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Kalka Rly Station
Kalka, April 27 They said they had been parking their vehicles along the railway road free of cost for the past three decades. However, on the directive of the divisional railway manager (DRM), the department of railway, Ambala division, recently imposed the parking fee. They alleged that parking rates were higher than even those prevalent in Chandigarh. They said in Sector 17, Chandigarh, only Rs 5 were charged for light vehicles, whereas the authorities at the local railway station were charging an exorbitant Rs 30 for light vehicles and Rs 40 for heavy vehicles for the first six hours. They rued that the department had not earmarked any parking area for them. Subsequently, most of the auto-rickshaws were forced to park on the premises of the railway station.
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1-yr jail in cheque bounce case
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 27 Satpal, a resident of Sirhind, had accused Sahib Singh Cheema of playing fraud with him by presenting a cheque that was dishonoured in the bank. Satpal stated that the accused was supposed to give him Rs 3.5 lakh and he issued him a cheque for the amount. The complainant produced the cheque in a bank in Sirhind but it got dishonoured repeatedly. Satpal said he failed to get back his money through the cheque provided by the accused and was forced to move court. After listening to both parties, the court sentenced the accused to undergo imprisonment. |
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Accidents abound despite
four-laning
Dera Bassi, April 27 In the past three months alone, 31 persons have lost their lives and another 45 have been injured in road accidents at Lalru, Dera Bassi and Bhankerpur here. Police data reveals that since January, 25 men and three women have died and another 35 men, nine women and one child have been injured in road accidents. One of the major reasons is the absence of designated pedestrian crossings on busy sections of the highway. Speeding motorists are often caught unawares by pedestrians emerging out of nowhere. Incidentally, the maximum numbers of accidents have taken place in Dera Bassi town. Still, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has failed to provide a flyover or roundabout at Dera Bassi. A local resident, Anmol Singh, says though overbridges have been constructed at Dappar and Lalru, no roundabout or overbridge has been constructed at Dera Bassi. Sushil Kumar of Mukandpur village rues the absence of a proper crossing at the Dera Bassi bus stand. “We are forced make a detour of 4 km to cross the main road,” says Hemant Kumar, a local resident. Residents have sought the construction of a crossing or a flyover at Dera Bassi. People of Lalru and nearby villages have also been facing difficulties at Lalru. A former sarpanch of Aganpur village has sought the construction a roundabout near the PSEB office at Lalru.
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Three held in land grab case
Bassi Pathana, April 27 The police produced the three in the court today and the judge remanded them in one-day police custody. The fourth accused, lambardar Kesar Singh, was still at large. DSP Rajwinder Singh Sohal said Jaspal Kaur’s father-in-law were two brothers and both had 52 kanal and 12 marla of agriculture land. The elder brother of her father in-law, Bachan Dass (95), a freedom fighter, was a bachelor and had half the share i.e. 26 kanal and 6 marla in the property. Jaspal Kaur along with three others hatched a conspiracy to grab the land of Bachan Dass. She took Bachan Dass to the tehsildar’s office on the pretext of getting pension from the office. She got his signatures on the registry deed to transfer his land in her name. Gurpreet Singh, panch Karamjit Singh and lambardar Kesar Singh presented themselves as witnesses in the land transfer. After some time, Bachan Dass came to know about the fraud and complained to the police. The DSP said after investigation the police registered a case under Sections 420, 467 and 469, IPC, against the four. He said three accused had been arrested, while the fourth one was still at large. He said during investigations, more revelations were expected. |
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Tae kwan do training
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Thieves strike at shop; 1 held
Chandigarh, April 27 Jaiparkash, owner of Bansal Cloth Emporium, SCO 47, Sector 15, told the police that thieves gained access from the rear of his shop and decamped with Rs 1.75 lakh. The theft was detected this morning when he came to his shop and found the back door open. Besides, a mobile phone handset had also been missing, he told the police. The police believed that it could be the handiwork of at least two persons. Later in the day, acting on a tip-off, the police arrested Rahul Sharma, a resident of Naya Gaon, and recovered the mobile set that was stolen from the shop. However, the other accused managed to flee. The police said the absconding accused was a native of Bihar. The police said he had the cash stolen from the shop. The SHO of the Sector 11 police station inspector Sukhbir Rana told TNS that an eyewitness recognised the thieves and hinted the police. The police obtained their address and raids were on to arrest the second accused.
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Auto drivers on looting spree arrested
Chandigarh, April 27 The police said the accused targeted two passengers late last night but landed in police net when the PCR staff on duty heard cries of one of the victims. They gave a chase to their auto-rickshaw and nabbed them. The accused have been identified Abhinandan (35) of Majri Chowk, Panchkula, and Sushil and Surinder, both of Hallo Majra. The police said the accused used to rob lone passengers travelling in late night hours. They used hit the victims with a jack to loot them. The trio first targeted Rakesh Kumar, a resident of Sector 30, who had hired an auto-rickshaw from Zirakpur. At around 10.30 pm when Rakesh got off the vehicle at the Tribune Chowk, the accused threatened him and asked him to give whatever he had. They snatched his wallet and a mobile phone. Rakesh reported the incident to the police. At around midnight, the accused spotted their target in Daria village. There they robbed Sunil Kumar in similar fashion. They stopped the auto-rickshaw near a liquor vend and threatened him. They allegedly hit him with the jack and robbed him of his belongings. Sunil raised an alarm and PCR men deployed at a distance came to his rescue. They chased and nabbed the accused from Daria village. The accused were produced before a local court which remanded them in one-day police custody in a snatching incident while they were remanded in judicial custody in a robbery incident. Abhinandan and Sushil hail from Bihar while Surinder belong to Kaithal.
Cops rewarded
The UT Inspector-General of Police today rewarded four PCR personnel, including head constables Surinder Singh and Sukhwinder Singh, constable Jasbir Singh and home guard volunteer Pardeep Kumar for arresting four accused involved in an Arms Act case. Similarly, head constable Naresh Kumar, constables Rajwant Singh and Dilbar Singh and home guard volunteer Krishan Kumar of the PCR wing were rewarded for seizing a stolen vehicle after its occupants fled leaving it behind seeing a police party.
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Another suspect held for murder
Panchkula, April 27 Liquor contractor Vijay Kumar, who was arrested by the police in Bhiwani, was remanded in police custody till April 30. Five other accused have already been arrested for murdering Gurmail and injuring his brother in a case registered against them at the Raipur Rani police station. Gurmail was admitted to the PGI after the liquor contractor assaulted him with a sharp-edged weapon. Following this, his brother Balkrishan was allegedly thrashed by an ASI and three other policemen present at the Raipur Rani police station on the intervening night of April 19 and 20. Gurmail succumbed to his injuries at the PGI. Hundreds of residents of Ratte wali village had blocked the Panchkula-Barwala National Highway No. 73 on April 23 for the alleged police excesses. The dharna was lifted only after senior officers of the district administration and the police assured them of action against erring police officials within three days.
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Manav Mangal Tennis Tourney
Mohali, April 27 While in the boys’ under-12 section, top seed Karandeep Singh of Punjab along with Param Pun and Nihit Rawal (both from Chandigarh) moved into the quarterfinals, the under-14 age group saw Jotpal Singh, Tegbir Singh Hara, Dalwinder Singh, Raghav Talwar, Dheeranush Bhatti, Shrey Gupta and Karandeep in the round. In girls under 12 section, top seed Soumya Saxena, second seed Nimrit Walia, third seed Seerat Sidhu and fourth seed Neelanchal moved to next round of eight. In the girls under-14 event, Ayna Arora overpowered Manjot Kaur while the other winners in the category were Pooja Mourya, Nimrat Walia, Soumya Saxena, Gayatri Kumarni, Neamat Aulakh and Krishama Mehta. The quaterfinals will start at 8.30 am tomorrow. The results are as under: Boys under-12 (pre quatefinals): Karandeep Singh (Pb) beat Chinmay Chouhan (Del) 4-0, 4-0; Karan Garg (Chd) beat Rishi Khirwar (Pb) 5-3, 4-1; Sabrang Sandal (Chd) beat Sagar Bains (Chd) 4-2, 5-3; Paramveer Singh (Pb) beat Aankush Nagpal (Chd) 4-2, 4-2; Nihit Rawal (Chd) beat Utkarsh Bhardwaj (UK) 4-2, 5-4; Parmeet Deol (Chd) beat Chaitanya Chouhan (Del) 4-1, 5-4; Gurjot Singh (Pb) beat Gaurav Seth (Chd) 4-0, 4-0; Param Pun (Chd) beat Sidharth Basnet (Chd) 4-0, 4-1. Under-14: Jotpal Singh (Pb) beat Ankit Parasrampuria (Raj) 4-1, 4-1; Param Pun (Chd) beat Pranay Jaipuria (Raj) 4-2, 4-1; Tegbir Hara (Pb) beat Sultan Singh (Pb) 4-1, 5-3; Dalwinder Singh (Pb) beat Santbir Singh (Chd) 3-5, 4-1, 4-0; Abhijeet Singh (Chd) beat Shrey Gupta (Hr) 4-2, 4-0; Raghav Talwar (Chd) beat Manjot Singh (Chd) 4-0, 4-0; Karandeep Singh (Pb) beat Rahul Seth (Chd) 4-1, 3-4, 4-1; Dheeranush Bhatti (Chd) beat Sidharth Kapoor (Chd) 4-1, 4-0.
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Markan Trophy
Mohali, April 27 With the total of 211 for 5 at the end of the second day play, Patiala is just 58 runs behind, having five wickets in hand to get the first innings lead. Earlier, resuming from their yesterday’s total of 241 for 7, the Chandigarh team could add just 28 runs to put on 269 all out in 129.4 overs. Overnight batsman Arpit Singh remained unbeaten at 17 while Karan Kaila, who had bagged two wickets yesterday, added two more wickets of Aditya Shukla (0) and Nawansh (6) in his tally. In reply, Patiala opened their account on a poor note by losing opener Manpreet Singh, when the scoreboard was showing the team’s total as 19 in 8.4 overs. The other opener Harkirat (35) was then joined by Anmolpreet and the duo put on 46 runs for the second wicket. After them, Sagar Kumar and Prabhjot Singh (44) took the charge and put up a fighting 77 runs for the fourth wicket. Aditya Sinha broke the partnership, taking the wicket of Probhjot Singh at the team’s total 142. Sagar Kumar and Viren Rehal held their nerves and stitched an unbeaten partnership of 60 runs for the sixth wicket at the close of play. — TNS
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Billiards, Snooker Championship
Chandigarh, April 27 In the nail-biting encounter, which was extended five frames, finally Pradeep managed to overcome Arif by 3-2 (48-39, 68-68, 42-71, 48-62, 64-34). Initially, Arif, a senior player, was not in his touch. After down with two frames, he made break of 29 in the third and 22 and 17 in the fourth frame to win them. In the deciding one, Pradeep made a break of 23 to win the game. In another senior snooker match Chetan outclassed Nikhil 3-0 (54-33, 60-26, 60-18). The cueist Chetan put up good show with small breaks of 22, 24 and 18 in the frames and won easily against Nikhil. In the junior snooker Rishab Gupta was seen in good touch as he outplayed Yatin in straight sets 2-0 (64-9, 75-31). In the senior billiards fourth seed Amit Verma got the better of Rahul Garg 2-0 (100-98, 101-90) while in the junior billiards round, Ajay Jain easily overpowered Rishab Gupta 2-0 (75-17, 75-53). In the sub junior snooker Ankit Kapoor beat Garyson 2-0 (59-32,69-38) while Rishab Dhamija defeated Manjot 2-1 (29-60, 42-26, 62-15). |
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Fate of TL Verma to be decided today
Chandigarh, April 27 Verma, who had secured maximum votes for the member of governing council, has been charged with violation of the code of conduct by throwing a liquor party at Chandigarh Club on April 3. A complaint in this regard was made the next day. Re-elected president BS Gill said that the standing committee was scheduled to meet tomorrow to take decision on the issue. — TNS
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Training Programme
Chandigarh, April 27 Though UT Sports Secretary claimed that the tour would certainly be on after completion of certain formalities, both players and some UT sports officials said they were doubtful whether the German football club with which the local administration had a tie- up, would give them fresh dates. As per the current schedule, the training session is slated to begin from May 6 and last until May 26. However, the team is unlikely to be able to meet the schedule now. As of now, neither the officials nor the players have been provided with any information regarding the programme. "We do not know whether or not the team would go to Germany or not, even if so, we do not know when? Nobody has told us anything about the programme even though hardly 10 days are left", complained the players while requesting anonymity at the academy. Even the senior officials preferred to remain tight-lipped on the issue. However, unofficial sources stated that some of the top brass of the administration were of the view that foreign trips that cost the authorities a hefty amount of money, had failed to yield the desired results and thus the trips were cancelled last year. They also pointed out that there was a clash of interests amongst some top sports authorities regarding foreign trips. Asked for his comments, Finance Secretary Sanjay Kumar said, "This was not the case, but certainly, the authorities would be assessing what improvements did these trips bring in players' performances." Yet Kumar also went on to say that the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland leading to disruption of flights across Europe was the reason behind the delay in decision.
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Satish Bhatia re-appointed UT sports body member
Bhatia was crowned the national champion in 1969 by defeating Asian Champion Dinesh Khanna. He is the only player from the country to have extended Rudi Hartono from Indonesia, who has been nine times world champion. |
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