Lady complains against mother, brothers
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, May 28 — A local woman living in Karnal after her marriage, has lodged a complaint with the police, alleging that her mother and brothers have disposed off some ancestral property without giving her the due share. Ms Poonam alleged that a couple of vehicles, a revolver and several tolas of gold jewellery, owned by her father, Mr Subhash Chand, had been sold off by her mother and brothers and her legal right had been infringed.

The police has registered a case under Sections 403, 404, 420 and 120-B of the IPC against Jagdish Kaur, Rakesh Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Anita Rani and Rajesh Kumar.

Suicide commited: A prinicpal of a government school located in a rural area reportedly committed suicide by setting herself on fire in her Sector 44 house last night. Ms Chander Kiran, aged about 50 years, was unmarried and was living alone in her first floor flat. She was reportedly suffering from depression and was undergoing psychiatric treatment at General Hospital, Sector 16.

She used to have her food at the house of a relative of her's living nearby. The suicide came to light when the relative came to call her for dinner last night. The police was called in and the doors had to be broken around 10 pm. The police has sent the body for post-mortem.

Two groups booked: Two groups of persons have been booked for allegedly quarelling at a public place. Residents of Burial village, Brij Pal, Sidharth and Parduman, besides the second group comprising Swaranjeet Singh and Harminder Singh of Sector 27, have been booked under Section 160 of the IPC.

Landlord booked: The man, in whose house wanted conman Mohamed Wahid was living in Sector 8, has been booked under Section 188 of the IPC. The police has initiated legal proceedings against Mr J.S. Kang for allegedly not informing the police about his tenant. Giving information about one's tenant is mandatory in Chandigarh under Section 144 of the CrPC.

Travel agent booked: A Travel agent has been booked for allegedly taking Rs 10,000 from an Ambala-based person by promising him that a passport could be arranged for him within a week. Mr Harkesh, a resident of Vijay Nagar in Ambala Cantonment, reported that he had been cheated of Rs 10,000 by Bhupinder Singh of Hargobind Travel Agent. A case under Section 420 of the IPC has been registered.

The case was first handed over to the police, who said it had nothing in it. The Regional Passport Officer complained again and the sum was returned through a cheque thus proving that money had changed hands between the two parties.

Scooter stolen: A Kinetic Honda (CH-01-F-8420) owned by Mr Harish Taneja of Sector 23 has been stolen from the Sector 17 parking.

Minor girl kidnapped: A minor daughter of Mrs Sudesh Kumar, a resident of Dadu Majra Colony (DMC), has been kidnapped. The woman alleged that her daughter was abducted by Jasbir Singh Jassi and Rani of the same locality. A case under Sections 333 and 366 of the IPC has been registered.

Colony sanitation to be privatised
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, May 28 — In the wake of shortage of sanitation staff, the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) today decided to privatise sanitation services in several labour colonies of the city.

At a meeting of the civic body here, it was decided that the sanitation of the Bapu Dham Colony and the Transport Area, Labour Colony No 5, Housing Board Colony, Khuda Lahora, Nehru Colony and Pandit Colony would be privatised. The work in respect of sweeping and collection and removal of garbage up to the garbage bin would be given on contract.

Earlier, certain councillors resented the way several roads leading to S.A.S. Nagar had been recarpeted without obtaining the prior permission of the House. They wanted that the officials should not have bypassed the House and a special meeting could have been called for the purpose.

It may be recalled that the V-3 road between the Sectors 45 and 46 leading to S.A.S. Nagar was recarpeted in the wake of the cricket match between India and Pakistan on April 1. Similarly, the estimates for other V-3 roads — between Sectors 41and 42, between Sectors 54 and 55 and between Sectors 49 and 50 — leading to the township, were also approved without the approval of the House.

Mrs Saudamani Bambah (nominated) wondered when these roads could be recarpeted on emergency basis keeping in view the match, why the roads whose estimates had been passed several months ago had not been recarpeted.

Mrs Harjinder Kaur (SAD) walked out saying that priorities of the road recarpeting had been changed. She also wanted to know the fate of the left out V-6 roads. Mr Harish Bhanot (nominated) said the recarpeting of the roads without the prior approval of the House was neither democratic nor proper.

Mr R. K. Aggarwal (nominated) wondered why the amount of annual maintenance of the water supply scheme (Phase I and Phase II) — Rs 10.80 crore — and electricity charges(Phases I, II and III) had been brought before the House since they were charged on non-planned expenditure and were the responsibility of the officials. To this the Commissioner, Mr S.K. Gathwal, replied that officials were competent authority in this matter.

Mr Aggarwal also wanted to know the total expenditure and receipt on water supply in the city and the loss suffered by the civic body on account of this. The Superintending Engineer, Mr Manmohanjit Singh, informed that the proposal to raise the water tariff had been sent to the Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) twice but had not been passed.

Another issue which generated discussion was the purchase of 1000 MT of cement costing Rs 22 lakh by the F&CC. Members were of the view that since the financial powers of the committee were only up to an amount of Rs 20 lakh, prior sanction of the House could have been approved.

Ms Kamlesh (Congress) walk out in protest saying that bypassing the House was becoming a routine affair. The Mayor, Mr Kewal Krishan Addiwal, assured the House that the F&CC would not transgress it powers in future.

The meeting also approved cleanliness of backlanes, feasibility of eradication of congress grass through a chemical, glycol, and technical feasibility of laying concrete on the V-3 roundabouts.

City boys win tennis titles
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, May 28 — Chandigarh boys won the titles in the under -14 and under -16 sections in the Adidas Junior Zonal Tennis Tournament which concluded at the Tennis Stadium, Sector 10, here today.

Tushar Liberhan (Chandigarh) beat Yuvraj, also of Chandigarh, 6-1, 6-0 to win the title in the boys under-14 section. In the boys under-16 group Amanjot Singh (Chandigarh) beat his colleague Chatwinder Singh 7-6(1), 4-6, 6-2 to win the title .

All four players are trainees of the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association Coaching Centre. The boys have already won the titles of this tournament in the first leg at Delhi and the second leg at Yamunanagar. They are now proceeding to play the Zonal Tournament at Amritsar, which commences on May 31.

The Zonal Tournaments are being played in north, south, west and east zones. The best players of all the four zones will play the Masters at Delhi from June 21 to 26. The eligibility of the players for participation in the Masters depends on their performance in the zonal tournaments. A number of Chandigarh boys and girls are likely to be eligible to participate in the Masters.

In the girls under -14 section Sania Mirza of Andhra Pradesh beat Ankita Bhambri of Delhi 6-4,6-1 to win the title.

In the girls under-16 final, Rani Smita Jain of Rajasthan beat Sanna Bhambri of Delhi 4-6,6-0,6-4 for the title. This was a very contesting match and took nearly two hours to finish.

Results (all finals)

Boys (under-14): Tushar Liberhan (Chd) beat Yuvraj (Chd) 6-1, 6-0.

Boys (under-16): Amanjot Singh (Chd) beat Chatwinder Singh (Chd) 7-6(1), 4-6, 6-2

Girls (under-14): Sania Mirza (A.P) beat Ankita Bhambri (Dli) 6-4, 6-1.

Girls (under-16): Rani Smita Jain (Raj) beat Sana Bhambri (Dli) 4-6, 6-0, 6-4.