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Cong block level polls expose rift among workers
Ropar, December 9 Elections of block level bodies held here witnessed a rift among working members of the party. Only 27 votes were cast out of total 3,298 votes at Nurpur Bedi block. As per the party workers, they had decided to go in for unanimous elections. However, the returning officer said re-polling would be conducted in the area. Additional district returning officer Rajesh Kushwaha, block returning officers Ramapati Pandey, Vinod Thakur and M.P. Sharma - all from Delhi - had alleged district returning officer Sachin Naik of dividing workers in Nurpur Bedi and also interrupting in polling procedure. It is learnt that Naik had been alleged of forcing re-polling in Nurpur Bedi block, where candidates had threatened to quit party if the elections were held again. |
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Patiala DEO demoted as principal
Patiala, December 9 According to sources, Inderjit Kaur, expressed here reluctance to sign papers with regard to expenses incurred during the hosting of the National School Games. The sources said there was an uproar at this meeting, which was attended by some functionaries of the school education department. The sources said despite her initial reluctance, Inderjit, had finally signed the accounts papers. Incidentally, she was immediately issued orders shifting her from the post of the district education officer to a principal of the Civil Lines School. Inderjit said she had joined as DEO (Secondary) only in August and had not even completed four months in the office. She had requested for shifting her from the post as she had not been keeping well and also she could not cope up with the pressure of work on account of family circumstances. She however, evaded a clear reply and said she had yet to join on her new assignment. Harcharanjit Kaur, director of public instructions (Secondary), tried to push the matter under the carpet when contacted. She said Inderjit had been shifted, as she had sought a transfer on medical grounds. She said certain vested interests in the education department were behind the controversy and had been kicking up the row with a view to malign the department.
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Body recovered from Bhakra
Bassi Pathana, December 9 SHO Surjit Singh Dhanoa told The Tribune that Harvinder Singh, son of Gurnam, had lodged an FIR with the Bassi Pathana police that his father was missing from his house since December 1. He said the police made all-out efforts to search him and also alerted the security personnel guarding the canal who informed the police about a dead body near Reona village siphon. Harvinder identified the body and said he was The dead body was handed over to the relatives after postmortem. The police has registered a case under Section 174 of the CrPC. |
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Residents protest delay in roadwork
Ambala, December 9 The protesters led by former MLA Anil Vij, alleged that the work of re-carpeting the road in their colony was left midway on the directions of MLA, Ambala Cantt, D.K. Bansal in a bid to harass Anil. Earlier, also the authorities concerned had assured them of the work being completed, but no action was taken. Vij in a bid to highlight his problem decided to block the GT Road. However, SP and DC, Ambala, reached the venue and pacified him on the directions of the Chief Minister.
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Orbit Apartments penalised
Chandigarh, December 9 The forum has also asked the company to pay Rs 25,000 in compensation and Rs 5,500 towards litigation costs to Rashmi Mittal of Phase V, Mohali. The petitioner had alleged harassment owing to non-delivery of their flat booked in Orbit Apartments in November, 2006. She claimed that she was supposed to get possession of the house by October, 2007, after which her son’s ring ceremony was to take place in November, 2007, followed by his marriage in March, 2008. However, despite payment of all installments by the insurance company to the developer, the flat was not ready and the ring ceremony was cancelled. Deepak, her son and the sole breadwinner of the family, died in a road accident in February, 2008. This was communicated to the IHFL by Mittal with a request for returning property documents against which loan was extended, but nothing happened. Orbit Apartments in its reply stated it had no objection in handing over the possession if the balance amount was paid and the IHFL permitted the transfer of the flat in the complainant’s name. The IHFL, in turn, pleaded that it had paid all due installments to the builder on Deepak’s behalf but, according to the agreement, the last installment was to be paid at the time of the developer handing over the possession. The forum then asked the bank to promptly issue a no-objection certificate in favour of Mittal.
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Review petition over bail of accused dismissed
Panchkula, December 9 Ahuja was granted bail by the same court on November 1. The application seeking the cancellation of bail came for arguments before the judge who dismissed it finding no new grounds in it. The victim, a 17-year-old student of a local school, was allegedly kidnapped and raped on the evening of September 16. She named Jatin and Chhavi in her complaint, stating that three other boys were also involved. Later, the police arrested Ahuja, a resident of Sector 10, in the case on September 20, followed by the arrest of Jitesh, another accused, a resident of Sector 4. While the petition for bail filed by Jitesh was denied, Ahuja managed to get bail on November 1. The court, while granting bail to Ahuja, observed that he along with his co-accused Jatin and another boy had been physical with the victim forcibly on the evening of September 16 this year as per the police report. Contrary to that, the FIR dated September 18 and statements of the complainant under Section 164 of the CrPC before Judicial Magistrate Monica on September 20 clearly shows that the complainant has not named Ahuja anywhere therein with respect to his presence or participation in the incident that occurred on September 16. The Judge observed that the complainant knew Ahuja very well as both of them signed on a document of a compromise on September 9 last year. The judge added that under these circumstances, if the victim, in her complaint, said that Jatin, along with two boys whom she did not know, had committed rape on her, the possibility of the presence of the accused, Ahuja, did not arise as the victim knew him, and he would have been named specifically by the complainant. In her review application, the mother of the victim said the police did not represent the case before the court properly. She, pleading to consider the cancellation of bail to Ahuja, said the police manipulated the facts before the court to help the accused get early bail. And it was because of this fact that she had already filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking the probe in the case by an independent agency.
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HC notice to Haryana
Chandigarh, December 9 The notice has been issued by Justice M.M.S. Bedi. The petitioner, Khushhal Kaushal, has sought a CBI inquiry into the case on the apprehension that the inquiry by the police may not be fair. His name had surfaced in the case after the victim in her complaint alleged that a Swift car was used when she was kidnapped from Sector 12, Panchkula, before the perpetrators took her to a village in Punjab. The car was, subsequently, traced to Khushhal. The prosecution had claimed that the victim had identified him as the one driving the car at the time of the incident. The victim had alleged that he had ferried them till The Tribune chowk in Chandigarh. Khushhal, a national-level judo player, had vehemently denied the allegations. He had told the police that he was doing his practice at the Sports Complex in Sector 42, Chandigarh, at the time mentioned by the victim in her complaint.
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Two purses snatched
Chandigarh, December 9 Also, Paramjit Kaur of Mani Majra reported to the police that three unknown persons riding an Activa scooter snatched her purse containing Rs 800 in cash, a mobile phone at Mani Majra yesterday. A case under Sections 379 and 356 of the IPC has been registered at the Mani Majra police station. Cheating Shravanan, a resident of Sector 47, reported to the police alleging that an unknown person cheated him by taking away Rs 41,200 from ICICI Bank, Sector 35. A case under Section 420 of the IPC has been registered at the police station-35. No arrest has been made so far. Vehicle theft Rafik Ahmed of Sector 32 complained to the police alleging that his Pulsar motor cycle (CH 03 Z 0731) was stolen from Sector 20 today. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the police station-19. Stereo stolen Ashok Gautam of Sector 44 lodged a complaint with the police alleging that a stereo was stolen from his car (HR 03 K 0090) parked at his residence on the intervening night of December 6 and 7. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the police station-34. Shop burgled Harish Chander, a resident of Sector 30, lodged a complaint with the police alleging that blankets and clothes were stolen from his shop in Sector 19 on the intervening night of December 8 and 9. A case under Sections 454 and 380, IPC, has been registered at police station-19. Woman held A Mumbai resident, Seema, was arrested for stealing a mobile phone from a public toilet in Sector 37 yesterday. Rajinder, a resident of Sector 25, had complained to the police that Seema had broken a glass in the process. A case under Sections 380, 411 and 427 of the IPC has been registered at police station-39. Assault On the complaint of Pitamber of Mauli complex, the police has booked Munna, Baista, Anil, Mohinder and Sonu of the same complex for trespass, assault and intimidation. A case under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 452, 427 and 506 of the IPC has been registered at the Mani Majra police station. Liquor seized The police arrested Naresh Kumar, a resident of Sangrur, near Kali Bari traffic lights and seized eight bottles of country wine from his possession today. A case under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act has been registered at the police station-31.
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Security beefed up at PCA
Mohali, December 9 Though the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has allotted the second Test match between India and England to the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) to be played at Mohali from December 19 to 23. However, the final nod will be given by Hugh Morris, managing director of the ECB, who would be reaching tomorrow afternoon to see the security arrangements in the hotel where the teams would be staying and also the PCA Cricket Stadium where the match would be played. Talking to the media, PCA president Inderjit Singh Bindra, said “The PCA is all ready for a smooth hosting of the second Test and once the ECB officials after inspecting the security arrangements, give a nod, we will begin the proceedings with placing the printing orders of tickets and fixing the prices of tickets.” Earlier, Reg who was accompanied by Bindra, had met Rahul Bhandari, Mohali Deputy Commissioner, V.K. Bhambra Inspector General of Police, Jatinder Singh Aulakh, Mohali SSP and Sudhanshu Srivastava, Chandigarh SSP. “I will not be able to tell anything today and the final decision will be announced only tomorrow,” said Reg. Security measures Around 1,000 policemen in addition to paramilitary forces, special commando forces and a dog squad would be deputed during the match. More than 100 close circuit TV (CCTV) cameras would be put in the stadium for security, informed a police official. |
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Parnita joins pro DLF tour today
Chandigarh, December 9 Parnita will be entering the ladies pro fray after a long gap. Also joining in the sixth leg after a minor surgery will be seasoned player Simi Mehra. Current number one in the order of merit, Nalini Singh, hopes to maintain her lead. Other professionals in contention for the top spot are Vandana Aggarwal from Kolkata and Shalini Malik from Delhi. Play will be teed-off on December 10 and 11 at 10.30 am and on the final day the tee-off will be at 9 am followed by prize distribution at the resort at 2.30 p.m.
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GTB out play GGS College
Chandigarh, December 9 Alka and Sukhwinder with 19 and 16 points respectively, lead from the front to guide GTB home, Madhu with 11 points was the other scorer for them. For the city college, GGS, Pooja (18 points) and Santosh (11 points) were the principal scorers. In another match of the day, GGS Khalsa College for Women, Chandigarh, beat MCM DAV, Chandigarh, 67-56. Government College, Ludhiana, beat GTB Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya, 63-49 and Government College, Ludhiana, MCM DAV, Chandigarh, 53-37. Kho-Kho (men): SGGS beat Government College, Muktsar, by 22 points and 1 innings SGGS, Chandigarh, beat Government College, Ludhiana, by 4 points DAV beat Government College, Muktsar, by 14 points and 1 innings.
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Coaching camp from Dec 10
Chandigarh, December 9 According to K.S. Bharti assistant director sports education department Chandigarh administration, the sports department coaches and specialised physical education teachers will impart the training during the camp, and will also accompany the Chandigarh school teams in the forth coming School National Games. Various disciplines: Baseball- boys and girls u-17 at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector- 44 Basketball- boys and girls u-19 at the sports complex in Sector 7 Cricket- boys u-14 at DAV Senior Secondary School- 8 Handball- boys and girls u-17 at Government Model Senior Secondary School- 23 Kabaddi- boys and girls u-17 at Government Model Senior Secondary School-10 Netball- boys and girls u-17 and 19 at Government Model Senior Secondary School-19 Tennis- boys and girls u-14, 17 and 19 at the lake sports complex in Sector 6 Throwball- boys and girls u-17 at Government Model Senior Secondary School-40 Wrestling - boys u-14, 17 and 19 at the sports complex in Sector 42. Yoga- boys and girls u-14, 17 and 19 at Government Model Senior Secondary School-37. The selected players are directed to report at their respective venue on December 10 at 3 pm.
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Tents still on at PU
Chandigarh, December 9 While it’s been almost two days that those at the helm of matters are yet to take down the tents put up on the sports ground for the games. “We have already cleared the cups and other litter today and will remove the other remaining things too.” commented Naval Kishore, dean students’ welfare (DSW). It may be noted that right from the day of its commencement the games have been in news for all wrong reasons, as various universities norms were openly flouted and authorities never cared to check. The ground facing student centre is still being used by the forest department of Punjab, as their tents have covered the ground. Nidhi a student said, “These people disturbed us in our study and played music the whole day. Now the tents are still lying on the grounds. It seems the university authorities are least bothered about the whole matter.” Now that the games are over, it seems that the authorities have not even paid a single visit to the site.
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