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Rupinder tops in SAS Nagar SAS Nagar, May 24 Subject-wise, Rupinder of GJPS has topped the township with 92 marks in English out of 100 while Megha of Golden Bells Public School,
Sohana, has topped in Hindi with 91 marks. Rupinder of GJPS has topped in mathematics with 99 marks while Chetan of SPS has topped the township in science with 98 marks. In social studies, Pradeep Kumar of Sant Isher Public School, Sector 70, has topped the township with 97 marks. Paramjit
Singh of SPs has scored 90 marks in Punjabi. Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, the toppers said that they had taken tuitions in mathematics for these examinations but while for some students it helped for most it did not. ‘‘I took extra help in mathematics and I have got 99 marks,’’ states
Rupinder. Daughter of a banker, she says‘‘I want to be a neurosurgeon. I think brain and its diseases are the most fascinating field and I want to take that up’’. For
Guneet, however, it was a big no to tuitions. With a teacher mother, Guneet wants to take up engineering, while Harleen Singh wants to join the Indian armed forces. ‘‘I want to be in the Army. No medical or non-medical for me. My father is an
ex-serviceman,’’he said. Although the toppers are not happy with their percentage when compared to their counterparts in Chandigarh, there are many who are satisfied with their performance. ‘‘I have got marks more than I expected. Specially in English. The question paper was really tough,’’says Abhishek Gupta. While all schools in SAS Nagar have achieved a 100 per cent pass percentage, the performance of the schools in the township has been rather poor as compared to Chandigarh and
Panchkula. While 22 students of SPS have got marks above 80 per cent, six students of Golden Bells Public School,
Sohana, have got marks above 80 per cent. At Saint Soldiers Public School, two students have got marks above 80 per cent and only one student of Sant Isher Singh Public School has got above 80 per cent marks. AMBALA: Saloni Gupta of DAV Public Senior Secondary School, Ambala city has secured 96.4 per cent aggregate marks in the Class X examination. Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, Saloni Gupta said that her hardwork and the blessings of her parents had paid dividends. “I am delighted by the results. I used to study regularly. I would carefully go through the textbooks and other additional books,” she
said. Saloni said that she was keen to join the Indian Administrative Service
(IAS). “I am planning to pursue non-medical stream,” she said. School Principal Reena Nagrath said “We believe that Saloni Gupta has broken all previous records by securing 96.4 per cent marks. Harpuneet and Anu Singh have secured 96 per cent marks. Prannay
Gulati, Tarini and Vikek Verma have secured 95 per cent marks.” She said that 19 students had scored more than 90 per cent marks in aggregate. The students included
Sneha, Nimit, Radhika, Yuvraj, Manvi, Sakshi, Shagun, Saloni, Anupriya,
Swati, Sumit, Ayush and Anshul. A pall of gloom descended at the Gupta residence in Housing Board, Sector 8, Ambala city after the board exam results were declared. Raman Gupta, a brilliant student, had died in an accident during the board examinations. In the results declared today, Raman had done well and secured a high of 91 marks in social studies besides securing 80 per cent marks in English. In PKR Jain School Ambala city, Parv secured 93 per cent marks while Nakul and Pradeep secured 91 per cent marks. Nikhil and Ankur Jaggi secured 89 per cent marks. In Convent of Jesus and Mary, Anchal Sagar stood first in her school in commerce stream of Class XII board exams by securing 91.6 per cent marks.
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Sporting students, studious too Chandigarh, May 24 Kriti Puri has earned a name for herself by playing for India in the roller-hockey event in the Asian Roller Skating Meet held in Chinese Taipei in 2001. She has won recognition for the city as well. Kriti helped Chandigarh win a bronze medal in the roller-hockey event in 32nd National Games held at Hyderabad. Earlier also, Kriti, a student of Carmel Convent, Sector 9, excelled in various national meets, both in speed and roller- hockey events. Kriti, daughter of Dr G.D. Puri and Indian Revenue Services (IRS %) officer Mrs Sunita Puri, is an excellent Bharatnatyam dancer and has performed various stage shows. She scored 93.8 per cent in her Class X examination. Bikramjeet Singh Saroya of St John’s High School, Sector 26, has won laurels for the school in football. He played for Indian Schools Football team in the Asian Schools Football Championship held at Singapore in 2002. Bikramjeet has also cleared the certificate examinations for Alliance Francaise. He scored 91.2 per cent Samridhi Mahajan, a student of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, is an outstanding badminton player. Samridhi participated in the International Youths Badminton Tournament (under-15 %) held at Czech Republic in 2001. Samridhi has represented Chandigarh in the National School Games and various national championships in her age group for past many years. She scored 90.4 per cent. |
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Languages bring down percentage SAS Nagar, May 24 A typical example is Gaurav Ralhan of Shivalik Public School here. He has scored 97 marks in maths, 96 in science and 94 in social studies, managed 86 marks in English but has scored 58 in Hindi. “This has brought his percentage down to 86.2 which could have been otherwise above 95 per cent,” points out Ruby, the school teacher. Similarly, Chetan, of the same school got 86 marks in English, 98 marks in science, 96 marks in social studies and 96 marks in maths but a measly 75 in Hindi. While in most cases it was Hindi which let the students down, in some cases the students scored low in English as well. Sumit Singh of the same school, got 74 marks in English and 80 in Hindi and over 95 marks in all the three subjects. “Most students in SAS Nagar who have scored between 85 per cent to 90 per cent, its either English or Hindi which is low in score,” says another teacher. |
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Mohali school touches a new low SAS Nagar, May 24 The school topper,
Samita, has achieved merely 75 per cent marks and the student who has stood second in the school,
Arun, has got 73 per cent marks. A total of 29 students of the school appeared in the examination and 28 have passed. The school, however, hurriedly clarifies that the one student who has failed was made to appear privately and is not their student. Mrs Anjala Sharma, Principal, states that students who come to the school are those who have been rejected by other schools, and thus end up scoring less marks in the examination. “Last year we had some students who scored above 80 per cent but this time the result has declined.” she added. She pointed out that the old students of the school are the ones who generally get top positions. “Its the new students who have performed abysmally.” she said. Whatever the principal might say, residents of the area and the sources inside the school state that the school has degraded over the years due to mismanagement. Sufferers, however, remain the students. Hoping against hope to get admissions in good schools in Chandigarh in Class XI, the students, however, refuse to blame the school for their performance. |
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CBI told to file reply by May 27 Chandigarh, May 24 Giving details in his bail application that he was falsely implicated in the case, Mr Gupta claimed that a corruption case registered against him and the co-accused — the suspended UT Judicial Magistrate(First Class) S.S. Bhardwaj — by the CBI was fabricated and baseless. Pleading that he deserved the concession of bail Mr Gupta further stated that nothing substantial was mentioned in the FIR registered against him and from the contents of FIR registered against him it was very much evident that neither he nor the co-accused Bhardwaj, has demanded or accepted gratification from the complainant, Mr Gurvinder Singh Samra. Even no ingredients of the alleged offence of conspiracy were made out against him from the contents of FIR. According to the FIR, a trap was laid by the CBI and the suspended Judicial Magistrate(First Class), S.S Bhardwaj, was caught red handed while accepting Rs 7 lakh for himself and for R.M. Gupta Jalandhar’s Sessions Judge from Gurvinder Singh, the complainant for favouring him in consideration of anticipatory bail pending before him. The CBI had also claimed in the FIR that Mr Bhardwaj had accepted the bribe in the presence of independent witnesses — Dev Raj and Madan Lal as well as Mr L.R. Roojam, Sessions Judge Vigilance, Punjab. Mr Gupta also said in the bail application that the CBI had already searched his property in Chandigarh and Jalandhar and had seized articles whatever they required. Moreover, lockers belongs to his family members had also been searched by the CBI. Therefore his custodial interrogation was not required. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, May 24 In his petition, Bhardwaj asserted that he was out of station when the alleged raids were conducted on his Sector 22 residence. In an attempt to substantiate his contention, the petitioner alleged that not even a single document prepared by the CBI had been signed by him even though the raid had continued for over six hours from 6.30 pm. The petitioner added that he had no connection with Jalandhar’s suspended District and Sessions Judge
R.M. Gupta. Giving details, Bhardwaj submitted that he had never worked as his subordinate. The case is likely to come up for further hearing on Monday.
Samra case
A petition seeking security cover filed by Gurvinder Singh Samara — complainant in a bribery case registered against Jalandhar’s suspended District and Sessions Judge
R.M. Gupta and the Judicial Magistrate S.S. Bhardwaj — will come up before the high court on Monday In his petition, Samara had also sought directions to police officials against harassing him and his family. He had added that he had been receiving threatening calls by the police and his life and liberty, along with that of his family, was in danger. |
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Police nakas to check drunken driving Chandigarh, May 24 The traffic police had put up the naka on either side of the road near the Durga nursery after 11 pm Over 40
challans, mostly of overspeeding, had been issued by 12.30 am. The police said that the main reason for putting up nakas during late hours was the general tendency of commuters to
overspeed, thinking that no traffic police personnel would be on duty. In fact, this stretch of road between Chandigarh and Panchkula has become accident-prone. Police sources said in order to keep a check on drunken driving and over-speeding during late hours, the traffic police would put up such nakas at other places as well. |
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Everest hero for study of glaciers This opinion was expressed by Mr Chander Prakash Vohra, the first Indian mountaineer atop Mt Everest in 1965, while talking to TNS. The celebrated mountaineer has been decorated with the Arjuna Award and the Padam Bhushan by the Indian government. It was on this day in 1965 when Mr Vohra accompanied by Sherpa Ang Kami had scaled the peak. Glaciers are the most potent water reservoirs for human beings. During the months when humans need them most(April to June) glaciers are a source for “cool streams” and they keep on adding to the reservoirs during winters. “Divine bliss” are the words that best describe the experience of Mr Vohra’s feat of scaling the highest peak. “Most people see scaling Mt Everest as a rare feat of human endurance. I differ with the opinion. For me it was sense of spiritual reorientation in oneself after the journey. The entire perspective of life has changed.” “I remember that in the mountaineering institute in Darjeeling when one is asked to write about his experience at the top, majority mention about their experience which is beyond the physical interaction,” he said. Mr Vohra scaled Mt Everest on May 24, 1965. This was his third attempt. Vohra happens to be the only personnel from the Geological Survey of India to have reached the peak. He had his training in Darjeeling under none other than Tenzing Norjay, a team member of the first team atop the mountain peak. The mountain has been scaled 1314 times. The numbers are likely to add up a little in the coming days because of ongoing expeditions. Mr Vohra remembers that the final expedition in his trek to Everest began in February, 1965. The original team consisted of about 20 team members and about 800 porters to carry the luggage. Mr Vohra spent his childhood in Mirpur, now in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. “I was close to nature and my father took us on an expedition to see the snow for the first time in my life which has remained embedded in my memory. I have nothing against the children of today whether they go in for fast cars or fast music, but, they are surely far away from nature. The books can give them knowledge but the physical contact with nature will have a much deeper impact,” he said. |
FOLLOW-UP Chandigarh, May 24 It may be mentioned that Mr Dhanjal was in the news early this month, as he was cheated of Rs 12 lakh in a property deal relating to a house at Phagwara. The local police had registered a criminal case against the four cheaters under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC on May 8 following preliminary investigations by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW). Later, the police arrested Sukhpreet Singh Rana, one of the accused, on May 14. He is presently lodged in the Burail jail. Meanwhile, Devinder Kaur Rana, wife of Sukhpreet Singh Rana, who is the main accused in the cheating case, their son, Rajeev Rana, and Maan Singh, the property dealer, are still eluding arrest. On May 20, when Mr Dhanjal and his wife had just reached their residence in Sector 36-A after appearing in the court in connection with the cheating case, two motor cycle-borne youths had assaulted him. Police personnel from the Sector 36 police station were immediately called, but the culprits managed to escape. The victim was rushed to the General Hospital, Sector 16. Since then, the police is dilly-dallying in registering an FIR against the assaulters, although a written complaint was taken from Mr Dhanjal on the very day of the incident. Even the police did not turn back to the hospital to collect his medical reports, alleged Mr Dhanjal. However, when contacted an official of the Sector 36 police station said they were still inquiring into the matter and a case would be registered thereafter. But he refused to comment upon whether the medical examination reports of the victim were collected from the hospital or not. Mr Dhanjal told Chandigarh Tribune that he had been regularly receiving threat calls from unknown persons, which had already been reported to the police. “I and my family feel unsecure after the unsuccessful bid on my life on May 20”, he said. On the other hand, an official of the Economic Offences Wing of the local police said the police had raided many places to nab wife of Sukpreet Singh Rana, her son and the property dealer. However, they were still evading arrest. |
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86 illegal structures demolished Chandigarh, May 24 The team, accompanied by a security personnel, started work in the morning. There was no protest from anyone. CHB officials said this was part of the ongoing drive against illegal constructions. Meanwhile the Shiromani Akali Dal today appreciated the stand taken by the UT Administrator Justice O.P. Verma, as regards removal of encroachments. It criticised the attitude of the local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal and his statements about demolition. |
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Factory worker electrocuted SAS Nagar, May 24 The young employee, Sham Sunder, was taken to the local ESI Hospital where doctors declared him dead. It is reported that the 22-year-old worker died while trying to save a colleague, Sonu, who had got stuck to a water cooler due to an electric current passing through it and cried for help. Sonu had gone to drink water from the cooler. Sham Sunder ran to switch off the power to save Sonu but slipped and struck the cooler. By the time the power was cut, Sham Sunder had been electrocuted. Sonu fell at a distance after the electric shock. The victim was working as an operator in the factory and was a resident of Uttar Pradesh. The police has started proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC. |
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34 women trained in stitching Panchkula, May 24 These women had been trained in a school run by the Piya Sharma Charitable Trust. The chief guest urged these women to pursue these income generating activities, learnt in their training. Over 350 girls and women have so far received training in stitching and embroidery with the Trust. Ms Pooja S. Passi, Project Director of Piya Sharma Charitable Trust , outlined the various activities of the trust which include sewing centre for women and girls, a school for slum and street children and a project in Reproductive Child Health in Indira Colony and Rajiv Colony in Panchkula. |
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Meat seized SAS Nagar, May 24 |
Jeweller commits suicide Chandigarh, May 24 According to the information, the deceased, Yashpal Bhardwaj, was running his family business of goldsmith. A police officials said the deceased had left a suicide note stating that he was ending his life after being threatened by two youths. The father and mother of the deceased were not at home when the deceased committed suicide. The deceased had written the name of the two youths on the walls of his room. The police, however, said the deceased was a habitual drunkard and the investigations so far had not pointed the finger of suspicion on the two youths. The police claimed that the deceased used to stay at home and did not go to his jewellery shop. The business was being run by his parents for the last few months. Cheating case:
The Chandigarh Police has registered a case of cheating and forgery against an occupant of a car for using fake permission sticker to use black film on the car windows. According to the information, the occupant in the
vehicle, Hament Makkar, has been arrested and case under Sections 420, 467, 468, and 471 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 11 police station. The vehicle ( HR32 B 0001) has been impounded by the police. Stolen:
Ashwani Rajpoot, a resident of Sector 1, Panchkula, has reported that a gold chain and some items have been stolen from his scooter. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered by the police. AMBALA LALRU According to the police, Rani, a resident of Faridabad, was married to Sarwesh 10 years ago and had two sons and a daughter from him. Ms Kamla Devi, mother, and Mr Jagdish Chand, brother-in-law of the deceased, reached the village and their statements were recorded by the police. |
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Married woman commits suicide SAS Nagar, May 24 The police said a minor fight with her husband, who thought that she was having an extra-marital affair, was the apparent cause of the suicide. The husband had been threatening her to call her father up and inform him about her affairs. “She doused herself in kerosene in the factory and set herself afair,” said Mr Pritam Singh Bedi, SHO Phase I police station. She was taken to the Civil Hospital but was declared brought dead. |
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For Abhishek Kumar, a student of Blue Bird High School, Panchkula, winning is now a habit. Son of a storekeeper in a private firm in Nepal, Abhishek secured 93.8 per cent marks. 
Taranum, daughter of IPS officer Lalit Bhatia, from St Peter’s Academy secured the top position in the school with 93.4 per cent. Ruchika of Teja Singh Kandhari School topped with 88.2 per cent marks.
the commerce section with 89.5 per
cent, Mansi Gulati topped the non-medical group with 89 per cent and Nitin Malhotra topped the medical section with 83 per cent.
Chandigarh, May 24
