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Cops arrest security guard
Fatehgarh Sahib, February 22 The body of canteen contractor, Pawan Kumar, was found lying in a pool of blood in the polytechnic college canteen few days back. Pawan Kumar decided to stay overnight in the canteen to enquire about the thefts for the past few days. In his complaint to the police, son of the deceased said that someone had been stealing money and other edibles from the canteen and his father had decided to stay inside the canteen for one night to enquire about the theft. The thief or thieves were suspected to have fought with the contractor at night and repeated blows by cold drink bottles and a gas burner proved fatal for the contractor. During investigation, one of the security guard Jagtar Singh deployed in the college, was also questioned and it was found that he had received some bruises on his arms and back. When the cops enquired about the bruises he replied that the installation of barbed wires in his house had lead to the injuries. However, when his house was frisked by the police no barbed wire was found and he was called for questioning once again. The accused then admitted to have committed the crime and was arrested. The police officials said nearly 1,000 persons in the college including, staff, college students, security guards were questioned during the past few days to enquire about the case. The accused was produced before the magistrate after being booked under various sections of the IPC.
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Ban on pasting posters
Fatehgarh Sahib, February 22 People have also been told not to disfigure public property, including memorial gates, Diwan Todar Mal Memorial Gate, Baba Banda Bahadur Gate, Baba Motiram Mehra Gate and Nawab Sher Mohammad Khan Memorial Gate in Fatehgarh Sahib. These orders will remain in force till April 15. — TNS
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600 examined at eye camp
Bassi Pathana, February 22 He announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh on behalf of Bikramjit Singh Khalsa. A team of doctors led by Dr Charanjit Singh from PGI examined 600 patients and out of them 65 have been diagnosed for cataract operation. President Pritam Rabbar told the parishad provided free medicine, transport, cataract removal surgery and IOL replacements.
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Trends in forensic science discussed
Patiala, February 22 As many as 150 teachers and experts from India, the USA, Switzerland, Malaysia, Israel attended the symposium. Justice RS Sodhi, former judge of Delhi High Court, while inaugurating the symposium, called upon Indian forensic scientists to develop and use advanced techniques to bring out the truth behind criminal acts. He admitted that information extracted by using scientific forensic tests was not being treated as primary or material evidence. Therefore, it was needed to enhance the validity of theses tests in the courts of law. While rating forensic science as a “truth finding mission”, Justice Sodhi said forensic experts should also keep moral values foremost while helping the judiciary in identifying the real culprits. Vice-Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh said modern technological tools were used more efficiently by terrorists than investigating agencies. “Considering the present crime scenario, we at Punjabi University have developed first-of-its-kind-in-the-region a cyber crime laboratory to help the investigating agencies in unearthing cyber-related crimes. We will also start a PG diploma in computer forensics to impart training to the police and other agencies involved in locating the truth,” he added. Dr VK Kashyap, director, planning, Union Ministry of Home Affairs, said DNA tests had started finding validity as a testimony in courts all across the world. Though the forensic tests such as brain mapping, NARCO analysis and fingerprint analysis were passing through evolutionary stages, DNA profiling had helped a lot in solving a number of cases. |
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Medical programme on heart diseases
Patiala, February 22 In a press release issued by former president of IMA, Patiala, Dr DS Bhullar said during the CME, heart surgeons Dr HK Bali and Dr TS Mahant highlighted future innovations in the treatment of coronary artery diseases of heart. Dr Bali discussed about the modified future bio-absorbable stents for opening the blocked heart blood vessels, along with clinical programmes. Dr Mahant highlighted benefits of open-heart surgery with focus on increasing trend of beating heart surgery and minimal invasive techniques with less mortality and morbidity to patients. He stressed on better options for surgical heart treatment. The academic session was chaired by cardiologist and president of Punjab Medical Council Dr Manmohan Singh and city-based medical specialist Dr Janak Sachdeva. Meanwhile, Dr DS Bhullar, former president of IMA, Patiala, has been nominated as chairman of in-service doctors wing and co-chairman of the committee on Public Relations of the state branch of IMA by its state president Dr RS Parmar.
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Advance computing conference ends
Patiala, February 22 The objective of the conference was to ensure that young computer and IT professionals got maximum benefit from the research work of scholars in the field. The main themes of the conclave were algorithms, databases, advanced applications and software engineering. Vikas Ahuja dwelt on the concept of pervasive computing and context aware computing. He identified the main challenges as scalable performance, energy efficient computing and efficient algorithm design. With context aware computers, the system will automatically change the behaviour of the computer based on the environment and context which can be location, date, profile, temperature, humidity, noise, bandwidth, etc. He put light on the upcoming technologies in the next five years and how the electronic devices will be converted into everything virtual. Dr Deepak Garg, chair of the conference, elaborated on the details of the conference. The conference papers have been divided into 12 different sessions. Different experts from the field of computer science from all over the country shared their inputs in the conference. Dr Abhijit Mukherjee, director, Thapar University, reiterated the need of such conferences in the interest of the young scientists and students. Other prominent experts who deliberated, including Dr KK Raina, deputy director, Dr Susheel Mittal, dean research, and Dr Rajesh Bhatia, head computer science.
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Amandeep, Rajwinder adjudged best athletes
Patiala, February 22 The college organised the meet as part of its golden jubilee celebrations. Paramjeet Singh Gill, IPS, IGP zonal, Patiala, declared the meet open. Amandeep Singh of BA-II was declared the best athlete (boys), while Rajwinder Kaur of BA-III was adjudged the best athlete (girls). Gill motivated the students to take part in sports. Principal of the college Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha said the college was offering professional and vocational courses. Arjuna awardee Dr Roopa Saini gave away prizes to winners. Prof Gursharan Singh Gill, head of the department of sports and physical education, read out the annual sports report. She enlisted achievements of students in various activities. Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar, former president, SGPC, Amritsar, Dr Gurtej Singh Sidhu and Prof Gulshan Lal Bhutani, former principals of the college, attended the function. Prof Ambika, vice-principal of the college, proposed the vote of thanks.
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UGC grant for Khalsa College teachers
Patiala, February 22 According to sources, the college has got eight out of 14 projects. College principal Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha expressed his views that success of every educational institution was dependant on academic progression of teachers and this step was in the similar direction. He said Rs 10 lakh had been sanctioned by the UGC to these eight faculty members. Prof Tarlochan Singh Mahajan of physics department, Prof Jaspreet Kaur of English department, Prof Balbir Kaur of home science department, Prof Jagjit Singh of music (vocal) department, Prof Ravinderjit Singh of commerce department, Prof Karambir Singh of commerce department, Prof Gagandeep Singh of Punjabi department, Dr Harvinder Kaur of Hindi department, Dr Deepinderjeet Randhawa of English department and Sarabjeet Singh Ahluwalia of biotechnology department have been selected for the projects. |
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BJP seeks withdrawal of house tax
Bassi Pathana, February 22 They also submitted a memorandum demanding withdrawal of the house tax and water sewer bills as per increased rates and to stop forcible recovery. Rajiv told the Deputy Commissioner that Bassi Pathana was a "C" class council, having highest rate of taxes. The house tax had been increased to Rs 8,000 per sq yard, where as in the neighbouring Sirhind Council, having "B" class status, the rates were Rs 4,000 sq yard and Khamano, having "C" class status Rs 2,000 per sq yard. Similarly, the existing rates of drinking water in local council is Rs110 per tap per month, where as Mandi Gobindgarh council, having "A" class status, and Sirhind council, having " B" class status, are charging Rs 30 and Rs 50 per tap per month. He said the council had levied taxes on widows, below poverty line people and terrorist affected persons. He said the Deputy Commissioner assured the delegation to take up the matter with the government.
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Sadarsh, Atinderpal shine in
athletics meet
Kharar, February 22 In, his valedictory speech, chief guest former MP and member, Punjab State Human Rights Commission Avinash Rai Khanna emphasised that athletics was an integral part of any educational curriculum. Manjit Singh, executive director, Doaba Group, addressed the gathering and welcomed the guests on the
occasion. Shailja from DWIET and Atinderpal Singh from DIET were honoured as champions of girls and boys category respectively. MBA Department DIET won the best march past trophy. Results: Boys: 100 m :1st Sadarsh, 2nd Pankaj Sharma, 3rd Sidharth; Long jump: 1st
Ajit, 2nd Rishav Chadil, 3rd Atinderpal Singh; Girls: 100 m :1st Gagandeep Kaur, 2nd Richa, 3rd Prabhjot
Kaur; 800 m:1st Shaija Sharma, 2nd Pallavi Sharma, 3 Shikha Khanna; Long jump: 1st Neha Sharma, 2nd Shailja, 3rd Shikha Khanna. |
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Another elderly woman targeted by robbers
Ambala, February 22 The incident occurred when the woman was going to her house, along with her daughter-in-law. According to sources, Vimla Rani (80), resident of Kanshi Nagar, had withdrawn Rs 15,000 from Punjab National Bank, Model Town branch, this afternoon. Since she was ill, she hired a three- wheeler to reach her place. Her daughter-in-law Saroj also accompanied her in the three-wheeler. In the meantime, one of the youths stopped his motorbike on the other side of the road, while the other youth came and asked the driver to wait for a few minutes as one of his relative was coming from the bank and wanted to go to Kanshi Nagar. Suddenly the youth snatched the purse of Vimla and fled. The driver of the three-wheeler followed the robbers, but all in vain. The incident took place near the police post at Model Town. On February 15, two motorcyclists had snatched Rs 78,000 from an elderly woman Dayawanti near the Railway road at Ambala City. On February 18, the motorcyclists again targeted a woman Mrudala Rani at Ambala Cantt and took away Rs 1.59 lakh and her mobile phone while she was entering her office. On February 19, the robbers targeted a woman constable at Ambala City and took away her mobile phone and cash. On February 20, the motorcycle rider robbers snatched the purse of Ritu Walia, resident of Ambala Cantt. The serial robbing incidents, especially targeting elderly persons and women have created panic in the city. The police is trying to nab these robbers, but so far no break through has been made.
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Sports day celebrated
Ambala, February 22 The chief guest also praised the colourful races along with stupendous drill displayed by the students. Various games for parents and staff were also arranged. A Rajasthani dance and bhangra was also performed by the students.
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HC dismisses bail plea of
Sumit Sofat
Panchkula, February 22 Sofat had moved high court against the order of Panchkula court where his anticipatory bail application was dismissed. It was on July 20 last year when Sofat lodged a complaint with the Panchkula police alleging that Ramesh Pashan, a Ludhiana resident along with his sons Abhinav and Vinayak, their driver Ranjeet and two others, attempted to kill him. The Pashans had robbed him of Rs 33 lakh, he alleged. On his complaint the police registered a case under Sections 395 (punishment for dacoity), 397 (robbery or dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) and under different sections of the Arms Act against Pashans. The police, however during interrogation found that Sofat had cooked up the story to frame Pashans to settle his old enmity. The cops had arrested Varinder Sofat from Mohali a cousin of Sofat, who was later released on bail.
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Clash: Accused acquitted
Chandigarh, February 22 The police had registered the case against them on May 27, 2009. It stated that a youth, along with his relative, assaulted a boy, who was allegedly following his sister. The assailants didn’t even spare his family. Things turned
ugly when the other group retaliated. Members of both the groups attacked each other
with swords, batons and also pelted each other with stones leaving several persons injured.
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1 killed, another hurt in mishaps
Chandigarh, February 22 The deceased has been identified as Raj Bahadur, a resident of Kaimbwala. The police said he was fixing the chain of his cycle when a tipper, which was being reversed, crushed him. He died on the spot. The police shifted the body to the Sector 16 Government Multi-Specialty Hospital for post-mortem. The police has arrested the tipper driver, Piare Singh, on the charges of causing death due to rash and negligent driving. In another mishap, a pedestrian, identified as Bahadur Chand, was injured after being hit by a bus (PB-11-AA-T-3822) near the Housing Board lights point on Saturday afternoon. He was admitted to the Sector 32 Government Medical College and Hospital. The police has arrested the bus driver, Gurjit Singh, a resident of Panchkula, on the charges of causing injuries due to rash and negligent driving.
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Man posing as PGI ward boy held
Chandigarh, February 22 The suspect, identified as Jaspal Singh, who works in a furniture shop in Samrala, is himself a tuberculosis patient and had been frequently visiting PGI for treatment. In time he became fully acquainted with the way things functioned at the hospital and the problems patients and their attendants faced in getting access to medical facilities and medicines. The police said on Sunday afternoon Jaspal met one Bhoop Singh of Fatehabad district in Haryana, whose nephew was admitted in PGI’s medical emergency wing for the past three days, after coming to know doctors had advised a surgery for the patient. Posing as a ward boy, Jaspal demanded Rs 5,000 from Bhoop to arrange for medicines and other equipment at lower prices for the operation. He also offered help in getting quick medical aid for the patient. Though Bhoop agreed to pay him the amount he later became suspicious. He reported the matter to the police, which detained Jaspal and checked his antecedents, only to find he was not an employee of PGI. The police arrested the suspect after filing a case under sections 419 & 511 of the Indian Penal Code. Later he was produced before a local court that remanded him to judicial custody. It may be recalled PGI had put up notice boards in the hospital premises, especially at fee counters and in emergency wards, warning patients and their attendants against paying anything to strangers offering them any kind of help in getting quick medical attention. The police had earlier arrested a man in PGI posing as a doctor to dupe gullible people.
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Thieves decamp with 64 bolts, 32 handles
Chandigarh, February 22 Arrested
The police today arrested Bhrose Yadav of Bihar while allegedly carrying 2 kg of ganja from Darua village here. A case under Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act has been registered against him.
Assaulted
Ritika Bhandari, a city resident, reported to the police alleging that Amit Kohli of Sector 15 assaulted and threatened her near her
residence on February 18. A case has been registered. — TNS
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AG Punjab to lock horns with Delhi Audit in semis
Chandigarh, February 22 In the second semifinal, AG Uttaranchal would face AG Haryana. In the inaugural match, AG Punjab beat AG Himachal Pradesh by 2-0. AG Punjab did not waste much time to move the scoreboard when Sanjay Kumar of AG Punjab scored the first goal in the 1st minute of the game. In the 6th minute, Rajiv Rattan of Punjab put the ball into the goal post for his team putting the AG HP team on defensive in the second half of the game and thwarted the attempts of Punjab to score any further. In the second match of the day, AG Haryana thrashed AG Jammu and Kashmir by 3-0. Sanjeev Daopa of Haryana opened the account for his team in the 12th minute, while Rajesh Sharma scored the goal in the 16th minute. At half time, Haryana was leading by 2-0. After drinks break, Rajesh Sharma again scored his individual second goal enabling his team to win the match 3-0. The last match of the day saw keen contest between AG Uttaranchal and AG Uttar Pradesh. In a thrilling match, Uttaranchal got the better of UP. Sanjeev Singh of UP scored a goal in the 11th minute and UP was leading by 1-0. Later in the second half, Biplop Das of Uttaranchal equalised the score in the 45th minute. In the allotted time, both teams remained at 1-1. In the tiebreaker, Uttaranchal defeated AG UP by 8-7 and moved to the semifinals. Tomorrow’s fixtures: AG Punjab will face defending champion Delhi Audit at 10 am and AG Uttaranchal would face AG Haryana at 12 noon.
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Rakesh, Harvinder caddies’ golf champs
Chandigarh, February 22 Following just one stroke behind were Rajesh and Mahinder Singh at 78. However, Rajesh was declared the first runner-up, as he had a better back nine score. A total of 94 caddies from Chandigarh, Panchkula and Chandi Mandir teed off for the one-day tournament, which was held in 0-9 and 10-18 handicap categories. Harvinder returned a six over par 78 card to emerge winner in the 10-18 handicap category. Vicky and Jaipal finished as second and third with scores of 80 and 82, respectively. The youngest participant was 10-year-old Amrit Lal, who is the son of a caddie. Akshay Kumar, who played in the IGU circuit, hit the ball to a distance of 281 yards on the 18th hole to bag the longest drive title. Rajesh won the nearest to the pin award when he putt the ball 8.2 ft from the pin on the 11th hole. He also sank the maximum number of birdies. Sukhwinder Singh finished with the maximum number of pars. It was a treat to watch the caddies in action on the Chandigarh greens. They are usually at the beck and call of the golfers everyday assisting them to play a round of golf. The caddies appreciated the Punjab Golf Association gesture, who had organised the second tournament for them. They also thanked captain of the Chandigarh Golf Club, IPS Mann for allowing them to play on the greens despite Monday being a maintenance day of the course. Additional Director-General of Police SK Sharma, president of Punjab Golf Association, gave away the prizes. He said the association would select four good amateur caddies from the Chandigarh Golf Club and trained them as coaches with all expenses paid by the PGA. These trained caddy coaches would hold coaching camps in schools in Punjab. The PGA president further said the six best caddies from today’s tournament would be permitted to play two rounds of golf at the Chandigarh, Chandi Mandir and Panchkula Golf Club. Out of these six caddies, the best three will be taken under the wings of the association which will provide them the golf equipment, get them trained under a qualified coach and help them financially whenever they participate in the IGU-categorised golf tournaments in the country.
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Sukhman sets record in broad jump
Mohali, February 22 Principal, Dr HS Dhillon, inaugurated the meet followed by colourful marchpast by school students. Results: High jump: U-14 girls: 1st Harleen Kaur (Patiala House), 2nd Jigisha (Nalagarh House) and 3rd Ravneet Kaur (Patiala House). U-19 boys: 1st Amrinder Singh (Tagore House), 2nd Tanuj Thakur (Aitchison House) and 3rd Ameek Singh (Aitchison House). Discus throw: U-17 girls: 1st Jaskiran Nain (Tagore House), 2nd Tarini Ravjit (Aitchison House) and 3rd Seerat (Aitchison House). U-14 boys: 1st Mehtaab Singh (Patiala House), 2nd Rehmat Singh (Nalagarh House) and 3rd Abhimanyu Mann (Aitchison House). Javelin throw: U-14 boys: 1st Karanbir (Aitchison House), 2nd Abhimanyu Mann (Aitchison House) and 3rd Harpreet Singh (Tagore). Broad jump: U-10 boys: 1st Husanbir Singh (Tagore House), 2nd Harpartap Singh (Tagore House) and 3rd Jaskaran Singh (Nalagarh House). U-12 girls: 1st Sukhman Kaur (Tagore House), 2nd Rishu Taneja (Nalagarh House) and 3rd Sehej Ghuman (Tagore House).U-19 girls: 1st Harkiran Nain (Tagore House) and 2nd Agampreet Kaur (Patiala House). — TNS
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Ashu bags Pran Nath Vahi Cup
Chandigarh, February 22 Ashu could muster only 33 points, but Sawhney (35 points) and Bala (38 points) helped her to tally 106 points for the winner slot. Amanjot Kapur (35 points) finished eight points behind at 98 with her partners Randy Randhawa and Major BM Singh pooling in with 32 and 31 points, respectively. Vijay Wadhawan’s team also had a total of 98 points. But Amanjot was declared as the runner-up, as she had a better individual score. Pauline JM Singh played the best gross of 79. But her teammates let her down. She had 40 stable ford
points. Neelu Chopra had 39 points. Dr P Chari also logged 38 points. But none of them could win because of their partners. The tournament, in which the woman picks up two names out of the hat after the round for a lucky threesome, is played every year in memory of Pran Nath
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Varun, Samatav win gold
Chandigarh, February 22 Stating this in a press note here today, TDB secretary general Amit Kaushal said both Varun and Samatav, who represented the city in the championship, bagged the first position in the sub-junior and junior categories, respectively.
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