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Chaos at stadium as fans brave police canes
Police, PCA authorities trade charges over fiasco
Mohali, October 28
For thousands of fans, today’s cricket match between India and Sri Lanka ended as a no-show. Despite having valid tickets, these people, including some high and mighty, were refused entry into the PCA Stadium as there was no space left to accommodate them. And, to rub salt into their wounds, these fans who waited for hours outside the gate hoping to gain entry into the stadium, were repeatedly subjected to cane-charging by Punjab Police personnel on duty at the stadium.

‘Fielding’ the crowd: Busy with what the Punjab Police is best at. Cricket buffs had a bad day outside the PCA Stadium at Mohali on Friday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Fans ecstatic over India’s win
Chandigarh, October 28
Cricket enthusiasts today got their Divali gift at PCA stadium. The thumping eight-wicket win of India over Sri Lanka in the second one-day tie lifted the spirits of the over-40,000 spectators inside the stadium along with the lakhs, who enjoyed the match on their television sets.

TV scribe beaten up
Mohali, October 28
Zee TV Punjab has alleged that their reporter, Satender Chauhan, was beaten up by nearly 10 personnel of the Punjab Police led by an Assistant Sub-Inspector outside the PCA stadium this evening.

Man found murdered near IT park road
Chandigarh, October 28
An unidentified man in his mid-twenties was found brutally murdered in the forest area near the Bapu Dham colony early this morning. Preliminary inquiry by the police has not ruled out the possibility of robbery being the motive behind the murder.

Army Chief stops discharge of LCM soldiers
Chandigarh, October 28
Following reports of a large number of Army personnel placed in low medical category being discharged from service due to excessive manpower holding, the Chief of the Army Staff has issued orders prohibiting such practice.

Sons take father home, vow to serve him 
Chandigarh, October 28
Ninety-year-old Ram Chand slept like a child today.  After 50 distressful days spent at a Mohali bus stop, he found peace this morning when two of his four sons returned to take him home to Balaungi village – just 5 km from where he had been left to languish!

Ram Chand with his daughter-in-law and two sons who took him back home after The Tribune highlighted the abandoned old man’s plight. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

COMMUNITY

Rodrigues lays stone of housing scheme
Chandigarh, October 28
The Punjab Governor and the UT Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), laid the foundation stone of a housing scheme in Sector 49 here today. The scheme will have 96 one bedroom and the same number of two bedroom flats.

Mauritius PM passes by city
Chandigarh, October 28
Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Republic of Mauritius, made a brief stopover at the Chandigarh Airport on his way to Mashobra in Himachal Pradesh here today.

• Man donates Rs 1 lakh in brother’s memory

CRIME

2 theft cases solved
Chandigarh, October 28
The police today claimed to have solved two cases of theft with the arrest of an alleged drug addict.

Boy run over by school bus
Mohali, October 28
A boy Ranjit Singh, a resident of Kumbra village was run over by a school bus while 12 students were injured, two of them seriously, when another school bus rammed into the boundary wall of a park here today.

Woman duped of cash
Panchkula, October 28
A woman was allegedly duped of Rs 15,000 by a couple, on the pretext of doubling the money. The man had claimed to be a god man, and the woman his disciple.

BUSINESS

CITCO turnover rises to Rs 436 crore
Chandigarh, October 28
The Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation has recorded a turnover of Rs 436 crore during the last financial year as compared to Rs 269 crore for the year 2003-04. In the first half of the current financial year the corporation has earned a profit of over Rs 8 crore.

Allahabad Bank holds retail loan camp
Chandigarh, October 28
The Chandigarh Zone of the Allahabad Bank has launched a special single window loan disbursement scheme for professionals with a special target to attract professionals and the salaried class.

EDUCATION

NIFD students celebrate success Chandigarh, October 28 National Institute of Fashion Design (NIFD) organised a grand celebration to honour the winners of Antaragni-2005, (IIT Kanpur’s annual festival). It was indeed a momentous occasion for the NIFDians as they were the only team representing the city beautiful and they brought back laurels by winning the highest number of prizes, beating all prestigious colleges from India. Students of NIFD share their joy after winning “Antaragni-2005” (annual festival) held at the IIT, Kanpur, in their institute at Sector 8, Chandigarh, on Friday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

City schools celebrate Divali
Chandigarh, October 28
Divali was celebrated in various schools across the city today. While a few schools organised fun-filled activities, others organised anti-cracker rallies.

Lack of access to education ‘hampering’ growth
Chandigarh, October 28
Prof G.K. Chadha, member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister delivered a lecture on “Recent growth of Indian economy: looking ahead with optimism and caution” at the seminar room of the Department of Public Administration, Panjab University today.

Ghazals, folk songs dominate youth fest
Chandigarh, October 28
Melodious compositions dominated the second day of the Youth and Heritage Festival held at Government College, Sector 11, as students presented their musical compositions in the category of geet, ghazal and folk songs. Vijay Vashisht from All India Radio was the chief guest on the occasion.

Le Corbusier memorial lecture held
Chandigarh, October 28
Mr Rajeev Kathpalia, an eminent architect and an alumni of the Chandigarh College of Architecture, today said there was an urgent need to review all aspects of the city planning, especially the issue of the management of potable water.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Sacha Sauda rally: notice to UT
Chandigarh, October 28
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notices to the Chandigarh Administration and the management of Dera Sacha Sauda, Sirsa, on a PIL seeking directions to impose a penalty on the dera management for having caused harassment to the public by holding a mammoth protest here on October 26.

CULTURE

Koodiyattom exponent spell-binds audience
Chandigarh, October 28
Every Indian classical dance form is divine. It exudes its own aura and the oldest classical dance form of Kerala, Koodiyattom, is no exception’, says world renowned exponent Margi Madhu.

HEALTH

Bird flu: monitoring of poultry farms on
Chandigarh, October 28
A meeting was held in the office of the UT Chief Wildlife Warden with the Officer in charge, Animal Husbandry and Poultry Department, Chandigarh Administration, officials of Wildlife Department, and officers of the ‘Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)’ today to review the progress on the action plan drawn by the Chandigarh Administration to deal with Avian Influenza (Bird flu).

SPORTS

Chandigarh State Games Gagandeep, Ravinder declared best archers Chandigarh, October 28 Gagandeep Kaur of Panjab University campus and Ravinder of SGGS College, Sector 26, were declared the best archers among women and men, respectively, in the archery competitions held on the second day of the Ist Chandigarh State Games here today. They claimed two gold medals each in the Indian round competitions (30m and 50 m).

Rooman of Coaching Centre, Sector 42, jumps to score a point against Coaching Centre, Sector 23, Chandigarh, during 1st Chandigarh State Games at DAV School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, on Friday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Kinshuk shines on second day of Chandigarh Games
Chandigarh, October 28
Enthusiasm galore on the second day of the first Chandigarh State Games-2005, which are being played at various venues in the city.

Laxman, Vikinder rowing champs
Chandigarh, October 28
Laxman and Vikinder came first in boys final (double scull) clocking 3 min 34.47 sec in the Chandigarh State Games Rowing Championship for boys and girls being held at the Lake Club. Munshedi Khatoon bagged the title in the girls final (single scull) with the timing of 4 min 29.60 sec.

Chetan, Gurinder bag title
Chandigarh, October 28
Chetan Suri and Gurinder Dhillon bagged the doubles title in the 1st Chandigarh Junior Doubles Ball Badminton Tournament for under-19 which concluded here yesterday at St Joseph’s School, Sector 44. The tournament was organised by the Chandigarh Ball Badminton Association.

ADMINISTRATION

Admn may transfer more powers to MC
Chandigarh, October 28
The Chandigarh Administration proposes to delegate more powers to the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC), the local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, indicated here today.

Cop suspended
Panchkula, October 28
Head Constable Bijender Singh, accused of attempting to sodomize a 10 year- old boy at Old Police Lines here last evening, has been placed under suspension.