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Respite in sight from water woes
Patiala, January 21 The locality has been getting the supply at a low pressure as a result of which residents of the MIG and LIG apartments are suffering from an acute paucity of drinking water. The pressure as of now is so low it does not reach the first and second floor houses, which forces their residents to install ‘tullu’ pumps. The pumps in turn cause a further drop in pressure in the main water supply lines, affecting residents of the nearby houses. Even otherwise PUDA regulations do not permit installation of such pumps on the main water lines. PUDA subdivisional officer VK Singh said the authority had earmarked a sum of Rs 40 lakh for augmenting the drinking water supply in Urban Estate Phase II. “As part of this scheme a new tubewell is being sunk in a vacant plot at the rear of the MIG houses. A new overhead water reservoir is also being built”, he added. Singh said installation of the new tubewell, expected to become functional by next March, would result in supplying water in first and second floor houses at normal pressure. “The new reservoir tank will also boost water pressure in the other houses in Phase II, ending a perennial problem for the area’s residents”, he added. Explaining the reason behind the fall in water supply in the main lines in the locality, Singh said there had been a drop in the groundwater level. “The level has fallen considerably as a result of which three motors that had been supplying water earlier have not been able to cope with the demand of water as the pressure had fallen drastically”, he added. Karamjit Singh, a resident of Urban Estate Phase II, said: “It will be a ‘new year gift’ from PUDA to residents who had been grappling with the problem of low water pressure. At present water reaches the first and second floor houses only in a trickle”. |
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Umeed to home differently abled kids
Ambala, January 21 Ambala has no such centre in the district and parents of mentally challenged children have to either go to Chandigarh, Patiala or to some other places to educate their special children. But now, with this centre, there is a ray of hope for them. Initially, as many as 200 children will be accommodated in the centre. Besides education, vocational training will also be given to them. Meanwhile, The Red Cross Society organised a camp in the Panchayat Bhawan at Ambala City recently to check the IQ level of the mentally challenged children. As many as 200 children, along with their parents attended the camp. Psychologists Dr Tanuja Kaushal, Dr Archana, Dr Jasprit, social worker Chandan Bala and a senior functionary of Umeed, Hemant Kaushik examined the children. Twelve-year-old Ajay, a resident of Balapur village, was unable to speak since birth. Anoop Kumar (10), a resident of Ambala City, could not start his studies due to less IQ. There were several others whose parents got a relief after the psychologists’ assurance. Hemant said in the Chandigarh centre most children were given vocational training. President of the Red Cross Society and Ambala Deputy Commissioner Samir Pal Saro said the day boarding was also provided in the home. He said pension would also be given to the parents of such children. He said services of psychologist, physiatrics and other caretakers would be available in the centre.
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Patiala lad dreams to play for India
Patiala, January 21 There are numerous cricket training clubs in Patiala like the National Institute of Cricket and Sports under famous cricketer Maheshinder Singh Sodhi, Black Elephant Cricket Club, Chotti Baradari Training Ground, etc., which have not even developed the interest of youngsters towards cricket, but has also churned cricketers like Reetinder Sodhi, Kunwar Raina, etc. In Patiala too, there are a lot of talented youngsters who are rising on the success ladder and one of them is 14-year-old Anmolpreet Singh. Born in 1996, Anmolpreet is a trainee of the Black Elephant Cricket Club and is a Class VIII student of Multipurpose School, Patiala. Recently, the Punjab School Cricket Team led by Anmolpreet won the School National Games held at Mumbai and created history by winning all matches of the tournament. Anmolpreet was the star attraction of the tournament and he won the Man of the Series award with a batting average of 100.33. He has also been selected for the Indian School Cricket. On being questioned about his choice of cricket as a career, Anmolpreet said he was in love with the game ever since he didn’t even understand cricket properly. Talking about his favourite cricketers, he adores Sachin Tendulkar, Dhoni, Yuvraj and Harbhajan Singh and looks forward to following their career graph. He said, “My only dream is to make it to the Indian squad. My parents and coaches have high hopes from me and I will do all it takes to fulfill this dream.”
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Aided schools hail grant for pensioners
Bassi Pathana, January 21 The meeting was presided over by Nakesh Jindal, president of Lala Lajpat Rai Senior Secondary School, representatives of management and staff of other aided schools attended the meeting. While talking to mediapersons, Jindal said managements and union of government-aided schools had been struggling since long to get the demand accepted and the retired staff members also approached the courts. He said they all were thankful to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for accepting their demand. He also appreciated the role of DS Guru, principal secretary to Chief Minister. He said recently the management submitted a memorandum to DS Guru during his visit to Bassi Pathana and he took the matter to the CM. Rajiv Dutta, president of Ashoka Educational Trust, Sirhind, said the decision would prove a milestone in improving the educational standard in the state. He urged the Chief Minister to accept the pending demand of managements to fill the vacant posts in government-aided schools. Meanwhile, principal Ravinder Joshi, president of the Aided Staff Union said the government should also implement new pay scales for the employees of aided schools. |
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New semester system at mgmt school
Patiala, January 21 This was stated by Dr Alok Chakrabarty, dean and head of the school. Dr
Chakrabarty, who joined the school on January 2, said it was an effort to make the education system more global and ensure that students were exposed to foreign trends. In semester system, it was difficult for foreign faculties to come to India for six months due to visa problems, but the term system would make it easier for them to acquaint students with modern technologies and that, too, in a shorter time, he added.
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ASI convicted of taking bribe
Chandigarh, January 21 The CBI had arrested Surinder Pal, after he was caught red handed while taking Rs 2,500 bribe in his room in the Sector 39 police station on August 21, 2007. Complainant in the case, Rajesh Kumar of Ambala, had alleged that ASI Surinder Pal had demanded Rs 2,500 from his relative Rajinder Kumar of Dadu Majra Colony. The ASI had even threatened to implicate Rajinder in a case if they failed to meet his demand. He had also added that there was a complaint against Rajinder in his police station that he had taken money on the pretext of arranging jobs. He had asked Rajinder to pay him the money or he would be framed in the case. After CBI laid a trap, Surinder Pal was caught red handed and five notes of Rs 500 denominations were recovered from his possession. The charges in the case were framed in 2007.
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GMCH suicide case Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 21 It may be recalled that two years after the death of Jaspreet Singh, a final-year MBBS student at the Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, his father, Charan Singh, had recently deposed before the court. During the trial that began on January 14, Charan, who identified his son’s handwritten suicide note, moved an application in the court to issue summons to two of Jaspreet’s classmates - Deepak and Ajay - who had been named in the note. Jaspreet had mentioned the names Dr NK Goel, head of GMCH’s community medicine department, and of two fellow students in his suicide note. However the court had framed charges against the doctor on July 24, 2009 under section 306 of the IPC and section 3(2)(VII) of the ‘SC/ST’ Act. Earlier, on September 11 last year, the police had filed a ‘challan’ against Goel in the suicide case, based on an inquiry report submitted by a GMCH committee, the Central Forensic Science Laboratory report of the suicide note and a reevaluation of the examination paper. On January 28, Goel and the two GMCH-32 students were booked for abetting Jaspreet to commit suicide after the latter’s body was found hanging in the toilet of the library on the fifth floor of the hospital’s B-block during night. The suicide note said the three used to “ridicule him about his caste”. Later, the names of the classmates were dropped after the inquiry board cleared them of the charges. Charan had said though his son excelled in studies he had not fared well in his last examination, which had depressed him. He had alleged the college was responsible for his son’s death as he had attempted suicide earlier too.
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Without passport, Kenyan national held
Mohali, January 21 The police caught hold the man when he was allegedly stealing telephone wires in Phase VIII here last night. The accused, along with two other youths, was arrested for stealing telephone cables.
DSP (City) Swarandeep Singh said the Kenyan national was staying in the town for the last six years. He appeared to be a drug addict, he said.
Man thrashed, two booked
ZIRAKPUR: The Zirakpur police booked two Panchkula residents along with some other unidentified persons for allegedly thrashing a Dhakoli resident. The accused have been identified as Sukhwinder Singh and his brother
Raju. In his complaint to the police, Kunal Lakhanpal, who runs a drug de-addiction centre at
Dhakoli, alleged that on Tuesday he was sitting at his centre along with his friend Gagandeep Singh. He received a call from Sukhwinder at around 10 pm that he was sitting in the office of Guru Nanak Property Dealer shop to collect the payment. The complainant reached the shop where the accused thrashed him along with their friends. The investigating official stated that after recording the statement of the Kunal
Lakhanpal, a case had been registered.
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NGO submits memo to DGP Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 21 UT SP (Operations) RS Ghumman accepted the memorandum and assured that adequate steps would be taken to stop the misuse of all pro-woman laws, especially Section 498-A of the IPC, in the city. Ghumman reportedly assured members of the NGO that the orders had already been issued to the authorities concerned and officials to conduct free and fair probe and arrest anybody only after exhausting all resources available.
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Tricity Premier League Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 21 After winning the toss, the Modgill Challengers elected to ball first. Shubham Vij and Yuvraj Gill smashed the poor bowling spell of the Modgill Challengers and scored at will. Shubham Vij scored 110 not out of 64, which included eight fours and eight sixes, and Yuvraj Gill 100 not out of 56 balls, including 18 fours and one six, enabled the Punjabi Tigers to put up a moderate total of 235 for no loss in their stipulated 20 overs. Both Shubham and Yuvraj were jointly declared the man of the match.The Punjabi Tigers bowlers did not allow any liberty to the Modgill batsmen and bowled them out for just 106 runs in 16.1 overs. Yogesh 39 of 28 balls, including seven hits to the fence, was the only batsman who faced the Punjabi Tigers bowling with some courage. For the Punjabi Tigers, Ayush with the bowling figures of three for 12 was the main wicket taker. In the second match of the day, fine batting performance by Nipun helped the Pace Riders beat HR Royal Kings by nine wickets. After winning the toss, the HR Royal Kings elected to bat first but its batsmen could not brave the tight and accurate bowling of the Pace Riders and scored only 125 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their stipulated 20 overs. Akhil 22 and Gurmannat 20 were the top scorers. For the Pace Riders, Parvesh Sharma and Resham took two wickets each giving away 23 and 16 runs, respectively. In reply, the Pace Riders achieved the target by scoring 128 runs in just 13 overs by losing only one wicket. Man of the match Nipun scored 77 runs of 35 balls, which included 11 fours and four sixes, and Shivam 31 not out, including five hits to the fence, were the top scorers for their team. Brief scores: Ist match: Punjabi Tigers: 235 for no loss in 20 overs (Shubham Vij 110 not out, Yuvraj Gill 100 not out). Modgill Challengers: 106 all out in 16.1 overs (Yogesh 39, Ayush 3/12). IInd match: HR Royal Kings: 125 for 8 in 20 overs (Akhil 22, Gurmannat 20, Parvesh Sharma 2/23, Resham 2/16). Pace Riders: 128 for 1 in 13 overs (Nipun 77, Shivam 31 not out). Tomorrow fixtures: First match between Modgill Challengers and Pace Riders at 9.30 am. Second match between Rihalz Warriors and Sunfire Rockets at 12.30 pm.
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Jatin, Dinash fashion CL DAV win
Panchkula, January 21 After winning the toss, CL DAV School elected to bat first and scored 126 runs for the loss of six wickets in their stipulated 20
overs. Jatin 42 of 39 balls, including two fours and one six, Dinash 42 of 38 balls, including six fours, were the top scorers. For Little Flower, Navneet and Shubhankar took one wicket each giving away 20 and 25 runs, respectively. In reply, Little Flower could not achieve the target, as its batsmen faced difficulty in making runs on tight and accurate bowling of DAV bowlers and could score only 97 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their stipulated 17 overs. Ketan 24 and Shubhankar 10 were the only batsmen, who showed some courage to face the bowling of DAV bowlers. For DAV team, Gaurav took three wickets giving away only nine runs, while Vineet took two wickets giving away only five runs. In the second match of the day, quick fire by Ankush and Ashok, who scored 72 and 46 runs, respectively, helped Satluj Public School, Sector 4, beat New Indian School by 61 runs. Electing to bat first, Satluj School scored 184 runs for the loss of seven wickets in their stipulated 17
overs. Ankush 72 of 47 balls, which included six fours and three sixes, Ashok 46 of 35 balls, which included six fours and one six, were the top scorers. For New Indian School, Raman took four wickets giving away 29 runs, while Sandeep and Vineet took one wicket each giving away 34 and 35 runs, respectively. In reply, New Indian School batsmen performed badly, as five of them went for duck. Balwinder 18, Ram Paresh 11 and Sandeep 11 were the only batsmen who showed some courage to face the tight and accurate bowling of Satluj bowlers. For
Satluj, Ashok was the pick of the bowlers, as he took seven wickets giving away only 13 runs. Ankush two wickets for 15 runs and Harpreet one wicket for 15 runs were the other bowlers, who impressed with their bowling. |
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Registration date extended
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 21 This was disclosed at a meeting held under the chairmanship of UT Home Secretary Ram Niwas regarding the preparations of the marathon. CEO of the Running And Living Infotainment and also the event manager of the marathon, Rahul Verghese, said that already 60 registrations had been done for the full marathon and 220 registrations for half marathon. Nine international athletes have also confirmed their participation for the mega event. He said people from various embassies in Delhi had also shown keen interest for the marathon and had registered for the same. More than 1,000 school students and college students have confirmed their participation. Olympian Milkha Singh will flag off the full marathon. Special arrangements have been made for controlling traffic during the marathon. Various teams have been deputed by the health department for examination of the participants and also to take care of athletes during the event. Ambulances will be deployed on the marathon route to avoid any untoward incident. The route map of the marathon has already been finalised in consultation with officials of the Chandigarh sports department and the police. All the technical support for the smooth conducting of the marathon will be given by the sports department. A marathon expo will be organised on January 29 and 30 at the Chandigarh Golf Academy where all information regarding the marathon will be available and also medical check-up for the participants of the full and the half marathon will be conducted. The event will be an annual feature of the Chandigarh administration.
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Dainik Jagran beat Press Club
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 21 The Press Club XI won the toss and put Dainik Jagran XI to bat. The openers of Dainik Jagran started off well making 30 runs in the first five overs before opener Sandeep Pathania was declared leg before wicket. His partner also departed in the similar fashion in the next over. A 50 run stand by Ajay and Sajjan Sharma in five overs took Dainik Jagran to 80 runs in 11 overs. Sajjan was the more aggressive of the two as he made 29 runs off just 12 balls. Gautam Dhir was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up two wickets for 19 runs in four overs. In reply, the Press Club XI got off to a slow and steady start knocking the ball around. The openers made 36 runs in 7.3 overs before Gurharminder broke the partnership in his first over. He took two wickets on successive deliveries. The required run rate continued to rise and in an attempt to accelerate, the batsmen lost their wickets cheaply. Sandeep put up a lone front but did not get any support from his teammates. The Press Club XI fell short by five runs. Brief scores: Dainik Jagran XI: 127 for 7 in 20 overs. (Sajjan Sharma 29, Ajay 20, Naresh Bains 20, Gautam Dhir 4/19, Ashish 2/18, Balkrishan 2/27). Press Club XI: 122 for 8 in 20 overs. (Sandeep 28, Rajesh Deol 29, Rajinder Aggarwal 19, Gurharminder 2/17, Naresh 1/24).
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Govt college beat AS College
Chandigarh, January 21 Similarly, SGGS College, Sector 26, has beaten LLR Government College, Dhudike. Besides, MD College of Education, Abohar, floored GMT College of Education, Ludhiana, during the Inter-College Badminton (Men) Evening and Education Colleges Tournament being played at the university’s Gymnasium Hall. Similarly, Guru Ram Das BEd College, Jalalabad, defeated Lala Jagat Narayan College of Education, Jalalabad, and MD College of Education, Abohar, thrashed GHG Khalsa College of Education, Gursar Sudhar.
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Cricket meet from Jan 25
Panchkula, January 21 Stating this in a press note here today, the school’s spokesperson said only school teams could participate in the tournament and players born on or after August 30, 1992, could take part in the championship. He said the last date for entries was January 23 and for more details the players could contact cricket coach Sarpreet Gill on 9878665646. |
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Handball body polls on Feb 1
Chandigarh, January 21 Punjab and Haryana High Court Advocate NS Sitta, who is also returning official for the elections, said in a press note that the elections for the post of president, vice-president, secretary general, treasurer and joint secretaries would be held and the interested persons could file their nominations in prescribed forms till January 24. The scrutiny of the forms would be held till 12.30 pm on January 25 and notification of valid voters would be made on January 29. |
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