Held for assaulting doctor
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Nov 18 — An employee of the Sector 30 CSIO has been arrested by the local police for assaulting and misbehaving with a doctor of the Sector 32 Government Medical College and Hospital.

According to the police, Dr R.K Banta, complained that C.L. Yadav, the accused, accompanied by a woman, came to him yesterday and picked up a quarrel with him on the issue of medical check-up of the patient. Consequently, the accused landed in the police custody and a case has been registered against him.

Liquor seized: The local police has arrested two persons from different parts of the city and has recovered 12 bottles and 48 pouches of liquor from their possession. The accused are Shish Pal, a resident of Bir Ghaggar in the Panchkula district, and Indro, a resident of Daddu Majra Colony here.

Motorcyclist hit: Raj Kumar, a resident of Palsora village, who was going on his motorcycle was injured after he was hit by a truck near the Sector 26 Grain Market. The truck driver, Azam Bagh, a resident of Hoshiarpur, has been arrested and the truck has been impounded.

Cash stolen: Satish Kumar, a resident of Sector 21, complained that Rs 9,700 were stolen from the pocket of his trousers on the night of November 16 from his residence. A case has been registered.

PANCHKULA

Body found: A resident of Sector 6, Alok Tripathi, was found dead near Topiary Park in Sector 6 here today. The police has registered a case under Sections 279 and 304-A of the IPC. According to the police, a hit-and-run incident in which a heavier vehicle was involved resulted in a head injury which caused Alok's death.

SAS NAGAR

Theft: A theft was reported at a factory in the Phase VII Industrial Area here last night.

The police said thieves allegedly decamped with 12 rolls of aluminium wire valued at around Rs 2 lakh from Shivalik Electricals. They broke the lock of the main gate and then a shutter.

A case under Sections 457 and 380 of the IPC has been registered.

Peas stable at Rs 14 a kg
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Nov 18 — Most of the seasonal vegetables have become cheaper in the local market during the past four days.

During a survey of the market it was found that if a kg of cauliflower was priced at Rs 8 four days ago, it could be had at Rs 4 in the retail market. The wholesale price of the same came down from Rs 30 to Rs 16 per 5 kg. Cabbage was selling at the same price.

The brinjal price also came down as if a kg of the vegetable was priced at Rs 10 last week, it could be purchased at Rs 4. Its wholesale price came down from Rs 40 to Rs 15 per 5 kg.

Ghia also became cheaper as its price came down from Rs 10 to Rs 8 a kg in retail and Rs 40 to Rs 32 per 5 kg in the wholesale market.

Similarly, the price of radish came down from Rs 4 to Rs 3 per kg in retail and Rs 16 to Rs 12 per 5 kg in the wholesale market. Peas' price was stable at Rs 14 in retail and Rs 55 per 5 kg in the wholesale market.

Likewise, the price of onion came down with the arrival of the green variety of the crop in the market. If a kg of the vegetable was priced at Rs 12 in retail and Rs 50 per 5 kg in the wholesale market, the price came down to Rs 10 and Rs 40, respectively.

Potato could be had at Rs 5 a kg in retail and Rs 20 per 5 kg in the wholesale market. The same was the price of palak.

One could purchase garlic and ginger at Rs 30 a kg in retail and Rs 130 per 5 kg in the wholesale market. Turnip could be had at Rs 8 a kg in retail and Rs 32 per 5 kg in the wholesale market.

Lemon could be had at Rs 30 in retail and Rs 130 per 5 kg in the wholesale market. The carrot price came down from Rs 14 to Rs 10 per kg in retail and Rs 55 to Rs 40 per 5 kg in the wholesale market.

1-min timeout rule in TT nationals
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Nov 18 — "A time out of one minute in every game has been allowed for table tennis players under the latest set of rules." This was said by Mr Gopal Rahut, Chief Referee for the 61st National Table Tennis Championship to begin here on Saturday.

Though the Bengal players are hogging the limelight in both boys' and girls' sections, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra players should be a treat to watch as well.

Petroleum Sport Control Board was providing employment to top table tennis players of the country and majority of them belonged to Bengal.

Mr Rahut is the second senior most table tennis umpire in the country after Mr A.M. Lele who is an international referee, and has been the chief referee at various junior nationals in the past many years.

On the performance of player of North India, Mr Rahut said due to a lack of exposure and specialised coaching for promising players, their performance was suffering.

"The number of tournaments organised are very less in this part of the country," he said. He said he was satisfied at the performance of the Chinese coach who had been sponsored by the PSCB Academy at Mumbai. He said this was one of the reasons why good players were attracted to PSCB.

He said a player could wear clothes of any colour provided it did not clash with the colour of the ball being used.

St John's, Shivalik in final
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Nov 18 — Hosts St John's High School, Sector 26, and Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, will meet in the final of the under-14 section of the UT Inter-School Cricket Tournament being played here. In the first semi-final, St John's beat St Stephen's School, Sector 45, by ten wickets, while Shivalik Public School defeated Government Model High School, Sector 38, by 15 runs.

Brief scores: St Stephen's — 68 all out in 19.5 overs (Ankit Malhotra 15, Manudai P.S. Sohi 2 for 8, Asim Ali Gupta 2 for 12); St John's — 69 for no loss in 9.5 overs (Harneet Arora 33 n.o., Jasraj Bhatti 30 n.o.).

SPS-41 — 146 for seven in 20 overs (Ankush 40, Gaurav Gupta 33, Gaurav Yadav 31, Atul 2 for one, Gaurav 2 for 31); GMHS-38 — 131 for eight in 20 overs (Hardeep 33, Atul 29, Gaurav 2 for nine, Anil 2 for 17).

Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, scored an impressive 76-run victory over Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, in the under-19 section of the tournament here. Sanjay School won the toss and elected to bat first. SPS-44 scored 175 runs for the loss of five wickets in the allotted 25 overs. Hanry got two wickets for GMSSS-16.

In reply, GMSSS-16 were all out for 99 runs in 22.5 overs. Rohit Bhasin scored 18 runs, followed by Kunal who made 16 runs. Manoj and Ravi Verma took two wickets each for SPS-44.

Ball badminton: IS Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, will meet Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, in the final of the UT Inter-School Ball Badminton Tournament for under-19 girls being played here at Shivalik Public School, Sector 41.

In a semi-final, GMSSS-21 beat GMSSS-16, 29-1, 29-12, with Sonia scoring 25 points, followed by Amita 12, Prabhjot 11 and Gurpreet 10 points.

Sport Day: The annual Sport Day function of Yadvaindra Public School, SAS Nagar, will be held on November 20 at 10.30 am. The one-day meet will have various athletics events, besides a prize distribution function.