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Kharar MC polls today
Kharar, September 13 A total of 29,873 voters, including 15,474 males and 14,399 females, will decide the fate of the candidates. Electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be used for the first time in Kharar MC elections. Thirty EVMs, two in each ward, have been handed over the respective presiding officers. While the Congress candidates are contesting election on the party symbol, the SAD-BJP-backed candidates have been allotted ‘rising sun’ as election symbol. The other 39 Independent candidates have been allotted different symbols. Former Kharar MC chief Charanjit Singh, who is also an Independent MLA from Chamkaur Sahib, is supporting the SAD-BJP candidates. Meanwhile, the Election Commission has appointed Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) chief administrator Som Parkash as observer for polls. Polling will start at 8 am. and will continue till 4 pm. The results are expected
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Travel agent booked
Kharar, September 13 He was booked after a complaint was lodged against him nine months ago. K. P. Tiwari, immigrator, High Commission of India in Malaysia, who is stationed at Kendriya Sadan, Sector 9, Chandigarh, had complained against Balwant Dhaliwal for sending people to Malaysia without having a licence. The commission came across Rajinder Singh Sahota, who was sent by Balwant Dhaliwal to work at Chinchai Enterprises, Kuala Lumpur. As per rules, Sahota had to appear before the commission in Kuala Lumpur, which Later, Balwnat was traced and was asked by the commission to report to it. But he did not turn up. Balwnat had earlier too been sending Indians to the High commission officials found that Balwant had never met enterprises officials and had been communicating with them over the phone. The officials forwarded a complaint to the UT SSP on January 10 this year. Balwant was booked nine months later under Section 24 of Immigration Act.
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Sirhind to have cyber-crime cell
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 13 A proposal for required softwares and hardware equipment has been submitted to director, Infotech, by Fatehgarh Sahib SSP Dr Kaustubh Sharma. The SSP, while talking to the TNS, said the equipment, priced Rs 15 lakh, would be released within 15 days by the government. He said the softwares and hardware equipment would be provided to them by the Infotech as suggested by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory. "Infotech will decide about the quality of equipment and required software. The proposal for all these requirements has been mentioned in a communiqué sent to the director of Infotech," he said. The cyber crime cell will be equipped with latest techniques to crack frauds and bungling committed through Internet or any other electronic device. It will be set up in the building of CIA-Sirhind, said the police official. The police officials to be deployed at the cell have already undergone a month-long training session at CFSL, Hyderabad. The cops with a certificate and training in computer will be deployed in the cell, who will further teach their subordinates. Required basic hardware, including few computers, were recently purchased by the police and now they are waiting for latest software and other gadgets suggested by the CFSL. "Since there is no other cyber cell in Punjab except in Mohali, the fraud cases from other districts will also be taken by the cell," said a senior police official. He said a large number of fraud cases were being neglected by police in the district, especially from the steel industry of Mandi Gobindgarh. The lab will start functioning after the issuing notification by DGP office. The officials said besides Internet frauds, the cell would also be equipped to tackle bungling and theft of tax. "We hope to solve the cases wherein a mobile or Internet is being used by the culprits. We will be equipped with adequate man power and infrastructure for the purpose," said the cops. A proposal of online enquiry will also be extended to complainants after the setting up of the cell, said the officials.
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Medical college authorities in a spot
Patiala, September 13 The college authorities have been accused of giving admission to a medically unfit student and granting him attendance while he was away to the US. US resident Dr Rupinder Mann said she had married Gurpartap Singh Sidhu of Bathinda on December 30, 2001. At the time of marriage, Gurpartap’s family said he was studying in the final year at the college and was to soon become a doctor, she added. Gurpartap often went to the US after marriage. “I had come to attend my cousin’s wedding in India in November, 2005. Everything was normal till Gurpartap got a green card in the US. Once he got the card, his parents started demanding money from my family. My husband misbehaved with me and fled to the US. He then filed for divorce in the US, demanding equitable distribution of property to which he had not contributed a penny in all these years,” she alleged. “Gurpartap in his ongoing case in the US has stated under oath that he had glaucoma in one eye and had a long history of eye ailment. He had lost sight in the left eye and had history of spontaneous retinal detachment in the right eye. Even doctors in the US had certified that it was an old problem. However, this fact was hidden from me and my family before marriage,” she claimed. She said if Gurpartap had any such problem, he was ineligible to seek admission to any medical college, as he was medically unfit. Interestingly, when Gurpartap took admission, his uncle, Sukhdev Singh Sidhu, was the principal of the college. When Rupinder sought this information under the RTI Act, she found out that there was no medical record of Gurpartap at the college. Moreover, he was marked present in the class while he was away to the US, as revealed by his passport record. Rupinder has accused Sukhdev Singh Sidhu of giving fake admission to Gurpartap. However, Sukhdev said it was the college’s duty to keep the record. “I was the principal and had nothing to do with attendance. The respective teachers should be questioned,” he added. College principal Dr Jasvinder Pal Kaur Shergill also held the then teachers responsible for the anomaly in attendance.
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Chaos at rly crossing as truck hits gate machine
Kalka, September 13 Ajay Jyoti Sharma, company commander (CC) of the Railway Protection Force, revealed that the incident took place around 4 am when the recklessly driven truck (RJ-11-GA) rammed into the gate-operating machine of the railway crossing. As a result, the gate of the railway crossing became dysfunctional creating traffic chaos for hours. The traffic could be resumed only after a recovery van removed the truck from the spot. Meanwhile, the traffic at the crossing was handled manually. A case under Section 154 of the Railway Act has been registered against the truck driver, who is absconding, and the truck has been impounded. |
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Scribe bereaved
Kalka, September 13 The family said the death occurred due to cardiac arrest. Local, district leaders of congress, INLD and reporters from various newspapers consoled the family members. The Press Club Kalka and Patarkar Ekta Parishad, Pinjore, also organised emergency meetings to pay homage to the departed soul by observing two minutes moan. |
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Diabetes awareness camp held
Bassi Pathana, September 13 Hassan Mejie, adviser MBCT inaugurated the camp. A team of doctors and field workers of MBCT took the blood samples of the villagers between the age group of 18 to 80 and majority of the persons were found diabetic. Addressing the gathering, the adviser
said MBCT initiated the camp to make the villagers aware of this disease by telling the symptoms, causes and remedies. The Trust also arranged a meeting with women and girls of the village with Seema Arora, director Fashion Technology Park,
Mohali. She interacted with them and told them about the women empowerment program being run jointly with MBCT at Bassi Pathana for training women and girls in needlework and garment manufacturing free of cost. She also explained that they could start their own business, join any boutique or could form self help group under MBCT FTP umbrella. Mohinder Kaur, sarpanch; Gurdev Kaur, Teja Singh, Inderjit Singh all Panchs; and Sarbjeet Kaur, anganwadi worker were among those present on the occasion. |
CBI issues fresh warrant against Ravinder
Chandigarh, September 13 The special CBI Court of Jagdeep Jain also issued fresh non-bailable warrants against Ravinder, that were fixed on Ravinder’s residence and office. The special public prosecutor (SPP) for CBI, Pawan Kumar Dogra, moved two separate applications under Section 82 and 83 of the CrPC in the court. According to Section 82 of the CrPC: “If any court has reason to believe that any person against whom a warrant has been issued has absconded, such court may publish a written proclamation requiring him to appear at a specified place and at a specified time not less than 30 days from the date of publishing such proclamation.” On confirming from the SPP that Ravinder’s anticipatory bail pending in Punjab and Haryana High Court would be taken up on September 16, the court adjourned both the applications to September 18. Meanwhile, the four accused, Sanjiv Bansal, Prakash Ram, Rajiv Gupta and Nirmal Singh, were produced before the CBI Special Court of Jagdeep Jain. On the application moved by the CBI, the court sent them to judicial custody
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Double treat for Lakshay
Chandigarh, September 13 Rishabh won first frame with 44-36, but in next frame, Lakshay showed good potting and played some safety shots, and won the frame by 50-21. Both the young boys showed excellent potting skills. In the decider frame, Lakshay played continue with his good potting and good game skills and won the frame by 52-41. Lakshay grabbed the title. In sub-junior billiards, Lakshay and Faraz Arif were playing the final. Lakshay Controlling ball well, he made breaks of 18 in first frame and 16 in second frame.
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Tae kwon do tourney witnesses enthusiasm
Chandigarh, September 13 This was evident today during the 5th Chandigarh State Sub-Junior Tae kwon do Championship 2008 held at Shiv Manas Mandir Hall, Industrial Area Phase II. “People play for certificates, and now, as the Chandigarh sports department has started grading this game at schools, there is a rise in the interest of people,” said Prem Kumar, president, Chandigarh Tae kwon do Association. “We have faired well in taekwondo in the Commonwealth Games, and the first time introduction of the game in the Olympics has really raised the hopes of these young champs to make it to next Olympics,” he added. “Tae kwon do Federation of India is encouraging force like ITBP, Haryana, Himachal Police to participate in the event as they have good physique to make good national players,” he further added. “If facilities like good nets, foreign coaches and funds are provided to tae kwon do players, they can really do wonders in this game,” says Rajesh Negi, general secretary of the association. The craze of the game was such that even one of the players, Aekas Singh Kohli, was just five years old participating here. He was not afraid of kicks that his opponent played against him, and whenever his rival kicked him, he innocently closed his eyes, but didn’t give up. “I wanted to get the fear of my child go away, and with Tae kwon do, he is becoming fearless and confident. In future, he will have benefit of sports quota,” says Aekas’s mother. Results of first day Boys: Weight fin: 1 Devarata, 2 Rahul Pathania, 3 Chirag and Aryan Fly: 1 Neelkamal, 2 Abhay, 3 Gurkaran Singh and Ankit Bantam: 1 Mukul, 2 Shivam, 3 Tanish and Ishanjeet Feather: 1 Subham, 2 Rajat, 3 Harmanpreet and Shreydeep Light: 1 Trimandeep, 2 Akash Kaul, 3 Giriraj Kishore and Simran. Girls: Fin: 1 Diksha Goswami, 2 Shobika, 3 Shakshi and Sneha Fly: 1 Kashish, 2 Shagun, 3 Shovita Bantam: 1 Ridham, 2 Smrithi, 3 Navjot and Aksha Goswami Feather: 1 Poornima, 2 Anjali, 3 Sneha and Rishita Light: 1 Lakeshyta, 2 Meenakshi, 3 Medha and Rehatpreet
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Gaurav makes Chandigarh comfortable
Chandigarh, September 13 Chandigarh were soon reeling at 48 for 4, losing Sarul Kunwar (12) Simrat Bawa (0) Gurkeerat Singh (11) and Uday Kaul (4). Left-arm spinner Varun Khanna and Harmeet had triggered the initial collapse. Stung by this, Viswas and Gaurav Gambhir got together in the rescue act, and stitched a partnership of 212 runs for the fifth wicket before Gaurav Gambhir was stumpped by Harpreet of the bowling of toiling left-arm spinner Varun Khanna for a well-compiled 121 runs. Uday Kaul became the first man in the tournament to be given out for obstructing the field. Varun Khanna (3/78) was the most successful bowler for Mohali. Brief Scores: Chandigarh (1st innings): 273 all out; Mohali (1st innings): 236 all out in 93.1 overs (Harpreet Singh 54, Gunjot Singh 41, Jaskaran Singh 34, Navneet Singh 27, Viswas Bhalla 3/41, Gurinder Singh 3/84); Chandigarh (2nd innings): Playing at 260 for 6 in 104 overs (Vishwas Bhalla 97, Gaurav Gambhir 121, Varun Khanna 3/78, Jaskaran 1/52, Harmeet Singh 1/41). In the second match at Ludhiana, Amritsar, who were struggling at 116 for 5, came back strongly with Mayank Sharma (102) and Charanjeet (109) being involved in a sixth-wicket stand of 160 runs, which was broken by Deepak Bansal who had Mayank Sharma snapped up by wicket keeper Gitansh for 102 off 178 balls. Karan Goel scored 109 off 183 balls and Tarun Sharma scored 58. Amritsar’s vigil ended at 401 for all in 121.4 overs, and setting a target for Ludhiana to score 230 runs in 112 overs. Gagandeep (3/61) and Deepak Bansal (3/80) were the main wicket takers for Ludhiana. At the end of day’s play, the match was poised for an exciting finish with Ludhiana at 37 for 2 in 17 overs. They lost two of their batsmen, Tarun Passi and Varun, being victims of brilliant run out affected by Ravneet Ricky and Harman. Gitansh (14 not out) and Gaurav Marwaha (14 not out) denied any further success to Amritsar bowlers.
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Ganapathy overtakes Bhullar to clinch AIS Golf title
Chandigarh, September 13 Ganapathy registered an emphatic four-stroke win. Ashok Kumar's 69 in the final round helped him finish second at 12 under 276. Bhullar finished the tournament in third place with a total of 10 under par 278 and a prize money of Rs 1,87,950. Rahul Ganapathy (67, 67, 70, 68), who pocketed Rs 4,84,950, pulled off an amazing win despite being five strokes behind overnight leader Gaganjeet Bhullar (70, 63, 66, 79). Ganapathy stuck to his task with a bogey-free 68 even as Bhullar dropped strokes and gave away his lead in the early stages of his round. The Mysore golfer took the lead when he birdied the second and fifth, while Bhullar made blunders conceding double bogeys on the second and fourth and a bogey on the fifth. There was no looking back for Ganapathy from there on as he consolidated his lead with two more birdies on the eighth and 18th. In the meantime, Gaganjeet slipped into the third place as a result of more bogeys on the ninth, 12th and 18th. He managed a lone birdie on the 14th. Ashok Kumar (68, 71, 68, 69) finished two strokes ahead of Bhullar in the second place and pocketed Rs 3,34,950. Ganapathy has now moved to the top of the PGTI Order of Merit for 2007-08. He was third on the Order of Merit prior to The AIS Golf Open 2008. Ganapathy said, "It feels great to win my third title this season and also lead the Order of Merit. I think I am playing the best golf of my career at the moment. As far as the final round is concerned, I knew I had to try and put pressure on the first nine and get as close to Gaganjeet as possible. Luckily for me, he made a lot of mistakes on the first few holes. That made my task easier and once I overtook him on the fifth, I decided to play safe and make regulations from there on." Gaganjeet Bhullar, who created a course record of nine under par 63 on the first day, made too many mistakes in the front nine and paid the prize. In the front nine he double-bogeyed on the second and fourth and conceded strokes on the fifth and ninth to be six over 42. He got a lone birdie on the 14th, but conceded two more bogies on the back nine for a one over 37 and a final round of seven over par 79. Uttam Singh Mundy of Chandigarh finished 10th playing a two over par 74 for a final tally of four under par 284. He got a prize money of Rs 61,950. Ranjit Singh finished 14th at a par 288 and 19-year-old Ajeetesh Sandhu occupied the 16th slot at one over par 289. The other Chandigarh golfers in the fray were Sujjan Singh and Harendra Gupta at 292, A.S. Lehal at 295, Gurbaaz Mann (296) and Rajiv Kumar (299). The leading scores: 272 Rahul Ganapathy (67-67-70-68); 276 Ashok Kumar (68-71-68-69); 278 Gaganjeet Bhullar (70-63-66-79); 280 Digvijay Singh (68-69-75-68); 281 C. Muniyappa (71-73-69-68); Chiragh Kumar (70-74-69-68), Feroz Ali Mollah (68-68-71-74) and Gaurav Ghei (70-73-68-70); 282 Vikrant Chopra (70-71-72-69); 284 Uttam Singh Mundy (71-67-72-74); 286 Mukesh Kumar (70-72-74-70); Gaurav Diwan (69-72-72-73) and Raj Randhawa (72-68-74-72); 288 Ranjit Singh (70-73-76-69) and Anura Rohana (71-72-74-71); 289 Ajeetesh Sandhu (70-80-64-75).
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Dhruv shines in rink race
Chandigarh, September 13 Other Results: Rink Race I Under 4 Boys: 1st Dhruv Kundrai, 2nd Aryan Vats, 3rd Krishana Sharda Girls: 1st Swarnima Soni, 2nd Naina Sharda Under 4-6 Boys: 1st Mayank Sood, 2nd Gurnoor Singh and Angad Brar, 3rd Manharshpal Singh Girls: 1st Aditi Thakur, 2nd Samridhi, 3rd Ishita Under 6-8 Boys: 1st Uday Mago, 2nd Vikram Singh, 3rd Aryan Pal Girls: 1st Meenal, 2nd Khyati Jain, 3rd Vidhushi Ravat Under 8-10 Boys: 1st Balkirat, 2nd Naman Gupta, 3rd Sarthak Saxena Girls: 1st Tamana Maan, 2nd Runjhun, 3rd Karen George Under 10-12 Boys: 1st Sahil Asht, 2nd Manik Kaushal, 3rd Sarwagya Girls: 1st Darshvinder Pawa, 2nd Megna Bist, 3rd Sakshi Tiwari Under 12-14 Boys: 1st Hardeep Singh Dhull, 2nd Siddhart Gulati, 3rd Simrat Lamba 14 and above Boys: 1st Rohit Bajaj, 2nd Sachin Sharma, 3rd Utkarsh Bhardwaj Girls: 1st Naina Jaiswal, 2nd Ustat Sandhu, 3rd Paavan. K. Mehandirata Results of Hockey Matches Sub. Junior Boys: K.B.D.A.V Sec-7, Chd. beat Dikshant International School Zirakpur By 9-0, Bhavan Vidyalaya Sec-15 Pkl. Beat Ryan Internation 49 by 7-3 Junior Boys: K.B.D.A.V (Team A) Sec-7, Chd. beat Bhavan 27 by 6-4, K.B.D.A.V (Team B) Sec-7 beat Dikshant International School Zirakpur By 6-0 Senior Boys: Chandigarh beat Sangrur by 10-2 Arjun Bajwa scored 3 goals and Abhishek scored 2 goals for the winning team.
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Badminton tourney
Chandigarh, September 13 About 400 players from Chandigarh will participate in the tournament. Winners of the tournament will be participating in the national championship. The four-day championship will also have competitions for masters (35 years and above) and veterans (above 45 and55 years). |
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MCM DAV win archery championship
Chandigarh, September 13 On the second day of the Panjab University Inter-College Handball (men) Tournament, SCD Government College, Ludhiana, defeated SGGS College-36. DAV College, Chandigarh, defeated GGD SD College, Chandigarh, and DAV College defeated SCD Government College, Chandigarh.
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Sagar wins on day 1
Mohali, September 13 The event received a very warm response with around 160 entries in various events. Results: U-10 (Singles) Boys: Winner: Sagar of Baptist School Runner up: Tushar of Gian Jyoti Public School, Mohali U-13 (Singles) Girls: Winner: Anika Goyal of International Public School, Kurali Runner up: Amanpreet Kaur of Saint Soldier School, Mohali U-16 (Singles) Girls: Winner: Rashi Mittal of IPS, Kurali Runner up: Manmeet Kaur of IPS, Kurali U-16 (Doubles) Girls: Winners: Rashi Mittal and Manmeet Kaur Runners up: Parminder Kaur and Ravneet Kaur U-16 Boys (Singles): Winner: Jugjeet Singh of Sant Ishar Public School Runners up: Vivek Sharma of Kendrya Vidalaya School U-16 (Doubles) Boys: Winners: Naman Garg and Saurav Prashar Runners up: Amarinder Singh and Ravinder Singh U-19 (Singles) Boys: Winner: Deepak Kesarwani
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City ahead in women u-19 cricket
Chandigarh, September 13 Ludhiana won the toss and elected to field. Chandigarh scored 267 for two in 50 overs. In reply Ludhiana were 41 all out in 25.1 overs. The brief scores are: Chandigarh: 267/2
in 50 overs Aakriti Sharma 109 n.o., Sunena 75 n.o.; Baldeep
10-1-33-2 Ludhiana: 41 all out in 25.1 overs. Preeti (8) and Ranjit Kaur (9) Hema 8-2-9-3, Radhika Bhutani 5-0-12-3 and Arshya 7-1-9-2 |
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Refresher course in table soccer at GMMS school
Chandigarh, September 13 The refresher course was conducted by the Table Soccer Federation of India and UT School Education Department. Speaking on the occasion, director Public Instructions (Schools) S.K. Sethia suggested that more such refresher courses should be conducted to make table soccer more popular at the grass root level. More coaching centres should also be opened in schools to provide training to the interested players. Table Soccer Federation of India, president Balwinder Singh Johal, said two coaching centres, including one in the GMSSS at Sector 23, would be opened and the federation would depute its coaches to train the players. Meanwhile, sqay (sports martial art) refresher course was also conducted today.
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Gang of thieves busted; 3 held
Chandigarh, September 13 Following interrogation, the police recovered 750 grams of gold jewellery and 2.5 kg of silver ornaments, besides a Kinetic Honda, one bicycle, two television sets, two refrigerators, two laptops, a movie camera, three CD music systems, one CD/DVD player, still camera, one computer, wrist watches, four LPG cylinders and mobile phones from their possession. The police said the accused also confessed to have committed thefts and burglaries in Mohali. Mangal was arrested with his accomplices Sarabjit Kumar and Sanjiv from a forest area near gaushala in Sector 45 on September 2. Two other members of the gang — Manoj Kumar and Kuldeep — managed to flee. At the time of arrest, the police recovered one pistol, two revolvers and 12 cartridges from their possession. Police claims that Mangal had been involved in the illegal activities in the area for the past eight-nine years. Giving details of the modus operandi of the gang, the police said that they conducted recce during the daytime to spot the locked houses. During the night, they committed thefts and burglaries.
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51-year-old commits suicide
Chandigarh, September 13 According to police sources, the deceased was a heart patient and was undergoing depression. The deceased did not leave any suicide note, the police added. In the afternoon he was sitting with his family members outside his residence when suddenly he went inside and hanged himself.
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Doc killed in accident
Panchkula, September 13 The deceased has been identified as Alok, a resident of Zirakpur. According to the police, he was found lying on the road around 1 am and passersby shifted him to the General Hospital in Sector 6. After finding his situation critical, the doctors attending upon him at General Hospital-6, referred him to the PGI, Chandigarh, where he scumbed to his injuries today morning. Alok, who originally belonged to Saharanpur, was staying with his brother and had opened his clinic at Sector 6, Panchkula, recently. His parents are also learnt to be medical practitioners at Saharanpur.
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