Proclaimed offender held
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 14 — A proclaimed offender, Ashok Kumar, a resident of Muradabad in Uttar Pradesh, who was wanted in a four year old case of kidnapping has been arrested by the police.

Preventive arrest: The local police has arrested 14 persons under different sections as a part of its drive against anti-social elements.

Assaulted: Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Ram Darbar alleged that he was assaulted by his brother Raj Kumar with a sharp edged weapon. The police has registered a case under Sections 323 and 324 of the IPC and has arrested the suspect.

Arrested: Two persons of Panipat have been arrested in connection with a case of intimidation and the Arms Act registered on August 4 last. The arrested persons are Satish and Ram Phal.

Abduction: Inder Singh, a resident of Sector 61, SAS Nagar, complained that his brother-in-law, Jit Singh along with a truck (No. Pb-12-1356) had allegedly been taken by some unknown person. A case under Section 365 of the IPC has been registered.

Theft: Ajay Verma, a resident of Muktsar complained to the police that his Maruti car was stolen from the parking of the PGI. In another case Dr Vinod Kumar, a resident of Sector 15 complained that his household articles had been stolen.

Injured: Both legs of an unknown person were crushed under a train when he fell from the train near the Chandigrah railway station.

Pomegranate becomes cheaper
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 14—Even as the prices of certain varieties of mango still available in the market have been soaring, pomegranate has become cheaper in the local market in the past four days.

A survey of the local markets revealed that though there has been a change in the prices of some commonly used fruit, by and large the market has witnessed no major fluctuation in fruit prices.

A kg of 'chausa' mango, which is the only variety now available, and which was priced at Rs 35 a kg four days ago was quoted today between Rs 40 and Rs 50 a kg. Its wholesale price has gone up from Rs 200 to Rs 250 per 7 kg during this period.

'Kupi', another mango variety, was available at Rs 30 a kg. Last week, it was sold at Rs 20 to Rs 25 a kg. According to traders, the prices of the fruit are going up since the arrivals have been shrinking in the local market as the crop was almost over in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Plum could be purchased at its old price of Rs 40 a kg in retail and for Rs 250 per 7 kg pack in the wholesale market. The same was the case with 'baggugoshas' as these could be had for Rs 40 a kg in retail and for Rs 400 per 16-17 kg pack in the wholesale market.

Guava, which is a comparatively new entrant in the market, was sold at Rs 20 a kg in retail and for Rs 12 a kg in the wholesale market. Though, the wholesale price of banana is coming down due to enhanced arrivals, there has been no change in its retail price and it was still sold for Rs 20 for a dozen. The wholesale price has come down from Rs 140 to Rs 100-120 per 100 pieces.

The price of good quality pomegranate is also coming down. A kg of 'kandhari' variety , priced at Rs 100 last week, was quoted today Rs 80 a kg. Its wholesale price has come down from Rs 350 to Rs 290 per 4 kg pack. Mausambi, too, has become cheaper during this period due to better arrivals from Maharashtra. A dozen of the fruit, priced at Rs 50-60 last week, could be purchased today for Rs 40. The wholesale price has come down from Rs 150 to Rs 120 per 4 dozen pieces.

Though the royal variety of apple was priced between Rs 40 and Rs 50 a kg, the golden variety was sold for Rs 25 a kg. One could purchase a piece of pineapple for Rs 40 in retail and for Rs 30 in the wholesale market.

DC Model bag overall inter-school badminton trophy
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Aug 14 — DC Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 7, Panchkula, bagged the overall trophy in the Panchkula Inter-school Badminton Championships which ended at the Sector 7 community centre in Panchkula today.

The organiser of this meet, the District Badminton Association, was complimented on this maiden effort to promote badminton by the chief guest, Mr Anurag Aggarwal, IAS and Additional Deputy Commissioner of Panchkula.

Results: Girls under-14 — Little Flower Convent School, Sector 14, b DC Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 7, 2-0 (Kannu b Annu Satwal, 11-2, 11-3; Tanu b Priya, 11-4, 11-2); under-10 — LFS-10 b DC Model 2-0, (Ayesha b Meena, 11-3, 11-2; Pallavi b Tina, 11-1, 11-2).

Under-19 — Hansraj Public School b DC Model School, 2-1 (Gauri b Shweta, 11-0, 11-2; Sheena lost to Nidhi, 0-11, 1-11; Gauri and Shweta b Nidhi and Shipra, 15-6, 15-9).

Boys under-10 — LFS-14 b HPS-6, 2-0 (Sanchit b Akshit, 15-5, 15-2; Mohit b Anuj, 15-5, 15-4); under-14 — DC Model School b HPS, 2-0 (Gaurav b Prateek, 15-3, 15-1; Saurav b Anshul Aggarwal, 15-1, 15-9); under-19 — Army School, Chandi Mandir b DC Model School, 2-0 (Varun b Adit, 15-6, 15-5; Karan b Prateek, 15-4, 15-6).

Title clash: Sanjay Public School and St Anne's Convent School (B), Sector 32, will clash in the final of the Sova Inter-school Tennis Ball Cricket Tournament being played here at St Anne's Convent School, Sector 32.

In the first semi-final played between Air Force School, 12 Wing, and St Anne's Convent School, the former could make only 83 runs in 13.4 overs and were all out. Skipper Sahil Kapoor who made 43 runs was the main contributor to the total. His knock included three sixes and four boundaries. Saurabh and Jugbadal claimed three and two wickets for 13 and 8 runs, respectively, for the opposing team.

In reply, St Anne's School was at one time 70 runs for the loss of four wickets but determined St Anne's players had resolved not to lose at the home turf. They reached the target in 12.2 overs. Satbir and Akshay were the top scorer for the winners. They made 23 and 19 runs, respectively, with the latter remaining unbeaten. Mohit took two wickets for 10 runs for the losers.

In the second semi-final, Manav Mangal School was bundled out for 89 runs in 13.3 overs. Navneet was the most successful batsman with 25 runs, followed by Aman who made 14 runs. Jitender Bohra took four wickets for 28 runs for the opponents. Gaurav and Pardeep took two wickets each for 3 and 9 runs, respectively.

In reply, Sanjay Public School played confidently. Their star player of the match was Davinder who remained unbeaten on 40 runs. Manish and Gaurav scored 14 and 11 runs respectively. The man of the match award was bagged by Davinder of Sanjay Public School. The final will be played on Monday at 9 am.

Boys selected: The Chandigarh Badminton Association has selected three boys who will represent the UT in the All-India Prize-money Badminton Tournament, in mini and sub-junior sections, to be held at Pune from August 17 to 20. The players are Akash Singh, Puneet Bansal and Oscar Bansal. Mr Sunil Bansal will be the manager of the team.

City carrom: The 9th Chandigarh State Carom Championships began here today at St Stephen's School, Sector 45. The inauguration was done by Mr Sarabjit Singh, IPS and President of the All-India Carom Federation in the morning.

The six-day meet is being organised by the Chandigarh Carom Association and 256 players in 13 events, both boys and girls, are taking part in this meet.

Today all the seeds entered the next round. This time, veteran's category has also been included in the competition.

Results: Men's singles — Randip S. Kalsi b Amarinder, 23-11, 17-11; Mukesh Piplani b Ashotosh, 25-0, 23-4; Ashok Kumar b G. Roi, 25-14, 20-12; Paramdip Oberoi b H.S. Nagra, 25-0, 25-7; Dhruva b Manoj Bhan, 25-0, 25-7; N.S. Pahwa w.o. G.D. Shourie ; S.K. Mishra w.o. Milan Kumar; K.S. Patwal w.o. Om Parkash.

Men (veterans) — Subhash b Conrad Magee, 25-0, 25-0; Ramesh Chander w.o. Om Prakash.

Junior boys — Dhruva b Gurinder Singh, 25-3, 25-0; Amarinder Dhillon b Zibin Mehta, 25-0, 25-0; Charukh b Prashant Verma, 25-5, 25-0; Randhir Kalsi b Tarlok Singh, 25-0, 25-0; Gursimran Walia b Sarvesh Singla, 23-8, 22-2; Navdeep Gill b G.R. Mohan, 25-0, 25-0.

Junior boys doubles — Devinderjit and Charukh b Randhir Kalsi and Randhir Singh, 19-6, 25-0; Dhruva and Sumit b Tarlok Singh and neeraj Sharma, 25-0, 25-0.

Sub-junior singles — Hasneet b Harmanpreet Singh, 25-2, 25-0; Rajat Sachdeva b Harpreet Arora, 20-11; Rahul b Nitin Preet, 21-7, 11-23, 23-12; Vijay b Anjul, 18-14; Jils Kurian b Bhanu Ahuja, 25-0, 25-11; Taranpreet b Pukhraj Singh, 25-0, 25-0; Amit w.o. Parag.

Sub-junior girls singles — Nitika Rani b Monika Kamboj, 25-10, 17-12. Junior girls doubles — Deepika and Nidhi w.o. Jasmine Pabla and Bhavna.

Cricket tourney: The first Joginder Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament was inaugurated by Mr Narinder Chopra, member of the Panchkula Cricket Association at the Railways grounds.

On the opening day, Tribune XI team defeated DAV Cricket Club by one wicket. Brief score: DAV Cricket Club — Nimanyu 21, Mohit 26, Gagan 2 for 19, Sukhjot 3 for 16; Tribune XI — Harvinder 31, Goldy 25, Nimanyu 2 for 21, Mohit 3 for 17.

Singles titles: Anoop K.C. of Chandigarh and Anu of Punjab clinched the men's and women's singles titles, respectively, in the Manav Mangal Open Table Tennis Tournament which concluded here this evening at the Sector 23 table tennis hall. The junior boys' and girls' singles titles were baged by Varun Kassal of Chandigarh and Gurinder of Punjab, repectively.

Mr D.S. Saroya, DPI (schools) of the Chandigarh Administration, gave away the prizes.

In the men's final, Anoop was involved in a tough battle with Munish Bhardwaj of Punjab but he finally won, 16-21, 21-15, 21-11, 21-15. Anu of Punjab also had to exert hard to beat Rishu Puri, also of Punjab, 21-18, 19-21, 21-18, 21-11.

In the boys' final, Varun Kassal of AKSIPS-41 defeated Ramit Singla of Shishu Niketan-22 in four games, 21-16, 14-21, 21-15, 21-15. The girls' final became an all Punjab affair with Gurinder ousting Rajni Verma, 21-13, 21-8, 21-3.

Results: (All semi-finals) men — Munish Bhardwaj (Pb) b Varun Vahsisht, 21-16, 21-16, 18-21, 21-12; Anoop K.C. b Mandeep Singh, 21-11, 21-19, 21-12; boys — Varun b Sumit Bahri, 21-19, 15-21, 23-25, 21-19, 21-10; Ramit b Sumit Grover, 21-10, 21-8, 21-8; women — Anu b Amarpreet Kaur, 21-16, 21-15, 21-11; Rishu Puri b Anuradha Bansal, 21-19, 21-15, 21-17; girls — Rajni Verma b Megha Kassal, 21-18, 21-18, 21-14; Gurinder b Rishu Puri, 13-21, 21-18, 21-3, 21-18.

Shivalik trophy: St Soldier's School, Sector 28, lifted the 6th Shivalik Trophy for under-12 boys by beating Government Model High School, Sector 38, 2-1 in the match which went to the tie-breaker here at the Sector 17 football grounds today.

Ravneet Singh and Shakti Singh of St Soldier's School scored one goal each while Kulwinder Singh of the losing side scored the lone goal for his team.

In this tournament, St Xavier's School got the Fair Play Trophy, Vicky of GMHS-28 was adjudged the best striker, T.S. Badwal of GNPS was named the best half, Gurinder of SPS-41 the best defender and Ravneet of St Soldier's school the best goalkeeper.

Meanwhile, the under-17 years' boys' tournament as a qualifying requisite for the All-India Subroto Cup meet 1999 was inaugurated today by Mr D.S. Bedi, Principal of Shivalik Public School, Sector 41.

In the first match, the GMHS-28 team beat the MRA-27 team by three goals to nil.