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Fatehgarh Sahib, October 11
A special inspection for security purposes was done at the railway station here yesterday in view of the festive season ahead.

At least 200 railway police officials inspected the luggage of passengers and bogies of different trains under the supervision of Railways IG Paramjit Singh Sarao.

The inspecting team was equipped with modern machines and had a dog squad with it.

Later, the IG said around 24 trains coming and going towards Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Mumbai, Amritsar and Jammu were inspected.

Special permission from the Railways was taken to increase the time for halting of trains from two minutes to 10 minutes for this checking.

The IG said the motive of this special checking was to inspect the luggage of passengers to identify explosives, drugs or any other substance which could harm the property of railways or passengers.

He said such special checking would be done at all the railway stations twice a month and an extra vigil had been kept on trains coming from Jammu.

Answering a query, he said close-circuit cameras had been installed at the Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Ferozepur, Bathinda and Pathankot railway stations.

A proposal to instal such cameras at other railway stations had been sent to Railways.

He urged passengers to keep a vigil on unidentified luggage and suspicious persons and to immediately inform railway officials about any suspicious thing.

Patiala, October 11
The police administration has taken a U-turn on the issue of taking action against 43 sweet shop owners who were allegedly involved in buying spurious khoya and milk products from the cold stores here. While earlier the police had categorically said there was involvement of a large number of sweet shop owners of Patiala in the “unhealthy” practice of purchasing “spurious” khoya and other foodstuff, now the cops say that they do not have any list of the erring 43 sweet shop owners.

Notably, in a major crackdown on the cold stores in Patiala district on September 23, the police department, in coordination with the officials of the health department, had seized 180 quintals of khoya, 30 drums of sweets and about 15,000 litres of sauce from different cold stores.

At that time, the then SSP Arpit Shukla had said the police had prepared a list of the erring shopkeepers, who were supposed to buy adulterated items from the cold stores. The SSP had also said around 43 sweet shop owners figure in the list and they would initiate strict action against them.

However, three weeks later, the cops have taken a U-turn. Speaking to The Tribune, SSP Ranbir Singh Khattra said, “I have recently assumed the charge of the SSP and to best of my knowledge we do not have any list of shopkeepers who are allegedly involved in purchase of spurious foodstuff.”

When contacted, civil surgeon Sham Lal Mahajan said, “Ever since raids were conducted on cold stores, our department had never made any statement about having any list mentioning the names of the shopkeepers (vendors) involved in the matter.”

Meanwhile, the dairy development department is learnt to have submitted the report of the samples taken from the cold stores, which were raided on September 23. However, authorities have yet not disclosed the result of the report.

When contacted, SSP Khattra expressed his ignorance over the report and said, “If the report has been submitted, I will look into it and will be able to comment only after studying the report.”

Kalka, October 11
The political future of three prominent candidates is at stake in these assembly elections. While Satvinder Singh Rana, Congress candidate and sitting MLA from Rajaund, has to win the seat to continue in politics (his old constituency was abolished during delimitation), the INLD would think twice to field its 
candidate Pardeep Chaudhary if he disappoints the party for the fourth time to make it to the state 
Assembly.

Bhagat Singh (65), an Independent, who decided to take on the legacy of his father Lachhman Singh, a former minister from the area, who died three years ago, also cannot afford to take any chances.

Pardeep Chaudhary is trying his luck for the fourth time and has already lost three elections to the former deputy Chief Mnister, Chander Mohan, who remained the MLA since 1993.

It would be a hard task for him to claim the party ticket again under such circumstances.

Bhagat Singh, who stepped into politics at the age of 65, jumped into the fray and enjoys popularity among residents of Kalka and the neighbouring areas.

The next Assembly elections in the state would be held in 2014 when he would be completing 70 years.

As of now, with dissidence among Congress leaders and support from the local population following his victory in the court as the chairman of the Kalka Bachao Sagharsh Samiti, would make it easy for him to take the lead over his rivals.

Patiala, October 11
Indian Nuclear Society (INS) national seminar organised by the school of physics and materials science, Thapar University, Patiala, concluded on the university campus today.

The two-day seminar was organised in the commemoration of birth centenary of Dr HJ Bhaba, pioneer of atomic energy and nuclear technology in India.

The seminar received a wide participation nearly from every nook and corner of the country. The technical session of the seminar had nine invited talks and 37-poster presentation by various researchers.

The contributions of young researchers were presented in the form of poster. Dr Manoj said: “INS has started best poster prizes for the 
first time.”

There was an expert panel for judging the best posters. The best poster presentation award was given to VJ Dhole, Sanjeev Kumar, Niyti Sharma and Ramneek Kaur. Dr Manoj announced that the 20th annual conference of Indian Nuclear Society (INSAC-10) would be held in Chennai from January.

Dera Bassi, October 11
With the arrest of one person, the Mohali police claims to have solved a four-month-old blind murder case of a taxi driver. The victim, Kapil Dev (24), a resident of Kangra (HP), was found dead under mysterious circumstances on the Ambala-Chandigarh national highway near Bhankerpur village at Dera Bassi.

The accused had fled with the Ford Ikon driven by the victim. The car had been recovered from Gohana near Sonipat on June 17 after it met with an accident.

Blood spots found in the car had led the police to the assailant. DSP, Dera Bassi, JS Khaira, said suspecting that the accused had sustained injuries in a road accident, the police approached all local hospitals and managed to trace one of the accused, Kuldeep (30), a resident of Rohtak, who stayed at a hospital for a long time due to his fractured leg.

During preliminary interrogation, Kuldeep revealed that he, along with other accused, had waylaid Kapil on June 15 at Chandimandir when he was on his way from Shimla to Chandigarh. After forcing their way into the victim’s car on the pretext of taking a lift, they tied his hands, gagged his mouth and drove the car towards Dera Bassi.

At Dera Bassi, they threw Kapil out of the car and he died of breathlessness. While on their way to Rohtak, they met with an accident. Kuldeep is one of the three assailants.

The body of Kapil was noticed at roadside on the Ambala-Chandigarh national highway, near Bhankerpur village, on June 16. He was working as a driver with a Chandigarh-based taxi operator and had gone to Shimla in a Ford Ikon taxi to drop an official of a Chandigarh-based IT company. 

Patiala, October 11
The 9th All-India Athletics Meet of the BSNL concluded at NIS grounds here today.LS Ranawat, executive director of the NIS, was the chief guest. He declared the ceremony closed and lowered the flag.

Upender Singh from Rajasthan and Geetanjali Jena from Orissa were adjudged individual champions in the men and women category, respectively.

In the team championship, Kerala came first, while Rajasthan finished second in the men’s category.

In the women’s category, Orissa and West Bengal came first and second, respectively.

A special prize was awarded to Upender Singh who won the decathlon event.

PK Paliwal, chief general manager of Telecom, Punjab circle, Chandigarh, AK Sharma, general manager (administration) circle office, Chandigarh, Mussadi Lal, general manager, telecom, Patiala district, were also present.

Mementoes were presented to chief guest LS Ranawat by the GM (administration) and the chief general manager.

Day-3 results: 20 km walk (men): 1 RK Patel (UP East), 2 Malkeet Singh (UP West) and 3 PN Gurjar (Rajasthan); 400m hurdles (men): 1 Bhupinder Singh (Punjab), 2 Upendra Singh (Rajasthan); javelin throw (men): 1 Upendra Singh (Rajasthan), 2 KB Thakur (Gujarat) and 3 S Riyazuddin (Karnataka); shot put (women): 1 Amitha Sethy (Orissa), 2 Sunita Gupta (MTNL Delhi) and 3 Sunitha Gupte (MTNL Delhi); high jump (women): 1 Hetal Choudhary (Gujarat), 2 Phoolvathi (MTNL Delhi) and 3 P Sasikala (Tamil Nadu); decathlon (men): 1 Upender Singh (Rajasthan), 2 Kripa Shankar Sharma (Rajasthan) and 3 M Selvakumar (Tamil Nadu); triple jump (men): 1 KN Dileep (Kerala), 2 SK Samser (West Bengal) and 3 Dhritiman Seal (West Bengal); 100m (men): 1 DA Basarwadekar (Maharashtra), 2 Vikas M Puthran (Karnataka) and 3 Umesh (UP West); 4x100m relay (women): 1 North East-I, 2 Tamil Nadu and 3 Maharashtra; 4x100m relay (men): 1 Kerala, 2 Punjab and 3 Tamil Nadu; 100m (women): 1 Amitha Sethi (Orissa), 2 Sumana Mandal (West Bengal) and 3 G Uma Devi (Andhra Pradesh).

Chandigarh, October 11
Three persons have been injured in hit-and-run road accidents in various parts of the city.The police said Sharad Sharma of Sector 22 reported that a Skoda Car (CH 03 X 6182) hit his car near the rotary of Sectors 24, 25, 37 and 38 last night and sped away.

His mother was injured in the mishap and was admitted to the Sector 16 Government Multi-Specialty Hospital. The police booked and arrested the driver, Vikramjit Singh of Patiala.

Paneet Sanawar of Zirakpur filed a complaint that a jeep (CH 03 R 7658) rammed into her car in Phase II, Industrial Area. She was hurt and was admitted to a private hospital at Mohali.

In another incident, Bhupinder Singh Rana of Sector 41 alleged that a motor cycle collided with his motor cycle near the church in Sector 41 on Saturday.

Chandigarh, October 11
The police today arrested four youths hailing from various parts of Haryana on charges of impersonation for trying to appear in place of original candidates in a written examination for the recruitment of constable by the Chandigarh police.

The officiating SHO of the Sector 3 police station said the youths were found appearing in place of original candidates during the written examination held at the DAV College in Sector 10 here.

Those arrested were identified as Sujeet Kumar of Jhajjar, Shuheel Kumar of Sonepat, Surinder Doon of Hisar and Manoj Kumar of Kaithal.

They were found appearing for Amit Kumar, Rakesh and Kuldeep Singh, all residents of Sonepat, and Kuldip Kumar of Kaithal.

A case of impersonation, cheating and criminal conspiracy under sections 419, 420, 120-B and 511 of the Indian Penal Code was registered.

The police said efforts were on to trace the original candidates.

Chandigarh, October 11
BS Gill created a flutter on the greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club, firing a hole-in-one on the par-3 eighth hole as Dilmick Lamba cinched the 0-12 handicap title with 37 points in the PHD Chamber Golf Tournament here today.Played on the 3/4th handicap Stableford format, it was exciting golf as 130 golfers, including 12 diplomats 65 bureaucrats and industrialists from the region, teed off for the five titles at stake.

Finishing two points behind Dilmick Lamba was Gill at 35, followed by Gurpreet Bakshi.

In fact, IS Dhillon tied with Bakshi. But because of a better back nine, Bakshi was declared the second runner-up. It was a lucky day for Gill as his shot saw the ball roll into the eighth hole. Playing with him, Mongolia Ambassador Voroshilov Enkhbold videographed the feat and was the first to pick up the ball and kiss it.

Third player in this group was Zimbabwe Ambassador Jonathan, who was also happy to be a witness to the feat.

Sarvesh Kaushal triumphed in the 13-24 handicap category, tallying 42 points with Gopal Munjal finishing one point behind at 41. Shiv K Gupta was third at 40.

In the women’s section, Dr P Chari was victorious with 27 points, while Anjana Sehgal triumphed in the nine-hole play logging 10 points.

KK Sethi won the nine-hole event among men with 16 points. Satish Girotra and Madhukar Malhotra were declared winner and runner-up, respectively, after both logged 14 points.

Diplomats from Austria, Indonesia, Brunei, Mongolia, Zimbabwe, Republic of Malawai and Namibia took part in the tournament besides 75 senior bureaucrats from Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh.

Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator Pradip Mehra, who gave away the prizes, said such tournaments needed to be institutionalised and held on a regular basis.

PHD Chamber president Satish Bagrodia said the tournament was part of an effort to promote sports tourism in the city. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by secretary of the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Dinesh Rai.

Chandigarh, October 11
Saurabh of SD Club thrashed Rahul of SD Public School by 32 points in the 30 kg category of the 24th Chandigarh State Sub-Junior Men and Women Boxing Championship at SD Public School, Sector 32, here today.

Result: Boys’ (final) winners in various categories: Rohit, Lalit, Deepak Singh, Himanshu, Narinder, Sohan, Kumar Gaurav, Amandeep, Balwinder, Sanjay, Sagar, Shubham Gupta, Sumit Hooda, Amit, Arvind, Naveen Singh, Sidharth, Vijay Kumar, Amit,Rahul Rana, Barinder, Kulbir, Paras and Vishal Mayna.

Girls’ (final) winners: Harpreet, Rajni, Sarita, Taslima, Parveen, Anju, Pratima, Simran, Sunita, Gurpreet, Saroj, Renu, Rita, Sangeeta, Sarbjeet and Pooja. 

Mohali, October 11
On the third day of Under-14 Boys’ IPSC Tournament, hosts Yadavindra Public School, Mohali, thrashed Birla School, Pilanai, by eight wickets at the school grounds here today.The local team showcased their batting and bowling prowess, with star of the day being Abhimanyu Singha, who scored 76 runs off 59 balls and scalped two wickets in five overs. The quarterfinal matches will be held from tomorrow.

Batting first, Birla Public School scored 149 for 5 in the stipulated 25 overs. YPS chased the target in 21.4 overs, winning the match by eight wickets. Abhimanyu Singha was adjudged man of the match.

In another match, YPS, Patiala, beat Scindia School, Gwalior, by five wickets.

Batting first, Scindia School were bowled out for a paltry 48 in 19 overs. YPS, Patiala, overhauled the score in nine overs.

Ganeev Singh of YPS, Patiala, was adjudged man of the match. He took three wickets in four overs.

In yet another tie, Modern School, New Delhi, beat PPS, Nabha, by seven wickets.

Modern School restricted PPS to 70 in 15.2 overs. Modern School later chased the target of 71 runs in 14.4 overs.

Himmat Singh of Modern School was announced man of the match. He claimed four wickets in five overs.

Also, Sainik School, Kunjpura, were thrashed by DPS, RK Puram, New Delhi in a one-sided affair.

Responding to DPS’ 111 for 9 in 25 overs, Sainik School were restricted to 63 runs in 16.1 overs.

Kartikey of the DPS was declared man of the match. He took four wickets.

In yet another match, Daly College, Indore, beat Rajkumar College, Rajkot.

Daly College chased the target of 73 set by Rajkumar College (72 all out in 16.3 overs) in 12 overs, losing just one wicket. Harshdeep of Daly College, Indore was declared man of the match. He claimed five wickets.

Panchkula, October 11
A five-wicket haul by Vinod Sharma and a patient half-century by Narinder Bunty enabled Godrej & Boyce-XI defeat HDFC Bank-XI by 23 runs in a league match of the fourth MG Cup League Cricket Tournament organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Sector 3, here today.

Batting first after winning the toss, Godrej & Boyce-XI received an early jolt when their opener Vinod Sharma was bowled out in the fifth over at a score of 22 runs. Skipper Vaneet Chawla followed suit soon after after being caught behind.

Thereafter, Jai Kapil played a patient knock and built a partnership with Narinder Bunty. They frustrated bowlers as runs continued to trickle. It was only after the 16th over that the batsmen looked to accelerate and hit shots.

In his attempt to hook one over mid-on, Jai Kapil hurt himself and was retired hurt. He scored 49 runs off 43 balls.

Narinder Bunty went on to make 58 runs off 45 balls. The 82-run partnership for the third wicket between Jai Kapil and Narinder Bunty ensured that Godrej & Boyce-XI reached 162 runs in the allotted 25 overs.

For HDFC Bank-XI, Sandeep and Deepak picked up two wickets each.

In reply, the hopes of HDFC Bank-XI were decimated in the fifth over when they lost the in-form opener Gurinder Saini at the score of 27 runs.

Though Charanjeet continued to play patiently and held his fort, wickets kept falling at the other end. The Godrej bowlers never gave the batsmen any chance to free their arms and increase the run rate.

Vinod took a wicket each in all of his overs and was responsible for the collapse of the middle order.

Charanjeet also gave way to the pressure of accelerating the run rate and was caught for 33 runs.

Though the tail-enders tried to slog, HDFC fell short by 23 runs. Vinod finished the match with impressive figures of 5 for 12.

The second match of the day played between ICICI Bank-XI and Airtel-XI was a low-scoring fixture, in which ICICI-XI had no trouble beating their opponents.

Brief score: Godrej & Boyce XI: 162 for 7 in 25 overs (Narinder Bunty 58, Jai Kapil 49; Sandeep 2 for 12, Deepak 2 for 30).

HDFC Bank XI: 139 for 7 in 25 overs (Charanjeet 33; Vinod Sharma 5 for 12).

Brief score: Airtel XI: 111 all out in 15.3 overs (Avinash Bansal 26; Baljeet 3 for 13).

ICICI Bank XI: 112 for 3 in 17.5 overs (Pankaj Uppal 25, Rakesh Mehta 21, Mandeep 2 for 20).

Panchkula, October 11
Satluj School Cricket Academy, Panchkula, beat Hansraj Cricket Academy, Panchkula, by nine runs in the First Khan Chand Khurana Inter Academy Under-14 League Cricket Tournament for the Reebok Cup at Hansraj Public School, here today. Abhishek Thakur of Satluj Academy was declared man of the match.

In another league match of the day, District Panchkula Cricket Coaching Center thrashed Delhi Public School by 122 runs.

District Panchkula Cricket Coaching Center, Satluj School Cricket Academy, and Delhi Public School, Pinjore have so far confirmed their berth in the semifinals.

Brief scores: First Match: Satluj Public School Cricket Academy, Panchkula: 99 all out (Abhishek Thakur 26, Angad Khera 19, Harsarup Singh 18, Harpreet Singh 14; Animesh Goyal 4 for 19, Shivam Arora 3 for 20 and Mangesh Garg 2 for 19). Hansraj Cricket Academy: 90 all out in 19.5 overs (Animesh Goyal 32, Abhishek Budhiraja 14, Mukul Dhyani 14; Abhisek Thakur 4 for 4, Harpreet Singh 2 for 12, Vishwas 2 for 14).

Second match: District Panchkula Cricket Coaching Center: 211 for 6 in 20 overs (Shivam Bhambri 44, Saurav Vaswan 43, Avneet Singh 41, Ugnik 28, Abhishek 16; Vaibhav Bansal 2 for 35, Mridul 2 for 38). Delhi Public School, Pinjore: 89 all out in 14.2 overs: Jashan Deep 25, Vaibhav Bansal 20, Mridul 18 (Resham Sharma 2 for 7, Saurav Vaswan 2 for 7 and Shivam Bhambri 2 for 8).

Chandigarh, October 11
The Chandigarh Under-25 and Under-15 Boys and Girls Chess Championship concluded at St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, today. At least 51 players participated in the selection tournament.

In the under-15 boys’ category, Ameek Malhotra of St John’s School clinched the title with four points, while Gitin Oberoi stood second.

In the under-15 girls’ category Simranjeet Kaur of Saupins School emerged champion with 2.5 points by toss of coin after she was tied with Arunima Goyal of Sacred Heart School.

In the under-25 category, Shweta of PU emerged winner with 3.5 point by toss of coin after she was tied with Satbir.

During the prize distribution function, Tarini Goyal of Sacred Heart School was honoured by the Chandigarh Chess Association for her achievement in securing a bronze medal at the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2009.

Results: under-25: Point position at the end of 4th round: 3.5 points: Shweta (PU), Satbir, Karan Bhatti, Mannu Aggarwal; 3 points: Pradeep S Negi, Karan Sihag, Tarundeep Singh; 2 points: Vaibhav Verma, Rahul Arora, Amish Choubeyl; 1.5 points: Lokesh Tandon, Rahul Vats, Sahiba; 1 point: Karan Sihag, Divya Singla; 0 point: Aditya Bhardwaj

Under-15 girls: point position at the end of 3rd round: 2.5 points: Simranjeet Kaur (Saupin’s 32), Arunima Goyal (Sacred Heart School); 2 points: Tanya, Kashish; 1.5 points: Shivika, Kamoudi; 1 point: Arushi, Avya Bansal; 0 point: Diya.

Under-15 boys: point position at the end of 4th round: 4 points: Ameek (St John’s School), Gitin (St John’s School), Aditya; 3.5 points: Tejas Nagpal, Jaskeerat, Anubhav Tuknayat, Abhishek; 3 points: Sachleen Singh, Tarini Goyal, Ritik, Tejaswi Negi; 2.5 points: Karan Saini, Arpit Kumar, Mannu; 2 points: Anmol, Jaidev, Gagandeep Singh, Naman; 1.5 points: Giridhar, Rishab; 1 point: Rohan, Agrim Bansal, Varun Arora; 0.5 point: Varun; 0 point: Jashandeep, Shivam Verma.

Chandigarh, October 11
Nine Famous Club and Striker Club won the men’s and women’s titles, respectively, in the 24th Senior Chandigarh Softball Championships, which concluded at Government College for Men, Sector 11, here today.

In the men’s team championship, Nine Famous Club overcame a stiff challenge from Striker Club 3-2 in a closely-fought final.

SGGS Club secured third place at the expense of Moon Club winning 6-3 in a Hard-Line Cup match. Striker Club proved too good for Nine Famous Club in the women’s team championship title clash, winning 8-1. All Moon Club secured third place, defeating Blossom Club 6-4.

Results: men’s final: Nine Famous Club b Striker Club 3-2; for third and fourth places: SGGS Club b Moon Club 6-3. Semifinals: Nine Famous Club b SGGS Club 7-5, Striker Club b Moon Club 7-2.

Women’s final: Striker Club b Nine Famous Club 8-1.

Chandigarh, October 11
Hosts Sri Guru Gobind Singh Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, clinched under-14 boys and under-18 boys titles during the 29th sub-junior (boys and girls) and 31st junior (boys and girls) Chandigarh State Kho-Kho Championship held at the school grounds in Sector 35 here. Coaching Center-46 and Coaching Centre-44 won under-14 girls and under-18 girls category, respectively.

Results: under-14 boys: first semifinal: SGGSSS b Khalsa Club by seven points; second semifinal: Coaching Centre-46 b Coaching Centre-43 by three points; third place: Coaching Centre-43 b Khalsa Club by four points; final: SGGSSS beat Coaching Centre-46 by 2 points. Under-14 girls: first semifinal: GMSSS-44 b Chandigarh Club by one turn and two points; second semifinal: Coaching Centre-46 b Unifed Club by two points; third place: GMSSS-44 b Unifed Club by six points; final: Coaching Centre-46 b Chandigarh Club by three points. Under-18 boys: first semifinal: SGGSS-35 b Coaching Centre-46 by seven points; second semifinal: DAV 15 beat Lions Club by four points; third place: Coaching Centre-46 b Lions Club by one turn and one point; final: SGGSS-35 beat DAV-15 by one point. Under-18 Girls: first semifinal: Coaching Centre-44 b Chandigarh Club by nine points; Second semifinal: Coaching Centre-46 b Unifed Club by three points; third place: GMSSS-44 b Unifed Club by five points; final: Coaching Centre-44 b Coaching Centre-46 by two points. — TNS