Attending classes? Other things to do at school!
Chandigarh, January 14
If you think that your child goes to school for the sole purpose of academic activities, you can be in for a big surprise.
They are put to sundry jobs which have no relevance to their pursuit of
learning, found by a Tribune team visiting schools.
Paying ‘gurudakshina’! A student fetches milk for her teachers at the Government High School, Karsan, Chandigarh, on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik
Post Lohri, day temperature dips
Chandigarh, January 14
Lohri bonfires seem to have made a difference. As compared to earlier days, the night temperatures recorded today were higher adding much-desired warmth to the weather.

As evening draws, migrants sit around a bonfire to beat the cold in Chandigarh.
— Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh |
3 of family die in road accident
Chandigarh, January 14
Three members of a Sector 33-based family were killed in a road accident today.
CSIO develops low-cost personal safety weapon
Chandigarh, January 14
Credited with designing many innovative equipments and gadgets, the Central Scientific and Industrial Organisation
has built a prototype of an electromagnetic weapon. This will not only demonstrate the use of electronics for national security and maintaining law and order, but can also be used for the
personal safety of individuals.
Prof Darshan Singh Maini dies at 88
Chandigarh, January 14
A noted scholar of Henry James, poet, writer, columnist and a frequent contributor to The Tribune, Prof Darshan Singh Maini, died this morning. He was 88.
Professor Maini was born on January 8, 1919, in Jhelum, now in Pakistan. His
family actively participated in the freedom struggle. After getting his
Master’s degree in English in 1942, he taught at Khalsa College, Lyallpur.
Watch Out
Inderjit Chadha
Another local hockey sensation, is showing his prowess on the Chennai turf where the third league of the Premier Hockey League Tournament is in progress. Inderjit, a product of the Chandigarh Hockey Academy, Sector 42, was instrumental in enabling the junior Indian Hockey team to clinch the World Cup in 2001-2002.
In Town
Sarabjit Cheema
A "bhangra star" of the Punjabi music world, will be in town on Monday to release his latest music album, "Nacho Nacho" at the Chandigarh Press
Club.
7 councillors welcome idea to dissolve House
Panchkula, January 14
Seven councillors today welcomed the suggestion to dissolve the House and hold fresh MC elections. Holding that no works were being carried out in their wards, they held that the public interest was getting lost in the tussle for the MC President's chair.
Housing Problems
Now, water shortage in winter
Chandigarh,
January 14
Development comes at a price. Thousands of residents of several colonies in Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat are realising this the hard way. They had been facing a severe water shortage since the start of the flyover as part of the four-laning project of Ambala-Chandigarh highway.
Officer’s conversion to JAG Dept raises brows
Chandigarh, January 14
The conversion of an officer from a different corps to the Judge Advocate-General (JAG) Department despite a ban reportedly against him by the Discipline and Vigilance Directorate, has raised the brows in several quarters.
Stray dog menace on the rise
Panchkula, January 14
The stray dog menace is growing at an alarming pace in the city in the absence of any agency to sterilise the dog population. As night descends, the roads virtually become their domain and evening walks are a nightmare for residents.
IAF has all-weather recce capability:
Tyagi
Chandigarh, January 14
Stating that some of the shortcomings faced by the IAF in the 1999 Kargil conflict have been overcome, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, said the Air Force now had all-weather recce and surveillance capability.
Lohri celebrations galore
Mohali, January 14
Shivalik Public School here celebrated Lohri and Makar Sankranti with great excitement and piety. Students of classes III to XII assembled in the school auditorium with the teachers. The programme included poems, songs related to Lohri and speeches highlighting the significance of this festival which marks the end of peak winters and announces the dawn of the spring season.
Mumbai firm captures Lohri on film
Chandigarh, January 14
While most city residents were busy celebrating Lohri gathered in circles around a bonfire, curled up to beat the chill and munching popcorns in front of their houses and the more urbane crowd dancing away to glory at discothèques, far in a sleepy village at the periphery of Zirakpur, a team of Humming Bird Films from Mumbai was busy shooting the traditional Lohri that was being celebrated in ‘Vaseela’, a farmhouse made on the theme of a Punjabi village.
‘Not much difference between Cong, BJP’
Mohali, January 14
Pulangh, a social welfare organisation, today organised a seminar on the “Question of Punjab Assembly Election to be adjusted in the welfare of people” at the auditorium of Shivalik Public School, Phase VI, here.
Librarians should be information officers: Bansal
Chandigarh, January 14
“Libraries are the real temples of modern India and librarians should promote extra-curricular studies among their readers,” said Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, Chandigarh MP and Union Minister of State for Finance, here today. Mr Bansal was presiding over a thanksgiving function organised by the Confederation of Librarians’ Association of Northern India at the DAV College, here today.
3 of family sustain burn injuries
Chandigarh, January 14
Three members of a family, including a minor boy, sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out from smouldering coals that they had kept in their hut in colony Number 5, here, tonight. The police ruled out the possibility of any foul play in the incident.
Punjabi magazine released
Chandigarh, January 14
Chandigarh Digest, a monthly Punjabi magazine, was today released at the Chandigarh Press Club by Mr Surinder Kumar
Jagota, councillor, Municipal Corporation.
Kidney patient needs help
Chandigarh, January 14
Mr Janam Jai Sahu, a resident of Ranchi, needs financial help for kidney transplant.
Sahu, who has been under treatment at the PGI for the past about seven months, needs about Rs 3.5 lakh for the operation and essential drugs after the surgery.
Sahu can be contacted in Room No 14, Janata Serai Building, PGI. TNS
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