Chain snatcher nabbed
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 13 — The police has arrested Sushil Kumar alias Vipin Kumar of Kumharwala Mohalla, Burail, for allegedly snatching a chain from Kiran Satija.

According to the police, the chain has been recovered from the accused. He has been booked under Sections 356\379 at the sector 34 police station.

Threatened
Mr Ashok Shivpur of Sector 35 complained that he was stopped and threatened with dire consequences near the T-Point in Sector 35 by Amandeep Singh, a student of Sector 42 Food Craft Institute. His car was also damaged. Further investigations are on.

24 held
As many as 24 persons have been arrested under different sections. Thirteen persons have been arrested under Section 34\5\61 of the Police Act as they were found creating nuisance in a public place under the influence of liquor. Three persons have been arrested for roaming under suspicious circumstances.

Theft
Mr Mohan Singh, a chowkidar of Sector 30 Government High School, reported that gold and silver ornaments were stolen from his house. A case under Sections 454\380 of the IPC has been registered.

Dowry case
Bant Singh and Surjit Kumar of Kabir Nagar, Ludhiana, have been arrested in a dowry case on a complaint lodged by Dharamjit Kaur. A case under Section 406\498 has been registered.

Three booked
The police has registered four cases under Section 188 of the IPC. Hari Singh, S.K. Aggarwal and S.K. Rathi of Sector 22 have been booked for not supplying information to the police regarding their tenants.

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Fake coins
The police has arrested three swindlers of a gang of five, selling fake gold coins on the pretext of an urgent need for money to residents of Sector 12-A. The three — Udda Ram, Mohan and Shanti — approached an NRI with a handful of coins. Later, he informed the police post in Sector 19 about the suspects.

The police nabbed the suspects and seized over 10 kg of fake coins from the trio. A case under Sections 420 and 120 of the IPC has been registered against the three. Hari Singh and Arjun are still absconding. All five hail from Sultanpuri in Delhi.

Disclosing the modus operandi, police sources said the three had a few genuine gold coins which were presented to prospective customers. After the customer was satisfied, the gang would sell fake gold coins to them and disappear from the area.

SOPU flays poll rule
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 13 — An important rule of the election process in Panjab University came in for sharp criticism by the Students Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) at a press conference here today.

Addressing the press conference, Dayal Pratap Randhawa, president of SOPU, said a rule regarding contesting elections said a candidate, on being merely accused of an offence, could be suspended.

In order to take benefit of the rule, student leaders were being falsely implicated, he alleged. The rule needed immediate attention and should only apply to students who were found guilty, Randhawa said.

He was referring to the recent incident in the university when he was arrested and some others were named in the FIR.

He expressed his dissatisfaction with the police functioning in the university. The police should be called only when the internal security system failed, he suggested.

Randhawa also referred to the importance of an independent inquiry into the police action in the past. He had been arrested in an assault case recently.

'Name playground'

The Haryana Students Association, in a press conference held today, demanded that the university authorities name a playground after Major Vikram Batra, a hero of the battle in Kargil. Bhupinder, a leader of the organisation, said the martyr was a student of the university a few years ago.

Seats filled

All seats in BSc first-year (honours school) in all science departments in Panjab University and in B Pharma were filled during the first round of counselling, according to an official release. The departments claimed that the response had been extraordinary.

As many as 1,743 students applied for 313 seats. The last student admitted this year had 148.75 marks in CET, compared to 123.50 marks last year.

Where vegetables are cheaper
Tribune News Service

SAS Nagar, Aug 13 — Prices of all commonly used vegetables in different markets here are low when compared to the corresponding rates in the markets of Chandigarh. Potato, priced at Rs 3 a kg in retail, was the cheapest item available in the sector markets here. The 'pahari' variety of potato was being sold for Rs 8 a kilo.

Peas, being sold at Rs 25 a kg, was the costliest vegetable in the market. Another commonly used vegetable being sold by vendors in the Phase 5 market was brinjal at Rs 8 a kg as compared to Rs 16 a kg in the markets of Chandigarh.

The price of bittergourd, being sold by a vendor in Phase 7, was Rs 15 a kg. Interestingly, good variety of the vegetable was available for Rs 20 a kg. Capsicum, being sold at Rs 15 a kg, was cheaper as compared to the rates prevailing in Chandigarh — Rs 28 a kg. Similarly, gourd was being sold for Rs 6 a kg.

A survey of different markets in the township revealed that the prices of commonly used vegetables did not register much variation during the past few days.

A vendor in Phase 9 was selling lemon for Rs 15 a kg. The prices of the vegetable in Chandigarh was found to be Rs 24 a kg. Cabbage and cauliflower was being sold for Rs 10 a kg and Rs 15 a kg, respectively. Arbi was being sold for Rs 10 a kg in Phase 2.

Another commonly used vegetable, onion was available at Rs 8 a kilo. The price of tomato in the township was Rs 18 a kg.

St Anne's, SPS-44 in semis
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Aug 13 — St Anne's Convent School (B), Sector 32, and Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, today defeated Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, and Mount Carmel School, Sector 46, by four wickets and 69 runs, respectively, in the Sova Inter-school Tennis Ball Cricket Tournament being played here at St Anne' Convent School, Sector 32.

In the first quarterfinal match, Mount Carmel School team was bundled out for 73 runs in 11.2 overs. Anurag scored 21 runs and was the only one to reach double figures. Ishwar Singh of Sanjay Public School took three wickets for 20 runs.

In reply, Sanjay Public School team at one time was 21 for 3 in five overs. Ishwar and Gaurav batted nicely and helped their team in reaching the target of 74 runs in the 13th over with four wickets in hand. Ishwar scored 27 runs.

In the second quarterfinal match, St Anne's School put up a huge total of 138 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 15 overs. Gaurav and Akshay scored 20 and 22 runs, respectively. In reply, when Shivalik Public School team was struggling at 71 runs for the loss of nine wickets, its coach called back the team. The organising committee felt it was bad as the team was about to lose. With one wicket in hand, 69 runs in 2.4 overs was an impossible task. St Anne's School team was declared the winner. Jugbadal who scored an unbeaten 27 runs and took two wickets for eight runs was declared the man of the match.

In tomorrow's semi-final, Air Force School, 12 Wing, will take on St Anne's School (B team) at 8.30 am. In the second semi-final, Manav Mangal School will face Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, at 11.30 am.

Sub-jr titles

Nadia Saini and Mandeep Singh today bagged sub-junior singles' titles in girls' and boys' sections, respectively, in the Manav Mangal Open Table Tennis Tournament being played here at the Sector 23 table tennis hall.

Nadia of DAV Public School, Sector 8, who had yesterday won the cadet girls' title today defeated Ramanpreet Kaur of AKS International Public School, Sector 41, in straight games, 21-18, 21-14.

Mandeep of KVS, Sector 47, had to try hard to overcome the challenge of Aditya Puri of Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, 21-19, 20-22, 21-17.

In the junior girls' singles, Gurinder, Rishu, Rajni and Megha Kassal entered the last four stage. In the boys' section, Varun Kassal, Sumit Grover, Sumit Bari and Ramit Singla reached the semi-final.

Results: Sub-junior girls' semi-finals — Nadia b Taranpreet Kaur, 21-17, 21-12; Ramanpreet b Gagandeep Kaur, 23-21, 21-12.

Quarterfinals — Ramanpreet Kaur b Ravneet Kaur, 21-6, 21-6; Taranpreet Kaur b Sandhya Sharma, 21-15, 21-16; Gagandeep Kaur b Arshdeep Kaur, 21-18, 19-21, 21-14; Nadia b Sharmistha Banerjee, 21-12, 21-11.

Sub-junior boys' semi-final — Mandeep Singh b Amit Kumar, 21-19, 21-13; Aditya Puri b Jatinder Kapoor, 21-16, 22-20.

Quarterfinala — Jatinder b Sajal, 22-20, 10-21, 21-18; Aditya Puri b Amit, 21-18, 21-18; Mandeep b Vaibhav, 21-13, 21-11; Amit b Abhishek Singh, 21-19, 21-18.

Junior boys' quarterfinals — Varun Kassal b Neeraj Chaudhary, 21-13, 21-19, 21-19; Sumit Grover b Kanishk Saini, 21-15, 21-12, 21-19; Sumit b Mandeep Singh, 21-12, 21-14, 22-20; Ramit b Kunal Jasrotia, 21-12, 21-17, 18-21, 23-21.

Junior girls' quarterfinals — Gurinder b Nadia Saini 21-12, 21-15, 21-14; Rishu b Ruchi Gautam, 21-13, 16-21, 21-17, 21-19; Rajni b Amanpreet Kaur, 21-3, 21-18, 21-18; Megha Kassal b Ramanpreet Kaur, 21-18, 21-19, 22-20.

Badminton tourney

DC Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 7, entered the five finals of the inter-school badminton tournament being played at the Sector 7 community centre in Panchkula and organised by the District Badminton Association, Panchkula.

The teams of Hansraj Public School, Sector 7, and Little Flower School, Sector 14, also entered three finals each. The tournament has been organised in under-10, under-14 and under-19 sections for both boys and girls.

Results of all semi finals: Girls under-19 — HPS b CL DAV-11, 2-1 (Gauri b Raviz, 11-0, 11-0; Shweta lost to Ankita, 0-11, 0-11; Gauri and Sheena b Ankita and Subhashri, 15-2, 15-11).

DC Model b Army School, 2-0 (Nidhi b Priyanka, 11-0, 11-1; Nidhi and Shruti b Kirat and Tanya, 15-0, 15-2); Girls under-10 (semi-final) — DC Model b Bhawan Vidyalya, 2-0 (Tina b Saloni, 11-2, 11-9; Hina b Neha, 11-8, 5-11, 11-5).

Boys under-10 (semi-final) — Little Flower b BV-15 (Mohit b Ritesh 15-0, 15-2; Sanchit lost to Prerak, 15-0, 6-15, 13-15; Sanchit and Arjun b Praerak and Bika, 15-6, 15-7).

Boys under-14 — DC Model b GSSS, Sector 17, 2-0 (Ankan Gupta b Parmeshwar, 15-3, 15-4; Gaurav Kapoor b Akram, 15-0, 15-3; HPS-6 b BV-15, 2-0 (Anshul b Kapil 15-7, 15-6; Parteek b Harish Sahil 15-0, 15-2).

Boys under-9 — DC Model b St Soldier's, 2-1 (Karan lost to Piyush, 3-15, 2-15; Parteek b Amandeep, 15-3, 15-4; Parteek and Adit b Piyush and Tarun, 15-8, 15-13); Army School b HPS, 2-0 (Karan b Bharat, 15-4, 15-3; Varun b Sahil, 15-2, 15-0).

Girls under-14 — Little Flower b Bhawan Vidyalya, 2-1; DC Model b Hansraj Public School 2-1.

Kochhar, Gurbaaz teams in final
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 13 — Dr G.S. Kochhar and Alamgir Grewal will take on Gurbaaz Mann and Nitin Mittal in the final of the Independence Cup Golf Tournament to be held on the Golf Club greens on Saturday at 1 p.m.

In the semi-finals Dr Kochhar and Alamgir Grewal defeated J.S. Bhaika and Karanbir Pannu. The winners were one-up after nine holes. And ultimately they won the match being two holes up on the 18th hole.

In the second semi-final Gurbaaz Mann and defeated Col B.S. Shergill and Grp Capt A.S. Dhadli. The two teams were locked all-square after nine holes. In the second half Gurbaaz Mann’s team won the 12th, 13th and 15th holes. They won the match on the 16th hole being three-holes up. Gurbaaz Mann was unlucky to miss the hole-in-one by just an inch on the 15th hole.