Jewellery thief held
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, June 11 — Jeewan Lal, a resident of Sector 20-C has been arrested for allegedly stealing jewellery worth Rs 5,500 from the house of his neighbour Subhash Kumar .

The theft took place almost a fortnight ago and case under Section 380 of the ICP had been registered.

Woman attacked: Six persons have been arrested for allegedly attacking a Dadu Majra-based woman, Vidyawati. Ram Anjur, Rai Bhadur Singh, Ramesh Kumar , Ravi Shankar, Baboo and Shiv Nardan have been arrested and booked under Sections 147,148, 149, 323 and 506 of the IPC.

Insulting words: A Sector 29 youth, Anil Kumar, has been arrested for allegedly uttering words with intention to insult the modesty of woman. A case under Section 509 of the IPC has been registered.

Car stolen: A car (CH-01-D-2204) owned by Mr K.L. Gulati of Sector 61 has been allegedly stolen from his residence.

Demand to remove pay anomalies
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, June 11 — The Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) yesterday presented a representation to the Vice-Chancellor for the removal of anomalies in the fixation of pay in the revised pay scales.

In a press note issued here, PUTA said that many professors of the university had not been granted one increment for every three increments they had in the unrevised pay scale as stipulated in the pay revision rules. PUTA said that the university should take a decision to provide at least two increments to all such teachers who had never received any benefit of increments on account of PhD throughout their career in the university.

On the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS), the PUTA President pointed out that the UGC had provided that the total service of a teacher might be counted for determining eligibility for promotion under the CAS, but no modalities for counting the total service had been finalised.

Expression of life's rhythms

CHANDIGARH, June 11 — It was an aesthetic expression of the rhythms of life in the form of a kathak dance at Pracheen Kala Kendra, this evening. Budding artiste Madhura Pathak, a disciple of kathak virtuoso Shovana Narayan, presented traditional kathak items of both Lucknow and Jaipur Gharanas in a composite performance of nritta, nritya and abhinaya.

Madhura commenced her performance with a devotional rendering to envoke Goddess Saraswati in Raga Vasant. In teen taal, her movements had the sublimity of the Lucknow Gharana combined with the natural grace of the Jaipur Gharana. She then presented Nritta of pure-dance items in teen taal. A cheerful Madhura, performed to the sheer delilght of the audience which appreciated her agility and perfect control over rhythmic patterns.

Her next item was 'Draupadi Cheer Haran'. The mythological tale of devotion was well enacted in the form of a dance drama. This was followed by a number of compositions where the dancer combined abhinaya with nritya. In the composition 'Shyam Rang Mein Hui Nihal', depicting intense longing for God, both physical and metaphysical, she presented a fine blend of the physical with the sublime.

After presenting a Thumri item 'Vipralabha Nayika' in teen taal, she concluded her performance with a bhajan by Surdas in Raga Jogiya. She was accompanied by Pandit Tej Prakash Tulsi on the pakhawaj and Shakeel Ahmad Khan on the tabla. Hari Nath Jha gave the vocal support.

— Vandana Shukla

Peas, tomato costlier
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, June 11— Even as the prices of a number of commonly used vegetables remained stable, peas, tomato and brinjal have become costlier in the market during the past 24 hours.

During a survey of the local market, it was found that there was a sharp hike in the prices of peas, brinjal and tomato. A kg of tomato, priced at Rs 12 yesterday, was available today for Rs 16. The wholesale price of the vegetable has increased from Rs 40 to Rs 60 per five kg during this period. According to traders, the price has gone up due to lesser arrivals of the vegetable from Himachal Pradesh and shrinking supplies of local variety of the vegetable from different parts of Punjab and Haryana.

"Though, local variety of tomato is coming in the market, it is not up to the mark. Hence, people prefer the 'pahari' variety which has resulted in a hike in demand , thus causing a scarcity of the vegetable in the market," said a Sector 20 trader.

The same was the case with peas, as its price has shot up from Rs 40 a kg to Rs 50 a kg during this period. The wholesale price of the vegetable has gone up from Rs 180 to Rs 225 per five kg. On Wednesday, the vegetable was available for Rs 24 a kg in the local market due to a temporary hike in arrivals from different parts of Himachal Pradesh. But all of a sudden, the arrivals dipped during the past two days, thus causing a hike in the price.

In case of brinjal, the rise in the price was considerable. A kg of the vegetable, priced at Rs 12 two days back, was available today for Rs 16. The wholesale price of the vegetable has increased from Rs 40 to Rs 60 per five kg.

The price of potato has also increased during this period. A kg of the ' pahari' variety of the vegetable priced between Rs 7 and Rs 8, was available for Rs 10 in different parts of the city. The local variety was, however, priced at Rs 6 a kg.

Similarly, the price of beans has increased from Rs 24 to Rs 28 a kg in the retail market and from Rs 100 to Rs 120 per five kg in the wholesale market.

On the other hand, capsicum became cheaper during this period. A kg of the vegetable, priced at Rs 40 yesterday, was available today for Rs 30 in the market today. The wholesale price of the vegetable has decreased from Rs 150 to Rs 120 per five kg.

There was no fluctuation in the prices of other vegetables.The price of cauliflower and cabbage was stable at Rs 16 and Rs 10 a kg, respectively, while gourd could be purchased at the old price of Rs 10 a kg. Similarly, a kg of bittergourd, lady's finger and squashgourd was priced at Rs 16 a kg each.

Lemon was available at the old price of Rs 28 a kg, while the same quantity onion and cucumber was priced at Rs 10.

Major upset by Anup Anand
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, June 11 — Anup Anand today became the giant killer of the Total Tennis Tournament when he shocked the top seed Chatwinder Singh in two tough sets and moved into the final of the under-18 boys section at the Lake Club here today. Anup Anand won 6-4,7-6(7-5) Anup also entered the final of the under-16 event when he downed Aviral Mahajan by 6-1,6-1 in one of the semi-finals.

The match between Chatwinder and Anup became thrilling as in the second set it was extended to tie breaker where finally Anup showed his supremacy, overcoming the country's third best player in the under -16 section.

The under-12 boys final will be played between top seed Sanam K.Singh and Kushagra Mahajan who easily won their respective semi-final matches.

The boys under-16 final will be played between Anup Anand and Tushar Liberhan who was grilled for nearly two hours by his opponent, Sikander Jethly, before winning in three sets at 6-3,5-7,6-2.

Neha and Simmer, both sisters and daughters of the tennis coach Baldev Singh, sailed into the semi -finial by overpowering their opponents Harpreet and Shaleen Chauhan at 10-0 and 10-3, respectively

The following are the results:

Boys under-18 (semi-final): Anup Anand b Chatwinder Singh 6-4,7-6 (7-5); Gursewak singh Sumit Grover 6-4,7-6(7-4)

Boys under -12 (semi-final): Sanam K. Singh b Bakul Khera 6-1,6-1; Kushagra Mahajan b Simranjit Cheema 7-5,2-0 (conceded)

Girls under -6 (quarterfinal): Neha Singh b Harpreet Neelu 10-0; Prabhleen Chauhan b Amarpreet 10-0; Khushleen Kaur b Baharpal 10-8; Simar b Shaleen Chauhan 10-3

Boys under 14 ( Quarter-final):Tushar Liberhan b Sanam K.Singh 6-0,6-0; Harneet Ahluwalia b Bakul Khera 6-3,6-4; Lovpreet Singh b Maninder S.Bajwa 6-4,6-1; Ardaman Sidhu b Gurdit Singh 6-2,6-2.

Boys under 16 ( semi final): Tushar Liberhan b Sikander Jethly 6-3,5-7,6-2; Anup Anand b Aviral Mahajan 6-1,6-1

Boys under 18(doubles);-Chatwinder & Gursewak b Sikander & Anup 9-7; Lavpreet & Sanam K.Singh b Maninder & Gurdit 9-4; Harneet & Aviral Mahajan b Shubham & Dhruvsharan 9-2; Ardaman & Tushar b Navjot & Sumit 9-5.

Chandigarh win: Chandigarh notched up a fine six-run victory over Mohali in the Punjab Inter-District Cricket Tournament for the Katoch Shield at the PCA stadium, SAS Nagar today

.Batting first,Chandigarh made 254 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the stipulated 45 overs, thanks to a good knock of unbeaten 50 by Amit Uniyal followed by Yuvraj Singh and Jaspreet, who both scored 43 runs each.

Bhupinder Singh and Kailash bagged three wickets each for the Mohali team giving 27 and 40 runs, respectively.

In reply the Mohali team could gather 248 runs for the loss of six wickets in the 45 overs with Krishan Mohan scoring the highest — 95 runs. Harminder Kaku took three wickets for 49 runs for the winners.

Felicitated: The Chandigarh Football Association in coordination with the Chandigarh Sports Council on Thursday evening felicitated the football team of Chandigarh which recently bagged the North Zone Football Tournament held at Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).

The boys were also congratulated on their outstanding performance in the just concluded Nationals. The function was held at Sector 17 Football Stadium.