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Kharar, November 14
Five shops were gutted after a major fire broke out at Landran chowk late last night.

Shopkeepers said they had locked their shops and left around 9.30 pm. Around 11 pm, they got a call from someone at the market saying that the shops were on fire. By the time they reached the market, shops had been gutted.

According to the police, they got information around 10.40 pm that some shops in the market were on fire.

The fire brigade was informed and it took over two hours for it to control the blaze.

A 5-kg cylinder kept in one of the shops exploded, adding fuel to the raging blaze.

According to police sources, Chand Singh, dealing in footwear, suffered a loss of around Rs 1 lakh, Madhoram, who ran a meat shop, of Rs 1.25 lakh, Karamjit Singh, a hair dresser, of Rs 70,000 and Vinod Kumar, a scrap dealer, of Rs 1.5 lakh.

Kharar, November 14
The police has booked a case of fraud against a truck driver, Sukhdev Singh, on the basis of the complaint lodged by the excise and taxation official deployed at the Balongi sales tax barrier.

ETO Surjit Singh Bahia stated that last night, the driver passed away without getting the truck checked and was nabbed around 100 m away from the barrier.

The truck was found loaded with eatables like pulses and cereals. As per the truck driver, he was taking the stock for Ashwini Kumar and it was to be unloaded at the Randhawa road.

The driver did not have the bills of the stock. He had some documents of the receipt, which seemed to be tampered.

Both truck driver and owner of the stock, Ashwini Kumar, were arrested and booked.

They were produced in the Kharar court today and sent to two-day police remand.

Dera Bassi, November 14
Sukhmani International School celebrated its annual day, “Samarpan-09”, on the Children’s Day here today on its school premises.

Punjab ADGP (Railway and Traffic) Chandra Shekhar was the chief guest. Guest of honour Anjali Bharwara, secretary medical education, and special guest RP Singh, IG (Traffic), were given a warm welcome by tiny tots.

Chairman Sri Sukhmani Group of Institutions, Prof Avtar Singh, and director Kanwaljit Kaur also welcomed the guests with garlands and bouquets. The programme was inaugurated and commenced with the lighting of the lamp and recitation of shabad kirtan by the youngsters.

The tiny tots of the kindergarten presented a welcome song to enthral the audience. They presented the songs to pay tributes to their grandparents. The students also exhibited their talent with the presentation of a play on the “Mother’s Day”.

A patriotic song was also sung by a group of students to pay homage to the soldiers of the Indian Army. Principal Ajay Nathwani presented the annual report highlighting the achievements of Sri Sukhmani International School.

The chief guest and special guest gave away the academic prizes. The chief guest also encouraged the youngsters to work hard in their chosen fields.

Prof Avtar Singh applauded the efforts of Sukhmani team in making the annual day a grand success.

The prizes were given to the brilliant students for their achievements in different fields.

Dera Bassi, November 14
The local police today booked the chief manager of the State Bank of India, Sector 17, Chandigarh; manager, specialised commercial branch, State Bank of India, Sector 17, Chandigarh; Rohit Singh, managing director, Shipra Estate Limited, Delhi; Rajiv Johri, manager finance, Shipra Estate Limited, Sector 17, Chandigarh, and Rajinder Singh, a resident of Sangrur, in a case of fraud.

The case has been registered on the complaint of Sawarn Singh, a resident of Bhankarpur, Dera Bassi.

The investing officer stated that in his complaint, Sawarn Singh alleged that he had a piece of land measuring 26 kanal and 13 marla land at the village and had struck a deal with Shipra Estate Company for over Rs 4 crore.

He said the company had given him two cheques of Bank of Commerce, Dera Bassi branch.

He alleged that when he went for the clearance of cheques, the company stopped the payment.

After that he went to meet company officials over the payment and was told that payment would be made only if he submitted three signed cheques, he alleged.

Later, he and his mother submitted three signed blank cheques to the company officials.

The investigating officer said Sawarn Singh alleged that the company officials and other suspects withdrew the money from the bank — Rs 3.42 cr through the first cheque, Rs 50 lakh through the second cheque and Rs 5 lakh through the third cheque.

He alleged that they had committed fraud with him and his mother.

The police has started further investigations, he said.

Chandigarh, November 14
A legal practitioner can neither be an officer, nor a member, of an association of employers.

The ruling by four of the five Judges comprising Full Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court comes in connection with a petition filed by Ludhiana-based Hygienic Foods.

The issue raised in the reference was “whether an employer can be validly represented by a practising advocate enrolled under the Advocates Act, 1961, in an industrial dispute by becoming an officer of an association of employers of which such an employer is a member, or a federation of such associations of employers under Section 36 (2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947”.

In the “majority” judgment by Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur, Justice MM Kumar, Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia and Justice Jaswant Singh, it was noted that Hygienic Foods had terminated the services of some workmen (respondents). During the pendency of the proceedings, an application was filed on December 18, 2006, on their behalf before the Labour Court raising objection to the appearance of BP Bansal and his associates for Hygienic Foods.

The principal plea raised was that the respondents did not consent to the appearance of Bansal and his associates for Hygienic Foods.

The Labour Court held that BP Bansal, Manoj Bansal and their associates had been representing Hygienic Foods in those industrial disputes since 2000-01. Most of the references were fixed for arguments. As such, there was implied consent by the workmen.

Feeling aggrieved, the workman challenged the order. Acting on it, a Single Judge held that the order passed by the Labour Court was not sustainable. Hygienic Foods did not feel satisfied and preferred an appeal. The Bench then forwarded the matter to a larger Bench.

Hygienic Foods counsel Mansur Ali argued a practising advocate, as long as he was an officer of an association of employers, could legally represent the employer before an industrial tribunal or labour court.

Speaking for the Judges, Justice Kumar asserted: “It becomes evident that a legal practitioner can neither be an officer of the association of employers nor can he be a member of any such association of employers because essentially the association of employers or federation of associations of employers has to be only those of employers…. We are of the view that BP Bansal and his associate advocates could not have acted as an officer”.

Dissenting, Justice Hemant Gupta asserted: “I am unable to agree with the conclusion arrived at that a legal practitioner, to be an officer of the association of the employers, has to on pay rolls of such association as the expression “officer” denotes relationship of employee and employer.”

“I am of the opinion that the expression “officer” includes not only a paid employee of an employer or an association of employers, but also an officer, who is in the management of the employers or an association of the employers. Thus, such person has the right to represent the employer, not as legal practitioner, but as an officer in proceedings under the Industrial Tribunal Act, 1947,” he said.

Chandigarh, November 14
A local court today remanded Navdeep Jindal, owner of Jindal Associates, in judicial custody. Earlier he was remanded in police custody for two days and one day separately.

He has also moved a bail application and the court has fixed November 16 for its hearing. It may be recalled that the UT police had seized duplicate surgical materials worth lakhs of rupees from two chemist shops, Kumar Brothers in Sector 11 and Jindal Associates in Sector 24 on November 10.

The cops had recovered prolene mesh, surgi cells and suture, the equipment used in stitching up wounds after surgery, in huge quantities from both shops. The material is used in brain and heart surgeries and also in hernia surgery. Police sources said acting on a complaint lodged by Pankaj Monga, brand integrity manager of Johnson & Johnson in Mumbai, a team of the crime branch of the Chandigarh Police raided both shops.

At Jindal Associates, the police recovered 24 prolene meshes a dozen surgi cells worth about Rs 1.5 lakh. The police arrested the owner of Jindal Associates, Navdeep Jindal. The police had registered two separate cases of cheating and criminal conspiracy under Section 420 and 120B of the IPC and under Section 63 of the Copyrights Act in this connection.

Chandigarh, November 14
The CBI special court today ordered reopening of the case pertaining to corruption charges on Col (retiredd) ML Sodhi, dating back to 1997.

Sodhi, the then employee of PGI, was caught red handed taking a bribe of Rs 1,500.Though the CBI had filed a closure report in this regard, the court took cognizance of the case and has decided to reopen it. According to CBI sources, Sodhi had demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 initially but settled for Rs 1500.

Chandigarh, November 14
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Samsung to pay a compensation of Rs 500 for deficiency in service and using unfair trade practice.

The complainant, Yogesh Kumar Mehta, purchased a Samsung C-3010S Midnight Black mobile handset from Indira Enterprises on July 28, 2009, for Rs 3,430. It was alleged that the mobile set stopped working on September 8, 2009. On the same day, he contacted company representatives, who retained the handset with an assurance to set right the defects.

The complainant said the set was still lying with the company and had not been repaired or changed despite repeated requests.

The forum observed that the set was purchased in July and it became defective after a few months of its purchase, so the defect occurred within the warranty period. The documents also showed that it was under warranty period. The company was, therefore, bound to get it repaired, which it failed to do and rather, thrust this unwanted litigation on the complainant. 

Chandigarh, November 14
Strong contenders and hosts New Public School, Sector 18, routed DAV School, Sector 15, by 28-5 in a virtually one-sided match in the girls’ section. They were playing in the Shanta H. Singh Basketball Tournament at the NPS courts in Sector 18 here today.

The winners made their intentions clear from the beginning as they raced to a 12-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. The DAV Cagers could score some points, two in the second quarter and three in the fourth quarter. Varsha was the top scorer for the winners with eight points. Meenu, Neha, Smiti and Anica got four points each to swell the winners’ tally.

In a contrasting style St Xavier, Sector 44, Chandigarh, just managed to beat plucky Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, Chandigarh, by a thin margin of one point (24-23). St Xavier’s won the first quarter by 9-5 and fourth by 8-4. Sacred Heart emerged winners in the second (7-5) and third (7-2) quarters but that was not enough. Deepti Kirat and Harneet scored seven points each for the winners. Shukhmani was the outstanding player for Sacred Heart as she top scored with nine points.

The New Public School boys also emerged easy winners against DAV, Sector 15, by 94-57 points in the Rao Jai Singh Memorial Tournament for boys. The winners after losing the first quarter by 15-16 reorganized their game and thereafter never looked back. Parveen and Gurmeet were their main scorers with 27 and 22 points, respectively.

In another match, Sri Guru Harkishan Model School, Sector 38, Chandigarh, got the better of Government Senior Secondary School, Tripari, by 44-32.

The tournament got an international flavor as KSP of Bangladesh defeated DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, by 47-29. The visitors excelled in their consistent display. Sovab and Mehadi were their main scorers with 25 and 10 points, respectively.

Police DAV of Amritsar beat St. Xavier, Sector 44, by 41-7 in a one-sided match. Akashdeep (11), Paramjit (12) and Tajinder (8) were their principal scorers. 

Basketball results

The New Public School, Sector 18B, Chandigarh, (Varsha 8, Meenu 4, Neha 4, Smiti 4, Anica 4) beat DAV, Sector 15, Chandigarh, (Rashkirat 3, Devashi 2) by 28-5.

St. Xavier, Sector 44, Chandigarh, ( Deep Kirat 7, Harneet 7) beat Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, Chandigarh, 
(Sukhmani 9, Bahar 4) by 24-23.

The New Public School, Sector 18B, Chandigarh, (Parveen 27, Gurneet 22) beat DAV, Sector 15, Chandigarh, (Sumit 11, Sahil 14) by 94-57.

Sri Guru Harkishan Model School, Sector 38, Chandigarh, (Ravi 25, Mohinder 12, Amit 7) beat Government. Senior Secondary. School, Tripari, (Harshpreet 22, Deepak 4) by 44-32.

BKSP , Bangladesh, (Soyab 25, Mehadi 10, Jonny 6) beat DAV Senior Secondary, Sector 8, (Chetan 10, Shubham 8, Sanoj 6).

Police DAV, Amritsar, (Akshdeep 11, Paramjit 12, Tajinder 8 ) beat St. Xavier (Vishavdeep 4).

Chandigarh, November 14
Ninety Non-Resident Indians, including 50 from the USA, have confirmed participation in the fifth Chandigarh Junior Golfing Tour to be held on the greens of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Chandi Mandir from December 18 to 20.

With more than a month still to go, the queries from eager NRIs from various parts of the globe may make it the biggest NRI golfing event to be held in the tricity.

CSR Reddy, president of the Chandigarh Golf Association, said entries and queries were coming in from all over.

"This time the entry list will include golfers from the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Ghana and from the Embassies and High Commissions in Delhi,” he added.

The brainchild of the Chandigarh Golf Association and the then Chandigarh Tourism director Vivek Atre, the golfing tour for NRIs has been growing at a fast pace. The tournament in November-December is for NRIs, who have a tour package in winter. The tournament in March-April is for the promotion of golf tourism for those in business and tourism in India.

The Chandigarh Golf Club, Panchkula Golf Club and SEPTA at Chandi Mandir have thrown in their lot with the Chandigarh Golf Association team of CSR Reddy and secretary-general AS Cheema to make it another big event. 

Mohali, November 14
Little Angels School, Sonepat, won the singles and doubles matches by defeating Modern School, Kota, 2-0 in the league match of 18th CBSE National Badminton Championship being held at Shivalik Public School here today.

Both the teams played vigorously displaying excellent smash shots. Little Angels, Sonepat, emerged victorious.

A total of 275 participants from six zones (North Zone-1, North Zone-2, East Zone, West Zone, South Zone and Gulf Zone) assembled for the inauguration of the tournament.

Results:

Boys (U-14): Sachdeva Public School, Pitam Pura, Delhi, beat International Indian School, Riyadh, (singles-21-19,21-12 and doubles-21-9,21-10);

DPS, Kanakapura Road, beat Indian School, Bahrain;

DPS, Postbala, Mangalore, beat Shivalik Public School, Phase VI, Mohali; Sunbeam School, Bhagwanpur, Varanasi, beat MES Indian School, Qatar; Little Angles Senior Secondary School, Patel Nagar, Sonipat, beat Modern School, Kota, Rajasthan; Bhavan’s BP Vidya Mandir, Mahararashtra, beat Spring Dale Public School, Amritsar.

Girls U-14: PNMN Geeta Adarsh Vidyala, Solan, beat Alkhor International School, Indian Stream, Doha;

International Indian School, Riyadh, beat OP Jindal School, Raigarh;

Little Angels Senior Secondary School, Patel Nagar, Sonipat, beat DPS, Kuwait.

Girls U-16: Etasi Timpany Senior Secondary School, Vishakapatnam, beat DPS, Kuwait; Modern School, Nagpur, Maharashtra, beat DC Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 7, Panchkula.

Girls U-19: Kairali School, Sector 2, Ranchi, beat Carmel School, Kuwait;

Indian School Al Ghubra, Sultanate of Oman, beat DAV Model School, JMS, Durgapur-5. 

Chandigarh, November 14
Government Model High School, Sector 42, drubbed Dhudial Khalsa Senior Secondary School (3-0) in the 38th ATS Nehru Junior Hockey Tournament at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today.

Chandigarh boys attacked their opponent from the start of the game and sounded the board in the sixth minute of game through its captain Gurjinder Singh, who converted the penalty corner. Thereafter, Gurjant Singh while displaying fine stick work scored the second goal for his team in the 17th minute. Gurjant scored the third goal in the 27th minute by converting the penalty corner.

Chandigarh boys were leading with 3-0 at the end of the first half of the game. In the second half, both the teams made various moves to score goal but in vain. Chandigarh boys got six penalty corners but were able to convert only two of them, while Patiala got eight penalty corners and could not convert any of them.

In the earlier match held to decide the third position, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar, beat Spring Dale Senior Secondary School, Amritsar, 4-2. Amritsar boys scored the first goal in the fifth minute as Kawar Subeg sounded the board through field goal. However, soon after this, Jalandhar boys took control of the ball and made various moves and succeeded in getting equaliser for their team in the 31st minute of the first half through its captain Satbir Singh.

In the second half, Jalandhar again started with the attacking game and Satbir scored his second goal in the 38th minute through field goal, while Jujhar Singh sounded the board through field goal to give 3-1 lead to his team. Satbir Singh again struck the field goal in the 66th minute and soon after Amritsar’s Jugraj scored the field goal in the 67th minute to reduce the margin. Both Jalandhar and Amritsar got five and six penalty corners but failed to convert any of them.

Meanwhile, in the senior hockey match SAI-XI beat Western Railway 2-1. Sunil Yadav of SAI scored the first goal for his team in the 24th minute by converting penalty corner. Thereafter, both the teams played the attacking game and made various moves to break the defence of their opponent but in vain. SAI team led by 1-0 at the half time.

In the second half, SAI’s Rajinder Singh sounded the board in the 65th minute of game through field goal to give 2-0 lead to his team. However, just before the close of the play, Railway’s Jasdev Singh scored through field goal. SAI team got just one penalty corner which they converted successfully, whereas Railways got five penalty corners and failed to convert any of them.

Chandigarh, November 14
Fourteen students of Delhi School won the first position in various categories on the second day of eighth CBSE National Roller Skating Championship-2009 held at KB DAV School, Sector-7, here today. None of the local boys or girls could make it to the winners list of road race (inline).

Results: boys: U-19: Jitesh Vinod Rai Vivecha (Nagpur) 1, Karandeep Singh (Delhi) 2 and T Ashwin Singh (RR Distt) 3;

U-16: Mohit Malik (Delhi) 1, K Hariharan (Chennai) 2, and Shiladitya Bhadra (Delhi) 3;

U-14: Sarvpreet Singh (Delhi) 1, Himank Shaily (Noida) 2 and Siddharth Choudhary (Delhi) 3;

U-12: A Tejeshwar (Chennai) 1, Daksh Akshay Thakkar (Ahmedabad) 2 and Ansh Pathak (Delhi) 3;

U-10: Dhruvil Keshwani (Ahmedabad) 1, Chetanvir Singh (Noida) 2 and Nishil Bhavin Patel (Ahmedabad) 3;

U-8: Yudhi Shri Lal (Delhi) and Shubham Nijarre (Delhi) Siddhi Vinayak Kadanga (Noida) 1; girls:

U-19: Priyanka Soi (Amritsar) 1, Shristi Choudhary (Delhi) 2 and Apoorva Singh (Gurgaon);

U-16: Lubhani Malik (Delhi) 1, Jasmine Kaur (Delhi) 2 and Saru Gupta (Gurgaon) 3;

U-14: Vibhuti Maheshwari (Nasik) 1, Saumya Arora (Delhi) 2 and Yeshika Gairola (Gurgaon) 3;

U-12: Musckaan (Gurgaon) 1, Kajal Baniwal (Delhi) 2 and Alisha Chavan (Nasik) 3;

U-10: Preeha Shri Lal (Delhi) 1, Jannat Bath (Amritsar) 2 and Akanksha Gupta (Delhi) 3;

U-8: Jahanvi Gaba (Delhi) 1, Shrishti G Agarwal (Ahmedabad) 2 Akshita Sandhu (Karnal) 3. 

Chandigarh, November 14
When dreams gather momentum, the difference between the imaginary and the real becomes a passing blur. Or so it seems is what Avinash Mishra of DAV School, Sector 15, has made life to be.

The athlete inside Avinash had found its calling on the track, and when he was selected for the AFI Junior National Athletic championship at Warangal from November 17 to 21, he knew that his time was coming.

“It felt great to be moving up the ladder, and getting a chance to go in front of people at the national stage. I will be taking part in the 200m and 400m category, and hopefully I can put in a noticeable performance.”

Avinash discovered his passion for the track, and his ability on it too, at Shishu NIketan School under Mr Bipin. But it was due to his father Arvind Kumar Mishra’s diligence, and his mother Basundhra’s constant support that Avinash blossomed into a promising athlete.

“My parents have been extremely supportive all through. They have stood by me and for me as I have tried to make headway in athletics, and also helped me stay focused.”

He also does not forget to mention his coach Iquball Singh and DAV School prinicipal Rakesh Sachdeva, who have been instrumental in Avinash attaining the right balance between his studies and his athletics.

Looking forward at the championship Avinash says, “I have been training hard, but am keeping my feet firmly grounded. A lot of toil has to be put in to attain the desired results. I know that and to train harder than ever, and more than anyone else is my aim. It feels great to think that I will be representing Chandigarh at a national level meet. I am very excited about it and will put in my all for a good result.”