Two bodies found in city
CHANDIGARH, Sept 20 — The police recovered two bodies, one of a Delhi resident and the other of a beggar, in the city here today.

CHB to get tough with violators
CHANDIGARH, Sept 20 — The Chandigarh Housing Board is contemplating action against its allottees who have violated building bylaws in various sectors of the city.

Jawans cremated with honours
ZIRAKPUR, Sept 20 — The mortal remains of Constable Bhagwan Singh of 26 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force, who died on September 18 in a landmine blast near Bansdish village in Palamau constituency in Bihar, were consigned to flames with full honours at his native place Nabha Sahib village, near here, today.

Policemen interrogate the driver in whose car lathis were found during checking in view of the elections to the students' body on the Panjab University campus on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Five arrested from PU campus CHANDIGARH, Sept 20 — The police arrested five persons from the Panjab University campus today for an alleged threat to the peace. PUSU-HSA-NSUI combine names panel PU supplementary exams PUTA dharna

Lawyers seek land for cabins
PANCHKULA, Sept 20 — Lawyers practising at the district courts in Sector 1 are forced to operate from make-shift sheds in the ground opposite the courts in the absence of regular cabins for them.

Case registered for defrauding department
CHANDIGARH, Sept 20 — The police today registered a case against eight officials of the Directorate of Agriculture, Punjab, Sector 34, for defrauding the department of Rs 11 lakh.

Victim’s father seeks probe
KHARAR, Sept 20 — Mr Gurmukh Singh, father of Devinder Singh of nearby Basampur village, who was allegedly tortured to death in the custody of the CIA staff at Ropar yesterday, has demanded that a high-level inquiry should be conducted into the whole affairs and the police officers responsible for the alleged murder of his son should be arrested immediately.

Vegetable prices fluctuate

Trials for u-19 cricket team

A topography survey of this portion of Sukhna Lake, near the regulator end, will determine whether wet dredging will be permitted or not. — Tribune photo by Gautam Singh

Survey to decide Sukhna wet dredging CHANDIGARH, Sept 20 — Provision of funds during the last and current financial year notwithstanding, wet dredging of Sukhna Lake may not begin until next year. The work could not be awarded after objections were raised by the Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Environment despite the Dredging Corporation of India bidding to undertake this task.

'Indian democracy a demographic disaster'
CHANDIGARH, Sept 20 — "The period of indulgence is over and the Indian middle class needs to get out of its fortress mentality," said diplomat-turned-author, Pawan K. Varma, in his lecture 'Challenges Before the Elite and Middle Class at the Turn of the Millennium', at the English Auditorium, Panjab University, here today.