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Two-day mango mela begins
Kalka, July 5 Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest stated that intensive efforts were being made to bring the best varieties of mango under one roof. It was a unique opportunity for the people of this area to see and taste a variety of mango and mango products. Speaking on the occasion, the commissioner & secretary tourism, Haryana, stated that mango mela was always a much-awaited activity for the residents of Pinjore, Panchkula, Chandigarh, Mohali and other adjoining areas. Considering the overwhelming response in the past, efforts were put in to widen the domain of the mela this year. Special efforts were made to provide marketing forum for self-help groups. Mango mela promises fun, frolic, shopping and extravaganza for local residents as well as the tourists on Chandigarh-Shimla Highway. A street bazaar had been set up with tented pavilion and a special cluster of food stalls and an amphitheatre for evening cultural performances. A variety of cultural programmes were being planned for both the days where renowned artistes of the country will perform. More than 265 best specimens of well-known commercial varieties were on display like safeda, dusheri, langra, chaousa, alphonso, Bombay green, amarpali malika, ramkali and tota pari. The department of horticulture was set up in 1991 and made strenuous efforts thereafter to improve mango cultivation in the state. The farmers were imparted training at Horticulture Training Institute, Uchani (Karnal), to encourage them to take up mango cultivation. Competitions like rangoli, face painting, photography, tambola, fancy dress, mango quiz, and mango eating also took place. The results of various competitions are as follows: Rangoli competition 1st prize: Sarthak Govt. Model School, Sector-12-A, Panchkula. 2nd prize: Govt. Senior Secondary School, Rajjipur. 3rd prize: Govt. Senior Secondary School, Rajjipur. Face painting competition 1st prize: Apar, Sophia Convent School. 2nd prize: Jaswinder, Basola 3rd prize: Chandeep, St. Thomas Convent School.
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Electric bullets to replace tear gas shells
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 5 It has asked for this ammunition to carry out in-depth performance trials with Punjab’s existing equipment and infrastructure. With increasing incidents of irate mob attacking public officials or cops, these bullets are being hoped to be of great importance. “Many a times, when police officials throw tear gas shells on the restless mob, some of the unscrupulous ones throw it back. This makes the situation very odd and difficult to tackle,” said AIG armaments, Rakesh Chandra. The bullet can hit up to a distance of 50 m (160 feet) and leaves its target shocked for at least 10 seconds. “It would be very useful to
control those people who carry arms. But requires lot of practice and experience to identify the real mischief monger from the crowd,”
he added. While the Punjab police is already equipped with laser guns and electric device with wires to give minor current, the same have not proved useful in volatile situations of intense mob violence. “The existing guns are unable to shoot at from long distances. Moreover, it is a bit difficult to control the current producing device with wires,” said SSP,
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Body of missing doctor found
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 5 Thirty-five-year-old Dr Sandeep Shelly, father of two kids, was reported missing after he fell in the Bhakhra river near Tarkhan Majra village where he reportedly went for evening walk. Police officials from Sirhind said the body was detected with the help of divers from the river. After conducting the postmortem the body of the deceased was handed over to the family members, said the police officials. “So far we are taking it as an accident case as nobody has come forward with anything fishy in this connection,” said SSP Kaustubh Sharma. He said that the doctor belongs to a well-to-do family of the city and had been practicing in some village for the past few years. He went along with his driver near a bridge of Tarkhan Majra village on Thursday. According to the driver, the doctor slipped into the river. Inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPc have been initiated in this connection at Sirhind police station. |
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Shortage of staff in DTO puts public to inconvenience
Patiala, July 5 Following the issuance of new guidelines by the state transport department, work in the DTO has increased manifold. At present, the total employee strength at the Patiala DTO is just twenty, including a district transport officer, an assistant district transport officer, and a section officer. Earlier, there were two ADTOs, out of which, one retired a few years ago. However, this post is yet to be filled, putting general public to inconvenience. Although the DTO records are computerised, the staff has still to maintain a majority of the records manually. The DTO has now been asked to fulfil the obligation of challans due to which the staff is overworked. A source in the DTO today revealed that the staff should be increased by atleast 20 more employees to help in public dealing. He added that work pertaining to the challans should be handled by atleast five people instead of three. Most of the employees remain busy in the work pertaining to the auction of fancy numbers while others have to take driving tests of people who have applied for driving licences. Other employees have to see work relating to routine checking and the issuance of road-worthiness certificates to vehicles. District transport officer Jaswant Singh said he had written to the state government about the scarcity of staff. However, he added that people would have to face inconvenience till the DTO was properly manned.
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Youth murdered in Ambala City
Ambala, July 5 According to information, the deceased Naveen was residing along with his two brothers Rakesh and Raghav in Nadi Mohala. Rakesh and Raghav went to their office early in the morning today while Naveen was sleeping in the house. When Raghav returned at his house in the noon, he found that his brother was lying in the pool of blood. He immediately informed the police. Finger experts and a dog squad were also summoned. One of the neighbourer informed the police that two youths on a motorbike had visited the Naveen's house at around 11 in the noon. The brother of the deceased also told the police that around a week back, Naveen had a scuffle with two youths residing near Hari Palace. He said the youths had also threatened Naveen. On the complaint of Raghav, the police registered a case against Amit and one other in this regard. |
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City golfer qualifies for world tourney
Chandigarh, July 5 Feroz, who scored 11 points in the under-11 category and remained topper in his age group, is among eight junior golfers, who have made it to the world championship on the basis of their score at qualifier. The qualifier was conducted at the Tarudhan Valley Golf Resort, Gurgaon, in association with Chimmys Golf, by GolfRiTe as part of GolfRiTe US Kids Golf Tour. For 10-year-old Feroz, who started his sports career just a year back, is not the first time to
bring laurels. He had finishing second runners up in the Western Junior/Sub-Junior Golf Championship, held at Bombay Presidency Golf Club, Mumbai, in January this year. Feroze, a student of Class V of St Kabir’s School, Sector 26, has been aiming to be a renowned golfer. Terming the chance of participating in the world championship a great opportunity, Feroz said, “Over 1,200 junior golfers from over 40 countries are expected to participate in 13 different age groups. It would be a great learning experience for every
budding golfer.” Besides Feroz, the other golfers, who will be part of the championship, are Kelly Rao, Piyush Sangwan, Arjun Puri, Kshitij Naveed Kaul in boys and Yashika Rana, Aditi Ashok, Seher Atwal in girls. The expense of participating in the world championship, for all eight golfers, is being borne
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Mayank, Arunima lead in chess
Chandigarh, July 5 A total of 54 players have been participating in the championship. On the basis of performance in the championship, a team of two boys and two girls will be selected in the under-11 category to represent the city in nationals, being held at Ahmedabad from August 23 to 31. The point position at the end of the third round in the under-11 category is as follows: 3 Points: Mayank Kaura, Arunima goyal. 2 Points: Tejas, Sunbir, Tarini Goyal, Pranjal, Akash Bhardwaj, Anubhav, Roopam Bhardwaj, Prakhar. 1.5 Points: Tanya Kaushal, Rishab. 1 Point: Shaurya Panpalia, Archit, Jaskeerat, Tejasvi Negi, Ritik, Jashan Khurana. 0.5 Point: Kashish Kaushal, Jasamrit. 0 Point: Meharvir Point position at the end of the third round in under-25 category is as follows: 3 Points: Himal Gusain, Karan Bhatti, Satbir, Manu Aggarwal. 2.5 Points: Anmol Kuthiala. 2 Points: Srishti Jain, Gurnoor, Viswanthitha, Shweta, Sachleen, Tarundeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Devinder Singh Rawat, Karan Gupta, Mayank Aggarwal. 1.5 Points: Pradeep Singh Negi, Simranjeet Kaur, Mayank Sharma. 1 Point: Ravneet Kaur, Pallak, Adhish Sood, Vinod Mishra, Neha, Harshdeep Singh, Sandeep Singh, Jasmeen, Ankur Nakra, Gurpartap Singh, Kshitij Bhatnagar, Sidhant kalia. 0 Point: Gagan Verma, Harshpreet, Jai Kairon. |
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AITA: Ankit beats Fazan
Mohali, July 5 In the same category, Abhinav Mahajan got the walkover as his opponent Pranay Jaipuria did not turn up for the match. In the qualifying rounds in boys’ under-14, Manik Joshi beat Param Pun 6-3 while Fardeen Qamar got the better of Sharaw Liberhan 6-4 to secure their places in next round of the tourney. The main draw matches will be played from July 7. Results: Boys’ under-12 qualifying first round: Ankit Parasrampuria beat Fazan Shazab 6-0; Ankit Saini beat Manav Jindal 6-3; Abhinav Mahajan w/o Pranay Jaipuria; Sanchi Thakur beat Sanwal Singh 6-0; Mrinal Kunwar beat Abhimanyu Singh 6-0; Paramveer S. Bajwa beat Tejas Bansal 6-0; Abhishek Verma beat Laksh Vohra 6-0; Qamir Faizal beat Janisht Gulcha 6-0; Viksit Verma beat Akshit Kutharia 6-1; Yash Gupta beat Pranay Ahuja 6-0; Archit Mittal w/o Tejas Malik; Akhil Ranjan beat Abhijeet Gill 6-1; Mayuk Rawat beat Aarayak Singh 6-0; Gagan Sharma beat Kavish Seth 6-2; Vasudev Mehra beat Qamar Fardeen 6-5 (4); Rahul Agarwal beat Rakshit Binaykia 6-0. Boys’ under-14 qualifying first round: Manik Joshi beat Param Pun 6-3; Fardeen Qamar beat Sharaw Liberhan 6-4; Rohtaas beat Kanishk Rao 6-0; Varun Sharma beat Prabhsimran Bal 6-4; Praveer Dogra beat Uday Shergill 6-2; Abhishek Verma beat Navdeep Sethi 6-0; Vikas Berwal beat Narsh Khatri 6-0. |
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Athletics trials on July 9
Chandigarh, July 5 The selected athletes will take part in the 84th Open Punjab Athletics Championship being held on the Punjabi University campus, Patiala from July 19 to 21. |
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NGOs must assist Nirogi Society: Chawla
Mohali, July 5 Chawla, who chaired the second meeting of the governing body here yesterday, emphasised that involvement of NGOs should be encouraged for identification of the beneficiaries as well as for facilitating them for completion of formalities. The society was registered last year to form a corpus to provide financial assistance to the people below poverty line (BPL) and economically weaker section. Under this scheme, the financial assistance to the tune of Rs 1.50 lakh per beneficiary is to be provided by the society. |
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Police ‘not keen’ on nabbing chain snatchers
Chandigarh, July 5 Despite the fact that Parminder handed over all details, including the vehicle registration number used by the snatchers, to the police, it has failed to trace the whereabouts of the accused. According to sources, the accused have been identified as Vicky and Nadeem, residents of UP. They have been involved in several incidents of snatching in the recent past. On June 23, Parminder had lodged a complaint alleging that two youths riding a black Pulsar snatched her gold chain while she was going for a morning walk near her residence in Manimajra. Parminder alleged that though the description of the snatchers were given to the police, who even identified the accused a week later, but had failed to arrest them. “I had identified the snatchers, when the cops came to my residence with some photographs of the suspects. They claimed that both had been active since a long time and had been arrested a couple of times on the charges of snatching. Despite having all details, even the identity of the snatchers, the police had done little to nab the accused”, alleged Parminder. Hari Kumar, SHO, Manimajra police station, said efforts were being made to trace the accused, who had been absconding. Since they were hailing from Uttar Pradesh, they had no permanent address. The police had intimated the neighboring police stations.
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Tangori College theft
Mohali, July 5 One of the arrested persons, Ranjit Singh, worked as a driver in the college and he got in touch with his two friends -- Kuldeep Singh and Zora Singh -- to execute the theft plan. Ranjit Singh used to roam around in the college and was familiar with the accounts section of the institute. A safe containing cash was stolen by the three. While Ranjit Singh is a resident of Zirakpur, Kuldeep Singh belongs to Kambali village and Zora Singh is from Paniali village in Nawanshahr district. The latter two worked as ‘granthis’ at Gurdwara Singh Shaheedan at Sohana. Addressing mediapersons here today, SSP Jatinder Singh Aulakh said that a special checking of the Sohana area was done after the theft on the directions of Varinder Pal Singh, SP (City). A naka was laid last night near the Sohana bus stand where three persons coming on a motorcycle were signaled to stop. On checking, currency notes were found in a plastic bag carried by Zora Singh. He was carrying his share of the money after the three had distributed the theft amount among themselves. On questioning, Zora Singh admitted that the three had stolen the safe containing cash from the Tangori college on the intervening night of June 30 and July 1. Zora Singh and Kuldeep Singh carried the safe on a motorcycle to the house of Kuldeep Singh in Kambali village while Ranjit Singh stayed back in the college. The safe was cut and the thieves found cash totaling Rs 31, 28, 740 in it, which they divided among themselves. The police has recovered Rs 30, 92, 650. Zora Singh was going to Chandigarh to board a bus to go to his village carrying his share of the theft amount (Rs 10 lakh) when the three were stopped. The police recovered Rs 10, 92, 650 from the house of Kuldeep Singh along with the damaged safe. Similarly, Rs 10 lakh were recovered from the house of Ranjit Singh. Chairman of the college Sukhwinder Singh Sidhu, who was also present at the press conference, said it was a security lapse and action would be taken against those held responsible. He said the college had 24-hour security, but those on duty at night, when the theft took place, were not alert enough as a result of which the safe was stolen.
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Home guard booked for molestation
Chandigarh, July 5 According to sources, Rishi Pal, who is living in a rent accommodation in Dadumajra, went to the house of another tenant, living on the first floor. Rishi allegedly went inside the bathroom, where the complainant was having a bath. The complainant, along with other residents of Dadumajra, went to the police station, Sector 39, and lodged a complaint under Sections 354, 380 and 506 of the IPC against the home guard. According top Rajesh Shukla, SHO, police station, Sector 39, efforts were being made to trace the whereabouts of the home guard. However, no arrest was made till the filing of the report. GAMBLING: Ram Kumar, a resident of Sector 26, was arrested on the charges of gambling at a public place. A case under the Gambling Act has been registered in the Sector 26 police station.
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ASI charged with eve teasing
Chandigarh, July 5 Suman alleged that Manjit misbehaved with her when she along with her family was going for an evening walk. The matter was reported, following which a DDR was lodged in the police station, Sector 39. According to Rajesh Shukla, SHO, an inquiry was marked following which the report had been sent to higher officials.
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Suicide at Sukhna
Chandigarh, July 5 According to sub-inspector Rampal, the incident came to light when Lakhbir Singh, in charge of the lake police post, was patrolling at around 8:15 am. He immediately intimated his subordinates, who later pulled the body out. A dairy was recovered from the body, which had a couple of telephone numbers. The police called up those persons who failed to identify the deceased. The police said the body was shifted to Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, for identification. Meanwhile, the police has initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code in this regard.
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Karachi a dream for Rabbi
Chandigarh, July 5 “Through picturisation of this song in Karachi, I wanted to give traditional local touch as I had put my feeling in the composition,” he said. The composition of a song is not just a pack of rhythms, poetry and singer as picturisation of the locale also enhances its impact, Rabbi said. It is a mystery for Rabbi that why his request of shooting this song in Karachi had been rejected by the authorities. After the long wait of more than two months, he was disappointed on refusal of the visa. “I believe that officials are extra conscious of the security of their country,”
Rabbi said. Commenting harshly on reality shows, Rabbi said these shows were exploiting art and artists. “For me, singer is not a person who can just sing well, but he is a package of composition, melody and singing.” The reality shows had set restricted criteria for singer to sing well and not concerted its composition and music. “I do not match with demands of Bollywood industry. That’s why I am quite away from the industry,” Rabbi added. When asked how he was feeling to be awarded by Sikh council, he remarked that he is proud to elate on receiving the prestigious award. |
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