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Chandigarh Club election counting stayed

Allegations of bogus voting Chandigarh, April 3 More than 4,000 members out of the approximate 7,000 cast their ballot at the polling for the Chandigarh Club elections here today.
Members queue up to cast ballot during the Chandigarh Club elections on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

If you can’t carry it, drag it

Chandigarh, April 3 Call it irony or cruelty. The younger the student, the more weight he is expected to carry to school. From Class 1 to Class VI, the average weight of a schoolbag is about 5 kg. In some schools, it goes up to 8 kg. The weight goes down as one reaches Class XII.

Check this out: Trolley schoolbags have come in handy for students to cope with the increasing load of books. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Bhutanese student ends life
Chandigarh, April 3
Twentyfour-year-old Pema, a Bhutanese and BA final year student of SGGS Khalsa College, Sector 26, here died allegedly after consuming some sedative last night.

5000 lawyers to take part in secret ballot
Chandigarh, April 3
Sometime next week, over 5000 registered members of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association will participate in a secret ballot to decide who gets to vote in the forthcoming elections of the association. On February 20, the general house of the association had decided that lawyers who held memberships of district bar associations and exercised their voting rights there also should not be allowed to cast their votes to elect the new office-bearers of the HC Bar Association.

Long wait for a kidney transplant Chandigarh, April 3 Each day that passes by is yet another day for Ms Kamal Singh of Hoshiarpur who is struggling to be alive. This 48- year- old woman suffered a third renal failure in December, 2002, and for the past 15 months has been awaiting permission for a kidney transplant. Ms Kamal Singh awaits permission for getting a renal transplant, inspite of the high court asking the authorisation committee to expedite the case. — Tribune photo by Rajiv Sharma

COMMUNITY

Swedes eager to trace Corbusier’s genius Chandigarh, April 3 On a study tour to India, a group of 20 students from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, are most fascinated by its pleasing contrasts. Already having covered New Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, the three cities that blend the ancient and the modern influences to striking perfection, the students are now camping in Chandigarh, a city made immortal by Corbusier’s touch.

A group of teachers and students from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, are in India on a study tour. They are presently camping in Chandigarh to study the architecture of Le Corbusier. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

General Samaj Party to contest city seat
Chandigarh, April 3
The General Samaj Party, constituted during the last Assembly elections in Punjab, today announced that it would be contesting the forthcoming parliamentary elections for the local seat. This was said by Mr Suresh Kumar Goyal, chairman of a high-power committee of the party, while addressing a press conference in the city.

Singla not a BJP worker: Congress
Chandigarh, April 3
The local unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party today pooh-poohed the claims of the Congress that Mr Tulsi Ram Singla of the BJP had joined the Congress.

Bahl refuses party membership to Babla
Chandigarh, April 3
The rift in the local Congress deepened today with the president of the local unit saying he was not willing to accept membership of any worker until it was cleared by the office-bearers of the local unit.

Looking for lifestyles? Choose from this book fare

Chandigarh, April 3 Over 10,000 books spanning almost every aspect of lifestyle development are currently on display at Government Museum and Art Gallery in Sector 10 here. Children take their pick from the massive exhibition on lifestyle, jointly put up by The British Library and Butterfly Books. About 10,000 books are on display at Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh.

UP Governor to visit city
Chandigarh, April 3
The Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Mr Vishnukant Shastri, will visit the city tomorrow to particiapte in the celebrations of Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama. He would also particiate in a public meeting on the life and teaching of Sri Ramakrishna at 4 pm in Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Sector 15.

Mahavir Jayanti celebrated Chandigarh, April 3 Mahavir Jayanti was celebrated in different parts of the city today with religious fervour. Community kitchens were also organised to commemorate the day. A grand function was held in Sector 18-D community hall. Devotees take part in a rath yatra on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti in Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — A  Tribune photograph

5.5 quintal ‘ladoo’ for Hanuman Jayanti Mohali, April 3 The Shri Vaishno Seva Mandal here has started the preparation of a massive “ladoo” for the 13th Hanuman Jayanti festival to be organised at Hanuman Mandir, Phase 3B2, tomorrow. The 5.5 quintal “ladoo” being prepared at Hanuman Mandir, Phase 3B2, in Mohali on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Shobha yatra organised
Chandigarh, April 3
A shobha yatra was organised by the Sri Sidh Baba Balak Nath Sarv Sanjha Seva Mandal in Sector 29 on eve of Chet Da Chala of Baba Balak Nath yesterday.

NCP to back Pawan Bansal
Chandigarh, April 3
In an important development, the local unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has decided to support Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, Congress candidate, in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

Rath yatra held
Chandigarh, April 3
Enthusiastic devotees chanting mantras participated in an impressive shobha yatra taken out by Sri Krishan Mandir in Sector 33-C here today. A programme of bhajans was organised late in the evening. The yatra, with three raths and an idol of Lord Krishna, started from the temple and moved towards Sector 34.

CRIME

2 rag pickers held for theft
Panchkula, April 3
Two women rag pickers - Sunita and Kali of Mauli Jagran — were arrested while stealing about 50 kg of copper wire from an electronic shop in the Industrial Area this evening.

Kidnapper held, child recovered Chandigarh, April 3 Ram Lakhan Yadav, who had allegedly kidnapped one-and-a-half-year-old, Deepak, son of his friend, from Kajheri village on April 1, was arrested from Sonepat by a team of the Chandigarh police last night. Deepak has been recovered. Ram Lakhan Yadav, who was arrested in Sonepat by the Chandigarh police for allegedly kidnapping a child, Deepak (seen in his lap), from Kajheri village in Chandigarh. — Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh

EDUCATION

Ambassadors of culture back from Sweden sojourn

Chandigarh, April 3 Interactions with legal luminaries of Sweden, a visit packed with loads of learning and a first-hand experience of the hospitality of the Swedish, Abhishek Kalla, Jitin Talwar, Vikram Jain and Vishal Aggarwal couldn’t have asked for more from their exchange programme. Students of the Department of Law, Panjab University, back from an exchange programme at Stockholm University, Sweden, on the campus in Chandigarh on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

CULTURE

Rani, Preity vie for reel love in Yash film

Chandigarh, April 3 Rani Mukherjee complements Preity Zinta well. Composed and jubilant, she offers a refreshing contrast to Preity, who likes to flaunt her star status and hence takes her own time to make the listener feel at home in her territory. At the end of the day, however, both actresses are the best of friends and have no qualms about admitting at least that much. Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta bid farewell to Chandigarh after Yash Chopra wrapped up his shooting on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

Film Review
Another Husain painting, this
RENOWNED painter M.F. Husain tries to unravel the mystery of a woman in his own inimitable style in “Meenaxi — the tale of three cities”. Meenaxi (Tabu) emerges from the imagination of a Hyderabadi Nawab (Raghubir Yadav), who is penning a story.

LIFESTYLE

From dentistry to catwalk
HER smile endears her immediately. And Tina Chatwal, Ms India Asia-Pacific 2003, knows well of the power of her smile. For she smiles and charms people at any given instance.

Excelling amid all odds
PATIENCE and persistence are the biggest weapons in the personal arsenal of Kanika Ashok, who has topped the MA II (Public Administration) of Panjab University. She has topped in the Department of Correspondence Studies.

Light-n-sound show on Sahibzadas
A light-and-sound show, “Sada Chir Jeevoh”, highlighting the sacrifices made by Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh was organised at the Dasehra ground in Phase VIII, Mohali, this evening.

HEALTH

Lack of recognition irks anaesthetists
Chandigarh, April 3
Lack of recognition and the surgeons getting the entire credit for a successful operation is what irks the anaesthetists the most, who feel the speciality has failed to develop simply for the reason that it has not got the due recognition it deserves.

Preference for caesarean deliveries worries docs
Chandigarh, April 3
A sharp increase in the number of pregnant women demanding caesarean when they can have a normal delivery has gynaecologists worrying, who feel legal and ethical issues must be discussed so that this unhealthy trend can be curbed.

Relief for women with urinary disorder
Chandigarh, April 3
Women suffering from the problem of involuntary leakage of urine due to stress incontinence can now get relief through a very simple operation, as urologists at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, have introduced this latest surgical procedure.

SPORTS

An afternoon of entertaining golf

Chandigarh, April 3 It was an entertaining afternoon of fun golf on Saturday when LG organised a golf tournament in different handicap groups on the lush course of the Chandigarh Golf Club. In the morning session Dilmick Lamba and P.K. Chaudhry, founder president of the Haryana Golf Association, won the competitions in the 0-13 and 14-24 handicap divisions, respectively. P.K. Chaudhry (left) and Dilmick Lamba after receiving the prizes at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Selection trials for national women hockey team begin

Chandigarh, April 3 The two-day national women hockey selection trials to select the 18-member women team began here today at the Sector 42 Astro Turf stadium. A three-member panel comprising Krishna Sampat, Rajbir Kaur and M.K. Kaushik today supervised the players. Indian women hockey probables take part in the selection trials being held at the Sector 42 stadium. — A Tribune photograph

CCA-DAV team win S.N. Vohra cricket meet
Chandigarh, April 3
The combined team of Chandigarh Cricket Association and DAV Coaching Centre outplayed Stadium -16 XI by six wickets in the SN Vohra Memorial Cricket Tournament which concluded today at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium.