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19 voter I-cards recovered from sewer
Kharar, December 4 Around 11 am today, one of the area shopkeepers saw a voter I-card in an open drain near his shop. He tried to pick up the I-card with an intention to hand it over to its owner. To his surprise he found some more I-cards in the drain. He retrieved around nine I-cards with the help of a stick. The Balongi police post in-charge Harpal Singh reached the spot and collected these cards after receiving this information from the area residents and shopkeepers. Later, people again tried to clean the drain and found 10 more such cards. Shopkeepers said these I-cards mainly belonged to people living in Balongi and the Badhmajra area. Later in the evening, DC, Mohali, Rahul Bhandari marked an inquiry into the matter and has directed Shiv Kumar, tehsildar, Mohali, to conduct an inquiry and report him by tomorrow. Meanwhile, DSP, Kharar, Raj Balwinder Singh Sandhu said since he had not received any complaint, he was yet to inquire the matter. Even SSP Jatinder Pal Singh Aulakh, when contacted in the evening, said that no such matter had come to his notice. Area residents said this was a matter of serious concern as anybody could have used these I-cards to secure mobile connection, get a loan, credit card or any other document. “The way these cards have been disposed, it is quiet obvious that someone had misused them. With incidents to fraud, forgery and attacks on a rise, this incident should be investigated thoroughly,” said a shopkeeper.
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Placement drive in CBS, Rayat college
Mohali/Kharar, December 4 The drive saw participation of students from 25 colleges of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal. The students securing 60 per cent in their postgraduation degree were eligible to participate in the drive which saw rigorous selection process comprising written test, PPT and personal interview. Satnam Singh Sandhu, chairman, and Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, president, said despite the recession in the market there were no dearth of opportunities for the candidates having through knowledge and right attitude. As many as 236 students were shortlisted by Open Access Technologies India (OATI), a globally operating innovative software solutions provider company, during pool campus placement drive organised here at Rayat and Bahra Institute of Bio-technology, Sahauran. As many as 2,442 students from MCA and B.Tech registered for the campus interviews during a day-long selection procedure that involved a series of tests and interviews by HR officials of OATI, including Steve Glam, chief spokesperson. Gurvinder Singh Bahra, vice-chairman, Rayat and Bahra group said, the company shortlisted 236 candidates. As many as 1,291 MCA and 1,151 B.Tech students had participated in the drive, which constituted a pre-placement talk, written test and interviews. Aimed at selecting professionals for OATI's upcoming venture as part of expansion of its operations in tricity, the drive scrutinised the students from amongst B.Tech and MCA students from batches passing out in 2009. Steve Glam, spokesperson, OATI, who supervised the campus placement exercise, informed that OATI is a world leader in the energy software solutions providing sector with a global clientele of over 650 companies, including global financial leaders.
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PWD removes 20 encroachments
Dera Bassi, December 4 According to sources, the drive led by S.K. Singla, a senior official of the department, said a total of 29 encroachments in the locality had to be removed today under the PUDA Act, which included 20 shops and nine residential buildings. The shops have been removed whereas the residential owners on request have been issued notices to voluntarily clear the encroachments built by them within a few days. Apart from PWD officials, the local police and forest department officials assisted in the work.
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Vehicles with illegal red beacons impounded
Dera Bassi, December 4 Dera Bassi SHO Dalbir Singh Grewal said the cops had stopped the vehicles bearing registration number PB-65E-0484 (Scorpio) and CH-04E-0299 (Corolla) at a naka near bus stand, and asked for documents. The SHO said the owner of the cars could not produce the permission for the red beacons and nor could produce the vehicles’ registration documents. Following this, the vehicles were impounded. The owner claimed that he was director, KVSK (Pb), Government of India. Local traffic in-charge Paramjit Singh stated that the both vehicles had been challaned under the Motor Vehicle Act. He also said one of the vehicles had also attached fog lights without cover, pressure horn and could not have any documents. The owner of the vehicle, Avtar Singh, lost Vidhan Sabha elections from Banur constituency, said sources.
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Thieves target temples
Bassi Pathana, December 4 Vinod Mishra, head priest of the mandir, said the thieves entered the temple by scaling a wall and broke the locks of door and golak. They also took away ghee and oil kept in the temple for puja. Earlier, thieves struck at Prachin Shri Ram Temple, Banda Communities Mandir and Brahmghat. The people expressed surprise over the rise in thefts. They said community police officials (CPOs) had been put on duty in each and every mohalla by the police and people were contributing for their salaries. They urged the police to keep a close watch on the activities of the CPOs as it was not possible for the thieves to strike in their presence. |
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3 hurt in Banur accident
Banur, December 4 The boys were driving at a high speed and hit the three-wheeler parked at roadside, while overtaking a roadways bus.
The Safari fell in the fields after hitting the three-wheeler. The driver of the three-wheeler along with his vehicle also fell in the fields and received serious injuries. The boys and the driver rushed to a nearby private hospital where the condition of driver is stated to be critical. |
Saketri mandir takeover
Chandigarh, December 4 In a petition, the Shiv Mandir Nav Durga Charitable Trust has sought directions to the state of Haryana, Panchkula deputy commissioner, urban local bodies director and another respondent for quashing the order of acquisition of the temple management. Describing the total procedure adopted by the state as illegal and without jurisdiction, the petitioners contended the move had been initiated due to non-application of mind. The petitioners contended the process was being undertaken on false and frivolous grounds, without even granting an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner trust and without verifying the facts. It was further contended on the petitioner’s behalf that the trust had never ever faced the allegations of mismanagement. Going into the background of the matter, the petitioners said in 2004, an effort was made to “acquire the management” by asking it to give detailed accounts. The petitioner added the place where the temple was situated was the UT Additional 18 kanal and six marlas were purchased subsequently for social activities in the Saketri village. This was pointed out to the authorities concerned and no action was taken. But all of a sudden, without verifying the “correct facts” a “decision proposal has been sent without inquiry with malafide intention and vested interest by making a false ground of mismanagement and complaints for acquisition of the temple management”. Taking up the matter, the High Court Division Bench of Justice Uma Nath Singh and Justice A.G. Masih issued a notice of motion for December 22.
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Streamline parking system at rly station: HC
Chandigarh, December 4 Taking up a public interest litigation filed by social activist-cum-advocate Ajay Jagga, the Bench of Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur and Justice Jasbir Singh asked the railway authorities to ensure the evolution of a system to prevent traffic congestion at the railway station, especially during the peak hours, such as arrival and departure of Shatabdi Express. The Bench also asked the authorities concerned to ensure that the railway station parking area expansion process be expedited. For the purpose, assistance could be taken from the UT chief engineer and Haryana Forest Corporation, who were to grant permission for cutting of trees on the railways land of Chandigarh and Panckula side. Directions were also issued for a mechanism to report complaints. The details of grievance officer, along with his address and phone number, would be displayed prominently on both sides of railways station. Direction was given on putting up a complaint box at prominent and convenient place. In the petition, directions were sought against unauthorised parking fee charged by contractors at the Chandigarh railway station from vehicle owners using the entry and exit road for dropping or picking up the commuters The petitioner had asserted that the entry and exit points at the railway station road was a public area and not specified as part of the parking area in any sense of the term. However, in utter disregard of this fact, the vehicle owners were being charged parking fee and the entry is kept blocked till the fee is paid.
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Rs 2 lakh stolen from suspended cop’s car
Chandigarh, December 4 Some unidentified thieves smashed the side window of a luxury Hyundai Verna car, reportedly belonging to Sekhon, parked in Sector 22, and allegedly decamped with Rs 2 lakh. While Sekhon was not available for comments, an FIR was lodged at the Sector 17 police station by his close friend Angrez Singh Virk, a transporter, who claimed that the car (CH 04 7208) was in his possession when the incident occurred. He also claimed that the money belonged to him. However, Virk admitted that he had “exchanged” his car with Sekhon just before the alleged theft. The incident happened in front of Anil chemist shop in the Sector 22 market around 2.30 pm. “I met with Sekhon at Aroma and exchanged our cars as I had to take his car for service”, said Virk, while maintaining that he was carrying the money to deposit in Punjab National Bank. He took the money from a friend, he claimed. “As there was lunch time in the bank. I parked the car on the main road and went to a friend’s shop. On coming back after five minutes, I found that someone had stolen money after breaking the windowpane of the front door (right side) of the car”, said Virk. On getting information from him, Sekhon reached the spot immediately, claimed Virk. On the other hand, in charge of Sector 22 police post Jaspal Singh pleaded ignorance about the ownership of the vehicle. “I don’t know in whose name the car has been registered but it is certainly not in Sekhon’s name”, claimed Jaspal Singh. While Sekhon could not be contacted, his wife sub inspector Paramjit Singh Sekhon also avoided the queries relating to the incident. “I don’t know about it and I do not remember the number of the car”, she said on being asked whether the car belonged to his husband or his friend. Sekhon has been placed under suspension after his name surfacing in the NCB’s inquiry on the nexus between the UT cops and drug paddlers.
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Couple hit by VIP car, injured
Mohali, December 4 It appeared that the police was trying to protect the VIP as no case had been registered by the Mohali police. The woman, Kamla Sharma (42), who was pillion riding on the scooter, suffered a hip fracture and the scooter driver, P.D. Sharma (49) suffered injuries on his leg and back. According to the victim, an official accompanied by his security guard and the driver came out of the Ambassador with an assurance that they would take the injured woman to hospital. But as people started gathering at the spot, they reportedly fled away from the spot at around 4.30 pm. An eye witness said it was very shameful on part of the car occupants to have escaped from the spot. P.D. Sharma told The Tribune that he was waiting for the traffic signal to turn green when suddenly the VIP car hit the couple from the back. The SHO of Phase I police station said he had received no complaint from the victim. On the other hand, Sharma said he had given his complaint with the doctors at the hospital in Phase IV, who had further forwarded the complaint to the Phase I police station.
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Motorcycle stolen from GMCH-32
Chandigarh, December 4 In another incident, Pardeep Kumar, a resident of Sector 35, has lodged a complaint with the police alleging that his four batteries were stolen from the tower of a mobile company in Industrial area-II during the intervening night of December 2 and 3. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 31 police station. In a separate incident, the police has registered a case on the complaint filed by Satya Thakur of Sector 40, alleging that his gas cylinder and cash worth Rs 500 were stolen from his residence during the intervening night of December 2 and 3. A case under Section 380 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 39 police station. Deepak Hans, a resident of industrial area, has filed a complaint with the police alleging that his Bajaj Chetak scooter (CH-03-U3528) was stolen from the industrial area between November 29 and December 1. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the Industrial area police station.
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Six shops burgled in Mohali
Mohali, December 4 The burglars broke the locks of the shop using pry bars and other crude tools. Sanjeev Singh, owner of Saini Auto Electric Works and Battery Repairing Works, told The Tribune that the burglars took away 18 batteries, including some new ones, in a four-wheeler. The impression of the tyres was visible outside the shop. The owners of Partap Diary and Sweets, Saheed Bhagat Singh market, Phase I, said they took away Rs 3,000 cash. At a nearby bakery shop, the burglars took away
Rs 3,700 cash. In all the shops, the cash box had been broken. The police has registered a case.
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College student assaulted
Mohali, December 4 According to the police, Gurdeep Singh of Ballo Majra village got injured after a group of nearly 15 boys allegedly attacked him. He was taken to the Phase VI civil hospital from where he was referred to GMCH, Sector 32,
Chandigarh. The police was not able to state the reason of the attack.
A case has been registered by the police.
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Ishdeep beats Hiya by 7-5
Chandigarh, December 4 Seerat Sidhu beat Nehal Gupta in a one-sided affair by 6-0. Vaidehi Bagrodia beat Mannat Jain with an identical score by 6-0. Shea Bhasin beat Sahiba 6-2. In the girls’ under-12 category Prinkle Singh beat Diya Sharma by 6-0 and Nehmat Aulakh beat Aashna Aggarwal by 6-1. In the girls’ under-14 category Nikita Bishnoi beat Shipra by 6-1 and Samridhi beat Yashdeep by 6-1. Other results: Boys’ under-10 (third round) Sumit Pal Singh bt Rehan Sareen 8-3; Viksit Verma bt Damanveer Singh 8-1; Sameer Vats bt Shivang 8-2; Adish Bansal w/o Nihit Rawal; Paramveer Bajwa bt Anmol Kamboj 8-0. Boys’ under-12 (third round) Sachin Kumar bt Josh 8-1; Sahil Rawat bt Aditya Singla 8-1; Divyansh Pandey bt Sachit Malhotra 8-1. Boys’ under-14 (quarterfinals) Ranjit Singh bt Kanwal Bhatti 8-3; Sachin Kumar bt Milind Mehta 8-1. Boys’ under-16 (third round) Ameer Singh w/o Kamal Kishore; Parminder Singh bt Anukaran Singh 8-3; Ravisher Singh bt Devbir Singh 8-7(4); Andrew Pardeep w/o Pragun Vinayak; Shubham Vij bt Kanwal Bhatti 8-3; Aviral Kamboj bt Divyansh Pandey 8-3. Boys’ under-18 (quarterfinals) Amardeep Singh bt Kabir Sodhi 8-1; Aviral Kamboj bt Navkaran Brar 8-2; Sunil Kaushik bt Aman Saini 8-0; Gaurav bt Devbir Singh 8-2.
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Aaditya wins international karate c’ship
Chandigarh, December 4 Aaditya bagged the gold medal in under-17 kg category during the 3rd Indo Nepal Karate-Do Championship organised at New Delhi. A student of nursery, he stunned the judges and audience by his remarkable karate skills outdoing his rivals to win the gold medal. |
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Hardik skates to glory
Chandigarh, December 4 Results: Age group 8-11years: Group A: 100 m (male): 1st Hardik, 2nd Harsh, 3rd Supreet. Group B: 300 m (male): 1st Hardik, 2nd Harsh, 3rd Supreet. Group A: 100 m (female): 1st Amina, 2nd Bulbul. Group B: 300 m (female): 1st Amina, 2nd Bulbul. Age group 12-15 years: Group A: 100 m (male): 1st Jeevan Jot Singh, 2nd Akashdeep Kalia, 3rd Sarthak Saini. Group B: 100 m (male): 1st Anmol Aggarwal, 2nd Sahil Panwar. Group C: 300 m (male): 1st Jeevan Jot Singh, 2nd Akashdeep Kalia, 3rd Sahil Panwar, 4th Sarthak Saini, 5th Anmol Aggarwal. Age group 22-29 years: Group A: 300 m (male): 1st Maninder Singh, 2nd Manpreet Singh, 3rd Akashdeep, 4th Pintoo Verma; Group B: 500 m (male): 1st Maninder Singh, 2nd Manpreet Singh, 3rd Akashdeep, 4th Pintoo Verma.
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Nidhi brings first gold for Punjab
Chandigarh, December 4 Kerala with 14 points and Karnataka with 12 points are on the second and third place, respectively. Nidhi Srivastva, IFS, Punjab, won the first gold for Punjab in 50 m rifle shooting competition. Kulwinder Bhullar of Punjab won the gold medal in shot put in men’s veteran category. In swimming Sudhir Nema of Madhya Pradesh won 2 gold medals in 100 m breast-stroke and 100 m back-stroke competition. The first prize in 100 m butterfly competition (men) went to Amar Husain of Tripura. In athletics Chhatisgarh bagged gold in 1500m. Sukhnandan Lal Dhruv won gold In men’s veteran category A.G. Minj of Chhatisgarh stood first in long jump. M. Haneefa of Andaman and Nicobar Islands won the gold medal in high jump event in men’s open category. Sinthal Kumar of Tamilnadhu got the first prize in discus throw. Kulwinder Bhullar of Punjab Stood 4th in this competition. In women’s open category Roze Marry Antony of Kerala bagged the first position in high jump events. Shaji S. of Kerala stood first in long jump in men’s senior veteran category. Sarita P.M. of Karnataka bagged gold in shot put.
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Players protest against organisers
Chandigarh, December 4 The contingents of different states protested against the organising committee over the issue of weight category during the weightlifting and powerlifting championship underway here at the gymnasium hall, Panjab University. According to sources the protest had sparked-off because the organiser reduced the category from 8 to 5 making their own different rules. The participants did not agree with this and went for the strike. Earlier in the morning, only two weight categories were held and rest had to be called off due to the protest, which forced the authorities to call for a meeting for a uniform decision. However, the decision could not be ascertained as none of the officials spoke on the matter. All the officials preferred to be tightlipped on the matter, when event manager of the game, Naresh Mahajan was approached, he said, “I can’t tell you anything on the matter and you can contact our chairman.” And when was asked for the contact number, he disconnected the phone and did not pick later. |
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Ramgarhia eves thrash MCM 10-1
Chandigarh, December 4 It was the team effort of Ramgarhia’s players, which did the job for them. Loveneet, Harkamal, Gagandeep and Akwinder, all scored two home runs each to steal the show. While for MCM, Kusam was the only girl to score a home run. In another lopsided match of the day, Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana, blanked SDP College for Women, Ludhiana, 11-0 home runs. Amandeep, Baljinder and Manjeet scored 2 home runs each and were the principal scorer for the winning team. In the last match of the day, GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, sneak past the hosts Panjab University campus, Chandigarh, 16-6 home runs. Arshi, Navdeep and Amandeep, with 3 home runs each, were the top scorers of the day.
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Gauri takes winning lead in Punjab Open
Chandigarh, December 4 The class IX student of Shri Ram College gave a display of steady golf as she played 16 pars, sinking a birdie on the fourth and conceding a bogey on the seventh. The back nine was a flawless par 36. Gauri Monga left her nearest rival, Shreya Ghei, a good 12 strokes behind at 233. Shreya played a five over par 77. Gurbani Singh was third at 234 followed by last year's runner-up Meher Atwal at 237. Shweta Galande and Neha Tripathy, who were in contention till yesterday, fell back after a disappointing round today. In the silver division, Ekam J. Singh made a comeback from her bad round of yesterday and surged six shots ahead of Millie Saroha with Amrita Sarna a further stroke behind. Two back-to-back birdies on the sixth and seventh holes were the highlights of Ekam's round. Bela Phadke continued to dominate the bronze division with Neelu Chopra and Dalbir Sahi lying a distant second. The seniors’ concluded their tournament today with Ritu Lumba pipping Madhu Brar and S. Ratia to the post. The net prize was claimed by Binny Bath. The day's results: Championship bowl (0-12): Gauri Monga 221, Shreya Ghei 233, Gurbani Singh 234, Meher Atwal 237. Silver salver (0-12) Net: Shweta Galande 223 (better back nine), Neha Tripathi 223. Challenge bowl (13-24): Gross- Ekam J. Singh 263, Millie Saroha 269. Net- Meher Dhillon 213, Ritu Lumba 218. Bronze plate (25-36): Gross- Bela Phadke 285, Neelu Chopra 305. Net- Dalbir Sahi 227, Seher Atwal 233. Junior shield (under-18): Gross- Gauri Monga 221, Shreya Ghei 233. Net- Meher Dhillon 213. Sub-junior trophy (under-14): Gross- Gurbani Singh 234. Net - Seerat Grewal 224. Senior challenge: Best Gross - Ritu Lumba 284. Best Net- Binny Bath 224. Daily prize: Straightest drive- Vani Kapoor (gold division), Ritu Lumba (silver division) and Mohinder Ruppal (bronze division).
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Ajeetesh tied second at midway stage
Chandigarh, December 4 However, Shamim Khan fired a four under par score for the second successive day to lead the pack with an eight under par 134 (68-66), two strokes ahead of Ajeetesh and Pathania. Ajeetesh, who fired a sizzling six under yesterday on the Golmuri greens, settled for a par 72 on the Beldih course for a two-day total of 136 (64-72). Yesterday, half of the golfers played on the par-72 Beldih course and the remaining half teed off from the par-70 Golmuri course. Today, the golfers switched venues. Fiftyseven professionals and two amateurs made the cut of five over par 147. Shamim Khan sank seven birdies and conceded three bogeys to move to the top of the leader board at eight under par 134. Shamim Khan said: "I am in the lead at the moment, but I do not want to get ahead of myself. I will play my normal game tomorrow." But it was Pathania's day today. It was superb driving by the Jaypee Greens professional, who made the greens on regulation on all the 18 holes. Pathania fired two eagles and six birdies and conceded a lone bogey to for a course record of nine under 61. This was two strokes better than the previous record. Pathania said: "It was an unbelievable round. My driving was superb today. On the front nine, I did not putt too well, but on the back nine I had 11 putts. My game has picked up in the last three events and I hope to capitalise on this second round score to post a good finish here." Joseph Chakola, Feroz Ali Mollah and Ali Sher were tied fourth at five under 137. Chandigarh's A. S. Lehal (72-68) was tied 10th at two under par 140. Three other city golfers, Uttam Singh Mundy (67-74), Harendra P. Gupta (71-70) and Harmeet Kahlon (72-69), were tied 14th at one under par 141.
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