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Sushma opens building with cracks
Chandigarh, March 28
No doubt the PGI presented a good show on the inauguration of the Rs 8 crore National Institute of Nursing Education(NINE) by the Union Health Minister, Mrs Sushma Swaraj, but the rooms having cracks, incomplete and leaking bathrooms and no water connection has added to the woes of the staff here, who were asked to shift in a haste in connection with the minister’s visit.

The incomplete and leaking bathrooms and walls having cracks at the National Institute of Nursing Education, which was inaugurated by Union Health Minister Sushma Swaraj at the PGI on Friday. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

Degrees given to 500 PGI doctors
Chandigarh, March 28
Expressing concern over corruption in the health sector, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Sushma Swaraj today urged PGI staffers to shun personal jealousies and bickerings in the larger interest of the institute, which had an illustrious faculty and state-of-the-art equipment.

PGI to have Dean soon
Chandigarh, march 28
Going by the indication given by the Union Health Minister, Mrs Sushma Swaraj, PGI, could soon have a new Dean, a post which fell vacant after the setting aside of a Special Leave Petition filed by the PGI in the Supreme Court in this regard.

Sushma takes a trip down memory lane
Chandigarh, March 28
“Panjab University balle balle, baaki saare thalle thalle,” said Mrs Sushma Swaraj, the Union Minister for Health and Family Planning, in a talk during her visit to the campus here today.

HC quashes orders to close down bazar 
Chandigarh, March 28
Quashing the orders directing the winding up of Super Bazar with about 50 outlets in and around the city, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today allowed a bunch of petitions filed by the employees.

Constable suspended for assault
Panchkula, March 28
A constable posted at Sector 5 police station, Ishwar Singh, has been placed under suspension on charges of assaulting an employee of a doctor in Sector 18. Constable Ishwar Singh had allegedly beaten up Singlesh Singh, employed as a compounder in Dr Naresh Mittal’s clinic in Sector 18.

COMMUNITY

MC not to lay off sweepers
Chandigarh, March 28
The threat by the Sweepers Union of Chandigarh to lay a siege to the officers and councillors against the partial privatisation of sanitation in the city comes in clash with the promise of more jobs, less infrastructure and better delivery of the much condemned sanitation situation of the city.

LPG refills sold on road
Dera Bassi, March 28
At Dera Bassi and Zirakpur on can buy an LPG refill from paan-wallahs, cycle repair shops, fruit sellers , kiryana shops, auto mechanics or from housewives. The sale is at a premium which varies between Rs 35 and Rs 40 per cylinder. The clandestine activity is carried out right under the nose of the police, the local Administration, oil companies and also the Food and Supplies Department on the Chandigarh-Delhi road and the Chandigarh-- Patiala road.

Contractor alleges harassment by Administrative Secretary
SAS Nagar, March 28
An earth work contractor working on the Chandigarh-Morinda railway line here and a land owner of Nagari village have alleged harassment by the Administrative Secretary, Grievances and Pensions, Punjab. They have accused him of using pressure tactics to get their mining work stopped.

Haryana, HP Sikhs to attend rally
Chandigarh, March 28
Various Sikh organisations of both Haryana and Himachal Pradesh have in expression of solidarity with various Sikh and human rights organisations decided to participate in the March 30 rally in the union capital to seek a reprieve for Prof Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar.

Nod to MC Bhavan construction
SAS Nagar, March 28
The construction of Municipal Council Bhavan in Sector 66 here at the cost of Rs 5.5 crore was okayed at the monthly meeting of the Municipal Council here today. Tenders for the construction of the bhavan on around 1.10 acres of land have already been invited by the council.

20 Home Guard orderlies withdrawn
Chandigarh, March 28
The Commandant, Home Guard, Chandigarh, has withdrawn around 20 Home Guards who were working at the residence of a DSP and certain Inspectors leading to resentment among the officials concerned.

READERS WRITE
Give presidential govt a chance
THIS is in response to the letter to the Editor entitled ‘MLAs: then and now’, by Jaspal Singh Mann in The Tribune dated 19.3.03. I have neither any hesitation, nor does it prick my conscience now when I say that we Indians are clearly unfit for democracy.

Power supply may be hit
Panchkula, March 28
Beginning tomorrow the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam will have a three-day shutdown on its 220 KV double-circuit Panchkula- Shahabad line. This is likely to affect power supply here.

Photographer awarded
Chandigarh, March 28
Mr B.S. Sodhi, member of the Friends of Photography (FOP), has bagged a consolation prize for his black and white picture, titled, Family outing, at the National photo contest conducted by the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry in New Delhi, recently.

CRIME

Man held by Air Force authorities
Chandigarh, March 28
The Air Force authorities arrested a 45-year-old resident of Muzzafarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, for moving within the prohibited area of the Air Force station under mysterious circumstances here today. According to the information, Mohammed Zahin, the suspect, was interrogated by the Air Force authorities before being handed over to the Chandigarh Police.

Sharif’s death due to truck hit: police
Chandigarh, March 28
Reinvestigation by the Crime Branch of Chandigarh Police in the death of 25 year-old person Sharif of Dadu Majra Colony, has established that that he died of an accident. The case had been yesterday transferred to the crime branch from the Sector 39 Police Station after the family of the victim alleged that it was a murder.

Woman commits suicide
Chandigarh, March 28
A 23 -year-old woman who was married to Pardeep, a resident of Manimajra, died after allegedly consuming some poisonous substance. According to the information, the victim was being harassed for bringing insufficent dowry.

BUSINESS

Bank timings for March 29, 31

EDUCATION

Students in quandary over practical exam
Chandigarh, March 28
Students appearing in the annual practical examination of physics (final year of bachelor of science) at Goswami Ganesh Dutt Sanatan Dharam College, Sector 32, have been left in a quandary because they do not know the status of the practical examination conducted by external examiner.

College teachers hold protest
Chandigarh, March 28
College teachers from all over Punjab and the city converged on Matka Chowk here today in protest against “unjust attitude of the government towards non-government colleges.”

CDAC students’ stir continues
SAS Nagar, March 28
Over 100 students of the Centre for Design in Advanced Computing, CDAC, erstwhile the Centre for Electronic Design of India (CEDTI), continued their dharna in front of the Centre here on the second day today. These students are protesting against the shift of their course facilities from CEDTI, here, to RCC, Chandigarh.

Toppers’ proposals to get grants

COURTS

Bail plea dismissed
Chandigarh, March 28
The bail application moved by Devinder, in a kidnapping case was today dismissed by the UT Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr Tejwinder Singh. The complainant, Ms Ashe of Sector 37, stated that Devinder, along with Ramesh and Prithi, came to her house on March 21 and took her husband Dharampal to some place. On March 23, the three persons came back without her husband.

CULTURE

Magic and mystery of Raz
Chandigarh, March 28
Reputed Urdu and Punjabi poet Inder Singh Raz Santokhsari added yet another chapter to his literary prowess, with the formal release of his highly-rated work of poetry titled, "Talism-i-sar Nihan", at Panjab University this afternoon.

HEALTH

Artistes to fight female foeticide
Chandigarh, March 28
Creative personalities in all disciplines of art and culture are being involved to change the mindset of masses, which is deeply prejudiced against birth of daughters.

Can this drink beat the heat? Chandigarh, March 28 It was in summer of 2002. A ban was imposed on the sale of local ice-creams, milk-shakes and bottles sealed with marbles. The reason behind the issuance of prohibitory orders was not hard to see. Vendors selling ‘banta’ bottles have surfaced again even though the sale was banned last year because they were being prepared under unhygienic conditions. — A Tribune photograph

SPORTS

SJOBA rally from today
Chandigarh, March 28
The two-day 16th SJOBA Thunderbolt Sub- Himalayan Rally-2003 will be flagged off from St John’s High School, Sector 26, at 7 am tomorrow. This year, new stretches of riverbeds, mud-tracks and the Siswan Dam have been incorporated.

ADMINISTRATION

PUDA notices to 63 schools
SAS Nagar, March 28
The Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) has issued resumption notices to 63 schools running from residential and industrial plots in the township. Answering a question by an MLA in the Vidhan Sabha, the Housing and Urban Development Minister, Mr Raghunath Sahai Puri, said land from 21 schools had already been resumed by PUDA for violating the allotment terms and conditions.

Lookout for new DSPs starts
Chandigarh, March 28
The Chandigarh Administration has sought the names of five senior-most inspectors in the Chandigarh police who will be eligible for promotion as DSP once Mr Asa Nand, DSP, Crime and PCR, retires on March 31.

Unaccounted stocks in cloth shop 
Chandigarh, March 28
The Income Tax Department here today detected Rs 80 lakh worth of “unaccounted stocks” from the Bansal Textiles in Sector 17 during a survey stretching for more than 12 hours.

20 structures demolished
SAS Nagar, March 28
Twenty structures were demolished by the anti-encroachment team of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) under the directions of Mr Ranjit Kumar, SDO (Buildings), here today.