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Man, daughter electrocuted
Case against UT Electricity Department

Chandigarh, May 14 As nine-year-old Amandeep played in the courtyard of his house at Badheri village, he was unaware of the fact that people had assembled at his house to mourn the death of his father and elder sister, who were electrocuted this morning. Amandeep’s mother is struggling for her life at the PGI.

Residents of Badheri village point to electricity wires which led to the electrocution of Mohinder Singh and his daughter Harmeet Kaur (both inset) on Wednesday morning. — Tribune photo Parvesh Chauhan

Suicide bid: abetment charge withdrawn
SAS Nagar, May 14
The police has withdrawn the charge of abetment to suicide against the teachers who had allegedly beaten up a girl student of Sant Isher Singh Public School here.

Afternoon water supply to continue: Mayor
Chandigarh, May 14
Even at the peak of summer, city residents are getting 150 gallons of water on a per capita basis as against the national average of 45 gallons. Claiming this, Mr Swaran Singh Kanwal, Superintending Engineer of the Public Health wing of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, told Chandigarh Tribune that the water supply to the city as on date was at least 64 million gallons per day.

VB exhumes remains of tiger

Chhat Bir (Patiala), May 14 Following investigations into the alleged smuggling of animal hides and bones particularly of lions, tigers and panthers, a team of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau exhumed the remains of a Royal Bengal Tiger carcass from the animal graveyard on the Chhat Bir zoo premises today. A veterinarian examines the carcass of a Royal Bengal Tiger that was exhumed by a Punjab Vigilance Bureau team from a graveyard on the Chhat Bir Zoo premises on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

City resident held for defrauding NRI
Chandigarh, May 14
A city resident was arrested by the Chandigarh police today for cheating a Canada-based NRI of Rs 12 lakh in a property deal relating to a house in Phagwara. The arrested was identified as Mr Sukhpreet Singh Rana of Sector 49 here.

Sector 22 booth broken into, one held

Chandigarh, May 14 Confusion prevailed in the Sector 22 Shastri Nagar market around midnight when as many as six armed persons, allegedly broke into booth No. 296.Although no case had been registered till midnight, the police seized two vehicles loaded with goods looted from the booth. Police officials conduct an enquiry into the incident in which six persons broke into a booth in Sector 22. The seized Cielo car is also seen in the picture. — Tribune photo Parvesh Chauhan

COMMUNITY

Entry points to city to wear bright look
Chandigarh, May 14
The entry points to the city would soon be wearing a bright look, complete with user-friendly electronic guide maps and other useful information. Following directives of the Adviser to the UT Administrator, designs for sprucing up the points have been finalised.

Cong councillors oppose contract system
Chandigarh, May 14
Sanitation of the city seems doomed with the Congress leadership believed to have given in to opposition of a section of councillors against the much-acclaimed contract system proposed the by Mayor, Mr Subhash Chawla.

Trade unions call for nationwide strike
Chandigarh, May 14
Left trade unions have called for an all-India industrial strike on May 21 to demand the reversal of the economic policy. This was announced by All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) general secretary Gurudas Dasgupa at a press conference here today. He said the next phase of the strike would be for changing the government.

SAD seeks probe into illegal sale of houses
Chandigarh, May 14
A delegation of the SAD’s local unit led by its president, Mr Gurpartap Singh Riar, today called upon Justice O.P. Verma, Punjab Governor, at the U.T. Secretariat.

Eating out
Sagar’s tangy boon for Panchkula
Chandigarh, May 14
When General Nalwa (retd), a Panchkulaite, decided to celebrate the birthday of his wife of 40 years quietly with his family, he chose the new outlet of Sagar Ratna that opened in this town of parks last week. 

• Verma’s greetings

CRIME

Three crushed to death
Dera Bassi, May 14
Three persons were crushed to death by trains on the Zirakpur-Lalru section of the Kalka-Ambala railway track in two accidents here during the past 24 hours.

Family clash turns violent
Chandigarh, May 14
An altercation in a family turned violent, when an elder brother allegedly stabbed the younger one in Dhanas village this evening.

Theft in house in Dera Bassi
Dera Bassi, May 14
A gang of thieves struck at a house in Preet Nagar Colony and decamped with goods worth thousands in broad daylight, here today. The house owner was away at the time of the crime.

BUSINESS

Market spotlight Sec-26 Sabzi Mandi
Mandi holds the centrestage in the fields of fruit, grain, vegetables

INDIA’S most sought after apple trade hub turning over a Rs 323 crore annual business has been clamouring for upgradation of infrastructure for years. One of the biggest markets of the city having a standing at the national level for dealing in apple business has been the sole dealer of a major chunk of fruit from Himachal. A view of the Sector 26, Sabzi Mandi. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

MARKET PULSE
Spice awards contest winners

Chandigarh, May 14 Spice Telecom today announced the lucky winners of “Scratch and Win Hot Maal Offer” of its pre-paid product Spice Quicky. Mr Jatinder Arora from Chandigarh won the first grand prize of Hero Honda Splendor. The other 14 winners won LG Joymax TV sets and Sony music systems. Mr Y.S. Bains, vice-president, Spice Telecom, hands over the first prize to Mr Jatinder Arora on Wednesday in Chandigarh.

• Arrow’s new label

• Allen Solly for women

• Strepsils variant

“Memory man” in city
Chandigarh, May 14
A living computer is in the city, to dazzle with his memory. He is “memory man” Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury who is national record holder for the strongest memory.

EDUCATION

Hansraj Public School tops in quiz
Chandigarh May 14
About 17 schools of the city participated in the mega inter-school quiz contest held at Shivalik Public School in Sector 41 today. Hansraj Public School in Sector 6, Panchkula, got the first position in quiz. The second position was bagged by St Annes School in Sector 32 and the third position went to St Stephens School, Sector 45. 

Poetry contest
Chandigarh, May 14
As many as 32 students participated in the Inter-Shivalik Poetry Recitation contest, organised at Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, here today. The contest was open to students of classes VIII to XII. The themes were patriotism, nature and mother.

Question paper distributed late
Chandigarh, May 14
A number of students who took the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination at Kendriya Vidyalya, Sector 29, here on May 11 have also complained that the mathematics question paper was distributed late at their centre, leading to a loss of about 25 minutes.

COURTS

Notice on Garg’s bail application
Chandigarh, May 14
Acting on a bail application moved by N.K. Garg, Chartered Accountant who had been arrested by the UT police in a scam relating to income tax returns on the basis of forged TDS certificates, a local court has issued notice to the state to file reply in the case till May 19.

CULTURE

Showcasing cultural legacy of Chhattisgarh
Chandigarh, May 14
The elegance of tribal art is matchless. For those who are given to the luxuries of art galleries that boast of prints and less of original works of art, Lala Lajpat Rai Bhavan in Sector 15 is the place to be where artefacts from Chhattisgarh are on display.

Parmita’s road to stardom Chandigarh, May 14 Parmita Katkar is suddenly going international. On a winning spree ever since she entered the Femina Miss India pageant in 2003, this Bangalore girl has been busy gathering credits. Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 2003, Parmita Katkar (centre), dances with students of the National Institute of Fashion Design (NIFD) after the passing out ceremony of NIFD at Cyanide discotheque in Sector-8, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma

Stamps in honour of singing legends
Chandigarh, May 14
In an era of e-mails and SMS, the Department of Posts is making efforts to revive its lost glory by associating with legendary singers — Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Mohammad Rafi and Hemant Kumar. By releasing stamps in their honour, say officials, they are trying to encourage their fans to use the service, besides promoting their music.

‘Mission Akshardham’ screened

Chandigarh, May 14 The governor of Haryana, Babu Parmanand, was the chief guest at the screening of ‘Mission Akshardham’ — a telefilm made by Zee News that narrates the conspiracy behind the premeditated attack on one of the largest temples in the country with the intention of destabilising India.
Haryana Governor Babu Parmanand (centre) releases the brochure of ‘Mission Akshardham’, a Zee TV’s telefilm, at a function organised at Hotel Mountview in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

HEALTH

Ego clash hits research work at PGI
Chandigarh, May 14
Academic and research work at the PGI continues to suffer as the ego clash between the PGI Director, Prof S.K. Sharma, and Dr R.J. Dash, head of Standing Academic Committee (SAC), is coming in the way of a meeting for the past almost two years.

Oncology OPD opened in PGI
Chandigarh, May 14
A new Radiotherapy and Oncology OPD was inaugurated by the PGI Director, Prof S.K. Sharma, today.

Docs perform rare surgery
Chandigarh May, 14
Saving a patient from a complicated skull surgery, a team of doctors composing Dr Sanjay Bansal and Dr Raman Abrol has performed an endoscopic brain tumour surgery for the first time in North India.

SPORTS

India’s hope at Athens Olympics
Chandigarh, May 14
Anjali Ved Pathak, an ace rifle shooter of the country, has rekindled India’s hope of garnering a gold medal in the forthcoming Athens Olympics-2004.

Nikhil bowls deadly spell
Chandigarh, May 14
Nikhil Dwivedi proved to be the star bowler for the Mohali-XI when he claimed four wickets by giving just 43 runs on the second day of the match against Minor District XI in the Punjab Inter-District (under-17) Cricket Tournament played at PCA Stadium, SAS Nagar.

City to host national rally
Chandigarh, May 14
Chandigarh and Chikmagaloor in Karnataka are the new additions in the nine-round Indian National Rally Championship (INRC), according to INRC officials while releasing the annual calendar in Mumbai yesterday.

ADMINISTRATION

92 cops shifted
Chandigarh, May 14
After reshuffling around 400 lower level cops, who had so far been “managing” preferred postings in the Chandigarh Police, the top brass today ordered inter unit transfers. At least 92 Sub-Inspectors (SIs) and Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASIs) were today transferred in a single order.

Sale of unchlorinated water banned
Chandigarh, May 14
The UT Deputy Commissioner, Mr M. Ramsekhar, has banned the sale of unchlorinated drinking water obtained from unauthorised sources. The sale of ice and aerated water prepared in unhygienic conditions has also been banned.

Dogra takes over as ADRM
Chandigarh, May 14
Mr Dyal Dogra has taken over as the new Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM), Ambala Railway Division. Mr Dogra, a product of DAV School Sector 8 and later DAV College, Sector 10, is a 1980 batch Indian Railway Services officer.