Assault case registered against students
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — The police has registered a case against some students of the Government Model High School, Sector 23, for assaulting another student of the same school.

Vijayata Mahajan reported to the police that he was assaulted by Surjit, Avinash and Atul of his school in Sector 23. The trio were also accompanied by some students of another school in Sector 26.

While no one has been arrested, further investigations are on. A case under Sections 147\148\149\341\323 of the IPC has been registered at the Central Police Station.

Liquor seized: The police arrested two persons for possessing illicit liquor. Subash Chander of Sector 20-A was nabbed from near the Sector 26 market with eight bottles of whisky.

Parmeshwar Devi of Sector 29-B was arrested from near her house and another eight bottles of whisky were recovered from her possession. Cases under Sections 61-1-64 of the Excise Act have been registered against them at the Police Station East and the Industrial Area, respectively.

'Letter pads misused': Mr B.P. Singal, president of the All India Crime Prevention Society, reported to the police that Avtar Singh, who had an office in Sector 17, had printed letter pads bearing the name and logo of his society and was misusing the name of his organisation for personal gains. The police has registered a case under Sections 420\120-B of the IPC at the Central Police Station.

Stolen: Mr Balraj Sahni of MES Colony, N Area, reported to the police that gold ornaments, household articles and Rs 8,000 in cash were stolen from his house. A case under Sections 454\380 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 31 police station.

12 arrested: Twelve persons were nabbed in the city for committing various offences. Six persons were arrested under preventive action.

Five persons were nabbed for roaming under suspicious circumstances. One person was arrested for driving under the influence of liquor.

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Killed: Kuldeep Chand was killed yesterday when his scooter was hit by another scooter (HR-03-A-9065), driven by Tejinder Pal. The police has registered a case.

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One held: The police arrested Sohan Lal of Rajiv Colony from around Sector 17 on the basis of a complaint lodged by Mr Som Prakash, a shopkeeper in Sector 9. He was arrested after he had escaped from police custody.

He has been booked under Sections 420 and 506 of the IPC. He was produced in the court of the Ilaqa Magistrate and granted bail.

B.Sc.(Hons) students get special chance
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — Students of the B.Sc (Honours) stream at Panjab University who fared badly in the annual examination of first year have been given an additional chance for the current session.The admission, however, shall be provisional.

Earlier, students could carry on in the second year even if they fared badly in the first year. But during last session, the university made a rule that students must necessarily secure 24 credits in the first year. Even the amended rule asks students who have been allowed provisional chance to secure at least 24 credits, Dr V.K.Bansal, Dean Students Welfare, said here today.

Candidates who manage 24 credits in the examination scheduled later this year will be allowed to carry on with the second year course. Otherwise, they will cease to be on rolls of the second year session.

The decision affects about 25 students directly for the current session, Dr Bansal said.

The chance has come following a protest by students who said that since that this was the first year of the introduction of the new rule, they deserved a special chance. The matter will also figure in the Syndicate and Senate meetings for a final decision later.

Each student will have to secure at least 56 credits in the second year on the basis of the first and second year examinations. Students who fail to secure the necessary credits will not be promoted.

Dr Bansal said students shall not be entitled to any benefit of condonation of shortage of lectures in the second year on the plea that they are preparing for the first year. However, the days on which the students appear for examination of the first year will be counted in favour of students' presence in the class, Dr Bansal added.

Satire on politics: Senior pass-outs of the Department of Indian Theatre and local artistes presented a street play Keemti Vote at the Students Centre here today.

Daljeet Singh, a pass-out of the department who also collaborates for projects in Mumbai, in his direction exploited the medium of language in a manner which sustained interest.

A sizeable gathering surrounded the street stage to watch a colourful and musical satire on the corrupt political system.

Contrasting simple joys with the manipulative mannerisms of common-day life, the play expressed simple truths of life in a musical way.

Paintings on Kargil conflict
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — To remember the Kargil heroes and their deeds of valour, a painting exhibition was organised by the Society for Development of Films and Arts (SODEFA) at the Sector 10 Government Museum and Arts Gallery here today.

A number of artists from all over the region participated in the exhibition in which paintings of Parveen Behl, Sardar Jodh Singh, Balwinder Singh, R.K. Jain and others were displayed.

A large number of people thronged the exhibition to see the different aspects of war on canvas. Maj-Gen Tirlochan Singh was the chief guest.

Congress is main Opposition
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — With the reinduction of the eight rebel councillors into the BJP, the Congress will now be the main Opposition group in the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh.

Till now the BJP-SAD alliance, having seven councillors, was the main Opposition group in the civic body and a BJP councillor, Mr Des Raj Tandon, was the Leader of the Opposition. While the BJP had the support of five councillors, the Akalis had two councillors in the 29-member corporation.

With the change in the number game, the post of the Leader of the Opposition will now go to the Congress since it was the only Opposition group in the civic body. It may be recalled that the strength of the Congress had gone up to five with the addition of the Mrs Satinder Dhawan (SJP), who along with her husband and a former Union Minister, Mr Harmohan Dhawan, joined the Congress recently.

The Congress councillors are likely to meet in a day or two and present their claim for the post of the Leader of the Opposition before the meeting of the House on August 30.

The seating plan of the councillors is also likely to be changed. The seating plan was last changed earlier this year when the BJP-SAD alliance had demanded a separate seating arrangement as the main Opposition group following the defeat of its candidates for the posts of Mayor, the Senior Deputy Mayor and the Deputy Mayor on December 23 last year.

Subsequently, the ruling group had elected Mr Raghubir Lal Arora as the Leader of the House.

Cauliflower, beans cheaper
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — Even as more arrivals have resulted in the lowering of the price of cauliflower, a number of other commonly used vegetables have also witnessed fluctuation in their prices during the past four days.

After remaining at the top for about one month, the price of cauliflower has started coming down. A kg of the vegetable, priced at Rs 40 in the retail market just three days back, could be purchased today for Rs 30. The wholesale price has decreased from Rs 170 to Rs 130 per 5 kg.

There is, however, no change in the price of cabbage as to purchase a kg of the vegetable one has to pay Rs 15 in the retail market and Rs 60 for 5 kg in the wholesale market.

According to traders, the fall in the price of cauliflower is an outcome of more arrivals in the market from Himachal Pradesh and the onset of arrival of an advanced variety of the crop from nearby villages.

Beans have also become cheaper during this period. A kg of the vegetable, priced at Rs 28 a week ago, could be purchased today for Rs 22-24 in the retail market. The wholesale price has come down from Rs 130 to Rs 100 per 5 kg during this period.

Similarly, there was a slight decline in the price of gourd. A kg of the vegetable, priced at Rs 16 just four days back, could be purchased today for Rs 12. The wholesale price has come down from Rs 60 to Rs 40 per 5 kg.

The case of tomato was also not different. A kg of the vegetable, priced at Rs 24 during last week, was priced today at Rs 20. The wholesale price has come down from Rs 100 to Rs 80 per 5 kg during this period. Ginger has also become cheaper as its price has come down from Rs 60 to Rs 48 per 5 kg. In the wholesale market, the vegetable was priced today at Rs 200 instead of Rs 250 per 5 kg, its price during the last week.

On the other hand, the prices of peas, lemon and capsicum have increased during this period. A kg of peas, priced at Rs 32 just four days back, could be purchased today for Rs 40 in retail market, while in the wholesale market the price has jumped from Rs 130 to Rs 150 per 5 kg. A kg lemon, priced at Rs 24 just two days back, was available today for Rs 40 in different sector markets.The wholesale price has increased from Rs 100 to Rs 170 per 5 kg due to lesser arrivals of the vegetable.

Capsicum also witnessed a considerable hike in its price as its price has increased from Rs 28 to Rs 32 a kg in retail and from Rs 130 to Rs 150 per 5 kg in wholesale market. Onion and potato were priced at Rs 10 and Rs 4 a kg, respectively.

Rana, Bedi best swimmers
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — Puneet Rana, bronze medallist of the National School Games, and Harsimran Singh Bedi, both of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, were declared the best swimmers in the under-19 section of the Chandigarh Swimming Competition for schools which concluded here today at the Sector 23 swimming pool.

In the under-17 boys' section, Arvind Sehdev of St Stephen's School, Sector 45, and Gurbir Singh of Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, were adjudged the best swimmers.

Abhishek of St John's School, Sector 26, and Pankaj Chauhan of St Stephen's School were declared the best swimmers in the under-14 section of the competition.

In the carrom competitions, in the under-19 section, SD Public School, Sector 32, won the first position by beating Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, 3-0 in the final (Rozerio b Ankush, 25-0; Charukh b Manav, 25-0; Paramdeep b Milap, 25-0). The third place in this section went to Shivalik Public School who defeated Shishu Niketan School, Sector 22, 2-1.

Mount Carmel School bagged a title each in the under-17 and under-14 sections. In these sections, Mt Carmel defeated St Stephen's School, 3-0, and Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, 3-0, respectively. In the under-17 section, third place was secured by Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 32, and in the under-14 section by AKS Public School, Sector 41.

Results (finals): Under-17 — Mt Carmel b St Stephen's, 3-0 (Dhruv b Anu Papneja, 21-8; Deepak b Rajat, 25-7; Ankur b M. Bansal 25-5).

Under-14 — Mt Carmel b Sanjay School, 3-0 (Sumit b Chetan, 25-0; Ravinder b Munish, 21-14; Hardeep b Gaurav, 25-4).

League soccer: OCF Club today registered a fine 3-0 victory over MPS Club on the sixth day of the Chandigarh Senior League Football Tournament in progress here at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8.

In another match of the day, Youngsters Club got a walkover against the Tribune Club team which failed to turn up. On the basis of heading Group A, Youngsters Club qualified for the super league.

In the match between OCF Club and MPS Club, former were in total command of the game from the beginning. In the 6th minute of the game, left winger Paramjit scored the goal.

After this, MPS Club valiantly stopped attacks on their goal by OCF Club in the 15th and 18th minutes of the match. Ajay of OCF Club missed an opportunity in the 20th minute but he bounced back in 28th minute by scoring the second goal for his team. Half-time score was 2-0 in favour of OCF Club.

In the second half, both teams tried to put pressure on each other. In the dying hours of the match, right winger Bhupinder scored the third goal for OCF Club.

Inter-school TT: Manav Mangal School, Sector-11, Panchkula, bagged three out of four titles in the Panchkula Inter-school Table Tennis Tournament organised by the District Education Department at the Sector 7 community centre in Panchkula.

In the under-19 boys'section, Manav Mangal School defeated Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, 3-1. In earlier rounds, they had beaten Bhavan Vidyalaya, 3-1, and Army School, 3-0.

In the under-19 girls' section, Manav Mangal School defeated Hansraj Public School, 2-1.

Finals results: Boys — Rahul Batra (MMS) b Vikram (HPS), 21-8, 21-18; Gaurav Manchanda (MMS) b Vaibhav, 21-17, 23-21; Rahul (MMS) b Sahil ( HPS), 22-20, 21-16.

Girls — Swati Gupta (MMS) b Richa (HPS), 21-16, 21-9; Swati and Chandandeep (MMS) b Manisha and Richa (HPS), 21-18, 16-21, 21-18.