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Delhi-based man commits suicide
Zirakpur, December 20 The police said from the preliminary investigations it seemed to be a clear case of suicide, but they were also working on other theories behind the incident. The deceased was identified as Inder Batra who was residing in Harmilap Nagar for the last three years. He was running a business of banner and stationary printing in the Industrial Area, Phase-II, in Panchkula and was reportedly incurring loses in his business for the past few months. He also owned a factory in Delhi, the police added. “Batra’s family, his wife and two sons, lives in Delhi. He had cordial relations with them and they used to visit him at regular intervals,” said the police. Batra’s manager Rajiv received a call from the deceased’s wife Santosh Batra from Delhi around 9.45 am today. She said her husband was not responding to her phone calls and requested Rajiv to visit the house. On reaching the house Rajiv found it bolted from inside and thereafter he informed the police and other people of the locality. Later, people broke the door open and found Batra hanging from the hook of a ceiling fan. The police did not find any suicide note from the spot. Rajiv informed the police that for the past some time Batra was bearing losses in the business and that could have been the reason for him taking such an extreme step. The police shifted the body for postmortem at Dera Bassi Civil Hospital. The deceased’s family members reached Zirakpur late this evening, the police said. The police has initiated inquest proceedings and the postmortem report
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Rehabilitating Slums
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 20 During a meeting of the municipal council it was decided that under the Centre government sponsored Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme Scheme (IHSDP), slum areas of Sirhind, including Brahman Majra and Madrasi colony, would be rehabilitated. The IHDSP is a part of prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) dealt by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. A proposal of scheme has already been drafted and sent to the local bodies department for approval. Of the total budget of the project, the Centre government would bear expenses of 80 per cent and the local bodies department would contribute rest of 20 per cent. The MC would recover 10 per cent of its contribution by way of charging instalments for nearly Rs 300 per month for the two-room flat. Gurvinder Singh Bhatti, president of municipal council, said the colonies would be laced with facilities as per government directives. About 21 agendas were presented before the House and all of them were passed unanimously. The house has passed the proposal to grant 2 kanal for construction of a school worth Rs 6 lakh under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan at Adarsh Nagar, Humayunpur. Other agendas passed include structure design for drain leading from Sirhind grain market towards cremation ground, developing MC park in 19 kanal near railway flyover, house tax issues, passing maps for booths and parking and others. |
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Marriage palace near govt school
Patiala, December 20 Even the residents of the area have strongly objected to this construction which is right in the centre of residential area and its wall touches the wall of the school. The teachers and residents alleged that councillor Sunita Gera had a personal interest behind this project. As per records, the school was established in 1955 and currently its strength was around 2,000. “The venue of the marriage palace is very close to the school and it will surely affect the working of the school. Loud music and orchestras will not only disturb the teachers but would also distract the students and affect their studies,” says one of the teachers of the school. “It would not only hamper the peace of our home, but would also spoil the atmosphere. The programmes sometimes continue till late nights, which is intolerable,” said one of the residents. Gera, when questioned about the location of the palace, said: “There was no other suitable venue. That is why we chose this area. As far as the studies of students were concerned, we will try not to disturb them. I have chosen this venue in consultation with senior leaders.” However, Deputy Commissioner Deepinder Singh said he was unaware of the construction and would mark an inquiry. |
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Five booked for assault
Dera Bassi, December 20 According to the police, the complainant, Karnail Singh of Kakrali village in Dera Bassi, alleged that he was going to his factory at Jawaharpur village in his car on Friday night when a speeding truck tried to overtake it from the wrong side. When he objected to it, the truck driver called Mahendru, owner of the truck, who along with his sons, immediately arrived at the site. They attacked him with an iron rod and fled. He reached the civil hospital and informed the police. The investigating officer said the complainant received many injuries was admitted to the Dera Bassi civil hospital. A case was been registered on the basis of the complaint. Zirakpur Poonam told the police that gold jewellery and silver ornaments worth lakhs and Rs 50,000 were missing. She alleged that her son had lodged a complaint, but nothing had been done so far. |
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30-year-old murdered in Rajpura
Rajpura, December 20 Harinder Singh, the deceased, had gone to buy some medicines for his wife in Mohali yesterday and did not return home till late last night. Family members and friends of Harinder started searching for him and his body was found in the morning. The family members said it seemed that Harinder was killed with sharp-edged weapons. He was probably kidnapped from Mohali or Rajpura and his body was thrown away after murder, said the family members. They said his uncle had dropped him near Rajpura from where he took a bus to reach Mohali.
Senior police officials reached the spot and inquired the incident. A case has been registered against the unidentified assailants and efforts were on to trace people who could have enmity with the deceased. |
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Seminar on communication skills
Patiala, December 20 Hanne Clermont, CEO, Gateways Australia, enlightened students about the language
programmes, including academic English, academic study skills, learning skills, micro teaching and communication skills.
Hanne said Gateway Australia had interactive academic English and study skill resources online training and resource licence package, which involved skills and study materials for senior secondary schools, undergraduate colleges and universities. Around 160 teachers of various colleges and schools of the region were present during the seminar.
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‘Pbi varsity committed to honour literary persons’
Patiala, December 20 He said since Punjabi University was built for the upliftment of Punjabi language, thus it was its duty to honour all those writers who had rendered their life for the service of Punjabi language. Dr Jaspal Singh had obtained the knowledge of competition of Punjabi short stories from principal Prem Mohan Singh who conducted and organised eight short stories competitions in the 90s and published eight books as best stories of Punjabi language. |
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Students briefed on Chandarayaan
Zirakpur, December 20 The ISRO scientist showed a presentation on Chandrayaan-I. He showed them the initial and different stages of making a rocket. A video of the launch of Chandrayaan-I was also shown. Naik said scientists were seeing Mars as an alternative for habitat for humans. He said by 2035 human would be able to reach Mars. He also educated them about the upcoming projects of ISRO like Chandrayaan II and Chandrayaan III. Chandrayaan II, which would carry two rovers for exploration of moon, is scheduled for 2013 while Chandrayaan III is scheduled for 2015. |
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Yamuna House adjudged best
Pinjore, December 20 Deepak Kumar of Yamuna House became the fastest runner in the boys division I by winning the 100 m dash. Nishtha Malhotra of Jhelum House emerged the fastest runner in girls division I by winning 100 m race. A colourful Haryanavi dance depicting the issue of girl child empowerment through education - (the girls making a plea that instead of being married off they should be sent to schools was enjoyed by one and all. He congratulated all achievers and wished them luck for their future endeavours. Dr Bimla Arora, member, Management Committee, DPS, unfurled the school flag, which was followed by a well synchronised march past by contingents of the four houses - Ganga, Yamuna, Jhelum and Sutlej.
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Heritage fest concludes
Kalka, December 20 The festival left visitors thrilled and heavy rush of visitors from Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali and some parts of Himachal and Punjab was witnessed. People were seen enjoying puppet show, Rajasthani kachi ghori, traditional folk orchestra of Haryana and Haryanavi folk dances like phag, ghoomer and khoria. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was the chief guest at the closing ceremony. Hariharan, Bollywood ghazal singer, enthralled the crowd with his popular ghazals like “Mein khayal hoon kisi aur Ka” and “Kabke bichre hue hum aaj khyalon mein mile”. |
Consumer Court
Chandigarh, December 20 Vandana Singh, a resident of Sector 38, purchased a Carrier air conditioner from the dealer on April 19, 2009 for Rs 21,190, including the cost of stabiliser, and out of the said amount, she paid Rs 11,190 and the remaining amount of Rs 10,000 was to be paid on installation of the AC on her premises. It was averred that the dealer delivered the AC next day, but did not supply the stabiliser nor sent any of their official to install the AC and that too in spite of many requests and visits. As a result she had to hire a private electrician and paid Rs 700 for the installation of the AC. It was also averred that the dealer did not supply the stabiliser, which was necessary for effective working of the AC. In its reply filed before the forum, the company admitted the sale of the AC along with the stabiliser as well as the receipt of Rs 11,190. It was also admitted that the installation charges were included in the cost of the AC. It was stated that the complainant requested the dealer that she would make the balance payment of Rs 10,000 on receipt of the AC and as such the AC with stabiliser was sent, which was duly received by her but in spite of that she did not make the payment of balance amount of Rs 10,000 and just paid Rs 100 as carriage charges. It was also stated that engineer of the company visited the premises of the complainant the next day for the installation of the AC but the house was found locked. The forum also directed the dealer to refund the amount of Rs 2,200, which was the cost of the stabiliser as charged by them.
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Thieves strike at ex-Army officer’s residence
Panchkula, December 20 According to the police, the thieves entered the house by breaking the window of the drawing room and bolted all rooms from outside in which the family members were sleeping. Colonel Kartar Singh (retd) said his daughter Anju, along with her children, had come from China to spend holidays. The burglars took away some cash, a gold ring, silverwares and two mobile phones lying in the drawing room. The thieves also attempted to open the locks of a car of Virender Sharma, a tenant of Kartar Singh, parked in the courtyard when the alarm of car went of, forcing them to flee. The thieves even cut off the electricity wires of the streetlights in the lane so that they could escape in the dark. A forensic team and a dog squad had been pressed into service and the police has also registered a case after recording the statements of the family members.
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One killed, 5 injured in accident
Mohali, December 20 When they reached the Lakhnour barrier a speeding truck (HR 37 L 2433) coming from the opposite side hit the Endeavour head on. The MUV was badly damaged and the victims had to be pulled out before being shifted to Fortis Hospital. Apart from Amarjit Singh Sidhu, other family members in the car were Harbans Kaur, Maninder Kaur, Bachan Kaur, Paramjit Singh and Parampal Singh. The driver of the truck, Fatesh Singh, escaped from the spot. A case under Section 304 of the IPC has been registered.
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Boy killed in accident
Chandigarh, December 20 He was going to visit his maternal grandmother. A case has been registered at the Sector 36 police station against the unidentified car driver on the complaint of Mohit, an eyewitness, who chased the car on his motor cycle. Chowki in-charge Maninder Singh said Kartik, son of rickshaw puller Sunil Kumar, along with his three-year-old brother was at the house when the former decided to visit his maternal grandmother. When the victim tried to cross the road, he was he hit by a car. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead. Chowki in-charge said the car driver sped away after the incident. He was given a chase on motor cycles but he disappeared in the streets in a locality of Mohali.
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Robbery at sweets shop
Chandigarh, December 20 Employees of Bengali Sweet Shop-cum-Restaurant V2 told the police that three accused wearing monkey caps came to the shop on a motorcycle and took away cash. The exact amount is yet to be ascertained. They also told the police that the youths fired shots in the air before fleeing. Talking to The Tribune, DSP (east) JS Cheema confirmed that the robbers had fired a shot in the air before fleeing on their motor cycle. He said they had alerted all nakas in the city besides informing the Panchkula police, which arrived on the scene to seek details of the incident.
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Man held with 180 boxes of illicit liquor
Chandigarh, December 20 The crime branch of the Chandigarh police arrested Kartik Chand of Nepal from Industrial Area, Phase I, yesterday and seized 180 cartons of various brands of whisky from his truck (HR 68 5879). In another incident,
the police yesterday arrested Kanhiya of colony No. 5 from his residence and seized 21 quarters of whisky from him. Two cases under the Excise Act have been registered.
Laptop stolen
Dr Manju Baweja of Sector 15-D reported to the police that her laptop and other articles were allegedly stolen from her residence during the intervening night of December 18 and 19. A case of theft has been registered. Also, Gurjeet Singh of Sector 16-D reported that someone had stolen his laptop from his car (CH 03 6863), which was parked in front of his residence on Friday. A case has been registered in this regard.
Caught stealing
Navdeep Gupta of Sector 18 filed a complaint with the police alleging that Monu Kumar of Uttar Pradesh was caught red-handed while stealing Rs 3,800 from his cash box on Saturday night. A case has been registered.
Theft
B Nanda of Sector 28 reported that a lady’s purse containing Rs 28,000, three gold rings, four gold tops, two credit cards, a PAN card and a registration certificate was stolen from his car on Saturday. A case has been registered.
Ganja seized
The police arrested Savitri and Phool Kumari of Industrial Area, Phase I, along with a four-month-old child near Modella trafficlights yesterday while carrying 1 kg ganja. A case has been registered.
Assault
The police arrested four persons for assaulting a resident of Sector 25 with sharp-edged weapons. Kuldeep Kumar of Sector 25 alleged that Nitta, Chocha, Sonu and Kaka, all residents of the same sector, had beaten and threatened him in the locality on Friday evening. He was injured in the assault and was admitted to the Sector 16 Government Multi Specialty Hospital. The police arrested the accused after registering a case against them.
2 held
The police has arrested Sheov Ram of Sector 19 from near small rotary and Ajit Singh of Sector 19 from market in the same sector on Friday evening for allegedly consuming liquor at public places. Two separate cases under the provisions of the Excise Act have been registered in this connection.
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Arun, Pushpinder win bodybuilding meet
Chandigarh, December 20 About 80 body builders from various fitness clubs and gymnasiums participated in the event organised by the Chandigarh Amateur Body Building Association, Chandigarh. Results: 10th Mr Inter Club 55 kg: Bhanu of Bon-Sante got the first position while Saurav of MS Musale and Harjeet Fitness Zone (FZ) bagged second and third positions, respectively; 60 kg: Sandeep of Universal Health Club bagged the first position while Surjeet (FZ) and Mohit Agnihotri (BS) got the second and third positions, respectively; 65 kg: Gaurav (FZ) secured the first position while Surinder of (BS) and Ravinder of Supreme Gym got the second and third positions, respectively; 70 kg: Arun Rana (BS) secured the first position while Rishab and Vishak (both of BS) got the second and third positions, respectively; 75 kg: Vikramjeet (FZ) got the first position while Kuldeep and Bhupinder (both BS) stood second and third, respectively; 16th Mr Sub Junior 60 kg: Surjeet (FZ) bagged the first position while Harjeet (FZ) and Abhinav of Flex Gym got the second and third positions, respectively; 65 kg: Rishab (BS) got the first position while Sunny Verma (Universal) bagged the second position; Above 70 kg: Pushpinder (BS) secured the first position while Bhupinder (BS) got the second position. |
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‘Run for the City’ by MC
Chandigarh, December 20 The race, “Run for the City”, was part of the Municipal Marathon being organised by the municipal corporation in association with the Chandigarh Athletics Association. Men and women as well as boys and girls of different age groups and categories participated in the one-day event. The winner of the race was awarded Rs 11,000 as prize money. |
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Top players for chess meet
Chandigarh, December 20 Over 200 players from all over the country will participate in the six-day championship, to be held in the city for the first time. The event will be inaugurated by union minister for parliamentary affairs and water resources Pawan Kumar Bansal. So far, 75 players, including 34 FIDE-rated players, have confirmed their participation in the tournament, recognised by the All-India Chess Federation and the FIDE (World Chess Federation), he added. Vipnesh Bhardwaj, honorary secretary, CCA, said chess was gaining popularity in the region and holding an event of this magnitude would give an opportunity to players of this region to compete against top players of the country. He said after Delhi, Chandigarh was becoming the next hub of chess activity in the northern region, with many young players of the city already making a mark at national and international levels. Bhardwaj said next year the association would hold Under-25 National Chess Tournament in which only selected players from various states and academies from across the country would participate. He said they were also planning another FIDE-rating chess tournament in summers. He said in order to become a rated player, the competitor would require to play against nine rated players and get three points in a year. He said these competitions would enable budding players from the city to compete with national and international players. |
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Jazzy clinches Golfing Tour trophy
Panchkula, December 20 Finishing three strokes behind at 244 was Karampal Singh, also from the USA, who also carded a gross 79 on the final day. Bobby Kang (USA), who was leading the pack of NRIs by three strokes on the penultimate day yesterday, just could not get his putting and driving in order. He played miserably, conceding a triple bogey, a double bogey and 11 bogeys to fall by the wayside posting a 15-over 87 card for a final tally of 250. Jazzy started badly to be seven over par 43 at the turn. He came back with a par back nine sinking two birdies and conceding
two bogeys for a seven over 79 card. In fact, the NRIs from the USA were in complete command of the tournament occupying the top seven slots in the overall championship leaderboard. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda gave away the prizes. The gross prize for the third day was clinched by Amrit Sidhu (USA). Although Amrit Sidhu, Jazzy Sihota and Karampal Singh Cheema carded identical 79 scores, Amrit Sidhu was declared the winner by the organising committee. The nett winner for the day was Karampal Singh Cheema who had a nett score of 65. Amrit Sidhu with 67 was declared the runner-up. In the 15-24 handicap category Amarjit Brara (USA) fired a five over 77 to win the gross title, with Neil S. Chahal (UK) finishing runner-up at 79. Gary Dhaliwal (USA) also carded a 79 but Chahal was declared the runner-up because of a better back nine. Amarjit Brara also won the day’s best nett title carding a 58. Although Dalminder S Minhas (USA) also returned at 58 nett card, Amarjit triumphed because of a better back nine score. The Chandigarh Golfing Tour attracted a record 113 NRI entries and was played on the greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club, Chandi Mandir SEPTA course, and the Panchkula Golf Club. The results: Overall Golfing Tour Trophy: Jazzy Sihota (USA) 241, Karampal Singh (USA) 244. Bobby Kang (USA) 245. Final day (.0-14 category): Gross: Amrit Sidhu (USA) 79, Jazzy Sihota (USA) 79 and Karampal Singh Cheema (USA) 79; Nett: Karampal Singh Cheema (USA) 65, Amrit Sidhu (USA) 67, Manjeet Bath (USA) 69. Final day (15-24 category): Gross: Amarjit Brara (USA) 77, Neil S Chahal (UK) 79 and Gary Dhaliwal (USA) 79. Nett: Amarjit Brara (USA) 58, Dalminder S. Minhas (USA) 58 and Neil S. Chahal (UK) 60. Kang hogs
limelight
Meanwhile, Bobby Kang of the USA fired a three over par 75 card to clinch the gross title on the second day of the Chandigarh Golfing Tour at Chandi Mandir yesterday. In a closely contested round, Raj Patel, also from the USA, finished a close second carding a gross 76 card, one stroke behind Kang. The SEPTA greens in the cantonment played well, and the NRI golfers made the most of it. This was demonstrated in the scores dished out by the 87 NRIs who teed off in ideal weather conditions. The golfers appeared determined to improve on their first day's score to be in line for the coveted Golfing Tour Trophy to be given to the NRI logging the best gross tally in the three-day event. Vijay Sharma (USA) triumphed in the nett category, returning a 64 card with Karampal Cheema, also from the USA, occupying the runner-up spot for the second successive day, carding a nett 66 score. In 15-24-handicap category, Amarjit Brara (USA) fired the best gross card of 78 with Pritpal Deol (USA) finishing one stroke behind at 79. Ishwar Singh Puarr from Malaysia was the winner in the nett category. Prabhakar Vallury (UK) was one stroke behind at 59. Amrit Sidhu (USA) drove the ball to 276 yard for the day's longest drive title. Nachhattar Bhullar from the USA was nearest to the pin at 3.4 in. The second day's
play began with a gunshot tee-off. General secretary JS Cheema said the final day's game would be played on the Panchkula Golf Club greens. The prizes will be distributed by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The fifth invitational Chandigarh Golfing Tour is played every year to
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Gangesh leads BTS Royal to victory
Chandigarh, December 20 After winning the toss, BTS Royals elected to bat first and scored 148 runs for the loss of six wickets in their stipulated 20 overs. Parvesh Sharma (41), Yuvraj (32), Swapnil (25) and Shubham (19) were the top scorers for their team and Vaibhav two for 26 was the main wicket taker for Shri Shri Academy. In reply, Shri Shri Cricket Academy failed to put any resistance to the accurate bowling of BTS Royal and was bundled out for 94 runs in 19.2 overs. Abhishek (31), Shiboo (17) and Shourya (15) were the top scorers for their team, while Gangesh four for seven, Shubham two for six and Parvesh one for 19 were the main wicket takers for BTS Royals. Score: BTS Royal: 148 for six in 20 overs. (Parvesh 41, Yuvraj 32, Swapnil 25, Shubham 19 and Vaibhav 2/26). Shri Shri Cricket Academy: 94 All out in 19.2 overs (Abhishek 31, Shiboo 17, Shourya 15, Gangesh 4/7, Shubham 2/6 and Parvesh 1/19). In the first match, Green Field Cricket Academy was able to beat LIC Junior by one run. After winning the toss, Green Field Cricket Academy elected to bat and scored 108 runs in their stipulated 20 overs. Karamveer (37) and Sukhdeep (14) were the top scorers for the Green Field team and Mehul Bansal three for 21 and Aman Cheema three for 15 were the main wicket takers for LIC Junior. In reply, LIC Junior failed to push the run rate and failed achieve the target of 108 runs loosing the match by one run scoring 107 for the loss of eight wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Sanchit (36) and Vivek (30) were the main scorers for the LIC and Bhav and Gursimran took
one wicket each giving away 12 and six runs, respectively. Score: Green Field Cricket Academy: 108 runs in 20 overs (Karamveer 37, Sukhdeep 14, Mehul 3/21 and Aman 3/15). LIC Junior: 107 for eight in 20 overs (Sanchit 36, Vivek 30, Bhav 1/12 and Gursimran, 1/6). |
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P’kula emerge champs in martial arts
Panchkula, December 20 More than 130 students from all districts of Haryana participated. Sandeep Kherwar, IPS, was the chief guest. Also present on the occasion were Sanjeev Chopra and director
principal of school Amit Chopra. Results Sub-junior boys: 21 kg Tushar (Pkl), 25 kg: Abhishek Rana (Pkl), 29 kg: Bahnu Pratap (Pkl), 33 kg: Angreg (Kkr), 37 kg Nishan Singh (Kkr), 41 Parveen (Kkr), 45kg: Virender (Kkr), +45 Manik (Pkl). Sub-junior girls: 27kg: Vanita (Pkl), 31 kg Gayatri (Pkl), 35 kg Kajol (Pkl), 39kg Ankita (Pkl). Junior boys: 44 kg Sahil (Pkl), 48 kg Aditya (Pkl), 52 kg Tushar (Pkl), +56 kg Barinder Singh. Junior girls: 45 kg Gurpreet Kaur
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