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PUDA axe falls on 100 structures
Pick-and-choose policy alleged
SAS Nagar, October 29
Equipped with little police force, the exercise by the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) to remove unauthorised structures entered the third day today, with around 100 encroachments being demolished in Phase 2 by this evening. Two teams, each led by an Executive Engineer, also axed encroachments in the rear of commercial premises.

Tents of security personnel adjacent to the house of a retired police official, which were spared in the demolition drive carried out by PUDA in Phase 2; and (right) landscaping and structures raised on public land in Phase 2, which were axed by the demolition squad on the third day of the anti-encroachment drive in SAS Nagar on Monday. — Tribune photographs

Introduce paid parking: HC
Chandigarh, October 29
In an effort to solve the problems being faced by the commuters while parking their vehicles in the lots, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh to introduce the system of paid parking in the city within three weeks.

• Anthrax scare in Kharar

Tender tampering: MC officials in soup
Chandigarh, October 29
Certain officials of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation are in trouble for allegedly making interpolation in a tender with the connivance of officials of a firm that had sent a tender of Rs 4.23 crore for the construction of a sewage treatment plant at Mani Mara near Raipur Kalan.

MC meeting adjourned after walkouts
Chandigarh, October 29
An adjourned meeting of the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh was adjourned today again after both the Congress and the BJP staged walk outs accusing each other of indulging in corruption.

PU gives one more chance
Chandigarh, October 29
Panjab University has decided to give an additional chance as a one-time exception to those candidates of BA/BSc /BCom/ BBA/BCA (I, II and III) OT/MIT and MA/MSc/ MCom (I and II) (annual system only) examinations who had been placed under compartment/partial reappear in any one of the annual examinations held between April 1996 and April-May 2001 but could not pass the same despite availing the admissible chances.

UT employees call off strike
Chandigarh, October 29
The proposed four hour strike by UT employees tomorrow has been called off following an assurance from the Chandigarh Administration that the demands raised by the worker’s unions of UT will be taken up with the Union Government.

COMMUNITY

Ramlila contest concludes
Chandigarh, October 29
Roaring din of armies clashing, clanking of swords, besides shrieks of wounded soldiers fighting for a religious cause, filled the air as the 14th Ramlila competition organised by the Chandigarh Kendriya Ramlila Mahasabha, came to an end today. As many as 12 dramatic clubs and Ramlila committees participated in the two-day competition.

Artistes enact “Ravan Angad Samvad” scene in Ramlila competition in Sector 7, Chandigarh, on Monday night. — A Tribune photograph

INTERACTIVE
Of promises that were kept
Chandigarh, October 29
Ms Sunita, representing ward No. 14 won elections as an independent, courtesy her husband, Mr Kishan Lal’s readiness to work for the people. She later joined the Congress.

More truth per car!
Panchkula, October 29
With Panchkula fast emerging as the new Mecca for sale of stolen vehicles, the local police has come up with an ambitious plan to ensure that residents buying second hand cars get a fair deal.

Dog squad for local police
Panchkula, October 29
The Inspector-General of Police, Ambala Range, Mr Harish Singh Ahlawat, today announced that the local police would soon be equipped with a dog squad and facilities for lifting finger prints from the scene of crime.

The winged visitors are back!
Chhat Bir, October 29
A sudden fall in mercury levels has expedited the arrival of the ‘‘winged visitors’’ this year. This is probably for the first time that the birds have come here a fortnight before their time of arrival. Generally, a lake in the Chat Bir Zoo serves as a winter retreat for these guests from mid-November to February end.

THE RETURN OF WINGED VISITORS: The first batch of migratory birds arrive a fortnight prior to their general schedule at the Chhat Bir zoo lake near Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune photo Karam Singh

Hike in khokha transfer fee likely
SAS Nagar, October 29
The local Municipal Council proposes to raise the khokha transfer fee four times at its meeting scheduled to be held on October 31.

INLD secy clarifies
Panchkula, October 29
Reacting sharply to a statement issued by the Member of Legislative Assembly from Kalka, Mr Chander Mohan regarding the slow pace of development in his constituency Mr Pradeep Chaudhary, the General Secretary of Indian National Lok Dal has said that his party was committed to a steady pace of development.

MC workers hold rallies
Chandigarh, October 29
The Road Workers Union and Public Health Workers Union of the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh and UT Building and Maintenance Workers Union, today held gate rallies at their respective offices and decided to go on a four-hour pen down and tool down strike on November 9 to press the Administration to accept their demands.

Protest by labourers
Chandigarh, October 29
A large number of labourers engaged at the local Air Force Station today went on strike and staged a dharna to protest against the alleged beating up of a worker by a senior officer yesterday.

CRIME

One arrested on kidnapping charge
Chandigarh, October 29
The local police has arrested Babu Lal, a resident of Mauli Jagran, on the charge of kidnapping a minor girl from Sector 27. The girl has been recovered from the accused’s residence. A case under Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC has been registered.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Bailable warrants for ex-MLA, 2 others
Chandigarh, October 29
Taking up an appeal filed by the state of Punjab against the orders of an Additional District and Sessions Judge acquitting former MLA Baldev Singh Bhatti and two others in a rape-cum-murder case, a Division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued bailable warrants to the three.

• Summons to DC, SSP on demolition
• Go-ahead to inquiry against cops
• Order cancelling admission quashed

DISTRICT COURTS
Judicial remand for Sweetie Bajaj, others
Chandigarh, October 29
A local politician, Sweetie Bajaj, and three others allegedly involved in a rape case, were sent to judicial remand today till November 12 by a local court. The four accused were produced in the court of UT Judicial Magistrate(First Class), Mr S.S Bhardwaj, this afternoon.

• Bail plea rejected
• Rape case

CONSUMER COURTS
Dry-cleaner told to pay compensation
Chandigarh, October 29
The UT District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has directed Lilly White Dyers and Dry Cleaners through its proprietors and an other to pay compensation to a city resident for harassment caused to her and towards the costs of litigation.

CULTURE

Shabad, bhajans mark second day of youth festival
Chandigarh, October 29
Shabad and bhajan recitations marked the beginning of the second day of the PU Zone A Youth Festival organised by the Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, here today.

Students of the Government College for Girls, Sector 42, present a group song in the Panjab University Zone ‘A’ Youth Festival 2001 at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph.

Komkali revives father’s magic
Chandigarh, October 29
The magic of the legendary Kumar Gandharva was revived today by none other than his worthy daughter Kalapini Komkali, who enthralled the city audience with unique compositions of her father during a special programme organised by Pracheen Kala Kendra at the Bhaskar Rao indoor auditorium in Sector 35 here this evening.

114 screened for contest
Chandigarh, October 29
It was a show of brawn and brain at Hotel Mountview in sector 10, the venue for the northern regional round of the 8th Grasim Mr India contest in which about 114 young boys flexed their muscles and showed their presence of mind in front of a core team here today.

Dandiya festival concludes
Chandigarh, October 29
Dandiya from Gujarat mixed with Bhangra here to the delight of about 250 couples who participated in the concluding day celebrations of Dandiya Utsav at Kalagram here today.

HEALTH

PGI canteens: the true story
Chandigarh, October 29
Openly flouting its original contract with the PGI, the UT Red Cross running canteens in PGI seems to have given out these canteens on contract to a private individual, whom they have designated as their ‘‘canteen manager’’.

PGI holds interviews
Chandigarh, October 29
Interviews for the 13 posts of Lower Division Clerk and six posts of Data Entry Operator (Grade A) were held at the PGI today. Following directions from the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the results of the interviews have been sealed till further orders.

SPORTS

Basketball meet opens
Chandigarh, October 29
New Public School, Sector 18, and Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, surged ahead by winning their respective matches on the opening day of the fourth Jai Singh Memorial Basketball Tournament, for under-19 boys being played here today at New Public School, Sector 18. The team of SD Public School, Sector 32, also won its match today.

Gross score title for Sandy Lehal
Chandigarh, October 29
Sandy Lehal returned a par card of 72 to clinch the gross score title in the monthly medal round for October held at the Chandigarh Golf Club course on Sunday. Two strokes behind was Gurbaaz Mann, who finished gross runner up.