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Bridge collapse hits life in 20 villages
Hulka (Banur), September 23 The bridge, built on a choe carrying waste water from Chandigarh, was eroding due to rains for the past one week, but no government official reached the spot to get it repaired, alleged the area residents. Now, it was completely damaged and it should immediately be reconstructed, the villagers said. The area residents said the schools, grain market, factories, working places and other important institutions were in Banur only and they were facing problems. "Even the other routes are badly damaged as the metallic road has developed big pot holes," said Sarwan Singh of Urdan village. "Now, we have to cover at least 10 kilometers extra to reach at these places. Children are getting late for school everyday. Farmers cannot reach grain market and factory workers, too, fail to reach in time," said Khajan Singh, block samiti member of Hulka village. He pointed out that the choe, on which the bridge was made, carried waste water from Chandigarh upto the Ghaggar river. The villages, which are affected due to the bridge collapse include Khanpur, Ucha Khera, Khera, Bhatist, Hulka, Urdan, Nadiali and many others. Jaswant Singh, sarpanch of Nadiali village, said the bridge collapsed as trees got entangled on both sides of the bridge and the water took away the major portion of the bridge. He said the bridge was in a dilapidating condition for the past sometime. Demanding reconstruction of the entire bridge, he said thousands of people were suffering due to the bridge collapse. The matter would be brought into the notice of senior officials if nothing was done in this regard, he said. Meanwhile, SDM Gurtej Singh said nobody had brought the matter into his notice. Efforts would be made to solve the problem, he said.
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Rs 51 fraud lands ticket cashier in soup
Rajpura, September 23 A detailed enquiry conducted by senior railway police officials found the cashier guilty and registration of a case in this connection was recommended on Monday. The incident took place on November 7, 2007, when Vipin Kumar Tiwari and Tirloki Nath Pandey, both residents of Harnai village in Samastipur, Bihar, were returning home after paying a visit to their relatives in Rajpura. They reached the railway station and bought two tickets for Rs 435. Instead of returning Rs 65, the ticket cashier allegedly gave back just Rs 14 only. The duo took the ticket and went out of the queue due to heavy rush. When they calculated the money, they found that the cashier did not return them the right amount. When the duo asked for the balance amount after a few minutes, Manoj Kumar refused to budge and asked them not to waste time. The duo had given a currency note of Rs 500 to Manoj. Vipin and Tirloki approached railway police post in charge Ajaib Singh and apprised him of the entire matter. Ajaib Singh took them to the station master and the duo gave their complaint to the police and station master. Railways DSP Sukhdev Kaur conducted a detailed inquiry into the incident and after listening to both parties and recording statements, she submitted her report to the IG, Railways. A case was registered against Manoj under Section 420 of the IPC after taking help of the railway legal adviser. The police was yet to arrest Manoj. The police officials investigating the matter said the efforts were on to nab the culprit.
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5-yr-old drowned
Derabassi, September 23 According to the police, Sahil’s father went to the market for work and left him behind in the custody of his grandfather. On finding the boy missing, his parents kept on searching him, but could not find him. After a long search, the body of the child was found floating in the tank. He was declared brought-dead at the Derbassi civil hospital.
Police said the body of the deceased was handed over to the family without postmortem.
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CIIS unveils robot from Canada
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 23 KUKA KR 15/2, the robot, has been donated by a Canadian firm Barrie Welding and Machine Industrial Automation through Georgian College, Canada to CIIS. The robot was unveiled during a ceremony on the CIIS campus in Jalvehra village by Paul Stevens, associate director, International Projects of Georgian College and Lt-Col B S Sandhu (retd), president of CIIS Educational Society. The robot with a reach of 1,570 mm and a payload capacity of 15 kg is advantageous in a variety of industrial production processes, said Paul Stevens. Students would get to understand how modern automatic manufacturing systems could be best integrated with the help of robots which is relatively a new concept in industrial manufacturing in this part of the country, he said. KUKA robot has an added advantage in arc welding which involves hazardous exposure for humans. Similarly material handling, part transfers from pallet to machine, pick and place systems and robotic assembly operations are key utilities.
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CBI seeks 10-day remand for Delhi-based hotelier
Chandigarh, September 23 While seeking the remand, CBI counsel stated that Ravinder Singh had disclosed certain names during interrogation in the presence of whom the money had been delivered. The names are yet to be identified. He added, “It is a very complex case. The accused has revealed some facts and he has to be taken to Delhi to uncover the facts of this case.” Contesting the remand, the defense counsel said, “The CBI can take as many days of remand only if the investigation is conducted in a fair manner. Hopefully the investigation of this case doesn’t end up like the Arushi murder case.” The defense counsel added that this case had shaken the judiciary. Requesting the court to unlock Ravinder’s house, the defense counsel pleaded, “The court had allowed the application in which permission to open locks of Ravinder’s two houses in Delhi was sought. The CBI has unlocked one of the houses but the second house is still sealed.” The court stated: “The CBI has no objection to the order of opening the second house of the accused that is in name of Ravinder Singh. The wife of the accused is present in the court and the CBI is requested to fix the date and time for giving the possession of the house. The CBI is directed to open the seals and locks of the house in the presence of Ravinder’s wife and is in possession of his passport as proof of his identity.
The procedure mentioned in the previous order is to be followed while opening the locks.”
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Youth beaten up, dies
Mohali, September 23 Sources reveal that the victim left home in connection with his photography assignment to Badheri in Sector 41, Chandigarh, yesterday. When he was returning home, he had a fight with some unidentified persons in Sector 25. He reached home at 5 am and told his father that he had been badly beaten up and needed medication. When medication by a local doctor did not help, victim’s father Shiva Ram took him to the Sector 16 hospital. A police official said a watch, purse and other valuables in possession of the victim were missing. The victim’s father told the police that his son could not tell the identity of the assailants. The victim is survived by his father, mother and a brother. The postmortem would be conducted tomorrow.
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Man held for faking documents
Mohali, September 23 The case came to light, when the man while driving his Toyota Innova was intercepted near the Phase 7 last night. On questioning, the man revealed that he got a registration number (PB 65 G 8163) issued from DTO, Mohali. The original registration number of the vehicle was CH 03 W 6821. But the DTO, Mohali, was kept in dark while getting the Mohali registration number. A case under Sections 420, 465, 468, 471 and 120B of the IPC has been registered at the Phase-1 police station. Illegal lottery business
The local police has arrested three persons, Daleep Pandey, Sagar Pandey and Pal, a resident of Sector 56, Chandigarh, for allegedly running illegal lottery business under the guise of computer-training centre in Phase 6 here. A case under Sections 420 of the IPC has been registered.
Woman killed
A migrant labourer was killed by a car on Chandigarh-Ambala Highway in Lalru on Tuesday.
According to the police, Munibaai, wife of Raju, resident of Madhya Pradesh, was working as labourer on highway work. Around 11 am, the car hit her after breaking the barricades. The deceased was seriously injured and immediately rushed to
the civil hospital,
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Child dies in mishap
Zirakpur, September 23 According to the police,
the mishap took place when the boy was trying to cross the road to play with his friends. The
driver of the vehicle Jaswinder Singh fled. The boy was rushed to a hospital in Chandigarh where he was declared brought dead.
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Ganguly shines, Leaders win
Chandigarh, September 23 LIC was further helped by Abir Lavasa (25) and Rajesh Patha (22) in getting past the modest total of 208 posted by PCA Colts in the allotted 50 overs, when they were asked by the LIC skipper to take first strike. Sunny Sohal (55) and Amitoz Singh (39) were the main run-getters for PCA Colts while Rajesh Patha (3/45) and Bablu Kumar (2/39) were the main wicket-takers for LIC. This was the maiden win for the LIC in the tournament, and it helped them garnering 4 points as well. In the second match at St John’s, Sector 26, Assam won the toss and elected to field against Indian Oil. The latter plundered the Assam bowling with Pinal Shah leading the assault. He scored the first century of the tournament hitting a whirlwind 139 off just 126 balls. Pinal was ably supported by Cheteshwar Pujara (50) and the two put on a 119-run partnership for the second wicket. Aditya Tare (48 off 42 balls) was the other successful batsman. Parkash Bhagat (3/59) and Vikrant Yadav (2/49) were the main wicket-takers for Assam. Replying, Assam was bundled out for 112 in 35.1 overs with Chintan Shah turning in devastating spell of 8.1-25-5, Balwinder Sandhu (3/33) and Presh Patel (2/16) were the other wicket-takers. Tajinder Singh (30) and Amrinder (29) were the main scorers for Assam. Indian Oil won by 183 runs and got 5 points, including bonus, while Assam got minus one. Pinal Shah was declared man of the match. The third match at DAV School, Sector 8, between PCC and HPCA Academy was an engrossing affair. HPCA won the toss and elected to field. They were soon rattled by the Himachal bowlers as three of their batsmen, Karan Goel (6), Ravneet Ricky (8), Pankaj Dharmani (1), were back in the pavilion with score-reading misrable 35 for 3. Then two youngsters, Ravi Inder Singh (77) and Mayank Siddana (78), were involved in a fourth wicket stand of 144 runs. Ravi Inder’s runs came off 124 balls while Mayank Siddana took 79 balls for his 78. PCC ended at 218 for all in 47.5 overs. Replying, HPCA also were rattled by early two setbacks before Sangram Singh (58) and Paras Dogra (83) stitched a third-wicket partnership of 116 runs. Later, Paras Dogra continued his lone struggle and was the ninth man out for 83. HPCA, who were at one stage sitting pretty at 177 for 5 in 35.5 overs and needing 43 runs in 14.1 overs, crashed to 184 all out in 40.3 overs due to an incredible spell of a sustained medium-pace bowling by Jaskaran, who took 6 wickets for 19. PCC won the match by 34 runs and garnered 4 points. Fourth match was played between Moody ICL and CM XI played Barwala, which was reduced to 20 overs due to wet conditions. ICL scored 200 in 20 overs. Michel Vishal scored 88 and Pankaj Joshi remained unbeaten on 56. Replying, CM XI were 144 for 9 in 20 overs. Manu Kumar remained unbeaten on 75. ICL won by 56 runs with bonus. They got 5 points and CM XI minus one point.
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GNPS lift Boost Cup
Mohali, September 23 After winning the toss, Chandigarh team decided to field first. The decision proved bliss for them as Shashank, with his excellent bowling attack, did not let the opposition’s batsmen to stand on the pitch for long time. Only Amit (29) and Arjun Kumar (36) of Ropar team could manage respectable scores and the whole team got bundled out on 129. Replying, GNPS-Chandigarh dominated the bowling attack of Ropar from the starting and easily achieved the target in 41.4 overs with the loss of three wickets. Manan Vora (38) and Jakaran (36) gave superb start to their team and after their show, it was Shubham (28*) who took the responsibility of team and stood unbeaten till the end. Brief Score: GNPS-Chandigarh: 130 for 3 in 41.4
overs; Gandhi School-Ropar : 129 all out in 42.2 overs.
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IAF drub PSEB 5-1
Chandigarh, September 23 It was Sanjay Yadav, who played pivotal role in the triumph of IAF as he netted three superb goals in the game. The first two goals of the game were scored by him in the 34th and 36th minutes. But in the 46th minute of the game, PSEB’s Amrik Singh too struck a goal and made the score 2-1. Soon after the goal, Raminder of IAF pierced the defending attack of his rival to net one with the help of a penalty corner. Next two field goals came in quick succession in the 58th and 60th minutes by Sanwar Ali and Sanjay Yadav, respectively. Earlier in the first match, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) had to really toil to get the better of Ropar Hawks by 5-4 in a well-contested encounter. It was Mangra Munda who played pivotal role in the win of CISF as he splashed two crucial goals for his team.
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MCM girls best gymnasts
Chandigarh, September 23 GGS College for Women, Chandigarh, Government College for Women, Ludhiana, and Government College for Girls, Sector 42, bagged second, third and fourth positions. G. Mrinalini Sharma, Kavita and Sarita of MCM DAV got the first, second and third positions in the floor exercises. In the uneven bars and balancing beam, Sarita of MCM DAV stood first while in vaulting horse, Kavita of the college bagged the first position. Sarita was adjudged the best
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TT tourney from today
Chandigarh, September 23 This was announced at a press conference at UT Guest House here today.
Besides team championships, competitions will be held for men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles and women's doubles. Some leading Indian players will be seen in action. Second-ranked Indian player Subhajit Shah of Oil India Limited is the reigning champion in the All-India Public Sector Table Tennis Tournament. Murugesan revealed that the tournament would be played under the laws and regulations of the Table Tennis Federation of India. The team championship will be played on league-cum-knockout basis. Singles and doubles matches will be conducted on knockout basis. Suneel Dutt, Airport Controller, Airport Authority of India, Chandigarh, said player from Delhi had been appointed as chief referee who would be assisted by two referees. For the smooth conduct of the tournament, 15 local referees are deputed. UT home-cum-sports secretary Sanjay Kumar will inaugurate the tourney. |
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