 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
5 students injured in accidents
Dera Bassi/Zirakpur, August 19 The police said the incident took place around 3 pm when the students were on their way to Chandigarh where the bus hit their scooter. The incident left them severely injured. The passer-by took them to the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi, from where one of them was referred to GMCH-32. His condition is said to be critical, the police added. In another incident, three school students were injured at Zirakpur when a school bus of The British School, Sector 8, Panchkula, toppled on the road near Preet Colony this morning. The police said the driver was driving on the wrong side and lost control over the bus. |
||||||
|
Wakf board honours poet
Ambala, August 19 The meeting was attended by officers of the board, estate officers and rent collectors of various field offices. Ahmad said encroachment drives on Wakf properties continued to be a serious challenge for the board and he would try to solve the problem during his tenure. Dr Parvez Ahmad, chief executive officer of the Haryana Wakf Board, presented the annual report of the board for the year 2008-09. According to the report, the board has increased widow- pension amount from Rs 250 per month to Rs 500 per month. Numbers of beneficiaries have also increased from 700 to 1494. Ahmad said scholarship amount of Rs 41.28 lakh was distributed among 726 deserving students. Projects to set up two polytechnic colleges at Siwah (Panipat) and Sadhaura (Yammuna Nagar) were on the anvil, he added. The board has recovered 360 encroached Wakf properties through courts. In the years 2007-08 and 2008-09, 392 properties worth Rs 134.16 crore were traced in seven districts of Jhajjar, Rothak, Sonepat, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Yammuna Nagar and Ambala. The Khawaja Altaf Hussain Hali Award-2009 was given to Urdu poet of the region Dr Naresh during the meeting. The award carries a citation, shawl, memento and cash prize of Rs 10,000. |
|||||||
|
3 gangrape accused nabbed
Kharar, August 19 They had raped a 16-year-old girl from Kharar last week. In her complaint to the police, the victim’s mother alleged that four youths took away her daughter last Wednesday by using some fraudulent method. The youths allegedly took her to some secluded location and raped her. Some vehicle approached the area and all accused feared that they have been discovered. They fled away from the scene leaving behind their car and motorcycle on basis of which they were identified. |
|||||||
|
Digging work of MC leads to 4-hr traffic jam
Kalka, August 19 Subsequently, the traffic remained suspended from 7.30 am to 12 noon today. School buses, daily commuters, VIPs headed towards Shimla to attend BJP Chintan Rally, and heavy trollas remained stranded in the jam for more than four hours. Long queues of vehicles on NH 21-A (the Pinjore-Nalagarh road) up to Lohgarh village, and up to Surajpur and old DSP office, Kalka, on NH 22 could be seen. The traffic police had a tough time to regulate traffic. Normal traffic flow was restored only after filling up the drainage. ITI gets new trades
The Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Kalka, has included new trades from the current session. The official sources of the ITI revealed that new trades of draftsman (civil and mechanical) have been introduced. |
|||||||
|
1 held with 13-kg poppy husk
Rajpura, August 19 Police officials investigating the matter said the accused was walking near Damanheri village with a bag and was stopped by a police party on suspicion and recovered 13 kg of poppy husk from his possession. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused. |
|||||||
|
2 booked for demanding dowry
Kharar, August 19 In her complaint to the police, Amanpreet stated that she was married to Manjinder in February last year.
Soon after the marriage, her in-laws started demanding a car. Amanpreet alleged that they wanted a car that ran on diesel and demanded Rs 4 lakh
for the same. They also allegedly used to physically abuse her for want of dowry. Her husband Manjinder and mother-in-law Amarjit have been booked under Sections 406, 498 (A) and 506 of the IPC. |
|||||||
|
350 cartons of liquor seized, 1 held
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 19 Fatehgarh Sahib SSP, Dr Kaustubh Sharma, said the accused was driving a truck towards Mandi Gobindgarh and the CIA staff, Sirhind, intervened the vehicle on suspicion and recovered the cartons of liquor. A case has been registered |
Fraud Case
Chandigarh, August 19 The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Raj Rahul Garg rejected the anticipatory bail application of ML Gupta, who allegedly identified the owner of the house in the execution of sale deed even though the owner was not in India at that time. It was later found that Ajay Nehra, the original owner of the house (237, Sector 11), was not present in India when the sale deed was executed and somebody had impersonated him. When Ajay’s father realised that the house had been sold without his son’s knowledge, he approached the police and a case was registered. Though it has not been ascertained as to who impersonated Ajay, the other accused includes Vinay Chaudhary, who gave his fake address and was the purchaser of
|
||
|
5 acquitted of attempted murder
Chandigarh, August 19 On February 22, 2008, a police constable had a close brush with death when he was injured during the pursuit of a car without number plate. Joginder Singh, posted at the Mani Majra police station, was on duty at a checkpoint when around 5.40 am a Maruti Zen, without a number plate and coming from the old Ropar road, zipped past him without paying heed to his signal to stop. The constable pursued the car for some distance before the driver reversed the car and tried to run him over. The constable, however, managed to save himself. Three girls and two boys were in the car. A case of attempted murder under Sections 307, 259 and 353 of the IPC was registered on the complaint of ASI Surinder Singh who had witnessed the scene.
|
||
|
Dimpy Murder Case
Chandigarh, August 19 With police investigations establishing direct involvement of Rocky in the murder, the supplementary challan was filed. The court had earlier framed charges in the case in January against Rocky in the murder case of “gangster” Prabhjinder Singh Dimpy. The court held that on July 7, 2006, Sunil Kumar and Ravinder Singh, alias Bhura, fired gunshots at Dimpy and Harneev Kaur, leading to the death of Dimpy. Thus, charges of murder along with criminal conspiracy were framed against Jaswinder Singh. However, the police claimed that after more investigation in the case, it was revealed that Rocky was directly involved in the murder. The police sources said Rocky’s earlier statement to the police wherein he had stated that Bhura and another accused Sunil had killed Dimpy using his pistol was not true. The court had also earlier framed charges under Section 25 of the Arms Act as the police had recovered a .45 bore US army pistol used in the crime. Magazines and cartridges were also recovered. Dimpy was shot outside the Sukhna Lake Club. According to the prosecution, his refusal to split ransom money was the motive behind the murder. Rocky reportedly told the police that Dimpy had been denying them their cut even though Rocky and his accomplices executed the work. Fed up with this, they parted ways and later decided to eliminate him.
|
||
2 held for thefts
Chandigarh, August 19 The police claimed to have worked out several cases of thefts in Industrial Area and recovered two laptops, a pair of wheels, a computer, two stereos and Rs 35,000 in cash stolen from Swami Automobiles in Phase I, Industrial Area on August 8. The gang was busted on August 13. Sub-inspector Ram Rattan, in-charge of the Darua police post, said the accused were working as tea vendors in the automobile showroom and were familiar with the premises, which helped them easily commit theft.
|
||
|
NRI woman, 2 others booked for fraud
Chandigarh, August 19 She along with her mother Balwant Kaur and a Sector 22-B resident Shami Kumar had given him Rs 1 lakh in cash and a draft of Rs 50,000. Gurmeet had told him then that she could not bring the entire amount and would pay him the rest after returning to the US. The police said they had promised to give him Rs 7.5 lakh as earnest money and Shami claimed that they would pay the money soon. They took possession of the house in the name of Balwant Kaur and began dilly-dallying over paying him the outstanding amount. A case of cheating, misappropriation, forgery and criminal intimidation has been registered in this regard on the directions of a local court on Tuesday.
Vehicles stolen
Naresh Kumar Garg of Burail reported that his Bajaj Pulsar motor cycle (CH 03 V 2932) was stolen from his residence on Tuesday. In another incident, Rohit Sabarwal of Sector 46-C reported that his LML Vespa scooter (CH 03 M 6213) was stolen from his house in Sector 36 on August 14. Two cases of theft have been registered in this regard. Also, an LML Vespa scooter (CH 03 M 6213) was stolen from outside a Sector 36-A temple late this evening. Rohit Sabharwal of Sector 46-C said he had gone to the temple with his friend and upon return found his vehicle missing. He said his cousin’s scooter was also stolen from the same place a few days ago.
|
||
Hockey Tourney
Chandigarh, August 19 Coaching Center started the game in an attacking mood and Anjali scored a field goal in the first minute of the match. Pooja Yadav, in the fifth minute drew the second blood for the team. To shatter the hopes of Wanderers Club, Pooja Yadav converted a penalty stroke in the seventh minute to take a 3-0 lead for the winning team. While in the second one-sided match, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, drubbed Sports Club, Sector 35, by 8-0.
|
|
Ryan grab soccer title
Panchkula, August 19 It was a well-contested match and the teams were equally balanced. However, Ryan International capitalised on most of the chances. Gagan Deep clinched the issue in favour of Ryan International by scoring both his team’s goals. Earlier, Ryan International School had snuffed out the challenge of Delhi Public School of Pinjore by 2-0 in the semifinal. In the second semifinal, Vivek High School of Baddi beat St Xavier's of Panchkula by an identical 2-0 margin. |
|
Bench Press Meet
Chandigarh, August 19 Ka Raman Abdulkarim of Kazakhstan won the gold medal in the sub-junior 52 kg category, while Khodayri Hashem of Iran secured the first position in the 56 kg master category 1. In women section, Leela Phad of India in the 56 kg open category bagged the first position. Both Manjeet Kaur of India and Gaganpreet Kaur of India also claimed the first positions in the 90 kg category.
|
|
Police Tennis Meet
Patiala, August 19 Recently, during his participation in the World Police and Fire Games-2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from July 31 to August 9, he won a bronze medal in mens’ singles (B) championship. His performance has made him eligible to get the prestigious sponsorship of Wilson Sporting Good Co. Ashish Kapoor has been a tennis champion (singles and doubles) in the police games for the past seven years. He has won open singles, open doubles and team championship during various competitions like the 3rd All-India Police Lawn Tennis Championship-2002, 5th India Police Lawn Tennis Championship held at the Punjab Armed Police Headquarters in 2005, 6th All-India Police Lawn Tennis Championship held in Pondicherry in 2006, 7th All-India Police Lawn Tennis Championship held in Dehradun (Uttranchal) in 2006 and 8th All-India Police Lawn Tennis Championship held in Dehradun (Uttranchal) in 2007. In the 9th All-India Police Lawn Tennis Championship held in Dehradun (Uttranchal) in 2008, he won open singles and team championship.
|
|
7 teams for St Joseph’s Cricket Trophy
Chandigarh, August 19 The schools are St John’s School, St Saupin’s, Sector 32, St Annes, Shivalik Public School, Chandigarh, Shivalik Public School, Mohali, Satluj Public School, Panchkula, and APJ School, Kharar. Interested schools may confirm their entries with Amarjeet Singh at 9876055587 before August 22. |
|
|||||
| HOME PAGE | |
Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir |
Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs |
Nation | Opinions | | Business | Sports | World | Letters | Chandigarh | Ludhiana | Delhi | | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | Suggestion | E-mail | |
