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Parents of missing boy suspect ragging, sodomy
Rajpura, August 12 Mohan Lal Sharma, father of the boy, said the clothes, shoes, purse and mobile phone of his son, Sahil, had been found in the car of one of the boys, who accompanied him after the college. “We are going to lodge a formal complaint against the boys who accompanied my son. Only they know what happened to Sahil,” said the visibly upset father of the boy. He added that after going through the statements of the nearby villagers, who saw Sahil standing in front of a car, it seemed that he had been told to run in front of the moving car without clothes. “Since my child was the youngest among the all other six boys, he could have been harassed by the other boys,” said the other family members of the boy near the Bhakhra-Narwana branch. He also said it had been astonishing that the keypad of Sahil’s phone was found locked as he had never locked his cell phone and it remained open all the time. The relatives said they had engaged few divers, who had been searching for the missing boy. So far, they have searched an area of five kilometres in the river, but found nothing. The divers assured to continue search till tomorrow. “If they fail to trace the body tomorrow, then we will have to go up to Mandoli Kalan village or Jansua near Ambala, where iron gates are installed in the river,” said the wailing relatives of the boy. DSP Rashpal Singh Hara, who reached the spot, assured the family members of initiating an action in this regard after lodging an FIR. |
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Black badge rally by non-teaching staff
Patiala, August 12 The non-teaching staff of MM Modi College,
Patiala, and Government Khalsa College, Patiala, today organised a black badge rally to protest against the government and demanded the fulfillment of their demands, failing which they would intensify their agitation. Ajay Gupta, secretary of the union, said the government was not paying attention to the non-teaching staff. He impressed on the government to issue immediate notification regarding the revised pay scales of the non-teaching staff as well as the teaching staff. He said they, too, should be given interim relief and medical facilities. They demanded that the government must also lift a ban on new appointments in the non-teaching staff and 95 per cent grant issued to the colleges must also be released soon. The government must also follow the 4-19-14 step-up promotion systems for them, they added. Ajay said the non-teaching staff would carry out a pen down protest from August 19 to 21. He also informed that the staff would stage dharna on August 25 and 28 in all colleges in Punjab as a part of their protest. |
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Haryana Roadways bus driver assaulted
Dera Bassi, August 12 The police said a case had been registered against the youths and the hunt to nab them was on. Meanwhile, the colleagues of the driver blocked the highway for more than 20 minutes in protest and demanded an action against the assaulters. Hundreds of vehicles were struck in the traffic jam. According to the police, the incident took place around 4.30 pm when Tarvinder Singh, a Haryana Roadways bus driver, was moving towards Kalka from Ambala and while reaching near the Dera Bassi flyover, the youths stopped the bus and started assaulting him. The assaulters fled away from the spot. He told the police that the youths were asking for the side to overtake but due to the congested road he could not provide them the pass. As a result the accused stopped the car in front of bus and started assaulting him, he added. |
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Tribune employee hurt in mishap
Zirakpur, August 12 The police said the incident took place when a Maruti Swift car (HR-06-Y-9999) hit the two-wheeler Yogesh was riding from rear near the Zirakpur-Chandigarh barrier. The injured were taken to the GMCH-32 from where the doctors suggested them to go to INSCOL for further treatment. Yogesh has suffered multiple fractures while his wife, Neelu, suffered hip and leg fractures. The driver of the car fled after dropping the injured at the GMCH-32. The police said a Panipat-based businessman owned the car. A case has been registered. |
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Lawyers go on strike
Tribune News Service
Ropar, August 12 A group had allegedly attacked lawyer SS Rana from Anandpur Sahib. Acting on his complaint, the police has registered a case under Sections 352, 323, 506, 427, 148 and 149 of the IPC against Sant Harnam Singh, Jasvir Singh and 10 other unidentified persons. The lawyers demanded that attackers be booked under Section 307 of the IPC for attempt to murder. Supporting this demand they went on strike and suspended work for almost an hour. Later, in the evening, the lawyers held a meeting with the police and decided to call off their stir.
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100 saplings planted
Patiala, August 12 Principal SS Parmar along with other staff members planted 100 saplings of different plants on the college premises. The principal discussed the importance and need to conserve the eco-friendly environment. He stressed on the need of making youth aware of the advantages of tree plantation and also waked them to the threats that might occur due to the lack of trees.
Basant Rity Youth Club’s president Rajesh Kumar Sharma also stressed on the need of healthy environment and said global warming was a big problem and cutting trees could be harmful for all human beings. |
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Bassi Pathana, August 12 Inder Mohan Singh, SP (H), presided over the concluding ceremony. Hundreds of prominent citizens from the area attended the camp. Krishan Kumar Gupta, president, Punjab unit of the peeth, lauded the services being rendered by Baba Ramdev. He said the medical treatment had been becoming costly and out of the reach of common man, so one should adopt yoga for better health, which costed nothing. — OC
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Lawyers strike work
Chandigarh, August 12 The lawyers suspended the day’s work at the district courts. They alleged that they were not given a chance to plead while contesting consumer cases. The agitation was also set off by the recent orders of the Consumer Forum, wherein two lawyers were directed to pay compensation for deficiency in service. In its orders dated May 14, the forum had directed a lawyer, Suraj Mal Bhatia, to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to the complainant for causing him harassment and also being deficient in rendering proper service. The advocate, Suraj Mal Bhatia, was also directed to pay a sum of Rs 1,18,916 as the losses incurred by complainant in addition to Rs 11,500 fees and Rs 2,000 expenses paid by him. Suraj Mal Bhatia alleged that his affidavits were ignored during the trial and judgment was given against him without any evidence. Another advocate, JM Bajaj was directed to pay Rs 25,000 compensation on July 17 as per the orders. He claimed that the order was biased and given without evidence. Later in the day, a group of lawyers also met with the president of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Pritam Pal Singh, and expressed their grievances. He, however, assured that he would look into the matter. Meanwhile, with the work being suspended at the district courts, some of the litigants had harrowing time as both the entry points to the courts were locked. Moreover, in many cases, due to the absence of lawyers, the hearings were postponed. Jagroop Singh Mahal on the other hand said that all the judgments were given after a fair trial after listening to both the parties and after all evidence was carefully examined.
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7-yr jail in rape case
Chandigarh, August 12 The court had yesterday convicted him for the same. According to prosecution, the girl was staying with her uncle at the colony and was doing a beautician’s course at a nearby school. The girl went missing on February 18 and her family lodged a missing complaint at the Sector 39 police station. The girl was then recovered on March 5 from village Poona, near Ludhiana. It was alleged that the girl was kidnapped after Ravinder gave her something to drink with a sedative mixed in it. She stated in the court that she only opened her eyes in that village in Ludhiana, the native place of Ravinder. A fresh FIR was lodged in this regard on March 6 and the police arrested Ravinder from his village in Ludhiana on March 7. Ravinder was working in a dhaba in Sector 56. Charges were framed in this case on July 27 and the court had recorded the evidence on August 6 and 7.
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Man acquitted in kidnapping case
Chandigarh, August 12 The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Ravi K Sondhi today acquitted Vivek Chauhan in a case pertaining to May 2007. The case dates back to May 12, 2007, when a 17-year-old committed suicide at her residence in Sector 31 at ITBP Colony. It was alleged that the girl, a student of KV-31 had eloped with the boy on May 7 and they both came back on May 11. The girl had then committed suicide the next day on May 12. A case was registered on the complaint of the mother and the sister of the girl, who alleged that the boy used to trouble her and that led to her committing the act. The boy was then booked under Sections 366 and 306 of the IPC. However, the charges could not be proved in the court as the defence counsel produced certain love letters written by the girl to Vivek and it was established that the boy had no role to play in her suicide. Though, both the mother and the sister of the girl denied that the letters were written by her. Later on, a fellow student admitted before the court that he used to pass on her letters to the boy and it was established that the letters were indeed written by her. Later on, the boy had got bail from the High Court on September 7, 2007.
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Police nabs notorious Changha
Chandigarh, August 12 Sources said Changha had offered cold drinks laced with sedatives to the policemen who were bringing him to Mohali from the Ludhiana jail to produce in a court. Changha was accompanied by another accused, who also fled with him. The SHO, Mani Majra police station, said following a tip-off, a police party laid a picket on Tuesday. The Chandigarh Police also informed their Ludhiana counterparts after nabbing Changha and handed him over to them. DSP (East) Jasbir Singh Cheema said he would recommend the name of the police officials who assisted in the arrest of the dreaded criminal for reward to the senior officials. Changha had also escaped from the police custody last year after his men ran over a policeman to release their accomplice. A case had been registered against Changha at Patiala in this connection also. Sources in the Punjab Police said that Changha was arrested with his accomplice Mangal Singh following a shootout with the policemen in Zirakpur on November 25, 2008. He got his foot fractured in the incident after a team of CIA staff from Mohali tried to arrest him along with four others in connection with a case. The Mohali police then claimed that the accused were planning to commit a robbery when a police team conduct a raid to thwart their plans. He was declared a proclaimed offender in a case under the NDPS Act.
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Student groups clash at ‘Score’
Chandigarh, August 12 While police officials concerned seemed to be in no mood to divulge any details insisting it to be a small matter,
Hardeep, one of the complainants, said, “We have filed a DDR against Narinder Gujjar and Cherry Brar of Panjab University,
Sandeep, an ex-student of SD College and Dhiraj Rana, Sumit and Vimal of same college. In the complaint we registered that we were dancing when the boys came and started abusing us and when we objected they thrashed one of my friends,
Navdeep, and me. We wanted to register an FIR but the officials seemed to be least interested, as they said we would call in the evening, however, they never got back. We will go again tomorrow and get an FIR registered against them.” While attempts to contact all accused except Narinder Gujjar proved futile, he insisted that he knew nothing of the incident and was attending his classes in
PU.
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Bapu Dham Murder
Chandigarh, August 12 Sources said the investigating officials had zeroed in on some suspects whose whereabouts were being checked. The suspects were not found at their residences after the murder. A police official said the victim, Deepak aka Bhagga, was involved in a brawl with the suspects and they believed that he was killed to take a revenge. The police had also been questioning the five persons rounded up in connection with the murder yesterday. Besides, the police is also obtaining call details of the suspects. DSP (East) Jasbir Singh Cheema said teams had been send to trace the suspects.
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Music systems stolen from cars
Chandigarh, August 12 Jaswinder Singh of Sector 32-D reported that someone had stolen amplifiers, speakers and stereos from cars (CH-04-E-9634, CH-23-T-5835 and CH-04-J-1140), which were parked in a lane outside his residence last night.
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St John's, St Soldier's in final
Chandigarh, August 12 Hosts St Soldier's worked hard to overcome a stiff challenge by St Kabir School, Sector 26, in the second semi-final encounter. St Soldier's International were served well by mid-fielder Vishwajeet who performed a brilliant three-in-a-row feat which paved the way for the hosts school for a hard-fought verdict. Vishwajeet opened his account in the 15th minute after a combined move between Yogesh Kumar and Jaideep. Vishwajeet's second goal came in the 36th minute with a solo effort from the centre line. Vishwajeet completed his hat-trick in the 44th minute. Anul Yadav swelled the winning margin in the 48th minute. After receiving a measured pass from Prashant Singh, Anuj found the St Kabir's defence napping. In between, St Kabir tasted their first success in the 37th minute when Shubhinder scored by converting a free kick from 22 yards, They further reduced the margin in the 40th minute through Manveer Singh who headed the ball into the goal after getting a pass from Sanchit from the right flank. Earlier, in the first semi-final, St John's and DAV Senior Secondary School fought on equal terms till the latter conceded their first goal in the 14th minute. Harshit got the first goal for St John's. One minute later, Praseej netted off a pass from Aamin. A direct kick from top of the dee caught DAV School goalkeeper on the wrong foot. Then Aammen scored with a solo effort. Praseej and Manraj added one goal each in the 41st and 61st minutes. Jitender got the consolation goal for DAV Senior Secondary School in 37th minute. |
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Billiards/Snooker
Panchkula, August 12 In the final league of senior snooker category, Divya was playing against the veteran Ankur Nanda. He won the first frame convincingly, however, in the second frame Ankur pulled his socks hitting the highest break of 61 to win the frame. In the third frame, Ankur was leading by 31 points on the last red. Divya cleared the table to make it 2-1 in his favour. Ankur showing his experience grabbed the fourth frame on the pink ball. In the decider frame Divya eventually
showed his class winning the frame on the blue ball. In another match, the defending champion Sameer Bhalla was playing against Aneesh Saini (Junior India no. 2 in the year 2007). The first frame went to Sameer, as his rival fouled on the black ball. Aneesh keeping his cool took the second and the third frames hitting good breaks of 39 and 42. Sameer sailed through the fourth frame hitting a break of 45. In the last frame, Aneesh played two good shots on the pink and the black ball to take the frame and the match. In the final league, Anil won his opening match against Chirag Arora 2-0 in the 150 points best of the 3 match. Results: Senior snooker league: Divya Sharma bt Ankur Nanda 3-2; Aneesh Saini bt Sameer Bhalla 3-2 Senior billiards league: Anil Sharma bt Chirag Arora 2-0; Divya Sharma bt Ashok
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Cricket trials tomorrow
Chandigarh, August 12 The All-India Cricket Federation (AICF) is conducting selection trials to choose Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh teams at Shivalik School ground in Sector 41 here on August 14. According to AICF president Amit Thakur, the trials for Haryana players would be held from 9 am to 12 noon and for the Punjab team from 12 noon to 3 pm. The trials to select the Chandigarh squad are scheduled from 3 pm to 6 pm. Three teams from India and three from the hosts’ country will participate in the Friendship Trophy. The winners and runners-up would receive cash prizes. |
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Training camp for probables from tomorrow
Chandigarh, August 12 The probables will report on August 13 evening. Appointed Ranji Trophy coach Bhupinder Singh will be the in charge of the camp. Nikhil NP will be the Physician and Sandeep Singh will be the trainer. These 40 probables will be taking part in the camp, which also includes those players who could not take part in the earlier camp due to injury: Chandan Madan, Bharat Loomba, Sharad Loomba, Lakshay Seth, Manish Bhatia, Sarul Kanwar, Udaykaul, Gurkirat Walia, Amit Prasher, Vrv Singh, Simrat Bawa, Amrinder Sodhi, Rahul Sharma, Sat Pal, Taruwar Kohli, Navdeep Singh, Deepak Bansal, Love Ablish, Karan Goel, Gaurav Marwaha, Ankur Kakkar, Manpreet Gony, Harmeet Bansal
Varun Khanna, Sunny Sohal, Mayank Sidana, Hardevinder Singh, Sarabjit Singh Lada, Rajwinder Singh Golu, Ankur Jund, Ravi Inder Singh, Pankaj Dharmani, Kunwar Raina, Krishan Kumar, Jaskaran, Sarabjeet Singh, Vishwas Bhalla, Siddharth Kaul, Gagandeep Singh and Gaurav Gambhir. |
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Athletics
Chandigarh, August 12 She clocked 20.49 seconds to become the world’s second fastest woman in her age category. “I never thought that I could win in front of those sturdy built women but I kept the momentum and managed to secure the second place,” said the ace athlete. Singh last participated in the World Athletics Championship in 1979 in Germany where she was adjudged the best Asian player. She timed 16 seconds in the 100m sprint. The city athlete has been a record holder in Asia for the past 10 years in the 100m sprint in her respective age groups. However, besides many accolades at national and international level, Singh feels bad for the athletes who are above 35 years of age, as the government is not recognising these players. “Are talented players of 35+ age are not players, why does the government is indifferent towards them?” she asks. |
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