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Fear of demolition haunts villagers around ammunition depot
10 villages likely to fall under
no-construction zone
 Dappar (Lalru), January 18
Hundreds of houses in 10 villages located in the vicinity of the Dappar Ammunition Depot are likely to fall under the proposed ‘no construction zone’ that the Ministry of Defence has decided to declare around the depot.

Father of 3 challenged kids fails to get home
Even Kalam’s recommendation leaves babus unmoved
 Chandigarh, January 18
Mozahir Hassan is not as much a victim of fate as he is of official apathy. As if the trauma of rearing three challenged children — two mentally challenged and one physically disabled — was not enough, the hapless father has been suffering for many years at the hands of a system that just doesn’t care.
Mentally-challenged Sarfaraz looks at the camera as parents Mozahir Hassan and Noorjehan (extreme left) watch. Also seen are Hassan’s disabled daughters Nagma and Rubina. Mentally-challenged Sarfaraz looks at the camera as parents Mozahir Hassan and Noorjehan (extreme left) watch. Also seen are Hassan’s disabled daughters Nagma and Rubina.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan




EARLIER STORIES
 

MC to resume sites of habitual encroachers
Chandigarh, January 18
The Municipal Corporation is to resume the sites of habitual offenders in cases pertaining to encroachment of the commercial sites in various markets of the city. The MC is gathering documentary evidence against the offenders, both documentary and photographic, to initiate administrative proceedings at the earliest.

Pay power, water bills online
Chandigarh, January 18
The city went hi-tech today as the Department of Information Technology launched its online payment of power and water bills through credit cards over the Internet.

Exemplary punishment sought for Munjal
Chandigarh, January 18
The woes of Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana Chairman C.M. Munjal refuse to end. The ongoing proceedings initiated against him by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the matter his informing the police that an accused in a criminal case had been granted oral bail by the High Court though no such thing happened today took yet another twist when the court-appointed amicus curiae submitted documents to buttress his claim that this was not the first such incident for Mr Munjal.

Decomposed body of labourer found
Chandigarh, January 18
A highly decomposed body of a Bihari labourer was found today under mysterious circumstances inside his locked rented room in Hallo Majra village. From the appearance of the body it was suspected that the person was murdered a week back.

Yogendra Yadav Disillusioned with poll predictions
Chandigarh, January 18
From a star psephologist to a social worker, the transition might sound as different as chalk from cheese. However, for Yogendra Yadav, a popular face on television during elections, the transition happened easily, following the disastrous performance of political scientists in the last Lok Sabha elections.

Balwinder Singh Gill UK Councillor seeks transparency in local bodies
Mohali, January 18
Mr Balwinder Singh Gill, Ludhiana-born Councillor of the Warwick District Council, UK, is one of the few Indians who, having overcome racial inequality in foreign nations, went a step ahead and became a representative of the local population.

Passing Thru

 
COMMUNITY

V.T. Rajshekar Dalits most oppressed in W. Bengal: Rajshekar
Chandigarh, January 18
Hunger for political power among Dalit leaders has crippled Dalit movements in the country, says Mr V.T. Rajshekar, a famed Bangalore-based Dalit protagonist. Talking to The Tribune here today Mr Rajshekar said that most of the Dalit leaders, who initiated movements for the emancipation of Dalits from exploitation persisting for long, had been swallowed by the mainstream political parties.

Remains of the first floor of Instant Remedies Pvt. Ltd., a pharmaceutical manufacturing unit, that was gutted in fire in Gholumajra village near Lalru on Tuesday. Goods destroyed in pharma unit fire
Lalru, January 18
Goods worth lakhs were destroyed in a fire that broke out at a pharmaceutical manufacturing unit, Instant Remedies Pvt Ltd, located along the Kalka-Ambala highway at Gholumajra village today.

Remains of the first floor of Instant Remedies Pvt. Ltd., a pharmaceutical manufacturing unit, that was gutted in fire in Gholumajra village near Lalru on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Governor flayed for attending bravery award function
Chandigarh, January 18
A local non-governmental organisation (NGO), Burning Brain Society (BBS), has criticised the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), for participating in the Red & White Bravery Award ceremony yesterday.

Statement of Kinger’s daughter recorded
Panchkula, January 18
A police team today recorded statements of the daughter of District Congress General Secretary Hemant Kinger and some of his employees.

Delay in allotment of plots resented
Mohali, January 18
Members of the Allotment Sangharsh Committee met at the Phase 3B1 Rose Garden yesterday in protest against the delay in the allotment of plots in Sectors 76 to 80 in Mohali.

Search Within
 Islam and spirit of sacrifice
THE Id-ul-Azha or Id-ul-Zuha, which falls on Friday, like all festivals, has a philosophy behind it and the chief value implied in it is that of sacrifice. Self-preservation is the first law of nature; its opposite, self-sacrifice, is the virtue that believers are expected to practice in their lives.

Eco Notes
Exotic trees outnumber native species in PU
THE lush green environs of the Panjab University campus make it one of the greenest campuses in the country. Trees of all shapes and sizes can be seen here. But very few know that exotic trees have the edge over native trees on the campus.

— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

MC’s vermiculture project inspected
Mohali, January 18
The Deputy Director, Urban Local Bodies, Ludhiana, today inspected the vermiculture project of the local municipal council at the Phase X Silvi Park here today.

No headway in theft case
Panchkula, January 18
The police seems to have made little headway in the sensational theft at Sector 12- A, where cash, foreign currency and gold and diamond jewellery amounting to lakhs of rupees was stolen.

Members of the Coordination Committee of government and MC employees and workers of UT Chandigarh, take part in a torchlight procession on Tuesday. Torchlight procession by employees
Chandigarh, January 18
A torchlight procession was held today by employees of the Municipal Corporation and the Union Territory Administration.

Members of the Coordination Committee of government and MC employees and workers of UT Chandigarh, take part in a torchlight procession on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Pardeep Tewari

Relief for tsunami victims
Chandigarh, January 18
The Theatre Arts, Chandigarh, staged its 15th consecutive show of the play ‘Mitti ka Aadmi’ at the NAC, Market Complex, Mani Majra, near the Housing Board chowk on Monday to raise funds for the tsunami victims. The artists of the Theatre Arts enthralled the market members and general public with their performance.

Children’s contribution to tsunami relief fund
Zirakpur, January 18
Students and staff of Mount View Public School have collected Rs 33,500 for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund for the rehabilitation of tsunami victims.

Sector 17 shopkeeper gives Rs 5,000 to Sunaina
Chandigarh, January 18
Sunaina, whose two sons were allegedly murdered by her husband on Saturday, was today given Rs 5,000 and a quilt by a Sector 17 shopkeeper. Harwinder Singh of Sector 17 read about the tragedy in the Chandigarh Tribune and approached the police offering to help her.

Road safety cell gets free phone
Chandigarh, January 18
The road safety cell of the Chandigarh Traffic Police, housed in Children Traffic Park in Sector 23, has been provided a free telephone connection by Connect.

 

CRIME

One held for forgery
Chandigarh, January 18
The police today arrested Kulbhushan Singla, a resident of Sector 16, Panchkula, for allegedly duping a private financing company of Rs 1.25 lakh by submitting forged documents to avail loan for a truck.

Conman takes bank for a ride
Raises loans from various banks against same vehicles
 Chandigarh, January 18
The Union Bank of India (UBI), Sector 35, filed a fresh complaint against Bharat Bhushan Aggarwal, a resident of Sector 28-A, against whom the Economic Offence Wing of the Chandigarh police is conducting an inquiry into alleged frauds committed by him with this bank. The earlier complaint was made in October last year.

Foods and beverages unit raided
Chandigarh, January 18
A team of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has raided the premises of Penguin Foods and Beverages Private Limited at Nabipur village in Fatehgarh Sahib district.

UK national’s bag stolen
Chandigarh, January 18
Three incidents of thefts were reported to the police while a case has been registered of attempted burglary in the city in the past 24 hours, the local police said here today.

Police remand for car thieves
Panchkula, January 18
The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Panchkula, Mr Gulab Singh today remanded Lakhwinder Singh and Ashwani Sethi to police custody till January 27. The police claim that the two are members of a car stealing gang.

BUSINESS

Project to develop hi-tech night-vision devices
Chandigarh, January 18
To meet requirements of the strategic sector in a rapidly changing, technology-intensive environment, the Semiconductor Complex Limited (SCL) has initiated a project to develop night vision devices incorporating revolutionary technology.

The first block of the IT park in Chandigarh is ready. By March, companies are expected to start operations. City ready to welcome IT companies
Chandigarh, January 18
Chandigarh’s expected leap into the select band of Information Technology destinations in the country is just a few weeks away. Swank glass-faced buildings, built by DLF, are ready for IT companies to move in.

The first block of the IT park in Chandigarh is ready. By March, companies are expected to start operations. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

 

EDUCATION

Talk on leadership organised
Mohali, January 18
Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, Mohali, today organised a lecture on “Leadership in Twenty-first Century” as part of the Knowledge Reservoir Lecture series.

Nitish Goel, Kirti Puri and Sameer Madan, students of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Sector 27, who won a bronze medal in the CBSE Intel Science Quiz held in New Delhi. Bahl nodal officer for CBSE exams
Chandigarh, January 18
To counsel students appearing in the CBSE board examination beginning in March, the Central Board of Secondary Education has appointed Ms Madhu Bahl, Principal of KB DAV School, Sector 7, as the nodal officer for the board- run tele-counselling facility.

Nitish Goel, Kirti Puri and Sameer Madan, students of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Sector 27, who won a bronze medal in the CBSE Intel Science Quiz held in New Delhi.

Campus Notes
Regional workshop at PU from January 20
Chandigarh, January 18
A two-day Northern Regional Workshop under the aegis of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) will be held on January 20 and 21 at Panjab University. The workshop will be chaired by Mr Kanti Biswas, Education Minister, Government of West Bengal. In addition, three more Ministers of Education of different states, besides a large number of Vice-Chancellors and senior academicians of the country will participate.

NGO to create awareness among rural students
Chandigarh, January 18
An NGO, Sanjivani, has resolved to create awareness among rural students about professional courses and higher education.

Every nation has its own interpretation of democracy, says expert
Chandigarh, January 18
“Democracy cannot be confined to Lincoln’s definition of ‘for the people, of the people and by the people’. It is adapted by every country to suit its needs the world over. No two democracies are similar.”

Contractual faculty at PEC cries foul
Chandigarh, January 18
A section of the contractual faculty of Punjab Engineering College has alleged that while they were being asked to mark their attendance twice a day, there were others who were required to mark it just once.

COURTS

Judicial custody for illegal exchange accused
Mohali, January 18
Ravinder Chawla, who was arrested by the Ropar police in the illegal exchange case, was today sent to 14 days of judicial remand by a Kharar court.

 

LIFESTYLE

French rock band "Matmatah" performs at the Law Auditorium of Panjab University in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Rock band depicts essence of love
The melody, rhythm and harmony coalesced to spell a magical brilliance in a musical concert as the quartet of accomplished French musicians ensemble ‘Matmatah’ enchanted the intrusive audience, mainly in the bloom of youth, at the Panjab University Law Auditorium today.

French rock band “Matmatah” performs at the Law Auditorium of Panjab University in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Karoline Yoga inculcates aptitude for spirituality, says German expert
Six feet three inches tall Karoline of Germany knows very little Hindi. Many times it becomes difficult for her to explain her points. But she is more conversant with the ancient Indian curative system of yoga than many yoga practitioners around.

‘K.L. Saigal Ki Yaad Mein’ in progress at Government Museum Auditorium, Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Poetic tribute to K.L. Saigal
‘Aisa koi funkar-e-mukqammal nahin aya, Naghmo ka barsta badal nahin aya, Sangeet ke mahir to bahut aye hain , Lekin duniyan mein doosra Saigal nahin aya.’ This couplet by maestro Naushad is veritably the befitting tribute to the golden voice of legendary K.L. Saigal, which has established an immortal mystical bond between himself and his inquisitive admirers.

‘K.L. Saigal Ki Yaad Mein’ in progress at Government Museum Auditorium, Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

A scene from Kewal Dhaliwal’s play 'Gaddi charhan di kaal bari si' being staged at Tagore Theatre Play highlights sorrow of illegal immigrants
Illegal immigration was at the heart of Kewal Dhaliwal’s play presented on the second day of the ongoing drama festival at Tagore Theatre. A juxtaposition of four short stories by eminent writers from the region, the production successfully brought alive the trauma that follows voluntary dislocation from places of origin.

A scene from Kewal Dhaliwal’s play “Gaddi Charhan di Kaal Bari Si” being staged at Tagore Theatre in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

HEALTH

14 slum colonies identified for immunisation
Mohali, January 18
As many as 14 slum colonies around the town have been identified by doctors of the local Civil Hospital for the immunisation programme.

 

SPORTS

Rowing championship from January 21
Chandigarh, January 18
The Chandigarh Senior Rowing Championship for men and women will be held at the Lake Club on January 21.

Renu Saini of the Sector 19 Coaching Centre attempts a shot against the Sector 23 Coaching Centre during the Chandigarh Senior Handball Championship at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Senior handball meet final today
Chandigarh, January 18
Sector 19 Coaching Centre, will take on Sector 42 Coaching Centre, ‘A’ team in the tomorrow’s final of the women section of the Chandigarh Senior Handball Championship being played here at the DAV Senior Secondary School grounds, Sector 8.

Renu Saini of the Sector 19 Coaching Centre attempts a shot against the Sector 23 Coaching Centre during the Chandigarh Senior Handball Championship at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

ADMINISTRATION

MC seeks permission to sink tubewell
Mohali, January 18
The Municipal Council has requested the Director, Local Government, Punjab, to give administrative and technical approval to the civic body to sink a tubewell in the Phase VIII Industrial Area here at its own level.
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