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Protesting traders held
Shutters down in Sectors 17, 22

Chandigarh, August 14 The controversy over the Rent Control Act notification took a new turn when the police arrested 12 traders this morning. In retaliation, traders downed shutters in Sectors 17 and 22 this evening terming the police action illegal and uncalled for.

Traders enter into an altercation with the police when stopped from forcing shopkeepers to down shutters in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Agitating PU students detained, let off
Chandigarh, August 14
As many as 29 students were picked up from Panjab University by the police here today when they were protesting against the implementation of the credit system for promotion in B.Sc (Honours School) classes.

Education for slum children top priority, says Verma
Chandigarh, August 14
Education for all, including slum children and those employed as domestic help in homes and offices, is the new mantra of the Chandigarh Administration City residents will be asked to cooperate in sending domestic help to school or close a legislation may be introduced to enforce this, said UT Administrator Justice O.P. Verma (retd) while talking to The Tribune on the eve of completion of his 100 days in office.

COLOURS OF PATRIOTISM: Students of The Gurukul, Sector 20, Panchkula, rehearse for Independence Day celebrations on Thursday. — Photo Pankaj Sharma

Police remand for former ultra Taari
Panchkula, August 14
Avtar Singh Taari, a former terrorist arrested by the police yesterday on the charge of extortion, has been remanded in police custody till August 18.

3 more cases of cholera reported
Chandigarh/SAS Nagar, August 14
Cholera has once again resurfaced as three confirmed cases have been reported from the city and adjoining SAS Nagar area. A 10-month-old girl, Sukanya, resident of Madrasi Colony in Bapu Dham, was admitted to the Emergency at the Advanced Paediatric Centre, PGI, on Sunday.

Spinning magical melodies
Chandigarh, August 14
In these times wrought with non-musical sensibilities, Shankar Mahadevan continues to talk melody. More than that, he continues to fashion music in a contemporary style that makes sense to every heart, young and old; every audience, Indian or Western. And that he knows how to make magical musical configurations is clear from his winning packaging of melodies in Farhan Akhtar’s “Dil Chahta Hai”, which entranced the nation with its airy music.

COMMUNITY

What citizens have to say on Independence Day
Chandigarh, August 14
“The dream of Bapu, the father of the nation, remains unfulfilled till date. If nothing is done to control the population explosion, we will soon find ourselves at the mercy of foreign forces again”.

No help at roadways helpline
Chandigarh, August 14
If you plan to board the best bus to a particular destination immediately, attempts to get telephonic information will only meet with failure due to clash of commercial interests between various state roadways operating from here.

Fire in LIC building Chandigarh, August 14 Panic gripped occupants of the LIC building ‘Jeevan deep’ in Sector 17 when a fire broke due to a short circuit in the sub-station at the ground floor of the building. A thick smog of smoke engulfed the area around the building. A fireman directs a water jet to control a fire which broke out in the LIC building in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Thursday.  — A Tribune photograph

Dangerous Adventurism: Unmindful of the danger involved, these young ruralites take turns in jumping into the Ghaggar, near Nada village, on Wednesday. — Photo Karam Singh

Malimath panel proposals opposed
Chandigarh, August 14
Criticising some major recommendations of the Malimath Committee, a patron of the Punjab and Chandigarh section of the International Commission of Jurists, Justice Mela Ram Sharma, has asserted that the suggestions, if implemented, would make the country’s legal system “akin to the authoritarian and dictatorial ones”.

MC Gypsy seized by Himachal cops
Chandigarh, August 14
In the case of death of 22 cows in Paonta Sahib, a team of the Himachal police today seized an official Gypsy of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.

Tussle over govt dispensary
SAS Nagar, August 14
A government dispensary running in Sanatan Dharam Mandir in Phase IV here has become a bone of contention between residents of different phases of the town.

Three Tribune employees hurt in mishap Chandigarh, August 14 Three Tribune employees were injured when the Tata Sumo they were travelling in was reportedly hit by an Indica car near the roundabout of sectors 46 and 47 this evening. Three Tribune employees were injured when the Tata Sumo by which they were travelling overturned on the road separating Sectors 46 and 47 on Thursday evening. — A Tribune photograph

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CRIME

Two cycle thieves held Chandigarh, August 14 The crime branch today claimed to have recovered six cycles and a CD player from two thieves recently released from jail after serving sentences in rape, kidnapping and theft cases. The crime branch on Thursday claimed to have arrested these thieves who might be involved in many cases in Chandigarh and surrounding areas. — A Tribune photograph Rs 1.5 lakh stolen from car Chandigarh, August 14 Rs 1.5 lakh cash was today stolen from a Zen car from Sector 22-B. Pradeep Batta, a resident of Sector 48, complained that his wife and he had collected cash from the Centurian Bank in Sector 9 and went to meet a relative in Sector 22 when an envelope and a brief case containing cash, driving licence and registration papers of the vehicle left behind were stolen.

Laptop makers woo students
Chandigarh, August 14
Several computer manufacturers have begun to approach educational institutions and business centres in the city to sell laptops. The manufacturers are targeting business executives, students and medical professionals to sell their laptops, said Mr Raj Saraf, Chairman and Managing Director, Zenith Computers.

EDUCATION

Girls outnumber boys in vocational courses
Chandigarh, August 14
Close monitoring and synergy of efforts at various levels have contributed in making the vocational education programme in the city effective and focussed, according to a study carried out by the Central Institute of Vocational Education, Bhopal.

Over 70 staff houses unoccupied on PU campus
Chandigarh, August 14
When the Panjab University faculty is expressing concern at the lack of social security in the absence of a pension scheme and fall in the rate of interest on the Provident Fund, a sizeable number of the university staff, both teaching and non-teaching, are living outside the campus paying astronomical amounts as house rent.

Kids present cultural show on I-Day eve

Chandigarh, August 14 Students from private as well as government schools presented a cultural programme on the eve of Independence Day at Tagore Theatre here today. It was perhaps for the first time that private schools were allowed to participate in a programme organised by the UT Education Department. Students of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, present a qawali on the eve of Independence Day at Tagore Theatre on Thursday. — Photo Parvesh Chauhan

CULTURE

Spreading brotherhood through play

Chandigarh, August 14 As the entire nation is preparing to celebrate Independence Day tomorrow, theatre artistes have been sending across the message that such exercises will remain futile unless all community join hands and strive for peace and prosperity. Such a message of communal harmony came from Theatre Arts, a street theatre group, through “Shaheed Ki Waapsi” — a street play which was staged at Sector 17 Plaza here today.

Director Rajiv Mehta enacts a sequence in the play “Shaheed Ki Waapsi” presented by Theatre Arts on the eve of Independence Day at Sector 17 Plaza on Thursday. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

HEALTH

First cardiac remodelling surgery in India
SAS Nagar, August 14
India's first cardiac remodelling surgery has been performed on the failing heart of a 50-year-old woman from Jalandhar, who is now stated to be on her way to recovery.