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Kharar, April 9
The Kharar police today handed over movable and immovable valuables of head constable Bhupinder Singh to his family members.

SHO Kharar city Manjit Singh said Bhupinder's brothers, Rajinder Singh, Kulwinder Singh and Palwinder Singh from Dubali, near Sohana were called. Rajinder Singh is ex-sarpanch of Dubali village. Also Bhupinder's wife Jaswinder's sister Pavittar Kaur was called from Panchkula.

Bhupinder had shot himself on Tuesday before killing his wife and son over the suspected infidelity of former. Following the ghastly incident, the police had locked the house and deputed a cop.

Today the family's relatives were summoned and a list of all belongings in the house was handed over to them. "Entire house was checked in presence of the family members and they were handed over valuables and the house," the investigating officer, SHO Manjit Singh said.

Bassi Pathana, April 9
The entire medical and para medical staff of civil hospital, Bassi Pathana, today held a protest meeting in the hospital and unanimously condemned the statement given by Neelu Arora in the press levelling false allegations on Dr K.S. Kang, SMO. They termed it totally baseless and misleading. The staff was given moral support by all the NGOs of the town, including IMA. The staff in a letter to the secretary and minister for health and family planning has mentioned the facts alleging that Neelu Arora is the only doctor, who has spoiled the atmosphere of the hospital.

In a press release issued to the mediapersons, the doctors, staff, Mohinder Singla, president IMA, Ajay Malhotra, general secretary Blood Donor’s Society, Kamal Gupta, president small scale industry, citizen club, rotary club and other organisations have said the post of SMO was lying vacant but Dr Kang took over as SMO and involved the prominent citizens and NGOs for the development of the hospital by constituting their committee. Health minister Luxmi Kanta Chawla during a surprise visit to the hospital appreciated the SMO.

Dr Kang told The Tribune that Dr Neelu remained absent from the hospital most of the time since she joined. He alleged that she caused unnecessary delay in dealing with rape case and gave incomplete receipts of income tax statements. She levelled false allegation on him to get a transfer from this place.

When contacted Ashok Singla, deputy commissioner, he said the letter submitted by the doctors and staff would also be a part of the enquiry being conducted by the ADC in this regard.

Chandigarh, April 9
St Stephens, Sector 45, beat Model-37 by 2-1 to win the Tata Tea Arsenal Soccer Stars Tournament. Earlier in the day, Ajit Karan Singh International Public School defeated St Anne’s Convent School by 2-0.

In other results, St Soldier International School beat Shishu Niketan in a thrilling tie-breaker, Motiram Arya Model School lost to Model-37. Vivek High, Saupins School, Ryan International School, Jawahar Navodya Vidyalya, all recorded victories in the pre-quarter final stage.

The star performers during the pre-quarterfinal stage were Piyush, Ryan International School, and Jony Chand Singh, St. Stephen’s, with both of them scoring a hattrick.

In the quarterfinal stage, Ajit Karam Singh International Public School got the better of St Soldier International School in a tie-breaker beating them four goals to three. Model-37 scrapped past Vivek High School with two goals to one. New Public School blanked Ryan International School seven goals to nil.

St Stephens also thundered into the semifinal stage with six goals to nil, thrashing Jawahar Navodya Vidyalya.

The semifinal between Model-37 and Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Model-37 breezed through to the final with two goals to nil. In the other semifinal, St Stephens defeated the opponents’ two goals to one.

The final was another slow starter but the intensity started picking up with every minute. Finally, St Stephens got the better of their opposition and lifted the trophy with two goals to one.

But, the trophy wasn’t all these young men were fighting for. There was the important selection of three players to Kolkota under English giants Arsenal’s coaches and the lucky three were Taranjit Kumar, Rahul Anand (St Stephens) and Arshpreet Singh (New Public School).

A total of 30 players are to be picked up from throughout the country. These boys will then train under Arsenal coaches at Kolkota for a week, before their number is trimmed down to 15.

These 15 will then be taken to Arsenal’s London-based training facility to participate in the club’s youth competition. 

Chandigarh, April 9
The Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association trainee Parminder Kaur turned the tables on top seed Jaanesh Kaur by defeating her 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to reach into the semifinal stage of the girls’ under -16 singles in the AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the CLTA courts, Sector 10, here today.

Parminder Kaur put up a superb performance and kept her rival under pressure by winning the first set. The top seed was definitely not in the match as she committed many unforced errors.

Though she managed to clinch the next set, but could not maintain the tempo and lost to the local trainee.

In boys’ under-16 age group (singles), another trainee of Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART) programme Ajay Yadav upset top seed Surya Pavan 6-4, 6-2 in straight sets.

The win enabled him to reserve his berth in the semifinals.

Other results:

Boys’ under-14 singles (quarterfinals): Manab Kr Chakma bt Digvijay Naruka 6-4,6-2: R. Ramkumar bt Anshu Bhuyan 6-0,6-1, Ajay Yadav bt Surya Pavan 6-4,6-2: Arjun Khade bt Vishal Passi 4-6,6-1,6-1.

Boys’ under-16 singles (quarterfinals): Ajay Yadav bt Surya Sirsala 6-1, 6-2: Vishwesh bt Surya Pavan 5-7, 6-1, 6-0: R. Ramkumar bt Gurinder Singh 6-0,6-2: Vishal Passi bt Waqas Malik 6-3, 4-0 (conceded).

Girls’ under-14 singles (quarterfinals): Likhita Shetty bt Surya Tejaswani 6-3,6-3: Parminder Kaur bt Saranya Verma 6-2,6-2: Zainab Ali Sajjad bt Teertha Iska 6-3, 7-6(6): Tarranum Handa bt Samhitha 6-4, 6-0.

Girls’ under-16 singles (quarter-finals): P arminder Kaur bt Jaanesh Kaur 6-2, 3-6, 6-4: Saadgi Rajani bt Surya Tejaswani 6-2, 6-3: Tarranum Handa Bt Shilpa Naruka 6-2, 6-4. 

Chandigarh, April 9
For tennis lovers of southern sectors, it was a long wait of four years, which came to an end with the opening of Tennis Coaching Centre at Sports Complex, Sector 42 here, this week.

The project of setting up the center started in 2004 but due to official rigmarole, it got delayed and could only start this week.

“Thank God, finally the project saw light. Earlier, we had no options except going to CLTA or Lake Club courts for our child’s training. But now with the opening of the center, all of us are greatly relieved,” said a budding tennis player’s parents.

At the state-run center, which mainly caters to players from southern parts of the city, over 25 budding players have enrolled themselves to hone their skills under coach Baldev Singh.

“We have set up four clay courts where players will get training in two sessions - morning and evening. While the two-and-a- half-hour long morning session starts at 6.30 am, the three-hour evening session commences at 4 pm,” said director of the Chandigarh sports department I.S. Sandhu.

“As the initial response is very encouraging, very soon, we will provide more facilities at the center to produce top class players”, said Sandhu.

Zirakpur, April 9
A 22-year-old resident of Mubarakpur village was killed here this morning when his bike was hit by an Army vehicle on the national highway. The victim Manek, who was working as an assistant with a Chandigarh-based lawyer, was going to Chandigarh from his residence this morning when the accident took place. Police sources said Manek was on his bike and was hit by the Army vehicle from the back. He fell down and his head was crushed under the tyre of the vehicle.

He reportedly died on the spot. The driver of the vehicle Himmat Kumar has been booked by the police.

Chandigarh, April 9
The local police has arrested Hardeep Singh, a resident of Bapu Dham, on the charge of shopping from the debit card of renowned artist Neelam Mann Singh. A case of cheating has been registered at the Sector 17 police station.

Neelam had lost her debit card on June 22, 2007, while she was shopping in Sector 22. The next day she left for Mumbai, having no idea that her card was missing. She gave a written complaint to the SSP the day she came back to the city and an FIR was registered in this regard on July 13, 2007. Hardeep found the debit card while he was roaming in Sector 22. It being a debit card, Hardeep made purchases of Rs 33,599 within two days.

The police traced the accused from the IEMI number. Hardeep had sold L7i, he purchased using the debit card among other things, to his friend Kamal for Rs 4,500, which the police traced. After inquiring from Kamal, police nabbed Hardeep and recovered two L7i and a Nokia 1600 from him.

Sanjeev Singh, sub-inspector, said the police traced the accused from the mobile call details.

While talking to The Tribune, Hardeep said, “I had found the card from Sector 22 on June 22. The next I day I went to Neelam’s house but her servant told me that she was out for a week. I got greedy and thought to make purchases using the card”.

Panchkula, April 9
The local police has seized 200 cases of Indian made foreign liquor being smuggled to Panipat from Chandiaghar here today.

The contraband consisting of 100 cases of McDowell, and 50 each of White Hall and Imperial Blue was worth around Rs 2 lakh. With this, the total seizure of liquor done by the local police and Panchkula Exise and Taxation department since March has reached more than Rs 30 lakh, said the deputy excise and taxaion commissioner J.S. Chahal.

According to the police they intercepted a truck coming from Chandigarh side at tank chowk near Chandimandir in the morning. However, it was found the truck was carrying cases of liquor.

The driver and helper of the truck, who were identified as Kulwant and Sham Sunder, both residents of Panipat, were detained by the police.

Chandigarh, April 9
Kingfisher Airlines today announced that it would be launching services on six new sectors and would add Chandigarh to the network of cities served by it.

Effective April 14, 2008, Kingfisher Airlines would offer a daily direct flight from Chandigarh to Mumbai and from Chandigarh to New Delhi, which would mark the launch of operations for Kingfisher Airlines in Chandigarh. The flights on these new routes would be operated using brand new Airbus A320 family aircraft featuring personalised in-flight entertainment on every seat, gourmet cuisine and world-class service.

An official release said that Kingfisher Airlines would also introduce services on five other routes. For the first time, it would offer a daily same-day return flight between New Delhi and Goa. It would also add one more daily direct flight between New Delhi and Hyderabad, taking the total number of daily flights on that route to three flights a day. Kingfisher Airlines would also launch a direct daily flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad and between Chennai and Coimbatore.