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Chandigarh, June 24 — A scooterist was killed when he collided head on with a Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) bus on the road dividing Sectors 35 and 36 this morning. Devinder Mohan, aged about 35 and a resident of Sector 22, was riding his scooter (CH-01-F-5430) when he tried to over take a bus. He collided with a bus (CH-01-G-5581) coming from the opposite direction. The bus driver, Amrik Singh, was arrested from the accident spot while Devinder Mohan was declared dead on arrival at the PGI. Cheating alleged Labh Singh alleged that Anjali Kaplish of Sector 22 and Avtar Singh of Ropar had promised him a job and cheated him in the process. The police have booked the woman and her accomplice under Section 420 of the IPC. No arrests have been made so far. Stabber caught A case under Sections 392, 397 and 34 of the IPC was registered then. Four arrested In a separate incident, Mohan Singh of Khuda Lahora village was caught while gambling at a public place outside the PGI. Labourer
electrocuted Upon demolishing the wall, he caught hold of an iron rod jutting out of the roof to get down. The rod was carrying electric charge and he received a shock throwing him to the ground. He was declared dead on arrival at the PGI. PANCHKULA Case not
registered On receiving information about him, a team of the police party had raided the place of the suspect, Puppy Verma, in Sector 26, and found that he and his servant Sukhbir, were allegedly preparing the beverages with substandard material and in unhygienic conditions. A bottling machine and a gas cylinder were seized by the police. At least 15 crates of cold drinks were also taken into possession by the police. The SP said a case could not be registered as samples of the spurious drinks had been sent for examination to the laboratory. A case could only be registered after the test reports were received. The suspect was selling crates of cold drinks for Rs 70 each. Consignments were often transported in his Fiat car. Scooter stolen |
Chandigarh, June 24 — As part of its Thursday cultural evening, Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi today presented a Punjabi play, 'Sabton Udas Kavita' . The play was staged by the Lok Kala Manch, Mullanpur. A translation of Swadesh Deepak's Hindi play by the same name, today's production was directed by Harkesh Chaudhary. For the huge city audience, it was an experience to witness the village artistes present the problems of the 'ruler' and the 'ruled'. Set in an adivasi village, 'Sabton....' is a story of how a young woman journalist sows the seeds of awakening among the village folk and forms an army of Naxalites to fight the oppressors of society. The story of the Naxalite movement also involved a subtle love story between the journalist and a doctor, which in no way clashed with the tale of how a village resists violence on innocent people by the police force, by resorting to violence themselves. Kamal Preet Kaur, as Apporva, the journalist, dressed in a khadi kurta and jeans, looked every bit a Communist geared to fight for the cause of the right. In fact, it was interesting to watch most of the artists spewing forth rhetoric about the justness of living a truthful, even if a dangerous life. For most of them the dialogues, though cliched, seemed to come straight from the heart. The beauty of theatre which is alive and kicking at the grass-root levels, even with garish sets and deafening music, is that most such productions are devoid of any affectations. And maybe that is why they manage to elicit a thunderous applause from the audience. The rest of the cast included Surinder, Harinder Singh and Rajesh Kumar. Song, dance mark end Chandigarh, June 24 — The Pracheen Kala Kendra, Sector 35, today held the concluding function of its month-long summer workshop of theatre, arts and dance at the Tagore Theatre. A vibrantly colourful function, in which over 140 students took part, was a demonstration of all the singing-dancing skills acquired by the five to 16 year olds in the workshop. Today's programme began with 'saraswati vandana', in which 39 children welcomed the huge audience that consisted primarily of the parents of the kids on the stage. This was followed by a solo performance by three-year-old Nikhar and then by kathak and Manipuri dances. The dances were choreographed by Anuradha Arora. More than the performers on the stage, the over-enthusiastic sets of parents were worth watching, who were not only busy in 'clicking' and 'shooting' their kids but were also egging and cheering them on throughout the performances ! The first play of the evening was 'A Fat Cat' featuring cute little tiny tots who tell the story of a fat cat who is too fat to even catch the rats. This hilarious tale then dwelled on how this fat, but well-read, cat goes to Mumbai and comes across a running train only to mistake it for a monster and runs back to the jungle. 'A Fat Cat' was directed by Jaspal Deol. This production was followed by 'Khadiya Ka Ghera', based on Bertolt Brecht's 'Caucasian Chalk Circle', and directed by Rajesh Rajpal. The much seen and read play was presented in a delightful manner by the kids, in the form of song and dance. The final production of the day, 'Mano Ya Na Mano', directed by Munisha Mahajan, revolved around a child's fantasy who imagines that he owns a red elephant with whom he can chat and play. This enchanting play went down very well with the audience. Later, prizes to the children were distributed by Mr Kamleshwar Sinha, Associate Editor of The Tribune, who while lauding the efforts of Pracheen Kala Kendra in spreading happiness and joy through such workshops, added that it was very essential to introduce children to the various forms of art. This introduction, he added, would help secure our tomorrow because such children would definitely turn out to be better human beings. No beauty in the woman CHANDIGARH: A female form and a parrot are the two main characters of the paintings of Ambalicka Jacob. In her 35 frames displayed as ‘The Abode of Kama Devta’ she has dealt with the relationship of man and woman and its complexities. Here the parrot has been symbolically used as the ‘vahan’ of desire. The woman depicted might be romantic and full of passion but there seems to be no beauty in her. The compositions leave much to be desired, there is no proportion in her works. Besides, there is not much to talk about regarding the colour combinations. Using primary colours she has made red to dominate. Apart from paintings there is a section of computer graphics also where the compositions are better off. Just one or two creations stand out amongst the lot. The exhibition will be
open at Punjab Arts Council, Punjab Lalit Kala Academy
till June 29. |
CHANDIGARH, June 24 — The Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh, has dismissed an appeal of the Unit Trust of India against the order of Consumer Forum-I whereby the company had been held liable for not paying dividend for two years against the units held by the consumer. In a complaint filed before the Forum, Mrs Guddie Madanjit, had stated that she was the holder of 200 units of the UTI and that while dividend of Rs 520 for the year 1995-96 was paid to her, the same for the next two years was not paid. The company in its reply , held that the complainant had lodged a certificate for repurchase/encashment with them. After going through the relevant documents, it was found that the complainant neither sold these certificates to anybody nor received the receipt of the sale proceeds of the units or the dividend for the period in question. While upholding the judgement of District Forum-I, which had held the appellant company responsible for non-payment to the consumer, the Commission Bench, comprising its President, Mr J.B Garg, and members, Col P.K Vasudeva ( retd) and Mrs Devinderjit Dhatt, further directed the UTI to hold an internal departmental enquiry to investigate as to why the dividend for the said period was not paid to the complainant. The bench also told the UTI to pay Rs 1,000 as compensation to the complainant. Cost of sari to be paid The UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum- I has directed the proprietor, Defence Dry Cleaners, Sector 35, to refund a sum of Rs 500 towards the cost of a sari, which was returned to the consumer without its defect being removed at the time of dry cleaning. The complainant, Mr Premvir Singh, had in his complaint alleged that he had given a sari for dry cleaning to M/s Defence Dry Cleaners on August 10, 1998, for dry cleaning and a cash memo of Rs 40 was issued to him as the dry cleaning charges. He further alleged that when the sari was taken back from the dry cleaner, it was found to be having some red and black spots. The complainant again left the sari with the said dry cleaner, who assured him that the defects would be removed. However, the defects persisted and despite repeated requests, he could not get the sari back. The complainant had demanded a compensation of Rs 1,200 stating that neither the sari was returned nor the defects removed. The notice was issued to the dry cleaner but since no one appeared on their behalf,the case was proceeded ex-parte. Holding the dry cleaners
guilty of deficiency in service, the Forum bench
comprising its President, Mr H.C Modi, and member, Ms
Shashi Kanta, directed them to refund Rs 500 as the
tentative cost of the sari in question. While
deliberating on the quantum of compensation, they
observed that the sari was not new as it was gifted in
January, 1998 ,but was given for dry cleaning in August,
1998. Since the sari had been worn several times, the
respondents were asked to pay the tentative cost of the
sari at that time. |
KHARAR, June 24 — In a meeting of the local municipal committee held here today under the presidentship of Mr Ranbir Singh Kala, Mr Avtar Singh, Secretary of the employees union of the committee, was suspended in connection with the case of an alleged bogus bill of Rs 3,256. A resolution about this was passed under protests by the Opposition members and municipal employees went on an indefinite strike as mark of protest against this suspension. This was the first item on the agenda of today’s meeting. Mrs Daljeet Kaur, MLA of Kharar, also participated in this meeting. A tight security arrangement was made and the in charge city police chauki was also present. The item on the agenda was that since Mr Avtar Singh had been held responsible in this case according to a report submitted by a sub-committee, action should be taken against him. A resolution to order his suspension was passed. At this point, four Opposition members, Mr Charanjit Singh, Mr Rajesh Gupta, Mr Kuldeep Singh and Mrs Baljinder Kaur protested and said that this was being done against government directions and rules. They alleged that the ruling group was not entertaining their objections. Many heated words were exchanged among members. Mr Om Parkash Aggarwal, a senior BJP leader alleged that two former officers of the committee had accepted a bribe in another case. After this, four above mentioned members staged a walkout from the meeting. Meanwhile, employees of the municipal committee started raising slogans and staged a dharna. Mr Pardeep Kumar, President of the employees’ union, alleged that Mr Avtar Singh had been illegally suspended. He alleged that no inquiry was held. He said that the employees would continue their strike indefinitely. The committee also
passed a resolution declaring this strike as illegal. As
no notice about this was given in advance. They
recommended that the rule of ‘no work no pay’
should be applicable against the employees. The committee
also passed a resolution to purchase a hydraulic trolley
worth Rs 75,000. It sanctioned Rs 50,000 for cleaning of
drains and passed estimates of lakhs of rupees for
development works. |
CHANDIGARH, June 24 — A number of commonly used vegetables, including cauliflower, cabbage and brinjal, have become costly, while the prices of certain other vegetables have come down during the past two days. During a survey of the local market today, it was found that if a kg of cauliflower was priced at Rs 12 a kg two days back, it was available today for Rs 16 in different city markets. The wholesale price of the vegetable has increased from Rs 50 to Rs 65 per five kg during this period. Cabbage has also gone the cauliflower way as the price of a kg of the vegetable has gone up from Rs 8 to Rs 10 in the retail market and from Rs 30 to Rs 35 per five kg in the wholesale market. The traders attributed the hike to lesser arrivals of both the vegetables from Himachal Pradesh. Similarly, if a kg of brinjal could be purchased for Rs 10 just two days back, it could be bought today after paying Rs 12. The wholesale price of the vegetable has increased from Rs 40 to Rs 50 per five kg. The same was the case with bittergourd, the price of which has gone up from Rs 12 to Rs 16 a kg in retail and from Rs 50 to Rs 60 per five kg in the wholesale market. The traders said the hike was an outcome of lesser arrivals from parts of Punjab and Haryana during this period. Beans have also become costly during this period. The price of a kg of the vegetable has increased from Rs 20 to Rs 24 in the retail market and from Rs 80 to Rs 100 per five kg in the wholesale market. Traders said the price had increased due to poor arrivals of the vegetable from Himachal Pradesh. The price of squashgourd which had been stable at Rs 16 a kg during the past one week, was available today for Rs 20 in retail and for Rs 70 per five kg in the wholesale market. Similarly, once again the price of ginger has also started witnessing an upward trend. A kg of the vegetable, which was priced at Rs 60 two days back, was priced today at Rs 80 in different parts of the city. The wholesale price of the vegetable has increased from Rs 275 to Rs 350 per five kg. The scarcity of the vegetable in the market had seen the price touching Rs 150 per kg during the past week. On the other hand, the prices of some of the vegetables have come down. A kg of 'pahari' cucumber, priced at Rs 14 a kg two days back, was available today for Rs 12. The wholesale price has come down from Rs 50 to Rs 40 per five kg during this period. Similarly, a kg of peas, priced at Rs 60 earlier, was available today for Rs 50. The wholesale price of the vegetable has come down from Rs 250 to Rs 220 per five kg during this period. A kg of lady's finger priced at Rs 16 a few days back, could be purchased today after paying Rs 12. The wholesale price of this vegetable has dipped from Rs 60 to Rs 45 per five kg. A kg of capsicum, which could be had for Rs 24 two days back, was available today for Rs 16. The wholesale price has come down from Rs 100 to Rs 60 per five kg. According to traders, the price has come down due enhanced supply of the local variety of the vegetable in the market. There was no change in
the prices of potato and onions as these were still
available for Rs 5 and Rs 8 per kg, respectively, in the
retail market. |
CHANDIGARH, June 24 — The young badminton campers practising at Panjab University indoor hall got a boost in the form of practical training when the newly appointed Chairman of the Chandigarh Badminton Association, Mr D. K. Mukerjee shared his experiences in this game here in the morning. Experts in the game have been giving tips to young players during the past fortnight and today's lecture was a part of this series. Mr Mukerjee who carries with him nearly three decades of experience in the game, asked every trainee individually, questions related to his of her game. He urged boys and girls to involve themselves in the game. He said unless each one of them was devoted to the game, champions could not be produced. He said counselling sometimes became vital during the crucial points in a match. He suggested some codes and signals to be used by players and coaches between themselves during games. This is because speaking is forbidden during matches. Mr Mukerjee told trainees that speed of a shuttlecock could be upto 70 miles (nearly 110 km) and its weight differed in plains and hills. He explained how a shuttlecock needed care after a racquet. He said a shuttle was like a bird, if kept tight, it would die and if kept loose, would fly. The camp would conclude on June 26, Mr Surinder Mahajan, coach at the centre, said. CCA under-19 trials The Chandigarh Cricket Association will hold the selection trials for its under-19 team on June 26 at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, according to a press note issued by Mr Mohinder Singh, Secretary of the association, The association is affiliated to the Punjab Cricket Association. The selected players
will participate in the Punjab Inter-District Cricket
Tournament. |
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