Scooterist succumbs to injuries
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — A scooterist, Rajesh Thakur of Sector 9, who had been admitted to the PGI after being hit by a car (CH-01-V-8990) near the Sector 9 lights yesterday, succumbed to his injuries today.

The erring driver has been arrested by the police. A case under Sections 279, 337 and 304-A of the IPC has been registered against him.

Collision: Mr Anuj Rishi of Sector 40 complained that his car (CH-01-B-1818) was hit near Sector 41 by another car (PB-12-B-9999), which was being driven rashly. The driver of the other car sped away.

Eve-teasers held: The police arrested three persons on charges of eve-teasing.

According to police sources, Sanjay and Vinod Kumar were arrested from near Government College for Girls, Sector 42. A Panchkula resident was nabbed from the Sector 36 market for the same offence.

Separate cases under Section 294 of the IPC have been registered at the Sector 36 police station.

Abducted: Mr Manohar Lal, a resident of Sector 23, reported to the police that his daughter had been abducted by Madan Lal, a resident of the same sector. A case under Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC has been registered at the Central police station.

Three held: Kali Ram and Mangal Ram, residents of Ram Darbar, were arrested for quarrelling at a public place. A case under Section 160, IPC, has been registered at the Sector 31 police station.

Surjit Singh was arrested for playing his stereo on a high pitch. A case under Sections 4 and 5 of the Noise Control Act, has been registered a the Sector 36 police station.

DERA BASSI

Four booked: The Lalru police registered cases against four persons of Toganpur village under Section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly demanding dowry.

Balwinder Kaur had complained that her husband Nirmal Singh, father-in-law Kehar Singh, mother-in-law Diyal Kaur and brother-in-law Kuldeep Singh were harassing her for bringing dowry.

Balwinder Kaur of Jorakalan village was married to Nirmal Singh, a resident of Toganpur, about one and a half years ago and she is the mother of a baby girl.

PANCHKULA

Beaten up: A few drivers of the Panchkula Truckers Union were allegedly beaten up by shopkeepers of Rally village in Sector 12-A.

The problem occurred when the trucks with registration numbers of other states tried to load goods on the demand of the shopkeepers. This was objected to by the truck union members. Sources reveal that following altercation between the drivers of the union and shopkeepers, the former were beaten up.

The police has, however, not registered any case so far. It is leant that a compromise has been reached between the two parties.

SAS NAGAR

One killed: The cleaner of a truck died after being hit by a speeding bus of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking on the Chandigarh-Zirakpur road near here on Monday.

The police has registered a case against the driver of the bus, Surjeet Singh, on the basis of a statement given by Harbans Singh, the driver of the truck on which the deceased was employed as cleaner.

Exhibition of collages opens
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — Raja Jaikrishan's exhibition of collages, titled 'Exiles' World', opened today at the Museum of Fine Arts, Panjab University. His 25 sets of works present what he terms "an upside-down world of exile".

The angst and the anxieties of this artist, who hails from Kashmir valley, are quite perceptible in the splashed images of various collages, most of which have been done in drab hues of greys and blacks. But the viewer suddenly seems to be thrown amidst colours, after a series of collages in ashen shades, may be a deliberate attempt by the artist to both startle and disquiet.

Some works of Raja present unnerving collages, like the one titled 'The Baby Does Not Cry Anymore', which uses perturbing images of half-dead children amidst shadows and bright colours. A series of three collages in a row — 'Night in the Valley', Sunset in the Valley' and 'Waiting for Dawn' present an absorbingly poignant view of a man's love for his lost land.

Interestingly, Raja has not titled all his works.In 1997 Raja had presented his first exhibition in acrylic and ink, besides collages.

The exhibition will be open till December 4.

Gurpreet, Surinder best athletes
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — Gurpreet among girls and Surinder among boys, both of St Soldier's Public School, Sector 28, were declared best athletes in under-14 section of the Chandigarh State Athletics Championship which concluded here today at the Sector 7 Sport Complex. The three-day meet was organised by the Amateur Athletics Association of Chandigarh.

Others who were adjudged best athletes in various age groups included Amanbir Singh of Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, in the under-16 boys' section, Lakhbir Singh of DAVSSS-8 in the under-18 section, Zulfikar of SD Public School, Sector 32 in the under-20 section, Mohinder Singh of Chandigarh police in the men's section. Girls who were adjudged best athletes included Pawandeep of SAI-18 in the under-16 section, Manju Hooda of Athletics Club-7 in the under-18 section, Poonam Lata of GCG-11 in the under-20 section, Kavita of MCM-36 in the under-22 section and Monika in the women's section.

Results: Girls (under-14) — Gurpreet Kaur 1, Priyanka Sharma 2, Preet Kamal 3; under-16 2,000 m — Mohinderjit Kaur (SAI-18) 1, Poonam (SAI-18) 2, Poonam (Sarvhitkari) 3; 400 m — Veena Yadav 1, Pawandeep Kaur 2, Poonam 3.

Javelin throw — Amandeep Kaur 1, Sakshi 2, Namandeep 3; under-18 3,000 m — Anu Chaudhary 1, Suman 2; 400 m — Manju Hooda 1, Ramanjit 2, Simmer Kaur 3; javelin throw — Shivani Thakur 1, Mandeep 2, Jyoti 3; long jump — Simmer 1, Pushpa 2, Samina 3.

Under-20 400 m — Pinky Sharma 1, Rekha 2, Neha 3; 3,000 m — Neha 1, Rekha 2, Harpreet Kaur 3; javelin throw — Poonam Lata 1, Gagandeep Kaur 2; long jump — Poonam 1, Pinki Sharma 2, Anita 3.

Under-22 long jump — Suruchi 1, Seema 2, Shruti 3; Boys (under-16) javelin throw — Sanjeev 1, Pardeep 2, Pawan 3; 100 m — Amandeep Singh 1, Yogesh 2, Sanjeev 3; 2,000 m — Latif Mohammad 1, Ashwani Sharma 2, Anil Rawat 3.

Under-18 (long Jump) — Lakhbir Singh 1, Dalip Singh 2, Sandeep Chauhan 3; 400 m — Sunil 1, Mohit 2, Sanjay 3; javelin throw — Harvinder Singh 1, Lakhbir Singh 2, Parminder Singh 3.

Under-20 long jump — Jagmohan 1, Manoj Kumar 2, Surinder 3; 400 m — Jagtar Singh 1, Bhupinder Singh 2, Jagmohan 3; 10,000 m — Zulfkar 1, Ankant 2, Hemant 3.

Under-22 long jump — Mayank Bhushan 1, Balbir Singh 2, Bimal 3; 400 m — Manoj 1, Sanjeev 2, Balbir Singh 3; 10,000 m — Balbir Singh 1, Kamaljit Singh 2, Jaswinder Singh 3; Men's long jump — Saurab Sethi 1, Jaikishan 2, Mohinder Singh 3; 10,000 m — Mohinder Singh 1, Jaikishan 2, Dharamvir Singh 3; javelin throw — Inderpreet Singh 1, Sukhwinder Singh 2, Jaswinder Singh 3.

Boy selected: Rahul Batra of Manav Mangal School, Sector 11, Panchkula, has made it to the five-member Haryana State Table Tennis Team which will take part in the 61st Cadet and Sub-Junior National Table Tennis meet to be held at Kozhikode (Kerala) from December 2. He is the only player from Panchkula to get selected for the state team.

The director of the school, Mr G.S. Sardana said Rahul had earlier won the Panchkula district inter-school table tennis tournament and also gave magnificent performance at the CBSE Table Tennis meet.

Cricket trials: The Chandigarh Women's Cricket Association will hold trials to select the UT under-19 girls' cricket team tomorrow at IS Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, according to Ms Archana Sharma, Secretary of the CWCA. The team thus selected will take part in the North Zone Inter-State Cricket Tournament to be held in the first week of December at Panchkula.

Seniors' walk: The Chandigarh Administration will organise a fast walk for senior citizens on Decemebr 5 at 6.30 am at Leisure Valley as part of the Chandigarh Carnival in the following age groups in men's and women's categories: 65-70 (5 km), 70-75 (4 km), 75-80 (3 km). Entries close on December 2 with Mr Inderpal Singh, Assistant Secretary of the Chandigarh Sport Council (phone: 741672).

Tourney postponed: The proposed inter-school cricket tournament for boys under the age of 12 for St Kabir Trophy which was to be held from December 3 has been postponed, according to Mr S.S. Bawa, Secretary of the UT Cricket Association.