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Killing of Sikhs in Pak
Fatehgarh Sahib, February 23 He also urged the Sikh community in Pakistan to come and stay in Punjab and all possible help would be extended to them here. Makkar was speaking to the media during the preparations of Sirhind Fateh Diwas to be held in Fatehgarh Sahib from May 12 to 14. He said the Sikhs in Pakistan were not safe and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh should intervene to ensure the safety of the Sikhs. He said 11-member team should be sent to Pakistan to take stock of the situation. He said a national-level seminar would be organised at Fatehgarh Sahib in view of the Sirhind Fateh Diwas on March 23 and an international-level seminar would be held in Delhi on April 23. The SGPC would release gold coins of 5 and 10 g and silver coins of 50 g. A documentary film on Baba Banda Singh Bahadur will also be made in the coming few days, he said. A museum in the memory of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur is also being constructed in Fatehgarh Sahib with an expenditure of Rs 20 crore on 10 acres land. Makkar also pointed out that sports events were also being held in Mata Gujri College from March 12 to 14, wherein, national teams of hockey and football would participate. Participants of kabaddi, horse riding and gatka would also participate. Sirhind MLA, Didar Singh Bhatti, district SAD (B) president Jagdeep Singh Cheema, SGPC member Karnail Singh Panjoli, Bibi Surinder Kaur, gurdwara manager Amarjeet Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Malkiat Singh Matharu, Dilmegh Singh and others were also present.
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Non-teaching employees stage dharna
Patiala, February 23 Shamsher Singh, president of the Non-Teaching Union, Khalsa College, said the government was discriminating between teaching and non-teaching staff. He demanded medical aid and removal of ban on new appointments, as a number of posts were lying vacant for non-teaching staff. Vinod Sharma, press secretary of the Non-Teaching Employees Union, Modi College, said the government had turned a blind eye to their problems. Ravinder Kaur and Ajay Gupta, president of the Non-Teaching Employees Union, Modi College, and secretary of Punjabi University wing of Punjab and Chandigarh Non-Teaching Employees Union, respectively, said the union had decided to boycott the final examination to be held in March and April. He said representatives of the union had met Manpreet Singh Badal, Finance Minister, and Dr Upinderjeet Kaur, Education Minister, several times. “The union has also submitted a memorandum of their demands, but no action has been taken so far by the government,” they added. Another state rally will be organised at Lambi or Bathinda in March.
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4 students injured in clash
Lalru, February 23 According to the police, injured students Sukhdeep, Damandeep, Manveer and Amritpal, in their complaint told them that Jatinder and Amit with a group of 12 other students attacked them with swords and rods today. The police has recorded their statements and investigations have
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Court issues summons to IGP
Chandigarh, February 23 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has summoned him in the case of a missing 11-year-old, a resident of Nayagaon. Taking up Nayagaon resident Sushila’s petition for directions to the police to track down her minor daughter, Justice TPS Mann has asserted an additional affidavit dated February 18 submitted by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, City-I, Mohali, clearly shows that “the police is taking conventional steps to find out the whereabouts of the minor daughter of the petitioner”. “Keeping in view the age of the petitioner’s daughter, there is every likelihood of the child being taken away to far-off places and not kept in nearby areas. “It has already come on record that the police has also sent the photographs and other details of the missing person to all senior superintendents of police of the country. But till date, no information has been received about her.” “Let the IGP, Patiala Range, be present in person on the next date of hearing so as to apprise the court of what steps can be taken to find out the whereabouts of the minor daughter of the petitioner.” Justice Mann also fixed August 18 as the next date of hearing in the matter. Hailing from Uttar Pradesh, Sushila had earlier claimed that her minor daughter was abducted from her house on August 18, 2008, and the police had done nothing to trace her, except for the recording of a daily diary report. Working as a household maid, Sushila said her husband expired about six years ago. Bringing the role of the police under scanner, she said the DDR falsely stated that the child was not mentally sound, even though she was good at studies. Her counsel, R.S. Bains, added that the Nathari incident “can happen in every village, if the response of the police to a missing girl child was apathetic”.
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Shifting of Liquor Vend
Chandigarh, February 23 Arora said according to the excise policy of the Punjab government, the liquor vend cannot be located within a distance of 50 m from an educational institution or a religious place. However, the liquor vend in Sector 52 is situated at a distance of less than 10 m from the Government Middle School. The vend also has an ahata (enclosure for drinking) on its premises, which is at even lesser distance from the boundary wall of the school. As such, the liquor vend is a nuisance and vitiates the educational environment of the school, the petitioner submitted while alleging that similar instances of liquor vends being in the vicinity of educational institutions were quite common in Punjab. He pleaded that the respondent authorities be directed to devise some procedure so that such things do not take place in future. In this context, the petitioner suggested that the municipal corporation or gram panchayats concerned must be required to give a certificate, before a liquor vend is opened, that the nearest educational institution or religious place is beyond a distance of 50 m from the proposed site of the vend and a similar affidavit must be obtained from the vend owner. Plea allowed
Justice K.Kannan of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed the plea of petitioners Kewal Krishan and Dharam Paul of Grain Market, Chandigarh, and quashed the orders passed by the administration and the estate officer. The allotment of
SCO 42, Sector 31, purchased by them in open auction on December 2, 1975, had been cancelled vide the order and the revision petition against it was dismissed by the Adviser to the Administrator on October 21,1988. The Administration had ordered resumption of the site on July 10,1979 for failing
to pay in time one of the installment.
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Clash: Bail plea of accused accepted
Chandigarh, February 23 He was released on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 25,000 each and surety of a like amount. The police had arrested the accused on September 8, 2009, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 332, 353, 392, 323, 186, 188, 427, 307, 379 and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
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Notice issued to VK Janjua
Mohali, February 23 Though the case was listed for tomorrow, it was deferred today. After hearing the prosecution, the court issued the notice. In the petition, filed by Balkar Singh, SP (Vigilance), who is the investigating officer of the case, it had been stated that Janjua had attempted to decide the corruption case against himself and declared his lawful arrest as “abduction”, period spent in custody vide judicial orders as “illegal confinement”, all evidence against him as “false and fabricated”, without even bothering to approach the court for any redressal. By making a complaint to the SHO, Sector 17 Police Station, Chandigarh, for the registration of a case, the accused had practically conveyed to this court that proceedings in the corruption case were irrelevant, since he had already appraised the evidence, ‘judged himself’, pronounced himself as ‘innocent’ and had declared the Vigilance Bureau officers ‘and other unknown persons’ as perpetrators of various offences. Janjua was arrested in a trap case on November 9, 2009, following which the Ilaqa Magistrate remanded him first in police custody and then in judicial custody. Later, Janjua approached the Special Court in Mohali on November 21 for his bail, which was granted on December 2.
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14 held for gambling
Chandigarh, February 23 The police said Raj Kumar, Telu, and Raj, all residents of Chandigarh, and Rajinder of Mohali were arrested from Sector 24 on Monday on the charges of gambling in public place. The police also recovered Rs 4,500 from their possession. In another incident, Sonu, Sultan, Vinod Kumar, Prince, Darinder Paswan, Hemant Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Rinkum Suresh Paswan and Billu, all residents of Chandigarh, were arrested from sub-way on the road separating Sectors 17 and 22 on Monday while gambling. The police also recovered Rs 1,150 from their possession. Assaulted
Raj Kishore of Sector 33 reported to the police alleging that Moni and Bobby of Burail had assaulted and threatened him near his residence on Monday. He sustained minor injuries and a case has been registered.
Motorcycle stolen
Agnivesh of Sector 61 reported that someone had stolen his motorcycle (CH-03-V-7634) from Shastri Market in Sector 22 on February 20.
Arrested
Parminder of Fatehpur in Punjab filed a complaint with the police alleging that Balbir Singh of Sector 25 was caught red-handed while stealing a water meter from outside HDFC Bank in Sector 37 today.
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Schoolboy assaulted; 5 held
Chandigarh, February 23 The police said Raju, a class X student and a resident of Sector 46, reported that he was coming from tuition when a group of five youngsters travelling in a Tata Indica car (PB-65-F-8715) pushed him inside the car. They started beating him up and told him to call his brother, Sanjeev Kumar, a class XII student. The police said that someone noticed the incident and informed the police control room. Meanwhile, the accused dropped the boy and sped away. The victim gave details of the accused to the police, following which they were arrested. The accused have been identified as Manu, a resident of Sector 46, Sahil, Nand Lal, Sunil and Gurvinder Singh, all residents of Sector 45-D, on the charges of rioting, causing hurt, illegal detention and criminal intimidation.
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Sukhman sets another record in high jump
Mohali, February 23 Results: Broad jump: U-12 (boys): Jasnoor Singh (Tagore House) 1 and Jashanpreet Singh (Ranjit House) 2; discus throw: U-19 (girls): Harkiran Nain (Tagore House) 1, Ridham Randhawa (Ranjit House) 2 and Meghna Singh (Nalagarh House) 3; U-17 (boys): Gauravdeep Singh (Ranjit House) 1, Gurjant Singh (Nalagar House) 2 and Montek Singh Sandhu (Ranjit House) 3; shot put: U-19 (boys): Pritam Singh Basi (Nalagarh House) 1, Lakhwinder Singh (Nalagarh House) 2 and Sanampreet Singh (Tagore House) 3; javelin throw: U-17 (girls): Jaskiran Nain (Tagore House) 1, Jasmeen Narang (Aitchison House) 2 and Arpita Gupta (Ranjit House) 3; high jump: U-12 (girls): Sukhman Kaur (Tagore House) 1, Rishu (Nalagarh House) 2 and Gurleen Kaur (Nalagarh House) 3; U-14 (boys): Karmanbir S Bhullar (Aitchison House) 1, Akashdeep Singh (Ranjit House) 2 and Damanjeet Singh (Tagore House) 3; 800m: U-10 (boys): Alam (Ranjit House) 1, Jashanpreet (Aitchison House) 2 and Sarthak (Patiala House) 03.28.27 min 3; U-12 (boys): Rahil (Aitchison House) 1, Anmol (Tagore House) 2 and Jugaad (Patiala House) 3; 1500m: U-17 (girls): Tarini Ravjit (Aitchison House) 1, Palak Gupta (Patiala House) 2 and Vrindha Talwar (Ranjit House) 3; 200m: U-10 (girls): Tarandeep (Ranjit House) 1, Guneev (Nalagarh House) 2 and Shruti (Aitchison House) 3; 400m: U-17 (girls): Anya Gupta (Tagore House) 1, Simrata (Aitchison House) 2 and Jaskiran (Tagore House) 3; 100m: U-17 (boys): Lovepreet (Aitchison House) 1, Rainer (Nalagarh House) 2 and Gurinder (Tagore House) 3; U-19 (girls): Harkiran Nain (Tagore House) 1, Agampreet Kaur (Patiala House) 2 and Mehar Kamboj (Ranjit House) 3.
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Football
Chandigarh, February 23 Delhi Audit moved the scoreboard in 14th minute when Naresh Maan opened his team’s account by piercing the strong defence line of AG Punjab and put the ball into goal post. Later in 23rd minute, Hitender Rawat scored another goal and helped his team win the match 2-0. In the second semifinal, AG Haryana continued with its dominance on the field by thrashing AG Uttaranchal 3-0 to set a title clash with Delhi Audit. The man in form, Sanjeev Deopa, scored first goal for his team in 12th minute. Daljeet Singh put the ball into the goal post in 22nd minute giving 2-0 lead to his team in the first half. After the lemon break, Virender Kanwar of AG Haryana scored brilliant third goal enabling his team to snatch the match from AG Uttaranchal. Tomorrow’s fixture: Delhi Audit to take on AG Haryana at 10.30 am at the Football Stadium, Sector 17.
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Boxing meet begins today
Chandigarh, February 23 Stating this in a press release, Dr CK Jerath, secretary of the association, said over 180 top boxers of national and international fame would be taking part in the latest 10 weight categories introduced by the All-India Boxing Association. He said proper boarding and lodging facilities had been arranged for boxers at the Kisan Bhawan, Sector 35, Chandigarh.
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