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Haryana roadways staff protest permit to pvt operators
Ambala, March 31 Even as officials claimed there were skeletal services maintained and buses plied on some important state and inter-state routes, people were stranded at various bus stands as the state transport staff went on a complete strike. The strike by the roadways employees was in support of their demand for cancellation of nearly 3,700 permits issued to private operators to ply buses in the state. They are also seeking regularisation of services of over 3,000 employees of Haryana Roadways.
Leaders of the Haryana Roadways Employees Union claimed that the strike was complete across the state and said they were against giving permits to private operators. The leaders warned that if their demands were not met, they would intensify the protest with an indefinite strike. Students and office-goers were badly affected by the strike as not many alternative options were available to reach their destinations. |
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Truck driver killed in accident
Zirakpur, March 31 The investigating officer stated that the incident took place around 2 am when a truck loaded with cement bags, moving towards Zirakpur from Rampur Kalan, collided with
another truck loaded with stones coming from the Zirakpur side when both the trucks reached near a petrol pump. Gurcharan Singh sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the GMCH-32 where doctors declared him dead on arrival while the other truck passenger sustained minor injuries. The driver of another truck managed to flee from the spot. The body of the deceased had been handed over to his family after conducting the postmortem. The investigating officer said a case has been registered against the unidentified truck driver. Further investigation were on, he added. |
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Youths snatch Rs 2.8 lakh
in Ambala
Ambala, March 31 According to information, Pravesh Shrivastva had withdrawn Rs 2.80 lakh from a branch of HDFC bank at Ambala Cantt this noon. He had kept the amount in a bag and was on his way to Lalru on his motorbike. When he was crossing near Jandli bridge at Ambala City, two youths riding on another motorbike overtook him and stopped in front of him. They forcibly snatched his bag and ran away. They police registered a case on the complaint of
Shrivastva. No clue of the snatchers was achieved so far. Around six incidents of snatching have occurred in the city during the past two months. |
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Man abducts ‘son-in-law’, held with three others
Ambala, March 31 According to police sources, the boy, who was studying at the Vidyapeeth Pharmacy at Sirsa, fell in love with another student Suman Sharma, a resident of Ellenabad. They reportedly got married in a temple. However, when Abhishek came to Ambala he started making telephone calls to Suman. The parents of Suman got to know about the marriage. Suman’s father, along with her brother and two others, came to Ambala and called Abhishek. They fixed up a meeting at a local hotel. The father of the girl, Rattan Lal, and his son Vijay Kumar, along with Suresh and Vinod, reportedly tried to argue with Abhishek to forget Suman. When the latter refused to relent, they forced him into a car. However, before getting into the car Abhishek made a call to one of his friends who alerted the Ambala police who put up a naka at Naggal village and arrested the four persons who were abducting Abhishek. Police officers said a case of abduction had been registered against the four persons and they had been arrested. The four were produced in a local court, which remanded them in judicial custody till April 12. |
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Minister rules out privatisation
Ambala, March 31 Speaking to mediapersons after a function here, he allayed fears among Haryana Roadways employees that there could be any retrenchments. He said the Haryana Roadways fleet of buses would be extended this year with 1,300 new buses. Of these, 600 buses had already been purchased. He said the Haryana Roadways had incurred a deficit of Rs 200 crore during the last fiscal year and said an endeavour would be made this year to curtail losses and to plug leakage of revenue. He said the staff would be motivated to deliver their best so that the Roadways could turn the corner and started making profits from this year onwards. Jain said the Haryana government was committed to creating more job opportunities for young unemployed youth. He said 2,700 bus route permits for the private buses were proposed to be given this year. This would help the youth to become self-dependent instead of looking around for the government jobs. |
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Two get notice for contempt of court
Kalka, March 31 Informing this, advocate Ravi Sharma of the Punjab and Haryana High Court said in the notice it had been mentioned that the orders issued by the high court, dated 15-5-2009 and 4-9-2009, in connection with the mining and appraisal committee had not been complied in letter and spirit deliberately in spite of the fact that more than six months had passed, which amounted to contempt of court. The notice also interpreted that the non-performance of duties as
public servant is not only a breach of trust, but an offence under the provision of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, and the Environment Protection Act. |
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Jawan commits suicide
Ambala, March 31 According to the police, the deceased was a resident of Nasik and posted at Ambala Cantt Convoy Park (Fafa) on guard duty. The Lance Naik has been identified as Dante Parshant Ananda (35) in the Medium Sepoy Regiment (285). The incident came to light when he did not reach his duty and another sepoy, who was going after finishing his duty, saw his body hanging from the tree near his work place. He immediately informed the authorities. The body has been sent for the postmortem examination. No suicide note was found near the body, the police said. Tantrik booked for murder
Kalka: The police has booked Tejbir Sharma, a ‘tantrik’, in connection with the death of a 15-year-old girl, who died immediately after the treatment given to her by him. Sherma is running ‘Sirmour Jyotish Kendra’ in Tipra Railway colony, near Kalka. According to police sources, Bachchi Lal, a Jhuggi dweller near the Ram Bagh road, took his daughter Pooja to Sharma for treatment for some illness
last night. In his complaint, Bachchi Lal has alleged that during the treatment the tantrik severely beat up his daughter, who died immediately after the beating. The police has registered a case against Tejbir Sharma under Section 304 of the IPC, who is absconding since the incident, added the police sources. Gang busted
The Railway Protection Force (RPF), Kalka, claimed to have busted a gang that was involved in robbing people after intoxicating them. Ajay Jyoti Sharma, company commander (CC) of the RPF, Kalka, revealed that Dinesh Kumar Paswan and Suresh Kumar, who hail from Bihar, were nabbed from Kalka railway station. They administered ‘Ativan’ — an intoxicating substance — to Chob Singh through Fruiti, who was to board the Kalka-Delhi train last night. Sharma said Chob Singh, who hails from Ferozabad, had come to Kalka railway station after attending an Army recruitment camp at Subathu, Himachal Pradesh. During the patrolling, the RPF team nabbed the accused under the RPF Act 14 and handed them over to the GRP, Kalka, for further proceedings. As the victim got unconscious after the intoxication, he was admitted to a hospital for treatment, who identified the accused today. |
Fun Republic Case
Chandigarh, March 31 The alleged scam had come to the fore in 2007, after the CBI detected building violations at Fun Republic multiplex in Mani Majra. After an independent inquiry, the CBI registered a case for allegedly causing losses to government through building violations and misusing
public posts. Justice Daya Chaudhary issued the directions for quashing the FIR “qua” Dhillon on the Congress leader’s petition filed through counsel Vinod Ghai. He had argued that Dhillon was only the owner of the site, leased out to E-City Entertainment for 25 years. He had nothing to do with the alleged violations and the multiplex; and was just a signatory. The development is significant as Dhillon, Atul Goel of M/s E-City Entertainment, sub-divisional officer TP Singh, assistant engineer Brij Mohan, draftsman Sandeep Sharma and architect Arun Loomba stand charge-sheeted in the case. The CBI had claimed that Dhillon, Goel and Loomba, in connivance with officials of the building branch, cheated the government of around Rs 6.28 crore. The prosecution had claimed that undue profits were made by Dhillon Brothers Private Limited, and M/s E-City Entertainment, while the Chandigarh administration suffered loss as form ‘B’ dated June 19, 2006, was issued in blatant violations of Rule 18 of the Capital of Punjab (Regulation and Development)
Act, 1952. The charge-sheet had also stated that officials of the building branch extended undue favours to M/s Dhillon Brothers, while sanctioning the building plan and granting occupation certificate by ignoring the serious violations of building bylaws. Conversion and composition charges of around Rs 95.96 lakh, including Rs 9.18 lakh for converting offices spaces to Athena Pub and Bar on the fourth floor of the building, were not collected from the company, thus causing loss to the government exchequer, the charge-sheet filed by the CBI had claimed.
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Rs 25,000 fine slapped on HDFC Bank
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 31 In his complaint, Jagmeet Randhawa had contended that he availed of a loan of over Rs 1.78 lakh from the bank in 2006 for purchase of a second-hand car, repayable in equated monthly installments of Rs 4,695. However, he foreclosed the loan account by making a payment of the balance amount of over Rs 1.02 lakh through a cheque. Thereafter, he requested the bank to issue him an NOC to get his vehicle transferred in his name but they kept delaying the matter on one pretext or the other and later on took ground that some amount was pending against him pertaining to old personal loan taken in 2002. He averred that he showed them documents about clearance of his old loan but in spite of that, the bank refused to issue the NOC. Finally, a legal notice was sent to the bank but it elicited no reply. The bank, in its reply, admitted the factual matrix of the case and stated that the NOC for the loan was not issued to the complainant, as the same was under lien on account of the pending dues in earlier loan taken by him. It was also stated that the complainant had failed to give details qua the closure of his earlier loan amount. The complainant produced the receipt pertaining to his old loan case. The amount found due under the personal loan agreement was waived off and the personal loan account was closed, and the lien imposed in the auto loan account was cleared. Subsequently, the NOC was issued but complainant refused to accept it citing the reason of pending court case.
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Insurance co told to pay Rs 4-lakh claim
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 31 Panchkula-based Deepak Raj Ahuja had submitted to the forum that he had taken a Health Shield Policy from the company and paid a premium of Rs 8,492. He fell unwell and was advised to undergo coronary angiography and angioplasty for which he incurred a total expenditure of Rs 5,46,153 on the treatment. Thereafter, he informed the executives of the company telephonically, wrote letter and also lodged claim along with the requisite documents. However, his claim was rejected on the ground that the complainant had a known case of hypertension. He told the company that he had never suffered from any such condition but to no avail. In its written reply, the company admitted the facts with regard to taking of the insurance policy and the claim filed by the complainant. It said the complainant had concealed the fact that he suffered from heart disease along with hypertension. The company affirmed that the claim was rightly rejected as heart ailment along with pre-existing hypertension (for 10 years) and diabetes (for five years) was specifically excluded by the policy terms and conditions. The forum members were of the view that the claim could not be repudiated by the company on any such ground.
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Assault on student
Panchkula, March 31 Dr Kanwar talking to The Tribune here today said he had filed a complaint with the SP, Panchkula, for registration of criminal case against the Thai girls who had thrashed his daughter March 19. He said more than one week had elapsed, but nothing had been done in the case so far. SP Maneesh Chaudhary said he had received the complaint from Dr Kanwar only today and had marked an inquiry into the case to the DSP, Kalka. He said action would be taken against those found guilty. It may be mentioned here that Vikas Jain, manager of the school, said they had formed a three-member committee of teachers to hold an inquiry as per the CBSE norms. He said the issue was being blown out of proportion as such ‘minor issues’ occur in residential schools. A Thai student, Pond, had also alleged that Kalyani had told her that the latter would slap her before leaving the school.
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All India inter zonal cricket meet
Panchkula, March 31 Those who have been selected include Ajay Duhan, Ankit Chaudhary, Amit Chaudhary, Animesh Goel, Amit Dhiman, Pardeep Singh, Pranav Bhasker, Jatin Chadha, Manpreet Sodhi, Rahul Chadha, Sumit Sodhi, Rahul Singla, Shashank Shokeen, Jitender Gupta, Aman Rohilla, Kartik, Vishwas Singh, Anurag Singh, Parveen Gulia, Naresh Tanq, Anil, Krishan Rana, Sonu Kumar, Kamak Kumar, Narinder, Japdeep Singh, Gaurav Garg, Shankar Sharma, Lakshay Dutta, Akhil Yadav, Ajay Kashyap, Sidharth Yadav, Manish Kumar, Karan Sandhu, Ravi Kumar, Sumit Kumar, Ashish Kumar, Rohan Sodhi, Gaurav Kumar, Jatin Arora, Amit Dahiya, Deepak Saroha, Abhimanyu, Nikhil
Yadav, Amjad Ali and Rishav Jariyal. Stating this in a press release here today, Amarjit Kumar, spokesman CFI, said a 10-day coaching camp would be held at Hansraj Public School Cricket Ground, Sector 6. The selected players should report at the venue on April 2 at 3.30 pm along with date of
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4-day cycling workshop begins
Patiala, March 31 Punjab additional chief administrator urban development authority and secretary general of the cycling federation of India, Amrit Gill (PCS), inaugurated the workshop. After the inauguration Jitender Singh, cycling coach at NIS, delivered a lecture on predication. In the afternoon session, Grahm Seers, Australian cycling coach, delivered a lecture on the “Role of coach in cycling and periodisation in cycling”. He also threw light on how to access the performance of a cyclist and how to consider success. Harneet Shalu Bedi, junior scientific officer, faculty of sports sciences, delivered lecture on “Physchological support to riders”. There was also a discussion on training schedule of the cyclists. During the evening practice, various aspects of cycling were considered. |
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12 sportspersons felicitated
Chandigarh, March 31 Chief guest Pradip Mehra, Adviser to the UT Administrator, while congratulating the players for their meritorious performances, credited sports infrastructure in the city for these results. He also mentioned that the laurels brought by the players are also due to the right kind of guidance and expertise provided by coaches. The Adviser also disbursed a sum of Rs 3,10,000 among the international players and two coaches. Satbir Singh received a cash award of Rs 50,000. The other players were given Rs 20,000 each. Arvind Sehgal (rowing) and Sarabjit Singh (skating) were the coaches who got the cash awards. Physically challenged Mukesh Kumar got a standing ovation when he received a cash prize of Rs 20,000 for brining laurels to the city by winning gold in the Belgian Para-Olympics Championship held at Blakenberge-Flanders in 2008. Others who were honoured were bronze medal winners in the 12th Asian Roller Hockey Championship held in Kolkata in 2007- Jaswinder Singh, Gaurav Raheja, Abhishek Ratanpal, Arjun Singh Bawa, Amandeep Singh, Rohit Randhawa, Navdeep Puri and Sudhir Arora. Kanav Dosajh and Nirmal Nanda secured the third position in the 12th Junior Asian Rowing Championship held at Chung-Ju Korea in 2007. Finance-cum-sports secretary, Sanjay Kumar, MC Commissioner, Dr Roshan Sankaria, director sports, ML Sharma, and joint director sports, Dr JPS Sidhu, were also present on the occasion. |
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