Chandigarh, March 14
A local court today sentenced a man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in a case of drug peddling. The court convicted the accused, Bunny, under sections of the NDPS Act and also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on him.

He was arrested with 3.5 kgs of opium in August 2011.

Chandigarh, March 14
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has upheld the orders of the Chandigarh Consumer Courts and enhanced the compensation to Rs 25,000 for the sale of spurious and hazardous imported wafers.

Karnica, a resident of Sector 18, had purchased "Tiffany orange cream wafer" from Harry Hyperstore, Sector 26, in February 2009. When she was eating the wafer, she felt some semi-solid substance in her mouth. She felt giddiness and was treated for vomiting and diarrhoea from Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16.

A complaint was filed in the District Consumer Forum, Chandigarh, which found that a rubber band was embedded in the wafers. A compensation of Rs 1,000 was awarded. Upon appeal, the Chandigarh State Commission enhanced the compensation to Rs 7,000 in all.

Another appeal was filed by the consumer in the national commission. Counsel for the complainant Pankaj Chandgothia contended that Tiffany Wafer was an imported product and was not labelled properly in violation of Section 32 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. The name and address of the importer was not mentioned.

The store took the objection that there was no laboratory report in favour of the complainant. The national commission observed that the medical evidence and observation of the district forum was sufficient to prove the case against the seller.

"Though the price of the product is negligible, but substantial compensation should be awarded in such cases so that it acts as a deterrent to the traders not to indulge in unfair trade practise," said the counsel. The national commission directed the store to pay Rs 25,000 to the complainant within 45 days . "The wafers sold by it are injurious to health, therefore we impose further costs and the respondent store is directed to deposit Rs 25,000 with the Consumer Welfare Fund established by the Central Government within 45 days,” said the order.

Chandigarh, March 14
A 22-year-old youth was stabbed to death in Ram Darbar, Sector 31, here this afternoon. The police has arrested one of the suspects, who has been identified as Ravi, while his accomplice Ashu has absconded.

The victim has been identified as Sonu Kumar. He was a notorious thief and had been arrested a number of times for his involvement in minor thefts and incidents of snatching, the police said.

The incident occurred when Sonu was along with his friend Raman. They received a call from Ravi, who asked them to come near the government school.

When Sonu reached there, Ravi and Ashu attacked him with sharp weapons. Some passers-by called the police.

Sonu was rushed to the hospital where he was declared brought dead. The police said an old enmity was the reason behind the attack.

Mohali, March 14
The local police today recovered a youth’s decomposed body buried in a forest near Siswan-Baddi border here today. The deceased has been identified as Parsoon Aggarwal (27), a resident of Patiala and an employee of Dell company.

The police booked a Burail-based girl, Anuradha, reported to be girlfriend of the deceased, on the complaint of his brother.

Mohali SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said Parsoon was murdered two days back. As the body was decomposed, the police was yet to confirm whether the deceased was stabbed or shot at.

The murder came to light when Anuradha approached the police today. SSP Bhullar, who inspected the spot, said she told the police that she and Parsoon had gone to Siswan where three unknown persons stopped them in a deserted area. While they took Parsoon to the forest, she hid in bushes, she alleged.

The SSP said the police was investigating the role of the girl in the case. “We have booked her on the complaint of her brother, and the next action will be taken after the post-mortem,” said SSP Bhullar.

Man commits suicide

Kharar: A 35-year-old person allegedly committed suicide here today. Body of the deceased, identified as Manpreet Singh from Patiala, was found from near a construction site. The police said a suicide note was found in his pocket, in which he did not blame anyone. “He had a dispute with his wife, who was staying with her parents these days. Manpreet had come to take her back, but she refused,” said the police.

Mohali, March 14
Heavy showers on Thursday left cricket fans disappointed and police personnel fuming on the opening day of the third Test between India and Australia at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium today.

The first day's play was washed out. Drizzle since morning played a spoilsport.

The police personnel had to face a tough time in the absence of raincoats.

"We have been on duty since 8.30 am and have no option but to face the nature's fury as there are no rain shelters at the stadium," said a policeman.

Another officer said, "We can't even leave the place. It is better to stand in rain than to get suspended."

About 1,500 policemen have been deployed in the stadium.

Food vendors were seen using domestic cylinders near the PCA stadium.

Australian flag costs more

In order to earn a quick buck, flag sellers were seen selling an Australian flag for Rs 300 while they were charging Rs 100 for an Indian flag outside the PCA stadium.

Fans disappointed

Hopeful of seeing the match on Friday, fans left the stadium. As per the Met department, the sky will remain partly cloudy on Friday. The maximum temperature will be around 24 degrees Celsius.

Seeing a breif respite in between, fans thought that covers would be removed from the ground but dashing their hopes, the rain resumed later.

Chandigarh, March 14
Panjab University won the All-India Inter-University Judo Championship for Men with 14 points while MDU, Rohtak, finished runners-up with 6.5 points at the gymnasium hall of the university today.

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, and Kurukshetra University finished third with five points each.

Results

Under 73 kg category: Sandeep of Ch. Devi Lal University, Sirsa; Anand of RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur; Manoj Rout of SGB Amravati University, Amravati and Manjeet of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak; open weight category: Manjeet of MD University, Rohtak; Lavish Chaudhary of Panjab University, Chandigarh; Jitender Kumar of Delhi University, Delhi and Dharminder Singh of Punjabi University, Patiala.

Chandigarh, March 14
Tarseem Kumar defeated Arun in the men's fly 52 kg category during the ongoing 20th All-India AK Mishra Senior Boxing Tournament for Men at the Sector 10 skating rink today.

In other bouts, Santosh Fakirapa defeated Narender Singh, Sumit Kumar outdid Satish Saini and KH Johnson Sigh beat Nikhil Rohidas. In the men's bantam 56 kg category, Deepak Singh defeated Venkata Nagarjuna, Chirag beat Ravi Singh while Vikash Singh defeated Sandeep Singh.

Results

Men's bantam (56 kg): Vijay Yadav bt Naveen Arya; men light (60kg): Vijay Kumar bt Durgesh Kumar; Akashdeep bt Shankar Chapa; Sandee Kumar bt Kamaljeet Singh; Shubham Gulati bt Rakesh Sharma; men's light welter(64kg): Vijendar bt Imran Khan; Damanjeet Singh bt Rahul; Mrunal Bhosale bt K Hareesh; Naresh Kumar bt Parveen; men's welter (69kg) Joginder Kumar bt Akash Rana; bhupender Singh bt Amit Sharma; Roshan Lal bt Tajender; Sudhir bt Gaganpreet Sharma; men's middle (75kg): Arun Kumar bt Depak;Jaspreet Singh bt GK Sharma; Dewanshu bt Rahul Uttam; Sachin Shukla bt Kulvinder Singh; men's light heavy (81kg): Deepak bt Amit; men's heavy (91kg): Varabhya Kumar bt Krishan Malik; Tej karan bt Nitin.