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Block Samiti Poll Tribune Reporters
Bassi Pathana, April 30 District electoral officer-cum-deputy commissioner Ashok Kumar Singla said for the 10 seats of zila parishad, 15 candidates had filed their nomination papers. He said the last date for filing the nomination was May 2 while the scrutiny of papers would be done on May 3. The withdrawal of papers could be made by May 5 and the elections would be held on May 12. He said all arrangements had been made and polling staff had been put on duty. Free and fair elections would be ensured and nobody would be allowed to take law in his hands, whosoever he might be, he added. He urged the residents and candidates to cooperate with the administration in maintaining peace during the elections. Meanwhile, there is great a rush to get the tickets of the ruling party (SAD) and many powerful groups among the Akalis. As the consensus has not been reached, the official list of the candidates contesting the poll has not been released whereas on the other hand, the Congress has released its official list of nominees. Interestingly, two of the Congress nominees have deserted the party and given explanation to the mediapersons that they don’t have any link with the party. Surjit Singh, a retired teacher, whose name figured in the list from the Gopalon constituency, said he had no link with any political party and he was not going to contest the elections. He said he was surprised to know that his name figured in the Congress list. Similarly, Surinder Kaur of Wazidpur, in an affidavit given to the mediapersons, said she was an active Akali worker and had never joined or worked for the Congress. Her name had been included in the list to tarnish her image, she added. There is no strong Congress leader in the area to look after the campaign and to find out candidates for all seats, whereas in the SAD, there are four powerful groups, which are seeking tickets for their respective candidates so that they may control these Panchayati Raj institutions. Mohali As many as 26 candidates filed their nomination papers for the panchayat samiti poll at the office of the SDM here today while 10 others filed their nomination papers for the zila parishad elections scheduled to be held on May 12. Except one candidate, who had the support of the BJP, all others, who filed their nomination papers today, had backing of the SAD. The candidates, who filed their papers for the zila parishad elections, are Gurvinder Singh (Zola Kalan), Balkar Singh (Basoli), Mukesh Rana and Pardeep Rana (Lalru ), Karnail Kaur and Sukhwinder Kaur (Khizrabad), Mukhtiar Singh and Kuldeep Singh (Tiur), Charanjit Singh and Balvir Singh (Mullanpur Garibdass). The last day for filing the nominations is May 2. The elections for the zila parishad will cover 10 zones - Mubarkpur, Sohana, Khizrabad, Amlala, Gharuan, Zola Kalan, Lalru, Tiur, Mulanpur Garibdass and Manauli. The panchayat samiti elections will cover the Majri block.
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5 vegetable agents hurt in clash
Kharar, April 30 The incident took place at 6.30 pm when Kulwant was stacking a crate of cauliflowers. Gopi Chand objected to Kulwant’s stacking crates at the platform. The fight intensified and they started throwing vegetables at each other followed by bricks. Later, they even fought with some sharp-edged weapons. Gopi was joined by his son Pradeep Kumar while Kulwant by his brothers Mahinderpal and
Rajpal. Eyewitnesses say that the two groups even exchanged blows and hurled the choicest abuses at each other. All five were admitted to the Kharar civil hospital. The police registered a cross case for fighting. Later in the day, the market committee and police got these platforms, allegedly encroached upon by the vegetable agents, vacated. Secretary market committee Gurmohan Singh said the vegetable agents were the licensees of the market committee and had been allotted shops in the market, but instead of using the shops, they had further rented those out. He said the agents themselves had encroached upon the auction platforms at the market meant for auctioning farmers' produce. The market committee had served notice to them many a times, but no one paid any heed. He added that the market committee had written to the Kharar DSP a few days ago requesting protection while razing these encroachments. In view of today's clash, the police took action and in a drive started from 12.15 noon to 1.30 pm, all encroachments and temporary sheds
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Two women among 7 booked for cheating
Kharar, April 30 In her complaint to the Patiala IG, Charanjit Kaur stated that her husband Gurmeet Singh died on June 17, 2006, under mysterious circumstances. Few days before his death, he had struck a deal of 26 bighas land in Dupal (Kharar) village with Kulwant Rai of Molu Majra in Dhuri and few others. On June 17, 2006, Kulwant dropped Gurmeet Singh at his home in an inebriated state and later, Gurmeet died. The widow added that the deal for the land was struck for Rs 32 lakh, out of which Gurmeet had already paid Rs 10.5 lakh. However, after his death, nobody gave details and documents of the land to her. She alleged conspiracy and stated that the land deal had never got matured. She also came to know that one Baljeet Kaur, from whom the land had been bought, was not the legal owner of the land. After an inquiry, the police has booked Kulwant Rai, Ranjeet Singh, Mohan Singh, Pargat Singh and Amandeep Singh, including two women Amandeep Kaur and Baljeet Kaur, for cheating and criminal breach of trust. |
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India beat Pak in kabaddi
Patiala, April 30 The match was played at the level of an intense contest as India beat their rivals 43-29 amidst cheers from the goodly crowd. The atmosphere was surcharged when the Paksitani players, waving their national flag, arrived at the venue. And the roar went up when the Pakistani team made their presence felt. The proceedings were made all the more livelier by commentator Harpreet Singh Sandhu whose witty anecdotes had the gathering in splits. The hosts rode on the pyrotechnics of ageing warhorse Jogi Dedna who mesmerised the crowd with his well-planned raids. He showed that he still commands respect when it comes to unraveling the finer points of the game. Had there been a man of the match award, Dedna would have won it hands down. |
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St Stephen's emerge victorious
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 30 Johny Chand Singh netted two goals while Amanpreet Singh scored one to lead St Stephen's to victory. Sher-e-Punjab got a chance in the ninth minute but was squandered by alert Stephen's goalkeeper Sudhir Saini. The winners opened their account in the 19th minute through Johny after getting a pass off Bhupinder Singh. The team again clicked in the 26th minute as Sher-e-Punjab defender handled the ball inside the proscribed area to give a penalty, which Johny Chand Singh converted to make 2-0. Amanpreet Singh sealed the 3-0 victory with a fine goal. In another match between Maruti Football Club 'A' and Citi Club, the first half went barren. But in the action-packed second half, four goals were scored in a span of 25 minutes. The first goal came through Ashish Arora while Balihar, with his two consecutive goals, swelled the lead 3-0 for Maruti Club. In the 50th minute, Ravi scored the consolation goal for Citi Club. The final score was 3-1. Youngsters’ Football Club defeated Crazy Club of Sector 41 by 2-0. The tourney is being conducted by the Chandigarh Football Association.
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Office-bearers elected
Chandigarh, April 30 Others elected unanimously were Inderdeep Singh Gill - vice-president, and B.D. Gandhi - treasurer. Rahul Bhandari was named adviser. The meeting decided to tap the talent of the city youngsters who are adept in this event. It also decided to bring to Chandigarh, a top professional dancing couple to teach steps to those who wish to compete in national and international events. Dance sport has become the latest craze with 18 Asian countries taking part in the event at the Asian Indoor Games organised by the Olympic Council of Asia at Macau on November 27 and 28 last year. The 2005 World Games saw 85 countries participating in dance sport. Rock ‘n’ roll was added to dance sport at the last World Games. The other dance forms include tango, waltz, fox trot, Viennese waltz and quickstep, jive, paso doble, rumba and samba and cha-cha-cha.
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Carrom tourney from today
Chandigarh, April 30 In the championship, a total of six events, including men's singles, women's singles, boys' single junior, girls' single junior, boy's single sub-junior, girls' single sub-junior will be held. The tournament will commence from 9 am
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Cyber Crime Tribune News Service
Panchkula, April 30 Aggarwal, in a complaint to the police, stated that he got a message on his phone from AXIS Bank yesterday, showing the balance in his saving account. The message also mentioned that he had withdrawn Rs 50,000 from the bank. Claiming that he did not operate his account, Aggarwal contacted bank officials, who confirmed that his account had been hacked and the money had been transferred to an account in the Green Park branch of the bank in New Delhi and the account holder had already withdrawn Rs 40,000 from his account through ATM. Investigations revealed that a day before, Aggarwal received a mail purportedly from AXIS bank asking him to furnish his account number and password. The bank officials, however, claimed that the mail had been sent by some hacker. This was actually a phishing scam, said Sanjay Kansal, assistant vice-president of the bank’s Panchkula branch. Though the bank keeps on alerting its clients using the net banking not to put their password on the net in response to any mail, still people sometimes forget to follow the instructions. Revealing the modus operandi of the hackers, Kansal said mails were sent to the net banking users asking them to furnish the details about their accounts on one pretext or other. The best way to escape these mails was not to respond to them or at least never divulge the passwords of accounts, cautioned Kansal. “As soon as a hacker receives the details of account, he goes to an ATM and transfers the money to his account and before you get the information about the transaction in your account, the hacker withdraws money through ATM leaving no time to act,” informs Kansal.
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Eight booked for torching priest
Chandigarh, April 30 According to eyewitnesses, the incident took place at around 10:00 pm when villagers saw the accused running out of the temple soon after the priest was set on fire. The police, along with a CFSL team, are investigating the matter. According to Devinder Sharma, SHO of Sector 36 police station, further inquiry would depend on the reports of CFSL team.
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Play depicts bias against women
Chandigarh, April 30 The play attempted to elucidate the facts on which the totalitarian society of male chauvinism subjugates the fairer sex. Without any conventional storyline, the play juxtaposed the darker side of humanity ruled by the hypocrite and the barbaric agents of unethical culture. The twosome cast of Nimma Dandona and Ranjan Sehgal represented woman and man, respectively. They identify and associate with the feelings of the audience as they navigate between the strict traditions they have inherited and the baffling new world they encounter every day. The play progressed to evolve that it was always the polite, generous woman who is at receiving end, facing the prejudices of her male counterpart. The content of the script was in close proximity with the daily of a commoner. The play posed many questions to the audience and the society on the conception of ‘an ideal life and life Partners’. Defying her age, Nimma lived up to the expectations of her character of a subjugated female while Ranjan Sehgal, though matured in action, looked too young to match the middle aged character he portrayed. |
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Sham-e-Ghazal by Ustad Saleem
Chandigarh, April 30 His singing of all genres of compositions somehow lacked the magic touch of a Ustad especially when he ventured emulate the invincible Ghazal king Jagjit Singh in “Pyar ke pehla khat likhne mein.” Saleem commenced the concert with Kanwar Jalalabadi’s famous composition ‘Aadmi ki ek bhool bohut kaam kar gayi’ followed by Abdul Hamid Adam’s bandish ‘Hans ke bola karo, bulaya karo.’ He modulated his voice to bring alive the lyrical intent of the ghazal which to some extent kept the audience the audience spell-bound. After Bashir Badr’ ‘o kisi par fida nahi hota’ Saleem delved deep to bring alive the pathos of Shiv Batalavi’s classic ‘Raat gayi kar tara tara’ and ‘Mainu tera shabab le baitha’. He ventured to use difficult taalas, musical ornaments like meend, murki, khatkaa and gamak to augment the level of his performance. His rendition of Baba Bulle Shah and Heer was well received. Safadr Saleem, the co-singer and son of Ustad Saleem provided an admirable vocal support. The chief guest S.K. Jain, IPS, and M.M. Sharma, regional Director, ICCR, honoured the artists. |
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Flower exhibition inaugurated
Chandigarh, April 30 Director of tourism and public relations, Chandigarh administration, Vivek Atray, inaugurated the exhibition. He admired the displayed photographs. The exhibition will remain open till May 3. Dinesh Verma, deputy manager in Oriental Insurance Company, has been pursuing photography as a hobby for the last 20 years. He disclosed that it took him nearly two years to bring out this collection. He revealed that he had clicked few photographs at Ranchi and some near water bodies at West Bengal. |
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