Deluge results in hike of vegetable prices
Attar Singh
Tribune News Service

Ambala, July 18
“The increase in the prices of essential commodities has burnt a big hole in the common man’s pocket,” said Geetika Wadhera, a bank employee and a resident of Raja Park.

With heavy rains lashing several parts of the country, the prices of vegetables have shot up in Ambala Cantonment. Sky-rocketing prices of vegetables and other essential commodities have compounded the miseries of people.

The flood-like situation has hit the road and railway connectivity.

As the vegetable supply from Himachal Pradesh has been cut off, the prices have gone through the roof.

After rains, an extraordinary price hike has been witnessed.

According to Jasmer Kaur, a resident of Dayal Bagh, the prices of tomato have soared from Rs 20 per kg to Rs 50 per kg.

“A person who earns Rs 100 per month cannot even think of buying such expensive vegetables,” she added.

Market sources said the deluge had hit the connectivity, thus the supply could not reach the required destination. About 30 per cent of vegetables rotted before reaching the wholesale markets.

The maximum increase was witnessed in tomato and pea prices.The prices of capsicum have soared to Rs 40 per kg, arbi-Rs 30 per kg, onion-Rs 15 per kg, mango (dussehri)-Rs 35, peach Rs 40 and banana-Rs 35.

Low voltage irks villagers
Parmod Mehta

Dera Bassi, July 18
Farmers and domestic power consumers have been facing harassment in the Lalru area due to low voltage and loose wires. Faults have been affecting power supply and causing untoward incidents. Four buffaloes were electrocuted at Toganpur village some days back when an electricity wire fell on the buffaloes.

Balbeer Singh, former sarpanch of Aganpur, Gurmeet Kaur, sarpanch of Bhagwasi, and Harichand, former sarpanch of Chaundheri, rued the low voltage and poor condition of electricity wires.

They said coolers, televisions, fans and computers were not operational due to low voltage. A farmer of Tarark village, Mohinder Singh, and Gurpal Singh of Toganpur village said most of time they could not get their tubewell motors operational due to low voltage.

They also complained of line faults that were causing the poor power supply in the area. Loose wires had become the reason for faults in Bhagwasi, Toganpur, Aganpur and Mukandpur villages.

SDO RS Pathania admitted that there was a low voltage problem and asserted that unauthorised devices would be disconnected.

CRIME

Theft at Sector 8 house
Simpal Sakalani

Chandigarh, July 18
In a shocking incident, two girls in their early 20s made away with valuables and cash worth Rs 10,000 after breaking into a Sector 8 house this afternoon. In his complaint, owner of the house Subhash Jain, alleged that the incident occurred at 2.30 pm, when his wife was alone at home.

Sandhya said she was sleeping and after hearing some noise, she woke up. She was shocked to see two girls inside the house. The girls told Sandhya that they came looking for some maid. The girls, meanwhile, diverted the attention of Sandhya and succeeded in stealing the valuables and cash.

After they left, Sandhya found a laptop, silver crockery, cash and some other valuables missing. She immediately rang up her husband and told him about the incident, who reported the incident to the police.

A case has been registered in this regard.

35-year old killed in mishap
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 18
A 35-year-old person was killed when an over-speeding trailer ran over him near railway station around 9.30 am today. The deceased has been identified as Tanga Velu, a resident of Dariya village.

According to police sources, Velu, originally hailed from Tamil Nadu, was going towards the railway station on hi bicycle when the over-speeding multi-axle truck (HR 38 F 5090) hit him. Velu was taken to the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

The driver of the trailer fled away from the spot after the incident, leaving the vehicle behind.

The police has registered a case against the driver in the Industrial Area police station after impounding the vehicle.

Two held for beggary
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 18
Two persons were arrested for begging from different parts of city yesterday. Raj Kishor, a resident of Rajeev Colony, Dadu Majra, lodged a complaint with the police against Ram Chander, a resident of Sector 37-D market, for begging in Sector 37 on Saturday.

In another incident, the police arrested Prabhu, a resident of DMC, for begging in Sector 38, on the complaint of Rajbir Singh, a resident of Maloya Colony, yesterday. Two separate cases have been registered in this regard.

Theft

Arvind Singh, a resident of Sector 19, reported to the police that someone had stolen the music system from his Swift car (CH 04 C 0030), which was parked outside his residence on Saturday. A case of theft has been registered.

Girl commits suicide

Chandigarh, July 18
A 21-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her residence in Sector 20 here this evening. The deceased was identified as Poonam, a student of Government College for Girls, Sector 11.

She was alone at her house. She was the daughter of a head constable with the Chandigarh police.

The matter came to light when a neighbour saw her body hanging from the ceiling fan around 6:30 pm.

The police took her to the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, where she was declared brought dead. — TNS

Cops: Pak spy was at Bikaner

Chandigarh, July 18
Revealing new facts about Kashif Ali, accused of being a Pakistani spy, the Chandigarh police said he was a well-trained secret agent. It said he underwent special training by the military intelligence of the Pakistan army at Okara in Faisalabad before infiltrating the country.

According to police sources, Kashif had been a resident of Bikaner for more than two years and had built good contacts with junior officers in the Army during his stay there.

This had helped him in roaming freely in the Army area and collecting information from there, they said, adding that he kept passing on secret information about movement of vehicles in the area. — TNS

SPORTS

Punjab soccer eves taste victory
Tribune News Service

Tomorrow’s Fixtures Cluster IV: Puducherry vs Bihar (7 am), Chandigarh vs Jharkhand (7 am). Cluster I: Uttar Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu (9 am). Cluster III: Mizoram vs Haryana (9 am). Cluster II: HP vs Sikkim (3.30 pm), Goa vs Kerala (3.30 pm).

Chandigarh, July 18
Punjab girls soccer team scripted their first win in the league stage during the ninth junior nationals for girls being held in city here today. Punjab defeated Rajasthan by a goal in their second match of Cluster VIII on the PEC grounds.

Punjab scored the first goal in the 68th minute, when Rajasthan player committed foul in the penalty area during the penetration by Punjab team in the opponent’s block.

Rajvir Kaur converted the penalty kick into a goal to give lead to Punjab team. After taking the lead, Punjab team continued their possession over the ball.

On the other hand, West Bengal and Tripura played a goalless draw and shared one point each in the same clusster match.

Both teams have played two matches each and share equal four points each.The last league match would decide the fate of both the teams.

In another match of Cluster VI, Chattisgarh defeated Delhi 3-0. Chattisgarh Striker Priyansu scored the second hat-trick of the tournament. Priyansu drew the first blood in the 25th minute of the game.

After the break, she completed her hat-trick in the 57th and 80th minutes of the game. In Cluster VII match, Maharashtra drubbed Uttarakhand 11-0. Utkarsha Anand of the Martha team remained the highest scorer with five goals. She scored in the sixth, 25th, 61st , 70th and 74th minutes of the game. Whereas Liveonah S Divekor (18th, 32nd and 76th minutes). Lian J Mathews (29th, 33rd minutes) and Prithiv Gaikwad (56th minute) contributed to the total tally of goals.

In the Cluster V match, last year’s champions Orissa defeated Karnataka 9-0. Jabamani Sorei from the winners side scored their first goal in the third minute followed by two goals in the 24th and 36th minutes of the game. While Deoji Murmur scored in the 27th and 50th minutes. Lochana Munda (seventh), Rashmit Patra (35th), Janjali Shahu (51st) and Gomti Bara (79th) contributed one goal each.

Tennis
Kalyani beats Nadia to claim title
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 18
Kalyani of Sacred Heart School defeated Nadia Saini 5-11,11-8,11-7,6-11,11-9,11-6 in the women’s final of 16th Bhavan Hawk City State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament being held at Table Tennis Hall, Sector 23, here today.

Men’s singles final: Munish Bhardwaj defeated Dev Saini 8-11,11-6,11-6,11-9,11-7; semifinals: Manish Bhandwaj defeated Sahil Sharma (DAV-10) 9-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, Dev Saini defeated Mayank Kapoor (DAV- 8) 12-10, 11-9, 11-7, 11-4; quarterfinals: Mayank Kapoor (DAV- 8) defeated Vikas Sharma (AG, Punjab) 11-6, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5,

Sahil Sharma (DAV) defeated Rachit Chopra (PU) 11-5, 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5; Munish Bhandwaj (BSNL) defeated Aseem Sharma (Carmel Convent Convent) 11-8, 11-3, 7-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-8, Dev Sani (Carmel Convent) defeated Harish Kumar (AG, HRY) 11-8, 11-7, 11-3, and 11-4; women’s singles final: Kalyani defeated Nadia Saini 5-11,11-8,11-7,6-11,11-9,11-6; semifinals: Kalyani (Sacred Heart-26) defeated Gurvinder Kaur (AG, PB) 12-10, 11-7, 11-4, 12-10, Nadia Saini (Excel call net) defeated Garima Goyal (Bhavan Vidyalaya-27 11-7, 6-11, 9-11, 14-12, 11-4, 11-8; quarterfinals: Garima Goyal (Bhavan Vidyalaya) defeated Naina Suri (Carmel Convent) by (11-5, 15-13, 12-10, 11-9, Gurvinder Kaur (AG, Punjab) defeated Rajeshwari (Carmel Convent) 6-11, 11-7,11-9,11-8,7-11,11-4, Kalyani (Sacred Heart -26) defeated Debika (New Public School- 18) 9-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4, 11-4, Nadia Saini (Excel call net) defeated Bhawna Sareen (GGSCW -26) 11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5; youth boys final: Mayank Kapoor (DAV Public School-8) defeated Dev Saini (Chandigarh Table Tennis Club) 4-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-8, 11 -7, 3-11, 12-10; semifinals: Dev Saini (Chandigarh Table Tennis Club) defeated Aishwary Mahajan (AKSIPS) 7-11, 11-4, 10-12,

11-5, 11-3, 11-6), Mayank Kapoor (DAV Public School-8) defeated Dinkar Goyal (Shishu Niketan- 22) 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4, 11-6; quarterfinals: Dev Saini (Chandigarh Table Tennis Club) defeated Tushar Gupta (New Public School) 11-6, 15-13, 11-6, 11-6, Mayank Kapoor (DAV-8) defeated Pradip Saha (New Public School) 11-4, 15-17, 11-6, 12-10, 11-1, Aishwary Mahajan (AKSIPS) defeated Aseem Sharma (Carmel Convent) 7-11, 13-11, 11-9, 8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 13-11, Dinkar Goyal (Shishu Niketan- 22) defeated Aditya Panday (Manav Mangal -21) 11-3, 12-10, 10-12, 11-4, 11-5; youth girls final: Nadia Saini (Excel call net) defeated Garima Goyal (Bhavan Vidyalaya- 27) 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7; semi finals: Nadia Saini (Excel call net) defeated Naina Sani (Carmel Convent) 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 4-11, 11-9, 11-7; Garima Goyal (Bhavan Vidyalaya-27) defeated Kalyani (Sacred Heart -26) 11-9, 11-4, 11-8, 11-7.

Kuldeepak records win in carrom
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 18
Kuldeepak Dhir defeated Parteek 13-0, 12-0 in the XII Raj Kumar Babuta Prize Money Ranking Carom Tournament being held at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here today. The Chandigarh Carom Association is organising the tournament.

Results:

Boys junior singles (first round): Kuldeepak Dhir defeated Parteek 13-0 12-0; second round: Hassan defeated Gurpreet Singh 23-0, 22-0, Trail Singla defeated Saranjit Singh 05-03, 14-0, Ayush Kumar defeated Jaswinder Singh 23-0, 23-0, Preet Kamal Singh defeated Atul Yadav, 16-0, 20-0, Pulkit defeated Udayveer 23-0, 23-0, Nikhil Grover defeated Harman 20-0, 23-0, Ekansh Goyal defeated Tushar Bawalia 21-0, 21-0, Yishu Sharma defeated Gurpreet Singh 21-0, 22-0, Kartik defeated Tushar Jaryal 23-0, 18-0, Manik Aggarwal defeated Namey 23-0, 22-0, Falak defeated Sushil Bhardwaj 13-0, 15-0, Rahul Sharma defeated Varun Sharma 13-0, 12-0, Arish defeated Ansh Gupta 23-0, 23-0, Shaquib defeated Gauravpreet Singh 23-0, 21-0, Kuldeepak Dhir defeated Tarandeep Singh 12-0, 12-0, Ojal Anand defeated Tushar Chawla 23-0, 14-0; girls junior singles: Tuba defeated Ramanpreeta 19-0, 19-0, Vishruti defeated Asmitha 09-03, 16-02, , Nitika defeated Aasstha Gandhi 07-05, 14-12, Nidhi Gupta defeated Ashma Bansal 13-0, 20-0, Priya Sharma defeated Manorma Multani 23-0, 23-0, Gurkiran Kaur defeated Amanjot Kaur 08-0, 08-2, Muskan defeated Vrinda Gupta 17-03, 06-02, Manu Gupta defeated Samriti 23-0, 13-0, Anjali defeated Aastha Garg 23-0, 15-0, Gulshan defeated Navneet 20-0, 23-0; men’s singles (first round): Riyasat Ali defeated Saurav Chakarborty 23-0, 21-0, Pardeep Mittal defeated Arvind Kumar 23-0, 23-0, Piyush Sood defeated Arvind Kumar Mathur 12-0, 14-0, Arun Kumar defeated Manjit Singh 05-01, 03-14, 10-02, Mukul Kashyap defeated Gurjinder Singh 21-0, 18-0; second round: Ekansh Goyal defeated Sushil Sharma 10-0, 15-13, Shaquib defeated Yishu Sharma 21-0, 13-0, Mubashir defeated Dhurva Chakarborty 13-0, 09-10, 12-04, Umeed Ali defeated Shah Nawaz 13-06, 06-03, Piyush Sood defeated Poonish Sharma 18-04, 14-0, Anuj Kumar Sinha defeated Baij Nath 23-0, 23-0, Hassan defeated Ojal Anand 14-03, 12-0, Riyasat Ali defeated Quyyam Khan 14-08, 22-0, Raj Kumar defeated Ankush Taneja 12-11, 12-05; women’s singles: Prachi defeated Sweta 16-02, 06-0, Harshpreet defeated Gurkiran Kaur 16-0, 13-02, Aastha Gandhi defeated Sunita Rani 16-0, 08-12, 13-0, Gulshan defeated Prachi 12-0, 13-0, Priya Sharma defeated Khusnuma 15-0, 17-0.