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Ropar Heritage Fest Tribune News Service
Ropar, October 23 Patiala divisional commissioner S.K. Ahluwalia inaugurated the function, which started with singing of a ‘bhajan ’ by Pandit Om Prakash from Nangal. Rajan and Sajan Misra, recipients of various national awards, held the audience spellbound by their performance. Meanwhile, the youth festival for the primary students concluded today with the Gandhi Memorial Senior Secondary School bagging the overall running trophy. The Holy Family Convent School secured the second place and the Shivalik Public School stood third. The winners were given Rs 7,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 3,000 cash prize, respectively. A healthy baby show was also held on the occasion in which Anchal Verma secured first place and Hardeep Singh stood second. Nodal officer of the function ADC R.K. Tripathi said that Harpal Tiwana's play “Mittar Pyare Nu” would be staged on October 24 at the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Bagh.
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Theatre, order of the day
Tribune News Service Patiala, October 23 Surjit Singh Rakhra, president, NRI wing, the SAD (B), was chief guest
on the occasion. All artistes from various colleges, who participated
in different plays, gave their best today. Although all performances
were applauded but the performance by PMN College, Rajpura, had a
special attraction of audience. The mimicry performance made everybody
amazed and laughed. In addition to the above, debate, elocution,
poetry recitation, also had a nice attraction of the audience. Fine arts
items like poster making, collage making, cartooning and installation
had their own attraction. Results: One act play: Seven colleges
participated 1st position: (11) Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh 2nd
position: (17) PMN College, Rajpura Mimicry: Three colleges
participated 1st position: (17) PMN College, Rajpura Debate:
14 colleges participated 1st position: (2) Dolphin College,
Chunni Kalan 2nd position: (4) Mukat College of Education for
Women, Rajpura Elocution: 12 colleges participated 1st
position: (13) Sri Hargobind Singh Khalsa College, Hansali Khera 2nd
position: (2) Dolphin College, Chunni Kalan Poetical recitation
(creative): 10 colleges participated 1st position: (2)
Dolphin College, Chunni Kalan 2nd position: (6) Chitkara
College, Fatehpur Garhi Poster making: 10 colleges
participated 1st position: (10) Chandigarh College of Education,
Mohali 2nd position: (23) RIMT 3rd position: (11) Mata
Gujri College, Fatehgarh, Mohali Collage making: 14 colleges
participated 1st position: (10) Chandigarh College of Education,
Mohali 2nd position: (6) Chitkara College, Fatehpur Garhi 3rd
position: (13) Sri Har Gobind Singh Khalsa College, Hansali Khera Cartooning:
12 colleges participated 1st position: (10) Chandigarh
College of Education, Mohali 2nd position: (9) Government
College, Dera Bassi 3rd position: (13) Sri Har Gobind Singh
Khalsa College, Hansali Khera Installation: Six colleges
participated 1st position: (17) PMN College, Rajpura 2nd
position: (16) Baba Zoravar Singh College, Morinda 3rd position:
(5) Desh Bhagat College of Education, Mandi Gobindgarh Geet gazal:
Seven colleges participated 1st position: (11) Mata Gujri
College, Fatehgarh 2nd position: (17) PMN College, Rajpura 3rd
position: (16) Baba Zoravar Singh College, Morinda Group Shabad:
Eight colleges participated 1st position: (15) Jawahar Lal Nehra
College, Mandi Gobindgarh 2nd position: (17) PMN College,
Rajpura 3rd position: (11) Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Classical
instrumental (percussion): Two colleges participated 1st
position: (15) Jawahar Lal Nehra College, Mandi Gobindgarh 2nd
position: (11) Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Folk orchestra:
1st position: (11) Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh 2nd
position: (17) PMN College, Rajpura 3rd position: (16) Baba
Zoravar Singh College, Morinda.
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Accident victim’s
death Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 23 The directions were issued on a petition filed by the World Human Rights Protection Council (WHRPC) headed by advocate Ranjan Lakhanpal. He has sought appropriate action against persons responsible for this death. The petitioner has also sought remedial steps to ensure against recurrence of such incidents.
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Wife, son of former minister arrested, granted bail
Tribune News Service
Panchkula, October 23 Arrest warrants were issued by the court of Justice Anshu Shukla against the accused in a cheque dishonour case. According to information, Aruna and Vishal were partners in a firm dealing in poultry and the cheques of the State bank of Patiala branch in Mani Majra, issued by them, were dishonoured. The complainant in the case, Jagdish Chander, spotted them at the Chandigarh courts and informed the police yesterday. The Chandigarh police arrested them and handed them over to the cops of the summon branch of Panchkula.
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Man acquitted in rape
case
Chandigarh, October 23 According to sources, Ashish (18), a student of class 10, used to take tuitions of mathematics from the victim, who was pursuing her degree in law in 2005. The two fell in love and decided to get married. However, Ashish deserted the girl soon after the marriage. Thereafter, the victim lodged a complaint against him in the women’s cell but the accused was not traceable. Subsequently, she got an FIR lodged under Sections 376 and 420 of the IPC against the accused.
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42-yr-old sets himself afire, dies
Chandigarh October 23 According to the police, the incident took place at around 11 p.m. yesterday. The police said that the deceased, a resident of Solan in Himachal Pradesh, set himself afire outside the residence of the girl. He succumbed to his injuries at the PGI today afternoon. He is survived by his wife and two
children. Police sources said that Verma was working with the girl in a city-based eating joint for the past over four years. He was recently shifted to Jalandhar. However, last night he came from Jalandhar and waited for the girl to
come from work outside her residence. When the girl returned, he ran after her and poured petrol on her as well as himself. Suspecting that he had poured acid on her, the girl raised an alarm and ran for her life. She hid herself behind a car in the darkness. After failing to trace her, Verma set himself afire. Some passers-by came to Verma’s rescue and tried to douse the flames. They informed the police which took him to the
Sector 16 Government Multi-Specialty Hospital from where he as referred to the PGI. The girl reportedly told the police that she knew Verma, as he was a general manager at the eating joint. She had not spoken to him ever since he was transferred to Jalandhar. The SHO of the Sector 19 police station, Sukhdev Singh Bhullar, said a
case of attempt to suicide has been registered against Verma. His family has been informed about the incident and his father-in-law and uncle have already reached the city. The post-mortem will be conducted tomorrow, he added.
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Sena leader attacked by armed youths
Chandigarh, October 23 The victims were going home when they were attacked. A police official said to settle an old score, the assailants were looking for the right opportunity to teach Siya Ram a lesson. The other victim, who had come to the rescue of Siya Ram, was also attacked with a sharp-edged weapon. Both the victims have received stab wounds in their lower waist. Siya Ram is a Shiv Sena leader. An eyewitness, Paras, said a local leader, Parlad Tewari, along with other assailants, had attacked the victims. The residents of the area alleged that Parlad Tewari, a BJP leader, had been creating nuisance in the area and the police had failed to check his activities. Gurdeep Singh, a resident of the area, warned to gherao the Sector-34 police station if the assailants were not arrested.
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5 students hurt in attack
Mohali, October 23 It being a vacation from tomorrow, the victims were leaving the college campus after participating in a blood-donation camp organised by the institute. The injured, Amit Verma, Abhijeet Partap Singh, Akashit, Sarvant Singh and Tushar, have been admitted to the Fortis Hospital here. The police arrested at least two of the suspects, Kamalpreet and Yadvinder Singh, who appeared to be drug addicts, late in the evening. An official of the AIL told The Tribune that there the students were attacked without any provocation. Sources in the police said at about 2.30pm, the four youths drove in a Skoda Car (HR 70 9875) right across the entrance of AIL, and attacked the students with rods. After being arrested, two of the assailants told the police that they had been teased by one of the students of the institute yesterday, and they had come to take the revenge. But they were unable to identify the student of the institute. The car was rounded up from in front of a house in Sector 68. Raids were being carried out to trace out two other accused. One of the arrested belonged to Nabha and the second one had recently come from Australia. The police has registered a case under Sections 323, 325, 294 and 34 of the IPC.
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Clerk gets 5-year RI for forgery
Chandigarh, October 23 According to prosecution, during the period of July to October 1996, the two accused hatched a conspiracy to withdraw Rs 2,98,092 from the provident fund account number 2PN/2230/349 of Baldev Krishan, an employee of Industrial Lab Ltd. The PF was released by using false documents though the account holder never sought the withdrawal. Special public prosecutor Pawan Kumar Dogra, during the arguments, stated that Tilak had dishonestly prepared and signed form no. 19 in the name of Gurmukh Singh. The accused further filled in all entries and endorsed false machine number of the central diary section. Thereafter, Tilak forged the signatures of Atul Kumar Choubey, personal officer, Industrial Cable Ltd in Rajpura, Rajinder Kumar Gupta, section supervisor, and assistant PF commissioner R.N. Kanwar in order to get the money released. The duo was booked under Sections 120-B, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 477-A of the IPC and Sections 13 (1) (d), 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
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Vehicles stolen
Chandigarh, October 23 The police has registered separate cases under Section 379 of the IPC. Injured: A motorcyclist, Lalit Panth, a resident of Sarangpur, got injured when a car, driven by Vikas Bansal of Mohali, hit him in Sector 24. Lalit was taken to GMSH, Sector 16. The police has arrested the accused and a case under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 11 police station. Arrested: The police arrested Suresh Kumar, a resident of Sector 25, from near rehri market of Sector 37 while carrying eight bottles of country-made wine. A case under Sections 61 and 114 of the Excise Act has been registered at the Sector 39 police station. The accused was bailed out later.
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4 booked for assault
Panchkula, October 23 According to the police, the accused, identified as Satbir, Arun Jakhar, Ajay Randhawa and Dheeraj Rana, are the students of the B.Tech. The accused entered the classroom and allegedly attacked Parvin Rana with rods and sharp-edged weapons. Rana, however, escaped the attack with minor injuries, said the police. The police has registered a case against the accused and four unidentified persons under Sections 323, 324, 148, 149 and 506 of the IPC.
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One more held for student’s murder
Panchkula, October 23 Tinku was allegedly involved in murder of Khushaal, a student of Government College, Sector 1, on October 27. As per the statement of Arun, another student who was injured in the incident, more than two dozen youths attacked them when they were standing near the college in afternoon, and after the attack, Khushaal was found lying dead on the spot.
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Rickshawpuller found dead
Chandigarh, October 23 Ruling out possibility of any foul play, the police said the body bore no visible injuries marks. The deceased has been identified as Pardeep Kumar, a resident of Himachal Pradesh. The police said the deceased used to stay near the rickshaw stand and was a drunkard. A police officer said the death might have been caused due to over drinking. The body was sent to the Sector 16 Government Multi-Specialty Hospital. Meanwhile, the police has initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
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Bhullar rallies with hat-trick of birdies
Chandigarh, October 23 One stroke behind at one under par 70 was Chandigarh big hitter Gurbaaz Mann, who turned 26 on October 19. Gurbaaz played a bogey-free card, sinking a birdie on the last hole, to be tied 47th. But leading the Indian brigade was 30-year-old Rahil Gangjee from Kolkata, who shot four birdies in a flawless four under par 67 card to be tied 11th after the first round. One stroke behind was Anirban Lahiri, who played a three under par 68 to be tied 21st. Twenty-year-old Bhullar started well birdying the second, sixth and eighth holes after bogeying the first for a two under par 33 at the turn. But then he struck an awful patch on the back nine conceding three bogeys on the 12th, 13th and 14th to be one over. The Kapurthala lad kept his cool and came back with a hat trick of birdies on the last three holes to be two under par 69. Gaurav Ghei played a par round of 71 to be tied 62nd while Amandeep Johl of Chandigarh was tied 117 with a poor five over par 76. Australia's David Gleeson blasted seven birdies for a seven-under-par 64 for a one stroke advantage over Thai duo of Wisut Artjanawat and Udorn Duangdecha and Chinese Taipei brothers of Lin Wen-tang and Lin Wen-hong, who were all in a tie for second place. In-form Australian Darren Beck, who finished runner-up at the Hero Honda Indian Open two weeks ago, carded a 66 to lie in joint sixth place in the $500,000 Asian Tour event together with Chinese Taipei veteran Wang Ter-chang and compatriot Kao Bo-song, Welshman Rhys Davies and Thailand's Wittawat Sae-ung. Leading first round scores: 64 David Gleeson (Australia); 65 Wisut Artjanawat (Thailand), Lin Wen-tang (Taipei), Udorn Duangdecha (Thailand) and Lin Wen-hong (Taipei); 66 Wang Ter-chang (Taipei), Darren Beck (Australia), Kao Bo-song (Taipei), Wittawat Sae-Ung (Thailand) and Rhys Davies (Wales); 67 Hsu Mong-nan (Taipei), Danny Chia (Malaysia), Unho Park (Australia), Thaworn Wiratchant (Thailand), Jason King (Australia), Rahil Gangjee (India), Tony Carolan (Australia), Mars Pucay (Phillipines), Richard Moir (Australia), Atthaphon Prathummanee (Thailand). |
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St Peter's to face Carmel in finals
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 23 St Peter's and Carmel Convent scored an identical 2-0 verdict over their respective rivals in the semifinals played today. St Peter's blanked Mount Carmel School, Chandigarh, by 2-0 and Carmel Convent accounted for Carmel Convent School, Chanakya Puri, Delhi, with an identical margin. Shivika gave Peter's a winning start by defeating Joanna in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 in the first singles. Avneet proved too good for Komal as she registered a facile win without dropping even a single game 6-0, 6-0. Shivika and Avneet are training at St Peter's Tennis Academy under the supervision of Wg Cdg Beyant Singh and Lalit Tandon. Ikttesh Chahal outpointed Smriti in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in the first singles to give Carmel Convent 1-0 lead against Carmel Convent School, Chanakya Puri, Delhi. Later Deepali snuffed out the challenge of Tusharika 6-3, 6-4 to wrap up the semi-final contest. Girls’ under-14 Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh, also took their appointed place in the girls’ under-14 final after beating Apeejay School, Delhi, by 2-0. Their rivals in the final tomorrow will be Central Reserve Police Force School, Rohini, Delhi, who ousted Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, Delhi, by 2-0. St John's School, Sector 26, Chandigarh, will challenge Hans Raj Model School, Punjabi Bag, New Delhi, for the boys’ under-14 team championship. Results (semifinals) Girls’ under-19: St. Peter's Secondary School, Sector 37, Chd, bt Mount Carmel School, Chd, 2-0 (Shivika bt Joanna 6-1, 6-1; Avneet bt Komal 6-0, 6-0). Carmel Convent School, Chd, bt Carmel Convent School, Chanakya Puri, Delhi, 2-0 (Ikttesh bt Smriti 6-2, 6-4; Deepali bt Tusharika 6-3,6-4) Girls’ under-14: Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh, bt Apeejay School, Delhi, 2-0 (Sonali bt Charoo 6-2,6-2, Vibhuti bt Sumeera 6-3, 6-2).
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Kang steers city to finals
Donald Banerjee
Chandigarh, October 23 In one of the hottest contested regional fimals played on the greens of the Classic Golf Resort in Gurgaon, the Chandigarh team edged out Jaipur's Rambagh Palace by just one stroke. The Chandigarh Golf Club totalled 127 points with Jaipur golfers managing 126. The top scores in each category and the fourth best card out of the total six members contributed to the final tally of the respective team. The Noida Golf Club, three-time winners of the event, finished at the third spot. Apart from Kang, the winning team consisted of Navjot Mann, AS Bath, JS Kesar, PPS Sawhney and Col. SDS Bath while the team from Jaipur was represented by Siddharth Sharma, Varun Pardhal, Ajay Dixit, Kunal Kuchal, Deepak Sharma and Harvinder Singh. The winners went home with a plasma television set and of course an-all paid expense trip to the enchanting Bali islands. With this win, the Chandigarh Golf Club, which beat nine other clubs, became the second club to book a spot in the finals after the unheralded and debutants Belgaum made it to the title clash from the South. The regional final was the second stage of India's largest and most exciting golf tournament. McDowell's Signature Club Golf Championship which saw some of the country's most talented amateurs which included the likes of Asian Games Gold medalist and Arjuna Awardee Amit Luthra, big names on the LG Amateur Tour - Jasjeet Singh (Noida Golf Course), HS Kang (Chandigarh Golf Club), Akarsh Choubey (Classic Golf Resort), Amit Kumar (Jaypee Greens Golf Resort) and Siddharth Sharma (Rambagh Golf Club) amongst others. The championship brings together over 4,500 golfers representing 32 top golf clubs from 20 cities across the country.
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St Kabir holds ICSE Schools Skating Carnival
Chandigarh, October 23 The participating schools were St Kabir Public school, St Xaviers, Panchkula, St Xaviers, Chandigarh, St Stephens, Tender Heart and Little Flower, Panchkula. The skating champions were from the group category of ages 4-6 years,
6-8 years, 8-10 years, 10-12 years and 14 years and above. The rink race was won by Manhar Shipal, Aditi Thakur, Aryan Pal Thankur, Aryan Pal Ghuman, Akshita Sharma, Balkirat, Siriana Dhaliwal, Abhishant, Abhya Sharma, Pavit Kaur, Siddant G8ulati, Ankit Pal Singh and Paavan Kaur. The road race winners were Manhar Shipal,Aditi Thakur, Balkirat, Sirian Dhaliwal, Ankur Jain, Niketa, Kunal , Pavit Kaur and Paavan Kaur. The second rink race was won by Manhar Shipal, Aditi Thakur, Aryan Pal Ghuman, Akshita Sharam, Balkirat and Siriana
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Stephen’s beat DAVSSS in finals
Chandigarh, October 23 The regulation period proved unproductive, as no team could score any goal. Even during regular five penalties each, the deadlock remained as they were tied four-all. It needed 20 penalties to resolve the issue. After 5-all, Medhavi of DAVSSS club failed in her attempt while Amanpreet Kaur Nagpal converted her spot kick to clinch the title in favour of St Stephen’s Football Club. Earlier, in the regulation period, DAVSSS club goalkeeper Asha put up a good performance and made a couple of brilliant saves.
DAVSSS Club’s Monika also excelled in defence as Stephen’s forwards, especially Shikha Sharma and Simran Sidhu spelt danger once they were inside the box. |
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Edmund Rice cricket tourney from tomorrow
Chandigarh, October 23 This year the tournament will be played in under-14 age group. Eight teams from across the region will compete for the top honours. The league matches and semifinals will be played of 25 overs each whereas the final will be played of 35 overs. Pool A- St Johns, APJ, Kharar, St Annes, DAV-15 Pool B- DAVSSS-8, St Kabir, St Soldiers,
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Grewal to focus on MAKA Trophy
Chandigarh, October 23 The trophy is awarded every year to the university, which displays an overall excellence in the field of sports. The university hasn’t been able to bag the prestigious MAKA Trophy for many years now. One of the main reasons for it could be an absence of the director sports, as there was no one to anchor the staff effectively and during this period the standard of the Panjab University sports department had really fallen down. |
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DAV lads chess champions
Chandigarh, October 23 Principal of college B. C. Jossan congratulated the team. The tournament was held on October 21 and 22. |
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