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Black Elephant lads claim title
 Patiala, January 28
The Black Elephant Cricket Club under-14 boys’ team defeated Sunny Cricket Club Bathinda XI, Bathinda, in a three-match series of limited overs at Bathinda. Patiala lads won all matches and won all four titles.In the first match, the Black Elephant Club defeated Bhatinda XI by four wickets.
The winning team of Black Elephant Cricket Club strike a pose in
Patiala. A Tribune photograph
Youth missing
Kharar, January 28
16-year-old Tunnu, a resident of Sector 70, Mohali, has been missing since January 10.In his complaint to the police, Tunnu’s relative Bhupinder Tewari said Tunnu had come to him a few days ago looking for some job.
Residents block
highway
Rajpura, January 28
A large number of residents today blocked the Rajpura-Chandigarh road to protest against a local gas agency for not supplying gas cylinders on time.Consumers alleged that they had been waiting for the gas supply since morning. They raised slogans against the agency’s owner and blocked the road for one hour. The police, local political leaders and others reached the spot and tried to pacify the agitators.
New grid to end power woes
52 villages to get uninterrupted electricity
Hargana (Fatehgarh Sahib), January 28
After decade-long protests and demonstrations, 52 villages of Fatehgarh Sahib will finally get uninterrupted electricity after a 66-KV grid starts functioning in a few days.
FCI’s Rejection of Paddy Variety
Millers seek Centre’s help
Bassi Pathana, January 28
“If the Union government did not take immediate decision on PAU 201 variety of paddy, rice mills across the state will be forced to stop the custom milling of 40 lakh metric tonne (mt) of paddy lying in their mills, which will cause heavy loss to the state exchequer as well as to the millers,” said Tarsem Singh Saini, national president of the Rice Millers’ Association.
Patiala MC okays Rs 30 lakh
for water supply,
Patiala, January 28
The municipal corporation has sanctioned Rs 30 lakh for improving the city’s sewerage and drinking water supply system, which would be a major relief for residents of certain densely populated older localities as also the posh New Lal Bagh Colony.
Conference on Punjabi culture
Patiala, January 28
On the second day of the 26th International Punjabi Development Conference, a galaxy of eminent scholars, linguists and critics presented papers on a variety of issues pertaining to Punjabi culture and society.
YPS old students meet on Feb 2
Patiala, January 28
The old students meet of the YPS, Patiala, will be held on February 2 on the YPS premises.Besides a cricket match, the YPS will host a dinner for the old students. This was stated by the Atchisonian Yadavandrian Old Students’ Association (AYOSA) treasurer Gurvir Singh Jaijee.
40 selected in joint campus placement
Kharar, January 28
Forty students were selected during a joint campus placement drive held at Doaba Group of Colleges here.A large number of MCA and BTech students from different colleges of north India participated in the placement drive. Sap Labs, a reputed multinational company, held this drive.
6 companies hold interviews
Banur, January 28
Aryans Group of Colleges is celebrating this week as the placement week as six companies are holding placement drive in the college campus.
Tributes paid to Lala Lajpat Rai
Bassi Pathana, January 28
The management and staff of Lala Lajpat Rai Senior Secondary School today celebrated the birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai with great enthusiasm.A large number of students and representatives of political and social organisations attended the function.
BJP block president elected
Bassi Pathana, January 28
Rajiv Singla has been unanimously elected president of the BJP, Bassi Pathana block.The election for block president was conducted here today. Vinod Sharma, secretary, Kissan Cell, was nominated as returning officer and Sashi Bhushan Gupta as assistant returning officer by the party high command.
Seminar against
ragging
Ropar, January 28
Ragging is a social evil, which affected the student community the most. Additional Civil Judge Gopal Arora said this while speaking at a seminar on anti ragging and educational rights held at IET Bhaddal campus.
Hans Raj Hans enthrals audience
Patiala, January 28
Students of Punjabi University, Patiala, spent a delightful evening with famous Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans during a cultural programme organised by the Punjabi department in the Guru Teg Bahadur Hall of the university campus yesterday.
Accident claims three
lives
Ambala, January 28
Three persons were killed and two were injured when the car they were travelling in rammed into a tanker on the Ambala-Jagadhri highway today morning.Deepak, alias Tony, Madan and Prakash, alias Kala from Manglai village, Fateh Singh from Kesopur village and Ramesh from Bihar were travelling in the car when the accident occurred near the Dukheri level crossing.
Special Enactments
HC: Sentence without listing reason valid
Chandigarh, January 28
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that in cases of special enactments, like the Army Act, the sentence awarded to the guilty cannot be set aside on the ground that the order does not disclose any reasons.
HC issues notice of motion to UT
Chandigarh, January 28
Chandigarh still has not framed guidelines for auctions of properties - at least this is what a bidder is alleging.In a petition filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Nirankar Singh of Mohali has asserted that till date there “are no proper guidelines for conducting auctions”. As such, “guidelines are required to be framed so that the public at large is not harassed.
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Theft at ex-Mayor’s house
Police recovers stolen bag
Chandigarh, January 28
The track record of the UT Police in making recoveries in theft cases may be dismal, but when it comes to high-profile victims, it shows extra promptness.
Dacoity: One gets life term
Panchkula, January 28
The District and Sessions Court awarded life imprisonment to Neeraj Bhatnagar, a resident of Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), for dacoity last year at a milk booth here today.
Kidnapping case solved
Mohali, January 28
The Sohana police claimed to have solved a late night kidnapping case within two hours. Sohana SHO Mohinder Singh said Manvinder
Kaur, a resident of Kambali village, called up at the police control room around 2.30 am. She alleged that four persons had kidnapped Sunny
Dogra, her husband Naveen’s nephew.
2 cops convicted in graft case
Chandigarh, January 28
A local court today convicted two UT Police personnel on charges of corruption.
Three arrested for
murder
Chandigarh, January 28
The Chandigarh Police yesterday arrested three persons, including a juvenile, in connection with the murder of Pardeep Kumar, who was stabbed to death in Mauli Jagran, last week. A minor was earlier arrested in the case.
Thieves decamp with watches,cash
Chandigarh, January 28
Thieves broke into a shop at Mani Majra and decamped with wristwatches and Rs 57,000 last night.Annie Mahajan of Mani Majra reported the theft to the police. A case has been registered.
Boy hits classmate with rod
Chandigarh, January 28
In yet another display of the increasing indiscipline and violence in schools, a class XII student of
GSSS, Sector 45, was badly injured when one of the boys hit him with a rod during the class.
Harsh, a student of GSSS-45, at the GMCH in Chandigarh on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
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2-wicket win for St Stephen’s
Panchkula, January 28
Excellent batting performance by Jagpreet Singh in the last over of the match helped St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, beat Dhruv Cricket Academy,
Patiala, by two wickets in the Satluj T-20 Champions Trophy being held at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, here today.
Players selected for skating
meet
Chandigarh, January 28
Following probables have been selected by the Chandigarh Roller Skating Association for the 47th National Speed Roller Skating Championships (sub-junior, junior and senior) to be held in Nagpur from February 3 to 6.
City lads clinch U-11 golf trophy
Chandigarh, January 28
Karandeep Kochar and Aadil Bedi of the CGA Golf Range clinched the under-11 (D category) team title in the All-India Junior Inter-Club Golf Championship, which concluded on the Noida Golf Course in Delhi on Saturday.
Shubham enables Ryan school win
Chandigarh, January 28
Excellent performance by Shubham helped Ryan International School, Sector 49, beat Gem Public School, 3B2, Mohali, by 63 runs in the Times-Cremica Inter-school Cricket Tournament.
City veterans bag medals
Chandigarh, January 28
Vidya Watti Sachdeva (68), former BSNL employee, brought laurels to the city by winning two gold medals and three silver medals in the recently concluded Veteran Athletics Championship India 2010 in Pune.
Athletics meet at
GMCH
Chandigarh, January 28
The 17th annual athletics meet was organised at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, here today.
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The open auction for eight food kiosks today at the Sector 14 Night Food Street, near PGI, fetched Rs 6.83 lakh for the municipal corporation, which will get an annual rental of Rs 81.96
lakh.
Industrial Development Corporation (HSIIDC) — against the recommendations of the Land Acquisition Officer (LAO) — to set up industry in the district is set to snowball into a major row between farmers and the government.
Chandigarh, January 28
