Ropar cops rushed to help nab snatchers
SAS NAGAR, Oct 2 — Additional police force has been rushed from Ropar to lend a helping hand to the local police in nabbing snatchers, who have been hoodwinking the Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh police for the past several weeks.

Who bothers even if it is a dry day ? Tipplers have a field day at one of the liquor vends in Nayagoan on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Gautam Singh

Liquor sold on dry day SAS NAGAR, Oct 2 — It was the usual scene at some liquor shops in the township in spite of it being a dry day on account of Gandhi Jayanti. In one shop, bottles were being handed out from behind a half-closed door at the rear. A round of the township in the evening revealed that tipplers were having a field day.

Incognito IGP catches cops drinking
CHANDIGARH, Oct 2 — It was beyond the wildest dreams of two inebriated cops at the Sector 39 police station that they would be caught with a bottle in their hands in the police station itself by none other than Mr S. K. Singh, the IGP.

Door slammed on animal care
KASOLI (Kharar), Oct 2 — Animal care facilities do not exist in Kasoli village, as no veterinary doctor has reportedly visited it for the past two years.

Jain contests statement of Kapil Sibal
CHANDIGARH, Oct 2 — A former MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, today contested the statement of Mr Kapil Sibal, a Congress spokesman, that the President was bound to invite the leader of the single largest party to form the government at the Centre.

Children walk for rights of elderly
CHANDIGARH, Oct 2 — The HelpAge India, a voluntary organisation working for the welfare of the aged, today held a 'walkathon'—a one-hour walk of school children — from Leisure Valley, Sector 10, to Sukhna Lake.

Bapu Dham police post to go
CHANDIGARH, Oct 2 — The police department has reportedly decided to abolish the Bapu Dham police post following a review of functioning of various police posts in the city.

Court notice to CBI
CHANDIGARH, Oct 2 — The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr S.S. Lamba, yesterday issued notice to the CBI for October 6 on a bail application moved by Mr Pritam Singh, General Manager, District Industries Centre, Patiala.

Discoing with Bhuppi
CHANDIGARH, Oct 2 — Bhupinder 'Bhuppi', the golden voice behind the acclaimed Jogiya khali bali number featured at the anniversary celebrations of a local discotheque last night.

Congress grass removal drive by HUDA
PANCHKULA, Oct 2 — A campaign for the removal of congress grass from the city and Mansa Devi Complex has been launched by the Haryana Urban Development Authority.

Shops closed in Sector 7
PANCHKULA, Oct 2 — Members of the market association of Sector 7 today downed their shutters in protest against the alleged police inaction in arresting the suspects behind the assault on one of the shopkeepers.

Tree plantation plan in police lines
CHANDIGARH, Oct 2 — "To provide a green cover in the northern states, the Worldwide Wildlife Fund has decided to launch a massive tree plantation programme, which will take off with plantation of indigenous trees on the premises of police lines in Punjab."

Gandhi's ‘spiritual values eternal’
CHANDIGARH, Oct 2 — For many people, both in India and all over the world, Gandhiji, was a 'man of the millennium' , said Mrs Vineeta Rai, Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh.

Experts for mammography
CHANDIGARH, Oct 2 — Women in the age group of 40 to 75 years should go in for mammography to detect chances of breast cancer at least once every two years.

City boy aiming for Olympics
CHANDIGARH, Oct 2 — Back from the Kathmandu SAF Games with a haul of one gold and one silver medal, city lad Abhinav Bindra is not willing to rest on his laurels.