Held for harassing wife
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, Sept 8 — The police has arrested a city resident on the charge of harassing his wife for bringing inadequate dowry.

According to police sources, Ms Sheela Devi, a resident of Sector 12, Panchkula, lodged a complaint that her daughter Meenu was married to Akshay Mahajan some time back. Ever since the marriage, she had been harassed and maltreated by her husband and in-laws. On many occasions she was sent back home to get more money, the complainant alleged.

Not able to put up with the ill-treatment, she consumed some poisonous substance and is fighting for her life at the Sector 32 GMCH.

A case under Section 498-A, IPC, has been registered at the Sector 19 police station.

Scooterist killed
Mrs Surinder Kaur, a scooterist of Maloya colony, was killed when she was hit by a tractor (PBO-6237). The driver, Raju Singh, has been arrested and a case under Sections 279 and 304-A, IPC, has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.

Cheated
Mrs Sheela Devi, a resident of Kaimbwala village, reported that she had been cheated by Kalam Singh and Kamla Devi, residents of Sector 23-C. The duo forged her signatures on a power of attorney and sold some property belonging to her.

A case under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC has been registered at the Central police station.

Liquor seized
The police has arrested Kishore Kumar and Subash and recovered 240 pouches of liquor from them. As many as seven bottles of whisky were also seized from a Bapu Dham Colony resident, Rakesh.

Cases under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act have been registered.

Arrested
The police has arrested Des Raj, a video parlour owner of Sector 37, for renting obscene films. A case under Section 292, IPC, has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.

As many as 22 persons have been arrested for committing offences in various parts of the city

Twelve persons have been arrested under preventive action.

Four persons have been arrested for causing nuisance at a public place under the influence of liquor.

Six persons have been arrested for roaming under suspicious circumstances.

Institute ordered to pay compensation
Tribune News Service

PANCHKULA, Sept 8 — The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has ordered the Indian Institute of Management and Computers, Industrial area, Phase II, Panchkula, to refund Rs 15,000 with 18 per cent per annum interest, Rs 5000 on account of compensation and Rs 1000 as costs of proceedings to Preetinder Singh Brar, a resident of Sector 32.

The decision came after Mr PS Brar filed a complaint that he had applied to the institute,which claimed to be an authorised centre under the Madurai Kamraj University, for admission to the MCA course. The complainant deposited Rs 15,000 as admission fee and was assured that this would be refunded if he was not admitted through the entrance test.

Mr Brar alleged that after receiving the amount he was neither informed of the date of the entrance test nor admitted to the regular course. Following this, he approached the university concerned where he was informed that the said institute was not an authorised centre after which he demanded a refund of the deposited amount and issued reminders to the same.

It was argued that since the institute is falsely representing the Madurai Kamraj University for MCA regular course, it was indulging in "unfair trade practice''. Further, this had caused mental torture and physical harassment to the complainant who had lost one year of his academic qualification due to deficiency of service and unfair trade practice on part of the institute.

The forum has said that the order be complied within a period of one month from the date of communication of the order.

Apple, guava, grape stable
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 8 — The prices of most of commonly used fruits have remained stable during the past four days.

During a survey of local markets, it was found that a kg of the royal variety of apple could be had for Rs 50 in the retail and for Rs 500 per 17 kg pack in this period. The golden variety was a bit cheaper, as it could be purchased today for Rs 30 a kg in retail and for Rs 450 per 17 kg in the wholesale market.

Similarly, one could purchase guava for Rs 20 in the retail and for Rs 12 in the wholesale market. The price was likely to come down owing to enhanced arrivals from Punjab. Kashmiri nakh was also priced on a higher side as it could be purchased today for Rs 50 a kg in retail and for Rs 250 per 17-18 kg pack.

On the other hand, baggugosha is becoming dearer. A kg of the fruit, priced at Rs 40 just four days back was Rs 50 today. In the wholesale market, the price of the fruit has jumped from Rs 450 to Rs 550 per 15 kg pack. According to traders, this was an outcome of lesser arrivals from J&K and Himachal Pradesh.

There was no fluctuation in the price of grapes. A kg of the fruit could be had today for Rs 80 in retail and for Rs 135 per 2.5 kg pack. Pomegranate was registering a slight hike as its price has jumped from Rs 40 to Rs 50 a kg and from Rs 160 to Rs 200 per 5 kg pack.

Pineapple could be purchased at its old price of Rs 40 in retail and for Rs 25 in wholesale market. Banana was also available at its old price of Rs 20 a dozen and Rs 150 per 100 pieces.

Mausambi lovers could relish the fruit after paying Rs 40 for a dozen of it in retain and Rs 120 per 4 dozen in wholesale market.

3 more games included
By Arvind Katyal
Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Sept 8 — The Central Board of Secondary Education, under its competitive sports programme for the coming session, has decided to add three sport disciplines to the six games under its programme (athletics, basketball, football, kho-kho, table tennis and volleyball). The games to be added are badminton, hockey and lawn tennis in both boys’ and girls’ sections.

Initially tournaments in these games will be conducted at the zonal level in the age group of below 15 years. The four zones — north, west, south and east — have been divided into clusters. The schools affiliated to CBSE in Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh come under Cluster XI. The CBSE schools tournaments were started two years back.

Dr G.P. Gautam, OSD (Sports) to CBSE, in his communication, has recommended to complete cluster-level tournaments in the Dussehra/Diwali holidays to avoid disturbance of studies. The national-level tournaments should be held in winter vacations.

The Sports Authority of India will assist in providing infrastructural, technical and equipment support for these competitions. The Cluster XI tournaments of this region have been allotted to DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 (athletics), Lawrence School, Sanawar (basketball), DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 (football), Shishu Niketan Model Senior School, Sector 22 (kho-kho), New Public School, Sector 18 (table tennis) and PML SD Public School, Sector 32 (volleyball).

The North Zone CBSE badminton tournament will be held at New Era Public School, New Delhi. The venues for zonal tournaments for other newly-introduced games are yet to be decided.

Cycle races

The Chandigarh Amateur Cycling Association will organise road races for boys and girls in senior and junior sections on September 12. The races will start at 6.30 a.m. on the Sukhna Lake circuit. Entries close with Mr Rakesh Mohindra on September 10.

Boparai wins medals

St Joseph’s High School, Sector 9, in a press note, has stated that its student Gaganpreet Singh Boparai has won the silver medal in 200 m backstroke and the bronze medal in 100 m butter fly events (under-14) in the UT inter-school swimming competition held in Sector 23. The tournament concluded on August 25.

Basketball trials

The State Bank of India, Chandigarh circle, will conduct trials to select the Chandigarh circle basketball team, which will participate in the All India inter-circle basketball tournament, to be held in Mysore (Karnataka) in the third week of September.

Those interested should report at Sports Complex, Sector 7, at 10 a.m. on September 12.