Youth dies in road mishap
Tribune News Service

PANCHKULA, Nov 29 — Saurab scummed to injuries at Command Hospital, Chandi Mandir, after being hit by a car, near the hospital.

The 16-year-old victim, along with Jitender and Pammi, were crossing the road near the entrance of the hospital when a car coming from Mani Majra side hit Saurab. He was rushed to Command Hospital where he was declared dead.

The driver fled the scene. The police has registered a case under Sections 279 and 304, IPC.

CHANDIGARH

Whisky seized: The police has arrested a resident of Colony Number 5 and has seized 12 bottles of whisky from her.

According to the police sources, Rajpati was selling the liquor outside her house. A case under Sections 61,1 and 14 of the Excise Act has been registered against her.

House burgled: Mr Gurdev Singh, a resident of Mauli Jagran Colony, reported that someone broke into his house but nothing had been stolen.

Mobike stolen: Sector 20 resident Ajay Kumar reported that his motorcycle (CH-01-R 4308) was stolen from his residence.

One held: Manoj Pant, a resident of Lucknow, was arrested for consuming liquor at a public place in Sector 17.

Black marketing: Satyawan was arrested from Piccadily Cinema for black marketing cinema tickets.

DERA BASSI

5 arrested: The police has arrested five persons, including the branch manager of INCAN Mutual Benefit Limited, who had broken the locks of the Adarsh Nagar branch of the company, near here, on Saturday night.

Besides arresting accused Harkripal Singh Sidhu, branch manager and resident of Sector 16, Panchkula, Karnail Singh, an employee of the Ropar branch of the company, Vinod Kumar, a resident of Chandigarh, Karan and Harish, hailing form Muzaffarnagar and Meerut, respectively, the police has also impounded a Maruti car (HR-03-A-5040) and a jeep (AO-10-3558) which were used to carry the goods.

Earlier the police had registered a case under Sections 457, 380 and 511, IPC, on the complaint of Ms Daljit Kaur, owner of the property.

Carrot cheaper in SAS Nagar
Tribune News Service

SAS NAGAR, Nov 29 — Prices of commonly consumed vegetables in local markets were cheaper, compared to past few weeks. A vendor in Phase 5 was selling tomatoes at Rs 10 a kg.

Turnip was available at Rs 5 a kg in the Phase 4 market. Brinjal was selling at Rs 3 a kg. A better quality of the vegetable was available at Rs 4 a kg.

A survey of local markets showed that prices of vegetables in the town were less, compared to markets of Chandigarh. Carrot, which was selling for Rs 8 a kg in Chandigarh, was available for Rs 6 a kg in the Phase 7 market.

Cauliflower was selling for Rs 4 a kg. The item was available in markets of Chandigarh for Rs 5 a kg. A vendor in Phase 6 market was selling potatoes for Rs 4 a kg. Onion, which was selling for Rs 8 a kg in Chandigarh, was, however, selling for Rs 9 a kg in the Phase 5 market.

Ginger and garlic were selling for Rs 30 a kg and Rs 40 a kg, respectively. Peas were selling for Rs 9 a kg.A vendor in Phase 5 was selling gourd for Rs 5 a kg. Cabbage and radish were selling for Rs 5 a kg and Rs 4 a kg.

Order to Haryana on JBT teachers’ vacancies
By Our Legal Correspondent

CHANDIGARH, Nov 29 — On two writ petitions challenging the advertisment dated November 15,1999 inviting applications for 3206 vacancies of JBT teachers, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the District Education Officers (Primary) of Haryana to accept the application forms from BA, B.Ed. candidates as well and interview them provisionally. It issued notice of motion for March 29.

After hearing counsel for Mr Rakesh Kumar and other petitioners, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice H.S. Bedi and Mr Justice J.S. Khehar, ordered that the interim order would be subject to the result of the writ petition.

In the impugned notification it was stated that the preference would be given to those candidates who had done matric and JBT. In case such candidates are not available, those with BA, B.Ed. qualifications should also be considered.

The petitioners alleged that the DPEOs of various districts were not accepting application forms from those candidates, who had done BA and B.Ed.

The advertisement was challenged on the ground that preference to matric and JBT qualification, as mentioned in the advertisement, was arbitrary against the public policy of having best available teachers and was violative of Article 14 of the Constitution as it discriminated against candidates who had done BA and B.Ed.

Notice to centre on book

On a petition for staying the publication of the new edition of the book or reprint of "Medieval India", a history textbook for Class XI prescribed by the CBSE as it contained the alleged derogatry remarks against the Sikh Gurus, filed by Guru Nanak Universal Brotherhood Society, the High Court issued notice regarding stay to the Union of India and others.

Mr Justice V.K. Jhanji, before whom the application for stay came up for hearing, issued the notice for December 13.

The petitioner said Sikhs were aggrieved by a paragraph pertaining to Guru Tegh Bahadur, the Ninth Guru. The conflict between the Sikh Guru and the Mughal ruler had been described as personal and political rather than religious.

Counsel for the petitioner referred to the remarks of Mr Arun Shourie, a prominent scholar, now a Union Minister, in his book "Eminent Historians — There Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud" (1988). Mr Shourie had devoted one full chapter to the above said book and specially pointed out that the history has been distorted in the book.

The petitioner alleged that they would not allow their history to be converted into fiction by the official historian of NCERT.

Notice on plea to quash FIR

Mr Justice K.S. Kumaran issued notice on a petition for quashing F.I.R. registered at Sardulgarh police station in Mansa district against Dr Promila and her husband, Mr Prithi Chand, for carrying out an abortion on a Scheduled Caste girl allegedly without her consent. It was alleged that the girl was raped by one Ram Kumar.

After some days the girl came to the clinic of the petitioners and got her operated for abortion but after the operation the bleading and pain did not stop and injury did not heal. The police registered a case against the doctor and put up challan under Section 3, 4 of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989.

Counsel for the petitioner submitted that there was no ground to rope them in the case under the above mentioned Act since at the time of operation they did not know that the girl belonged to the Scheduled Caste. It was contended that to hold them guilty under the Act there should be material to show that they knew about her being from the Scheduled Caste. Secondly, it was stated that the relative accompanying the girl had signed a paper giving consent for the operation.

Notice to Punjab on leave encashment cut

A Division Bench issued notice of motion to the Chief Secretary and the Finance Secretary, for March 2, on a writ petition filed by Mr Charan Singh Lamba, a retired Under Secretary, who challenged the Punjab Government instructions dated July 29, whereby those employees who had opted for old rules in pursuance of the Finance Department's instructions dated May 13, 1998, would be entitled to get leave encashment only up to 180 days as against up to 300 days encashment earlier allowed.

The case came up before the Chief Justice and Mr Justice V.K. Bali.

The petitioner submitted that the Punjab Government instructions dated January 24, 1988, who retired after January 1, 1986, were allowed leave encashment up to 300 days. But those retiring earlier to that were allowed encashment up to 240 days.

Jatinderbir wins 100 m
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Nov 29 — Jatinderbir Singh of DAV Coaching Centre, Sector 10, won the 100 m race in under-18 boys' section by clocking 11.2 seconds on the penultimate day today of the Chandigarh State Sub-Junior, Juniors and Seniors Athletics Champiosnhip being held here at the Sector 7 Sports Complex.

Kavita of MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, clinched gold medal in the under-22 section of the 1,500 m race event with a timing of 5.36.6 minutes.

In the girls' under-16 section, Pawandeep Kaur of SAI STC, Sector 18, won the 100 m race, while in the 1,500 m event, Anu, also of SAI-18 won the title. In the girls' under-22 section, Pinki Sharma of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, won the 100 m race.

Results: Under-16 boys discus throw — Samrat Singh (SPS-41) 1, Harveer Singh (AKSIPS-41) 2, Harinder Singh (SDPC-32) 3; under-18 1,500 m — Vikas (DAVC-10) 1, Gurjit (Sarvhitkari-40) 2, Harpal Yadav (SGGSS-35) 3; 100 m — Jatinderbir Singh (DAVC-10) 1, Lakhbir Singh (DAVSSS-8) 2, Ajit Chaudhary (GMSSS-40) 3.

Discus throw — Lakhbir Singh (DAVC-10) 1, Parminder Singh (DAVC-10) 2, Sarvedhaum Malik (DAVSSS-8) 3; triple jump — Sunil Kumar (SGGSC-26) 1, Surajdeep Singh (Athletics Club-7) 2, Induraj Singh (Athletics Club-7) 3.

Under-20 100 m — Sukhdev Singh (SGGSC-26) 1, Jagmohan Singh (DAVC-10) 2, Jagtar Singh (DAVC-10) 3; 1,500 m — Zulfkar (SDC-32) 1, Bhupinder Singh Rawat (DAVC-10) 2, Hari Om (Shishu Niketan-22) 3.

Under-22 100 m — Parminder Singh (DAVC-10) 1, Harpal Singh (SDC-32) 2, Sanjeev Kumar (DAVC-10) 3; 1,500 m — Kamaljit Singh (SGGSC-26) 1, Bimal Kishore (Shishu-22) 2, Balbir Singh (Athletics-7) 3.

Triple jump — Manmohan Singh (Athletics-7) 1, Bimal Kishore (Shishu-22) 2, Shail Jain (DAV Public-15) 3; 1,500 m — Mohinder Singh (Chandigarh police) 1, Dharamvir Singh (Chandigarh Home Guard) 2, Balwan Singh (CISF) 3.

Under-16 girls 100 m — Pawandeep Kaur (SAI STC-18) 1, Veena Yadav (Sarvhit-40) 2, Shalini (Sarvhitkari-40) 3; discus throw — Mukesh (SAI-18) 1, Harshpreet Kaur (New Public-18) 2, Sakshi Sharma (GMSSS-20) 3.

Under-18 100 m — Manju Hooda (KV-31) 1, Ramanjit Kaur (SAI-18) 2, Samina (MCM-36) 3; 1,500 m — Anu (SAI-18) 1, Manju (KV-31) 2, Ravnet Kaur (GMSSS-16) 3; discus throw — Rupinder (GGSSS-8) 1, Pushpa Rani (GGSSS-8) 2, Jagdeep Kaur (GMSSS-35) 3.

Under-20 100 m — Pinki Sharma (GGSSS-8) 1, Aarti (GGSSS-8) 2, Jagdeep (Shishu-22) 3; 1,500 m — Anita (GGSSS-8) 1, Geetanjali (Shishu-22) 2, Neha (Shishu-22) 3; discus throw — Poonam Lalit (GCG-11) 1, Ravneet Kaur (GMSSS-16) 2, Rajbir Kaur (GMSSS-35) 3.

Under-22 100 m — Shruti (MVM-36) 1, Priyanka (Shishu-22) 2, Seema (Shishu-22) 3; 1,500 m — Kavita (MCM-36) 1, Suruchi (MCM-36) 2, Priyanka (Shishu-22) 3.

Shakun, Sahil win rink races
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Nov 29 — Shakun among girls and Sahil among boys won the rink race-II in the age group of 10 to 12 of the UT Roller Skating Championship which concluded here today at Skating Rink in Sector 10.

In the girls' roller hockey match, Chandigarh 'A' beat Chandigarh 'B', 10-3, while in the senior boys' section, Rink 'A' beat Rink 'B', 11-9.

Radhika Mehta who won in the above-14 age group in the girls' section has been the state champion for the past nine years. Recently, she took part in the Asian Skating Championship where India got a bronze medal.

Ms Sunita Puri, Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, gave away the prizes.

Rink race-II: Under-6 (boys) — Shivam 1, Kushan 2, Pranjal 3; girls — Saloni 1; 8 to 10 years boys — Gulsagar 1, Gulrajan 2, Siddharth 3; girls — Aastha 1; 10-12 years — Sahil 1, Vaibhav 2, Gurpreet 3; girls — Shakun 1, Puneet Kaur 2, Beenu 3.

Boys (12 to 14 years) — Harkiran 1, Manjit Singh 2, Gaurav 3; 12 to 14 years inline — Shamsher Pratap 1; above-14 inline — Taranjit 1.

Above-14 girls — Bandeep 1, Suparna 2, Sapna Jain 3; above-14 girls inline — Shriya 1, Parinaz 2; road race (6 to 8 years boys) — Bharat 1, Rehatbir 2; girls — Mehak Paul 1, Richa 2; 8 to 10 years boys — Gulsagar 1, Anant 2, Gurmohit 3; girls — Gurleen 1.

10 to 12 years boys — Chetan 1, Ravneet 2, Sahil 3; girls — Kriti Puri 1, Puneet Kaur 2, Parneet Kaur 3; 12 to 14 years boys — Harkiran 1, Jaswinder 2, Varun Kumar 3; girls — Ganeev 1.

Above-14 boys — Rupinder 1; above-14 years girls — Radhika Mehta 1, Suparna 2, Bandeep 3; above-14 years — inline — Parminder Kamboj 1, Vivek 2.

GHS-32 teams impress
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Nov 29 — Girls and boys of Government High School, Sector 32, gave an impressive performance here at the recently concluded UT Inter-School Sport Competitions. The girls' under-17 kho-kho team of the school stood first, defeating Guru Harkrishan Public School, Sector 40, in the final.

The boys' under-14 team won the title after beating Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa School, Sector 35, in a keenly contested final.

The under-14 girls' and the under-17 boys' kho-kho teams finished runners-ups in their respective sections.

The under-17 girls' kho-kho team of this school was the champion in the past year too. The under-17 boys' and the under-14 girls' kho-kho teams had finished runners-ups in the past year, while the under-14 boys' team was placed third.

In volleyball, the girls' under-17 team of this school finished runners-up, while the under-14 team was placed third. Past year, the under-17 girls' volleyball team were the champions, while the under-14 boys' team had finished runners-up. Teams of this school also participated in kabaddi and judo competitions.

DAV-8 win UT u-19 cricket
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Nov 29 — DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, won the under-19 boys' section final today after beating Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, by 33 runs in the UT Inter-School Cricket Tournament being played here.

Earlier, DAV School boys won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 155 runs for the loss of six wickets in the stipulated 25 overs. Amardeep was the highest scorer and he made 40 runs.

In reply, GMSSS-35 were bundled out for 122 runs in 24 overs. Jagmeet Sekhon was instrumental in wrecking the batting line-up of GMSSS-35 as he claimed four wickets.

Brief scores: DAVSSS-8 — 155 for 6 in 25 overs (Amardeep 40, Rajat Bhandari 22, Manpratap 27, Sanjay 20, Balwar 2 for 26); GMSSS-35 — 122 runs all out in 24 overs (Amit Verma 26, Mohan Jhaku 20, Balwar 15, Jagmeet Sekhon 4 for 15, Vipul 3 for 10, Rajat Bhandari 2 for 10).