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Gurta Gaddi: National seminar today
Patiala, October 3 Rekindling the light of humanity and selfless service in the hearts of estranged Sikh youth, the seminar aims at binding them to their religious and moral values, said Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha, principal of Khalsa College. He further said SGPC chief Avtar Singh would be the chief guest and Punjabi University vice-chancellor Jaspal Singh would preside over the function. Dr Jodh Singh, chief editor of Encyclopaedia of Sikhism would preside over the academic session and the keynote address would be delivered by |
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PSEB engineers condemn police inaction
Patiala, October 3 Kuldeep Singh, secretary of the Patiala circle unit of the council, yesterday said two theft cases were detected near Sheranwala gate. The meters were removed and packed in the presence of the defaulters as per the board procedure. The copy of the checking reports were also handed over to them on September 24. Thereafter, the raiding party handed over the meters to the JE incharge of meters at the subdivision office. However, two miscreants came on a motorcycle and took away the meters from the JE’s room. The matter was reported to the division No. 4 police post the same day and an FIR was registered on September 26. Since the defaulters were still indulging in power theft, the board again approached the SHO to get the supply disconnected. Balwant Singh, head constable, was deputed to help the PSEB staff. When they reached the site, Dhanwant Singh along with some persons, allegedly obstructed them and did not allow them to disconnect the power supply. He also reportedly beat up the staff. Again the incident was reported to the police, but it is yet to take any action against the culprits. The council has urged the PSEB authorities to intervene in the matter. |
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Man killed, body burnt
Kharar, October 3 He was apparently killed and later, his body was burnt to destroy evidence. His charred motorcycle was also found from
the spot. The district police got a tip-off from villagers that a burnt body was lying near the railway line around 11.15 am this morning. The district police informed GRP police officials at Sirhind. SHO of GRP Sirhind Gian Chand reached the spot. The police found that the body was half burnt. The motorcycle was lying around 500 metres from the body. The GRP officials inquired from nearby villages, but no one could identify
the body. Later, the police recovered the engine of the vehicle and noted its engine and chassis number. On the basis of these numbers, the registration number of the vehicle was traced and the deceased was identified. His family was informed. Gurcharan got married in July this year. He had last talked to his wife Kamaljit Kaur yesterday around 7.15 pm. Thereafter, the family did not receive any call from him. He was running an electricity goods shop on the Badala road
in Kharar and was supposed to return home in the evening. His father Dalip Singh has not given any statement to the GRP officials regarding suspicion on someone. A case under Sections 302, 201 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against the unidentified accused. The body has been sent for postmortem and viscera will be sent for further chemical examination. Investigation is on. The body will be handed over to the family members after postmortem. |
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MC officials meet to check dengue
Dera Bassi, October 3 A special meeting of officers concerned was held at the Dera Bassi MC office yesterday. According to sources, around 11 cases were reported from Zirakpur and Dera Bassi. All patients were discharged. Fogging had also been started around houses of those affected, the sources said. The meeting was chaired by SDM Sohan Lal Bhumbak and attended by executive officers from Zirakpur and Dera Bassi, a team of doctors and other officials from the municipal councils. Bhumbak appealed to residents of the area to maintain cleanliness. Stressing on the need to control the disease, he said, “We have decided to undertake fogging in Zirakpur and Dera Bassi, besides surrounding villages.” The executive officer of the Zirakpur MC, R.K. Mittal, said, “The areas which are more likely to be affected would be fogged on a priority basis.” He appealed to Zirakpur residents not to throw garbage in the open and not allow water to stand in pits near their houses. |
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Link road closed for over 2 weeks
Kalka, October 3 A woman of Jaithal village, who was due for delivery and needed to reach the civil hospital at Pinjore was yesterday taken by her family on a “charpoy”. They had to walk for more than 2 km to reach the hospital, where she delivered her child. According to information, Anita, wife of Ram Kumar of Jaithal, had to face a lot of problem. Residents had informed the local and the district administration about the closure of the road due to landslides during the recent rain, but nothing was done. The road area belongs to the forest department, but no initiative was taken to remove the debris. Paramjit Sangwan, forest ranger, said he had already informed the higher authorities about the matter. |
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Consumer Courts
Chandigarh, October 3 The complainant, Inderjeet Dhiman, had availed of a personal loan. The complainant handed over 36 blank cheques for repayment of the loan amount of Rs 24,700 at monthly
installments of Rs 984. In October, 2007 officials of the company cashed cheques by filling an amount of Rs 1,310, while the cheques for November and December were dishonoured. He was asked to pay the amount. The complainant paid Rs 1,310 and another sum of Rs 1,610. When the complainant enquired from the company as to why an excess amount of Rs 1,310 against EMI of Rs 984 had been cashed from his account from October to December, they failed to give a
satisfactory reply.
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Doctor among three held for transplanting eyes illegally
Rajpura, October 3 As per CIA in charge Sarabjit Singh Cheema, Dr Jaspinder Pal Singh from Patiala had been running this racquet with Sunil, a Class IV employee at Ambala government hospital. Sunil used to take out eyes of mostly unidentified dead bodies that reached the government hospital. The third accused, Manjit Singh, acted as courier guy between Dr Jaspinder and Sunil. Sunil used to put the eyes into plastic bags and hand over the “consignment” to Manjit at Gagan Chowk, Rajpura city. Sunil charged Rs 1,500 for a pair of eyes from Manjit. Further, Manjit charged Rs 3,000 per pair of eyes from Dr Jaspinder. Police sources said Dr Jaspinder transplanted eyes into his patients at Rs 10,000 per pair. The police put up a naka on a tip off at Shambhu barrier and managed to arrest Sunil. A pair of eyes, stored in a polybag, was recovered from his possession. Manjit and Dr Jaspinder were arrested subsequently. Sunil told the police that this was for the third time Manjit had come to take the pair of eyes from him. As per police officials, Dr Jaspinder’s wife Dr Neelima Sodhi was also involved in the racquet and presently she is absconding. The police has lodged an FIR against the doctor couple, Manjit and Sunil at Rajpura Sadar police station under Section 120 B of the IPC and Sections 18, 19 and 20 of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994. Police is investigating the matter further. “We are banking upon the accused to divulge more information about the transactions made. Many more people can also be involved in the plan,” police officials said. The police has not ruled out the involvement of government employees in running this racquet.
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Reporter assaulted for filming illegal sale of liquor
Mohali, October 3 The employees of the vend attacked the reporter when he quizzed them about the illegal activity. The latter was threatened of dire consequences. The visibly upset reporter tried the police control room number, but in vain. Ultimately SP (City) Varinder Pal had to be called who directed the SHO, Motour, to go to the spot. Later a delegation of reporters met the deputy commissioner and the SSP regarding the laxity shown by the excise officials. Three persons were arrested for assaulting the reporter.
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Admissions
Chandigarh, October 3 In all, the notices were issued to at least eight such students by a Bench of Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia while taking up a petition filed by candidate Devanshi Sharma. Now, the candidates will now have to file replies before the High Court in support of the admissions granted to them. In an apparent attempt to avoid further delay in the matter, the Bench gave a short adjournment and fixed October 15 as the next date of hearing in the case. In her petition, Sharma had categorically stated that the instructions published in the "Handbook of information and rules for admissions in 2008," were not being complied with. Describing herself as a "korfball player", Sharma had sought directions to the varsity, university business school, dean, university instructions, and the sports director to follow the instructions while granting admissions under the sports quota in the MBA course. Going into the background of the matter, the petitioner said she appeared in the entrance examination for admission to the MBA course on November 18, 2007, and scored 71.25 percentile in the written examination. But instead of shortlisting first 64 candidates in accordance with the results of the CAT-2007, the list of all candidates appearing in the examinations was forwarded to Panjab University's sports director. Subsequently, the list of 26 candidates was shown under the sports category. The act of sending the names of all candidates, she claimed, was in violation of the rules, and
contrary to the information provided in the prospectus. Seeking directions to
the respondents against declaring the results, Sharma in an application placed along with the petition, argued that the varsity and others had given preference to those scoring less in CAT, but with sports gradation and ranking shown to be higher than her’s.
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Vishvesh, Mehak tennis
champs
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 3 Second seed and CLTA trainee Kamal Kishore Maderna, representing Rajasthan, caused the biggest upset as he toppled top seed Nischay Rawal in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 in the boys’ under-14 singles final. Rinisha of Delhi went down fighting to top seed Bhavika Wadhawan of Chandigarh in the girls’ under-14 singles final. Bhavika won the first set 6-2. Rinisha rallied to win the second set 6-4 to level the score 1-1. In the decider, both players fought well but Bhavia maintained her cool to win it 6-4. Results: Boys’ under-14 (semifinals): Kamal Kishore Maderna b Tarun Nath 3-6, 6-0, 6-1; Nischay Rawal b Ranjit Singh 6-3, 6-4. Final: Kamal Kishore Maderna b Nischay Rawal 6-2, 6-3. Girls’ under-14 (semifinals): Bhavika Wadhawan b Anukriti 6-1, 6-3; Rinisha b Lavanya 6-1, 6-1. Final: Bhavika Wadhawan b Rinisha 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Boys’ under-18 (semifinals): Mandeep Gill b Ajay Yadav 6-2, 6-3; Vishwesh Sinha b Nadella 7-6, 6-3. Final: Vishvesh Sinha b Mandeep Gill 6-1, 6-4. Girls’ under-18 (semifinals): Mehak b Arzoo Malik 6-2, 6-1, Samriti Joon b Ankita Bhatia 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Final: Mehak b Samriti Joon 6-3, 6-4.
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Golf craze picking up
among youngsters
Chandigarh, October 3 Jessie Grewal, the region’s only Grade A golf coach, has his hands full. The golf range is full of youngsters and they are picking up the nuances of the game. Besides, he holds advanced camps for those, who have learnt the basics and are improving upon the sport. But this is not all. Even professionals, who come for a break from the Asian Tour take time off to seek Jessie’s advice on improving their drive, putting or pitching. Camps being held at the golf club are a virtual introduction to the game. These include correct posture, stance, alignment, aim and grip. And the young coach giving these tips is EGTF coach Ajay Gujral. With the number of youngsters wanting to take up golf going up, the club is planning to hold a five-day Dussehra junior golf camp for beginners from October 8 to 12. According to Gujral, the camp will be open to members as well as non-members in the 7-15 years age group and will be held on all five days from 4 pm to 5 pm. Each trainee will get a comprehensive golf manual, complimentary golf magazines and an EGTF certificate upon the completion of the camp. Gujral can be contacted at the club for registration. But Jessie Grewal feels the camps could bear fruit only if talented children are allowed the use of the course. “Some of the children do really well in pitch and putt or in driving, but the real test comes on a full course,” he says. He feels Chandigarh should have a facility like Lado Sarai in Delhi, which allows golfers to pay and play. The government golf club in Panchkula and the club coming up in Mohali could open their doors to tap talent.
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Tarundeep fires best card in junior golf
Chandigarh, October
3 A Class IX student of local St John's School,
Tarundeep, did even better than the winner of the A category (under 17) in which Aman Guron triumphed in a playoff after he tied with Raghav Bhandari and Abhhijit Chadha at five over par
77. Tarundeep shot a birdie on the second but was back at par with a bogey on the fourth. He again dropped a shot on the seventh. He made amends with a birdie on the ninth to be par after the front nine. On the back nine he bogeyed the 15th and 18th firing a sole birdie on the 16th for a one over par 37 back nine and the day's best card of one over par 73. Just one stroke behind was Ankur Chadha at 74, with Ashbeer Saini of Kapurthala finishing third at 79. Three city golfers Aman
Guron, Raghav Bhandari and Abhijit Chadha tied for the under 17 title. In the first playoff the three tied again, each playing a par hole. The second playoff saw Aman playing par with Raghav bogeying to occupy the second slot. Abhijit hit the tree and ended up third with a double-bogey. But all eyes were on seven-year-old Aadil Bedi, the baby of the tournament, who clinched the E category (under 8) title defeating Kshitij N. Kaul of Delhi by just one stroke. The Chandigarh golfer was traling by one stroke on the sixth. The two drew level on the seventh with the Delhi boy double-bogeying to Aadil's single bogey. Aadil took the lead on the eighth and finally triumphed on the ninth hole with both double bogeying. Aadil played a 13 over par 49 in the nine hole competition with Kshitij ending up at 50. Vikram Puri won the C category (under 12) title at 11 over par 81. Jai Raj Singh Sandhu (82) and Tapendra Ghai (85) finished second and third respectively. Piyush Sangwan triumphed in the D category (under 10) at six over par 78. Karandeep Singh Kochhar at (85) was second and Karan Sharma at 94 finished third. The Albatross tournament is the brainchild of parents of junior golfers who floated this amateur tournament last year. After holding seven tournaments in Delhi, the Albatross tournament shifted to the city for the eighth edition. The next tournament will be held in Jaipur and very soon these enterprising parents are planning to hold the first international junior golf tournament sometime late next year. The venue will be either Delhi or Chandigarh. The winners got tailor made golf equipment as prizes.
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Lawn
Tennis
Chandigarh, October 3 The match between Megha and Somey Verma was evenly contested before the former emerged winner by 10-9 in the kids section (5 to 7 years). Ansh and Abhey Mohan also fought a close match before Ansh won by 10-9. In the mother's category, Pooja and Preeti Bhalla overcame stiff resistance from Amarjit and Manisha by an identical 10-8 margin. In the father's category, the most thrilling match was between Baljinder Dhillon and Akshey Saxena. Baljinder won by 10-9. Results Kids: (Round I): Diya b Nikita 10-2, Jay Chopra b Amitoj 10-8, Kamal b Khushboo 10-5, Megha b Somey Verma 10-9, Ansh b Abhey Mohan 10-9, Ajay Shukla b Jaiaditya Bansal 10-6, Angel b Sehaj Dhami 10-4, Tejas Dhami b Harsh Kamal 10-7, Jaskaran b Anurag 10-4. Parents: Fathers: Vikram b Sanjay Chopra 10-7, Baljinder Dhillon b Akshey Saxena 10-9, Teja Singh b Ankur Mahajan 10-6; mothers: Dr Vanita b Mona 10-6, Pooja b Amarjit Kaur 10-8, Preeti Bhalla b Manisha 10-8, Ekta G. Singh b Preeti Bhalla 10-7.
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Cycle Polo Meet
Patiala, October 3 In the last league match in the boys section, Punjab gave yet another impressive display to pound Karnataka 7-0 with Damanpreet Singh once again giving a stellar performance by pumping in four goals. He was ably supported by Bikramjeet Singh (1), Ajay Kumar (1) and Damadeep Singh (1). Meanwhile, Punjab girls gave another big defeat to Tamil Nadu 8-0. The hosts were well served by Avneet Kaur who displayed slick control over the cycle and ball to score four goals. Her last effort showed why she was regarded as a versatile player and it was this effort which drew a cheer from the large crowd which gathered at the venue to take in the finer points of the sport which, in any case, is rarely played in the region. Avneet was aided by Gurvinder Kaur, who ended the proceedings with a brace, Gurpreet Kaur and Sadhna, who scored a goal apiece. Other results (boys): Chhattisgarh beat Karnataka 14-0, J&K drew with Jharkhand 8-0, Uttarakhand 1-1, Uttar Pradesh beat Gujarat 7-0, Chattisgarh beat Rajasthan 16-0, Puducherry beat Delhi 8-0, West Bengal beat Madhya Pradesh 5-1, Madhya Pradesh beat Tamil Nadu 6-2, Vidharba beat Gujarat 10-0. Girls: Rajasthan beat Uttar Pradesh 6-4, Kerala beat Orissa 9-0, Maharashtra beat Orissa 14-0, Vidharbha beat Karnataka 6-0.
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Satluj Public blank Vivekanand
Millennium by 5-0
Panchkula, October 3 Satluj Public School scored first and second goal by Bhupinder in the fourth and tenth minute of the game while
Deepak Gill netted third and fourth goal in the 18th and 30th minute and fifth goal by Shakti in 38th minute. Other Results: Moti Ram Arya-27, Chandigarh, beat Mount Carmel School-47, Chandigarh Sophia Convent School, Kalka, beat Tribune Model School-29, Chandigarh SD Public School-32, Chandigarh, beat St. Joseph School-44, Chandigarh Delhi Public School, Pinjore, beat Alpine School. |
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Umesh bags billiards title
Panchkula, October 3 In first semifinal, Umesh defeated Chirag Arora 150-110 and Himanshu Aggarwal defeated Karan Dhir. In the final, Umesh showing his cue ball control, hit breaks of 26, 39 and 38 whereas Himanshu was consistent in making 10 to 15 on every visit. At 115, both players
were equal, Himanshu gave an easy position to Umesh which he capitalised on and hit an unfinished break of 38 to win the match as well as the title. Other results: Senior billiards: (Pool A) Anil Sharma b Himanshu 214-106; Aneesh b Himanshu 233-177; Divya Sharma b Aneesh 246-245; (Pool B): Sameer Bhalla b Umesh Gupta 309-172; Pardeep Kingar b Ashok Sharma
171-120.
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Twenty20
Chandigarh, October 3 Batting first, Tamil Nadu got bundled out on 121 runs, it was only Surya Prakash (62) from their team who could score respectable individual score. Amit Tomar was the principal bowler for Delhi who clinched two wickets. In reply, Delhi got off to a flying start and managed the same momentum till the end of the game and easily scored 122. In the second match, Mumbai defeated Vidharbha by 27 runs. While in the third match, Chander Shekher’s all-round performance helped Hyderabad to claim an easy win over Himachal Pradesh by five wickets. He scored 29 of 18 balls and also claimed two wickets.
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Kabaddi Meet
Chandigarh, October 3 While in the women section, Garima scored 7 and Kavita scored 5 points to help Madhya Pradesh got the better of Maharastra 23-15.
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Women football meets
Chandigarh, October 3 The association has also requested the Chandigarh Sports Council to give final assistance for
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Kabaddi: Chandigarh get better of UP
Chandigarh, October 3 In another match, Pepsu drubbed Jharkhand 32-29 and Haryana beat Rajasthan 22-18. While in the women’s section, Panjab beat MP 35-22.
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CBSE Soccer
Panchkula, October 3 New Public School scored first goal through Sukhman in the 43rd minute. The second and third goals were scored by Sandeep and Vikram. In the second match, JK Public School, Kunjwani, Jammu, beat St Solider International Convent School, Mohali, by 2-0. Both goals were scored by Shahid Iqbal in 10th and 12th minutes, respectively.
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Welhams girls clinch IPSC title
Mohali, October 3 Earlier Mayo College had trounced D.P.S R.K. Puram 37-22 to enter into the final and Welhams, Dehradun, had thrashed MNSS Rai 43-14 to enter into the final. Results: Highest scorer: Harkiran Nain (Yadavindra Public School, S.A.S. Nagar,) Most Promising Player: Garima (Welhmas Girls Dehradun) |
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