre only
CHANDIGARH, July 31— The Chandigarh Administration has decided to use the Sector 26 Nari Niketan only as a transit centre for women in distress after classifying the present inmates into three categories and referring them to specialised institutes and centres.

Lawyer's licence suspended
CHANDIGARH, July 31 — The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana has suspended the licence of Mr Padam Kumar Jain, a former Additional District and Sessions Judge who is now practising at the Punjab and Haryana High Court, for allegedly commiting professional misconduct.

Women plan 'jail bharo' over helmets
CHANDIGARH, July 31 — Various women's organisations and political parties have threatened to defy the prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC to protest against the order of the Chandigarh Administration for compulsory wearing of helmets by both women drivers and pillion riders of two-wheelers.

PU senator protests
CHANDIGARH, July 31 — A senior faculty member and Senator of Panjab University, Dr R. D. Anand, observed a token fast outside the administrative block yesterday to express disillusionment over the working of the university.

Lessons learnt from Kargil
CHANDIGARH, July 31 — The country should learn a lesson from the present conflict in Kargil and initiate long term geopolitic planning to identify our enemies, potential or otherwise, and deal with them accordingly.

Three PU deans chosen
CHANDIGARH, July 31 — The strife over the appointment of deans of Panjab University ended with the announcement of the names of Prof V.K. Bansal, Prof S.K. Malik and Prof Dinesh Kumar Gupta as DSW, DFS and DAR, respectively.

A play woven around food

Vegetable prices increase

Sub-jr soccer begins

Maan loves Punjab his motherland
CHANDIGARH, July 31 — "Even as there is cut throat competition and the market is flooded with a large number of Punjabi singers, I would prefer my motherland Punjab and would try my luck here," says Harbhajan Maan, an upcoming Punjabi singer of "Oye Oye" fame.

Sinha’s statement criticised
SAS NAGAR, July 31 — The local Trade Union Council has criticised the Union Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, for his statement that the country would go bankrupt if wages of the working class were increased.