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Zirakpur builder shoots himself
Panchkula, April 29
Forty-year-old Vikas Singhal, a builder from Zirakpur, allegedly shot himself with his licenced 7.65 mm gun here today. Though the reason for the suicide is not known, police sources said a setback in business was the most likely reason for the same.

Two of his projects, Gulmohar City and Gulmohar Extension, in Dera Bassi were grounded recently after the Punjab Pollution Control Board rejected the change of land use, the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently.

Realtors in panic
Zirakpur, April 29
Recession in the real estate market and cancellation of the change of land use (CLU) of residential projects by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) seem to have claimed its first victim- Vikas Singhal- who committed suicide today.

Fire Ravaged
‘I am finished’
Panchkula, April 29
A night after the fire at a slum in Saketri, villagers today arranged for food and water to the slum-dwellers. While they cooked food for the children, the elders were given meals prepared at Mata Mansa Devi temple.

A women with her 11-day-old child rendered homeless in the Saketri fire on Saturday night. — Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh

Traffickers
A Tribune Debate

	Major fire renders 250 families homeless April 29, 2007
	25 from city make it to IIMs April 28, 2007
	Land owners get BKU support April 27, 2007
	Gave tickets, not visas: Sandal Travels April 26, 2007
	Deported youths name city agent April 25, 2007
	Allotment rules flouted by CII  April 24, 2007
	Principal shoots off letter to admn April 23, 2007
	Bigwigs influence admissions April 22, 2007
	CISF seeks ‘little’ space at Capitol Complex April 21, 2007

Loss could have been contained
Panchkula, April 29
The district’s only fire station is ailing for the want of staff and it reflected very poorly in their response to yesterday’s fire in jhuggi clusters at Saketri. The villagers’ only grouse was that the fire brigade arrived very late, resulting in the gutting of the entire cluster and repeated calls to the fire station failed to elicit any response.

Accident
Football coach seriously hurt
Chandigarh, April 29
In a freak accident, a former football coach of Sector 44, St. Joseph’s School, was seriously hurt when a jeep allegedly driven by youngsters in an inebriated condition collided head-on with his scooter in Sector 15 here tonight.

Conversion
Matter with law ministry
Chandigarh, April 29
The controversial issue of conversion of industrial plots into commercial plots, without obtaining the approval of the Central Government, has reached the Union Law Ministry.

Swedish NRI passes away
Chandigarh, April 29
Skylark Ishwaran Singh Chadha, International Development Adviser to the World Bank and UNICEF among many other international bodies and a Swedish NRI, died of a heart attack here yesterday. He was 62.

COMMUNITY

Bengali new year celebrated at Yavanika
Panchkula, April 29
The open air Yavanika theatre complex was literally transformed to a home, away from the home, for the Bengali community here, as the three-hour musical bonanza brought alive the pristine Bengali heritage for the sizable crowd which kept swelling till the end.

Transformer not installed
Power cuts leave Highland residents sweating
Zirakpur, April 29
It is proving to be harsh summer for the residents of Highland society on the Zirakpur-Kalka highway here.

ITBP holds disaster management training
Chandigarh, April 29
A 24-day training programme on disaster response and management was organised for South Asian countries by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) at its campus near Ramgarh this month.

Stop Setu Samundram project: Swami
Chandigarh, April 29
Shankaracharya of Puri Swami Nischalanand Ji Maharaj today urged the government to immediately stop the Setu Samundram project in Tamil Nadu in public interest.

Former Air Marshal bereaved
Chandigarh, April 29
Kulwant Kaur, wife of Air Marshal R.S. Bedi (retd) and president of the Air Force Association (North Zone), passed away here today after a brief illness.

Fire in Sec 8 PCO
Chandigarh, April 29
Short circuit in a cabin in SCO 70, 71 of Sector 8 set on fire a photostat machine and other electronic appliances in a PCO here this evening.

Man found dead
Chandigarh, April 29
A body of a man, apparently in his sixties, was found near bus stop in Sector 18 this evening.

Letters
Dog menace
The population of dogs in Chandigarh is increasing day by day. One cannot walk on roads freely even in the mornings. Although the Animal Protection Society is in existence here, there is no Human Protection Society. I suggest that sterilisation should be started as it is being done in Himachal Pradesh where monkeys are a menace.

CRIME

Rs 27,000, jewellery stolen from house
Chandigarh, April 29
Bhupesh Kumar of Sector 50 reported to the police, alleging that Rs 27,000 and gold ornaments were stolen from his residence between April 28 and 29.

Car rams into pole
Chandigarh, April 29
In a desperate attempt to avoid collision with a car, driver of a speeding Tata Indica car allegedly rammed his vehicle into an electricity pole near intersection on road dividing Sectors 49 and 50, this afternoon. No one was reportedly hurt in the mishap.

The damaged Indica car that rammed into an electricity pole on the road dividing Sectors 49 and 50 in Chandigarh on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

7 buses challaned, motorists booked
Chandigarh, April 29
The traffic police has carried out a special drive against buses flouting the traffic rules.

EDUCATION

Easy, say students
15,000 take AIEEE
Chandigarh, April 29
Over 15,000 students appeared in the sixth All-India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), held at around 26 centres, here today.


Aspirants come out of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sector 31, Chandigarh, after taking the AIEEE on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

• OCET in June

CET Fiasco
PU yet to act against guilty
Chandigarh, April 29
Even as Panjab University gears up for conduct of the common entrance test (CET) on May 20, it still has to act against those responsible for the CET debacle on the same date last year.

Special campaign for special children
Chandigarh, April 29
Movement therapist Diana Tholoor is inspiring a special 180-day campaign for special children these days. A pioneer in inclusive education for children with challenges, she is travelling to 33 cities with the message of integration. “Our project seeks to inspire life-long friendship among children, with and without disabilities,” she told The Tribune on the eve of her event, scheduled to be held at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan tomorrow.

From Colleges
Chandigarh
CONFERENCE: The two-day national conference on “Grand challenges in electrical engineering” organised by the Rayat Institute of Engineering and Information Technology on Rayat Technology campus, Rail Majra, concluded here today on a note to further the cause of power conservation and generation in order to deal with the impending power crisis.

8 selected in campus placement
Chandigarh, April 29
Indo-Global College of Engineering has organised campus placement for civil engineering students in association with D.S. Pannu and Associates.

CULTURE

'Dharti Badi Haseen' released
Chandigarh, April 29
“Dharti Badi Haseen”, the third literary creation by Dr Kulbir Kaur, was released at the Chandigarh Press Club, here, today by the city mayor Harjinder Kaur. All 30-odd poetic gems eulogise the bounties and blessings of the mother earth, a subject rarely attempted by contemporary litterateurs.



Dr Kulbir Kaur with her book “Dharti Badi Hassin”, which was released at the Chandigarh Press Club in Sector 27, Chandigarh, on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

HEALTH

Resynchronisation therapy boon for heart patients
Chandigarh, April 29
Patients with heart failure, who have electrical conduction problems of the heart, have got a boon in the shape of the resynchronisation therapy which helped tremendously to improve the heart’s efficiency and increase blood flow to the body.

Hypogammaglobulinemia
Expensive treatment leaves parents in a fix
Chandigarh, April 29
A resident of Kullu Arun Kamboj, striving to save life of his two sons, is directionless at the moment as his sons are suffering from hypogammaglobulinemia. The disease is curable but the treatment is not only expensive but is also lifelong.

Parents of children suffering from primary immunodeficiency disorder commemorate World Immunisation Day organised by the Indian Patients Society for Primary Immunodeficiency at Advanced Paediatric Centre, PGI, on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Pardeep Tewari

SPORTS

ONGC defeat CLSA by eight wickets
Chandigarh, April 29
Local team of the Chandigarh Lawyers Sports Association (CLSA), lost to star studded Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) by eight wickets in the opening Group. A match of the inaugural All India Prize Money Invitation Twenty-20 Cricket Tournament, started at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium today.

Vishal of Chandigarh Lawyers team plays a shot during Twenty-20 cricket match at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium in Chandigarh on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari.

Spanish Pelota gaining ground in India
Chandigarh, April 29
To promote a novel kind of game known as Pelota, a multimedia demo session was held at Hotel Shiwalik view, here, today.




Angel Arraiza, Sudershan Sharma and Sayed Rafat demonstrate bats and a ball of Pelota game at an introductory session held at Shiwalik view hotel in Chandigarh, on Sunday.

Chanchal takes winning strides, emerges winner
Chandigarh, April 29
Chanchal Saggar emerged winner in women’s 60 + age category in 2000 m walk event (18:47.24sec), 100 m race event and 400 m (2:25.56sec), while in men’s 70 + category, Karnail Singh emerged winner in the long jump event ( 3.62m) during the Chandigarh state veteran athletics meet.

Dangi casts bowling spell
Patiala team bowled out on 135 in 78.3 overs
Mohali, April 29
A six-wicket haul by Sandeep Dangi gave the Chandigarh team a lead against Patiala on the second day of the final match for Sushil Bali Trophy at Punjab Cricket Association stadium, here today.

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