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Highway blocked as truck overturns
Banur, August 27 “These days trucks carrying rice husk to factories in Banur are obstructing the smooth flow of the traffic”, said Vineet Joshi, a resident of Chandigarh. Poor traffic navigation, increasing number of vehicles and three narrow bridges worsens the situation further. Residents of the area urged tha authorities to widen the narrow bridges as most of the accidents are reported from this particular stretch. Besides this, plying of trucks should be restricted to a few hours in a day, the residents added. Nearly 12 truckloads of rice husk were on their way to various factories when the accident took place. “It is impossible to drive even a two wheeler during such situations. The traffic remain disrupted on this road whenever these overloaded trucks ply between Rajpura and Banur”, said Gurjant Singh, another resident of the area. He said traffic cops deployed on the road allow these overloaded trucks, which leads to congestion. Rice husk released from these trucks disrupts the vision of motorists.
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Rs 1.67 cr for cleaning Jhambwali choe
Patiala, August 27 This was disclosed by Deputy Commissioner Deepinder Singh while interacting with mediapersons here today. He had come to inaugurate process of cleaning the choe near Bakshiwala village in the district. He said 102-km long choe, which caused recurring floods in scores of villages, would be cleaned, widened and dug deep so that it could store more water during the rains. Deepinder Singh said the project was sanctioned under the NAREGA scheme. Able-bodied youth were being given work near their residence under this scheme. Once the project gets completed the choe would be 17-foot wide at the bed and 27-foot at the surface. Its depth would be about five-foot. |
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Trends in knee replacement surgery discussed
Patiala, August 27 They could even perform bhangra and gidda with ease or resume their leisure activities like light sports. Dr Manuj said the rotating platform flexknee was positioned with minimal invasive surgery and had proved beneficial for patients undergoing knee replacement. Defying that knee replacement patients remain confined to their seats, around 50 patients today shook a leg in bhangra with Dr Wadhwa, under a special meet of “Friends of Fortis”. Patients interacted with people who had undergone similar therapy or treatment. Dr Wadhwa said this platform helped in communicating positive message to the patients that they could have a happening life despite having health problems. Dr Wadhwa said single knee replacement cost about Rs 1.5 lakh while replacement of both knees cost about Rs 3.25 lakh. Dr Wadhwa said the RPF allows patients to continue with their pre-surgery routine without any hindrance because it gives a bending motion of upto 155 degrees. He said the knee replacement surgery technique was painless, accurate and also reduced the surgery trauma and recovery time. Dr Wadhwa said irrespective of age, arthritis leading to knee replacement surgery in many cases could strike anyone. Several knee replacement patients were young and therefore still in the working process. This surgery offered them same quality of life as that of a healthy person and easy mobility. He revealed that in USA, with population of mere 300 million, there were annually around 1 million joint replacements, while in India with population of more than 1 billion its just around 60,000 replacements happening annually. Due to fear and lack of awareness among Indian patients with advanced arthritis, they take around eight years to decide for replacement to achieve a better quality of life, while patients abroad take not more than three years.
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Docs to get 25 pc allowance
Patiala, August 27 Enquiries revealed that the principal secretary to the Chief Minister, principal secretary (finance) and all senior officials of the health department were of the opinion that the controversy generated on the issue was ill-founded and motivated for creating unrest among the doctors. Dr MS Randhawa, patron, PCMS Association, Punjab, disclosed today that on Monday, the association had urged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to intervene for resolving the matter in the interest of the public. The association also took up the issue of agitating junior doctors with the Chief Minister and urged him to grant stipends as per the recommendations of the Fifth Punjab Pay Commission and take action against those responsible for the manhandling the young doctors who were agitating peacefully in Amritsar. |
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Candle-light protest by junior docs
Patiala, August 27 Members of the Junior Doctors Association strongly condemned the lathi-charge on the resident doctors of Medical College, Amritsar. They were demanding implementation of the Punjab Pay Commission’s report that had accepted the demand of the Junior Doctors Association for emoluments at par with the entry pay scale of the general duty medical officers. The association demanded strict action against the cops responsible for using force against the peaceful doctors. It criticised the role of the Amritsar Medical College Principal and the Medical Superintendent of Hospital for calling the police on the hospital premises. |
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Engg student killed in road accident
Lalru, August 27 The police said the incident took place on Lalru-Handesra road when Mukesh (21), a resident of Baldev Nagar, Ambala, was on his way to college on his motorcycle and had a head-on collision with a truck coming from the opposite side. The collision was so harsh that Mukesh, an engineering student at Swami Parmanand College, Jaula Kalan, died on the spot. The truck driver fled from the spot leaving his truck behind. The body has been handed-over to his family after conducting the post-mortem. The police said a case has been registered against the truck driver.
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40-year-old killed in mishap
Kharar, August 27 According to the police, He was on a motorcycle when he met with an accident opposite Sunny Enclave at around 10 pm. By the time a cop reached for his rescue, he had already died. The police informed the family of the deceased through the mobile phone found in his pocket. Jai Prakash lived in Ballo Majra area as a tenant and was working with a private company. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. The police has registered a case. |
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MAKA Trophy
Patiala, August 27 The MAKA Trophy is given to the overall winners in the All-India Inter-University Tournament. All the coaches and players of the sports department gathered at the university sports department this evening to celebrate. Players and coaches danced to the beats of dhol and expressed their joy. Director sports Rajkumar Sharma distributed sweets. “Tomorrow we have to reach the Rashtapati Bhawan for the rehearsals and the trophy would be presented on August 29,” he added. He said: “I along with two players Sarpreet Singh (cycling) and Meenakshi (gymnastics), will accompany Dr Jaspal Singh, vice-chancellor of the university, for the function.” Coaches on the other hand gave the credit to the vice-chancellor, director sports as well as the players. “No coach can achieve good results without good players and we are glad that are students are a dedicated lot.” Gagandeep Bawa, a player, said it was our day. We had worked hard and getting the trophy was a delightful feeling. Another player Aman Kamboj said nothing could be compared to our coaches’ happiness. “We are glad that our coaches have been indirectly paid back for their efforts.” During the session, Punjabi University won following positions: First positions in 13 games: Canoeing (men), kayaking (men), gymnastics (men), gymnastics (women), rhythmic gymnastics (women), rowing (women), weight lifting (women), power lifting (men), power lifting (women), best physique (men), cycling (men), yachting (men) and yachting (women). Second positions in eight games: Kayaking (women), handball (men), wrestling (men), rowing (men), basketball (men), kho-kho (women), weight lifting (men) and cycling (women). Third positions two games: Athletics (women) and table tennis (women) games. In individual events of various games, players of the university won 132 gold, 64 silver and 21 bronze medals.
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Old students meet at Khalsa College
Patiala, August 27 Avtar Singh Makkar, president, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Amritsar, and Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha, principal of college, were appointed as chief patron and patron, respectively, of the association.
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Nari Niketan rape case
Chandigarh, August 27 The court of Anshul Berry handed over the copy to Maya. The next date of hearing has been fixed on September 2, when all the remaining three accused would be handed over the copy. After delivering the chargesheet to all the accused, the trial would begin in the sessions court as the sections in the case can be tried only in the sessions court. The police had submitted the chargesheet in this case on August 13 against all the four accused including Bhupinder Singh, Jamuna Kumar, Kamla and Maya. The police had slapped Sections 376 (g) (gang rape) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC against the accused. Charges of rape were framed against Bhupinder Singh and Jammna Dass and for abetting the rape against Maya and Kamla. The case came to light after the victim tested positive for pregnancy on May 16. Subsequently an FIR was lodged by the staff of Ashreya following which the main accused Bhupinder Singh was arrested. Investigations later got embroiled in rigmarole between Nari Niketan and Ashreya authorities on the issue of where the alleged crime had taken place. The girl was shifted from Nari Niketan to Ashreya on March 13. The back count of days from the detection of pregnancy had created the confusion. Matter subsequently reached the High Court after the UT authorities decided to seek approval for medical termination of pregnancy of the victim. A special investigation team was formed to keep the court informed about the developments in the case that had led to the arrest of three more accused Jamuna Kumar, Maya and Kamla.
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Charges framed against GMCH junior assistant
Chandigarh, August 27 Charges were framed against Mohan Singh in the court of Darshan Singh under Section 7 and 32 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The CBI had arrested Mohan Singh for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a Mohali resident. Sources in the CBI had said that the accused, posted in the department of surgery at the hospital, had asked for the money from Varinder Bansal, the complainant, to distort a report in a medico-legal case against him. Bansal, an accused in a stabbing case, told the CBI that Mohan Singh had demanded Rs 10,000 from him. The deal was, however, finalised at Rs 5,000, following which the matter was reported to the CBI. The CBI had then laid a trap and caught Mohan Singh red-handed.
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2-year jail for FCI manager
Mohali, August 27
Ved Parkash, the manger, had accepted Rs 10,000 bribe from a private contractor to show undue favour while allotting electrical works tenders. The manager was caught accepting the bribe by a team of the vigilance department.
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Petrol, diesel autos in Mohali
Chandigarh, August 27 In the petition placed before the Division
Bench of Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur and Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, the union said a total of 1,794 diesel and petrol-run auto-rickshaws were presently plying in Mohali, providing much-needed transport facility at reasonable rates to commuters. While the fare fixed by the administration was rather low, a ceiling of carrying not more than three passengers had also been imposed to the disadvantage
of the union. But now the authorities had come up with a decision not to allow petrol and diesel-run auto-rickshaws in Mohali from September 1, and to provide permits only to LPG-run 2,500 auto-rickshaws. The diesel and petrol-run auto-rickshaws were sought to be stopped from plying on the grounds that pollution was being caused by these vehicles. However, no survey had been conducted to come to this conclusion, the petitioners asserted.
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Advocate held in cheating case
Chandigarh, August 27 A local court will conduct a hearing on his bail application on Friday. Sahni is presently in judicial custody. The vigilance sleuths had earlier arrested Harnek Singh, a Mohali resident, as the prime accused in the case. Sahni had surrendered in a court last week. Three other accused, Tara Singh’s tenant OP Mittal, his brother Jaswant Singh and a UK-based advocate JB Singh are still at large, said sources. The investigators were looking into the role of the estate officials. Tara Singh had lodged a complaint with the UT vigilance department, alleging that the accused along with the UT estate office officials had cheated him. The accused whom Tara Singh showed “good-faith” for getting a showroom-cum-flat in Sector 8 transferred in his name after his father’s death. The investigators said JB Singh hired advocate Sahni for his services for getting the property transferred in his name.
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Illegal sale of house, woman booked
Chandigarh, August 27 Mahesh Kumar of Sector 46 alleged that Nina Kapoor of the Employees Society, Sector 68 Mohali, had cheated him by selling him a house in Phase IX, Mohali, for Rs 7 lakh on September 30, last year. He later came to know that the house had already been sold. A case of cheating has been registered. Assault
Manpreet Sungra Sidhu of Sector 2 lodged a complaint against her husband Amrinder Singh Sidhu alleging that he had assaulted her. A case has been registered.
Arrested
Gurdial Singh of Sector 51-D reported that Harpreet Singh of Phase I Ram Darbar was arrested from Sector 22 on Wednesday afternoon while downloading CDs. The police arrested the accused and registered a case under the Copy Right Act, 1957.
Injured
A cyclist Naib Singh of Sector 27-D alleged that a car (CH 04 F 7494) knocked him down in Sector 27-C on August 21. He and his pillion rider got injured in the mishap and were admitted to the PGI. A case has been registered.
Snatching
Geetika of Sector 33 alleged that Suresh Pal of Jagatpura village was caught red-handed by a PCR van on Wednesday when he attempted to snatch her gold chain. A case has been registered.
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Doctor, two others booked
Panchkula, August 27 While one of the accused had already been arrested, the cops were on a lookout of the doctor and another servant who allegedly misbehaved with the complainant. According to Chandi Mandir SHO, Mohini Pratap, the complainant, who resides in Bahadurgarh, alleged that the doctor identified as Ashok and his servants, Kulvinder and Sunil, had constructed water tank on her land in Morni. When she tried to erect fence around her land the accused misbehaved with her. A case has been registered against the three.
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Sacred Heart bag TT title
Chandigarh, August 27 Earlier, during the semifinals, Sacred Heart School thrashed Government Model Senior Secondary School by 3-1 and Carmel Convent School defeated New Public School by 3-1 and made their place in the final match. Results: Quarterfinals: GMSSS-21 bt GMSSS-56 by 3-1. Richa bt Twinkle (11-8, 11-7, 11-6); Kaveri bt Bhanu (11-6, 12-10, 11-7); Sanha lost to Komal (4-11, 1-11, 11-7). NPS-18 bt GMSSS-16 by 3-1. Afsha lost to Deepika (4-11, 6-11, 11-3, 11-3, 3-11); Sumana bt Tanya (11-2, 11-2, 11-1); Upkriti bt Shivani (11-1, 11-1, 11-3); Sumana bt Deepika (11-5, 12-10, 11-4). Semifinals: Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, bt GMSSS, Sector 21, by 3-1. Manya Lamba lost to Richa (11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 8-1, 8-11); Meghna Kakria bt Kaveri (11-7, 11-3, 11-5); Raveen bt Sanha (11-1, 11-1, 11-1); Meghna Kakria bt Richa (11-6, 11-5, 11-6). Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, bt NPS-18 by 3-1. Harjasleen lost to Sumana Saha (2-11, 4-11, 2-11); Rajeshwari bt Afsha Ansari (11-6, 11-8, 11-3). Alish Grewal bt Upkriti (11-3, 11-7, 11-7); Rajeshwari bt Sumana Saha (11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-7). Final: Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, bt Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, by 3-1. Manya Lamba bt Rajeshwari (11-6, 11-13, 11-9, 11-8); Meghna Kakria bt Harjasleen (11-7, 11-4, 11-5); Raveen lost to Alish Grewal (12-10, 14-12, 7-11, 6-11, 8-11); Meghna Kakria bt Rajeshwari (11-6, 11-5, 11-6).
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Surjit academy beat Malwa school
Chandigarh, August 27 It was a one-sided affair as Malwa Khalsa School could not score even single goal in their favour. Harpreet turned a penalty corner into their favour as first goal during the 25th minute of the match and Harjeet scored field goal in the 33rd minute of the match. In the second match played between MRS Hockey Academy, Amritsar, and BUSH Academy, Tarntaran, MRS Academy hit one goal and won the match as Mandip hit the board in seventh minute of the match. While BUSH Academy players could not score single goal till the end of the match.
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National Sports Day tomorrow
Chandigarh, August 27 On the eve of the National Sports Day, an exhibition hockey match will be organised between senior girls and junior hockey trainees of the Chandigarh Hockey Academy. The match will start at 8.20 am. Meanwhile, more than 300 players and 40 officials of the UT education department will be honoured on the National Sports Day at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10, at 9 am.
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Trials held in absence of coach
Chandigarh, August 27 With communication from the education department reaching a day after the start of the trails (August 21), the trials for certain games were held without the coaches from the sports department. The trials of National School Games for badminton, football, handball, kho-kho, table tennis, cricket, kabaddi, gymnastics and swimming were commenced on August 20 at various government schools in the absence of coaches from the sports department. However, the education department always blamed the sports department for not providing coaches. ML Sharma, director, UT sports department, said: “We have coaches for every game and we provide coaches, whoever demands. But, if someone reach to us after the due date, then what can we do?” According to rules, the trials could not be conducted in the absence of coach from the sports department and if someone conducts trials not abiding by the rules, a stern action can be taken against the person. KS Bharti, assistant director, sports education department, said: “As per the guidelines presence of a coach is mandatory during the trials, but in this case if the coach was not present, then I will look into the matter.” |
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Double gold for St John’s
Chandigargh, August 27 The under-14 team of Kevin Wong, Abhiyash, Azeez and Anshul bagged gold thrashing Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23. Kevin beat Aman (21-11, 21-5). However, Abhiyash lost in 3 sets. The doubles title was clinched by Abhiyash and Azeez. In the under-17 category, Kenneth Wong, Sameer, Pulkit, Aditya and Ankit represented team. After an initial setback, where Sameer lost to Gaurav of Delhi Public School, St John’s team levelled the match, when Kenneth beat Gautam. In the final, Kenneth and Sameer thrashed Gaurav and Gautam (21-9, 21-12) to win a gold medal.
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PCA Tourney
Mohali, August 27 Overnight-unbeaten pair of Sarabjit Singh and Jeevanjot Singh stitched a partnership of 62 runs for the fifth wicket before Jeevanjot Singh was caught in the slips by Mayank Sidana while trying to cut right-arm leg spinner Sarabjit Ladda. Jeevanjot made 44 runs. Sarabjit found an able partner in Manpreet Gony and added 62 runs for the seventh wicket before Manpreet Gony was foxed by Ladda and was stumped by wicket-keeper Love for an enterprising 44 off 51 balls studded with two fours and four sixes. Sarabjit was the next to go at the total of 503 being bowled by a googly from Sarabjit Ladda after compiling a sedate 77 off 285 balls. Robin Dhillon was the other contributor with 28 rins. Ladda returned with rich haul of six wickets for 181 runs of 58.3 overs, while Baltez Singh accounted for 2 for 99. Replying, Punjab Red started on a disastrous note, losing both the openers Satpal and Ishan Dogra with the score reading 24. Satpal was the first to go as he guided an out swinger Siddharth Kaul into the safe hands of wicket-keeper Sarabjit Singh with his individual score of nine. The other opener Ishan Dogra was done in by an in dipping delivery by Rahul Sharma and was caught plumb in front for 11. Taruwar Kohli and Mayank Sidana were at the crease when the stumps were drawn and had yet to open their account. Punjab Green 213 for 4 In the second match played in Patiala, Punjab Yellow, overnight 289 for 8, were dismissed for 302. In reply, Punjab Green were 213 for 4 at the close of the play. Punjab Green opened with Simrat Bawa and Ravi Inder Singh and the duo put on a century partnership (114) for the first wicket. Simrat Bawa scored 52 off 150 balls, inclusive of six fours, while Ravi Inder Singh scored 59 off 110 balls with the help of seven fours and a six. Punjab Green received a great setback when their experienced skipper and main stay Pankaj Dharmani was back in the pavillion after scoring a meagre six runs. Thereafter, Sumit Sharma (33 n.o. of 119 balls with four 4s) and Hitesh Anand (43 n.o. off 82 balls) were involved in an unbroken partnership of 76 runs. Bharat Loomba 3 for 43 and Gaurav Gambhir 1 for 44 were the main successful bowlers for Punjab Green.
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Extra training sessions key to fitness: Harvinder
Chandigarh, August 27 “I was lucky to have strict coaches through-out my career and like any other player, I, too, used to hate those extra training sessions, but believe me it works wonders for fitness in the long run,” shares Harvinder, now a full-time coach, who is in the city for the on going Umesh Kumar Emerging Players Tournament being held at the PCA Stadium, Mohali. In mid 90’s, Harvinder was one of the most promising medium pacers in the country. After his impressive performance in the domestic circuit and for India U-19, he earned the Indian cap for the Sahara cup against Pakistan in 1997. There is an air of satisfaction when he talks about the young seamers brigade of India. “With Zaheer, Ishant, Nehra and Praveen, our seam attack is a balanced one which can challenge any opposition. The recent crop of fast bowlers has been doing a great job but with the strain of today’s demanding cricket the bowlers need to be preserved to be able to serve the country in long run,” he said. “There is a visible welcome shift in everything related with the game from our times. With more specialisation available, the quality of fitness has improved considerably. As a result, there is more competition which augurs well for the game,” says the custodian of Punjab Red team in the on going tournament. The state Ranji team will be selected from the four teams playing in the tournament. “The urge to stay connected with the game and serve my state propelled me to foray into coaching. After my retirement last season, I decided to take up coaching,” says Harvinder who represented India in the 16 One Day Internationals between 1997 and 2001. The talk about the coaching standards and the need to appoint an Indian coach for the Indian team does not seem to bother him much. “The concept of coaching has undergone a sea change. Now- a-days players need to be managed efficiently rather than coached. With the different new formats coming up, this role as a manager of talent is bound to become more pronounced in the near future. A good player can’t be guaranteed to be a good coach,” he says while egging his wards to stop, even, that certain boundary. “The standard of coaching has increased manifolds in the past eight years. Now even the state team coaches move around with full additional support staff which was handicapped earlier,” he adds. The raw enthusiasm of a player in this new role is evident on his face and he makes no efforts at concealing it. “My role is to provide them with a good dressing room atmosphere so that they learn from each others’ mistakes. As far as they keep on making an effort in the field, I will be satisfied,” he signs off to be with his players during the lunch break. |
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Cricket tourney from Sept 17
Chandigarh, August 27 A total of 16 teams are participating in the tournament and their names are: Indian Revenue, ITC Ltd, Air India, MRF Ltd, Indian Oil Corporation, BPCL, Reliance, All-India Electricity Sports Control Board. PCC and PCA Colts, Cricket Association of Bengal, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, Indian Railway and Madhya Pradesh XI, two other local outfits, LIC Cricket Club and MACC. The tournament will be played under the auspices of Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) and is recognised by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Sushil Kapoor, organising secretary of the tournament, said, “The final match will be a day-night affair, which will be played at PCA Stadium and will be covered live on DD Sports.” Only players and officials registered with the BCCI are eligible to participate in the tournament. The matches will be of 50 overs’ duration. The teams have been divided in to four pools and top two teams from each pool will qualify for the quarterfinals. There will be a play off for the third and fourth positions among the losing semifinalists. The prize money for the winners is Rs 1,75,000, for runners up Rs 70,000, for third and fourth position is Rs 40,000 and 20,000, respectively. The notable players are VRV Singh, Wasim Jaffer, Manpreet Gony, Mohammad Kaif, Gagandeep Singh, Pankaj Dharmani, Uday Kaul, Yashpal Singh, Rajesh Pawar, Chiteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravinder Jadeja, Parthiv Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Saurab Tiwari, Ambati Rayudu, Ashok Dinda, Ranadeb Bose, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Amay Khurasia, Dheeraj Yadav, Rajat Bhatia and Pankaj Singh.
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Badminton meet begins
Panchkula, August 27 First round of men’s
singles results: Nakul, faridabad bt Ravi Singh, Ambala (21-8, 21-9); Neeraj, Sonepat bt Yogdutt, Jharkhand (21-10, 21-5); Sahil, Ambala bt Nikhil, Kurukshetra (21-11, 21-5); Gaurav Panchkula bt Jasmeet, Yamuna Nagar (21-5, 21-5). |
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Cricket: City drub Ludhiana
Chandigarh, August 27 Scores: Chandigarh: 185 for four in 30 overs (Sunaina Saini 65, Tanya Bhatia 44, Simran 2/77). Ludhiana: 44 all out in 19 overs (Manjinder 11, Aakriti 3/1).
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