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Gurdeep Singh Mann
Tribune News Service

Dera Bassi, July 26
Thieves decamped with cash and jewellery after breaking into two houses in broad daylight here today.

According to the police, Brig Manmohan Singh (retd), a resident of Shakti Nagar, alleged that he had gone to his shop and when he came back at 5 pm, he found the locks of his house broken.

The house was ransacked and cash around Rs 70,000 and gold jewellery set were missing from the almirahs.

In another case, thieves ransacked a house at Ram Dasia Mohalla at about 11 am when nobody was at home.

According to the police, owner of the house Harcharan Singh alleged that the household goods were strewn all over place when he opened the door of his house. Cash around Rs 20,000 was missing.

The police said thieves might have entered from the window that opened into the verandah. The police has registered a case and investigations are on.

Patiala, July 26
It’s double whammy for residents of this once royal township. First, power cuts ensured that residents get sleepless nights and now drinking water scarcity has hit them hard.

Residents, particularly those living within the precincts of the walled town, are sore over the failure of the municipal corporation authorities to provide them with adequate water.

So acute is the shortage that residents of ward No. 26, the ward of mayor, have said that in spite of numerous petitions to the MC little has been done to overcome the crises.

Gurvinder Singh of Model Town complains: “Earlier, the squabble between the mayor and the commissioner had ensured that all development works in the town came to a standstill. However, now that the commissioner has been removed, the mayor should concentrate on providing adequate drinking water to residents.”

Similar views are echoed by residents of other localities of the town as well. Joginder Singh of Khalsa Mohalla feels: “We have to get up at 7 am to stand in a queue to get water and after standing in the queue for one hour, all we get is two buckets of water, which is insufficient to meet our daily requirements.”

A councillor on condition of anonymity said: “We cannot do much about the scarcity issue. The situation in various wards is acute. Most of the tubewells are out of order, while technical snags have hit others leading to the scarcity.”

Balkar Singh, a resident of Rattan Nagar, says: “The corporation had approved the setting up of some tubewells to tide over the problem. In spite of tall claims made by the mayor, the corporation has done nothing to make the tubewells operational.”

Residents of Urban Estate have also been hit hard. Rues Avtar Kaur of the area: “I have two schoolgoing kids. I need water in the morning but due to paucity of water they are forced to go to school without bath. Whatever water that we get in the evening is at a very low pressure.”

Bassi Pathana, July 26
Residents and heads of various social and religious organisations have urged the leaders of the warring SAD factions not to vitiate the political and social atmosphere of the town for their petty political interests by repeatedly postponing the council president's election.

In a press release issued here today, they requested the leaders of both groups to allow the councillors to elect their president on their own and let the will of majority councillors prevail. Besides, they requested the district administration not to become a puppet in the hands of politicians and to do their duty without any political pressure.

They condemned the repeated deferment of council president's elections on frivolous grounds. The residents have even warned that if the convener tried to postpone the council president's election, which is to be held on Monday, for the third time, they would gherao him and sit on an indefinite dharna in front of CM’s residence.

Manoj Banda, general secretary of a Hindu organisation, said Bassi Pathana was a small town and the council didn’t have any source of income, but the election to the post of council president had become a prestige issue for the warring factions of SAD.

He said by indulging such acts, the leaders were losing their own morality and bringing a bad name to the government besides spoiling the atmosphere of the town.

They appealed to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to direct their party leaders not to sow the seeds of hatred in the town.

Kharar, July 26
At least 10 gm gold, 1 kg silver and other metal utensils were stolen from a jewellery shop in LIC Colony, Desu Majra.

Shopkeeper Sukhwinder Singh, in his complaint to the police, said he owned jewellery shops in Phase IV, Mohali, and LIC Colony, Desu Majra.

His establishment at Desu Majra was being run by his employee Kartik, a native of West Bengal.

Sukhwinder alleged that when he opened the lock of his shop on July 25, he found 10 gm gold, one kg silver and some metal utensils missing. Kartik was also missing from the shop. The police has registered a theft case against Kartik.

Kharar, July 26
Kurali resident Jimmy Kore, who beat up traffic constable Hira Singh with his three friends on May 19, surrendered in a local court today.

Jimmy and his three friends were booked by the Kharar police for beating up Hira Singh. Jimmy had moved a bail petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which was rejected.

On the night of May 19, Hira Singh was on duty on a stretch from Mohali to Khanpur T-point. At around 9.30 pm, a truck broke down near Khanpur and the traffic had to be diverted to ease out congestion.

Jimmy Kore was passing on the stretch with his three friends in a car. Hira Singh asked them to follow the diverted route, but they refused to do so. The constable tried to reason it out with them and a heated argument ensued.

Jimmy and his friends allegedly beat up the constable, tore his uniform and snatched away his mobile. The other three accomplices of Jimmy are still at large.

Chandigarh, July 26
Riding high on superb six-wicket haul (6 for 6) by Harmanpreet and 58 by Jagpreet, the St Stephen’s School, Sector 45 team beat St Anne’s Convent School, Sector 32 by 67 runs in the ongoing PCA Boost Cup at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 here today.

St Anne's won the toss and elected to field first. St. Stephen scored 167 all out in 35 overs. Apart from Jagpreet, Lovish Bansal and Harmanpreet scored 29 and 23 runs, respectively.

T P Singh and Ashish of Anne’s claimed three wickets each for 22 and 26 runs, respectively. Shivadeep played defiant knock of 46 runs but could not help St Anne’s team, which were wrapped on 100 all out in 22.3 overs.

The wrecker-in-chief Harmanpreet produced a magic spell, snapping 6 for 6 to help the team to win the match. He was supported by Talwinder, who took 3 for 14.

Tomorrow’s fixture: DAV-8 Vs St. Anne’s at DAV-8; GNPS Vs St. Stephen at GNPS-36.

Chandigarh, July 26
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, beat APJ School, Kharar, by 56 runs in the Vivek Trophy Twenty 20 Inter School Cricket Tournament-2008, being organised by the Twenty20 Cricket Association of Chandigarh and Vivek High Asian Cricket Academy at Vivek High School, Sector 38, here today.

GMSSS-35 won the toss and elected to bat first. With the knock of 66 runs by Sourav Vaswan and Kuljinder Singh’s 37 runs, the total score was 150 all out in
19.3 overs.

For APJ, Ravi took three wickets for 18 runs while Arsh and Sarthak claimed two wickets each for 21 and 33 runs.

The APJ team gave up on just 94 runs as Kuljinder ripped apart the batting lineup of GMSSS, claiming four wickets for 14 runs.

Sahil made 24 runs while Anmol contributed 29 runs. Sourav was declared the man of the match.

In the second match of the day between DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, and St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, the former emerged winner beating Stephen’s by six wickets.

Batting first, St Stephen’s team set a target of 111 runs. Gurraunak Singh hit the highest 26 runs while Gurjot Singh made 14 runs. In reply, DAV chased the target in 17.5 overs with the total 114 runs at the loss of four wickets.

Brief scores: GMSSS-35: 150 all out in 19.3 overs (Kuljinder Singh 37, Sourav Vaswan 66, Avneet Singh 13, Ravi 3 for 18, Arsh 2 for 21, Sarthak 2 for 33); APJ: 94 all out in 19.4 overs (Sahil 24, Anmol 29, Kuljinder 4 for 14, Chetan 2 for 13).

St. Stephen's: 110 for 7 in 20 overs (Gurraunk Singh 26, Gurjot Singh 14, Sahil 2 for 6, Vineet Dhaka 2 for 15); DAV: 114 for 4 in 17.5 overs (Vineet Dhaka 25, Prince 23, Shubham 16, Sahil 16, Dilsher 2 for 22).

Vineet Dhaka won man of the match title. Tomorrow’s schedule: St. Stephen's School v/s A.P.J School at 8.30 am; DAV School Sector 15 v/s Vivek High School at 2.45 pm.

Chandigarh, July 26
Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, stormed into final of basketball discipline in the ongoing Inter-School Sports Meet (under-14) for boys at the Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, here today.

Today, GNPS-36 defeated New Public School, Sector 18, by 33-32 in a nail-biting match. Earlier, another school team lodged a protest against NPS team for fielding over-age players, but the concerned committee found nothing against the team.

GNPS-36 will face DAV Public School, Sector 8, in the final match scheduled to be held on Monday.

Other results:
Kabaddi: Final): GSSS-45 bt GSSS 64-27;
3rd position: GMSSS-56 bt GHS, Dadu Majra, 73-59.
Handball: GMSSS-16 bt GMSSS-44 8-4.
Football: St Stephen’s-45 bt St Soldier-26 by 6-0 (Wangoiuing Thow 5th min, Sajid 10th min, Wangoiuing Thow 14th and 23rd min, Bikrampreet 40th min, Anirudh Thapa 42nd min);
GMSSS-22 bt St Kabir-26 by 3-1 (Ripudaman 2nd, Shilender 17th, Rajat 38th for GMSSS-22; Shubhinder for St Kabir); GMHS-36 bt Saupin’s School-32 by 7-0; St John’s-26 bt St Xavier’s-44 by 1-0 (Ameen 20th min).