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Dera Bassi, February 11
The Bharat Vikas Parishad today distributed tricycles and crutches to 27 disabled persons free of cost during a function at the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi, today.

Banur MLA Jasjit Singh Bunny was the chief guest and Mohali CMO PK Sridhar was the guest of honour.

The camp was inaugurated by Dera Bassi SMO Rajiv Bhalla. A team of doctors headed by CMO PK Sridhar had examined the patients.

The parishad had also issued medical certificates to 203 disabled persons for their treatment.

Bharat Vikas Parishad president Rajiv Gandhi said special facilities and rights should be given to the physically challenged persons.

MLA Jasjit Singh Bunny said the Dera Bassi Civil Hospital would be upgraded into the 50-bed hospital soon.

A physically challenged woman comes to recieve the certificate of disability during a camp organised by the Bharat Vikas Parishad at the civil hospital, Dera Bassi, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Ambala, February 11
The Youth Congress, Ambala, has threatened to gherao the DRM, Ambala railway division, for dumping construction of railway subway at Ambala City, which was already approved by the Railway Ministry with the efforts of Union Minister Kumari Selja and local MLA Venod Sharma around four years back.

DRM YP Singh, Ambala, while inspecting the Ambala City railway station yesterday had stated that the construction of the railway subway at Ambala City had been dropped.

Ambala Youth Congress president Ajay Saini said the Union Minister and MP from Ambala, Kumari Selja and local MLA Venod Sharma had assured people of Ambala that the railway subway would be constructed soon. He said the state government had already deposited a sum of Rs 1.5 crore with the Ambala railway division for its construction. He said if the Ambala railway division did not implement the project, the Congress workers would stage dharna and gharao the DRM office.

Meanwhile, Ambala Bar Association president Satish Jain has also expressed great concern over the decision of dumping a public interest project. He said traffic on the over bridge had increased a lot and lawyers had to face great difficulty while crossing it. The railway subway was the shortest way to approach the Ambala courts and other offices, he added.

Meanwhile, the Ambala BJP vice-president has also condemned the decision of the Ambala railway division for dropping the construction of the railway subway at Ambala City on the Ambala -Rajpura rail section.

Kharar, February 11
Indo Global Colleges, Abhipur, organised a live concert of renowned Pt Salil Bhatt, son of legendary musician Grammy Award winner Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.

Young maestro Salil Bhatt has created a musical instrument Satvik Veena.

Salil enthralled audience of around 400 students and faculty at the Seminar Hall of Indo Global College of Engineering. The students and faculty members from engineering, architecture, MBA and education enjoyed the soulful vibrant music of Satvik Veena.

Salil presented his self-composed compositions in slow (vilambit), medium (madhyam) and fast (drut) rhythmic patterns.

Patiala, February 11
Government Mohindra College, Patiala, today celebrated its annual prize distribution function, in which Dr Malkit Singh, dean academic affairs, Punjabi University, was the chief guest.

Dr Singh emphasised on the need of quality education for the students in this global competitive world. College principal, Dr Sudeep Bhangoo, read out the college annual report and highlighted various achievements of the students and faculty.

More than 400 students were felicitated at the function. The prestigious “college role of honour” was awarded to Sukhdeep Kaur, Nivedita Singla, Jyoti, Kanwaljit Kaur, Mamta Rani, Gurinder Kaur, Sonica, Sikashu, Gurpreet Kaur, Kulnaz Kaur, Nitin Chandla and Swarleen.

The “college colour” was awarded to Happy Kumar, Gurdeep Kaur, Ravinder Singh, Nilam Verma, Hina, Manpreet Kaur, Shilpi Singla, Kanika, Kushpreet Kaur, Gurveen Kaur, Manpreet, Gagandeep Kaur, Gurpreet Singh and Neha.

Dr Malkit Singh congratulated the prize winners and admired the role of college in serving society since its inception and the students for their achievements in the curricular and co-curricular activities were also given prizes.

Fatehgarh Sahib, February 11
Two industrial units have surrendered Rs 19 crore besides recovery of Rs 1.42 crore from other Mandi Gobindgarh-based factories after raids conducted by the income tax department.

Around 60 IT officials from the department conducted raids yesterday which continued till late in the evening. More records had also been scrutinised by the officials this morning and evening as well.

Besides conducting searches in factories at Mandi Gobindgarh, the officials also took into possession the records at sub-offices and bank accounts in Patiala and Mandi Gobindgarh.

The officials said records of nearly 18 factories, including Madhav group, RK Group, Gyan Group and others was scrutinised during these raids.

The income tax officials said most of the transactions being done by the iron traders and industrial units was not recorded in papers and were thoroughly checked by the officials to find flaws.

Chandigarh, February 11
Justice MMS Bedi of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today restrained a lower court from pronouncing its verdict in the case against UT inspector Ram Gopal till a decision was taken on a petition pending before him.

Justice Bedi also advanced the hearing from March 11 to February 16. The application was placed before the high court by counsel TPS Tung.

The directions came a day after six Chandigarh police personnel accused the lower court below of bias, a contention denied by the magistrate.

The six petitioners had initially claimed that Ram Gopal was an influential person. Two courts had sent back the case, holding that they did not want to hear the matter.

As such, it was a case fit to be transferred out of Chandigarh. They had moved another application for staying further proceedings till a decision was taken on their petition.

They alleged: “The attitude of the magistrate was biased and he was arrogant. He stated that as the petitioners had not got an order from the high court, he would accept the untraced report and pass an order against the petitioners. The magistrate was informed by the counsel in the trial court that as a petition for transfer of the case had been filed and notice of motion had been issued for March 11, it would not be proper for the court to proceed with the case. But even then, the court is proceeding with the case.”

The petitioners had alleged that Ram Gopal produced a forged and fabricated certificate before the police authorities, stating that he was declared world champion as he stood first and won a gold medal during the World Yoga Sport Cup at Genoa in Italy.

Chandigarh, February 11
The CBI court yesterday acquitted an assistant and a clerk of the District Courts in a bribery case.

The CBI had trapped an assistant, Avtar Singh, and clerk Harnek Singh of the District Courts for demanding Rs 1,000 as bribe on November 24, 2004, to allow the complainant in the case to see a file in the court.

Assistant Avtar Singh and clerk Harnek Singh were arrested when they received the money from the complainant.

Chandigarh, February 11
Additional District and Sessions Judge Raj Rahul Garg here today acquitted three persons, while seven were held guilty for attacking a Ram Darbar resident.

The quantum of sentence for Arun Kumar, Ashwini Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Rajender Kumar, Sanjay Kumar and Sunny will be pronounced on February 15. Those who were acquitted were Satinder, Bajinder Kumar and Sagar.

It is to be stated that Bajinder Kumar had filed a complaint against his neighbour Parveen and his accomplices for attacking his 32-year-old brother Bawinder, alias Bobby, who succumbed to his injuries at the GMCH, Sector 32, in September 2006.

Panchkula, February 11
Troubles for Ranjit Bajaj seem to have no end after he allegedly injured Gurmohan Singh Bedi, son of Justice MMS Bedi of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, by attacking him at hotel North Park here on January 30.

Finding no clue of Bajaj, who had fled the spot after the incident, the local police, apprehending that he could flee the country, had alerted all airports in the country.

Panchkula superintend of police Maneesh Chaudhary said he had issued a Red corner notice against him and the airport authorities were being informed about it.

Earlier, the teams dispatched to Mumbai to arrest Bajaj returned without any success as he did not go there as was being claimed by him. Bajaj and his family claimed that he did not flee and had gone to Mumbai for audition of a TV programme.

It was on January 30, that the local police had registered a case of attempt to murder against Bajaj, son of former IAS officer Rupan Deol Bajaj, along with two accomplices.

Bedi informed the police that he was at a party of the SJOBA (Saint John Old Boys’ Association) at the hotel and after the party around 1.30 am he was standing in the parking of the hotel along with his two friends Amarbir and Nitin. It was at that time when his foot came under the wheel of the car of Bajaj.

When he raised objection to it two persons accompanying Bajaj started hitting him with butts of their guns and later Bajaj also joined them.

The same day in the evening two girls lodged a complaint with the police alleging that Bedi was under the influence of liquor and Bajaj, in order to protect them from Bedi’s overtures, had a tiff with him.

The police said despite repeated requests the complainant girls did not join the investigation, leaving the impression that they did not stood with their statement.

The girls in the complaint mentioned the name of one of the accomplices of Bajaj at the time of the incident as Mohinder, mentioning him as the driver of Bajaj.

The police, however, verifying the antecedents of Mohinder had stumbled upon the fact that Mohinder was accompanying Bajaj in the brawl outside a discotheque in Sector 26 at Chandigarh last year also and had managed to get bail presenting a fake guarantor.

The guarantor shown as Satbir, a resident of Colony No. 4, Industrial Area, Phase I, Chandigarh, was not found at the address, said the cops.

SP Chaudhary, when contacted, said the police was to file an application with the court in this regard for cancellation of the bail granted to Mohinder.

Chandigarh, February 11
The police today arrested Shilpa Aggarwal for duping three youths of Rs 6 lakh for sending them to Canada in search of greener pastures. Shilpa, a resident of Sector 37, had been absconding since 2008, after the police had registered a case against her in the same year for arranging fake visa documents, on the complaint of the three youths.

She was arrested from her house this morning and produced in the district courts, which sent her to 14 days judicial remand.

The police sources said Jagjit Singh Kullar, Sukhpal Singh and Gurjit Singh had approached Shilpa through their relative Amrik Kaur Gill, a resident of Sector 9, here. The accused had assured the three that she would arrange visas for them and they had given Rs 6 lakh to Shilpa on December 8, 2008.

The sources said the three went to the Canadian Embassy with visa documents where they were told by embassy officials that the documents were fake. They also obtained a letter from the embassy officials in this regard.

They again visited her and asked her to either arrange the documents or return the amount to them. She told them to wait for some time so that she could arrange the same. However, smelling foul play the three immediately reported the matter to the police, which registered a case against her under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 and the Immigration Act. Thereafter, the accused went underground.

The police said Shilpa had duped many youths earlier also and was wanted by the police in other cases of fraud registered against her.

Panchkula, February 11
In an effort to contain black marketing of LPG cylinders, the district police has arrested 5 persons, including the manager of a gas agency, here yesterday.

According to the police, on a tip off that the workers of Satyam Gas Agency, Sector 9, Panchkula, were providing refilled gas cylinders against Rs 500 instead of the original price of Rs 316 per cylinder.

A police party led by sub inspector Jagdish Singh and Rajesh Bansal, Inspector Food and Supply, Panchkula, sent a dummy customer and after getting appropriate signal raided and apprehended 5 officials of the Satyam Gas Agency. The accused were identified as manager Jagmal Singh, his two associates Anil Kumar, Aarti and suppliers Uday Kumar Singh, and Jai Parkash.

All have been arrested under Sections 418, 420, 120 B of the IPC, sections 7, 10, 55, of the Essential Commodities Act and section 3-4 of the LPG Regulation and Distribution Act 2000.

All the accused were produced in the court today.

Zirakpur, February 11
Goods worth lakhs were gutted in a fire that broke out in two shops located on Chandigarh-Ambala road here on last night.

The exact cause of fire is yet to be ascertained. As of now, the Fire Department officials are looking into the possibility of a short circuit, which could have led to the incident.

According to sources, a fire tender from Dera Bassi Fire station was pressed into service. The fire was brought under control in an hour. 

Chandigarh, February 11
Rajni has been declared the best athlete in the 25th Annual Athletics Meet held at Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26, today, while Jyoti was declared the best athlete in the non-sports category.

Many events, including 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m races along with long jump, high jump, discus throw and shot put, were organised during the meet.

Students of both sports and non-sports streams participated with full vigour in various competitions.

Mayor Anu Chatrath while presiding over the function praised the students for their enthusiasm and spirited participation and also pointed towards the pre-eminence of women in the sports arena both at the national and international level.

Sikh Educational Society president Gurdev Singh Brar had appreciated the students and staff for holding such an energetic and invigorating meet.

Results:

Sports category: 100m: 1st Mandeep (BA I), 2nd Teena (BA II), 3rd Lovemeet (BA I).

200m: 1st Mandeep (BA I), 2nd Rajni (BA II), 3rd Teena (BA II).

400m: 1st Pooja (BA I), 2nd Rajni (BA II), 3rd Varsha (BA I).

800m: 1st Rajni (BA II), 2nd Amandeep, 3rd Varsha (BA I).

Long jump: 1st Ramanpreet (BA II), 2nd Sudha (BA I), 3rd Karamjeet (BA III).

Shot put: 1st Lovemeet (BA I), 2nd Anju (BA III), 3rd Rajwinder (BA III).

Best athlete: Sports category: Rajni (BA II).

Non-sports category: Jyoti (BA II).

Non-sports category: 100m: 1st Jyoti (BA II), 2nd Renu (BA II), 3rd Zeenat (BCA).

200m: 1st Jyoti (BA II), 2nd Gurpreet (BCA), 3rd Avneet (BCA).

400m: 1st Gurpreet (BA I), 2nd Renu (BA II), 3rd Sophia (BA I).

800m: 1st Meriena, 2nd Rajdeep, 3rd Sukhwinder (BA III).

Long jump: 1st Jyoti (BA II), 2nd Arshveer (BA II), 3rd Neetu (BA III).

Shot put: 1st Jyoti (BA II), 2nd Mandeep (BCom I), 3rd Sukhwinder (BA III).

Panchkula, February 11
The all-round performance by Talwinderjit Singh enabled St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, to enter the semifinals of Satluj T20 Champions Trophy in the last league match held at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, here today.

St Stephen’s would clash with DAV School, Sector 15, in the first semifinal match tomorrow, while hosts Satluj Public School would meet APJ School in the second semifinal match.

Batting first, St Stephen’s School scored 132 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their stipulated 20 overs. Gaurav Singh 50, Guraunaq Singh 25 and Talwinderjit Singh 22 were the top scores. For APJ, Pankaj Rawat and Sarthan took three wickets each for 20 and 21 runs, respectively, while Srijan two for 10 was other impressive bowler.

Chasing a victory target of 133 runs, APJ failed to score on the tight bowling spell of Talwinderjit Singh, who gave away only 16 runs in four overs and scalped three wickets.

APJ managed to score only 125 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their stipulated 20 overs. Balwinder Singh 37 and Aditya 26 were the only batsmen who faced St Stephen’s bowlers with some courage. For St Stephen’s, Jagpret Singh and Abhilash were the other bowlers, who scalped two wickets giving away 22 and 24 runs, respectively.

Brief scores:

St Stephen’s: 132/9 in 20 overs (Gaurav Singh 50, Guraunaq Singh 25, Talwinderjit Singh 22, Pankaj Rawat 3/20, Sarthak 3/21, Srijan 2/10).

APJ: 125/8 in 20 overs (Balwinder Singh 37, Aditya 26, Talwinderjit Singh 3/16, Jagpreet Singh 2/22, Abhilash 2/24).

Tomorrow’s fixtures:

St Stephen’s-45 vs DAV-15 at Satluj School grounds at 10.30 am.