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Heist at jewellery shop
Valuables, cash worth lakhs robbed
Lalru (Dappar), December 24
Cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees were robbed at gunpoint by four unidentified youths from a jewellery shop at Dappar village, near Lalru, this afternoon.
Whiff of fresh air for environment park
Society initiates drive to rid it of plastic
Patiala, December 24
Happy days are ahead for the environment park, which has been in a state of neglect for some time. For, the Friends of Environment Park Association has undertaken a campaign to free the park of plastic and maintain its glory.
Marriage Palace Row
Foundation stone, chairs vandalised
Patiala, December 24
Agitated over the indifferent attitude of the district administration towards laying of a foundation stone of a marriage palace right next to Government Senior Secondary School, Tripuri, some persons have vandalised the foundation stone and chairs, and torn posters at the site.
Protesting ETT candidates held
Kharar/Ropar, December 24
Protesting ETT candidates, who have been demanding their inclusion into the state education department fold, were arrested in various parts of Ropar district today.
Police remand for rape accused
Kalka, December 24
The gang rape case accused who were arrested by the local police yesterday were produced in the Panchkula court, which remanded them in police custody till December 27, today.
Faculty development workshop
Ambala, December 24
Under the aegis of the Finance Ministry, Government of India, HARDICON has launched a 14-day faculty development workshop at MM University, Mullana.
Football
Singh Sabha defeat J&K Police
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 24
The Singh Sabha Sports Club, Kot Fatui, today defeated the J&K Police 2-0 in the All-India Baba Zorawar Singh Baba Fateh Singh Shaheedi Football Tournament held at Mata Gujri School, Fatehgarh Sahib.
Modi lads bag
gymnastics title
Patiala, December 24
MM Modi College, Patiala, have won the Punjabi University Inter-College Gymnastics Championship (men) held at Polo Ground, Patiala, recently.
Rally against use of polythene
Patiala, December 24
The Punjab College of Education, Raipur, Bahadurgarh’s NSS volunteers along with the Friends of Environment Society, organised a rally today to fight against the use of polythene and make Patiala pollution free.
Cash-for-Judge Scam
Plaintiff ordered to appear on Jan 11
Chandigarh, December 24
After the CBI created ripples in the cash-for-judge scam by submitting its closure report to the court on December 19, the CBI special court today issued a notice to the complainant for January 11.
Criminal Cases
More single benches to clear backlog
Chandigarh, December 24
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has taken yet another step to cut down the pendency of criminal matters. Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal has further increased the number of ‘single benches’ hearing criminal matters to 16.
4 get life term for couple’s murder
Panchkula, December 24
A local court awarded life imprisonment to four accused for murdering an couple in
Ambala. The accused had murdered the couple — HK Gupta (60) and his wife Pushpa (56) — before committing robbery on June 23, 2005.
Yet another theft at Industrial Area
Chandigarh, December 24
Thieves decamped with computers and other articles after breaking into a plot at Industrial Area here last night.
Lalit Gupta of Phase II, Industrial Area, lodged a complaint with the police that thieves broke into his office last night and decamped with computers and some articles, besides damaging property.
Missing Boy
Police delayed registering case, alleges couple
Mohali, December 24
In spite of claims of the Mohali police of hassle-free registration of cases, an elderly couple of Phase 3A had to run from pillar to post to get a missing person’s complaint registered of the nephew of their servant.
Lab technician held for graft
Chandigarh, December 24
Sleuths of the UT vigilance department today caught a lab technician of the Public Analyst Punjab while reportedly accepting a bribe of
Rs 5,000.
Woman hit by mobike, dies
Chandigarh, December 24
A pedestrian was killed after being knocked down by a motorcycle here today.
The victim, Kali, was crossing the road near the Sector 48-C market in the morning when a motorcycle (HR 24 G 2466) hit her.
Basketball
St Xavier’s lift boys’ title
Panchkula, December 24
St Xavier’s School, Panchkula, and Little Flower Convent School,
Panchkula, won the boys and girls’ under-14 title, respectively, in the 1st Yuva Basketball Tournament at St Xavier’s High School courts here today.
Cricket
MCA thrash LIC
Mohali, December 24
The Mohali Cricket Academy (MCA) thrashed LIC Academy, Sector 26, by nine wickets in a low-scoring match in the inaugural Blue Chilly Cup Cricket Tournament being organised by the Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy at the MCA Ground here today.
Arrangements for ITF tennis meet reviewed
Chandigarh, December 24
The organising committee under the chairmanship of Sanjay Kumar, UT finance and secretary sports, today reviewed the arrangements to conduct ITF Junior Grade 3 Tennis Tournament, at the CLTA Tennis Stadium, Sector 10, here.
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