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Rajpura residents getting unsafe drinking water
Rajpura, August 29 They said sewerage water was being mixed in potable water and despite repeated complaints nothing had been done by the authorities. Some residents alleged that they suffered from various diseases due to the consumption of impure water. Sometimes, the water is so impure that they even don't like to touch it. "We have to bring water from far-off places for drinking and sometimes for bathing purpose as well," said Kamlesh. The water is not only affecting the residents but animals too. Stray animals drink the impure water and they also fall ill. Doctors revealed that severe problems could be witnessed due to consumption of impure water. The problem should be sorted out immediately, said the doctors. SDO sewerage board Mahesh Chawla said he just got the complaint. "We are looking into the complaint and officials have been deployed to remove the fault immediately. The mixing of sewerage water in water taps is due to leakage in the sewerage connection which would be rectified immediately", he said.
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Power cuts hit Ambala residents hard
Ambala, August 29 Though residents face the problem every summer, this year seems to be the worst. The problem has been acute for the past week, so much so that frequent power fluctuations have destroyed many home appliances. Former MLA from Ambala Cantt Anil Vij blames the problem of power shortage on the present government. “The electricity problem has been the same since the Hooda government came to power. We know we have shortage of power, but this government does not want to buy power from outside.” “When we protest, we are arrested,” he alleges. MLA from Ambala Cantt D.K. Bansal admits that residents are facing an inconvenience. “I have already asked officers of the electricity board, but there is no improvement. They say the plant is not working and the consumption has increased.” Residents, however, allege that the power cuts are not scheduled and even when there is electricity, voltage fluctuates leaving their appliances damaged. State Congress president Phool Chand Mullana said the government was trying its best, but the problem would continue till more plants were set up. “One plant has been set up in Yamunanagar and we are trying to install another by next year,” he said. With no rain this week, villagers, though used to such long power cuts, are worried about their crop. Talking to The Tribune, Neeraj Chauhan, sarpanch of Harara Brara village, said, “The power problem is intense and people are a harassed lot. We are facing water shortage due to the non-functioning of tubewells.” Sukhpal Singh, sarpanch of Mungali village, said they seldom got power supply and they had to rely on hand pump water, which was not safe. Bharatiya Kisan Union state president Madan Pal Rana sys farmers are facing a lot of problems. “This is the paddy season, the rain has helped us till now; in case it does not rain in the coming few days, the production will go down by 25 per cent,” he adds.
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Three injured as car hits rickshaw on flyover
Rajpura, August 29 The victims have been identified as Shamsher Singh (40), Shubh Kumar (38), both residents of Old Rajpura, and the rickshaw-puller Manoj Lal (25). The incident took place around 7 pm when Shamsher and Shubh got into a rickshaw from Rajpura and were on their way towards their homes. As soon as they reached at the centre of the flyover, a car hit the rickshaw from back and drove it away up to around 10 feet and the rickshaw hanged in the middle of the flyover. While the rickshaw-puller and Shubh kept on dangling on the rickshaw for quite some time and finally managed to climb up, Shamsher could not hold on to the rickshaw and fell from the flyover. Traffic remain disrupted on the flyover for nearly one hour as people watched the drama by halting their vehicles on road. Eyewitnesses revealed that all occupants of the rickshaw, kept on hanging in the middle of the flyover for quite some time. After a few minutes, one of the victims fell on the road from the flyover, which would be around 25 feet above the ground. He was immediately rushed to civil hospital. Police officials reached the spot and impounded the car involved in the accident and its driver was brought to the police station. The police officials said Shamsher reached a hospital with broken legs, arms and head injuries.
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‘All 3 units of Lehra Mohabbat plant operating’
Patiala, August 29 He said the operations of the plant were disrupted by the illegal lightening strike by the workers of the contractors of the coal handling plant on August 26 resulting in stoppage of the unit Nos. 1 and 2. The unit No. 3 of the plant was shut on the previous night because of leakage from the boiler drum main hole. All three units resumed generation on August 27. Lehra Mohabbat Thermal Power Station was now operating to its capacity and making a substantial contribution to meet the power demand in the state, he added.
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2 patwaris, lineman held for graft
Ambala, August 29 M.S. Ahlawat, IG, Vigilance, said the bureau had arrested Naresh Chander, a patwari, of the Mulana constituency, who had been demanding Rs 2,000 from Rajbir, a resident of Tharwa village, for providing him the record of his land. Similarly, another Patwari Tej Ram was arrested on the complaint of Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Mahmoodpur village. He was demanding Rs 1,500. The patwaris were arrested red-handed while taking the bribe, the IG added. The bureau officials also arrested Satpal, a lineman of the electricity department in Ambala Cantonment, today. Ahlawat said Surender Kumar, a resident of Ambala Cantonment, had complained that the lineman had been demanding Rs 2,000 from him for installing a new meter at his residence.
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3 held with poppy husk
Rajpura, August 29 A team led by ASI Roshan Lal arrested them. According to police officials, four persons were going towards Dandian village in a four-wheeler when they were asked to stop by the patrolling party, but they did not listen and tried to flee. The police, however, overpowered three of them while the fourth accused, Davinder Sharma of Bathonia village, managed to escape. The police seized 20 kg poppy husk from them. A case has been registered against them at the Sadar police station. The investigation is on. |
CBI seeks 7-day remand for Bansal
Chandigarh, August 29 All four accused, Sanjeev Bansal, Nirmal Singh, Prakash Ram and property dealer Rajiv Gupta, were produced before the court today. However, no arguments were held as the defence counsel sought adjournment. The defence counsel said, “Their senior lawyers have not been able to come. If the court allows, we can argue the case tomorrow. The court then adjourned the arguments for tomorrow at 10 am. The inquiry of the much-hyped case has been marked to DSP S.C. Dandriyal. The CBI had registered a case on August 28. The CBI, which was reportedly asked by the Chandigarh administration on the advice of Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Tirath Singh Thakur to take over the investigations, has accepted the task. The case (FIR No. 250 dated August 16, 2008, registered at police station, Sector 11, Chandigarh, against former Haryana Additional Advocate General Sanjeev Bansal, Delhi-based hotelier Ravinder Singh, at whose behest Rs 15 lakh were allegedly “wrongly” delivered at the residence of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur, and others, would now be investigated by the CBI.
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HC directs insurance benefits for disabled BSF jawans
Chandigarh, August 29 Disposing-off some of the petitions filed before it, a Division Bench of the Court on Thursday ruled that the petitioners were entitled to the insurance cover. The court issued directions that the petitioners be paid their benefits within a period of one month. Even though all the affected-jawans had paid premiums as required under the Seema Prehari Bima Yojana (SPBY), the subscription of which is mandatory under the BSF regulations, they have not been extended the benefits under the scheme. The SPBY is linked with a national public sector insurance firm, under which benefits are paid on death or disability occurring while in service. In their reply filed before the court, the BSF authorities had maintained that the benefits of the disabled personnel could not be paid due to delay by the insurance company. Rajeev Anand, a former BSF officer now representing some of the petitioners, said there are as many as 215 such cases in the BSF, where disabled jawans are fighting for insurance benefits. The court had taken up four cases on Thursday. There are similar cases in other para-military forces also, he added. The affected-jawans were deployed in militancy-infested areas of Jammu and Kashmir. During counter-terrorist operations, they suffered major disabilities, rendering them unfit for BSF duties. The injuries from bullets, IEDs and grenades resulted in disabilities up to 95 per cent in some cases. Multiple splinter injuries leading to monoparesis of the right upper limb with deafness in both ears, monoparesis of the left arm with weakness of right leg and splinter injuries in an arm with multiple fractures in both legs were instances of injuries mentioned in the petitions. Assertion In spite case-file for claim of benefits and several follow-up letters being sent to the authorities concerned at BSF headquarters, no action was taken. Several years had passed since their injuries and subsequent discharge. The petitioners contended that by virtue of being subscriber to the SPBY, the premiums for which were deducted from their pay, and their disability being established as resultant of active operations, they were entitled to.
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Nepalese gets 10-yr RI
Chandigarh, August 29 Nand Lal, a resident of Nepal, was arrested with 3 kg of charas, near fire brigade office in Sector 17, by the UT police on December 12, 2006.
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False job promise lands 2 in jail
Panchkula, August 29 Tilak Raj worked on an officer rank in the army at Chandi Mandir while Chand Prakash worked
as a clerk. Nadeem Chand, a resident of Pathankot, filed complaint on August 9, 2006, alleging that Tilak Raj assured a job to his son and demanded Rs 5 lakh for the purpose. Nadeem alleged that he handed over Rs 3.25 lakh as advance money to Chand Prakash, who worked as a clerk there. But they failed to provide the job and even refused to return the money.
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Golf
Chandigarh, August 29 Rashid was seven strokes ahead of the second placed Gagan Verma It was double joy for Rashid as he was included in the Indian team for the prestigious Eisenhover Cup to be held in Australia. Gagan Verma and Saurabh Bahuguna who finished second and third, respectively, in the LG Northern India Amateur were the other members of the team which was decided on the basis of qualifying rounds held in six different courses last week. "I agree I am the junior most in the team but I will endeavour to give my best in the Eisenhover Cup," said Rashid. Kang was nowhere in the reckoning following his miserable third round of 11 over 83 yesterday. But he came back with a par 72 on the final day to finish joint seventh. Top scores (after 72 holes): 279 Rashid Khan (70, 69, 71, 69); 286 Gagan Verma (75, 69, 71, 71); 294 Saurabh Bahuguna (71, 77, 72,74); 296 Pawan Kumar Sr. (79, 70, 76, 71), Moin Malak (74, 71, 81, 70); 303 Jasjeet Singh (75, 75, 78, 75); 304 Wasim Khan (79, 73, 74, 78), HS Kang (76, 73, 83, 72); 305 Kanishk Madan (74, 74, 78, 79), Sidharth Seth (72, 77, 81, 75); 306 Navtez Singh (81, 73, 79, 73); 308 Aditya Singh (81, 76, 73, 78), Simarjeet Singh (81, 76, 80, 71); 309 Abhinav Lohan (77, 71, 81, 80), Abhishek Jha (80, 76, 77, 76) Ranjit Singh of Chandigarh continued his under par scoring as he fired a one under par 69 for a three-day aggregate of five under par 205 to occupy the eighth spot on the penultimate day of the Rs 20 lakh Tamil Nadu Open PGTI event on the par 70 greens of the Madras Gymkhana Club at Guindy in Chennai today. Another Chandigarh golfer A.S. Lehal could muster a par 70 card to be tied ninth at four under par 206 (65, 71,70). But it was Mukesh Kumar who fired an awesome six under par 64 to establish an unbeatable eight-stroke lead at 16 under par 194. Trailing by eight strokes were Bangalore's C. Muniyappa and Kolkata's Shankar Das who were tied second at a distant eight under 202. Mukesh (67, 63, 64) consolidated his overnight three stroke lead with the help of six birdies on the first, third, fourth, eighth, 12th and 14th in a blemish-free card. Harendra Gupta of Chandigarh fired an eagle on the 12th hole. But his triple bogey on the fifth saw him end the third round at two over par 72. He was tied 20th with a one under par 209 (72-65-72). Ranjit Singh, who fired two under par 68 scores on the first two days, settled for a one under par 69 to occupy the eighth spot at five under par 205 (68-68-69).
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‘India pays less to players’
Chandigarh, August 29 To commemorate the day, a plethora of events was organised. The spate of events kicked off early morning at 6.30 am with college principal, A. L. Gauba, flagging off 6km cross-country for students. A 2km brisk-walk event for teaching and non-teaching staff was also conducted . In a book exhibition in the college library, more than 7000 books related to sports and physical fitness were displayed. Earlier, the panel discussion on the topic was organised with seven panelists sharing their valuable insight on the present scenario of Indian sports. The panelists made suggestions to improve sports scene in the country. Event-wise results: Cross-Country: Sandeep Pannu of BA I 1st, Jasmer Singh 2nd and Banish Kumar of BPEd 3rd. Brisk-Walk for Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff (Female): Aparna Kaushal 1st, Madhu Kapoor 2nd and Anju 3rd. Brisk-Walk for Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff (Male): Devraj Jat 1st, A. B. Victor 2nd and Baljeet Singh 3rd. Swimming: 50m Freestyle (Girls): Tajdeep Kaur 1st, Gurjot Kaur 2nd and Jaspreet Kaur 3rd. Volleyball: Students of BPEd IV defeated the students of Main Hostel. Inter-hostel tug-of-war competition was won by the students of Main Hostel.
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PU organises marathon, quiz
Chandigarh, August 29 The runners covered the distance via residential areas of PU campus by making public aware about National Sports Day. Few runners carried placards with mottos such as ‘Sports Promote Friendship, Peace and Helps’. Prizes were given away to the winners of the sports events. The department also organised an Olympia quiz competition for the university students. The main purpose of the quiz was to make aware the students about Olympics’ history and Beijing Olympics and its heroes.
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Carmel eves beat GNPS by 26-06
Chandigarh, August 29 While in the second quarter-final match of boys’ category, SD Public School-32 beat DAV Model School-15 by 57-27. In the girls’ category (semifinal matches), Carmel Convent School-9 beat GNPS School-36 by 26-06. |
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