Rickshaw-puller commits suicide
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 21 — A rickshaw-puller from Kishangarh, Kishan Chand (26), committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree near Circus Ground, Sector 17, here today.

The police recovered a suicide note, mentioning that he was taking his life and no one should be blamed for his death. A request that his body be handed over to his brother was made in the note. The body has been sent for a post mortem.

Offender arrested: The police arrested Bhagwant Singh of Amargarh village in Sangrur, who had been declared a proclaimed offender last year. He was wanted in a case registered under Section 188 at the Sector 39 police station.

Buffalo recovered: The police arrested Nirmal Singh and recovered a buffalo, which he had stolen from Chandika Parshad of colony number four yesterday.

Liquor seized: The police arrested Sarup Singh of Dadu Majra colony and recovered 75 pouches of liquor from his possession.

Two injured: A scooterist, Rakesh Kumar, and his pillion-rider, Vikas Bansal, were injured when they were hit by a Tata 407 vehicle (CH-O1-V-1459), which had also hit a fiat car (HR-03-1968).

Car stolen: Mr Satish Kumar of Sector 34 reported to the police that his car (CH-O1-A-7444) was stolen from his house.

DERA BASSI

Driver beaten up: Mr Avtar Singh, the driver of a Chandigarh Transport Undertaking bus (CH-01-G-5111), was beaten up by the passengers of the same bus for allegedly driving in an inebriated condition here yesterday. The bus was on its way from Ambala to Chandigarh.

KALKA

Thief arrested: A case under Sections 454 and 380 of the IPC was registered and Raj Kumar of Kalka was arrested for breaking into an STD booth and taking away the STD machine installed at the booth on Railway Road.

Murderer remanded: Mukhtiar Singh (45) was found murdered in a field in Raipur Rani after an altercation with Lajja Ram of Kazimpur and Jalli Nath from Bihar.

Lajja Ram has been arrested and remanded in police custody till September 24. A search for Jalli Nath is on.

PANCHKULA

Robbers nabbed: The local police arrested Ravinder Kumar of Mani Majra and Aashish of Panchkula, involved in looting a scooterist of Rs 14,000 and fleeing with his scooter from the dividing road in Sector 14 on March 12 this year. The duo were arrested and the motorcycle used in crime was also recovered from their possession. They admitted that they were involved in thefts in the area. They also revealed the names of other members of the gang.

The police also tracked down Ravinder Kumar and Ahmed Ali of Mani Majra and Uttar Pradesh, respectively, who had entered a house in Sector 12-A on October 5 last year on the pretext of delivering a Diwali gift to the occupants. They took away Rs 4,000, jewellery and a camera, which have been recovered from the two.

Kailash, Manasarovar pictures on display
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 21 — An exhibition of photographs of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar by Rekha Jhanji — 'From the Aesthetic to the Spiritual: A Journey to Kailash and Manasarovar' — opened at the Panjab University Fine Arts Museum here yesterday.

Rekha Jhanji is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Panjab University. The 43 works seem to celebrate the tranquility of time, which ceases to move when overpowered by the beauty of nature.

The date and the time imprints on the photographs are jarring and distracting. One of the speakers at the inauguration said these appeared to be "signatures of time on works which reflect the stillness of time".

Some of her works, in which she captures the grey and sombre hues of the evening at the Manasarovar, are brilliant.

Rekha Jhanji says, "I took these pictures just because I felt the need to share a sublime experience with all those who love nature and see in it a reflection of the spiritual." Her sensitivity towards art and aesthetics has come out well with this exhibition.

She has also published half a dozen books on aesthetics. Her recent works include 'The Sensuous in Art' and 'The Human Condition in the Mahabharata'.

This exhibition will remain open till September 24.

Exhibition of cartoons
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 21 — It seems as if the euphoric wave of patriotism that had swept the nation in the wake of the Kargil crisis is yet to die out. And to salute heroes, a collection of newspaper cartoons on the theme of Kargil, titled ''Kar(gil)toons'', opened at the Punjab Kala Bhavan, Sector 16, yesterday.

Of the more than 50 works displayed, the works of about 11 cartoonists belong to different English and Hindi newspapers on the Kargil crisis. Most of them make a dig at the Nawaz Sharif government and some at the commercialisation of this crisis by the fellow Indians.

The cartoonists whose works were exhibited in this exhibition included E.R. Suresh from The Statesman, Shekhar Gurera from The Pioneer, Irfan from Zee Network, Davender from Nai Duniya, Govind from Rashtriya Sahara, Pawan of Prabhat Khabar and The Times of India, Rohit Phore of Navbharat Times, Kaak of Amar Ujala, Sudhir Goswami of Rajasthan Patrika, Jagjit Rana of Dainik Jagran and Sandeep Joshi of The Tribune.

Also on sale at the exhibition is a book of cartoons, ''Kargil Cartoons'', complied by Shekhar Gurera and dedicated to the Indian defence forces. The book contains the cartoons included in this exhibition and more, and is priced at Rs 55. The sale proceeds will go to the National Defence Fund.

Air Force hockey final
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Sept 21 — Western Air Command and Maintenance Command will take on each other in the final of the Air Force Inter-Command Hockey Championship, the semi-finals of which were played here today.

In the first semi-final, Western Air Command defeated Central Air Command by two goals to one. The goals for the winners were scored by Munish Kumar and Vasant Pal while Kristota scored the lone goal for the losers.

In the second semi-final, Maintenance Command playing with its star player, Balbir, routed South Western Air Command by three goals to nil. Balbir scored two goals while Madhusudan scored the third for the winners.

Yuvraj's century: Chandigarh piled up a huge total of 312 runs in 90 overs with Yuvraj Singh making a brave 108 runs in the two-day Punjab Inter-District (under-19) Cricket Tournament match against SAS Nagar for the Dhruv Pandove Trophy today. The tournament began here today at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8.

Yuvraj and Nagesh Gupta were involved in a partnership of 138 runs for the second wicket with the latter scoring 50 runs.

Kamal Walia bagged four wickets for 74 runs and Ankur claimed two wickets for 79 runs. Earlier, Chandigarh won the toss and elected to bat first.

Soccer tourney: The Chandigarh Football Association will organise the Chandigarh Football Championship (under-19) for the SD Trophy from September 23 to 27 at Football Stadium in Sector 17, according to Mr Ravinder Talwar, President of the CFA.

The five-day meet will be sponsored by PML SD Public School, Sector 32.

Sixteen teams have so far confirmed their participation in this championship. About 30 probables would be selected from this championship to take part in the Junior National Football Championship, Mr Talwar said.

Inter-school cricket: Sharda Sarvhitkari School, Sector 40, got a walkover against DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, as the latter failed to turn up for the opening match of the UT Inter-school Cricket Tournament for the Shivalik Trophy being played here at the Sector 16 stadium.

Tomorrow, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, will play against Government High School, Sector 40, at 8.30 am.

Tennis tourney from Sept 23
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 21 — The Central Government Inter-Department Lawn Tennis Tournament for men will be held at the Sector 17 AG Punjab Office from September 23 to 27, Mr Palla Ram, Organising Secretary of the meet, announced today. He said teams of AG Audit (Punjab), AG A and E (Punjab), Income Tax, CSIO, ETDC (SAS Nagar) and Customs and Central Excise will participate in the championship. Besides this, there will be men's singles competition also. Ms Mohua Chatterjee, Principal AG of the AG Punjab, will inaugurate the tournament on September 23 at 11 am. Mr R.M. Mehta, Chairman of the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee, will preside over the concluding function on September 27.

DAV-7 gymnasts shine
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 21 — Kailash Bahl DAV Centenary Public School, Sector 7, won the first position in the Hans Raj Gymnastics Tournament held at Sports Complex here today.

Snehil (Cheenu) of Kailash Bahl School was declared the best gymnast of the tournament. The following are the detailed results: Floor exercises: Snehil (KB DAV) 1; Jagpreet (DAV Public School, Panipat) 2; Ishani Sharma (KB DAV) and Urvashi (DAV, Panipat) 3.

Beam: Snehil (KB DAV) 1; Ishani Sharma (KB DAV) 2; Urvashi (DAV Panipat) 3. Uneven Bars: Snehil (KB DAV) 1; Urvashi (DAV, Panipat) 2; Sonam (KB DAV) 3. Vault: Snehil (KB DAV) 1; Ruchi (DAV Panipat) 2; Shweta (KB DAV) 3.

The Principal of KB DAV Centenary Public School, Mrs Madhu Bahl, distributed the medals.