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Karam Singh
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TODAY IS POLICE DAY
They rose to the challenge
Chandigarh, October 20
It was admittedly the biggest encounter from-across-the- border that
the police had on October 21, 1959. Soon after the air was thick with
euphoria of Hindi Chinni, bhai bhai and we were going overboard to
warm up to China and the ink of Panchsheel document had hardly dried,
the Chinese ambushed a police party led by DSP Karam Singh, about 40
miles inside our own territory, while it was on a routine patrol in
the Chang Chenmo Valley, south of Kongka Pass.
Better deal sought for paramilitary personnel
Chandigarh, October 20
On the eve of Police Commemoration Day, members of the Paramilitary Forces Retired Officers Association have flayed the government’s attitude towards the welfare of paramilitary forces.
132 persons donate blood
SAS Nagar, October 20
As many as 132 persons, including students and staff members of the Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology, donated
blood at a camp organised here today.
Artists give final touches to effigies of Ravana, Meghanada and Kumbhkarna in Sector 20, Chandigarh, on Saturday.
— Tribune photo Karam Singh |
Few spectators at Ramlila
Chandigarh, October 20
Ramlila programme has witnessed a drastic fall of spectators over the past several years.
“Earlier about 5,000 to 10,000 spectators used to see Ramlila daily but now around 1,000 spectators gather on the Ramlila grounds.
Custodian of a dying art
Chandigarh, October 20
He came to Chandigarh alongwith his father in 1967, to
erect Ravana and other effigies. Since then his dextrous hands have
been cutting bamboo shafts every year just before Dasehra. But he has
no idea how long he will be able to carry on with the process.
National
plan for city soon
Chandigarh, October 20
The process for adding Chandigarh component to the National Bio-diversity Strategy and Action Plan
(NBSAP), an international mandate, which is backed by the United Nations Development Plan
(UNDP), began here yesterday.
REMINISCENCE
Fumes in place of fragrance
Chandigarh
As the sun disappears in the west, advocate Surinder Kumar Garg starts his car, parked in front of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and leaves for his house in Sector 28. On his way, near the traffic lights next to the government press, he comes across a truck emitting dense black fumes.
WLL connections for
Mani Majra next week
Chandigarh, October 20
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will start issuing WLL fixed terminal connections to the residents in Mani Majra and Industrial Area Phase II next week. Initially, connections will be provided to only the residents who have already submitted applications till June 30 this year.
New faces add colour to love triangle
‘Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein” (Neelam) comes as a whiff of fresh air with new faces adding colour to a befitting background for a love story.
There are expected and unexpected turns on the way to a predictable end to a love triangle but the style of presentation by the director Gautam Menon is ‘different’ with added colour of friends and the family.
WESTERN FILM REVIEW
In topsy-turvy world
Chandigarh
Hollywood is married to sequels. “Jurrassic Park”, “The Mummy”, “Rocky”, “American Pie” — you name it, they remake it.
“Planet of the Apes”
(Kiran) is the latest high-profile reimagination of the 1968 Charlton Heston classic. The main premise of the story remains the same — an astronaut crashlands on an upside-down — world where intelligent simians are in charge and humans beings are slaves.
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Mark Wahlberg and Estella Warren in “Planet of the Apes” |
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