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Trains arrive late, kin of passengers harassed
Railways fail to cope with inquiries
Chandigarh, June 7
Hundreds of the city-bound passengers and their relatives faced harassment today as all city-bound trains reached their destination several hours behind schedule on account of a derailment of a goods train near Karnal early this morning.

With all trains scheduled to arrive late, a porter relaxes at the railway station in Chandigarh on Monday night. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

COMMUNITY

Council to prepare database of residents
Mohali, June 7
The local Municipal Council will prepare a database of the residents of the township. The information collected through a door-to-door survey will be computerised and made available to the district administration in order to facilitate e-governance.

Rushil’s date with Venus transit
Mohali, June 7
At 14, Rushil Goel is already dating the stars. A Class XI student of S.D. College, Rushil, an amateur star gazer, is all set with his massive telescope to watch the celestial rarity — the transit of Venus across the Sun — from his rooftop tomorrow.

Rushil shows his younger brother Itish how to reach out to stars above, in Chandigarh on Monday.

Authorities declare BSF camp cholera-free
Mohali, June 7
With no fresh cases of suspected cholera infection from the BSF camp here reporting to the local Civil Hospital, the health authorities of Ropar today claimed to have brought the outbreak of cholera at the camp under control.

Mystery shrouds death of labourer
Lalru, June 7
Mr Kishan Singh Bhandari, a labourer, working in a spinning mill located at Chaundehari village was found dead under mysterious circumstances, near here, this morning.

Summer camp on multi-media begins
Chandigarh, June 7
About 30 children in the age group of three to 16 are participating in a multi-media summer camp, which opened today at the Desh Bhagat Institute of Competitive Studies in collaboration with the Progressive Arts Theatre.

A view of the summer camp, which opened at the Desh Bhagat group of Institutes on Monday

Students visit Tribune office
Chandigarh, June 7
It was an enlightening experience for students of Guru Gobind Singh Vidya Mandir, Ratwara Sahib (Mullanpur), who visited The Tribune office today.

Students of Guru Gobind Singh Vidhya Mandir, Ratwara Sahib, Mullanpur, glance at the pages of The Tribune during their visit to The Tribune office on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

• BJP chief hails Jain’s nomination
  

Masonic centre opened
Chandigarh, June 7
North India Masonic Vocational Centre was inaugurated by the M.W.Bro. Arun Chintopanth, OSM, M.W. the Grand Master of the Masonic Fraternity of India in the presence of R.W.Bro. Vinod Kumar Bhutani, R.W. the Regional Grand Master of Northern India at Freemason’s Hall, Sector 18-B, Chandigarh, on Sunday.

Man crushed under train
Chandigarh, June 7
A 30-year-old unidentified man was crushed to death by a train at the 246/56 point near the railway gate in Mani Majra today afternoon.

Fauji Beat
TA should adopt home-and-hearth culture
The Territorial Army (TA), a part-time volunteer force, was raised in 1949. It is mobilised at the time of an emergency to provide a second line of defence to the country.

Two Jaguars that took part in ‘Vayu Shakti-2004’ at Pokharan.

• Missing split-pins

• Sonia’s blessings

Yoga is thrust upon them
Panchkula, June 7
With yoga as the new buzzword and Swami Ramdev’s camp here, a rage fitness seems to have taken a new meaning and become synonymous with regularised breathing exercises.

• Yoga camp for scribes ends

Navy foundation elects office-bearers
Chandigarh, June 7
A meeting of The Navy Foundation was held at Sector 36 today to review its progress and elect office-bearers. The foundation was established in 1990. There are more than 120 naval families in the city and among these 90 are active members of the foundation.

Kids learn cooking and exercise brains
Chandigarh, June 7
The workshop for children at Fun and Frolic, Sector 35, Chandigarh, includes art, craft, drawing, colouring along with dance and drama.

Kids at a workshop in Sector 35 in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

• SBI staff hold ‘chhabeel’

CRIME

Cyclist robbed of cash, mobile
Chandigarh, June 7
A cyclist of Colony Number 4 has been allegedly robbed of Rs 6,000 and a mobile phone near the CTU Workshop by a group of unidentified persons aboard a Tata 407. The robbers allegedly attacked the cyclist with rods before taking away his mobile and Rs 6,000 on the night of June 5.

Two killed in mishaps
Chandigarh, June 7
An 85-year-old person from Shahid Bhagat Singh Colony in Mauli Jagran died when his cycle hit a multi-axle truck near Deria village.

EDUCATION

Section 144 imposed near exam centres
Panchkula, June 7
To curb cheating in the ongoing examinations of Class X and Class XII of National Open School, Haryana, the district administration today imposed Section 144 of the Cr PC, prohibiting gathering of public outside examinations centres till June 26.

‘Most people live because they do not die’
Chandigarh, June 7
Mr Asit Ghosh, a well-known behavioural science, corporate motivator and trainer, said today that “most people in this world are living just because they do not die”.

PU entrance tests’ results today
Chandigarh, June 7
Panjab University will declare the results of the entrance tests, other than the CET, conducted between June 1 and 5 for admission to various courses for the 2004-05 session tomorrow.

COURTS

Police remand for Tota
Mohali, June 7
A Kharar court today remanded Anil Kumar, alias Tota, in police custody till June 9. The production team of the Mohali police presented Tota in the Court of Judicial Magistrate Poonam Ratti and pleaded for seven-day police remand.

LIFESTYLE

Helmets can add to your style too
CHIN up girls. Forget all about driving down the road to college with head resting on the chest under the burden of heavy helmets. For you, auto dealers all over the city are offering snazzy flip-up and full-face helmets.

City girls looking at helmets in Chandigarh on Monday.

• A trendy designer

• Painting exhibition opens

• A TV serial on bar dancer

• Garments for special occasions

• Exquisite furniture at affordable prices

• Newspaper on lotteries

SPORTS

Taekwon-do workshop for kids
Chandigarh, June 7
In the martial art summer workshop organised at KB DAV Centenary School, Sector 7, National coach of the Taekwondo Federation of India (TFI), Vishnu Kumar Sharma taught the techniques of self defence like locks, choke, throws and kicks to the participants.

Children learn the techniques of self defence at the summer sports workshop organised on the premises of KB DAV Centenary School, Sector 7.

• Rana club beat Khushman XI

20 students take part in camp
Chandigarh, June 7
The first batch of 20 students today took a pledge to transform their lifes by adopting the technique explained by Brahm Kumari Poonam at a programme organised by the youth and education wing of Brahma Kumari Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalya.

B.K. Poonam along with students of a personality develpment course organised at Brahma Kumari Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya in Chandigarh on Monday.

Bahl is manager of Indian skating team
Chandigarh, June 7
Ms Madhu Bahl, Principal, KB DAV Centenary School, Sector 7, Chandigarh, has been appointed manager of the Indian skating team which will take part in the 10th Asian Roller Skating Championship to be organised in Akita, Japan, from June 12 to 15.

ADMINISTRATION

Three officers shortlisted for appointment as FS
Chandigarh, June 7
The Punjab Government today sent a panel of three names to the Chandigarh Administration for appointment as Finance Secretary. Almost the entire top brass of the Administration is expected to change in the next eight to 10 months.