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One held, 4 booked for attacking Bhagwant Mann
Dappar, October 14 The police stated that the incident occurred when Mann was returning from New Delhi, along with his friend, in an Innova (PB-65-4000). The staff deployed at the barrier asked Mann to show the return ticket, which he said he had lost. When he was asked to buy a new ticket, he refused and told the employee to check the entry record in his computer. An argument between Mann and toll plaza employees took an ugly turn when the latter started thrashing the artiste. Mann got a deep wound near his left eye and was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment. In his complaint, Mann stated he had bought a two-way journey ticket on Tuesday morning. “On reaching the toll barrier, I told the toll employee that I had lost the ticket during the journey and asked him to check the entry record in his computer, but the toll employee called up the security supervisor,” he added. Mann alleged that the security in-charge and other employees started abusing him and soon heated arguments took a violent turn. He alleged that the security supervisor attacked him with a wireless phone and smashed his mobile phone on the road. A police official stated that after viewing the CCTV footage, it was clear that Mann was assaulted by toll employees. DSP, Dera Bassi, JS Khaira stated that after getting the information about the incident, the police team reached the spot and managed the situation. He said a case has been registered against security supervisor Milap Singh and four other toll employees.
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Procurement of paddy going smoothly: SDM
Bassi Pathana, October 14 This was stated by SDM Parneet Shergill, while talking to mediapersons here yesterday. Earlier, Parneet inspected the procurement centres and took the stock of purchase, payments to farmers and lifting of procured paddy. Officials of the procurement agencies also accompanied her. She called upon
farmers to bring paddy to the mandis as per specification of the government so
that they don’t have to face any difficulty in purchase. She said the administration was for their convenience and if they found any difficulty, they could call her and other officials any time. She also inspected the arrangements made by the mandi board for the convenience of the farmers. She said drinking
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NH-21 Widening
Kharar, October 14 Lack of proper traffic navigation on the stretch adds to the woes of commuters, making it a Herculean task to cross the stretch. As per sources at the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), the work is going on a war footing with an aim to complete the task by the end of August next year. However, the major bottlenecks in completion of the project are electricity poles, telephone poles and trees that have not been cleared away from the demarcated area. The NHAI had paid all these utility transfer agencies well in advance last year, but none of the agencies have executed their work completely. The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) is yet to remove poles lying on the left hand side of the road while moving from Kharar to Chandigarh. Similarly, the forest department has not removed trees from many places. At few places, a JCB machine pressed into action to dig roads from sides ended up exposing the sewer pipes laid by the municipal council. It is learnt that the NHAI has written to the MC executive officer requesting proper laying in these pipes. “We are in constant touch with the respective departments and have written to them a number of letters requesting earliest redress of issues,” said XEN (central works division) Karnail Singh. He said to ensure smooth flow of traffic, one side of the road would soon be completed.
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PSEB signs pact for power purchase
Patiala, October 14 From the PSEB, member (Generation), GS Sra, signed the agreement, whereas, executive director Madhav Hari Sane, signed on behalf of M/s Green Planet Energy Private Limited. Sra disclosed that M/s Green Planet Energy Private Limited was setting up projects in villages like Manuke Gill, Moga (6MW), Binjon, Hoshiarpur (10MW), Deep Singh Wala, Faridkot (9MW), Ramiana, Faridkot (13MW) and Bir Pind, Jalandhar (10MW). Sra further said the scheduled date of commissioning of projects was November 2010. “But it is expected that couple of projects will be commissioned before the paddy season next year”, he revealed, while adding that these projects would use biodegradable waste and rice straw as fuel and hence would help in cleaning up the environment. “The problem of burning of rice straw in open fields will also be taken care of by using it as fuel for plants”, he told The Tribune. Sra further said the firm was going to set up nine more projects in 2011 having aggregate capacity of plants as 97.5MW. “The firm will be using the same technology and the PSEB will soon sign power purchase agreements for purchasing power from these project as well”, disclosed Sra.
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Milkfed sets up special booth
Patiala, October 14 He said it was proposed to open about half-a-dozen Verka booths across Patiala town for the sale of milk product, including khoya preparations and other Verka products. The Verka products were known allover the country for their quality and purity. He said Verka had also won a prize for excellence in preparation of milk products in 2004-05 and 2005-06 by the National Production Council, New Delhi.
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4.75 quintal khoya seized
Kalka, October 14 A team of the health department headed by the SMO took the samples of khoya and sent the same to Karnal for further investigation. A case under Sections 272, 273 and 420 of the IPC have been registered. Sources said due to the festival season spurious khoya was being supplied to Kalka sweet shops from Muzaffarnagar, UP. Raids conducted
Fatehgarh Sahib: Health department officials today conducted special checking and raids in various markets of Fatehgarh Sahib to detect sale of spurious sweets. So far 10 quintal of sweets and khoya, which were found unfit for human consumption, has been destroyed by the department during the past few days in Fategharh Sahib. District health officer Dr Jagpal Singh said special checking was conducted at the godown of Bhola Sweets from where seven samples were taken. |
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New DTO takes charge
Ropar, October 14 Making an appeal to unauthorised taxi owners, he said all such people should get legal permits and save themselves from undue harassment and hassles. |
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DRME appointed
Patiala, October 14 Until now, he was handling the additional charge of the DRME. Dr Kishan is also holding the additional charge of president, Nursing Registration Council, Punjab, and registrar, Punjab Pharmacy Council, Punjab. Dr Kishan has presented more than 100 research papers on different subject at national and international level.
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Tributes paid to
Balraj Pandit
Patiala, October 14 Dr Sunita Dhir, Dr Gurcharan Singh, Dr Navnindra Behal, Dr Yogesh Gambhir and students of the department prayed for the departed soul. A graduate from National School of Drama, Balraj Pandi acted in “Tuglak”, “Andha Yug”, “Bakri” and “Look Back in Anger” plays. He also translated many foreign plays. |
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Library science exam on Oct 22
Patiala, October 14 According to university authorities, roll numbers and datesheets have already been dispatched. Candidates, who not receiving their roll numbers by October 19 may collect it on October 20 and 21. They should bring with them two photographs, receipt of submission of form, fee and other relevant documents. |
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Workshop on robotics
Banur, October 14 Various students from electronic and communication and computer science branches participated in the workshop, which was inaugurated by Sukhwinder Singh Sidhu, chairman of Shaheed Udham Singh Group of Institutions.
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Transparency in governance stressed
Patiala, October 14 Dr Manjit Singh, vice-chairman of IIPA, Patiala branch, and Dean, College Development Council, Punjabi University, Patiala, emphasised that there was a need to reconcile with the mounting pressure to have more efficient and transparent administrative structure. He underlined the need to implement the RTI Act, 2005, more effectively. Former chairman of the Punjab School Education Board, Dr Kehar Singh, stressed the need to make the rules more clear, so that there was no ambiguity. Dr OP Gupta, general secretary of IIPA, was also present. |
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Urvashi wins paper-reading contest
Kharar, October 14 Topics like recession and its effects, ragging, global warming, the present education system were debated upon. Urvashi Vaid, a student of business management, bagged the first prize, while Bhanupriya of electrical engineering and Sahil Jindal of mechanical engineering got second and third prize, respectively. Satnam Singh Sandhu, chairman, and Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, president, CGC, presented awards to students.
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Case of the neglected house
Chandigarh, October 14 The four-kanal house, number 31, Sector 9, of the late senior advocate of the Punjab and Haryana High Court is falling apart, brick by brick; and the dispensary run during his lifetime needs a new lease of life. The educational and charitable objectives he wanted a Trust created by him to achieve remain in abeyance. Issueless Seth Bhagirath Dass had donated his library to the high court, while leaving property worth crores to the Trust on his death on April 25, 1989. But the property has been “plundered”. A Bench headed by Justice Mehtab Singh Gill, during a hearing, referred to the statement of an advocate, that asserted that the property of late Seth Bhagirath Dass had been plundered at Amritsar and his house in Sector 9 had been vandalized. “The doors, windows of the rooms, bathrooms and the electric fittings have been taken away by the vandalisers". A look at the house locked from outside is enough to reveal it is in shambles. Once a plush bungalow in pristine white, it is now littered with playing cards, plastic cough syrup bottles and other such stuff, suggesting that the premises is being misused. A nauseating stench billowing out of the garbage heap near the rear wall practically suffocates. Broken glass all over presents a desolate picture. The driveway has practically vanished under the thick undergrowth; weeds have smothered the once lush green carpet grass. The termite-eaten fence has not received fresh protection of paint, and a section of it hassimply vanished. But all this is about to change, with the Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Daya Chaudhary today making clear their intention of having a “suitable arrangement for making the Will operative and functional”.
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HC orders removal of Sec 22 encroachments
Chandigarh, October 14 The Bench of Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur and Justice Mahesh Grover also asked the municipal corporation to file a detailed affidavit on its functioning. As the petition filed by the Sector 22 Welfare Association came up for hearing, the Bench observed since they were prima facie evidence that there were a large number of encroachments/obstructions in the corridors meant for shoppers visiting Sector 22-C and 22-D. As the encroachments had remained unnoticed by authorities concerned, they proposed to issue effective directions. The Bench added before doing so they would want the corporation to file an affidavit on the strength of the encroachment staff deployed in Sector 22. The corporation has also been asked to give the particulars of their designations and nature of duties. The Bench also asked the authorities concerned to furnish the details of challans for encroachments and the violation of the municipal byelaws since January 1 till date. The Judges also asked the corporation to tell whether the commissioner and the additional commissioner had ever conducted a spot inspection of the markets in the sectors to take stock of the conditions prevailing there. Before parting with the directions, the Bench asked the corporation to specify whether the law permitted the cancellation or resumption of allotment of such shops. The case will now come up on October 22. Fill vacant posts
The Punjab and Haryana High Court yesterday asked the UT Administration to expedite the process of filling up vacancies for the physically challenged. The Administration was also asked to explore the feasibility of relaxing the eligibility criterion for posts reserved for the physically challenged, where suitable candidates were not available. As the petition filed by the All-India Blind Employees Association against the Union of India, the UT Administration and other respondents came up for hearing, the Bench of Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur and Justice Mahesh Grover ruled that the UT Administration might endeavour to expedite the process of filling up the unadvertised vacant posts for the physically challenged persons, and also the process for appointment on those posts already advertised. The Administration may also examine whether there is any need for relaxing the condition of eligibility prescribed for appointment against various posts reserved for such persons for which either no application was received, or no candidate was found eligible. The Bench also asserted the Administration may examine the issue relating to the backlog of vacancies in promotion quota reserved for such persons and file the statement by the next date of hearing.
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7-year jail for murder bid
Chandigarh, October 14 Ravinder and Rajesh, both labourers, had an argument under the influence of liquor. Ravinder asked Rajesh to give him money he owed him. When Rajesh refused him, Ravinder stabbed him with a knife. He was seriously injured and was taken to Sector 32 hospital.
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NCB director gets bail
Chandigarh, September 14 He was earlier remanded to judicial custody. The CBI arrested Sekhri on September 5 from New Delhi after a trap was laid by the agency. Sekhri was caught red-handed, while accepting the packet containing the alleged money from the complainant. He was caught, accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a Baddi-based industrialist.
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Arms worth Rs 8.5 lakh stolen from gun house
Panchkula, October 14 According to the police, four pistols, two rifles, two revolvers and a gun were missing from the gun house. “The thieves broke into the gun house and took away a number of weapons. However, they didn’t touch the cash box containing Rs 5 lakh. It seems that their motive was to only take away the arms and the cartridges,” a police official said. IP Singh, owner of the arms company, said: “We had closed the shop around 6 pm on Tuesday. The next day, a tea vendor near the gun house informed us that locks of the main shutter had been broken. We immediately reached the spot and found that some guns were missing.” The SP, the SHO of the Mansa Devi Complex police station and other police officials reached the spot and inspected the gun house. Forensic experts and a dog squad also reached the spot of the crime and collected samples. The police has recorded the statements of the store owner and the employees working at the gun house. The police has registered a case under Sections 457 (house breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment) and 380 (theft in dwelling house) of the IPC in this regard.
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GGS-26 drub GCW Ludhiana
Chandigarh, October 14 In the other matches, DAV College, Hoshiarpur, GGS College, Chandigarh, and Government College for Women, Ludhiana, scored win. Results: DAV College, Hoshiarpur, beat MCM DAV College, Sector 36, by 59-29; Alka 21, Sukhwinder 21 and Poonam 10 for MCM College Monika got 16 and Ambika eight. In the second match of the day, GGS College, Chandigarh thrashed Government College for Women, Ludhiana by 36-34: Scorers of GGS College: Preeti 11, Santoshi nine and Kiran seven; Scorers of Government College for Women: Harpreet 12 and Indu Bala 10. In the third match, GGS College, Chandigarh, defeated MCM DAV College, Chandigarh, by 30-21 For GGS College Sudha got 13 and Kiran seven; for MCM DAV College Monika got seven and Shikha six. In another match, Government College for Women, Ludhiana, got a better of DAV College, Hoshiarpur, by 59-49 For Government College for Women, Ludhiana, Sukhjinder got 21, Indu Bala 16 and Gurpreet 10 and for DAV College, Hoshiarpur, Sukhwinder got 17 and Poonam 13.
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City golfer tops IGU merit list
Chandigarh, October 14 Karandeep consolidated his top slot by clinching the under-11 category title in the IGU Chandigarh Junior/Subjunior Golf Championship held on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club last week. Karandeep left his nearest rival 12 strokes behind as he overcame a three-stroke deficit in the opening round to emerge a clear winner. He started with a 17-over score on the opening day and followed it up with 12-over 84 scores on the subsequent two days to finish with a tally of 269. Aadil Bedi finished 12 strokes behind at 269. A regular at the CGA Golf Range under national grade A coach Jessie Grewal, Karandeep took to the game at the age of three and played his first IGU tournament two years later. But his first good achievement came in 2006 when he finished first runner-up, when just seven, in the CGA Chandigarh Golf Championship. He tasted victory one year later in the same tournament. Once Karandeep took to competitive golf there has been a spate of victories on Indian as also on US soil. His first win on the US soil came in 2008 when he won the Coastal Junor Golf Tour event in North Carolina, which was held at the Beau Rivage Plantation, Wilmington, in July. But this year he has been the winner in most of the events he has played. It started with the first Chandigarh Amateur Golf Championship in April. A month later, he won the IGU Karnataka Junor Golf Championship. In June he won three titles-- the IGU Lalit Suri Southern India Junior Golf Championship (Coimbatore), the 15th Albatross All-India Junior Golf Tournament (Panchkula) and the IGU Lalit Suri Northern India Junior Golf Championship (Panchkula). He also recorded two victories this year on the US soil. He first triumphed in the Coastal Junior Golf Tour event at the Lakes, Wilmington, and followed it up with another victory in the Coastal Junior Golf Tour (Advanced Championship) at the same venue in North Carolina. Besides heading the IGU merit list in his category, Karandeep also occupies the top slot in the merit list of the US Kids Golf in India. His craze for the game can be noticed during the practice rounds at the CGA Golf Range. Jessie Grewal, who is also the director of the Chandigarh-based National Golf Academy of India, says Karandeep is a natural golfer. "He enjoys the game. He plays for fun. And he takes that spirit into the tournament. That is how he overcomes the pressure of competitive golf", said Jessie, who has been grooming the child since the age of three. Jessie said the Karandeep is a good striker of the ball and is confident that the youngster will make it big one day. "Even at the age of three he had a natural flair of striking the ball", he added.
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IPSC Trophy
Mohali, October 14 The runners-up trophy went to Modern School, Barakhamba road, New Delhi; YPS, Mohali, secured the third position and MNSS, Rai, were fourth. In the final match, YPS, Patiala won the toss and chose to bat. They made a winning score of 106 for all out in 38.1 over. The highest scorers were Gautam Jain (33 runs in 112 balls) and Jatin (12 runs in 28 balls). Ganeev claimed five wickets in 5.1 over and conceded only 10 runs. Jatin claimed three wickets in eight overs and gave away 43 runs. Both bowled one maiden over each. YPS, Patiala, won the match by 16 runs. Ganeev was declared man of the match. Modern School made a score of 90 for all out in 25.1 overs. Their highest scorers were Suvansh, who made 30 runs in 31 balls and Pragam, who added 26 runs to the score in 42 balls. The Modern School bowlers Himmat and Biren Singh took two wickets each in eight overs and gave away 47 runs. In another match, YPS, Mohali, thrashed MNSS, Rai. Abhimanyu Singha of YPS, Mohali, was adjudged best player, Gauhar of YPS, Mohali, was declared best batsman, Jatin of YPS, Patiala, was declared best bowler, Suvansh of Modern School, New Delhi, was announced best wicket-keeper and Ekjot of YPS, Patiala, was announced the most promising player.
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Team effort lead APJ School to victory
Chandigarh, October 14 St Soldier team after electing to bat was bundled out for 59 runs in the allotted 20 overs. None of the batsmen could face the accurate and disciplined bowling of APJ team. The initial breaks on the batting were put by Sahil Sharma, who conceded only six runs. The fruits of his efforts were borne by Sartak (three for 11) and Aditya, Sarthak, Ashish and Karanveer, who took two wickets each. Only Sourish of St Soldier could reach double figures. In reply, APJ team faced some initial hiccups, but Sarthak (21n.o.) and Arshpreet (16 n.o) saw their team through in the ninth over. Mohit, Jobanpreet and Raman equally shared the three wickets that fell. St Soldier, who so far proved to be the weakest team in the tournament, was out of the contention for the semifinal spot. Score: St Soldier-59 all out in 19.1 overs: Saurish 10, Sarthak 3 for 11, Aditya two for 15 APJ School: 63 for three in 8.4 overs: Sarthak 21 n.o. and Arshpreet 16 n.o.
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Cricket trials for city team
Chandigarh, October 14 In all, 24 teams will participate in the tournament to be held at Muradabad from October 20 to 25.
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