5 held for gambling
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — The police has arrested 12 persons under various Sections of the CrPC and the Gambling Act.

While five persons, Ram Kumar, Pappu, Amar Nath, Sanjay and Pappu, have been arrested for gambling at a public place from Bapu Dham, four persons have been arrested under Sections 107 and 151 of the CrPC for apprehension of breach of peace.

Similarly, three persons have been held under Section 109 of the CrPC for roaming around under suspicious circumstances from the areas under the jurisdiction of police stations of Sector 34 and the Industrial Area.

Six injured: As many as six persons, including three road mishap victims, have been admitted to the PGI.

Gopal Singh, a resident of Sector 15, was hurt while his scooter was hit by another scooter near the roundabout between Sectors 23, 24, 36 and 37. Satish Kumar was injured when the rickshaw he was riding on was hit by an unidentified vehicle.

Amrit Pal, a resident of Alipur village (Sohana) was hurt when his scooter was hit by a car near the Sectors 35-43 roundabout. An unconscious person was shifted to the PGI from near Shivalik Public School, Sector 41.

A resident of Sector 28, Kirana Devi, was hurt in a domestic quarrel. Also, a resident of Mauli Jagran was hurt when she quarreled with someone near a water standpost in the colony.

Girl abducted: Leela Vati, a resident of Vikas Nagar in Mauli Jagran, in a complaint lodged with the police, alleged that her minor daughter had been kidnapped by three persons, Rajinder, Pappu and Rekha. The police has registered a case.

Eve-teasers held: Avtar Singh, a resident of Sector 44, and Kamal Deep, a resident of Phase 10 of SAS Nagar, have been arrested on the charge of eve-teasing from Sector 11. A case has been registered.

Assault alleged: A woman alleged that Manoj Kumar, a resident of Colony No 4, assaulted her with a view to outraging her modesty. A case has been registered.

Bootlegger held: A resident of Pipliwala Town (Mani Majra), Om Parkash, has been arrested by the police while carrying seven bottles of whisky from the small chowk of Sector 19. A case under the Excise Act has been registered.

Threat reported: A resident of Mata Raj Kaur Mohalla, Mr Sat Pal, in a complaint with the police alleged that he was threatened by four persons carrying swords in the wee hours of today. He was warned of dire consequences if he did not quit the Samajwadi Party headed by Mr Amar Singh Chahal of which he is the Vice-President, he alleged.

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Bribe demanded: The Secretary and a clerk of a cooperative bank at Kazampur village in Raipur Rani have been booked by the police for demanding bribe from a resident of Bhaurali village.

According to the information available, Mr Tika Ram, a resident of Bhaurali village in Raipur Rani, complained to the police that Rs 4,883 were demanded as bribe by Secretary, Mohan Lal, and the clerk, Ram Kumar. The Raipur Rani police has booked the accused under Sections 409, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC.

One arrested: Suresh Kumar, a resident of Baltana village, has been arrested by the police on the charges of eve-teasing students of the government school in Sector 19.

Evaluation delays BA (II) results
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 2—The declaration of BA (Part II) results of Panjab University is hanging fire on account of delay in evaluation of answersheets of the sociology papers. The university has completed evaluation of about half of the 4,300 answersheets and the remaining have been sent for evaluation.

But for this subject, the remaining result of BA II has been prepared a week back and is waiting to be declared once the awards for the subject come in.

The university authorities attribute the delay in evaluation work to the increased number of candidates who have opted for the subject because of its popularity with the students taking the civil services examination. However, the number of teachers has not increased with the rising number of candidates. Hence, it poses a problem when evaluation work is to be undertaken.

Sources in the examination branch added that the evaluators who had initially come to check the papers left when they saw only a handful of evaluators. Efforts are being made to get the answersheets evaluated and teachers are being drawn from the Department of Sociology for the purpose.

Though the university is hopeful of getting evaluation work completed in a couple of days, the compilation of the result will take another four days. This implies that the results can be declared only after a week.

Results declared: The university today declared the results of B Sc (three-year degree course) physical education, health education and sports, third year, M Com, fourth semester, Masters in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, fourth semester and MA II (fine arts) examinations.

Copies of the gazette will be available at the new enquiry building from August 3 onwards during office hours on all working days.

Awarded: Dr AK Bakshi, Department of Chemistry, has been awarded the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to chemistry. He will be given this award at the forthcoming meeting of the Society at Hyderabad in January next year.

Dr Bakshi has won worldwide recognition for his contributions in the field of polymers with special reference to electricity conducting polymers and biopolymers.

Interviews: The admission test and interviews for M Phil in the Department of political science will be held on August 11. The essay test will begin at 9.30 a m, the objective test at 11 a m and the interviews will be held at 2.30 p m.

The date of interviews for admission to various courses of Tibetan and Chinese has been rescheduled to August 13 while the last date of receipt of admission forms has been extended to August 10. The interviews will be held in the Department of Central Asian Studies.

Notice to AC company
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — The UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I has issued notice to the Managing Director, Gossons Airconditioners, SAS Nagar, for supplying a defective airconditioner to a customer.

The complainant, Monika Communication Centre, through its counsel contended that it had purchased an AC for Rs 19,900 but since its installation, it had been giving trouble and the cooling was not up to the mark.

It further added that when it made a complaint to the company on the telephone, it sent a serviceman to check the machine. On inspection, a match box was found inside the AC which caused improper cooling. After a few days the AC again started giving trouble. However, the defect was not set right despite several calls and visits to the firm.

Counsel pointed out that there was no manufacturing registered trademark on the AC which confirmed the doubt that it was not original.

The defect in the AC has still not be corrected even though the complainant has served a legal notice on the respondent.

Tyre co. to refund

The UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has directed Ceat tyre company and his dealer to refund Rs 95 as the price of the tube along with consolidated costs of Rs 250 for their failure to replace a defective tube.

The complainant, Mr R.K. Singh, has stated that he had purchased a rubber tube of Ceat make for his motor cycle on July 27, 1997, from Singh Cycle and Auto Industries at Rs 95 with a replacement guarantee against the manufacturing defect.

He alleged that the tube got punctured on April 7, 1997, and the repairer informed him that the nozzle of the tube was defective. He then reported the defect to the dealer, who in turn asked him to contact the manufacturer for immediate replacement.

The complainant thereupon on April 10, 1997, asked the manufacturer to replace the tube against the guarantee given to him. But the manufacturer refused to do so on the ground that ''there was no manufacturing defect''. The complainant pointed out that at the time of purchase, the dealer had assured him that in case of displacement of the nozzle or leakage of joints of the tube, the tube would be replaced.

A notice was served on the company but since no one filed a reply, the case was proceeded against ex parte.

The forum Bench comprising its President R.P. Bajaj, and members H.S. Walia and Kamlesh Gupta held the manufacturer and the dealer guilty of gross deficiency in service for unnecessarily harassing the consumer by not replacing the defective tube.

While allowing the complaint, they observed that the case of the complainant stood proved from the evidence in support of his version.

Sub-jr soccer semis berths decided
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — St Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, will take on SD Public School, Sector 32, in one of the semi-finals while Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, will meet Blue Star Club in the other semi-final of the Chandigarh Football Tournament for players of under 16 years of age in progress here at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 today.

In the quarterfinal matches played here today, Sanjay Public School blanked OCF Juniors team, 4-0, with the half time score reading 2-0. In the first half, S. Singh gave a beautiful pass to the right winger Devinder who took the opportunity of converting it into the final goal. The OCF team tried to mount pressure on SPS players but SPS player Rajiv scored a goal in the 20th minute, taking the lead to 2-0. In the second half, Vinay scored the solo goal in the 40th minute. Left half Rajiv struck again making the scoreline 4-0 which proved difficult for the opponents to beat.

In the second quarterfinal match, DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, was pitted against Blue Star Club. In the first half, Parveen of the DAV team scored a goal through the penalty kick in 12th minute of the game. But Deepak of Blue Star Club equalised it with a solo effort in the 27th minute of the match. Half-time score stood at 1-1. In the second half, neither of the team could score a goal and tie-breaker had to be enforced. Ultimately, Blue Star Club team became the lucky one to enter the last four by winning the tie-breaker, 7-6.

St Xavier's School, Sector 44, defeated the team of Liberty Club, 1-0, to enter the semi- finals. Left out Joseph of St Xavier's School scored the lone goal for his team in the 28th minute with a solo effort.

In the last quarterfinal match of the day, SD Public School, Sector 32, whipped DAV Model School, Sector 15, 3-0. SD School boys scored the first goal in the 3rd minute through right striker Kuljit Singh who repeated the effort with yet another goal in the 16th minute. At half-time the score was 2-0 in favour of SD School team. In the second half, Gopal Thapa scored the third goal for the winners with a solo effort.

Tomorrow the first semi-final between Sanjay School and Blue Star Club will be played at 3 pm while the second semi-final will be played between SD Public School and St Xavier's School at 4.30 pm.

Selection trials : The selection trials for the day boarding scheme for the Sports Training Centre, Sector 18, being initiated for the first time in Chandigarh, will be held on August 11 at SAI STC, Sector 18-C. The disciplines offered are athletics, basketball, volleyball and hockey.

According to Ms Ritu A. Pathik, Assistant Director of the SAI and in charge of this centre, the basic aim is to provide girls players of Chandigarh, who could not make it to the hostel, with better practice facilities and maximum incentives. She said that in all, 10 trainees would be admitted who could study anywhere but should play here at the centre under the watchful eyes of experienced coaches in various disciplines.

Local girls who have won the positions at district, state or national levels in the these sports, and in the age group of 14 to 19, can submit their applications mentioning their details along with the attested copies of the certificates at the centre by August 9.

The incentives offered to the selected players will be annual scholarship of Rs 5,000, free sports kit, competition exposure, coaching training facilities in the morning and the evening.

FCI win : A superb all-round performance by former Ranji cricket player Arun Sharma and M.S. Sodhi helped the Food Corporation of India, Chandigarh, beat the Punjab Financial Corporation team by 123 runs in the Inter-Government/Financial Units Cricket Tournament organised by the LIC Employees Cricket Club played at Sector 5 grounds today.

Arun scored 83 runs in 67 balls and took two wickets for 15 runs while M.S. Sodhi bagged five wickets for 18 runs.

Brief scores: FCI — 183 runs for four in 25 overs (Arun Sharma 83, Kamal Thakur 41, Gurdeep 23, Sushil 2 for 35). PFC — 63 all out (Deepak 12, M.S. Sodhi 5 for 18, Arun 2 for 15).