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Tipsy cop beats up 2 Cong sarpanches
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 26
A tipsy cop thrashed two sarpanches of Badesh Kalan and Manela villages near Khamano late last night. Senior Congress leaders and workers of the district brought this to the notice of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and demanded immediate dismissal of the cop.
Rs 1,760-cr project to check floods in Punjab
Patiala, September 26
Irrigation minister, Janmeja Singh Sekhon, said the Punjab government had sent a project report of a plan worth Rs 1,760 crore to the Union government’s 13th Finance Commission for approval. The plan pertains to checking flood waters of Sutlej,
Ghaghar, Ravi and Beas in the state.
Residents protest against Sunny Enclave developers
Kharar, September 26
A large number of residents, mostly women, thronged outside the office of Bajwa Developers in Sunny Enclave, and raised protest against the developer for disconnecting electricity of their houses on Thursday.
Kalka-Shimla train service resumes
Kalka, September 26
The rail traffic on the Kalka-Shimla section, which remained suspended for seven days, resumed today. Official sources at the Kalka railway station revealed that the five trains on the Kalka-Shimla section were running as per schedule.
Man gets life term for killing wife
Ambala, September 26
District and Sessions Judge, Ambala, B. M. Bedi sentenced life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 to Rishipal, a resident of Naraingarh for murdering his wife, Ritu.
Students exposed to research in chemistry
Patiala, September 26
In order to bring awareness and exposure regarding the latest developments in chemistry, the science club of DAV Public School, Patiala, organised a chemistry quiz in the school. Students of the senior secondary classes participated in the quiz in which 3 teams titled as D block team, S block team and P block team were quizzed.
Cop gets 1-yr jail for demanding bribe
Chandigarh, September 26
CBI Special Court of Jagdeep Jain today sentenced sub-inspector Om Prakash Rana to imprisonment of one-year for demanding bribe.
The court asked Rana to pay a fine of Rs 5,000. Another accused in the case, Davinder Kumar, was acquitted by
the court.
Under-weight Goods
Firm told to pay Rs 25,000
Chandigarh, September 26
Holding Mrs Bectors Food Specialties Limited guilty of selling under-weight biscuit packets, the district consumer disputes redressal forum directed the company to pay compensation of Rs 25,000. Rs 5,000 is to be paid to the petitioner Harjinder Pal Singh, a resident of Sector 49, and the remaining amount shall be deposited with the state legal services authority.
Two killed in accidents
Dera Bassi, September 26
A youth lost his life, when the motorcycle, he was riding, was hit by a speeding truck from rear on Zirakpur-Kalka road on Thursday night. According to the police, Ravinder Kumar, a resident of Hisar, was working in a shop in Manimajra, Chandigarh. He was on his way back to Manimajra at the time of accident.
Youth arrested for vehicle thefts
Mohali, September 26
A high drama prevailed at the house of a former Punjab Police DSP, Ajmer Singh, in Sector 69 here, when a team of Himachal Police from Gangreta police station in Una district, suddenly landed at the house while looking for a youth allegedly involved in cases of vehicle theft.
Two arrested for Ram Darbar fracas
Chandigarh, September 26
The police arrested two persons involved in fracas that took place in Ram Darbar last night, leaving four persons injured. The police said Ashoki and Kishan, alias Kali, of Ram Darbar were arrested in the case while the other accused were still at large. The police has registered a case of assault and criminal intimidation against the accused. Interestingly, the police has not invoked any section for damaging the police vehicle.
3 snatching cases reported
Chandigarh/Mohali,
September 25
Three incidents of snatching were reported from Chandigarh and Mohali yesterday. Motorcycle-borne youths snatched a mobile phone and Rs 1,000 in cash from a woman while she was walking by the roadside in Sector 37 here. In a similar incident, motorcycle-borne youths snatched Rs 3,000 in cash and some documents from a Sector-38 woman near the Sector-38 gurdwara. In both incidents, black colour motor cycles were used.
Gang rape
One more held
Panchkula, September 26
The local police arrested a youth, a resident of Sector 4, in the gang rape case here today. According to police sources, the youth, who is in his twenties, is a disc jockey and does part-time studies.
Indian Oil, MPCA emerge winners
Chandigarh, September 26
Maintaining their winning spree, Indian Oil posted an outright win over last years runners-up State Bank of Mysore by 155 runs who made an inglorious exit from the 15th All-India J.P.Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament played at DAV School, Sector-8, here today.
Players in action during a match held at DAV School, Sector-8, Chandigarh, on Friday. A Tribune photo
Shamini upsets Olympian Neha
Chandigarh, September 26
Beijing Olympian Neha Aggarwal of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited failed to impress as K Shamini of Indian Oil Corporation Limited defeated Neha in the women's singles quarter-final match of the All India Public Sector Table Tennis Tournament being organised by the Airport Authority of India at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.
Meeting with ICC chief big leap for ICL: Kapil
Chandigarh, September 26
Cricketer of the Millennium and chairman of the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), Kapil Dev, termed ICL representatives’ forthcoming meeting with ICC president a big leap for the league.
Slum kids outplay Dell team
Chandigarh, September 26
The combination of poverty-ridden kids and technology-driven youngsters came alive today on the ground of Government Model High School, Sector-26, which hosted a cricket match between slum kids of Bapudham colony and employees of Dell, a Mohali-based BPO.
The team of 45 girls from the slum, who had been practising cricket for the past four months, applauded as their captain Poonam made the employees of Dell run endlessly with her elegant shots.
Ranging between the age group 10 and 15, they kept the opponents on their toes with the employees trying to enjoy the fun involved.
WHAT A MATCH: Slum kids of Bapudham colony and Dell employees play
a match in Sector 26 school, Chandigarh, on Friday.
No short cut to
success, believes Venugopal
Chandigarh, September 26
Pinning hopes on hard efforts and luck, Yalaka Venugopal Rao is quite hopeful of donning national colours again.
For the purpose, the all-rounder seems in no mood to miss any chance of playing in the domestic cricket.
School alumni do their bit
for hockey
Chandigarh, September 26
At a time when hockey has taken the backstage and a majority of countrymen follow cricket, two alumni of Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, have stepped forward to take up the cause of the forsaken national game.
Praneet Singh Grewal (third from right), assistant advocate-general, Punjab, and an alumnus of Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, with members of the school hockey
team in Patiala. A Tribune photograph
Chandigarh beat Badal team
Chandigarh, September 26
With the help of Babita’s lone field goal in the 69th minute of the game, GGS College for Women, Chandigarh got the better of Dasmesh Girls College, Badal, on the first day of the Panjab University Inter-College Zonal Hockey (women) tournament for the session 2008-09 being played on the PU ground.
EME drub PNB by 1-0
Chandigarh, September 26
In a well-contested encounter, EME got the better of PNB by 1-0 in the ongoing 38th S.N.Vohra’s Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament held at hockey stadium, Sector 42, here today.
Hockey Tourney
Easy win for DAV-8 and Shivalik-41
Chandigarh, September 26
DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, outclassed Bal Bharti School of Delhi by 10-1 in the under-19 match of the Central Board of Secondary Education North Zone-I Hockey Tournament being organised by Shivalik Public School, Sector 41 here today.
Golf Meet
150 in fray for Chandigarh golf
Chandigarh, September 26
More than 150 members of the Chandigarh Golf Club will battle it out on the par 72 greens here on Saturday to make it to the six-member club team that will take part in the northern leg of the McDowell's Signature Club Golf Championship at the Classic Golf resort in Gurgaon on October 20.
Jeev fires hole-in-one in British Masters
Chandigarh, September 27
Jeev Milkha Singh fired a hole-in-one on the par-3 seventh hole to move up to the tied second spot in the incomplete second round of the British Masters on the par 72 Belfry greens at the Midlands, in England today.
Trials for cricket championship today
Chandigarh, September 26
Twenty20 Cricket Association of Punjab will hold selection trials tomorrow at DAV College Cricket Ground, Sector-10, at 2 pm for the upcoming Sr. National Twenty20 Cricket Championship to be held at Chandigarh from September 30 to October 7 this year.
Ganga International win 8-0
Chandigarh, September 25
Ganga International School routed Guru Gobind School, Sector 35, by 8-0 in the opening under-19 match of the CBSE North Zone I Hockey Tournament for under -14 and under-19 at the Shivalik Public School ground in Sector 41 here yesterday.
TT tourney from Oct 1
Chandigarh, September 26
The 3rd Punjab State Table Tennis Ranking Tournament will be organised by the Fatehgarh Sahib Table Tennis Association from October 1 to 3 at Sirhind. Matches will be played in sub-junior, junior, youth boys and girls’, and men and women’s sections.
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Pedestrians’
Passage
The State Bank of India’s chief general manager, Chandigarh Circle, Ajay Swaroop, today presented cheques to 50 girl students of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10-D and Government Model High School, Sector 12, under the "Adoption of Girl Child" scheme by State Bank of India, Medical Institute, Chandigarh, for their education during the function held at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10, here.