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Docs seek extension in joining period
Patiala, September 5 The doctors, who have been selected by the PPSC, have petitioned the Punjab government that since they were in the process of completing their postgraduation, they should be given extension in their joining period by 11 months. The selected doctors include Dr Ekta, Dr Jatin, Dr Aminder and Dr Sohrab. Aminder Singh, one of the selected doctors, here yesterday told The Tribune that there were four doctors in the last batch, which were selected by the PPSC. They had requested the Punjab government to grant them extension in their joining period. However, they lamented that their request had been turned down even though there was precedents of such extensions being granted by the Punjab government. Satish Chandra, secretary health, said some doctors had moved a request for the extension in the joining period. He said the government rules provided that the extension of a maximum of four months could be granted. In view of these rules, the request had not been granted. However, he said now the doctors had again moved a request giving an undertaking that they would join the Punjab government service after the completion of their degree. He said in view of the fresh petition being moved by the selected doctors, their case would again be taken up for consideration and the final decision would be taken by Punjab Health Minister Luxmi Kanta Chawla to whom the file would be put up. |
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Septuagenarian clubs wife to death
Bassi Pathana, September 5 Neighbours alleged that the couple used to have frequent fights over petty issues. The accused was reported to be mentally unstable. DSP Rajwinder Singh Sohal said according to the statement of the couple’s son, Prem Kumar, Hira Nand (75) and his wife Lajwanti (70) used to live separately in the local Chakri Mohalla. Hira Nand, who was reportedly mentally unstable, used to pick fight with his wife over small issues. Last night, he allegedly killed his wife by hitting her head with a club. He then repeatedly clubbed the listless body of the victim. He also dragged the body in the courtyard and continued brutalising it. He then tried to allegedly destroy evidence by throwing away her blood-stained clothes and the weapon. He also changed his clothes after committing the murder. The DSP said in the morning when no one came out of the house, neighbours noticed a trail of blood from their house leading to a nearby area and called Prem Kumar, who informed the police. He said when the police entered the house, Hira Nand was found sitting on his bed in new clothes but his legs, arms and other parts of the body bore blood stains. The floor was also found smeared with blood. The accused had allegedly tried to sweep the floor clean. Nothing was found missing from the house. The police said circumstantial evidence indicated that the wife had been brutally killed by her husband. Convinced by the police theory, Prem Kumar lodged a complaint with the police, which later registered a case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The body was handed over to the relatives after a post-mortem examination. |
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Developer held for assaulting Tribune staffer
The scribe’s friends, Vikranjit Singh and Yogesh Tiwari, had gone to meet Bajwa at his Kharar office to complain against the failure of the developer to provide them a 40-ft road in front of their plot, as promised. Bajwa entered into an altercation with Yogesh and turned abusive. Ramanjit intervened and asked him to refrain from loose talk. At this, Bajwa lost his cool and asked his henchmen, including a Punjab police cop, to beat up Ramanjit. Later, Bajwa too joined in. The cop threatened Ramanjit with his gun. “I cried for help, but no one turned up. While hitting me, Bajwa threatened me that if I reported the matter to the police, he would kill me,” Ramanjit said, adding that he even ordered his men to throw him into the Bhakra Canal. The injured scribe managed to flee and called up a colleague for help. Soon, mediapersons came to Ramanjit’s rescue, who came out of hiding after around 45 minutes. By this time, the SHO, Kharar, Tarlochan Singh, also reached the spot. Ramanjit lodged a complaint with the police against Bajwa and was admitted to the Civil Hospital following his medical examination. Some shopkeepers of the area said Bajwa often abused people visiting his office and even went to the extent of hitting them. The SSP, Mohali, JS Aulakh, said Bajwa had been arrested . The two Punjab Police cops, attached with the developer, would also be arrested, he said. Despite the scribe being in a state of shock, Bajwa denied that they had assaulted him. Condemning the incident, the Chandigarh Press Club said it was unfortunate that all relevant Sections of the IPC had not been slapped on Bajwa. The district administration and the police should have acted fairly, Sarbjit Singh Pandher, president of the club, said. The club members would be meeting tomorrow to chalk out a plan of action, including meeting the Chief Minister. “If appropriate action is not taken, we will launch a full-fledged campaign,” he said. The media adviser to the CM, HS Bains, said strict action was being taken against the developer and others responsible for the incident. He said irrespective of the party affiliation or social status, no one would be spared if found guilty.
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Bomb containing RDX seized
Patiala, September 5 Stating this here, Arpit Shukla, Senior Superintendent of Police, and Gurdeep Singh Pannu, Superintendent of Police (detective), said Makhan Singh and
Raj Singh, both of Mansa, had been brought here on production warrant for questioning over a case registered
against them. During the questioning of Makhan Singh, one 315 bore pistol along with two live cartridges had been recovered for which a case under Section 25 of the Arms Act had been registered at the Tripuri police station. During the questioning of Raj Singh, a 2.5-kg bomb containing RDX with detonator and two more detonators were recovered and a case under Sections 4/5 of the Explosive Act had been registered at the Sadar police station. The police officers said the two had earlier been arrested by the Mansa police in connection with the murder of Lilly Kumar Patwari. The police is working on finding out the source of the RDX and it’s intended target, the district police chief said. |
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Potholed stretch bane of motorists
Rajiv Bhatia
Zirakpur, September 5 Deep potholes on the highway have made the journey a virtual nightmare for thousands of commuters who use it every day. Vehicles often hit potholes and suffer major damages. Motorists are being put to inconvenience thanks to the indifferent attitude of the authorities concerned. According to petrol station employees, the stretch is in bad shape and minor accidents are commonplace. Last night, a motor cycle skidded on the road and the rider sustained minor injuries. They asserted that during rains, the stretch becomes a pool. An employee at the petrol station said the stagnant water along the road affected their business, as customers preferred to stay away from their petrol station. Chandan, a local resident, said the government had promised to provide good roads but to no avail. “The stretch has been awaiting repairs for the past two years, but nothing has been done so far,” he added. WD officials stated that the stretch would be repaired shortly, as hot-mix bitumen was not currently available.
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16 CGC teachers awarded
Kharar/Ropar, September 5 More than 225 teachers of the CGC participated in the function. Honoured teachers are Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Ruchi Singla, Amanpreet Kaur, Sumit Goyal, Madhu Behl, Rajwinder Singh, Aman Jindal, Ramandeep Saini, Kavita Chadha, Sudhanshu Srivastava, Sheela Kataria, Garima Vasudeva, Harpinder Kaur Gill, Sukhwinder Kaur, Virender Ratra and Babita Banga. Regional manager of Reliance Mutual fund also awarded winners. Chairman of group Satnam Singh Sandhu and president Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal highlighted the role of teachers in ethical and moral building of students. Dr Neena Sawhney, principal, Chandigarh College of Education, gave a brief life history of Dr S Radhakrishnan and importance of Teacher’s Day. The day was also celebrated at IET Bhaddal, Ropar. Students and teachers jointly celebrated this special day. In the inaugural ceremony IET Chairman Dr GS Chahal addressed students and faculty. Dr Chahal also announced monetary benefits to all the faculty and staff. Sarbjeet Singh, Harshvineet Kaur and Gurkirpal Singh were declared as best teachers from IET, IMS and COA, respectively. |
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Punjabi varsity VC honoured
Patiala, September 5 In his address, Dr Singh said the use of the language by Sheikh
Farid, Naths and Siddhas convincingly established the fact that the genesis of Punjabi was more than 1,000 years old. The present refined form and usage of Punjabi as a common man’s language was the result of reformation and fine-tuning of the language by Sikh Gurus, he added. He said the language had not only witnessed its own multidimensional growth but had also enriched the thesauruses of other languages. Society chairman KK Malhotra highlighted the contribution of Dr Singh by organising first-of-its-kind all-India Punjabi conferences, establishing exclusive centres of excellence in Punjabi and by getting folk dances of Punjab recorded in their original
forms. Rajinder Wasan, SK Mehta, Dr KK Sachdeva, Mr Gurpreet Singh Dhindsa expressed their gratitude to the Vice-Chancellor for acknowledging the
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Fun packed day for teachers
Ambala, September 5 Highlight of the day was fun games, including tambola, dumb charades, musical chair etc for teachers and students. A beauty pageant was organised to choose Master and Miss Fresher in which Chandandeep Singh and Ridhi of Class XI were chosen the Master and Miss Fresher, respectively. The school principal Neelinderjeet Sandhu congratulated the teachers and guided them to work hard so as to become role models for the coming generations.
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Auto-rickshaw driver killed in accident
Dera Bassi, September 5 The police said the incident took place around 9 am when Amarinder had started his auto-rickshaw to move to his house from the office of the Auto-Rickshaw Union located on the Mubarikpur road. A motorcycle coming from the Mubarikpur side rammed into the auto-rickshaw from the rear. The two motorcyclists and Amarinder sustained injuries. They were taken to the local Civil Hospital. The doctors referred Amarinder to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, but he succumbed to his injuries on the way. The police said the body of the victim had been handed over to the family after conducting a postmortem examination. A case has been registered against the motorcyclist, the police added. |
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Woman dies after consuming poison
Kalka, September 5 Police sources said Sunita, wife of Sukhbir, accidentally swallowed some poisonous substance and was taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, where she died later, added police sources. |
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Thieves decamp with cash, jewellery
Zirakpur, September 5 According to the police, Jasbir Singh, a resident of Badal Colony, alleged that he, along with his wife, had gone to Panchkula to meet his friend on Tuesday. When they returned they found the lock of the main door broken. The house was ransacked and all things were scattered. The owner alleged that a gold chain, one gold ring, two pairs of gold earrings, an expensive mobile handset and Rs 13,000 cash were missing from the almirah. A case has been registered. |
Israeli national’s case
Chandigarh, September 5 The court was informed that Dr Jain had been transferred to Delhi and therefore he could appear in the case for testifying the sample voice in
the audiotape. Now, the court has issued fresh summons to Dr Jain for appearing as defence witness on September 14. The court had earlier issued summons for Dr Jain to appear in the court as defence witness pertaining to the
Lior’s case, who was allegedly found in possession of 154.5 kg contraband along with two others. Dr Jain had examined the sample voice test of the prosecution witness, Ravi Kant Pawar, who was the investigating officer in the case. It was Dr Jain, who proved instrumental in the conviction of
judicial officer SS Bharadwaj, who was convicted by the CBI special court earlier
this year. Lior was arrested on February 9, 2005, for alleged drug peddling, and is being tried by a local court. He had earlier moved an application to summon Dr Jain as court witness under Section 311 of the Cr PC and
the court had rejected the same. In the sample voice tests report, Jain had opined that the sample voice of Ravi Kant Pawar taken in the court matches the voice in the audio CDs during a
sting operation.Fresh summons for CFSL additional director Pawar had given his voice sample after the Punjab and Haryana High Court had directed him to give his voice sample for matching with his purported recording during a sting operation.
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Attempted Murder Case
Panchkula, September 5 Following the arguments, the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Ritu Garg, reserved the decision for Monday. Dr Sofat was booked under Section 307, IPC, when he allegedly attempted to kill the driver of his car at Morni on July 19 to frame a family of Ludhiana in a criminal case. While the police was investigating the case, Dr Sofat sought anticipatory bail from the local court, which was dismissed as infructuous when the police in its reply stated that Dr Sofat was not wanted by it in the case, as he was in fact a complainant. The police, however, later registered a case of attempted murder against
Dr Sofat. On August 23, the police arrested Varinder Sofat, a cousin of Dr Sumit Sofat, from Mohali under Sections 307 and 120 B of the IPC, alleging that he was involved in the conspiracy to kill the driver. Varinder also applied for grant of bail in the same court. The application of Varinder would come up for hearing on September 8. The case dates back to July 19, when Dr Sofat had alleged that he was attacked by six persons when he was going to Morni with one of his friends, Dr Ravinder. While his driver, Nelson, was injured, Rs 33 lakh lying in his Tata Safari were taken away by the assailants, Dr Sofat had alleged. He had brought the money to purchase an Audi car from Chandigarh and when he could not complete the formalities for the purpose that day, he decided to visit Morni, Dr Sofat had told the police while accusing Ramesh Pashan, his two sons, their driver Ranjit and two other unidentified persons of the attack. Both sides reportedly had a dispute over a piece of land. Dr Sofat was facing criminal charges for allegedly making forged documents in order to grab a 1200-yard prime land of Ramesh Pashan on the Ferozepur road in Ludhiana for which he was arrested by the police on November 10. The Pashan family, however, denied Dr Sofat’s allegations, claiming that he had hatched a conspiracy to avenge his arrest on their complaint last year. They presented photographs and a CD containing footage showing them at Nirvana Club on the afternoon of the incident. They claimed that they were attending the ring ceremony of Vinayak, the elder son of Ramesh. Following this, Dr Sofat started avoiding the police and even tried to get anticipatory bail from a local court on August 7. Meanwhile, he allegedly attempted to frame Ramesh Pashan in a rape case at Dehradun, which ultimately boomeranged and Dr Sofat was himself booked by the Uttarakhand police in a rape case.
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One held for duping Ranchi IGP
Panchkula, September 5 The accused has been identified as Sujit Khatri, a resident of Model Town, New Delhi. Yesterday, the Panchkula police had registered a
case of fraud against three persons, including a woman, for duping Ranchi IGP Nirmala Amitabh Chaudhary. Two other accused — Ajay Aggarwal and Gyan Devi — both residents of New Delhi were still at large. Chandi Mandir SHO Jangsher Singh said Chaudhary had given a draft for Rs 20 lakh to the accused to purchase a piece of land measuring two acres at Bhanu, near here. The accused instead used the money to purchase the property in the name of someone else, he said. The accused was produced in the court, which remanded him in three-day police custody.
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Snatchers held
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Challenge Cup
Chandigarh, September 5 On the fifth day of the ongoing tournament, Rurka Kalan Football Academy blanked NPS Chandigarh by 3-0. However, Rurka Kalan lads drew first blood through Aprit Pal, who scored first goal for his team in the 24th minute. Rurka Kalan lads proved better in the last quarter of the game, Papai scored the second and third goal for the Rurka Kalan in the 84th and 86th minute. In the second match of the day, Cantonment Board, Jalandhar, drubbed SSA Mizoram by 4-1, Rubal Preet scored two goals in the 11th and 59th minute, Aman Preet Singh and Karam Preet Singh scored one goal each in the 55th and 59th minute. However, the lone goal for SSA Mizoram was scored by Joseph in the 53rd minute. In an another match, Rajasthan Football Academy and Indian Tigers, Mumbai, shared the points. Their match ended 2-2 draw. Prashik of Indian Tigers, Mumbai, scored first goal for their team in the fifth minute. Ajay Singh of Rajasthan scored equaliser in the 31st minute, Lokesh of Indian Tigers scored second goal for his team in the 65th minute. Nitesh of Rajasthan scored equaliser in the 74th minute of play. In a match played at Sector 17 Football Stadium, St Stephen’s Academy, Chandigarh, thrashed BH School, Sri Nagar by 4-0. Sandesh scored two goals for his team in the ninth and 21st minute, winners were leading by 2-0 at the breather. Harpreet Bedi of St Stephen’s pumped two more goals in the 81st and 85th minute. In the last match of the day played between the Chandigarh Football Academy and Mahil Pur Football Academy at Sector 17 Football Stadium, both the teams were equally balanced. Chandigarh Football Academy lads were playing short grounder passes on the other hand Mahil Pur lads exhibited Punjab style long high passes. CFA humiliated Mahil Pur by 5-1. Gagandeep of CFA scored the first goal for his team by his solo efforts in the 15th minute. In the 34th minute, CFA lads framed good move from the left flank and KC Lal sent a superb cross in the penalty of the Mahil Pur, where Rajinder of CFA scored second goal for his team with a fine header. It was again Rajinder, who scored third goal for his team in the 45th minute at the half time the CFA was leading by 3-0. Amandeep scored fourth goal for CFA in the 60th minute. The lone goal for Mahil Pur was scored by Rajbir in the 84th minute. Fifth goal for CFA was scored by Sumit Passi in the 86th minute. |
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GNPS win by 7 wickets
Chandigarh, September 5 St Anne’s won the toss and elected to bat first. St Anne’s were all out at 139 in 34 overs. Pukhraj (54), Abhinandan (30), Jaison (22) were the main scorers for St Anne’s, while Charanjit got 3 for 27, Arpit 2 for 39 for GNPS. In reply, GNPS chased the target in 35 overs for the loss of three wickets. Shubham Mahajan (44 not out), Anhishek (40), Karan Goel (20 not out) and Anirudh (2 for 20) were the main wicket takers for St Anne’s. In the second match played between Government Model School, Sector 35, and Stepping Stones School, Sector 37, Government Model School won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 172 for 8 in 40 overs.
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