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2 killed, three injured in accident
Ambala, February 5 According to information, Gupta had purchased a new car this afternoon and he was going to Saharanpur, along with Rajinder and three others, to attend a marriage. When they reached at the crossing near Mulana the car collided head on with a truck. Two of the occupants of the car died on the spot while the other three — Prem Pal Chawla, Rakesh Kumar and Madan Lal — sustained serious injuries. Two of the injured were referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. The Mulana police registered a case against the truck driver and sent the bodies to the Civil Hospital, Ambala City, for the postmortem. The car was badly damaged in the accident. 38-yr-old killed in mishap
Zirakpur: Two days after his birthday and less than a week before his brother’s marriage, Zirakpur resident Daljit Singh (38) was killed in a road accident today at Baltana. A resident of Defence Enclave, Zirakpur, Daljit was crushed under the wheels of a tractor trailer on the Baltana-Chandigarh road. The police said the incident took place around 11 am when he had come to Baltana. When he reached near the market, he lost the control and fell on the road and was crushed under a tractor-trailer. He died on the spot. Theft
Thieves decamped with jewellery and cash after breaking into a house at Swami Enclave, Dhakoli village, on February 2. Ashima Vidhwan, a resident of Swami Enclave, alleged that she and her husband were not in the house when the theft took place. When she came back in the evening, she found the lock of the main door broken. She said that a gold kitty set, a watch, a mobile phone, two silver necklaces, a pair of earrings and cash were missing. She said the thieves had also broken the piggybanks of her children. |
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Seminar on environment
Patiala, February 5 Padamshree Baba Sewa Singh, Khadoor wale, was the chief guest. The seminar was organised by Punjab Sate Council of Science and Technology, Chandigarh, with the help of environment and forest department, Government of India. Principal of the centre Inderjeet Kaur Gill welcomed the chief guest. She stressed upon the need to preserve environment for better living. She cited the example of Baba Sewa Singh who had planted 50,000 trees in a campaign to save earth. Baba Sewa Singh stressed on the need of planting more trees and preserving them. He said: “Planting a tree alone was not enough. One should also ensure that it is taken care of, so that it grows up into a healthy tree.” Dr Charanjit Singh from the Punjab Pollution Control Board supported his opinion. He thought human greed was the reason behind air and water pollution. Our current lifestyle had already led to an increase in the temperature of earth by 1°C and further increase would be deadly, he added. Gurnek Singh from the Punjab Energy Development Agency stressed on the need for preservation of electricity. Project coordinator Archana Mahajan said tiny steps could be helpful for preservation of air and water pollution. Ban of polythene bags, using cloth bags, replacing meat by vegetables were small things that were important. |
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Manoj, Harpreet
best athletes
Kharar, February 5 VK Singh, managing director, Punjab State Co-operative Milk Producers Ltd, was the chief guest at the function. Earlier, Sangat Ram and Harpreet Kaur, best athletes of the previous edition of the sports meet, took oath on behalf of athletes. Heats for track events were held yesterday. The contingent of Indo Global College of Management was declared best in march past. Trophies were given to winners of football
(ECE), volleyball (ECE), basketball (ECE) and cricket (ECE). The results: 800 m: engineering/architecture category (boys): 1 Harpreet Singh, 2 Anmoldeep Singh, 2 Priyansha Gupta. Discus throw:
BEd/management (boys): 1 Sumit, 2 Kuldip and 3 Gurpreet Singh; girls: 1
Suman, 2 Reena Kumar and 3 Kubir; engineering/architecture (girls): 1
Satwinder, 2 Gurpreet, 3 Mannu Devi. Shot put: BEd/management (girls): 1 Reena
Kumari, 2 Gaganjot and 3 Suman; engineering/architecture (girls): 1
Mannu, 2 Gurpreet and 3 Aarti; BEd/management (boys): 1 Vinay, 2 Gurpreet Singh and 3
Inderveer. 400 m: engineering/ architecture (boys): 1 Ravinder Singh, 2 Ishan
Soni, 3 Dharminder Kumar, BEd/management (boys): 1 Manoj, 2 Narinder Singh and 3 Anil Kumar. 200 m (girls): 1 Harpreet Kaur, 2
Arti, 3 Mannu Devi. Javelin throw (boys): 1 Radhay Shayam, 2 Kuldeep Singh, 3 BB
Sherpa. Long jump: (BEd/management (girls): 1 Bhupinder Kaur, 2
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Railway police seize 37 rum bottles, 1 held
Kalka, February 5 Sources revealed that a team of railway police during patrolling arrested Satish Chander, a resident of Mathura, and had seized 37 bottles of rum from his possession on Wednesday. A case was registered against him under the Excise Act. He was produced before ETO, Panchkula, who fined him of Rs 8,000. Meanwhile, the CIA staff of the district police claimed to have arrested two brothers, Om Parkash and Jagdish of Himshikha, with 1 kg of sulfa (drugs). The police after arresting them under the NDPS Act produced the duo in the Panchkula court from where they have been sent to the judicial custody for 14 days, said the police. |
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Shiv Sena chief’s effigy burnt
Patiala, February 5 Around 400 students under the leadership of Harpal Singh, vice-president of the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front, Punjab, and ex-president of the NSUI, Punjab, gathered outside Punjabi University, Patiala, and raised slogans against Thackrey. The students burnt the effigy of Thackrey demanding immediate action against all those who were playing state politics and were a danger to the secularity of India. Harpal said, “No one can forget the sacrifices made by Rahul Gandhi’s ancestors. Shiv Sena has time and again created nuisance over many issues and disrespected the religious sentiments of various communities residing in India.”
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High Court Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 5 Justice K Kannan asserted: “The bureaucratic mindset of lethargy must go; inertia must give place to quick response”. The Judge has also made it clear that “defiance shall be tellingly punished”. The clarion call came on a petition filed by Khushal Singh and other public information officers (PIO) with the CBSE. They had challenged the imposition of fine by the information commissioner for non-compliance of orders on information directed to be given. Justice Kannan said: “The RTI Act ushers in a new era of transparency in the functioning of public offices and the duties of public authorities. We ought to be heading for a situation that a lot of information regarding public offices ought not to be required to be demanded to be secured. On the other hand, the information must be forthcoming on their own. Every public institution ought to be running its affairs with a degree of transparency that would instantly evoke public confidence”. Justice Kannan ruled: “The Central Information Commission was dealing with a case, where information had been sought with regard to information of certain schools in CBSE Shiksha Kendra, New Delhi. The response had not been forthright and the CIC found that they were evasive. “After notice was issued under Section 20 of the Right to Information Act, the information commission noticed that the information that had been originally denied despite directions from the Commission was given only after proceedings were taken under Section 20”. Justice Kannan added: “The information commission found there was a defiance of the statutory orders. The information commission also found there was no written explanation by the PIO, but he was only stating that he had not understood the nature of information sought and hence, he did not immediately respond to them. Under such circumstances, the information commission thought it was a fit case for levying penalty…. He fixed maximum penalty of Rs 25, 000 and directed the amount to be paid by the Chairman, which could be recovered from the salary of the persons responsible for causing delay.”
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Babla granted bail
Chandigarh, February 5 The police had recovered a SIM card from Babla during his search at Burail jail as his son had handed over a tracksuit to him that had the SIM card in it. In another case, the police had booked Babla and Rakesh Saini, president of the Arhtiya Association of the Sector 26 Grain Market, for allegedly allotting platforms in the grain market to 10 ineligible persons.
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2 held with contraband
Chandigarh, February 5 The police said Bharat Yadav of Mani Majra was arrested from near the level crossing in Mani Majra on Thursday night while carrying 500 grams of charas. In another incident, Rakesh Kumar of Sector 27 was arrested from the same area with 500 grams of ganja. Two separate cases under the NDPS Act have been registered.
Theft
Kunal Kashyap of Sector 38 reported to the police alleging that someone had stolen computer parts from his shop, Him Communicate, at coal depot in Sector 22 in the wee hours of January 27. In another incident, Iqbal Khan of Daria village alleged that someone had stolen six LPG cylinders from his residence-cum-godown in the wee hours on January 31. Two separate cases have been registered.
Two-wheelers stolen
Salwinder Singh of Sector 37 lodged a complaint with the police alleging that his scooter (CH-03-L-7095) was stolen from Sector 44 on January 31. Similarly, Sanjeev Kumar of Burail reported that someone had stolen his motorcycle (PB-29-9857) from Sector 42 on January 25. Two separate cases of theft have been registered.
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‘Affluent’ beggar arrested
Chandigarh, February 5 The police produced him in a local court today, which sent him to the Old Age Home. He was presently staying at the Sector 43 ISBT for the past six months and was caught begging in the Sector 37 market. A search of his lodging left the police shocked, as they found an expensive Nokia N71 mobile phone, a microwave oven, a juicer, a DVD player and a TV set among other electronic items. This is not for the first time that Mehta, who loves to stay in luxury hotels and watching movies on his DVD player, landed in the police net. In 2007, Sector 36 police station staff arrested him for the same offence. Mehta in his seventies claimed that he had stayed in the high-end hotels in Chandigarh and Shimla. Mehta, who hails from Madhya Pradesh, said he normally made anything between Rs 300 to Rs 500 in a day and did not work the entire day. “After making enough money to buy drinks and movies apart from the room rent, I do not seek much and call it a day,” Mehta said proudly when asked about his routine.
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Whisky remanded in 2-day police custody
Tribune News Service
Mohali, February 5 The suspect was produced by the Chandigarh Police at the Mohali court here. Officials at the Phase X police station would question him about his role in the loot. Four unidentified armed youths had looted Rs 5 lakh from the accountant of a liquor contractor at Phase X. Employee Naresh Kumar was on the cash collection duty when the incident took place. The looters were trailing the collection agent who was collecting the daily sale proceeds. By the time Naresh sat in his vehicle after collecting the amount from the Phase X shop, the dacoits fired a gunshot in the air and asked him to hand over the cash bag. A case under Sections 382 and 34 of the IPC and under the Arms Act had been registered against him. Police officials said since the suspect was suffering from a number of health related problems, he had to undergo medical examination twice at the Phase VI civil hospital here.
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2 commit suicide
Chandigarh, February 5 The police shifted the body to the GMSH for post-mortem. In another incident, Om Pal, a sweeper in the UT public health department, was found hanging at his residence in Dadu Majra Colony here this evening. The police said he was an alcoholic and was not keeping well. He is survived by his wife and two children. The police has sent his body to the
GMSH.
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Football Fest Tribune News Service
Panchkula, February 5 Playing to a plan, St Soldier International School B Team scored one goal in each half to defeated The Banyan Tree School A Team, Sector 48-B, 2-0 in an interesting quarterfinal match. They could have won by a bigger margin had they capitalised on chances that came their way. They muffed at least three open goals. Jatin Patti and Ankit scored one goal each to fashion St Solider’s victory. Vivek High School B Team eked out a narrow 1-0 verdict against St Joseph School, Sector 44, in the second quarterfinal encounter. The all-important goal was scored by Parth Narula. Hosts Mount Carmel also registered a hard-fought 1-0 triumph over The Banyan Tree School B Team, Sector 48, in another quarterfinal match. It was Ankit who snatched the victory for Mount Carmel with a well-executed diagonal ground shot. St John’s High School A Team, Sector 26, and Vivek High School A Team, Sector 38, played a goalless draw in the regulation period. The issued was decided in the sudden death and St John’s emerged winners 2-1. For St John’s Arjun and Samarath converted their spot kicks. Ishan, Shoram Kapoor and Ekamdeep wasted their penalties. For Vivek High School, only Twedit converted his spot kick. Angad, Agam, Manroop and Aryan missed their tries. In pool A match, The Banyan Tree beat St John’s A 2-1 in a tie-breaker. Ritik and Nishant were scorers for the winners, while Sahil reduced the margin for St John’s. In pool B, Vivek High School A outclassed St Soldier International School 3-1. Vivek scored through Angad, Twedit Singh and Agam. In another pool B match, St John’s A Team got the better of St Joseph A Team 1-0 in sudden death. Ishan snatched the winner for St John’s. Vivek High School B team beat St Peter’s, Sector 37, 1-0. Hardip scored winner in the tiebreaker. The team played a goal-less draw in the regulation period. Navneet steered St Soldier International to the semifinal at the expense of St Peter’s School by converting his spot kick in the tie-breaker session. Earlier, Mount Carmel principal Charles Samuel inaugurated the tournament.
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Bowlers help Satluj claim title
Tribune News Service
Panchkula, February 5 In the final match, Satluj Public School defeated St Soldier Cricket Academy by 14 runs. Batting first, Satluj School scored 141 runs for the loss of six wickets in their stipulated 20 overs. Harsaroup Singh (40), Ravi Saini (25), Abhishek Thakur (23), were the main scorers for the Satluj team. For ST Soldier Cricket Academy, Shivang and Lokesh were the pick of the bowlers, as they restricted the Satluj batsmen from scoring freely. Shivang and Lokesh took three and two wickets, respectively, giving away only 10 runs each in their allotted four overs. In reply, St Solder Academy were bowled out for 127 runs. Nitin (28) and Dinesh Chowdhary (28) were the only batsmen who faced the Satluj bowlers with some courage. For Satluj, Harpreet Singh was the pick of the bowlers, claiming three wickets for 17 runs, while Ravi Saini ended with figures of two wickets for 21 runs. Abhishek Thakur and Harpreet Singh (both of Satluj) were declared best batsman and best bowler, respectively, while Dinesh Choudhary and Mandeep Singh Singh (St Solder Academy) were declared best wicketkeeper and best fielder, respectively.
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Chandigarh cling on to handball title
Chandigarh, February 5 Earlier, in semifinal matches, Chandigarh beat Bathinda and Pathankot beat Adampur to reach the final. Krishna Kumar of Chandigarh played brilliantly towards the end of the match. At one time, the score was 17-15 in favour of the losing team but Krishna Kumar and RK Sharma played brilliantly to snatch the title away from their opponents. The two scored nine goals and five goals a piece. Sahni scored three goals and Tripathi and Bhati one goal each for the winning team. For
Pathankot, Dalal scored six goals, Yusuf four, Sunil, Dipak and Sharma two goals each, while Satish scored one goal. RN Chaudhary was awarded best upcoming player of the tournament, where as TM Viney bagged the best player award. Gp Capt SP Singh, Station Commander 12 Wing, Air Force, gave away prizes and the trophy to the winners at the closing ceremony. Meanwhile, a 13-member team has been selected to undergo a coaching camp under team coach RK Sharma here for the forthcoming inter-command tournament. The team included Sahni, TM Viney, M Yusuf, VS Desai, RN Chaudhary, Deepak, Bhati, AK Singh, Shetty, Jha, Dalal, NK Singh and NVDV
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City lad wins doubles title
Panchkula, February 5 Akshit had paired with Kirak Jyot Neog, Assam, to beat Sri Tejan and Venktesh, Andhra Pradesh, in three games by 20-22, 21-18 and 21-16. Both players are with the Air India since April, 2009. District Badminton Association general secretary TR Tuly said their run to the final of the tournament was not easy, as they had to play three games in the first round itself against the Asian sub-junior silver medallists. He said the title had brightened their chances of representing India in the forthcoming international tournament, as the tournament was a selection tournament. They also went to Mauritius to play in the international championship and brought laurels to the country by winning the championship. |
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