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Assembly Polls
Kalka, September 26 Informing this, returning officer Yogesh Kumar, SDM Kalka, revealed that after the rejection, 10 contestants are left in the field as Independent candidates, which include Pardeep Chaudhary of INLD, Vijay Bansal of BSP, Satvinder Rana of Congress, Ram Gopal Mehta of HJC, Ramphal of Nationalist Congress Party, Virender Singh of BJP and Bhagat Singh, Amit Kumar Sharma, Narinder Nath Sharma, Manoj Kumar and Virender Bhau. He said E Sankran IRS, who had been appointed as the election observer of the Kalka constituency for ensuring fair and free elections, today visited the Kalka SDM office. Notably, as per the instructions of the district administration, till the date of the election, the returning officer-cum-SDM, Kalka, would be available in the SDM office between 4 pm to 6 pm to redress the grievances of the public. On September 29 the candidates can withdraw their names and the election symbols would also be allotted to all contestants.
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Power, water shortage irks residents
Bassi Pathana, September 26 While airing their grievances, residents alleged that the situation turned worse with the unscheduled power cuts. “The government has failed to deliver its promises. We have been bearing the brunt for more than a month now. It seems that the government has turned a blind eye to our plight,” rued a resident. Moreover, frequent power cuts have hit the water supply to the areas, which are dependent on the council’s water supply. Residents here are running from pillar to post in hope of getting adequate water supply. “Shopkeepers here are sitting idle, as they have nothing to do. How can one work under such circumstances? We were already burdened by the inflation. The inadequate water and power supplies have added to our problems,” added another resident. Residents alleged that politicians were just concerned with the development of their respective constituencies. Leaders of the Kissan Unions alleged that they were getting just four-hour power supply. They added that the government had failed to keep its promise of eight hours uninterrupted power supply to farmers.
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DPS, Satluj school enter U-14 final
Pinjore, September 26 In the semifinal matches, DPS, Pinjore, defeated St Xavier’s School, Panchkula, by four wickets and Satluj School beat Ryan International School, Chandigarh, by five wickets. In the U-16 section, St Xavier’s School, Panchkula, Satluj Public School, Panchkula, Ryan International, Chandigarh, and DPS Pinjore moved into the semifinals. St Xavier’s School defeated DPS (Blue) by four wickets in the first quarterfinal match.— TNS
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2 held for smuggling liquor
Rajpura, September 26 Sadar SHO Bikramjeet Singh Brar said “ A source informed us that the accused had modified the truck in order to hide the liquor boxes.” The police has impounded the truck and a case under various Sections of the Excise Act has been registered against the accused, who were identified as Balwinder of Mohali and Kulwinder of Kharar. Killed
Zirakpur: Desraj, a 35-year-old man, was killed after he was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Pabhat village on
Thursday. According to police sources, Desraj, a resident of Mukerian, was working as a labourer at a godown. The incident took place around 1.30 pm, when a reversing truck caught the victim off guard and crushed him. The injured was taken to the civil hospital, Dera Bassi, where he died later. The body of the victim has been handed over to the family after a post-mortem examination. A case has been registered. |
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Two hurt in clash
Dera Bassi, September 26 However, the police registered cross FIRs against both the groups and at least 10 persons, including the Municipal Councillor, were booked. The police said in her complaint, Sneh Lata reported that after her husband’s death, she had started a cotton spinning work to earn her bread, but the MC authorities seized her spinning machine, which was released after a long time. She alleged that MC Tara Chand, along with his son, assaulted her. Meanwhile, Tara Chand alleged to the police that Sneh Lata assaulted him, along with her sons, for impounding her machine. He claimed that her spinning machine was seized due to illegal encroachment on the roadside. Investigation officer stated the statements of both the parties had been recorded and started further investigations.
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87 cases settled in lok adalat
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 26 District Sessions Judge-cum-chairman of the Legal Services Authority Surinder Gupta presided over the adalat. As many as 189 cases were brought for consideration and 87 of them were settled on the spot. Rs 3.33 crore awards were also passed during the occasion. — TNS |
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College Presidentship
Rajpura, September 26 Panicked gripped people who thought armed robbers had entered the market to loot them, making them run helter skelter, as the men in the jeep opened fire with their pistols. According to eye-witnesses, the unidentified men fired nine bullets, two of which hit Fatehgarh Sahib resident Ravinder Singh Neetu. Ravinder had come to meet arhtiya Jitesh in a Zen car. Two bullets hit Ravinder on his thigh and back. The attackers assumed that they had killed their target and left the place after watching Ravinder in a pool of blood. He was lifted by one of his friends Sarabjit and was rushed to the local Civil Hospital. Viewing his serious condition, the injured boy was referred to Government Multi Specialty Hospital,Police officials were informed, who reached the spot and took stock of the situation. Police officials, who reached the spot, said the attack was planned and the attackers as well as the victim had been fighting over the issue of presidentship of Patel Memorial National College. The victim, they said, was supporting one group, while another tried to refrain him from doing so. A case in this connection will be registered after recording the statements of the injured, said the police officials. They said neither the attackers nor the victim was a student of the college but they were trying to influence presidentship of college. The college authorities have demanded police security in view of the election of presidentship of students union.
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Fire breaks out at godown
Zirakpur, September 26 According to Dera Bassi fire officer BS Sandhu, exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. There could be a possibility of a short circuit, he added. More than eight fire tenders were pressed in to douse the flames. Owner of the godown Pran Manchanda said he was informed by some passersby about the fire and he immediately reached the spot.
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Modi college lift trophy
Patiala, September 26 Modi college team defeated the SKR College of Physical Education, Bhago Majra, by a margin of 10-3 goals. Dr Gurmohan Singh Walia, principal, Mata Gujri College, presented the trophy to the winning team. On reaching at Modi College, principal Dr Satish Bhardwaj and chairman of sports committee Dr Rashpal Singh, welcomed the team members and appreciated their team incharges Prof Nishan Singh and Mandeep Kaur. The winning team comprises Amrinder Singh, Aman Kumar, Lavjeet Singh, Tahil Sachdeva, Atul, Avtar Singh, Gurpeet Singh and Sukhwinder Singh.
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No pension if proven guilty of taking bribe, rules HC
Chandigarh, September 26 The first-of-its-kind ruling affecting the retrial benefits of corrupt public servants by Justice Ranjit Singh comes on a petition by assistant sub-inspector Rajender Parshad. Justice Ranjit Singh asserted: “The petitioner, who has been dismissed from service on a charge of having received illegal gratification, has challenged the order on the ground he has been acquitted of the charges made against him before a criminal trial….” “The counsel for the petitioner would first contend once the petitioner has been acquitted by criminal court of the charge alleged against him, the order of dismissal passed by the authorities for the same very allegations cannot be allowed to stand….” Referring to the proposition of law, Justice Ranjit Singh added: “It cannot be disputed that the standard of proof required for proving a charge in a criminal case and the one in the departmental enquiry would vary. To hold a person guilty in a criminal case, the charges are required to be proved beyond shadow of reasonable doubt. However, for the purpose of departmental enquiry that strict and rigid standard of proof is not the essential requirement….” Justice Ranjit Singh added: “The counsel would contend long service of the petitioner was not kept in view while passing the order of dismissal and this would be in violation of Rule 16.2 of the relevant Rules. Rule 16.2 provides dismissal shall be awarded only for the gravest of misconduct or cumulative effect of continued misconduct proving incorrigible and complete unfitness for the police service.” “No doubt Rule 16.2 requires that in making an award, regard must be kept to the length of the service of the offender and his claim to pension. Could the requirement of this rule mitigate the gravity of the serious allegations made against the police officer, accused of accepting illegal gratification? Once the punishment of dismissal is upheld for misconduct of accepting illegal gratification, it can be said such a person even if had a pensionable service, would not deserve pension. The consideration would just be a formality and must have been kept in view while awarding the punishment”.
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Land Grab Case
Chandigarh, September 26 The police said Paramjit Singh was harbouring Baba Pritpal Singh, who was wanted in a cheating case for grabbing land of an NRI woman. Meanwhile, the family members of Paramjit Singh have accused the local police of pressuring and harassing them for no fault of theirs in the case. They said they had been cooperating with the police whenever they were called. Paramjit’s wife Kamajit Kaur, a resident of Sector 71, Mohali, alleged that the police had called her husband to the economic offences wing on Thursday afternoon. He went there with a local councillor to the police and was made to sit till late in the evening. “Around 8 pm, the police told my father that he was under arrest. When we protested, they threatened us that they would arrest other members of our family if we did not sign certain documents,” alleged Paramjit’s son Gobind Singh. Kamaljit claimed that her husband was running a courier business and had nothing to do with the case.
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7-day police remand for BKI activist
Mohali, September 26 While being produced in the court, the public prosecutor sought 14 days remand as the suspect had to be taken to Jaiselmer, Rajasthan, in connection with the visits of the module members for bringing the consignment of explosives and arms. The police also wanted to know whereabouts of the suspects’ hideouts. Not a single advocate came forward to represent the suspect while he was being produced in the court. Besides this, no family member or relative came to the court. The police, acting on the leads given by the Rajasthan police, had claimed yesterday that with the arrest of notorious smuggler Lunia, alias Sodha Khan, a module of the Babbar Khalsa International, that was mobilising resources for reviving the terrorism, was busted. Besides Harpreet, Jagmohan and Darshan, suspects in the Rulda murder case, have also been name in the FIR registered under Sections 17, 18 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967, and the Arms Act at the Phase 8 police station.
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Man booked in kidnapping case
Chandigarh, September 26 A case under Sections 365 and 34 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector-3 police station. Cheated
Kamla Devi, a resident of Dadumajra Colony, reported to the police that Ram Lal of Khuda Lahora village cheated her by taking Rs 5,000 from her to arrange a house at housing board in Chandigarh. According to the police, neither the accused returned the money nor provided the house. A case under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered at the Sector-11 police station.
Passport
tampered
Ravneet Singh of Sector 11 filed a complaint with the police, alleging that Guravtar Singh and Gurpreet Kaur, both residents of Sector 11, tempered his passport. A case under Section 12 of the Passport Act, 1967, and under various sections of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 34 police station.
Arrested
The local police today arrested an owner and his tenant from their house in Sector 56 for not providing the information of the tenant to the police. Assistant sub-inspector Paramjeet Singh alleged that Rakesh Hans of Sector 56 did not provide the
information of his tenant, Manohar Singh, to the police. A case under Section 188 of the IPC has been
registered at the Sector-39 police station.
Vehicle stolen
Balwinder Kumar, a resident of Sector 20, reported to the police that some unknown person had stolen his Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle (CH-03-M-9276) from near Ramleela ground at Sector 7 last night. A case of theft has been registered at the Sector-26 police station.
Theft
Surjinder Singh of Sector 38 filed a complaint with the police,
alleging that some unknown person had stolen Rs 25,000 from his house last night. A case under Section 380 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector-39 police station.
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2 booked for molestation
Mohali, September 26 The accused have been identified as Gurbaksh Singh and BS Paras, both residents of Phase XI. The police stated that the complainant, Gurdeep Kaur, a resident of Phase X, alleged that she had gone to Phase X market around 11 am where the accused molested and assaulted her. On raising the alarm, the accused fled the scene, she told the police. A case has been registered on the complaint of the victim and further investigations are on.
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Haryana Open
Panchkula, September 26 Big-hitter Pathania from Greater Noida, who set the Panchkula greens on fire with his monstrous drives yesterday paled into insignificance today, as he struggled with his game to card a one over 73 for a 10 under 206 total. Consistency is not Pathania's forte. He just could not get his drives in order. In fact the chip-in for an eagle from a bunker on the 11th was the only bright spot in today’s game. Amardip Singh Malik was eight under 208, with Asian Tour star Anirban Lahiri another stroke behind tied for the fourth slot along with Ranjit Singh Rathore. Chandigarh's Ajeetesh Sandhu repeated yet another four under 68 to be tied sixth at six under 210 along with another city golfer Randhir Singh Ghotra and Sanjay Kumar. Harendra Gupta began with a birdie on the first, but was back at par conceding a bogey on the third. A fine approach shot on the eighth got him a birdie, as he made the turn at one under 35. He carried on his steady golf in the back nine birdying the 10th, 11th and 15th to finish at four under 68. His last birdie was a result of a 310-yard drive, which found the centre of the fairway. The local favourite said, “I was consistent today. I made 14 regulations and hit 12 fairways. My swing has not been steady but fortunately I enjoy the advantage of local knowledge at this course. Since I am based at Chandigarh, I have played here more often as compared to many other golfers on the tour.” Gupta felt the two-stroke lead was not a substantial lead on the course. Pathania who conceded double bogeys on the ninth and 15th said, “Today’s round was nothing like what I managed yesterday. I did not drive well and my putter did not produce the desired results. The only bright spot was the chip-in for eagle from the bunker on the 11th. However, I am still eager to make it count this week and am confident of being back at the top of my game in the final round.” Leading scores after third round: 204 Harendra P Gupta (67-69-68); 206 Mandeo Singh Pathania (70-63-73); 208 Amardip Singh Malik (70-67-71); 209 Ranjit Singh Rathore (69-70-70) and Anirban Lahiri (69-69-71); 210 Ajeetesh Sandhu (74-68-68), Sanjay Kumar (70-69-71) and Randhir Singh Ghotra (71-66-73); 212 Vijay Kumar (69-73-70), Mukesh Kumar (70-71-71) and Shankar Das (74-66-72); 213 Feroz Ali Mollah (76-69-68), Vivek Bhandari (73-71-69), C Muniyappa (72-69-72) and Harmeet Kahlon (70-69-74).
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Double delight for SCD college
Chandigarh, September 26 SCD players thrashed PU campus by 61-46 in their first match and in the second match they defeated SGGS College, Sector 26, by 73-55. Results: SGGS College thrashed DAV College, Chandigarh, by 52-23. Scorers of SGGS College: Kuldeep 22, Puneet 11 and Harlaj 7; scorers of DAV College: Veeranant 7 and Sonam 5. SCD Government College, Ludhiana, beat PU campus by 61-46. Scorers of SCD College: Rajan 18, Amanjot 14 and Jagdeep 10; scorers of PU campus: Rupinder 16 and Abhit 12. PU campus defeated DAV College, Chandigarh, by 75-64. Scorers of PU Campus: Abhit 19, Amandeep 17 and Rupinder 13; scorers of DAV College: Sukhpal 16, Sonam 15 and Veeranant 13. SCD College, Ludhiana, got the better of SGGS College, Chandigarh, by 73-55. Scorers of SCD College: Akash 18, Rajan 16, Jagdeep 13 and Amanjot 12; scorers of SGGS College: Kuldeep 14, Puneet 14, Amanpreet 9 and Ravinderpal 9.
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Sadhu Vaswani school thrash Sacred Heart
Chandigarh, September 26 Results: Under-14 girls: Sadhu Vaswani School, Delhi, thrashed Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh, by 2-0; Ryan International School, New Delhi, beat Carmel Convent School, New Delhi, by 2-0; Mount Carmel School, Chandigarh, thrashed Bal Bharti School, Delhi, by 2-0; St Peter’s School, Chandigarh, beat Banyan Tree School, Chandigarh, by 2-1; Delhi Public School, Chandigarh, beat Modern School, Delhi, by 2-0. Under-19 girls: Raj Bharti School, Delhi, thrashed Heritage Public School, Delhi, by 2-0; Bal Bharti Gangaram School, Delhi, beat Greenways School, Ropar, by 2-0; DAVG Model School, Sector 15, defeated Modern School, Delhi, by 2-1; Satluj Public School, Panchkula, thrashed Carmel Convent School, Delhi, by 2-1; Bal Bharti School, New Delhi, beat CRPF School, Rohini, by 2-0. |
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Cricket
Chandigarh, September 26 Set to score 79 runs for victory, St Stephen's School achieved it in just 5.4 overs. Jagpreet Singh (24) and Gurranaq (19) were associated in an unbroken 43-run first wicket partnership. Earlier, DAV-15 batted first and was bowled out for 78 in 32.1 overs. At St Stephen's School Stadium in Togan, DAV Senior Secondary School-8 defeated Government Model School-35 by 29 runs. DAVSSS-8 batted first and posted 172 all out in 38.2 overs. In reply, Government Model-35 was dismissed for 143 in 36 overs. Brief scores: DAVSSS-8: 72 all out in 38.2 overs (Arvind 68, 11x4s, Rahul 30, 5x4s, Harpreet 25, 4x4s, Yudhvir 21 2x4s, 1x6, Pushkar 2 for 43, Chetan 2 for 26, Megha 2 for 22, Saurav 2 for 31). Government Model-35: 43 all out in 36 overs (Megha 59, 9x4s, 1x6, Parvinder Singh 24, 4x4s, Avnit 15, Raman Bishnoi 5 for 33, Arvind 3 for 28). DAV Model-15: 78 all out in 32.1 overs (Anubhav Nandan 14, Abhishek Thakur 20, Jagpreet Singh 3 for 10, Abilash Sharma 3 for 16, Gaurav Singh 2 for 23). St Stephen's-45: 79 for no loss in 5.4 overs (Jagpreet Singh 24 not out, 2x4s, 1x6, Gurranaq Singh 19 not out 4x4s).
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Govt Model-20 record victory
Chandigarh, September 26 Vishal displayed good reflexes to pave the way for his team's title triumph. Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, emerged champions in the girls’ U-19 category. In a closely fought final, Government Model-20 won by 8-6, 5-3. Ritu Sharma emerged the star player. Riding on the outstanding display by Ashu Sharma, Government Model High School-26 beat Government Model High School-7 by 7-5, 3-2 to win the boys’ U-14 title. The top honour for girls’ in this category went to Government Model High School-26, who beat Sacred Heart School by 10-6, 6-4, in the final. Results: U-19 (final): Government Model Senior Secondary School Club-20 beat Prince Club-21 6-3, 8-5. Outstanding player: Vishal. U-19: Girls (final): Government Girls’ Senior Secondary-20 beat Government Model Senior Secondary School-47 by 8-6, 5-3. Outstanding player: Ritu Sharma. U-14: Boys’ (final): Government Model High School-26 beat Government High School-7 by 7-5, 3-2. Outstanding player: Ashu Sharma. U-14: Girls’ (final): Government Model High School-26 beat Sacred Heart School-26 by 10-6, 6-4. Outstanding player: Neha.
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GNPS, CCA down BTS
academy
Chandigarh, September 26 Brief scores: GNPS and CCA-36 lead by 25 runs in the 1st inning. GNPS and CCA-36 (1st innings): 146 for 1 in 20 overs (Arpit 86 not out; Arjit 48 and Honey 1 for 21). BTS Cricket Academy, Chandigarh: 120 for 8 in 20 overs (Devinder Singh 48, Honey 28, Amol 13, Parvesh Sharma 12, Arpit 4 for 26 and Rizul 2 for 21). GNPS and CCA-36 (second innings): 121 for 6 in 20 overs (Arpit 50, Arjit 13, Amrit 17, Shubham 1 for 15, Simerdeep 1 for 16 and Honey 1 for 20); BTS Cricket Academy, Chandigarh: 95 all out in 20 overs (Devinder Singh 38, Amol 18, Rahul 10, Arpit 4 for 9 and Shubham Chand 1 for 26). —
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Shooting meet concludes
Mohali, September 26 The chief guest Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal announced that the Punjab government would set up an ultra-modern shooting range here within a short time and announced a grant of Rs 1 crore to the Punjab State Rifle Shooting Association. He also announced that to re-achieve the world fame and glory of Punjab in the field of hockey, the state government had also decided to equip Sansarpur in Jalandhar district, once known as the nursery of hockey, with a new six 'A' side hockey synthetic ground, besides replacing the existing synthetic ground at Surjit Singh Hockey Academy, Jalandhar, with the new ground. He further said the paucity of funds would not be allowed to hamper the development works in the field of sports. “To identify young sports talent and to train them, the Punjab government has started “Coaching competition scheme” at the cost of Rs 2.69 crore under which about 1.3 lakh boys and girls are participating in the block, district and state-level tournaments,” said the CM. Badal also unveiled the commemorate plaque to commemorate the first individual Olympic gold medal won by Punjab’s shooter Abhinav Bindra and gave away the prizes to the winners of the 45th Punjab State Shooting Championship.
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