Woman set on fire
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 20 — The police has registered a case against the husband of a Sector 31 resident for reportedly setting her on fire after dousing her with kerosene oil.

Police sources said the victim, Mrs Kamla Devi, gave a statement to the effect that she was drenched in kerosene by her husband, Raju, and set on fire. She received nearly 90 per cent burn injuries and is struggling for her life at the Sector 32 GMCH. Her husband also received about 70 per cent burns.

A case under Sections 307 and 309 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 31 police station.

Cops injured: Two policemen driving a PCR motorcycle, Satnam Singh and pillion rider Subash Chander, were injured when they were hit by a car (CH-01-X-8191) near Punjab Kala Bhavan in Sector 16. The occupants of the car, a young boy and a girl, fled away from the scene of the crime.

A case under Sections 279, 337 and 353 of the IPC has been registered at the Central Police Station.

Purse snatched: Vikas, a resident of the Housing Board Colony of Maloya, reported to the police that two youths snatched his purse, containing Rs 150, his driving license and identity card, near the colony's nursery.

A case under Sections 382 and 34 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.

Cash stolen: Mr Prem Singh, Pradhan of Gurdwara Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Sahib in Maloya, reported to the police that someone stole Rs 400 from the cash box of the gurdwara. A case under Sections 457 and 380 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.

Chaos at PU result counters
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 20 — Chaos and confusion prevailed at the enquiry counter in Panjab University where BA II results were being shown to the candidates here today.

The counters were heavily crowded where individuals enquired about their results. The students had to wait long to know results as these were shown only in the afternoon. University authorities said that the circular carrying information about the declaration of the result clearly said that it would be declared in the afternoon.

A student from Ropar said there were others as well who had come from far off places to know their results.

The university could have displayed a notice saying when the result would be declared on the campus, he said. "Non-availability of the gazette in my college in the morning prompted me to rush to the university. However, when I reached here, there was already a big rush of students from another college," a girl student said.

Another student said the results were normally sent to colleges. However when students reached their colleges in the morning, they came to know that the result would be declared later.

MA I counselling: A total of 455 seats out of 485 were filled in the centralised admissions cell for social science subjects in the second counselling session here today.

Nearly all 28 seats left vacant belong to special categories. Only two vacant seats in the Department of Ancient History belong to the general category. Seats in the general category fell vacant because the students changed their subjects, sources said.

The vacant seats would remain untouched till August 26, following which, these would be declared open for other categories, sources said. The third counselling session will take place on August 30.

A total of 3,066 students applied for the course. More than 1,900 candidates appeared for the interview for 485 seats, sources added.

Protest rally: The Punjab University Non-Teaching Employees Federation in a protest rally today demanded that employees be paid fixed medical allowance.

The employees also seek career advancement schemes and creation of new posts.

Results declared: Results of MA II (economics), B.Ed and gyani examinations were declared here today. Copies of the result gazette will be available at the enquiry counter from August 23 onwards.

Seats vacant: Five seats each are vacant in the B.Sc (honours) and M.Sc (honours) biophysics courses for students seeking admissions in the NRI category.

Interested students have been asked to contact the department by August 30, an official press note said here today.

Seats are also vacant in the B.Sc and M.Sc, honours schools geology courses. Eight seats in the NRI quota of Llb (first year) course are lying vacant. Students have been asked to contact the office by August 27.

SOPU fast: The fast by members of the Students Organisation of Panjab University continued today.

SOPU is demanding provisional promotions of B.Sc I (honours) and M.Sc I (pass course) students who were admitted in the session 1998-1999.

They are also demanding promotions of students of microbiology who have appeared for the examintion but are short of lectures.

Case against school dismissed
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 20 — The UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has dismissed a complaint by some students of Leather Garment and Technology and other courses against the Avi School of Fashion and Shoe Technology, Sector 35.

The complainants — Lavi Kumar, Vineet Malik, Vikramjeet Singh and Gagan Gupta — had pleaded that the respondent was running the AVI school in fashion and shoe technology and had issued a prospectus, in which apart from prescribed fee for the course, it had promised facilities for imparting training and education in the course. Lured by the prospectus, the complainants applied for garment and shoe technology and other courses and were selected for admission in 1996.

The complainants alleged that during the course, they found that the respondent had given false representation in the prospectus as there was no resource centre material and library wing, except for a few pieces of waste leather, outdated books and magazines, which had no relevance as far as the course was concerned. There was no appropriate machinery and expert professional guides either from within the country or from abroad to take classes. The first semester went without classes for want of faculty in the relevant field and no laboratory facility, video tapes or recreational facilities were available.

They alleged that the hostel lacked facilities. In the second semester, the course of study imparted was different than that undertaken by the complainants and some of the subjects were the same which they had studied in the first semester. It was the same with the third and fourth semesters.

Faced with this, one of the complainants joined the Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai's regional centre at Jalandhar, while others left the course midway. They prayed that the institute management had duped the complainants by giving false information in the prospectus and the heavy amount paid by them had been wasted. The complainants sought compensation and refund of the fee while presenting copies of the receipts of the payment made by them.

Hearing the arguments, the forum said the complainants took admission in their respective courses in 1996 but complaints were made by them in 1998, and not immediately after noticing the alleged deficiencies. The facts alleged by the complainants were complicated and required evidence to establish the alleged allurements by the respondents. As the complaint of having been duped amounted to criminal offence, for which the remedy lay before the criminal court, the case should be dismissed without any costs.

Shivalik Trophy final today
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Aug 20 — SD Public School, Sector 32, will take on Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, in the final of the Shivalik Trophy for boys (under-17) which entered its penultimate day here today.

In the first semi-final played here today, SD Public School defeated Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, 5-1. Gopal Thapa of SD Public School scored the first goal in the 6th minute of the match, followed by two more goals in the 9th and the 18th minutes of the game by Ameet. Pankaj Goyal and Kuljeet also scored one goal each.

Daleep Singh of GNPS-36 scored the lone goal for his team.

In the second semi-final, SPS-41, trounced St Soldier's School, Sector 28, 7-1. Vikramjit Singh of the SPS struck with four goals. He scored the first goal in the 6th minute of the match, second in the 8th, third in the 14th and fourth in 18th minute of the match.

Manvinder scored two goals while Neeraj scored one goal. Ajay of St Soldier's School scored the only goal for his team in the 12th minute of the game.

Inter-area hockey: Chandigarh Area won the Western Air Command Inter-Area Hockey Championships which concluded here this evening at the Sector 42 Astroturf hockey stadium.

In the one-sided final, Chandigarh blanked Suratgarh Area, 5-0. The chief guest, Air Commodore S.K. Banerjee, gave away the prizes.

Chandigarh Area players were in command of the game right from the beginning. Himanshu of Chandigarh Area scored the first goal in the 10th minute of the match. Vishal scored a goal after two minutes of the first goal and at half time the score was 2-0.

In the second half, Vasant scored a goal in the 41st minute. In the 56th minute Vishal struck again, taking the lead to 4-0.

But this was not enough. Yoginder Kaushik too scored a goal in next minute and finally, Chandigarh Area won, 5-0.

City soccer: On the opening day of the Chandigarh Senior Division Football Club League which started today at the DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, two matches were played. In the first match, Youngsters Football Club drew with Sanjay Public Club as both teams failed to score a goal in the stipulated period.

In the second match of the day, OCF Football Club defeated Tribune Club by three goals to nil. The half-time score was 1-0 in favour of OCF. The goals were scored by Bharat Bhushan, S. Saxena and Ajaypal. As many as 19 teams are taking part in this tournament and the winners will participate in the Federation Cup.

Memorial cricket: The inaugural Sandeep Sagar Memorial Cricket Tournament will begin tomorrow at the Gurasagar grounds.

The first match will be played between Punjab Cricket Club and Life Insurance Corporation team.

Nazma shines: Nazma stole the show in gymnastics (girls under-14) event of the Chandigarh State Schools Tournament which began here today. The tournament for girls is being organised in gymnastics, swimming and carrom disciplines and will end tomorrow.

In various gynnastics events organised in the Sector 7 indoor hall, Nazma of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, in the under-14 age group, bagged the first position in vaulting horse, balancing beam and uneven bars events. Mala Rawat of SD Public School, Sector 32, won the first place in the ribbon event while Davinder Kaur of SGGS Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, stood first in rope events.

Results: (Under-14 finals) Vaulting horse — Nazma (GMSSS-19) 1, Sandhya (GMHS-26) 2, Kavita (MDAV School-22) 3.

Balancing beam — Nazma (GMSSS-19) 1, Shikha (GGSSS-8) 2, Sandhya (GMHS-26) and Tripti (Vivek High School-38) 3.

Uneven bars — Nazma (GMSSS-19) 1, Shikha (GGSSS-8) 2, Kavita (MDAV-22) 3.

Rhythmic gymnastics: Ribbon — Mala Rawat (SDPS-32) 1, Prabhleen (GMSSS-10) 2, Kamalpreet (GMSSS-19) 3.

Rope — Davinder Kaur (SGGSSS-35) 1, Kamalpreet Kaur (GMSSS-19) 2, Nanki Singh (VHS-38) and Prabhleen Kaur (GMSS-10) 3.