Labourer electrocuted in Sector 31
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 27 — A labourer was electrocuted after he accidently touched some live wires at a creche in Sector 31 here today.

According to police sources, Ram Bilas was engaged by Sham Dutt, a contractor, who had been allotted renovation work of the creche,which is located just across the Sector 31 police station.

The labourer was sprinkling water on the newly plastered roof when he was electrocuted. The police claims that the wires connected to a water pump had not been adequately secured and reportedly touched the wet roof resulting in the death.Ram Bilas was rushed to the police station but was declared brought dead.

A case has been registered against the contractor at the Sector 31 police station under Section 304 - A of the IPC.

Arrested: The police has arrested Sonu, a resident of Sector 38, for carrying 38 pouches of illicit whisky. A case under section 61 - 1 - 14 of the Excise Act has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.

Noise pollution: The police has registered a case against a Mani majra resident Sukhwinder Singh for using a loud speaker on his car without permission. A case under Section 4 \ 5 of the Punjab Noise Pollution Control Act has been registered against him at the Mani majra police station.

Trespass case: Mr Vishal Vashisht, a resident of Kishangarh village, reported to the police that Dharam Parkash, Mrs Baru Devi, Puran Chand and Pushpinder had trespassed in his house and quarrelled with him.

A case has been registered under Section 379 \ 452 \ 323 \ 34 of the IPC at the Mani Majra police station.

21 arrested: As many as 21 persons have been arrested for committing various offences in the city. Eight persons have been arrested under preventive action. Nine persons have been arrested for creating nuisance at a public place under the influence of liquor.Four persons have been arrested for roaming under suspicious circumstances.

Held: Mahabir Singh, a resident of Mani Majra has been arrested in connection with a case already registered against him under Section 323, 325 and 506 of the IPC at the Mani majra police station.

Stabbing incident: The police on Friday arrested Chander Shekhar, who was involved in the stabbing incident at Kajheri on Thursday, from near the railway station . He along with Ashok Kumar had allegedly stabbed Jasbir Singh, a resident of the same village, following an altercation. The latter had been nabbed by residents of the villageafter the incident.A case has been registered under Section 324\ 34 \ 506, IPC, at the Sector 36 police station.

Pretty looking boys stage play
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 27 — It was the oft-heard tale of a 'strict' school, a greedy and brutal headmaster and a poor little orphan boy that was staged this morning by St John's High School, Sector 26, at Tagore Theatre. The musical, titled 'Smike', based on Charles Dickens' popular novel 'Nicholas Nickleby', written by Roger Holman and Simon May, has been directed by Brother C. D'Abreu, Principal of the school.

With pretty looking and melodious sounding young boys on the stage telling the story of an orphaned boy named Smike being treated shabbily by the headmaster of Dotheboy's Hall and finally being rescued by Nicholas Nickleby, the schoolteacher, and the other school boys, the play somehow dragged a bit too much. Long gaps and unsynchronised choreography jarred the otherwise interesting play. The extravagant sets executed by Vinay Wadhera, Jack Imlay and Arun Nanda also failed to do little much for this three-hour long production.

But the choir, executed by Mrs Mercia Sharma, proved to be a melodious diversion.

The second half of the play was highly engrossing, with the tragi-comic scenes between the schoolteacher and the headmaster's daughter providing the humour to this otherwise sad tale.

Judo gold for Amit, Sagar
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Aug 27 — Amit Mahajan of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 46, in the below 55 kg class and Sagar Diwan of Government High School, Sector 37, in the under-19 section, bagged gold medals in the judo events of the inter-school tournament which concluded here today the Sector 42 indoor hall.

Mr Siddharth Chattopadhya, IPS, gave away the prizes.

The results are as follows: Boys Under-19 (below 40 kg) — Sagar Diwan 1, Nittu Kumar 2, Tejeshwar Singh and Rahul Verma 3; below 45 kg — Karanjeet 1, Puneet Kumar 2, Deepak and Rajiv Panwar 3; below 50 kg — Mandeep Singh 1, Manwinder singh 2, Ravinder and Lal 3.

Below 55 kg — Amit Mahajan 1, Sidharth Kanwar 2, Ravi and Deepak 3; below 60 kg — Mandeep Singh 1, Ramesh 2, Rajeev and Munish 3; below 65 kg — Satinder Rawat 1, Raj Kamal 2, Gurneet Singh 3, Ravi Kumar 3; below 71 kg — Kapil Bansal 1, Peeyush Gambhir 2, Jatinder Singh and Deevesh 3; above 71 kg — Harish Kumar 1, Lalit Arora 2, Jaswinder Singh 3, Uday Raj 3.

Under-17 boys (below 40 kg) — Lailt Kuamr 1, Manoj Kumar 2, Sandeep Bisht 3, Vinod Panwar 3; below 45 kg — Rajan 1, Vishal 2, Bhagwan and Vishal 3; below 50 kg — Satya Bham Singh 1, Sharwan 2, Sooraj Shah and Sohan Singh 3.

Below 5 kg' — Shabad Khan 1, Sunil 2, Sumit Kumar 3, Uttam Sharma 3; Under 14 boys (below 45 kg) — Puneet Rana 1, Mohammad Rasaul 2, Sanjay Kumar and Sonu Kumar 3; below 50 kg — Amanmeet 1, Sunil 2, Amardeep Sethi 3, Kamaljit Singh 3; above 50 kg — Vikramjit Singh 1, Maninder Singh 2, Amanpreet Singh 3, Nikhil Kumar 3.

League soccer: Sagar Football Club defeated Liberty Club by a solitary goal on the eighth day of the Chandigarh Senior League Soccer Tournament here at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 today. In the first half, both teams failed to score any goal.

In the second half, left striker Harpreet Singh converted a beautiful pass into a goal which got the victory for Sagar Club.

Ball badminton: On the opening day of the Chandigarh Junior Ball Badminton Championship here at SGGSS School, Sector 35, GMSSS-33; GSSS-38; GMSSS-19; MDAV-2; GSSS, Karsan; SGSSS-35; SDPS-32; and MM Club scored victories in the boys' event.

In the girls' event, GMSSSS-21, UBC, Dev Samaj College, GMSSS-33, GMSSS-37 and ISDSSSS-21 won their matches and surged ahead in the tournament.

TT titles: Nadia Saini of DAV Public School, Sector 8, and Amit Kumar of Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, clinched the cadet girls' and boys' titles, respectively, in the Prof R.S. Mehta Memorial Table Tennis Tournament which began here today at the Sector 23 table tennis hall.

Nadia defeated Manisha of Patiala in two staight games, 21-17, 21-13, while Amit defeated Vishal Raj, also of Patiala, in three games, 21-11, 18-21, 21-10.

Results: (boys semi-finals) — Vishal Raj b Sachin Saini, 21-19, 21-13; Amit Kumar b Kamaljit Singh, 21-15, 21-15.

Quarterfinals — Amit Kumar b Mohit, 21-14, 21-11; Kamaljit Singh b Vaibhav, 21-15, 21-15; Sachin b Pankaj Goyal, 21-16, 21-19; Vishal b Manik, 21-11, 21-7.

Girls semi-finals — Nadia Saini b Sandhya Sharma, 21-15, 21-10; Manisha Sharma b Ritika Chopra, 21-13, 11-21, 19-21;

Quarterfinals — Nadia Saini b Ravnet, 21-5, 21-10; Sandhya Sharma b Preeti Jain, 21-11, 21-13; Ritika b Gagandeep Kaur, 22-20, 21-18; Manisha b Jayanti, 21-16, 21-10.

Wrestling meet: Wrestlers from Government High School, Sector 38-B, won seven medals, including three golds, in the under-14 category of the four-day wrestling competition which concluded at Labour Hall in Sector 30 here today.

While Ravi Kumar, Ana Vel and Anil won gold medals, Karan, Ashok and Vinod bagged silver medals. Mukesh won the bronze medal, according to a press note issued by the Headmaster of the school.