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Hockey upstages cricket
Stadium overflows with fans, thousands
go back disappointed
 Chandigarh, October 6
Hockey overshadowed cricket for a day as more than 40,000 persons turned up to watch the India-Pakistan tie today afternoon, forcing the organisers to close the entry points to the stadium. This left thousands of fans outside the stadium with invitation cards in their hands.

Hockey fans show flags of India and Pakistan painted on one piece of cloth during the match organised at Chandigarh on Wednesday Hockey fans show flags of India and Pakistan painted on one piece of cloth during the match organised at Chandigarh on Wednesday 
as part of the Dosti hockey series. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma




 

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Pakistani players acknowledge cheers from the crowd after the match in Chandigarh on Wednesday.Pak players laud warm welcome
Chandigarh, October 6
As India and Pakistan played out an intense game to end in a draw at Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, here chaos spilled to the roads. The traffic police had a hard time while managing the traffic on the road. People parked their vehicles in nearby parks or wherever they got space.

Pakistani players acknowledge cheers from the crowd after the match in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Teacher beats up students for quitting tuition
Chandigarh, October 6
Three students of Saraswati Public School, Dhanas, were allegedly beaten up with sticks by their mathematics teacher here today. The students claimed that their teacher had been slapping them for the past three days on one pretext or the other, but today, in a fit of rage, he beat them up with sticks.

Make education meaningful for girl child, says ICSE Chief Executive
Chandigarh, October 6
Francis Fanthome “One generation of fearless women can transform the nation. If we want children to be fearless, innovative, creative and committed, we need to remove the ‘unfreedoms’ that confront the girl child. This was stated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, Mr Francis Fanthome, while talking to TNS on the sidelines of the Regional Summit on Quality in Education organised by the CII here today.

HC to have new Judges soon
Chandigarh, October 6
The Punjab and Haryana High Court is likely to have five new Judges very soon. According to sources, warrants of appointment of the five are being issued soon and they will in all likelihood take oath before the end of this month.

Disability pension granted
Chandigarh, October 6
Casual leave is to be treated as "on duty" in the case of armed forces personnel seeking disability pension for injuries sustained while on leave.

Prof KS ValdiyaExpert opposed to linking of rivers
Chandigarh, October 6
Rising temperature, global warming and pollution of water resources of the world are wrecking havoc with the environment.

Rathore to visit Chandimandir
Chandigarh, October 6
Major R.S. Rathore, who shot to fame by becoming the first Indian to win an individual silver Olympic medal earlier this year, will be visiting Chandimandir on November 1.

Scholarships announced for Indian students
Chandigarh, October 6
The New York branch of the International Punjabi Society has decided to institute 10 scholarships for students from India to enable them to pursue higher studies in the USA.

 

COMMUNITY

M.P. Singh with the SBI employees Prempal Singh Sood and Ashok Dhengra, who returned him Rs 54,000 in cash, at The Tribune office in Chandigarh on Wednesday. SBI staff return Rs 54,000 to stamp vendor
Chandigarh, October 6
Three State Bank of India Treasury Branch employees returned Rs 54,000 to a stamp vendor a day after he lost the money at a public place in Sector 17 here.

M.P. Singh (right) with the SBI employees Prempal Singh Sood and Ashok Dhengra, who returned him Rs 54,000 in cash, at The Tribune office in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

City’s waste management best: report
But facts speak otherwise
 Chandigarh, October 6
The State of Environment (SoE) Report may have rapped Chandigarh for its poor air quality, but it rates the city’s waste disposal management among the best in the country. Investigators say the practice of waste segregation, as applicable here, is not being adopted in most cities of the country.

A rusty dustbin at the back of the Sector 20 market. Cattle root for eatables in Sector 44.
A rusty dustbin at the back of the
Sector 20 market.
 Cattle root for eatables in Sector 44.
— Tribune photos by Manoj Mahajan

Market associations asked to maintain their areas
Chandigarh, October 6
After roping in residents to maintain parks, the Municipal Corporation has decided to involve the Market Welfare Associations in keeping the markets of the city clean.

The Chandigarh Safai Karamcharis Union holds a rally at Sector 27 dispensary in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Safai karamcharis hold rally
Chandigarh, October 6
The drive by the Sanitation Committee of the Municipal Corporation to keep a tab on safai karamcharis deployed in different parts of the city continued, here today. Inspections were carried out in Sectors 37 and 38.

The Chandigarh Safai Karamcharis Union holds a rally at Sector 27 dispensary in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Horticulture staff’s demands
Chandigarh, October 6
The Horticulture Supervisory Staff Welfare Association today submitted a charter of six demands to the Chandigarh Administration and the Municipal Corporation, requesting that the same be accepted within 30 days.

Milk Colony residents flay Admin’s policies
Chandigarh, October 6
Over 1,000 persons attended the general body meeting of the Milk Colony, Dhanas, held here. Various speakers at the meeting appealed to the Chandigarh Administration to stop its `repressive’ policies and withdraw notices.

Power lines may delay work of cattle pound
Mohali, October 6
Though work on the two- acre plot allotted to the Municipal Council for a cattle pound is going on in full swing, officials doubt whether the civic body will be able to use the land, for the purpose for which it was allotted, at the earliest.

Students of Ryan International School hold pulse-polio awareness rally at Sector 49, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.Pulse polio awareness rally held
Chandigarh, October 6
Spreading message and educating people about ‘Polio’, students of Ryan International School, Sector 49, today held a Pulse Polio Awareness rally. Accompanied by their teachers, doctors from the UT Health Department, the students carrying placards passed through various housing societies and colonies slum dwelling units in Sectors 48 and 49.

Students of Ryan International School hold pulse-polio awareness rally at Sector 49, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Srimad Gopal Krishna Goswami Ji Maharaj‘Chant God’s names to attain salvation’
Chandigarh, October 6
Srimad Gopal Krishna Goswami Ji Maharaj, spiritual master of ISKCON , who had come from Russia to attend Bhagwan Jagannath Rathyatra held in Ludhiana recently, visited the city yesterday.

 

CRIME

Husband, in-laws booked in dowry case
Chandigarh, October 6
Taisy Sharma of Sector 16 complained to the police that her husband Sumit Sharma and her in-laws all residents of Sector 12, Panchkula, harassed and maltreated her to bring more dowry. She married Sumit on December 2, 1999.

3 booked for embezzlement
Panchkula, October 6
The police tonight booked three officials of General Hospital here on charges of embezzling funds of the hospital. A case Under section 409 of IPC was registered against clerk Rajiv Kumar, Accountant Rakesh Kumar and cashier Parmod Kumar.

Power cable stolen
Mohali, October 6
Power cable, measuring nearly 2000 metres and weighing about 3 quintals, was stolen from poles falling under Nanumajra village, near here, last night.

BUSINESS

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EDUCATION

Pathak opens seminar on Himalayan Geology
Chandigarh, October 6
 A two-day national seminar on “Recent Advances in Himalayan Geology with Special Reference to the North-West Himalaya” was inaugurated by Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, at the ICSSR Complex, here today.

Le Corbusier memorial lecture held
Chandigarh, October 6
 Mr Jagdish Sawhney, a well-known architect, today said that Le Corbusier was not rigid nor did he have fixed ideas. Elasticity was visible in a large number of his works, where he had designed modern buildings which blended beautifully with traditional surroundings.

COURTS

720 cases pending before Lok Adalat
Chandigarh, October 6
 Telephone subscribers continue to be at the receiving end of the telecom companies if the number of complaints against them at the Permanent Lok Adalat is any indication.

 

CULTURE

Displaying environmental concern in colours
Chandigarh, October 6
 Punjab Kala Bhavan is hosting a poster colour exhibition by Gurdeep Kaur. A teacher at Guru Harkrishan Public School, Sector 40, Gurdeep Kaur has done well to choose environment and pollution as her theme, especially in view of the fact that these are global concerns now.

 

SPORTS

Cricket trials on Oct 9
Chandigarh, October 6
 Trials to select the Chandigarh under-17 cricket team will be held at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, on October 9 from 3 pm.

DD disappoints cricket fans
Chandigarh, October 6
 For cricket lovers the start of the India-Australia test series were disappointed as telecast by Doordarshan was not upto the mark.

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