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25,000 ltr spurious milk destroyed
Rajpura, April 17 As the health department had refused to proceed against the owner of the unit, the local police team under the supervision of SHO Bikramjit Singh Brar, had directly reported the matter to Punjab minister for health Luxmi Kanta Chawla after which it had registered a case against three persons, including Amritpal Singh owner of the unit, Harish Kumar, who used to prepare the milk and Baldev Singh driver of one the tankers. The three had been placed under arrest by the police. Later, after the health minister's intervention, the health departments collected some samples, which were examined at the state chemical lab. As the laboratory reports confirmed that the milk was spurious, legal procedure was initiated to destroy the 25,000 litres of spurious milk. In the meantime the police had added some more section of the Food Adulteration Act to the FIR that was registered in this regard. However, the health department today did not inform the local police before destroying the spurious milk, even as the unit was unearthed by the police. The minister herself arrived here to oversee the process of destroying the milk and stayed with the district health officials till the milk was completely destroyed by throwing it into a local canal. Later, speaking to the mediapersons, the minister said the state health department had been issued instruction to check such dubious practices. Defending the health officials the minister said department was carrying out a drive against any such practices. She said department had so far seized illicit drugs worth over Rs 5 lakh in the past few months. The minister said the state ministry had floated tenders to provide cheap medicines at all the state-run health care institutions across Punjab. She said modalities for the same were being completed and soon cheap medicines would be made available across the state. The health minister said the department had also launched a pilot project to provide health care in the slum areas in some parts of the state and soon this project would be extended to all districts of the state. Senior Akali leader Prem Singh Chandumajra, who also accompanied the minister, said the state government was committed to eradicate the drug menace in the state and all possible efforts were being made in this direction.
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Police cracks blind murder case
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 17 SSP Dr Kaustubh Sharma said Madan Ravani, son of Deha Ravani, who was a resident of Bihar had been killed by one of his friends who owed him Rs 5000. The SSP said he was done to death by Rajesh Kumar, son of Jagga Ram of Jamal village in Purnia district of Bihar. The accused had smashed Madan's head using an axe and had torn his clothes. The police said from the investigation carried out so far it was revealed that Madan Ravani used to advance money on interest and Rajesh owed him Rs 5000. As he was unable to repay his debt, Madan started threatening him of dire consequences. The accused stated that Madan even started pressurising him for allowing him to have illegitimate relations with his newly wedded wife. He even asked Rajesh to ask his in-law's to marry his wife's sister to him. The police said unable to bear the pressure being mounted by Madan, he decided to kill him. The accused took Madan to a deserted place on the outskirts of town and killed him. The SSP said the case was cracked by inspector Rajesh Kumar, SHO Amloh, and his team. He said the weapon used in the crime had also been recovered following which a case under the relevant sections of the law was registered against Rajesh Kumar and the accused had been placed under arrest. |
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Dead man booked
Ambala, April 17 The deceased Jagtar Singh who was a resident of village Fatehgarh close to Naraingarh was found dead near a tube well in Mehtabpur village close to Ambala Cantonment two days back. Next day, the body of his sister-in-law Amritvir Kaur was found on GT road near Ambala Cantonment. Sukhdev Singh, father of Amritvir, alleged that Jagtar had murdered her daughter. He said Amritvir had been residing with him for last four-five days in Lahormajri village, which falls under Mandi Gobindgarh police station. He said Jagtar had called her at Ambala Cantonment as he had some urgent work with her. He said Amritvir left for Ambala and next day her body was found. K.V. Ramana, Ambala SP, said the father of the deceased had alleged that Jagtar might have murdered her daughter. In such circumstances, the police had no option but to register a case against whom the allegations were made. A detail investigation would be conducted in the matter and if the involvement of Jagtar was not found, his name would be removed from the FIR, he added. He said if the involvement of some other persons were found out in the investigation, they would be booked in the case.
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3 booked for faking documents
Dera Bassi, April 17 The two allegedly faked documents to show the house within Lal Dora village following which Shiv Chand even managed an electricity connection in his name. The three have been booked. |
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4 crime offenders nabbed
Patiala, April 17 In the first case, acting on orders of Gurmeet Singh Chauhan, SP (Detective), the cops arrested Pushpinder Singh alias Tau, a resident of Khanauri from in front of Kali Devi temple and recovered a country made pistol from him. A case under section 25/54/59A has been registered at the Kotwali police station. On investigation, Pushpinder Singh revealed that he had purchased the pistol from Meerut. In the second case, a team led by Jassa Singh, incharge CIA staff, arrested Wazir Singh from Ghuthmora village in Devigarh tehsil and recovered 500 gm opium from his possession. His accomplice in the crime, Balwinder Singh of Karnal, too was arrested. In the third case, a Zen car was recovered from Pankaj Kumar from Rajgarh on the Patiala-Samana road. The car had been stolen from Jakhal and later was given a fictitious number PB26D 4074. A case had also been registered.
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From Schools & Colleges
Ropar, April 17 Inaugurated by Rajan Kashyap, chief information commissioner, Punjab, the camp saw hundreds of enthusiastic donors from amongst students and even faculty participating enthusiastically for humanitarian endeavor. MP Avinash Rai Khanna was also present at the occasion. The blood donation camp, which started earlier in the day, was supervised and conducted by a team of doctors led by Dr R.S. Shah from Blood Research Society, Chandigarh. Kulwinder Singh, head of department, electrical, Rayat Polytechnic College was coordinator of the camp. Prize distribution
A joint annual prize distribution function of Lord Mahavir Jain Public School and Jain Girls Senior Secondary School, Ambala Cantonment, was organised today. Nariander Jain, president, Digamber Jain Sabha, was the chief guest. He inaugurated an exhibition in Jain Girls Senior Secondary School. Principals of both schools presented annual school reports. CELEBRATIONS: The birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Hansraj at DAV Public Senior Secondary School Phase X ended today. Principal Jaya Bhardwaj while administering the oath to a select group of students urged the teachers to do their best to get the society rid of the dowry system that was taking its toll on the society. SEMINAR: Chandigarh Business School, Landran, would be holding a national seminar on April 19 based on the theme in order to provide quality skills to its students and update their knowledge domain. The seminar would aim at providing latest trends prevalent in Human Resource sector. The National Level Seminar would see speakers from different walks of life who would share the platform to discuss the changing scenario in the HR industry. Dr S.K. Salwan, vice-chancellor, PTU, would deliver the inaugural address. Other prominent personalities who would be sharing the platform to express their expert opinion on the subject would include Sofi Zahoor, director-HR, Quark, among others. SPARDHA ’08: Dr I.T. Business School, Banur, organised Management Fest Spardha ’08 The Battle of Minds today. The fest was inaugurated by Dr V.K. Arora, dean, academic, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. While addressing the students Dr Arora said to become a good entrepreneur it is important for the students to develop communication and human resource skills. He appreciated the efforts of the students and faculty members for organising
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DC educates farmers
Patiala, April 17 State government has warned farmers not to start sowing paddy in advance this season and the drive launched by the district administration is a move in this direction. The DC himself drove a tractor over a field in Rajla village where some farmers were trying to sow paddy much in advance. |
Stars, not cricket, interest people
Chandigarh, April 17 Though large numbers of fans gathered around to see their favourite players, interestingly, there were not many buyers of tickets. Upset over the development, the top class players made it a point to give autographs to only those who came forward to buy tickets from them. For many, it was a fun to see the cricketers manning the counters to sell tickets. The players sold the tickets at Baskin Robin joints in Sector 17 and 44, Planet M shops in Fun Republic and in Phase 3B2, Mohali. Indian bowler Sree Santh along with Australian James Hopes visited Planet M in Fun Republic in the afternoon while Indian spinner Romesh Powar was seen selling the tickets along with Wolken Mota at Baskin Robin counter at Sector 17. New Zealander Kyle Mills and Australian Simon Katich were entrusted with the job at Planet M, Mohali, and Baskin Robin, Sector 44. “It seems that the organisers find it hard to sell the tickets for the forthcoming IPL matches. That’s why the players have been assigned this trivial job to attract the buffs for buying the tickets. Otherwise, this is the first time we are watching the stars hobnobbing with common people”, said Rajesh Kumar at Fun Republic. Earlier, Pretiy Zinta and Brett Lee launched the sale of tickets by selling these personally at PCA stadium. On the other hand, the organisers have claimed that more than 50 per cent tickets had been sold till yesterday. Meanwhile, in an attempt to create hype, the members of both Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings teams, including Stephen Fleming, Michael Hussey, Muttiah Muralitharan, Yuvraj Singh, Simon Katich and Piyush Chawla addressed a press conference at a local hotel in evening. “For the first time I saw so many international players addressing mediapersons together. This should happen quite often during the international matches”, said one of the journalists.
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Murali looks to take on teammates
Chandigarh, April 17 Murali, who turned 36 today, said as the age was catching up, he does not know whether he would be able to achieve the “I have no plans as such in my mind at the moment and I don’t know whether I would be able to make it or not while playing the game”, said Muralitharan while talking at a local hotel here today. When asked if he has been planning to hang the boots in near future, the spinner who has bagged 735 wickets in 120 tests and 464 wickets in 309 ODIs denied, maintaining that he is not thinking on the lines right now. “But in the game, you never know”, said Muralitharan. Murali is in the city as a member of the Indian Premier League’s Chennai Super Kings team, which will take on local favourites Kings XI Punjab on Saturday. Looking excited to be the part of the league, Murali said the twenty20 format is going to be the future of the game. “All are looking forward to playing with the players of other countries against some of their own country’s teammates. Mahela Jayawardene, K. Sangakkara and I have been playing together for many years. For me, bowling to them would be exciting”, said Murali, maintaining that his strategy against his country mates is to get them out on their first balls. Murali was no short of words while praising the Indian ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as he termed him the best twenty20 player in the world. “For the last one year, Dhoni has been doing extremely well in the arena. He has won the maiden Twenty20 World Cup for his country. Playing under his leadership would be good experience”, said the spinner. Setting aside the idea of Mohali team having edge over Chennai team due to home advantage, Murali was of the view that in this quick format, there was little scope of such advantages. As Mohali wicket is bowler-friendly and batsmen friendly as well, having top class players on their side, both the teams have equal chances. The IPL is an exciting format where every team has chance to get triumphant, said Murali.
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Feroz, Jairaj promising golfers
Chandigarh, April 17 Recently, both the local golfers made their well-wishers, coach as well as the city proud by clinching top honours during the 5th Albatross Junior Golf Tournament at ITC Classic Golf Resort, Gurgaon, that was held on April 11. Feroz won gold medal in C category, playing 4 over i.e. a score of 76. Sandhu emerged winner in D category, which is for juniors up to the age of 11 years. Sandhu bagged the top title with a record score of 3 under scoring 69. It is not the first time that the youngsters brought glory in the sport. Ten years old Feroz (fourth ranked), who started playing golf around two years back, has played 10 golf tournaments last year in the D category of IGU, which is for children below the age of 11 years. Apart from that, he won Yatinder Memorial Junior and Sub Junior Golf Championship-2008, held at Jaipur in January. Feroz also finished second runners-up at Bombay Presidency Golf Club Junior and Sub-Junior Golf Tournament at Mumbai in December last year. On the other hand, 10-year-old left-handed golfer Sandhu too has a long list of good performances in D category. During the 4th Albatross Junior Golf Tournament at Jaypee Greens, Noida, Patiala-based Sandhu secured second position whereas he finished second runners-up in different junior and sub-junior golf tournaments, held at Eagelton Golf Club, Bangalore, Army Golf Club, Lucknow and Rambagh Golf Club, Jaipur. Feroz and Sandhu, who are also close friends, have been polishing their skills under the coach Jesse Grewal at the Chandigarh Golf Range. While Feroz is a Class VI student of St Kabir School, Sector 26, here, Sandhu has to visit the city every off and on to join the training sessions.
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Tribune Impact
Ambala, April 17 Amit Jain during a function organised at Ambala Club presented a draft to Rs 78,000 to Rama Saini in the name of Powerlifting Federation. Jain said he had read a news item regarding Rama Saini on Wednesday and thought that one should not be deprived of participating in Asian Championship only due to incapability of finance. Rama who was national championship in 52 kg weight category was very happy, as now she would be able to participate in international-level competition. She expressed gratitude to The Tribune, which raised her voice. |
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GNPS beat Shri Shri Academy by 84 runs
Chandigarh, April 17 Put in to bat first, GNPS-CCA piled up 173 runs in the allotted 20 overs, riding high on the unbeaten knocks of 64 and 54 runs by Arjit Singh and Yash Kapil. For Shri Shri, Mohit took one for 18. Chasing the target, Shri Shri team was never in the match as the team was all out for just 89 runs in 19.4 overs. Only Mayank (14) and Himanshu (12) crossed the double figure. Yash Kapil, Parvesh and Shivam took two wickets each, conceding 6, 21 and 23 runs, respectively. Brief Score GNPS: 173 in 20 overs (Arjit Singh 64 n o, Yash Kapil 54 n o, Mohit 1 for 18). Shri Shri: 89 all out in 19.4 overs (Mayank 14, Himanshu 12, Yash 2 for 6, Parvesh 2 for 21 and Shivam 2 for 23).
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Carrom championship from May 1
Chandigarh, April 17 In the championship, a total of six events, including men’ singles, women’s singles, boys’ single junior, girls’ single junior, boys’ single sub-junior, girls’ single sub-junior, shall be conducted. A participant must be below the age of 18 years as on May 10, 2008, and 14 years as on December 31, 2008, for participation in the junior and sub-junior category, respectively. Interested players should contact Diwan Singh Aithani, general secretary of the association. The entries would be closed on April 26 at 5 pm. — TNS
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Soccer meet from May 16
Ambala, April 17 Johal said around 300 participants from Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pardesh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh would participate in the championship. School principal Vikas Kohli informed that the entry form could be collected from the school by May 10. |
Student ‘leader’ booked for misbehaviour
Chandigarh, April 17 Centre superintendent Vinod Vijay alleged that Jassi forcibly entered the examination hall and abused him along with the staff on duty. According to sources, Jassi had been denied admission for causing indiscipline by Dr Kuldip Singh, the then principal of the college. However, he was given the admission after he gave a written undertaking of maintaining discipline in the future. It was learnt that Jassi had been posing himself as the president of the college even though he was not eligible
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Three vehicles stolen
Chandigarh, April 17 In another incident, a Sector 15 resident Ashish Goel lodged a police complaint that his motorcycle (HR-49-A-2245) was stolen on April 15 from outside his residence. A case under Section 379 of IPC has been registered at police station-11. Vijay Mahajan of Sector 37 filed a complaint that scooter (CH-03-E-7535) was stolen from his residence on April 12. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at police station-39.
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Thieves decamp with mobiles worth Rs 1 lakh
Mohali, April 17 Arrested
The local police here has arrested two persons on charges of theft. The accused Bhajan Singh and Kuldeep Singh, both residents of Dandhera village near Patiala, were arrested by the Dera Bassi police during a special naka drive on the college road. The police has recovered agriculture equipment, iron doors and pipes worth Rs 50,000 from the two. The two have been remanded to a day in police custody.
Recovered
The Baltana police has arrested Umesh Kumar a resident of Bihar and recovered a motorcycle, some copper wires and a rehri from him. He had allegedly stolen these from various places in Baltana.
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