Unidentified decomposed body found
Tribune News Service

PANCHKULA, Nov 8 — The decomposed body of an unidentified person was found in one of the rooms adjoining the temple at Chowki village today.

Aged about 45 years, the person, in the suicide note found in his pocket, states that he was committing suicide because he was tired of life and that nobody should be held responsible for his death. The report of the post mortem is awaited and further investigations are on. A case under Section 174 of the CrPC has been registered.

3 hurt after fight: Three persons were injured in a tussle at Buddhanpur village. An old enmity is stated to be the cause of the fight among the three following which Rajesh and Surinder, residents of Indira Colony and the village respectively, were admitted to the hospital.

The third, Rajesh's sister, was discharged from hospital after first aid. The incident happened in the evening.

PINJORE

Nuisance: A case under Section 294 of the IPC has been registered against Ramu, a resident of Pinjore.

He was drunk and reportedly creating nuisance at a public place.

CHANDIGARH

Breach of peace: The police has arrested 10 persons for apprehension of the breach of the peace in the city.

According to a press note of the police, eight persons belonging to Makhan Majra village were arrested from the area under the jurisdiction of the police station in the Industrial Area.

Similarly, two persons were rounded up from the area under the jurisdiction of Sector 34 police station.

The Divali festival passed off peacefully and no untoward incident was reported, the press note claimed.

Car stolen: Mr Vikram Seth of Sector 19-B reported that his car (CH01-Q-3890) was stolen from House No 603, Sector 33, on Saturday.

A case has been registered.

Four hurt: As many as four injured persons have been admitted to the PGI.

While Yog Raj, a resident of Khatoli village in Patiala district, was seriously injured in a group clash, Ms Nachhtar Kaur, a resident Kansal village, was injured when she was allegedly attacked by her neighbours.

Mr Anjan of Sector 31 Labour Colony was injured when his bicycle skidded near the Labour Chowk in Sector 20.

In another incident, Mr Paramjit Singh, a resident of Parol village, near here, sustained head injuries when he reportedly fell from the roof of his house.

SAS NAGAR

Road mishaps: One person died and another was injured in two separate road accidents in the town in the last 48 hours.

A scooterist, Dilbagh Singh of Rani Majra villlage, died after being hit by a Canter near Phase VI here on Saturday. The victim, who was driving a scooter (PB-07-1269), after being hit by the Canter (PB-11-E-5367), was taken to the PGI, Chandigarh where he was declared brought dead.

The family of the victim had to face a lot of harassment as the autopsy of the body was done at the local civil hospital — after almost two days of his death. Sources in the local hospital said the PGI authorities referred the case to General Hospital, Chandigarh, for conducting the autopsy which in turn referred the case back to the local hospital. The victim died of head and abdominal injuries.

Meanwhile, a case under Sections 279 and 304-A of the IPC has been registered against the driver of the Canter, Inderjit Singh, who has been arrested.

Scooterist injured: Anjana, a resident of Phase 3B 2, who was driving a scooter, was injured after being hit by a speeding Punjab Roadways bus of Jalandhar depot near Maggu petrol pump here late last evening.

Two kids of the woman, who was also riding on the scooter, escaped with minor injuries.

A case under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC has been registered against the driver of the bus, Avtar Singh.

Carrot, tomato cheaper
Tribune News Service

PANCHKULA, Nov 8 — The prices of vegetables varied considerably from sector to sector in the local markets. While the general trend was towards higher prices of cucumber, garlic, peas and lady's finger, the prices of carrots and tomatoes dropped due to better arrival of the local varieties in the market.

The rate of cucumber nearly doubled due to lesser arrivals in the market. The price went up from Rs 12 to Rs 24 a kg in the absence of arrivals of the `pahari' variety and the non-availability of the local variety. The price of peas also increased from last week's Rs 25 per kg to Rs 28 per kg in the Sector 7 market and Rs 30 in the market of Sector 8 for the same reason.

Vegetable vendors were selling lady's finger at Rs 16 a kg against last week's price of Rs 10 a kg. They attributed the rise in price to the shortage in the market and stated that this was probably the last stock of the vegetable of the local variety. The vegetable available henceforth would be the Calcutta variety.

The price of carrot came down from Rs 35 a kg to Rs 25 a kg this week in Sector 7 while the same quantity could be had for Rs 20 in Sector 8 and Sector 9. Vegetable vendors, however, continued to sell the vegetable at Rs 30 a kg.

While ginger continued to be available at last week's price of Rs 30 per kg, the price of garlic went to Rs 50 per kg, up by Rs 10 per kg from last week's price in the Sector 7 market. However, it was available at Rs 40 a kg in the Sector 8 market. The price of a kg of lemon went down from Rs 30 to Rs 24 a kg this week in Sector 7 and Sector 9. Tomatoes were available for Rs 12 a kg in Sector 7 and Sector 9 markets.

A kg of radish was priced at Rs 5 a kg while a kg of fenugreek could be bought for Rs 16 in Sector 7 while it was available for Rs 10 in the Sector 8 market. Pumpkin was priced at Rs 10 a kg and spinach at Rs 8 a kg. Bittergourd was priced at Rs 20 a kg in Sector 8 and the price of capsicum shot up to Rs 50 from last week's price of Rs 40 a kg. The price of a kg of turnip declined marginally to Rs 10 a kg, down by Rs 2 a kg from last week. Cabbage was available for Rs 12 a kg while cauliflower was being sold at Rs 10 a kg.

Munish Arora wrecks LIC club
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Nov 8 — A superb performance by Punjab Ranji player Munish Arora who scored unbeaten 58 runs and claimed four wickets for four runs helped Mohali Gymkhana Cricket Club beat LIC Cricket Club by nine wickets today in the third JAL Cup Cricket Tournament being played here at the PGI grounds.

LIC-XI won the toss and elected to bat first. However, it could not face attacking MG bowlers like Munish who took three wickets in his first over.

At one time, LIC-XI was at 36 runs for seven wickets. Here, Lalit and Dharamvir scored 73 runs for the eighth wicket. LIC-XI made 118 runs in the allotted 30 overs. Munish took four wickets for 14 runs in his six overs and bowled four maiden overs.

In reply, Mohali Gymkhana-XI achieved the target in the 23rd over with nine wickets still in hand. Munish and Sukhwinder Tinkoo scored 103 runs for the first wicket. Sukhwinder made 43 runs.

Brief scores: LIC-XI — 118 runs for nine wickets in 30 overs (Lalit 37, Dharamvir 31, Munish Arora 4 for 14, Vikram Sharma 2 for 21); Mohali Gymkhana — 122 runs for one wicket in 22.1 overs (Munish Arora 58 n.o., Sukhwinder Tinkoo 43, Kamal Walia 15).

Taekwondo champ: Simer Kaur of Chandigarh got a gold medal in the 19th Men's and 17th Women's Junior Taekwondo Championship held recently at Lucknow. Simer who got her training from B.S. Handa, was declared the best fighter after she won four matches. She defeated players of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and West Bengal before winning the medal. Charu Mehta won a bronze medal in this championship.

This was Simer's ninth gold medal in national championships. In the past year, she had represented India at the second World Junior Taekwondo Championship held in Turkey. A few months ago, she got the black belt also. A student of YPS, SAS Nagar, Simer said she would try to do well in the 2001 SAF games and Asiad 2002. She also aims for a good performance in the third World Junior Taekwondo Championship. Simer said if one had determination, studies and sport could continue simultaneously. She got the 'Allrounder Girl' award of her school.

Cricket tourney: Manpreet Singh's team defeated Rishi's team by seven wickets in the Under-15 boys' section of the Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Cricket Tournament which concluded here today at the Sector 15 grounds. Rishi's team made 91 runs and was all out. Manpreet's team achieved the target with eight wickets in hand. Shammi and Rahul were the main scorers with 35 and 29 runs, respectively.

In earlier matches, Manpreet's team had beated Vivek's team by six wickets, Pankaj's team had defeated Gundeep's team by five wickets and Bharpur's team had crushed Amit's team by 122 runs.

Irina is ladies club champion
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Nov 8 — Irina Brar excelled again. She emerged as the ladies club champion of the Chandigarh Golf Club for the third year in succession. She won the S. Wazir Singh Memorial Trophy defeating her mother Madhu Brar in the final of the match-play event.

Sixteen-year-old Irina Brar, a Class Xth student of Vivek High School, has won every tournament she has participated in since September. Starting the golfing season with a convincing win in the Aman Nat Memorial Tournament in the first week of September she won the Junior Trophy as well as the Trophy for the best gross score in the tournament with a superlative round of 2 under par.

The second tournament she played was the Second Chandigarh Golf Championship for the STROH-CGA. Irina outduelled her more experienced rival Parnita Garewal to repeat her performance of the best gross score in the tournament besides winning the Junior Trophy.

The Northern India Junior/Sub-Junior Championship was the third event in four weeks that Irina won with a convincing lead of 23 strokes over her nearest rival, Guneet Raikhy.

The Punjab Open Amateur Ladies Golf Championship saw Irina emerge out of junior excellence and prove her supremacy in the ladies circuit. She trounced the defending champion Parnita Garewal to claim her maiden title in the ladies circuit.

The icing on the cake is her victory as the ladies club champion for the third consecutive year.