JE assaulted for removing kundi
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 23 — A junior engineer of the UT Electricity Department was assaulted when he was supervising a drive to remove kundi connections in the Mauli Jagran colony.

Baldev Raj lodged a compliant that he was assaulted and abused by two persons, Raju and Manohar, when he removed the kundi connections in their locality. A case under sections 353 and 186, IPC, has been registered at Mani Majra police station.

Locks broken
Mr Sukhwinder Arora, a resident of Mani Majra, reported to the police that S.C. Grover and Pushpinder broke open the locks of his shop when he was out of station. A case under sections 448 and 506, IPC, has been registered at Mani Majra police station.

11 arrested
The police has arrested 11 persons for committing various offences in the city.

Four persons have been arrested under preventive action.

Six persons have been arrested for roaming about under suspicious circumstances.

One person has been arrested for creating nuisance at a public place while under the influence of liquor.

House set afire
The police has arrested six persons for setting the house of a Mani Majra resident on fire after throwing her belongings out. A dispute is stated to be the reason of the incident. Those arrested are Sukhmander Singh, Datar Singh, Malkit Singh, Baljit Singh, Ravinder Sharma and Jaswinder Singh.

A case has been registered and investigations are on.

SAS Nagar

Car stolen
Mr Devinder Singh of Zirakpur reported to the police that his car (HR-01-F-0294) has been stolen. A case has been registered.

Panchkula

Injured
Mr Ram Kumar, a resident of Chandigarh, reported to the police that he was injured when his scooter was hit by a truck near Sarakpur village. The driver fled from the scene of the crime.

M.Tech entrance test on Sept 27
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 23 — The entrance test for admission to the M.Tech (micro electronics) course would be held on September 27 at 9.30 a.m. in the USIC/CIL Department, Panjab University. The interviews of the candidates who qualify in the test would be held at 2 p.m. the same day.

Protest day
University teachers observed National Protest Day today in response to a call given by the All-India Federation of University Teachers Association (AIFUTA). Rallies and dharnas were held to protest against the irrational and anti-academic policies of the central and state governments all over the country.

The North Zone Council of the AIFUTA will meet on September 25 on the university campus to consider the further course of action for getting the long-pending demands of the teachers accepted.

Dharna by PUTA executive
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, Sept 23 — The executive of the Panjab University Teachers Association staged a dharna in front of the Vice-Chancellor's office on a call given by the AIFUTA here today.

Dr P.P.Arya, president of the PUTA, said the UGC circular for a 10 per cent cut in salary budget and staff employees' employment was not good for the academic interests.Although there was information that the 10 per cent cut had been taken back in case posts of teacher, the PUTA had not yet received a formal information notice in this concern.

The increment of the pay commission remained to be implemented in 15 states including Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerela, Bihar and West Bengal among others. This needed immediate redressal, it was stressed.

Dr Satya. P Gautam , a former president of the PUTA said that except central universities, no arrears had been paid to staff in other places.

This was probably the first time, Dr Arya said, that teachers had not been paid the sum that they deserved for encashment of the earned leave.

Even at the local level , the university needed to announce a viable pension scheme at the earliest, Dr Arya said.

The AIFUTA body in the North Zone meets on October 25. The association plans dharna in front of syndicate and senate meeting in October.

Admn honours war widows
Tribune News Service

PANCHKULA, Sept 23 — Eight war widows along with the parents of Flying Officer G.S. Dhinsa were honoured at a function organised by the district administration to observe Martyrdom Day of the Heroes of Haryana here today.

The widows — Mrs Raj Kumari, Mrs Savitri Devi, Mrs Harbans Kaur, Mrs Beena Devi, Mrs Shanti Devi, Mrs Savitri Devi, Sito and Bachni, were given a wall clock and ceiling fan each by the chief guest for the function, the Commissioner of Ambala, Mr Chander Singh. Mr Gurbax Singh and Mrs Pritpal Kaur, parents of Flying Officer Dhinsa whose MIG 21 had crashed in Srinagar while take-off, were given Rs 10 lakh.

Mr Vivek Joshi, Deputy Commissioner, said the day was observed to keep the memory of the martyrs alive and had begun as a mark of respect to Rao Tula Ram, a freedom fighter who had taken a stand against the British and demonstrated exceptional grit and determination in the revolt of 1857. "We have tried to involve as many children as possible to inculcate a sense of national pride and devotion to the country,'' Mr Joshi stated.

Students of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Jaynendra Public School and DC Model School sang songs of patriotism. Mr Om Prakash, an employee of the Public Relations Department, also presented a patriotic song.

Mr Chander Singh, appealed to the audience to contribute as much as they could to the Chief Minister's Welfare Fund for the forces and said each one must take on himself the responsibility of ensuring that the families of the heroes are not inconvenienced in any way.

Earlier, nearly 200 students of government schools participated in a rally. Raising slogans and carrying placards about the heroism of the men in forces, the students went around the main sectors before reaching the venue of the function.

Mandeep Sodhi to lead Chandigarh
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Sept 23 — Mandeep Sodhi will lead the Chandigarh under-19 cricket team which will take part in the Haryana Inter-District Cricket Championship, according to Mr Surinder Singh, Secretary of the Chandigarh Cricket Association affiliated to the Haryana Cricket Association.

The following is the team: Mandeep Sodhi, Charanpreet Singh, Amardeep, Kamalpreet Singh, Nitin Bhutani, Sanjay Rajpal, Naresh (wicketkeeper), Vikramjeet Singh, Ruban Verma, Rajesh Sehgal, Sunil Simach, Anurag Chopra, Rajesh, Manpreet Singh, Sunny Behl, Gautam Gupta, Hanif, Simranjeet , Divjot Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Sunil Chaudhary and Bhanu.

Shivalik Trophy

A fine spell of bowling by Anil Sharma who took four wickets for 17 runs, helped Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, to beat Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, by nine wickets in the Chandigarh Inter-School Cricket Tournament for the Shivalik Trophy, being played here at the Cricket Stadium, Sector 16, today.

GMSSS-20 won the toss but asked GMSSS-33 to bat first. GMSSS-33 scored 67 runs and were all out. In reply, GMSSS-20 were able to achieve the target for the loss of only one wicket.

Brief scores: GMSSS-33 67 all out( Harpreet Mann 16, Anil Sharma 4 for 17, Sukhjot Singh 2 for 10, Gautan 2 for 16). GMSSS-20 70 for one (Manish 26 n.o.).

Jr football

SD Public School thrashed Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, by six goals to nil while Jawahar Navodalaya, Sector 25, got the better of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sector 31, by 2-1 in the Chandigarh State Junior Football Championship for the SD Trophy which began here today at the Football stadium in Sector 17.

In the match between SD School and GMSSS-33, the goals were scored by Sandeep Singh (2), Satinder Singh (2), Sartaj Singh(1) and Kuljit Singh(1). In the second match between the teams of KVS-31 and JN-25, two goals were scored by Madan of JN and one by Raminder of KVS.

In the third match of the day, Sanjay Public school, Sector 44, overwhelmed Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, by five goals to nil. The goals were scored by Vinay, Chetan, Deepak, Mandeep and Amandeep.

In the last match of the day, Liberty Club won by a solitary goal against Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 15 . The lone goal was scored by Budh Singh.

Pool tournament

The Chandigarh Snooker and Billiards Association will organise the first Chandigarh State Open Senior and Junior Pool tournament on September 26 at SCO 224, Sector 37-C, according to Mr R.K. Duggal, Secretary of the association. The winners of each category will represent Chandigarh in the National Pool Tournament. Entries close with Mr Rohit Sood on September 24. The open draws will be held on September 25.

Karate meet

The Anglo Martial Arts Association of India (Chandigarh unit) will organise the Open Chandigarh State Karate Championship on September 26 at Chaudhary Bhopal Singh Stadium, Burail, Sector 45. Entries close on September 25 with Mr Iqbal Khan at the stadium.

Body building

The Panchkula Amateur Body Building Association will organise trials to select the Panchkula team on September 25 at 6 pm in Body Tone Health Club of Swastik Vihar, according to Mr Rajesh Prakash, President of the association.

The selected team will take part in the 12th Senior Haryana State Body Building Championship to be held at Kaithal from October 3.

Title for Maintenance Command
By Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, Sept 23 — Maintenance Command bagged the Air Force Hockey Championship. In the final they outplayed Western Command 2-0 at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here this evening.

Maintenance Command had earlier won this championship two years earlier also.

In the final today, K.M. Prakash scored the first goal in the 17th minute. the efforts of Western command to neutralise the lead was foiled by the spirited Maintenance command players.

Till the end of the first half the score read at 1-0 in favour of Maintenance Command. In the second half both teams played a versatile game and it was only in the 60th minute when K.M. Prakash struck again and scored the second goal for the winners.

The final standings of the eight teams which took part in this eight- day championship were — MC 1, WAC 2, CAC 3, SWAC 4, TC 5, SAC 6, EAC 7, Air HQs 8.

Meanwhile, as many as 26 probables have been selected for the Air Force hockey team for the Inter-Services Hockey Championship.

The selected players are G. Ajith, Satheesh, R.K. Singh, Raj Prakash, Satbir Singh, Sohan Singh, S. Singh, K.M. Prakash, P.S. Kehl, Pradeep Singh, Ramesh Kumar, C.S. Narendra, M. Singh, Davash Rawal, Hardeep Singh, L. Sharma, Balbir Singh, Baldev Singh, J. Topne, Kujur, Neeraj Sahu, Z.P. Saini, J.S. Thapa, Mukesh, Manish and M.S. Seth.

Easy victory for AG Audit Punjab team
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 23 — AG Audit (Punjab) recorded a comfortable 2-0 win over ETDC, SAS Nagar, in the opening match of the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee Inter-Department Tennis Tournament which got under way here today.

Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Mrs Mahua Chatterjee, Principal, AG, Punjab.

The following are the results :

Team event : AG Audit (Punjab) beat ETDC, SAS Nagar, 2-0 ( Pala Ram b Arun Dhingra 6-3, 5-7, 7-6; Deepak Seth b S. Kumar 6-4, 6-3.)

Individual : Suresh Wadhwa b Varinder 8-4; Love Kumar b Surinder 8-3.