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Punjab NCP redresses cadre’s problems
Patiala, May 25 Chief guest Swarn Singh, president of the party, while addressing the delegates appreciated the efforts of Patiala district office bearers for successfully convening the meeting in an attempt to solve the problems of the party cadres. He clarified that the party base would be extended to rural areas, which will be of great help to the party in the ensuing parliament elections. He also vehemently deplored the politics of vendetta and hoped that democratic traditions were upheld under all circumstances. The general secretary in his presidential address said the self-help group scheme to uplift the stature of rural women and weaker sections should be promoted by the party workers in the rural areas to spread the party base there. He strongly supported the viewpoint of Supriya Sule that Sharad Pawar, national president of the NCP, has already given 33 per cent representation to the women cadre as out of three union ministers, including Pawar, one is woman. The other speakers at this meeting were H.S. Sidhu, youth president, Punjab, Surjan Singh Jogi, ex-MLA and president of the NCP (SC cell), Punjab, and Bhushan Sharma, vice-president, Punjab. |
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Punjabi varsity discovers novel way
Attar Singh Tribune News Service
Patiala, May 25 The university has ordered some of its security staff to dress up in plain clothes, instead of wearing khakhi uniform, in order to keep off prying eyes. The duty of this staff is to conduct routine forays into some ‘hot spots’ frequented by wayward youngsters and other outsiders who come to the campus for a quick ‘trip’. This staff has already come up with some positive results. A university source disclosed that just a few weeks ago the security staff nabbed an outsider who was trying to hoodwink his way past security after committing a theft near one of the boys hostels. Keeping a watchful eye on his activities, the security staff not only nabbed the offender, but also recovered the stolen goods before handing him over to the local police. In another instance, the security staff raided a spot where some students were having intoxicants and managed to nab one of them. In yet another instance, the security caught a student who was found to be under the influence of intoxicants near a hostel. Likewise, incidents of eve teasing in the vicinity of girls hostel have also come down drastically. The university authorities have decided to place these security men in some sensitive points in the campus, which include various canteens, hostels and near the vice-chancellors office. Earlier, the university authorities had decided to install closed circuit TV in the campus, but later this proposal was dropped due to protests by some students unions.
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General candidates boycott polls
Gurdeep Singh Mann Tribune News Service
Kalauli Jattan (Banur), May 25 In their written complaint to the election commission and deputy commissioner of Patiala, villagers demanded that the elections in the village should be cancelled and be reviewed. While the village has three seats reserved for SC candidates this year, only two are left for the general category candidates. In contrast to this, last year there was only one seat reserved for SC candidates. Two general category candidates, Nasib Singh and Shanti Bai, have announced boycott of the election, terming reservation as arbitrary. Nasib alleged that a section of villagers in connivance with the SC candidates have manipulated greater number of reserved seats with the help of politicians and bureaucrats this time. There are 563 voters in the village and its former sarpanch was a lady - Sarabjit Kaur- from SAD (B). “There are only four SC voters identified in the village and that too from only one family. Both husband and wife, Pal Singh and Bholi Bai, are contesting elections. The third seat for reserved candidate has gone vacant,” said Nasib. He pointed out that since these two candidates do not have opposition candidates, they would be elected unopposed. Nasib and Shanti alleged that they have notified BDO Roop Singh about the issue who told them that there are 125 SC voters. “But even if there are 125 SC voters, as per norms, the village cannot have three reserved seats for SCs,” they argued. While Pal Singh and his wife admitted that there were no other SC voters in the village except their family, their supporters claimed that there are 125 such voters. The BDO said he had marked an inquiry into the allegations.
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6 quintal poppy husk seized, 5 arrested
Banur, May 25 The accused have been identified as Harvinder, a resident of a village of Ludhiana, Sukhminder, resident of a village of Rajpura, Billa and Vicky, both from Banur, and Harpreet, a resident of Chandigarh. Harvinder was arrested during a naka in Banur last evening carrying three quintals of poppy husk in a Tavera. The police officials said the accused was a driver with the vehicle owned by a resident of Barnala. Police officials said the co-accomplice of the accused, identified as Amit, fled from the scene. The other four accused were arrested during a special naka in Banur and three quintals of poppy husk was recovered from their possession. Though the cops denied that the accused were taking the illegal consignment for polling purpose, sources revealed that the drug was to be used in the elections tomorrow. A case in this connection has been registered at the Banur police station. |
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75 units of blood collected
Bassi Pathana, May 25 Dr Mohinder Singla, president of the society, made 100th donation in this camp. Similarly Ajay Malhotra, Kamal Gupta and Surinder Dhiman made 90th plus donation. Addressing the camp Dr Mohinder Singla said it is a matter of pleasure that new donors, mostly youngsters, have come forward to donate blood in this camp. He said it is a healthy for the future. |
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MLA alleges verbal abuse
Dera Bassi, May 25 During his visit Grewal met the SDM Dera Bassi SL Bhumbak and some other officials of the administration. Later the Congress MLA from Kharar Balbir Singh Sidhu alleged that the former DC had abused him and his workers at the college. Sidhu added that Grewal used derogatory language against the Punjab election commissioner. He said he would be sending a written complaint regarding this to the SAS Nagar DC. The former DC could not be contacted for his comments. |
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U-14 cricket: Delhi teams register easy wins
Chandigarh, May 25 RCC won the first match against Dev Cricket Academy by six wickets whereas NRCA beat Pioneer Cricket Club by 33 runs in the second match. In the first match, electing to bat first, Dev Cricket Academy were all out on 97 runs in 24.3 overs.
Only Himanshu played a defiant knock of 27 runs. Ajay supported him with 16 runs. For Rohini Cricket Club, Vishesh (3 for 15) and Dipankur (2 for 21) were the main wicket takers. In reply, Rohini Cricket Club chased the total in 14.4 overs. Aman and Kartik played superbly with their knocks of 28 and 32 (not out) runs, respectively. For Dev Cricket Academy, Arun took two wickets for 15 runs. In the second match, which was reduced to 15 overs due to rain, NRCA set a target of 84 runs. The team was all out on 83 for 9 in the allotted 15 overs. Pankaj (21) and Ravi (19) batted well for the winning team. For Pioneer, Vidansh claimed two wickets, conceding 14 runs. In reply, Pioneer Cricket Academy succumbed to the accurate bowling of Pradeep (3 for 8) and Sahil (2 for 6) and was bundled out for 50 runs in
12.4 overs. Only Vidansh managed to cross double figure (17 runs). Brief score: Dev Cricket Academy: 97 all out in 24.3 overs (Himanshu 27, Ajay 16 n o, Vishesh 3 for 15, Dipankur 2 for 21) Rohini Cricket Club: 98 for 4 in 14.4 overs (Kartik 32 n o, Aman 28, Dipankur 17n o, Arun 2 for 15) Nathu Ram Cricket Academy: 83 for 9 in 15 overs (Pankaj 21, Ravi 19, Vidansh 2 for 14) Pioneer Cricket Academy: 50 all out in 12.4 overs (Vidansh 17, Pradeep 4 for 8, Sahil 2 for 6) Tomorrow’s fixtures — ERCA (A) v/s Pioneer Cricket Academy 8.30 am at St John’s High School; ERCA (B) v/s Nathu Ram Cricket Academy 1.30 pm at St John’s High School; APJ, Kharar, v/s Rohini Cricket Club 8.30 am at Vivek High School v/s Dev Cricket Academy 1.30 pm at Vivek High School. |
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Simrat Kaur wins putting title
Chandigarh, May 25 Trailing just one stroke behind were four who tied for the second slot with similar scores. Although most of the young mothers had not handled golf clubs in the past, they showed keen interest in the newly introduced competition, which was well handled by the only grade A professional teacher of the region
Jessie Grewal. Tied for the second slot with identical scores of nine were Aradhana, Bhupinder Kaur, Jaswinder and Harpreet. The first tiebreaker saw Aradhana and Jaswinder tying again for the second slot. In the second tiebreaker, Jaswinder emerged the clear winner to occupy the runners-up spot. Triumphant Simrat said she had learnt the basics of the game about 12 years ago. Now she is the chaperon for her 10-year-old daughter Naemat and eight-year-old Suchet to the golf range for the coaching camp. "For the past one month, I had been watching my children going through the basics of the game under Jessie Grewal. But today I felt delighted when they held a competition for the moms occupying the spectators’ chairs. It was good. Such competitions should be held on a regular basis," said Simrat. All the moms were happy that the golf range had started a competition to keep them occupied. They felt that such competitions should be held at least once a month. Jaswinder, who tied for the second spot along with three others, finished overall runners-up after two tiebreakers. She found the competition very interesting. She had been coming regularly to the golf range with her 10-year-old son Fateh Pratap Phoolka. For the third-placed Aradhana, the competition was "all nerves" as she was coming to the range more for coaching of her eight-year-old son Aaryaman. "But all said and done, I liked it," she added. Harpreet and Bhupinder Kaur, who also tied second in the first round, were all praises for the competition. A prize distribution ceremony was held for the moms in which J.S. Cheema, secretary-general of the Chandigarh Golf Association, gave away
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U-17 cricket team announced
Panchkula, May 25 Ashok Kumar Saini
will lead the team. The team was finalised during the coaching camp which ended here on
Sunday. The team: Ashok Kumar Saini (captain), Anurag Thakur, Ankit Gupta, Sushil Nasier, Pranav Nanda, Sapanpreet Singh, Sunand Kumar, Ashu Kumar Saini,
Mohit Garg, Amrinder Singh, Dinesh Nanda, Harinder Chaudhary, Ankush
Chawala, Suman Kumar, Sourav Kumar, Mohit Kamboj, Harinder Singh and Ruplinder; coach: Rubal; manager: Sukhwinder Singh. |
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Cricket trials today
Mohali, May 25 All players, either studying or living in Mohali, are eligible for the trials. The players must be less than 19 years of age as on 1.9.2008 (i.e. a player must be born on or after 1.9.1989). The players must bring a photocopy of the
birth certificate or a certificate from the respective institute confirming the date
of birth. |
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