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407 walk proud with degrees
Kharar, April 2 Suresh Kumar said convocation was a day when many doors of opportunities open out in wide world. Sukhdev Kumar Singla, chairman, Indo Global Colleges, congratulated the organising committee, faculty and students for holding the event. R Panickar, director general of Indo Global Colleges, said industry looks for competitive, learned and innovative persons. |
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Recovery techniques in cycling discussed
Patiala, April 2 It was followed by an interaction between coaches and cyclists. In the afternoon session, Jagmohan Singh, former joint director general of the institute, discussed about the physiological support to cyclists. Cycling coach of NIS Jagdev Singh talked about annual training plan for sprinters. During the third day, the cyclists were told about various technicalities of riding and what should be done to improve the results. A discussion on “How to monitor the training and by which means and method the team is selected for any competition” was conducted in the morning session. In the afternoon session, Jagmohan Singh explained about the physical preparation and monitoring the performance of the team. The different aspects of sports sciences, which reflected the performance of riders of Commonwealth Games was explained by Dr Rajdeep Kaur, in charge, faculty of sports sciences. In the afternoon session, Sunil Purohit, junior scientific officer, faculty of sports sciences, delivered lecture on biochemical support to the riders, which ended with healthy interaction and discussion among coaches and scientists. In the evening session, there were practical classes on track specificity.
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Sec 144 imposed around exam centres
Ambala, April 2 According to the orders, this Section has been promulgated apprehending the likelihood of causing tension, annoyance, obstruction or injury to people and property, disturbance of public peace and tranquillity within the limit of examination centres on account of Kurukshetra University. In his order the District Magistrate further said that if any person was found violating the order, he or she would be liable for punishment. |
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Focus on small-scale enterprises
Patiala, April 2 They gave an insight about how to setup their own enterprises and also knowledge about the current industrial scenario. AD Singh Bhatia, chairman, CIMT, also told students about the entrepreneurial scenario in Canada and its comparison with the scenario in India. More than 100 students from around 10 institutes participated in the event, including students from Mata Gujri College, Thapar University, NIIT, Jasdev Singh Sandhu College, SUSCET, Tangori, GCS, etc. |
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Gang of oil thieves nabbed
Ambala, April 2 ASP Abhishek Garg said the police conducted a raid near the IOC terminal on the Ambala-Delhi road and nabbed five persons on the spot. They used to steal the oil in drums from the trucks parked near the depot carrying diesel for the bulk clients. Some cans of oil were also found in two Maruti cars, which were parked along with the trucks. The police has impounded two Maruti cars and two oil tankers. A case has been registered against Raju, a resident of Ladakh, Dalip of Ambala Cantt, Gulzar of Shahpur, Mange Ram of Babain and Jagdip of Ludhiana at Parao police station and further investigations were in progress, the police said.
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Zinta case adjourned
Chandigarh, April 2 The court had issued summons to the Kings XI Punjab co-owners and its vice-president Arvinder Singh for using the names of freedom fighters Chandra Shekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru in an advertisement. Abhey Singh Sandhu, nephew of Bhagat Singh, Vijay Singh Bhardwaj of the VHP and the Global Human Rights Council chairperson had alleged that the cricket team’s advertisement that appeared on March 13 used the names of the freedom fighters to gain cheap publicity for collecting spectators. — TNS
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14-day judicial remand for Babla
Chandigarh, April 2 The court has stated in its order, “The police is allowed to interrogate the accused and he be produced in court after investigation. The application cannot be dismissed merely on the grounds that his arrest started from the date he surrendered in court. The accused can be interrogated by the police at any time during the pendency of the case and can even be reinvestigated. As such, the application can be allowed at this stage, though the accused was in custody in this case from the date of surrender.” The counsel for the prosecution submitted in court that Babla had not been arrested till date in this case and thus, the court should allow the police to take him in custody. He said the Punjab and Haryana High Court had disposed of Babla’s revision petition against the ACJM’s order on his application against his production in court in the case. AS Sukheja, defence counsel, opposed the application on the grounds that Babla’s arrest stood allowed by court. Inquiry officer Satbir Singh said Babla’s arrest was the privilege of the investigating agency and it would do it as per its requirement. The police had booked Chauhan on the charges of cheating and forgery for furnishing fake documents to obtain the job of auction recorder at the market committee. He had reportedly been facilitated by Babla and others. Chauhan is the brother of Anju, a family friend of Babla. Babla is lodged at the Burail jail in connection with the illegal shed allotment case.
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Runaway jailbird grounded again
Chandigarh, April 2 The SHO of the Sector 11 police station said they got information from the Punjab police at Patiala that the accused, Rajpal Singh, was apprehended at Patiala today. Rajpal would be brought to the city for further investigation on production warrants. Involved in a cheating case at Bathinda, he escaped while being taken by three cops for a CT scan at the PGI. A case of resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension under Section 224 of the IPC was registered against him. Car stolen
Col Kuldeep Singh Sandhu of Sector 44-A reported that someone stole his car (CH03Z-3583) from in front of his residence on March 17. A case of theft was registered.
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Six held for assault
Chandigarh, April 2 The police said Naresh Garg of Sector 37, complainant in the case, claimed that he was appointed by the northwest Fiscal Services Company to run the Liquor Shop No. 58 and 59 at Burail, Sector 45. The company had faced financial constraints and found it difficult to run the shop in 2006. Since then he claimed he was ruining the shop from the premises. SHO of the Sector-34 Police Station said Sanjeev Abroal of Sector 50, a businessman, got the contract to run the liquor shop and reached the premises to claim possession. Garg alleged that, earlier, some anti-social elements had issued threats to him to vacate the premises. Last night Abrol, Pawan Kumar of Sector 22, along with 20 persons carrying rods and swords, came to the shop and tried to break open the locks. His employees called him and he informed the matter to the police. The SHO said acting on the complaint they arrested Sanjeev Abrol, Varinder Singh, Pawan Kumar, Gurwinder Singh, Munish Kumar and Arvind Patel last night and impounded a truck and a Toyota Innova from the spot. The remaining accused fled and efforts were on to trace them. A case of rioting, attempt to trespass and criminal intimidation has been registered.
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Suicide: Husband, in-laws arrested
Chandigarh, April 2 According to the in charge of the Palsora police post, the victim, 22-year-old Shushma, was found hanging at her house last night. The police received information at 9.50 pm, but it appeared that the death occurred in the afternoon. The victim’s brother, Manoj Kumar, lodged a complaint with the police alleging that his sister was being harassed by her husband, Varinder, and his parents Chandrika Prashad and Kamla, residents of Sector 23. The police registered a case of dowry death under Section 304-B of the IPC and arrested the accused this evening. Varinder works in a private company. The police got the spot videographed and shifted the body to hospital. The SDM (South) has conducted an inquiry into the incident and submitted the report to the police. Sources said Shushma married in 2004 and was suffering from depression. Her baby had died during delivery about a year ago, which aggravated her depression.
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Minor’s kidnapper held from Panipat
Chandigarh, April 2 The accused, Sanjay Kumar, after kidnapping the 15-year-old girl from the city in March, had taken her to Panipat. The SHO of the Sector 34 police station said Sanjay and the victim were medically examined. Her medical examination confirmed that she had been raped. Acting on the report, the police added Section 376 (rape) of the IPC to the report. A case of kidnapping was registered under Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC on March 17 on a complaint lodged by her father, a resident of Colony No 5. The police said the accused, who used to live in the same colony, was known to the victim’s family for the past one year. He allegedly kidnapped the girl on March 10 and married her. He kept at her various places and kept changing his phone SIM cards to avoid being caught though tower locations. The local police sought help of the CIA staff of the Panipat police, which tracked down the accused yesterday. The SHO said the victim’s statement was recorded under Section 164 of the CrPC before a magistrate. She claimed that she was married to Sanjay and refused to go with her parents. The court sent her to Nari Niketan and the accused to judicial custody.
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Juvenile, couple booked in rape bid case
Chandigarh, April 2 The incident took place on Wednesday night, when the boy followed the 14-year-old girl to the toilet. She did not tell anybody about it as he threatened her of dire consequences. When her mother came to know about it yesterday, the matter was reported to the police. According to the police, the victim alleged that she was pushed into the toilet by the accused. He started molesting her and she cried for help. Vipin and his wife Sonia reached there. The victim stated that they, instead of helping her, locked the toilet from outside and he continued trying to force himself upon her. Soon people gathered there and the door was opened. Sector 39 police station SHO Janak Rana said Vipin had a dispute with the girl’s family. Acting on the complaint, the police registered a case of molestation, attempt-to-rape, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation against the boy. A local court sent him to the juvenile home at Sector 25 and the couple to judicial custody.
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NRI found dead at Morni
Panchkula, April 2 The residents informed the police that a Santro was seen parked near Morni since yesterday. The victim has been identified as Radhir Verma (36), a resident of Sector 6. A case had been registered in Chandimandir Police Station and the body sent to the Government Hospital, Sector 6, for the autopsy. The DSP said that prima facie it appeared to be a case of suicide. The family members of Randhir said he was unmarried and had returned from the US around
Diwali. They said Randhir had been living with his elder brother Amarjit Singh in the US and worked at a petrol filling station.
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Body found under Zirakpur flyover
Zirakpur, April 2
An unidentified body of a man in mid-30s was found under the Zirakpur flyover here yesterday. According to the police, they got the information that a body of a man had been lying near Paras Down Town Square. Sources said the deceased appeared to be a migrant
labourer. The body of the deceased had been kept for identification at the civil hospital, Dera
Bassi, for 72 hours. An inquest proceeding under Section 174 of the CrPC has been initiated.
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Thieves decamp with jewellery
Zirakpur, April 2 According to Baldev Singh, a resident of Vishkarma Colony, Baltana, he was sleeping at his parents’ home since they had gone to Dubai on a vacation. However, last night he was busy in his personal work and did not come there. Next morning he found the lock of the main door to be broken. The thieves ransacked the house and things were scattered all around, he added. He claimed that two diamond rings, two bangles, a diamond and a gold kitty set, five gold rings, two gold chains, a brand new laptop and a mobile phone were missing. A case has been registered.
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Kabaddi World Cup
Chandigarh, April 2 JP Sharma, general secretary, said their body was not being recognised either by the Union Sports Ministry or the organisers of the present World Cup. He said that before organising such a mega event, the government should have taken them in confidence as they had the experience of holding national or international-level tournaments. He said that about 25 states were affiliated with the ACKFI and added that kabaddi players from MP, Bihar and other states were enquiring from them about the dates of the trials for the World Cup to be held to be held from April 3. Sharma claimed that he was approached by Pargat Singh, Director of Sports, Punjab, for the smooth conduct of the mega event and had offered him a post in the organising committee. He said he told him that he was ready to act as a team manager besides offering his federation’s services for the World Cup. He said that two days have passed since then but he was yet to receive any response from the Director. He further claimed that only kabaddi players from Haryana, Punjab and New Delhi had participated in the trials held at Ludhiana as no proper information was passed on to other players in the country. Still, about 50 per cent players from their federation would be participating in the World Cup, he claimed. He said that ACKFI, which was formed in 1978 at Jind and was affiliated with the Asian Amateur Circle Kabaddi Federation and the World Kabaddi Federation, had approached the Union Sports Ministry for the recognition and announced that he would meet the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Sports, on April 20 in this regard.
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Saupin lift DD Sharma cricket trophy
Chandigarh, April 2 After winning the toss, the Shri Shri Cricket Academy elected to bat first. However, the team failed to put up a huge total on the scoreboard as it could score only 99 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in their stipulated 20 overs. Their star performer Sagar Sharma unfortunately got run out at the very beginning of the inning. Gurpreet 28, Vaibhav 19 and Abhishek 14 were the top contributors for the Shri Shri team. For Saupins, Jonty and Inderjit were the pick of he bowlers as they scalped 2 and 3 wickets, respectively. In reply, Saupin Fighters did not face any difficulty in achieving the target of 100 runs and lost only 6 wickets in 19 overs. Nipun 40 and Yuvraj 34 were the top scorers for their team. For Shri Shri, CA Sagar and Resham bagged two wickets each. Yuvraj was declared the Man of the Match while Sagar Sharma got the Man of the Series award. Praveen Sharma, President BTS Academy gave away the trophy to the winners. Speaking on the occasion, Pankaj Sharma, tournament organiser, said that the Shri Shri Cricket Academy would also organise similar tournament for senior category.
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Rs 10 lakh for gold medal winners
Chandigarh, April 2 With this the GFI would match the amount, which is presently being offered by the Ministry of Sports, GOI, for the sports persons excelling in various sport disciplines in the Commonwealth Games. Jaspal Singh Kandhari, president of GFI, said the aim was to encourage and give incentives to all those deserving gymnasts who bring laurels to the country. Winners of silver and bronze medals would be given Rs 5 lakh and Rs 3 lakh, respectively. Kandhari said decision to give the award was decided at the annual general meeting of the GFI held in Hyderabad recently. He said as many as 28 units were affiliated to the GFI. He said in order to give more exposure to the Commonwealth Games, probables, men and women artistic teams would take part in various international championships to be held in France and Russia in the next two months. He said presently these probables were being trained at a camp in Pune. He said mandatory test events in gymnastics before the Delhi Commonwealth Games would be held in July at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi.
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Chandigarh, April 2 Stating this in a press note issued here today, Nirmal Singh Bhardwaj, general secretary, Chandigarh Alysh Wrestling Association, said that the trials would be held tomorrow at 11am at the Wrestling Coaching Centre in Sector 30. He said the trials would be conducted in 60 kg, 66 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 90 kg, 100 kg and +100 kg category. — TNS
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200 golfers for Captain's Day
Chandigarh, April 2 The prize distribution will be held in the evening, followed by dinner, which will be attended by club members from all over the region. |
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Off the field, Kings still rule
Mohali, April 2
The Kings, who have had an unexplainably dismal showing in the third edition, are still genuine crowd pullers. The pundits might disagree, but the stadium painted red with flags, coloured faces and untiring fans in a way seals the debate. Yuvraj, still the prince charming. He has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, off late, but if Yuvraj Singh knows how to take things in his stride, so do his fans. The Chandigarh boy scored a breezy 36 and, first he got a massive reception as he went in to bat, and from then on, every run he scored was cheered to the hilt. When he finally got out, the stadium did not have an eerie silence, but the fans did applaud him for doing what was possible; trying to score some quick runs. Kaif Reloaded
Another rare ‘spectacle’ was that there were two prominent Kaifs present outside the ground. While cricketer Mohd Kaif, who has been out of favour with the Kings, was cooling his heels as a substitute, actress Katrina Kaif, the RCB ambassador was seen near the players’ dug-out along with Vijay and Siddharth Mallya. Irfaan followed to the ‘T’
“Each stand sells around 30-35 jerseys in a single match day”, said one of the boys handling the outlet. And among the T-shirts with player names printed behind them, Irfan Pathan was a clear favourite. The chocolate boy looks of the Baroda all-rounder are bringing in ‘sweet’ rewards for the franchise it seems. Punch Time
While there were moments galore during the game, as is the case with every IPL game, the clincher has to be when Yuvraj went in to bat after captain Kumar Sangakkara was dismissed. The two have been in the eye of a storm with reports of a rift within the team doing the rounds. But here, in what looked like a deliberate stunt, the two punched fists while crossing. Sanga even had some advice for the local boy. It was a different tale that it was not of much benefit in the end, as far as the outcome mattered. |
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Merchandising is a big part of the franchise business in the IPL. And the Kings have made the most of their fan base too. While free t-shirts are distributed among the fans by co-owner Priety Zinta, fans are not shying away from buying their own stuff either. While there are numerous outlets across the tri-city, the ones inside the stadium too are doing handy business.