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Mohali admn issues directive to NHAI
Dera Bassi (Mohali), October 11 The four-lane project of the Chandigarh-Ambala national highway is nearing completion and scheduled to be opened to the public by November 15 this year. A toll plaza is being readied near the Dappar ammunition depot, Lalru, by the NHAI to recover the cost of the project. Around 82 acres, falling under the revenue estate of 22 villages, had been acquired for project. The authority had withheld the land compensation of 13 villages after the evacuees had refused to accept the low compensation rates announced by the SDM, Dera Bassi. Though the commissioner, Patiala division, had in April last enhanced the compensation several times, the same was not accepted by the NHAI which is learnt to have approached a local court. The deputy commissioner, Mohali, Rahul Bhandari, told The Tribune that he would be writing to the state government to take up the matter with the higher authorities if the NHAI starts charging toll without paying the land compensation. The NHAI should be paying the initial rates and contest the enhanced amount so that the landowners and general public do not suffer. Against the awards announced by the SDM, landowners had said they were 10 times less than the market rates. Landowners of nine villages out of the total 22 villages had accepted the compensation. The SDM, Dera Bassi, SL Bhumbak, said following a recent meeting with the project director of the NHAI, it was decided that latter would start issuing the compensation soon. The project director of the NHAI, Col PK Sharma (retd), said the authority would start making the payment by October 13. Sources said though the NHAI was ready to pay the compensation of 10 villages as per the rates announced by the SDM but it was not ready to pay for the remaining three villages, Zirakpur, Lohgarh and Baltana at the rate of Rs 1.5 crore an acre. The arbitrator had enhanced the rate of the three villages to Rs 7 crore an acre. The cooperative minister and Banur MLA, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, said the villagers whose land had been acquired should be adequately compensated. “I am taking up the matter with the competent authority”, he added. Sources disclose that the administration has prevailed upon the NHAI to pay the basic compensation as the NHAI fights the issue of enhanced payments in the courts. Getting market rates is the right of the landowners as the Punjab Government has been following this policy. The land compensation announced by the SDM varied form a low as Rs 2 lakh an acre for Alampur and Samhlehri villages to Rs 1 crore an acre for Bishanpura and Bishangarh villages. For a majority of the villages the compensation varied between Rs 8 lakh an acre and Rs 20 lakh an acre. Landowners of seven villages out of the 22 villages had accepted the compensation. (With inputs from Rajiv Bhatia)
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Ropar heritage fest from Oct 21
Ropar, October 11 The six-day fest will be held at the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Bagh. Youth fest of college and schools students, food court, paintings competitions, healthy-baby show, fancy dress etc will be the features of the fest. Known qawwal Neeley Khan, Harbhajan Mann, Wadali brothers are expected to be the star attractions of the function. The district administration plans to make it an annual feature on the lines of the Kapurthala Heritage Festival and the Patiala Heritage Festival. |
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Luvpreet crowned Miss Fresher
Patiala, October 11 The gala event was a momentous occasion as a cultural festival was organised wherein freshers rubbed shoulders with their seniors and held audience spellbound with their captivating performances. Bharti and Dikshit of BDS first year were chosen Miss and Mr Fresher, respectively, in the BDS course. The four bagged the honours after a three round performance, which was judged by four senior faculty members. The tone for the evening was set up by a captivating rap dance performance by the students of MBBS, who held the audience swinging at their will. Their performance mesmerised guests and the students. Dr Sukhwinder Singh, vice-chairman of the Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust, who was also chief guest, said he was pleased at the performance of the students and expressed a hope that the students of GSMCH would make a mark not only in the academic field but also in art and culture. Dr Sukhwinder Singh along with GSMCH dean Dr A. S. Sekhon presented medals to the students of MBBS and BDS courses for their outstanding performance in the “Pulse-08” organised at AIIMS, New Delhi, recently. Dr Sekhon disclosed that Gian Sagar Medical College was the highest scoring medical college whose students from the MBBS and BDS courses had won a record of 22 medals at the South Asian Socio-Cultural Literary and Sports Meet held at AIIMS.
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Docs do their community proud
Patiala, October 11 Past midnight the doctors were returning from the “freshers' party” of medical students when they saw a car toppling across the road over a bridge into the deep river on the Rajpura-Patiala highway. As it was pitch dark, visibility was zero. With the help of torchlight GSMCH principal Dr A. S. Sekhon along with plastic surgeon Dr G. P. Singh went down into the river to save the young man trapped inside the car. The doctors along with Dr. Jasbir Kaur took out the patient with a great difficulty and shifted him to Gian Sagar Hospital. The patient received immediate care and his life was saved. These doctors have set an example for the public and have done their professional community proud. |
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Father, son booked for selling same plot twice
Kharar, October 11 Santosh Kumari, a resident of Majra village in Anandpur Sahib, in her complaint to the police, alleged that Harsukhpreet Singh and his father Mohan Singh had sold an already sold plot to her. Santosh's husband Naveer Singh Rana is posted as subedar in the Army. The family had planned to stay in Mohali due to better education prospects for their children. She came to know about the property dealer and his father who dealt in sale and purchase of plots. They struck the deal for Rs 7.10 lakh for a plot in Jujhar Singh Nagar. Santosh gave the earnest money of Rs 1.82 lakhs to Harsukhpreet on September 13, 2007, and the remaining amount was paid on December 6, 2007. Thereafter, she got the registry of her plot done and also got the boundary wall constructed around it. On July 3 this year, when the construction of the house was about to start, one Hukum Chand came from Chandigarh and claimed that the plot belonged to him. He said he bought the plot from Harsukhpreet and his father on March 11 this year and had a registry of the same date. Kharar DSP Raj Balwinder Sandhu conducted an inquiry into the case following which Harsukhpreet and Mohan Singh were booked.
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Three arrested with stolen car, pistol
Rajpura, October 11 The accused have been identified as Avtar Singh of Sandeh village in Ferozepur, Sandeep Kumar of Hajipur in UP and Shambhu Kumar Sahu of Gorakhpur in UP. This afternoon, ASI Rakesh Kumar and head constable Japnam Singh laid a naka and signalled a Maruti car to halt for checking. Driver of the car, however, fled past the naka. The head constable and ASI chased the car and managed to stop it a few kilometers away. The cops found that the documents of the car were missing and a country-made pistol was lying in the car. All three occupants of the car were arrested. During interrogation, the accused revealed that they had come to Rajpura to commit robberies. They had been putting up at Sarpanch Colony in Ludhiana for the past few months and were involved in lifting two and four-wheelers from the city. They also admitted to have stolen cash and jewellery from houses in various localities in Ludhiana. A case has been registered at the city police station and the investigation
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Arhtiyas procuring rejected paddy
during night
Kharar, October 11 Sources say that the practice has been going on since long. The unsuitable paddy procured is stored in various rice mills and also no record of the transaction is being maintained. It is learnt that some lower rung officials of the market committee are also involved in the entire episode. As per rules, no produce should enter grain market for auctioning after 7pm. But in few cases, produce is being unloaded after 7pm and even lifted by the arhtiyas. Meanwhile, district food supplies controller office's inspector Satveer Singh in a communiqué to the market committee secretary Gurmohan Singh has stated that unloading of produce should not be done at night as it increases moisture content of the yield making it unsuitable for procurement. Acting on the complaint Gurmohan Singh has issued notice to all arhtiyas asking them to refrain from such activities or else their licences could be cancelled. |
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ASI held for taking bribe
Ropar, October 11 In his complaint to the Vigilance Bureau, Balwinder Singh, a resident of Chamkaur Sahib, stated that a case was registered against Balwinder, Mohan Singh and Avtar Singh on September 13 under Sections 323, 325 and 34 of the IPC. Mulak Raj had been threatening to arrest them. Balwinder alleged that Mulak Raj demanded Rs 5,000 for not arresting them and presenting challan in the court. The ASI has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act. |
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Armyman cremated a month
before marriage
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 11 He died at Siachen last week after a glacier slid down near an Army post. The body was brought to his native village. A large number of villagers, administrative officials, senior Army officers and local politicians attended his cremation. Relatives of the jawan said the wedding of 28-year-old Gurjant was fixed next month and the preparations were going on in the house. "Almost all preparations were done and we were eagerly waiting for his arrival", said the visibly upset family members. They said the elder brother of Gurjant is also serving in the Army and one of his two sisters is married. According to Army officials, the jawan came under a boulder of snow while on duty at Siachen. The family members were informed about the death of Gurjant on Friday. |
Ex-UT secy acquitted in corruption case
Chandigarh, October 11 According to the prosecution, the case was registered on April 6, 2000, by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against N.K. Jain, an IAS officer of Haryana cadre, on charges of corruption on the basis of a confessional statement made by the UT office superintendent K.B. Goel before sub-divisional magistrate Ashish Kundra on March 14, 2000, at the UT guest house. The case was registered on the complaint of four people - Baljit Singh, Karam Singh, Amarjit Singh and Balbir Singh. Baljit had alleged that the accused had taken money for his appointment in State Transport Authority. The accused demanded money again that was not given and the complainant’s appointment was reverted. Another company, TATA Infotech, had alleged that the accused had demanded percentage for implementing their programme by the administration. The issue came to light on the complaint Baljit Singh, an employee of the State Transport Authority, to the CBI that Goel had allegedly demanded a hefty amount to allow him to remain on the same post. Taking cognisance of the complaint, the CBI swung into action and interrogated Goel.
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Oleega’s namesake invites litigation
Chandigarh, October 11 In one such case, a beauty salon, Oleega, which was inaugurated in shop-cum-office (SCO) 40 in Sector 7 on October 8 this year, invited litigation and the salon owner had to change its name after the owner of Oleega in Sector 11 filed a case against him. Representatives of the parlour yesterday deposed before the court of judicial magistrate first class, Sudhir Parmar and stated that the parlour’s name had been changed to Colour Shine. Arshad Khan, proprietor of Oleega hair design and beauty studio, stated that he registered his hair design and beauty studio as Oleega with the Trade Mark Registry under the Trade Mark Act, 1999, of the Government of India on December 31, 1998. Arshad asserted that he had worked hard to earn a good reputation and had clients coming from far off areas like Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Another salon with the similar name would affect his clientele and reputation, he asserted. We came to know about this new salon from a newspaper advertisement, he said. As the salon owner was using his trademark, he filed a suit for a permanent injunction restraining defendant from using the same. The counsel for the plaintiff, advocate Balwinder Singh and Pradeep Verma, clarified that Oleega did not have any other branch in the city except the one in Sector 11.
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Car stolen from Khuda Lahora
Chandigarh, October 11 Duped
Kanwar Jagdish Sahni, a resident of Sector 20, has filed a complaint with the police alleging that one Suresh Kanta had duped him of Rs 2 lakh. A case under Sections 380, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered at the Industrial Area police station.
Abduction
On the complaint of a resident of Dadumajra colony, the police has filed a case against Kuldip Singh and Shashi for allegedly abducting a girl from Dadumajra colony on August 21. A case under Sections 363, 366, 34 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.
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Inter-Academy Meet
Chandigarh, October 11 DPAC Academy achieved their target in 27.4 overs as they scored 161 for six in reply to APJ Academy's total of 157 for seven in allotted 30 overs. DPAC Academy started on a disappointing note as both their openers were back into the pavilion with scoreboard reading 46 for two. However, left-hander Talwinderjit Singh and Jagpreet put their team in a comfortable position as they realised 85 runs for the third wicket stand. Talwinderjit Singh and Jagpreet contributed valuable 35 score each. Kapil of APJ Academy bagged two for 18. Earlier, APJ Academy posted 157 for seven in stipulated 30 overs. Kapil (56) and Narinder (48) were their main scorers. DPAC Academy's right arm medium pacer Amrit Singh was the most successful bowler as he took three wickets for 24 runs. Malwinderjit got two for 26.
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Cricket fever all set to grip tricity
Chandigarh, October 11 While the local aficionados are waiting curiously to watch see ‘Men in Blue’, taking on ‘Kangaroos’ in the longest version of the game, Indian Cricket League (ICL) organisers are ready with an unprecedented treat for city cricket lovers in the fast Twenty20 game. The Test will be held at PCA Stadium from October 17 to 21 whereas seven ICL Twenty20 matches between nine teams, including international Dhaka Warriors and Lahore Badshahs, will take place at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Sector 3, Panchkula, under floodlights from October 31 to November 6. “This time, we will try to overshadow the Indian Premier League (IPL) by presenting a top blend of fast cricket and entertainment”, said Piyush Rana, ICL consultant. “On the cricket front, top international players Chris Cairns, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Rafeeq, Andrew Hall, Darrel Tuffey and Elliot will put on firework with bat, top item girl Rakhi Sawant along with many other top Bollywood personalities have been roped in to light the festival atmosphere more”, said Rana. Apart from that, there are many more surprises in the kitty, which will enthral the spectators in every bit, claimed Rana, maintaining that these surprises would be announced very soon. On the other hand, the five-day fray between Twenty20 world champion (India) and one-day world champion (Australia) has been generating equal interest among the cricket fans. “Nowadays, any type of cricketing contest between the twos has become more exciting even than of Ashes series. “Moreover, I want to see my favourite Saurav Ganguly in action for the last time as he has announced to say adieu to the game after the series”, said Abhimanyu Rai, a cricket fan. The tickets for the PCA match will put on sale from Sunday at the ticket sale counter being put up at the stadium, said PCA treasurer G.S. Walia, adding that from Monday a few branches of HDFC Bank would also start selling tickets of the match. On the other hand, the ICL organisers are contemplating to sell the tickets after October 20.
Mohali, October 11 The tickets will be sold through HDFC Bank at its following branches: Mohali: Phase VII branch; Chandigarh: Sector 46 and Sector 38 branches; Panchkula: Sector 8 branch. Apart from this, a ticket counter will also be set up at Gate No. 5 of the PCA Stadium. The tickets will be put on sale only at the stadium but from Monday all branches of the bank will start selling tickets from 10 am to 5 pm. The prices of the tickets (season) are as under: AC Lounge: Rs. 10,000, Terrace Block: Rs 5,000, North Pavilion: Rs 2,000, VIP Block: Rs 1,000, Chair Block: Rs 300, Student block: Rs 150.
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Golf Tour
Chandigarh, October 11 Ranked fifth on the Asian Golf Tour Order of Merit, Simi would have done even better had she not conceded a triple bogey on the par five 15th holes. She sank birdies on the seventh, 13th, 16th and 18th holes for the par score in the second round. Tied at the second slot among the women golf professionals were Nalini Singh, who fired an eight over round of 80 and Seema Sobti, who played a 12 over par 84 to finish with a two-day tally of 21 over par 165. Chandigarh's Preetinder Kaur played a bad 15 over par 87 to tie for the fourth position with Nitika Jadeja and Pallavi Jain at 26 over par 170 on the penultimate day of the tournament. Preetinder conceded three double bogeys and nine bogeys. The other Chandigarh entry Parnita Garewal pulled out of the tournament on the opening day because of ill health. Irina Brar is away to the US pursuing a doctorate in psychology and Saanya Sharma is recuperating after a surgery. Shweta Galande, the only amateur in the field fired a six over par 78 cards taking her two-day tally to 164. She is placed second at the midway stage putting her into the leader group along with Simi Mehra for the final round. Sponsored by the DLF in association with Aegi and Graavaa the tournament carries prize money of Rs 1,68,750 with the winner pocketing Rs 50,458.
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Ashu wins golf medal round
Chandigarh, October 11 Young Rabiya Gill returned 75 net points to occupy the second slot in the combined silver and gold division. Sharing the third slot were Pikka P. Singh and Harinder Sandhu with identical net scores of 76. But Pikka P. Singh was declared second runner-up as she had a better back nine. The gold and silver divisions had to be combined, as there was only one entry in the gold division. In the bronze division Deepu Dhanoa had a net score of 79 to emerge winner with Tina Jain finishing second at 82. The monthly medal round is a big draw and is played every second Thursday of the month. But this month because of the Junior Golf Championship, the competition was shifted to Saturday. Also among the contenders today was up and coming Shivali Aggarwal. Deepu Dhanao, tournament manager of Chandigarh Golf Club ladies’ section, was happy that they had finally got a sponsor in United Breweries for the monthly competition. The next major competition in the ladies’ section will be the Granny's Bowl to be played on October 17.
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Carmel Convent lift football trophy
Chandigarh, October 11 Stephen's School suffered an early jolt as they conceded an early goal in the third minute. Namrata Kochhar Geisinger sprinted her way into the inner box before scoring a fine goal with a right footer. Namrata netted another goal in the 19th minute. Initiating a move from the left flank, Sanchi drove powerfully. Off the rebound from Stephen's goalkeeper Puneet, opportunistic Namrata pounced on the ball before scoring the goal. With this Carmel Convent put their seal on the trophy. Namrata Kochhar Geisinger and Meghna of Carmel Convent, Gurleen Kaur and Harleen Randhawa of St Stephen's School were adjudged best players of the tournament.
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SJOBA, St John's match ends in draw
Chandigarh, October 11 St. John's held the possession for most of the first half but was unable to capitalise on several chances created by Amit (man of the match) and Rochan. The defence of SJOBA was very tight as they played the 4-3-3 formation with Uday Tandon being tested several times in the SJOBA goal. SJOBA made some strategic changes and brought in Alco and Amarinder in the second half. The match ended in a goalless draw and the two teams were declared joint winners of the Rev. Bro. R.I. Meredith rotating trophy.
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Deepak beats Amit in wrestling meet
Chandigarh, October 11 More than 150 wrestlers, including women, are taking part in the Greco-Roman (for men) and freestyle (for women) competitions. Results: Freestyle (men): 55 kg: Deepak bt Amit by fall, Sandeep bt Sandeep on pts, Kamal bt Deepak on pts, Somvir bt Sarbind on pts. 60 kg: Narinder bt Rajesh on pts, Jatinder bt Mandeep on pts, Satish bt Anuj on pts, Pradeep bt Sonu on pts. 66 kg: Parveen bt Satinder on pts, Sanjay bt Vinod on pts, Jasbir bt Ajay on pts. 74 kg: Parvesh bt Krishan on pts, Gurinder bt Sandeep on pts, Sandeep bt Jatinder on pts. 84 kg: Raj Singh bt Omvir on pts, Parveen bt Sunil on pts, Ajaib bt Ajit on pts. 96 kg: Satinder bt Gautam on pts, Ravinder bt Prem on pts, Anit bt Sohan on pts. +96 kg: Jagmeet bt Dharinder on pts, Sarvar bt Yogesh on pts. Women: 48 kg: Kanta bt Jyoti on pts, Yashoda bt Poonam on pts. 51 kg: Renu bt Sarla on pts, Rinki bt Aman on pts. 55 kg: Navdeep bt Mandeep on pts, Rina bt Anju on pts. 58 kg: Sakina bt Sweety on pts, Sonika bt Aman on pts. 63 kg: Manjit bt Poonam on pts, Anjula bt Babli on pts, Jyotika bt Shanti on pts. 67 kg: Priyana bt Neetu on pts, Yogesh bt Rani.
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City grappler wants to follow in Khali’s footsteps
Chandigarh, October 11 At this tender age, Jagmeet is 6.6 feet tall and weigh 132 kilograms. His challenge to his own idol ‘The Great Khali’ during his recent India’s trip this year just evinced the determination of Jagmeet who is eyeing to be a professional WWE wrestler. Into the sport for the last four years, Jagmeet has already bagged a gold medal in the junior school national games and silver and bronze each in the national games. “My aim is to bag the title of ‘Rustam-e-Hind”, he said. And to achieve his goal, he is not leaving any stone unturned. Jagmeet, who hails from a small village Issapur (Dera Bassi), follows a massive diet schedule and takes 30-35 eggs, four jugs of juice, four-dozen banana with four kg of milk and three to four chickens everyday. “It is unusual to have this sort of physique at this age and I am sure if he continues practicing like this, he would make a mark in wrestling,” said his coach Ajay Pathak. Darshan Lal, coach at the wrestling hall, Sector 42, said that Jagmeet follows a rigorous training schedule.
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New Public School register win
Chandigarh, October 11 In the girls section, Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, defeated Tribune Model School, Sector 29, by 16-3. Preet Kamal (6) and Sonal (8) were the main scorers for the winners. Yogita scored three points for the losers. Formidable Sacred Heart, Sector 26, outplayed Durga Public School, Solan, by 25-6. The winners established a commanding 10-0 lead at the end of first quarter. KC Public School of Jammu outplayed Sophia Convent, Kalka, by recording an easy win by 36-3 points. Another school from Jammu J.K Public prevailed over Doon International, Mohali, by 15-8. Bhawan Vidhalaya, Sector 27 defeated MHAC, Jammu by 16-8. The results: Boys: Delhi Public School, Delhi (Juhan 10, Anshul 10, Manak 6) bt GTB School, Sector 15. DAV School, Ambala (Mukul 10, Gurman 4) bt Mount Carmel-46 (Gurpreet 4, Rajeshwar 10) by 21-17. New Public School, Sector 18, (Tsetan 12, Satish 10, Anshuman 8, Balraj 6, Sumit Chopra 6, Satraj 4, Gurjot 4 ) bt Satluj Public School, Panchkula (Reekrit 4, Yuvraj 2, Abhinav 2, Kuljit 2, Robin 2, Sachin 1) by 67-13. Shishu Niketan Chandigarh (Gurjoty 27, Neeraj 8, Aditya 5, Sandeep 4, Sanchit 2, Navdeep 2) bt Sophia Convent Kalka (Aman 18, Atul 4, Auan 4, Shibnu 2, Sumesh 2) by 50-30. Sri Guru Harkishan Model School-38 Chd (Ravi 12, Mohinder 12, Amit 4, Gurpreet 6, Bharat 4) bt Lawrence School, Mohali (Karanbir 4, Deepinder 2, Paramvir 1) by 40-7. Vivek High School-38 (Shagun 13, Darkhar 10, Sultan 4, Tushar 3) bt Guru Nanak Mission Public School, Paonta Sahib (Nikhil 11, Harvinder 4, Ravi 2, Ankit 2) by 32-23.
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