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Despite MC drive, hoardings still stand
Kharar, June 28 Instead of completely removing illegal structures, the MC has just removed advertisements affixed on them. The huge structures fixed on the riverbed near Desu Majra featuring advertisements have yet not been dismantled. Under the rules, huge structures supporting hoardings have to be removed. XEN central works division (CWD) Karnail Singh said the MC had just done a superficial job. “According to the Supreme Court orders, no individual or a company can put up any advertisement along the national highway. Violation of these orders was going on blatantly right under the nose of authorities,” he said. Interestingly, at some places, the MC officials have covered original advertisements with white sheets. “This does not serve the purpose. The violators are bound to be back in action unless every structure supporting these hoardings is dismantled,” officials pointed out. It is learnt that the MC had duly floated tenders for installing these billboards and had generated handsome revenue out of it. However, MC officials stated that they had given the permission with a clause that national highway rules had to be kept in view before any such installation. While hoardings under the MC limits have been removed to some extent, others are still standing. The areas were they stand include sales tax barrier near Balongi, Mundi Kharar and Daun. According to officials, these hoardings will be removed within a week. MC officials have acted upon the orders of the district administration after the High Court summoned district officials on a PIL filed on the issue by Devinder Kumar. An inquiry in this regard is pending with SP (city) Mohali Varinder Pal Singh. Varinder Pal said the MC was yet to submit its record regarding tenders floated for installation of billboards.
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Rebel SAD workers shown the door
Ropar, June 28 The returning officer of the SAD for Ropar district, Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra, said this was a serious matter and hence disciplinary action was taken against these workers. He said that he had recommended to the party high ups that these workers be expelled from the party. These workers include former municipal councillor from ward number 1 Amarjit Saini, now contesting from ward number 2, Jasvir Singh Channa contesting from ward number 4, former senior vice-president Gurmukh Singh Saini now contesting from ward number 8, Balwinder Singh Laddi contesting from ward number 10 and Gurmeet Singh contesting from ward number 15. While addressing a meeting of party workers today, Prof Chandumajra warned all rebel candidates in district to withdraw themselves from elections and support the official candidates. Paramjit Singh Makkar said that party workers should work together to ensure victory in MC elections. |
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ECHS polyclinic building inaugurated
Ropar, June 28 The polyclinic at Ropar was one of the first to be established in Punjab in January, 2004. Handling 10 to 15 patients a day in the beginning, the polyclinic presently gets around 150 patients a day. Besides Ropar, the polyclinic also acts as a hub to provide medical care to approximately 5,000 ex-serviceman and their dependents from Nangal, Nawan Shahar, Mohali, Ludhiana, Una and Solan (Nalagarh). Significantly, this ECHS polyclinic at Ropar is located in a non-military station. Lt Gen Singh called upon ex-servicemen to avail this facility as it was a unique scheme provided by the government acceding to long outstanding demand of the armed forces. He said although the scheme was in its infancy, it had rapidly adjusted to needs of ex-serviceman. Among the facilities presently available at the polyclinic are an X-Ray machine, an ECG facility, a physiotherapy block, laboratory for the basic tests and a dental block. The clinic has also been provided an ambulance for the convenience of those patients who have to be shifted to local referral hospitals.
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Undertrial escapes, 2 cops booked
Ropar, June 28 The undertrial, Balwinder Singh, a resident of Bubbewal Poliyan village, Una district (Himachal Pradesh), had been brought to Panchkula to appear in a court. On the way back from court, when the police party reached Transport Chowk, Sector 26, Balwinder asked for permission to answer the nature’s call. Thereafter, he escaped from the spot. SSP Ropar P.K. Sinha said head constables Somnath and Sant Singh were arrested and later bailed out. A case had been registered against the two erring policemen at the Industrial Area police station, Chandigarh. Departmental action will be initiated against them later. Undertrial Balwinder Singh was lodged in the sub-jail here. Four cases are registered against him, including two at Sadar Ropar police station and one each at Pinjore and Panchkula. Balwinder was booked for dacoity cases at Ropar and for theft at Pinjore and Panchkula. |
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Passenger train to Nangal to halt at Bassi Pathana
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Man shot dead
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 28 Rajinder and Amrinder were into buying and selling land for a long time. They had purchased a piece of land over which a dispute arose between the two. Both were fighting a legal battle for the past three years. When Amrinder went to jail in connection of some other case, Rajinder reportedly encroached upon the land. When Amrinder saw that Rajinder had occupied the land, he entered into a quarrel with him. They, accompanied by some others, fired gunshots on each other and Amrinder received bullet injuries on his chest and stomach. Rajinder's accomplice Satpal also sustained injuries and was rushed to the DMC, Ludhiana. A case has been registered against four persons, including Rajinder. No arrest has been made and the police is still investigating the matter. |
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Father, seven others booked
Tribune News Service
Rajpura, June 28 The two children — Rohit (14) and Ritu (19) — and their mother Neelam Rani from Dashmesh Colony had gone missing on June 10. The bodies of the children were recovered on Thursday evening from the Nirwana canal in Haryana. Neelam Rani is still missing. Police officials investigating the case said the other accused had been identified by the father, Vinod Kumar, and uncle of the children. The two had lodged a complaint in this connection at Rajpura city police station the day the three had gone missing. On June 10, Vinod had informed his in-laws about the departure of Neelam along with the children. Police officials said the place of the crime could not be ascertained and efforts were on to trace Neelam’s body.
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Residents rue defacement of property
Bassi Pathana, June 28 In the complaint released to the mediapersons, Verma, who is a son of the AR Co-Operative Societies, has alleged that a few candidates contesting the municipal elections have defaced the walls of his house by pasting posters and writing slogans. Even when he forbade them not to write and paste posters, they continued to do so and threatened him with dire consequences if he dared to remove those. He said when he threatened to take legal action, some of the candidates removed their posters but one lady candidate refused to remove the posters put up by her. He has urged the SDM to take strict legal action as was done by Ropar SDM. The posters and banners can be seen in every nook and corner of the town violating the orders of Election Commission. No action has been initiated against any candidate.
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14-day judicial
custody for cop, woman
Ambala, June 28 The head constable was caught with the woman at her house. Agitated residents of the colony had locked the house from outside. They had also held a demonstration at the police station. After the intervention of SP Sibash Kabiraj, the residents had cooled down. Rekha’s husband Ramesh Bhola had alleged that Pardeep and Rekha had manhandled him and on his complaint, the police lodged a case against both of them. Ramesh had also alleged that her wife had illicit relation with Pardeep. Rekha, while refuting the charges, said she had been living separately for past one year and had already filed a case of maintenance.
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Hockey fraternity seeks probe
Akash Ghai Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 28 “It’s a serious matter because the prestige of the Indian hockey is at stake. Therefore, a high-level inquiry should be conducted to bring out the truth. Definitely something fishy was there in the whole tournament,” said Gill, who was removed as the IHF chief recently, while talking to The Tribune on phone today.
“Besides fixing, many things are there to be said, but I don’t want to come on record due to my commitment with the court. Those I would disclose later on,” Gill said. Echoing the sentiments, city-based senior vice-president of the IHF Chandershekhar Ghai, Olympian Balbir Senior and national player Rajpal were of the view that the matter needed to be probed thoroughly by a neutral body. Going a step ahead, Chandershekhar, who is also president of the Chandigarh Hockey Association and ADGP, Law and Order (Punjab), said a Parliamentary committee should be formed to look into the matter. ''Can there be smoke without a fire?'' asked Chandershekhar. “When the Malaysian hockey authorities can initiate probe against their own team, we should also take a step to check our players as they were also the part of the controversial match. In my viewpoint, our sports minister should come forward to clear the doubts,” Chandershekhar said. Veteran player Balbir Singh Senior, who has represented the country five times in the Olympics, said: “Though I did not find anything suspicious during the match between India and Malaysia, an inquiry would clear all doubts as well as allegations. Our players played better that day, but Malaysian players too worked hard and put on good fight,” Balbir Singh said. Indian ace forward Rajpal Singh said he did not doubt Indian players as only win could make them to the finals whereas for the Malaysia team, win or loss did not matter as their journey in the tournament was bound to finish after the match. “The performance of the Malaysian players should be matched with their performances in the previous matches of the tournament. As the controversy has been damaging the reputation of the Indian hockey also, I am in favour of a proper inquiry to salvage the pride,” summed up Rajpal.
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Cricket
Patiala, June 28 Electing to bat first, Multipurpose boys hammered 242 runs for six wickets in the allotted 35 overs. Vinay Garwa (5 sixes, 7 boundaries) and Sidhant (62) were the main scorers. In reply, DMW boys were bundled out for meagre 31 runs. This was the lowest score of the tournament. In another semifinal, Black Elephants defeated Myunk Goswami Cricket Academy, Jammu, by 120 runs. Black Elephants scored 221 runs for 9 wickets in 35 overs whereas in reply, Jammu Academy could make only 101 runs in 35 overs. Brief scores Multipurpose Cricket Coaching Centre, Patiala: 242 for 6 in 35 overs (Vinay Garwa 96, Sidhant 62, Sampal 28, Sandeep, 19, Sukhminder 3 for 49, Pawan 1 for 47, Bhupinder 1 for 45). DMW Cricket Academy, Patiala: 31 all out in 16.1 overs (Harmanjot 13, Naveen 4 for 12, Sandeep 3 for 10, Sudhir 2 for 1). Black Elephants: 221 for 9 in 35 overs (Shivin 35, Kanwar 51, Kran 32, Vipin 30 for 14, Bhanu 2 for 44, Rohan 2 for 36, Manik 2 for 27). Myunk Goswami Cricket Academy, Jammu: 101 for 9 in 35 overs (Hisham 21 n o, Shubham 12, Pranav 12, Karan 4 for 9, Ajay 3 for 23, Prabhjot 2 for 14).
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Eleven players share lead
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 28 As many as 120 participants, including five women, from 16 states are taking part in the tournament. Results 3 points: Madan Bagayatkar, Swapnil Shah, Sanjay Karandikar, Amit Deshpande (Mah), Rajesh Raajput (Guj), Akhilesh Shrivastav (Del), Suman Kumar (Del), M. Sali, T. Saibu (Kerla), B. Rajkumar, S. Nagendra (Tamilnadu).
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Matches postponed
Chandigarh, June 28 The semifinal matches, which were scheduled to be held today, will take place tomorrow while the final will be held on Monday at St John's High School- 26. In the first semifinal, ERCA will face Aresson XI whereas St Vivekanand will take on Vivek High School in the second semifinal. The tournament is being organised by the Aresson Sports Club and Edmund Rice Cricket Academy. |
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Mohali hospital to introduce radiotherapy soon
Chandigarh, June 28 As of now, there is a treatment for those who come at an early stage. “To provide all the facilities under one roof, Fortis plans to come up with this facility by the end of this year,” he informed. “An unhappy patient is our greatest source of learning,” said Grewal. He further added that, “Fortis had appointed special staff to look after the patients’ grievances and if a complaint comes against any nurse or staff member, we send them for training again.” Grewal was associated with hotel industry before joining Fortis and said his experience had proved fruitful. “This helped us strike a balance between quality healthcare and community service, which is required in healthcare sector.” Grewal also informed that Fortis had achieved the unique distinction of becoming the only private hospital in India to get accreditation from the National Accreditation Board of Hospitals & Healthcare Providers as well as international recognition and accreditation from Joint Commission International.
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4 arrested for betting
Panchkula, June 28 According to the police, the accused, identified as Hemant, Munish, Gaurav and Vishu, belonged to Bathinda and Dabwali and were in contact with a person at Bathinda who used to collect all the money of betting from here. However, the kingpin of the racket, identified as Sunny, was still at large, said the police.
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Man killed in accident
Chandigarh, June 28 Mahinder sustained head injuries and was taken to the GMSH, Sector 16, where the doctors declared him brought dead.
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‘Kotla chhapaki’ concludes with cultural bonanza
Mohali, June 28 The month-long camp included theatre, dance, art and craft, choreography activities taught to students by different experts in their fields. The camp ended with a two hour-long cultural show. The show included two plays prepared by the students during the camp, an exhibition of the craft items and a group song medley and choreography. The auditorium of the Pracheen Kala Kendra was jam-packed with parents and grandparents who were specially invited to enjoy the cultural show. “Parents have been involved with the workshop from the day it began. Every Sunday the parents would come with their children to the camp and interact with the teachers to know more about their children and also take advise on how to improve them in various fields,” said Rama Rattan, director, Sarang Lok. “The effort was to encourage parents to spend more time with their children and get more involved in their lives,” said Dr Jaskiran Kaur who with her husband Bubby Badal attended the show. The parents who attended the show appreciated the effort put in by Dr Rattan in organising the unique summer camp which had instilled confidence in the their children. Sangeeta, Loveleen, Daviner Daman, Jasvir Gill, Ritu of the Roopak Kala Welfare Society fetched applauds for the hard work and effort put in for the sake of the students. |
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