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Two killed, 10 hurt in accident
Ambala, March 28 According to sources, the driver tried to save the cow that came in front of Tata Sierra following which he lost control over the vehicle resulting in death of Khera Devi (50) on the spot while Bimla Devi (55) died on the way to hospital. They were going to their native village, Mugalmajri, when the incident took place. Neera Devi, Veermati, Pammi, Parmeshwari, who were seriously injured, have been admitted to the Civil Hospital, Sadhaura, and Ashok Kumar, Shiv Ram, Saroj, Bachni, Babli and the driver of the vehicle Tar Muhammad have been admitted to the MM Hospital, Mulana, the police sources said. A case has been registered at Mulana police station in this connection.
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Litigants, lawyers rue absence of courts complex
Dera Bassi, March 28 Currently, the judicial work is being carried out at the administrative complex on temporary basis. With no proper place for conducting judicial work, litigants and lawyers have been facing various problems. Jaspal Singh Dappar, president of the local Bar association, says lawyers have no place to put their records and have been doing their work from a congested place. “We have been facing several problems in the smooth conduct of work due to the lack of proper complex”, says Bharat Bhushan Ahuja, a lawyer, demanding the construction of a courts complex. Harbhajan Singh, former sarpanch of Rampur Sainia village, rues the absence of basic amenities at the current place of operation. “Due to the absence of a judicial complex, there is no seating area for litigants. To make the matters worse, the authorities have also made no provision for drinking water,” he adds. Expressing similar views, Hari Chand, former sarpanch of Chaundheri village, says there is a need for a separate complex, as people of the area have to come from far-off places. SDM Puneet Goyal says the municipal council has given its approval for providing 4 acre for the construction of a judicial complex following a proposal by the Sessions Judge. However, the state government will provide money for the work on the complex and land. It will further be transferred to the law department and work will be carried out by the committee concerned of the High Court, he adds.
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Accident victim’s autopsy delayed, kin protest
Rajpura, March 28 Accident victim, Dilip Singh, was rushed to the Civil Hospital, Rajpura, after a heavy vehicle hit him. The doctors declared Dilip dead by 11 am. The doctors, however, said that postmortem would be conducted after FIR report and all other paper work. Around 50 villagers helped in completing the paper formalities and were told to wait till 2 pm. After waiting till 5 pm, the villagers raised slogans against hospital authorities who refused to conduct postmortem in the hospital. They told the relatives to take away body to Patiala Civil Hospital as the area where accident took place was under the Patiala police station. Satvir Singh, a resident of Kauli village and nephew of the deceased, said the Civil Hospital authorities would have to conduct the postmortem here itself. “Doctors have been dilly dallying over the postmortem since 11 am and now at 5 pm they told us to take away the body,” he rued. Senior medical officer Dr Bhupinder Singh when contacted said the postmortem could not be conducted at Rajpura Civil Hospital as the accident did not take place in Rajpura. “The ASI who lodged the FIR delayed papers. Doctors failed to ascertain the jurisdiction area as they were not provided papers by the police in time. Now, we will conduct the postmortem here after taking an undertaking from villagers, panchayat and sarpanch of the village,” he said.
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SGPC to collaborate with more foreign varsities
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 28 Dr Gurmohan Singh Walia, director (education) of the SGPC, recently visited educational institutes and universities of the UK, including University College of London, King’s College, London School of Economics and CASS Business School. According to Dr Walia, the SGPC would extend financial support of 5,000 pounds to each selected student from SGPC institutes for studies in foreign universities. He said King’s College, London, was one of England’s oldest and most prestigious university institutions. The SGPC had initiated talks with King’s College for medical and law courses and tie up will be made with University College of London (UCL) for MSc chemistry, maths, bio-technology and nanotechnology. Also, London School of Economics (LSE) had given warm response to start postgraduate courses in economics, political science and public administration. Walia further said CASS Business School, a leading provider of business and management education, was running 32 courses of business management. He said the authorities of this college had also taken keen interest for the business management course with the SGPC-run colleges. The director said within a couple of months the teams from these educational institutes would visit the SGPC educational institutes. He said that according to the proposal these institutes would also impart training to the teachers of SGPC institutes. He said the SGPC was also signing an MoU with the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Toronto, under which the students would complete their half of the study in India and remaining in Canada. He hoped another agreement with the Vancouver Island University, the representatives of which had already visited the SGPC educational institutes.
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Commonwealth gold medallists honoured
Patiala, March 28 He congratulated six boxers, who won gold medals during the Commonwealth Games held in Delhi recently. Ranawat said best facilities were being provided to boxers at the institute. Chief national coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu spoke on the latest trends in boxing. Cuban coach BI Fernandis apprised boxers about scoring patterns. Dr Rajdeep Kaur, in charge of sports sciences faculty, and national campers attended the workshop. TL Gupta, in charge, boxing, threw light on the scoring system and the change in rules. He also spoke on the standards of boxing in Olympics, World Championship, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. He discussed the standards of each weight category. TL Gupta while reading out the brief report of the workshop, proposed the vote of thanks. RK Sharma, senior boxing coach, also spoke on the occasion. — TNS
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Fatehgarh Sahib, March 28 In the girls’ events, Delhi won the trophy and Kerala stood second, while Chhattisgarh secured the third place. Raja KS Sidhu, secretary general of the Punjab Olympic Association, was the chief guest on the occasion. — TNS
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Bikers waylay couple, molest woman; 1 held
Chandigarh, March 28 The miscreants, one of whom was later arrested by the police, tore the clothes of the woman. Sources said Bawa Singh of Burail was riding a motor cycle along with his wife when two motorcyclists waylaid them. He confronted the miscreants and a scuffle broke out between them. Meanwhile, the miscreants started molesting his wife and assaulted her. The couple reported the matter to the police and provided clues about the identities of the miscreants. Acting on the tip-off, the police tracked down Surinder Singh of Burail. The victims reportedly identified the accused. Police station-34 SHO said Surinder had served a seven-year jail sentence in a murder case and had a notorious past. Efforts were on to arrest his accomplice. Meanwhile, a case of robbery, molestation and criminal intimidation has been registered against the accused in this connection.
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Spurious ghee, cheese seized
Panchkula, March 28 A police team rounded up a Maruti car (CH-K-3460) at the Sector 19 railway level crossing yesterday. The police apprehended two accused who have been identified as Surinder Kumar and Mohan Singh, both residents of Uttar Pradesh, and recovered 30-kg desi ghee and 56-kg cheese. In another case, a police team arrested Surjit Singh, a resident of Muthho village in Ludhiana, who was carrying 70-kg desi ghee and 170-kg cheese in his Mahindra Pick-Up jeep (PB-10CN-92) on the Kalka-Zirakpur highway today. The police has registered cases under Section 272, 273 and 420 of the IPC in Sector 20 police station. Both Surinder Kumar and Mohan Singh were produced in the court today, which remanded them to police custody for two days. While in the second case, Surjit Singh, who was arrested today, would be produced before the court tomorrow.
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Crime: PGI nurse commits suicide
Mohali, March 28 The victim, Gursharan Kaur, has left behind a suicide note in which she had blamed one Gurjit Singh for ruining her life. The investigating officer, Nand Lal, said a case of abetment to suicide has been registered against Gurjit Singh, who has not been traced so far. The police has no knowledge of whereabouts of Gurjit Singh. It is learnt that though married, she was leaving alone. Live cartridges recovered
In two separate cases, the Mohali police has recovered 15 live cartridges from two persons, Vicky and Sanjay. According to the police, the suspects had hidden the cartridges in bags. Cases under the Arms Act have been registered against them.
Burn victim dies
ZIRAKPUR: Priyanka, a 22-year-old girl, belonging to Jagadhari, today succumbed to burn injuries at the PGI, Chandigarh. She received the injuries during a blast that occurred due to a gas leak from an LPG cylinder at the office of a property dealer at Neelkanth Plaza on the Zirakpur-Kalka Highway on March 22. She was working as a receptionist at RB & Associates, Dhakoli. The blast took place on the ground floor of RB & Associates after which a fire engulfed the shop, leaving two persons injured. A fire tender from Dera Bassi was rushed to the spot and the situation was brought under control. The furniture and other items were burnt and the ceiling of the building developed cracks. The injured had been admitted to the Civil Hospital, Panchkula. Priyanka was living as a paying guest at Sector 11, Panchkula, and suffered 70 per cent burns. RK Jindal, another victim, received 20 per cent burns. The body of the deceased had been kept at the PGI mortuary and her parents had been informed at Jagadhari. Investigations into the case were on, the police added.
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Chandigarh, March 28 The deceased youth had been identified as Ram Kumar of Uttar Pradesh. He was working as a helper at a shop in grain market and had gone for a joy ride on a scooter belonging to his employer last night. He was reportedly over speeding and collided with a car near St Kabir School in Sector 26 at 10.45 pm. He was severely wounded in the mishap and was profusely bleeding when rushed to the PGI, where he died this morning. He sustained serious head injuries in the accident. The police handed over his body to his family after conducting the autopsy and registered a case against the unidentified car driver. In another incident, Raj Kumar of Phase II, Ram Darbar, reported to the police that a car rammed into the scooter driven by his brother Manoj Kumar, near Railway Lights point, on March 26. Manoj was badly injured in the mishap and was rushed to the Government Multi Specialty Hospital, Sector 16. The police has registered a case of causing injuries against the car driver, Gurbachan Singh of Sector 21. — TNS
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Kings XI Piteous
Chandigarh, March 28 The internal rift in the management and players can be a possible cause of the dismal show by the team in the third edition of the league, sources have confirmed. At the same time, many cricket aficionados are talking about a ‘visible crack’ in the team. “The decision of taking captaincy away from local cricketer Yuvraj Singh has proved fatal for the team. I think a rift can seen not only in management circles, but also in the team, which has had a detrimental impact,” says an IPL official, preferring anonymity. Without much argument, the chances of the Kumara Sangakkara-led team, currently placed at the bottom of the points table, to reach the semi-finals are bleak. The top batsmen of the team, Yuvraj, Mahela Jayawardene and Sangakkara, have not done well, averaging 16.5, 16.4 and 18.2, respectively. The bowling attack also appears toothless as the main bowlers have failed to deliver. S Sreesanth has taken two wickets for 143 runs in four matches while Irfan Pathan has scalped five wickets for 185 runs in six matches. Critics may argue that the reported rift between Wadia and Zinta has coincided with the poor performance of the team. The once-in-love pair avoids sharing the same seating area. According to sources, the Videocon group is in talks with Wadia and Zinta to acquire a stake in the team for between $200 million and $225 million (Rs 920 crore and Rs 1,035 crore). Offers by Venugopal Dhoot, Videocon group chairman, have been made and talks are on. Things may change in case of a good showing from now on. Besides Wadia and Zinta, who reportedly own around 23 per cent each, Karan Paul of Apeejay and Surindra, Mohit and Gaurav Burman of Dabur are other co-owners of the team. They had jointly bought the team for $76 million in 2008 for 10 years. Dhoot was in the running for the Pune franchise with a bid of $319.9 million, but lost out to Sahara’s $370 million bid.
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Prabhmaan, Aankush enter second round
Mohali, March 28 Director of the school Rajan Sethi inaugurated the championship, in which about 130 students are participating. In the boys U-12 age category, top seed Paras Mitaal blanked his opponent Sourav Prashar in just 30 minutes 4-0, 4-0. Ankush Nagpal beat Dishant Verma by the identical score 4-0, 4-0. Armaan Singh beat Savneet 4-2, 4-1. Prabhmaan Thapar beat Prateek Sharma in a tough fought battle 5-4 (2), 4-2. Third seed Parmeet Deol had a difficulty before beating Gursehaj Singh 4-0, 5-3, while second seed Sagar Bains beat Mayank Arora with ease 4-1, 4-2. Prabhnoor Singh beat Vishnu 4-2, 4-2. In the boys U-14 category, Himmat Kadiyan beat Harsimran Singh 5-3, 4-2. Anish Goel blanked Aankush Nagpal 4-0, 4-0. Paras Mittal Chiranjeet Dahiya beat Ishaan Duggal with ease 4-1, 4-0. Sourav Prashar beat Vishnu 4-0, 4-0. The next round matches, along with boys U-16 matches, will be played tomorrow from 9 am onwards on the Total Tennis Academy’s YMCA, Sector 11, premises.
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Hitesh adjudged best athlete
Chandigarh, March 28 Those, who participated in the meet, were the winners and runners-up of various competitions. Earlier, the Circle Welfare Committee organised a musical evening for staff and their families in Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Karnal, Shimla and Amritsar. Results: Long jump: Sanjiv 1 and Karanvir 2; 1,500m: Charan Singh 1 and Raj Kumar Rangra 2; 800m: Hitesh Bhagat 1, Charan Singh 2; 400m: Hitesh Bhagat 1 and Vinod 2; 200m: Hitesh Bhagat 1 and Ashwani 2; 100m: Hitesh Bhagat 1 and Lekh Raj 2; 50m (girls): Jyoti 1 and Renu 2; shot put (girls): Monika Sharma 1 and Gurmit Kaur 2; men: Supinder 1 and Swarn Singh 2; discus throw: Kulbir Singh 1 and Supinder 2.
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Punjab make it to semis
Chandigarh, March 28 Three goals were scored by Harpreet Gill, whereas Nigam Mehta, Sumant and Ravinder followed the suit with two goals each to win the match with a thundering margin. While the other match between AG, Orissa, and AG, Delhi, ended in a draw. No team could open its account in the match. AG, Rajasthan, and AG, Tamil Nadu, met the similar fate and held a draw at 1-1. For Delhi, the goal came through Mohit in the 19th minute. But the team did not maintain lead and conceded a goal by N Sarwan, who hit the equaliser in the 48th minute. Both the teams wasted two penalty corners each. In the last match between AG, Jharkhand, and AG, Andhra Pardesh, the former team drubbed the latter 5-0. The main scorers for the winners were M Herenz and A Bengra, who hit two goals each, whereas R Soreng contributed one goal to seal the win. Now AG, Rajasthan, will play against Jharkhand in the first semifinal at 9 am tomorrow, whereas Punjab will take on Orissa in the second semifinal.
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Gurinder’s ton steers HDFC to victory
Chandigarh, March 28 After winning the toss, HDFC Bank XI decided to bat first, however, it suffered two quick jolts and lost two quick wickets for just 32 runs in 5 overs. Thereafter, Gurinder Saini held the fort with Vipan Chauhan and built up a partnership of 70 runs in the next 12 overs. Gurinder Saini smashed the ball to all parts of the ground and raced to his half century in just 36 balls and took another 36 deliveries to get to his score of 110 runs before being bowled out by Umesh Kaira. The masterful innings had 11 boundaries and four sixes. Once Gurinder Saini was out, it was all downhill for HDFC, as the remaining five wickets fell for just 17 runs in four overs. Umesh Kaira and Ajay Bhardwaj of the Godrej & Boyce were largely responsible for this crunch, as they bundled out the HDFC lower order with some clever bowling and some fine fielding towards the end. HDFC posted 204 runs in 27.3 overs. Chasing a victory target of 205 runs, Godrej & Boyce’s Umesh Kaira gave his team a good start even after the loss of an early wicket. Umesh batted sensibly, as the bowlers with their line and length bowling gave as many as 15 extras in the first 15 overs. Umesh Kaira and Jai Kapil together put up a partnership of 50 runs for the second wicket before a mix up between the two well-settled batsmen. Umesh was out and had to leave the crease after completing his half-century off 47 deliveries, which included four boundaries and a massive six. Thereafter, Inderjeet was the only batsman, who impressed with the bat, as the other batsmen kept quiet, with the bowlers tightening their line and length. Inderjeet made 53 valuable runs off 44 balls before Gurinder Saini bowled him out in the 28th over. But he got his team sufficiently close to the target with 17 runs required. Vijaypal tried his best to get those runs, but a fine last over by Gurinder Saini ensured that Godrej fell short of the target by six runs. Earlier, in the match played for the third and fourth positions, ICICI Bank XI defeated Ria Constructions XI by 15 runs. Brief scores: HDFC Bank XI: 204 all out in 27.3 overs (Gurinder Saini 110, Ravinder Nain 25, Vipan Chauhan 24, Ajay Bhardwaj 4/35, Umesh Kaira 3/33 and Inderjeet 2/32). Godrej & Boyce XI: 198 for 6 in 30 overs. (Indrejeet 53, Umesh Kaira 51, Rajesh Monu 31, Chandan Puri 2/46 and Gurinder Saini 1/33) Brief scores: ICICI Bank XI: 178 for 5 in 20 overs (Gourav 62 and Rakesh Mehta 39). RIA Constructions XI: 163 for 7 in 20 overs (Rajneesh Mittal 51, Tejdeep 2 for 20 and Pankaj 2 for 23). Dr Kesho Ram Gupta, father of Bharat Kesho Gupta and managing director, International Testing Centre, Panchkula, gave away the prizes.
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Rush for kids’ golf camp
Chandigarh, March 28 Chandigarh Golf Club Academy joint director Ajay Gujral apprised 12 kids of the right grip and posture on the opening day of the programme, after club secretary Nippy Ghai gave a motivational speech asking the young trainees to take up golf seriously. The kids, accompanied by their parents, will be reporting for the coaching programme every Saturday and Sunday for three months. All 7-15 age-group trainees were given free golf magazines, free golf manuals containing safety, etiquettes and rules of the game. The programme is being conducted under the guidelines of the European Golf Teachers’ Federation, the UK, with Titleist, Cobra and Pinnacle pooling in with golf prizes worth Rs 15,000 to be won during the camp. Ajay Gujral said keeping in view the demand for more such coaching camps in the summer months, the Chandigarh Golf Club has agreed to hold another two-month camp starting from April 7 on every Wednesday and Thursday. |
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