Cinema owner booked
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, June 16 — The proprietor of KC cinema and his son, along with 15 other persons have been booked for forcibly trying to evict Jai Narayan, from the canteen that he runs on the cinema complex.

Ashok Kumar and his son, Kranti Mahajan, were booked, the police said tonight. The incident took place around 3 pm. There was a long standing dispute between two parties over the vacating the canteen premises.

A case under Sections 147, 149, 341, 323, 448 and 506 of the IPC was registered.

Woman arrested
A woman in her thirties has been arrested by the police for allegedly loitering around after midnight in Sector 18 last night. The woman, Krishna, alias aunty, is a resident of Sector 20.

Last night around 12.30 a.m. Krishna allegedly went to the house of Mr Randhawa in Sector 18 . A verbal duel ensued between the two following which someone called up the police control room and the woman was nabbed under Section 109 of the Cr P.C.

Krishna said that she had gone to collect the keys to her home from the person in Sector 18, according to police sources.

Fake certificate
A driver working in the Punjab Police Housing Corporation, Rishi Pal, has been arrested by the police for allegedly producing a fake certificate of Punjabi prabodh examination to get job.

A case under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC was registered last month against the driver, who is a resident of Jhajjar district in Haryana.

PANCHKULA

Cops injured
Two police personnel on traffic duty were injured after being hit by a scooter near the Tawa chowk here last evening. According to information available, the cops signalled two scooter-borne persons — Nishant, who was driving the scooter, and Rajiv, who was riding pillion to stop. The youths allegedly to sped away.

A case under Sections 114, 186, 279 and 336 of the IPC has been registered.

Dead
Parsad, a resident of Kalka, who was admitted to the PGI in Chandigarh after the scooter he was driving skidded at Kalka on Tuesday, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday.

Beaten up
About 10 unidentified persons allegedly beat up the owner of a “dhaba” and his staff in Sector 17 market and ran away with certain items and cash. One of the persons, Punna Ram, who was injured in the incident had been admitted to the local General Hospital.

Car thief held
A resident of Uttar Pradesh, Tek Ram, was arrested by the Chandigarh police for allegedly stealing a car (DL-4C-1555) from Sector 34 a couple of month ago.

Eve-teasing
Two youths, Shekhar of Sector 33 and Salinder Singh of Sector 41, were arrested for allegedly indulging in eve-teasing in Panjab University. Meanwhile, in a separate incident, Lal Singh of Gurgaon was arrested for allegedly creating nuisance in a drunken state.

Motorcyclist hurt
A motorcyclist, Jagmeet Singh of Sector 45, was injured when hit by a car (PB-01-A-G-0246) driven by Ashok Wadhwa of Sector 42. Jagmeet Singh was admitted to the GMCH, Sector 32.

Seeing beyond the wall

CHANDIGARH: Raj Jain, an eminent local artist, is holding his sixth solo show at Indusind Bank Art Gallery. The theme for his works is ‘wall’.

Wall, in the artist’s opinion, assumed significance and became an integral part of human existence. It has protected us from the vagaries of weather and has also been a wit-ness to historical events. “Besides these”, Raj says, “social norms also act as a wall in our lives”. What holds ground is that how we surmount it and see beyond it. If there is despair on one side, there is hope on the other. To show that the world moves on the greased wheels of this one feeling ‘hope’, I have shown light from one angle or the other in my paintings and in some this is indicated by a rainbow.

A former Professor of the College of Art, Chandigarh, Raj has been working on this subject for the past 10 years.

Working in water colours, he has used a technique which is different but has retained the luminosity because he is representing something which is not visible all the time .

The exhibition will be open till June 29.

Sec 15 hedges removed, drive to continue
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, June 16 — The enforcement staff of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) today removed encroachments from the road berms in Sector 15-B here.

According to sources, encroachments such as temporary structures, hedges and barbed wires in front of over 225 houses, which had virtually come to the road berms, were removed in the operation which lasted over six hours.

Two bulldozers and at least six trucks were pressed into service under the supervision of the Executive Engineer (Roads), Mr S.K. Chadha.

A strong police posse prevented any untoward incident.

The sources said the drive would continue in the days to come as the MCC was to restart the the road recarpeting work on the V-6 roads in different parts of the city.

Earlier, the drive was suspended following a protest by Mr R.L. Arora, leader of the ruling group in the MCC, in Sector 23 last month. Mr Arora had alleged that the officials were adopting a "pick-and-choose" policy while removing the encroachments.

'Implement circulars'

The general body meeting of the Electricity and Streetlight Employees and Workers Union today demanded the implementation of various circulars issued by the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) for the benefit of its members.

The meeting urged the authorities to implement the circulars regarding risk allowance, conveyance allowance and time-bound promotional scales, which had already been implemented by the Chandigarh Administration for its employees working in the Electricity Wing.

Most groceries silent
From a Correspondent

CHANDIGARH, June 16 — In spite of fighting in the Kargil sector of Jammu and Kashmir, the prices of nearly most of the groceries, except refined ghee, Dalda, atta, sugar and gur, today remained stable in the local market here.

During a survey of the market, it was found that the price of atta remained stable. The retail price of a bag containing 10 kg atta was Rs 98 whereas its wholesale price was at Rs 95. Fifteen days back, its retail price soared to Rs 102.

The price of rice didn't see any fluctuation. The commonly consumed 'parmal' rice was available at Rs 12 per kg while its wholesale price remained stable at Rs 1150 per quintal. Two months back, its retail price was Rs 11 per kg.

Likewise, the price of pulses did not change. The retail price of 'chana dal', 'moong dal', 'masur dal' and 'arhar dal' per kg remained stable at Rs 17, Rs 32, Rs 24 and Rs 32, respectively, while 'mah sabat' (1kg) priced at Rs 27. At the same time, 'rajmah' and 'white chana' was priced at Rs 38 and Rs 32 per kg, respectively.

Mr Sajjan Kumar, a trader, said that due to less demand of pulses in summer, the prices remained stable. He added that though new pulses had arrived in the market, the rates had not come down.

Similarly, the prices of 'suji' and 'maida' did not see much change. The retail prices of suji (1kg) and maida (1kg) was same at Rs 8.50 while their wholesale prices remained at Rs 7.50 per kg. Compared to rates a fortnight ago, both suji and maida was cheaper by 50 paise per kg. Besan did not see any fluctuation. A kilogram of 'besan' was priced at Rs 20 whereas a quintal at Rs 1800.

The spice front also remained silent. The prices of popular brands were more than the locally made spices. MDH haldi, mirch, degi mirch and channa masala, each weighing 100 gram, were available for Rs 10, Rs 14, Rs 20 and Rs 22, respectively. The local made spices weighing 100 gm each were sold at Rs 2 less than the retail prices of the popular brand spices.

Contrary to this, refined ghee and Dalda showed a downfall in retail prices which nose-dived by Rs 5 per litre. A litre pack of Ginni's refined ghee was sold at Rs 45. A packet containing 1 litre of Dalda was priced at Rs 38 whereas its wholesale rate remained Rs 35.

Similarly, the retail price of sugar saw a slight downfall. Compared to last week's Rs 16.50 (1kg), sugar was cheaper by 50 paise per kg. The wholesale price of a quintal of sugar remained at Rs 1,550 compared to last week's Rs 1,590.

Likewise, a kg of gur was priced at Rs 14 compared to Rs 11 per kg three months back. Its wholesale price was Rs 1,250 per quintal compared to Rs 950, a couple of months back.Mr Satpal, a grocery sh op owner, attributed this rise in the price to the soaring temperature. He said during summer, the weight of gur decreases and melting is more, so retailers do not have more stock.

Cricket coaching camp for boys
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, June 16 — The Panchkula District Cricket Association will organise an intensive ten-day cricket coaching camp for boys between 10 to 16 years of age from June 21, according to Mr Sandeep Moudgil, Secretary of the association.

The trials to select the probables for the camp will be held on June 19 at 7 a.m. in the sports ground of Hansraj Public School, Panchkula. No fees, either for the trials or the for the camp, will be charged from players. Trainees will be provided with free equipment and diet during the camp.

Players born on or after June 30, 1983, and on or before June 30, 1989, are eligible for the trials. Players are required to report for the trials in white uniform and bring with them their original birth certificates. Prominent cricketers would also be called to provide important tips to trainees, said Mr Moudgil.

New volleyball courts

Two new volleyball cinder courts were thrown open for players at the Sector 7 sports complex, here today. Nearly four months have passed since these courts went in for renovation. On this occasion, a friendly match between the sports department coaches was also organised in the presence of Dr J.P.S. Sidhu, Joint Director of Sports, Chandigarh Administration.