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Jor Mela Asked to vacate rooms in gurdwara to accommodate jathedars Gurdeep Singh Mann Tribune News Service
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 24 The players were allegedly thrown out of the gurdwara rooms in the wee hours of today and they had to spend some time in the in biting cold outside the gurdwara before they were shifted to Mata Gujri College. The organisers were caught in a piquant situation when they had to run from pillar to post to accommodate 20 players, including the captain, coach and manager of the team. The team members said the team decided to start a day earlier for Fatehgarh Sahib. “We did not want to be caught in bad weather and decided to reach the place a day before," said one of the players. They said that the problem arises in area where there is shortage of hotels and rented rooms are occupied during the Jor Mela. There are a few places where the teams or other government guests could stay in Fatehgarh Sahib. The organisers take the services of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Mata Gujri College or Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib to provide lodging to players and other guests. But due to the large number of devotees reaching city to pay obeisance during the Jor Mela, the problem persists. "Since there is hardly any hotel or lounge in the city to accommodate a large number of people, it is only the rooms of the gurdwara and colleges where one could stay. But we were still unable to find a suitable accommodation,” rued the players. They added that the rooms are made available at these places only for those who have high political connections and not for the players and other people. Today morning, some people from gurdwara approached the team members lodging in rooms and asked them to vacate rooms for jathedars. "We tried to tell them that we were national players, but they did not hear us. At last, we had to vacate the rooms and were shifted to Mata Gujri College," added another player. Players said that they decided not to raise hue and cry as it was a religious function. "Moreover, we are no cricket players to be given a luxurious stay," added another player.
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Langar organisers pose threat to traffic
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 24 In their effort to feed langar to every passing vehicle, these people have erected speed breakers themselves. These structures have been made of mud and without any technical expertise. Landran-Fatehgarh Sahib Road is flooded with these 'special' speed-breakers that is lead to chaos on roads and minor accidents as well. An elderly couple in a car failed to cross these barricades and cursed the authorities concerned. "I have to restart my engine every time I cross this hurdle. This is a very unusual kind of hurdle I have ever crossed,” said the elderly. The traffic cops stationed nearby said they have received no directions to stop the villagers from erecting these temporary speed breakers. They further said this is an annual problem and every year commutes have to face such problems but nothing has been done in this connection so far.
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Jor Mela high on ‘bhang ki thandai’
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 24 Squatting at the roadside adjoining the historical gurdwara Gurbachan Singh anxiously waited for customers to sell “bhang ki thandai”. "One reaches the cloud nine after having just one glass of bhang that costs Rs 5,” he shouted. Surprisingly, instead of stopping him, a cop standing beside him encouraged the seller with a smile. Talking to TNS, the ‘bhang’ seller, Gurbachan Singh, said that there were around five more sellers in the fair who sell 'thandai' to people who come to enjoy the fair after paying obeisance at the gurdwara. When asked about ban on intoxicants by district administration and strict police arrangements, he said that nobody dared to stop him. “I had been selling it for the past 20 years in all the fairs at Anandpur Sahib, Amritsar, Talwandi Sabo and at all other religious functions,” he said. He said that nearly 200 glasses of ‘thandai’ are sold in any given day during such fairs. "So far, I have sold only five glasses since morning,” he said. He expected that more people would turn up to buy the intoxicant in the coming days.
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130 animals examined at vet camp
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 24 As per officials more than 150 farmers attended the camp today. These farmers were made aware of the infertility problem in animals and were also apprised about various departmental schemes. About 30 women of the village were made aware about various aspects of animal husbandry at camp, inaugurated by Dr SS Soni, deputy director, Fatehgarh Sahib. These women were given Rs 100 each as incentive as per scheme. A lecture on animal husbandry practices was also delivered to school students.
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Biker killed in accident
Lalru, December 24 According to the police, the accident
took place when Dev Parsad Gupta, a resident of Burail in Chandigarh,
and his friend Prem Singh were on motor cycle while his another friend
Chandresh Gupta on other motor cycle. Chandresh Gupta told the police
that after completing their work from the local college, they were going
to Chandigarh from Malakpur when a truck ahead them immediately applied
the brakes. The motorcyclist could not control the vehicle and rammed
into the truck. The deceased and his friends were working as labourers. The
police said the injured were rushed to the civil hospital, Dera Bassi,
where doctors declared Dev Prasad brought dead. However, the condition
of Prem Singh was said to be critical and he was referred to GMCH-32,
Chandigarh. The truck driver managed to flee from the scene leaving
behind the vehicle. A case was registered against the truck driver.
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Accident leads to traffic jam
Derabassi, December 24 According to the police, the bus was coming Chandigarh from Delhi and the car was going in the opposite direction. Despite the bus and the car collided head-on, the car driver had a narrow escape. However, the front portion of the car was badly damaged. Police sources said the traffic came to a standstill due to the accident. The fog also forced vehicular traffic to move at a snail’s pace with headlights on. The blockage was removed after two hours with the help of the traffic police in charge, Paramjit Singh, who reached the spot with crane to clear the road. However, the matter was settled with a compromise between the two parties. No case has been registered.
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Protest against Dera follower
Derabassi, December 24 According to sources, the Sikhs of the area gathered outside Chunnu Lal’s house at Mohalla Rohni and protested against satsang being organised by him at his house. Sources revealed that the situation was controlled after the intervention of the local police. However, it took a couple of hours for the police to control the situation. After this, cops were deployed outside his house to avoid any untoward incident, the sources added.
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Forest dept officials accused of killing youth
Ropar, December 24 In his complaint to the Ropar police, Gud Singh, father of Lakhan Singh (21) has stated that Lakhan and his two friends had gone to collect wood for fire, when they came across casual labours of the forest department. Lakhan’s friends Ravi and Ayub were also with him. Gud stated that when casual labourers tried to stop Lakhan from collecting woods, he jumped into Sutlej to escape from their ire. Later, the labourers allegedly kept on pelting stones at Lakhan. Lakhan did not come out of water and never returned home. Gud stated that his son was drowned. Lakhan's body has not been found. No case had been registered till filing of this report.
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Residents up in arm against govt
Kharar, December 24 As per the government notification issued in October, around 9.5 acres of Gulmohar complex was to be acquired. Harvinder Singh, an area resident said the notification was issued without considering that the area falls under the jurisdiction of MC, Kharar. He said, “As per Section 243, no land that falls under municipal limits can be acquired by any kind of govt body. Despite this govt has issued notification to acquire land that has residential and commercial ventures.”
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Rs 10-lakh loan for poor
Patiala, December 24 This was stated by the Punjab State Cooperative Bank Limited chairman, Jasjit Singh Bunny.
He said the scheme had already been granted approval and was on the implementation stage. He said 7.25 per cent interest would be charged on the loans. This would help the economically weaker sections, particularly the Dalits and farmers, to educate their children, he added.
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150 archers take part in trials
Patiala, December 24 Around 150 players took part in the trials that were held at Polo Ground, Patiala. The results of the trials are: sub-junior team: Indian round: boys: Gurlal Singh, Gurdip Singh, Gurinderpal Singh and Joyjeet; Individual players: Himmat and Gurpreet Singh; girls: Surbhi, Priyanka, Neharika and Mehak. Recurve: boys: Lovejot Singh, Veeru Nath, Vikrant and Gurkaran; girls: Prabhjot Kaur; Compound: boys: Gurnihal Singh; girls: Gaganjot Kaur. Senior team: Indian round: Boys: Vishu Verma, Ankush Sharma, Gurlal Singh and Harpreet Singh; individual players: Himmat and Gurpreet; girls: Parveena, Arshpreet, Jasleen and Upasna: individual players: Gurinder. Recurve: boys: Jaspreet, Sandeep, Achin Kumar and Lovejot Singh; individual players: Gaurav and Ravi; girls: Mamta Nagi, Nisha, Jasmine and Raman; individual players: Satbir. Compound: boys: Amrinder Singh, Surinder Singh, Jiwanjot Singh and Navdeep Brar; individual: boys: Gurnihal and Sukhbir; girls: Manveer, Gaganjot, Gagan Bawa and Rajbeer; Individual players: Gagan and Rupinder. The sub-junior national championship will be held in Delhi from January 5 to 7 and the senior national meet will take place at Pune from January 19 to 22.
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Dhruv Pandove meet from today
Patiala, December 24 It will be held at DMW and Army School grounds.
About 12 teams have confirmed their entries and have been divided into four pools. The teams that will be taking part in the tourney are Black Elephant XI, RCA, Rohtak, YCC, Yamunanagar, DMW, Paridabad, Faridabad XI, VCA, Rohtak, Patiala Cantonment XI, Kanpur nursery, Kanpur, DCA, Mohali, APJS, Kharar, SCA, Bathinda and Amritsar XI. |
HC: Don’t park vehicles on Zirakpur-Derabassi road
Chandigarh, December 24 The court also wants Mohali and Panchkula Deputy Commissioners to resolve the issues in this regard. As the traffic regulation and highway widening case came up for hearing, the Division Bench of Justice, Uma Nath Singh, and Justice Daya Chaudhary asked the state council to bring it to the notice of the Director-General of Police the direction that “no vehicle shall stop on the highway except at the bus stops or in case of emergency on the side of the Zirakpur-Derabassi road”. “He shall ensure the deployment of sufficient police force in compliance of our order. In case of non-compliance, the state DGP shall be proceeded against”. Earlier during proceedings, the Haryana state council said the issues brought to the fore by the NHAI would be solved before the next date of hearing i.e. January 12. The NHAI, in its affidavit, had stated there were a number of unauthorised accesses by private property owners, petrol pumps and road side squatters. These were creating a hindrance in the smooth flow of traffic, as well as endangering the safety of the highway commuters. In an attempt to substantiate the contention, a reference was made to a report carried in these columns on December 23. The NHAI added the highway administrator had issued notices under the Control of National Highway (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002, for using unauthorised accesses to the national highway. It was claimed that NHAI was proposing diversion of light traffic through Sector 19, Industrial Area, Panchkula. The High Court had earlier made it clear that the project to streamline the flow of traffic on Pinjore-Kalka-Parwanoo road could not be delayed on account of red tape. The road has been witnessing traffic jams, especially, on the stretch passing through the towns of Pinjore and Kalka. The Bench has all along been expressing its concern over the red-tapism enveloping the issue of transfer of defence land between Chandigarh and Pinjore to the NHAI, and also on the issue of an alternative land to be provided to the Army authorities by Haryana in exchange for the land to be transferred to the NHAI.
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Shift liquor vend from Mansa Devi complex: Court
Panchkula, December 24 As per the orders, in case of failure in the compliance, an action would be taken against them by the excise and taxation department,
Haryana. The judge, however, has provided the liberty to the excise department to extend the period of vend at the present location, but ordered the authorities that a vend would not be allowed to run in the area violating the norms when new licenses were issued, the Deputy District Attorney, NK
Goyal, said. An appeal in this regard was filed by the owner of the vend, Sudhir Kumar, on July 23 this year. The lower court had ordered owners to look for an alternative site on July 21, Goyal said. The residents of Mansa Devi Complex moved to the court against the opening of the vend in May, following which the court ordered its closure, but the owners appealed against the order in the court of Justice Sanjiv
Jindal.
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Court serves notice on IHF
Chandigarh, December 24 The hospital was approached by the organisers of the Premier Hockey League for providing medical assistance to the players that was held at the Sports Complex, Sector 42, from December 20, 2007 to January 11, 2008. However, the dues of the hospital were not cleared by the PHL. Thus recovery suite was filed by the authorities concerned. The plaintiff Major Gian Chand is running a multi-specialty hospital by the name of Cosmo Medical Pvt Limited in Mohali. The plaintiff was approached by the organisers of the PHL through an invitation dated December 17, 2007 to provide medical cover and services during the entire duration of the tournament. The offer was accepted by the plaintiff and a team of doctors. Paramedical staff and fully equipped ambulances were provided at the venue during all the matches. Thereafter, a detailed bill of the medical expenses incurred by the hospital amounting to Rs 1,99,641 was rendered to the defendant. However, the defendant failed to remit payment of the bill and as such the plaintiff was forced to follow up the matter with them on regular basis.
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Two held for stealing zinc plates
Chandigarh, December 24 According to the police Jatinder Singh and Som Nath, both in their twenties, were arrested on a tip off. They hailed from Uttar Pradesh. The accused had stolen zinc plates weighing about 25 kg from an industrial unit. A case has been registered. PO arrested
The police arrested Gurpal Singh alias Bobby of Ropar, who was declared proclaimed offender by a local court on March 9, 2005. Gurpal was involved in a theft case registered against him in 2002 and remained elusive to the police.
Stolen
A resident of Mani Majra, Varinder Kumar, filed a complaint with the police alleging that his Pulsar motorcycle (CH-03-S-9752) was stolen from the Smadhi gate, Mani Majra, on December 19. A case has been registered. In another incident, a case has been registered on the basis of a complaint filed by a resident of Sector 7, Bhagat Ram, alleging that Ravinder Singh, also a resident of Sector 7, and some unknown persons entered his house and had stolen Rs 1,200 cash, on Monday. A case under Sections 448, 453, 457, 380, 427, 120-B of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 26 police station. Meanwhile, a resident of Sector 44, Baljit Singh, filed a complaint with the police alleging that his cash and two mobile phones were stolen from his residence by breaking the door during the intervening night of December 20-22. A case has been registered at the Sector 34 police station.
Snatched
Sarojni Kaul of Sector 51 lodged an FIR alleging that two unknown persons came on a scooter and snatched her purse containing Rs 1,500 cash, ATM card, gold necklace, two gold rings, two ear-rings, two gold bangles from same sector, on December 22. A case under Sections 356, 379 of the IPC has been registered at Sector 34 police station.
Theft
Brij Pal, a resident of Bapu Dham Colony, filed a complaint with the police alleging that some unknown persons entered his house by breaking the locks and decamped with gold ornaments, including two gold rings, and two jhumke yesterday. A case has been registered at the Sector 26 police station in this regard.
Fraud
Satnam Sethi, a resident of Mani Majra, lodged an FIR alleging that Ashish Sharma of Sector 10 cheated her and took away Rs 1.5 lakh cash by signing fake documents on December 17. A case under Sections 463, 464, 465, 467, 468, 471, 420, 120-B of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 3 police station.
Cops injured
Two policemen were injured, when a Zen car (PB-11-X-5561) driven by Bhuvesh Verma of Mohali, hit their PCR motorcycle in Sector 35, on Monday. A constable, Dewinder Singh, and the pillion rider were injured and admitted in the Government Multi Specialty Hospital, Sector 16. A case under Sections 279, 337 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 36 police station.
Abducted
The police has registered a case on the complaint of a resident of Dadu Majra, alleging that Amit, of the same village, abducted his 17-year-old daughter on December 20. A case has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.
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Hyderabad thrashes HP in league match
Chandigarh, December 24 In another match held at Guru Gobind Singh College for Women-26, Chandigarh beat Manipur and Bihar prevailed over Rajashtan by 29-19, 29-11. League
matches result boys: Karnataka BT Delhi BY 29-4 29-4; Kerala BT J&K Girls league results: POOL A: 1. Kerala BT Haryana BY 29-6 29-9; Kerala BT
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City academy stands out
Chandigarh, December 24 The CFA boys enjoyed the supremacy in both sessions but they failed to score a goal in the first half. Bikramjit and Pankaj Negi muffed easy chances to score. Initially, Bikramjit’s sizzling shot sailed over the bar and later, Rajinder gave a perfect forward pass to Pankaj who could not take advantage of the chance. After a goalless draw, the CFA opened the account in the 31st minute. Trapping a pass, Bikramjit unleashed a powerful floating shot. Canadian goalkeeper Bavan Sahota jumped into the air and stopped it with an extended right hand. The CFA boys continued and nine minutes later, ebullient Pankaj volleyed an angular shot from the right flank and the ball zoomed into the far net for the CFA’s second goal. Negi himself rounded off the winners’ tally in the 60th minute.
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CRPF trounce sports complex
Chandigarh, December 24 Results: men: CRPF b Sports Complex-46 74-57 (half-time score 42-34 in favour of CRPF; main scorers: Sanjay 12, Rajbir 22, Ashfaq 13 for winners; Rajesh Malik 18, Ravinder 12, Vikas 8 for losing team). Sports Complex A, Sector 7, b SGGS Club-26 56-37 (half-time score 42-21 in favour of Sports Complex-A; main scorers: Jaldeep 25, Gurinder 12 for winners; Amandeep 16, Gaurav 10 for losing team). Women: GGS Club-26 b MCM-36 52-39 (half-time score 31-22; main scorers: Reena 19, Namrita 19 for winners; Sweety 13 for losing team.
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Utkarsh, Navneet best athletes
Chandigarh, December 24 Various sports activities including 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m races, relay race, cultural programme and karate show were held. Races for parents and staff were the main highlight of the meet. Best athletes: boys: Utkarsh (u-19), Gaurav Kapoor (u-14); girls: Navneet (u-19), Nikita Bishnoi (u-14).
Swayam Prabha House received the overall trophy.
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