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DC, SSP visit affected areas
Tribune News Service

Rajpura, September 12
Patiala Deputy Commissioner Deepinder Singh visited “Sfurti”, a handicraft workshop run by Cooperative Industry Society Limited in Thuha village.

He said though these workshops proved helpful for needy women but efforts must be made to pay them.

Products made by women must be sold in open market at maximum price, he said. He expressed his displeasure over the lack of knowledge among women about the new schemes launched by the state and Central government to help them.

Works of phulkari need a lot of labour and hard work and organisers must make arrangements so that the poor women working in these workshops could sell their handmade products in the open market.

He also instructed the organisers to arrange a training programme for village women in such workshops.

Khadi and Gramin Udyog Yojna of the Central government release many grants for such projects but these are not used properly by all workshops and poor women fail to get maximum benefits out of it.

The DC also distributed training certificates to the women working in the workshop.

Patiala, September 12
The Punjab Tae kwon do Association today organised the 8th Punjab State Junior and Senior Championship for men and women at the Rink Hall, Baradari, Patiala, under the supervision of president of the association JP Virdi in collaboration with Patiala SP Arpit Shukla.

Parneet Kaur, MP from Patiala and Minister of State in Ministry of External Affairs, was the chief guest on the occasion. Coach Satwinder Singh and Rajkumar presented mementos to the chief guest.

Technical director of tae kwon do Shiv Kumar Shukla and joint secretary Harmeet Singh were also present on the occasion.

Punit Rane and Amandeep Kumar from Patiala won a silver and bronze medal, respectively.

Chandigarh, September 12
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Ravi Kumar Sondhi today dismissed the anticipatory bail application of MC councillor Devinder Babla.

The hearing on the bail plea was transferred to this court from the Sessions Court yesterday after the complainant had move an application expressing his doubts over the fairness in the case.

Interestingly, after the spat that took place between the lawyers of both parties at the Sessions Court yesterday, UT’s senior standing counsel Anupam Gupta appeared in the case on behalf of the state.

Opposing the bail plea, Gupta stated before the court that the case was just the tip of the iceberg of the corruption and terror, which was created by the accused in the case.

He said this could further lead to more revelations into the matter.

Countering his argument, defence counsel Nanda stated that there were no documents to prove the allegations of the prosecution and it was a case of political vendetta against Babla.

Terming Babla as a name to reckon with terror and corruption, Gupta further stated that a custodial investigation was imperative in the case to bring out the truth.

He also cited the detail report by the Additional Deputy Commissioner who had inquired into this matter. He also referred to the conduct of the accused after the FIR was registered against him.

He stated before the court that the manner in which the accused had conducted himself after the FIR was registered against him was rather questionable, citing further that how a day after the registration of the FIR, he called a press conference and was at large since then.

Chandigarh, September 12
Thieves decamped with cash worth Rs 1.5 lakh and goods worth more than Rs 50,000 were stolen from a shop at Sector 26 here last night.

Ajay Kansal, owner of the shop, said, “I came here at about 7 am and found the shutter of the shop open. The locks were not broken and was surprised that how anyone could enter without breaking the locks.”

He also alleged that the streetlights of the market were not working properly and that it could be a reason behind the theft.

The police said a case had been registered and investigations were on to nab the accused.

Chandigarh, September 12
The economic offences wing (EOW) of the UT police today registered a case of fraud against a husband-wife duo, Arvind and Sapna, of Sector 37, for allegedly grabbing money to send persons abroad.

In a complaint received by the police, Alka of Mohali and 25 other persons alleged that both the accused took Rs 25 lakh, along with the copies of passports from them on the pretext to send them Italy. Neither they were sent to Italy, nor they got their money back.

The accused issued a cheque of Rs 2,80,000 to the complainant, which was dishonoured by the bank.

Earlier, both the accused were allegedly engaged in the business of committee (chit-funds) at their house.

The police said during their business meetings, both the accused allured the victims to grab money.

A senior police official said that the accused had claimed that their relatives in Italy needed manpower for their business and by this way, they allured the victims.

Both the accused have been arrested and a case under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered at Sector 36 police station. Meanwhile, a local court sent them on a two-day police remand.

Chandigarh, September 12
Lakhbir Singh, a resident of Sarangpur village, filed a complaint with the police, alleging that a newly born baby was found lying in front of parking at Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, yesterday.

Chandigarh, September 12
Dinkar Goyal of Shishu Niketan School thrashed Shuming of Ludhiana (1-7,9-11,11-5,8-11,12-10) in the sub-junior boys’ final of the ongoing Kishan Lal Invitational Memorial Table Tennis Tournament, being played at the Sector 23 Table Tennis hall here today.

While the sub-junior girls’ title was clinched by Pareen Verma of DAV Public School after defeating Rajeshwari of Carmel Convent School by 11-4,9-11,12-10,11-8 and 11-9.

Results:

Men team league: CWC, Delhi, bt PSEB by 3-1; Rohit Mahajan bt Yakshap Jindal (11-8,11-9,11-7), Vikas Mahajan bt Rajat Kumar (11-8,11-6,11-9), Pankaj Sharma lost to Vinay Kumar (9-11,6-11,11-8,8-11) and Vikas Mahajan bt Yakshap Jindal (11-9,5-11,11-9,11-8); CTTC bt Audit Club by 3-0; Vikram Aditya bt Rahul Malhotra (11-5,11-8,11-9), Dev Saini bt Vikas Sharma (11-9,11-5,11-5) and Munish Bhardwaj bt Sumit Chaudhary (11-7,11-4,11-5); CTTC bt CWC, Delhi, by 3-1; Vikram Aditya bt Rajat (11-9,11-2,11-9), Dev Saini lost to Yakshap Jindal (4-11,3-11,8-11), Munish Bhardwaj bt Vinay (11-7,11-9,11-8) and Vikram Aditya bt Yakshap Jindal (11-9,11-6,11-5); PSEB bt Audit Club by 3-0; Rohit Mahajan bt Vikas Sharma (11-9,13-15,14-12,11-9), Vikas Mahajan bt Rahul Malhotra (11-4,11-8,11-9) and Pankaj Sharma bt Sumit Chaudhary (11-8,11-4, 9-11, 11-5).

Final: Chandigarh TT Club bt PSEB by 3-1; Vikram Aditya bt Rohit Mahajan (11-4,11-7,11-4), Munish Bhardwaj lost to Vikas Mahajan (11-8,11-13,3-11,11-8,8-11), Dev Saini bt Pankaj Sharma (9-11,11-4,11-13,11-8,11-5) and Vikram Aditya bt Vikas Mahajan (11-9,11-5,4-11,11-6); Women team final; Chandigarh TT Club bt Audit Club by 3-0, Nirdosh bt Garima Goyal (11-9,11-8,11-9), Nadia Saini bt Gurvinder Kaur (11-9,11-8,11-9) and Bhawna Sareen bt Sadhika Kaushal (11-8,11-7,11-9).

Chandigarh, September 12
The Chandigarh Wrestling Association today honoured three international wrestlers Jagmit Singh, Parvesh and Ajay Pathak for bringing laurels to the country with their outstanding performance at the state, national and international level.

Bharat Kesari Jagmit Singh was presented a cash prize of Rs 21,000, while Kesari Kumar Parvesh of Delhi was handed over Rs 11,000 and Ajay Pathak of Punjab Police, Mohali, who recently participated in the World Masters Wrestling Championship in Finland was felicitated with a cash prize of Rs 5,100.

Meanwhile, Border Security Force claimed the overall trophy, while Wrestling Coaching Centre, were declared runners-up.

Talented Jagmit Singh trained under Darshan Lal Sharma, wrestling coach of the Chandigarh sports department, today displayed his prowess by outplaying Dhirender in the +96 bout final.

It was Dhirender, who gained one point in the beginning. However, in the second round Jagmit floored his opponent in a swift action.

Results:

U-55 kg: Sambir 1 and Anil 2; U-60 kg: Manoj 1 and Deepak 2; U-66 kg: Gurmail 1 and Parveen 2; U-74 kg: Parvesh 1 and Ombir 2; U-84 kg: Rajesh 1 and Shwani 2; U-96 kg: Satinder 1 and Anil 2; +96 kg: Jagmit 1 and Dhirender 2.

Chandigarh, September 12
The patron-in-chief of the Eco Friendly Sports Organisation (EFSO) launched the website at New Public School, Sector 18, today. Secretary general and founder member of the organisation Vivek Lakhanpal said they had been requesting the authorities for the past two years to replace the existing lights with energy saving ones.

Subhash Tejpal, adviser, EFSO, said most of the people had doubt about the working of the solar heating and lights as they had no clear idea about the working and the energy saved by these gadgets.

Meanwhile, Justice Surya Kant met table tennis players, sponsored by the EFSO and the Stag International. He also visited the table tennis hall, Sector 23, where these players were practising for the upcoming national ranking tournaments.

Lakhanpal said the players would sport the logo of the company on their T-shirts while playing tournaments to spread the message of global warming-“Save Mother Earth”.

He also requested people to visit their website ecofriendlysports.org, and see the aims and objectives of the site to eradicate corruption in sports and join hands with the EFSO to bring harmony in sports arena.

Chandigarh, September 12
Panjab University, Chandigarh, thrashed SGGS College, Mahilpur, (2-0) on the first day of Panjab University Inter-College Ball Badminton Tournament (men), being played at the Gymnasium Hall of the university, here today.

In the first semifinal, Panjab University campus defeated GGDSD College, Sector 32, by 2-0.

Results:

Panjab University beat SGGS College, Mahilpur (2-0) (21-29, 29-12), DM College, Moga, beat Government College, Sector 46, (2-1) (21-29, 29-20, 29-3); semifinals: Panjab University beat GGDSD College (2-0) (29-24, 29-10) and SGGS College beat DM College, Moga, (2-0) (29-10, 29-2).

Mohali, September 12
The 31st Punjab State Judo Championship Junior Girls’ (Under-17) and Senior Women concluded at BMD Public School, Sector 63, here today.

While, the senior women championship was won by Munisha of Ludhiana and Anjali of Jalandhar clinched the junior girls’ title.

The men’s competitions are still underway.