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Rajpura, May 24
An international conference on EduMatics was inaugurated by Prof R Natarajan, former chairman of AICTE, Chitkara here on Saturday.He spoke about trends in integration of technology with education. The aim was to provide a platform for researchers, engineers and academicians to present their research results and development activities in education and computer technology.

Natarajan also released the inaugural issue of the journal of technology management for growing economies. — TNS

Kalka, May 24
With the rise in mercury, residents of Kalka, Pinjore have been plagued with water scarcity. Anguished over the acute-water shortage in Pinjore town for the past more than a month , the residents rued that the department of public health and the government of Haryana had not made proper arrangements for adequate water supply in the area , which was causing great inconvenience to them.

The residents of various wards in Pinjore told the Tribune that maximum area of the town was deprived of water in the scorching heat. They said that the worst hit areas were Shiv Colony, Rattpur Colony, Abdullapur, Model Town, Bhima Devi Colony, Vishawkarma Colony and Bitna Colony. They further said that the water level of the natural water sources like wells in Pinjore had gone down , which had led to acute-water shortage in the area. They also alleged that the water from the five tubewells situated on the Bitna road was also being sold, which was the main reason behind the low water-level of natural wells in Shiv Colony, Bintna Colony, Vishawkarma Colony, Chauna Chowk, Gurdwara Road . Meanwhile, the lower zone of old Pinjore was also facing the low-water level problem in the natural resources. The residents have urged the local administration to take a serious note of the problem.

On the other hand, the residents of several areas in Kalka are also in the same boat. The most affected area is Kurari Mohalla. Great resentment prevails among the residents here over the negligent attitude of the public health department for not making arrangements for a regular water supply. The residents have also threatened to stage dharna, in case of irregular water supply.

Kalka, May, 24
A team of Wildlife and Forest Department, Pinjore, on a tip off today recovered 39 panther skins from ‘Bhairon Ki Ser’ village adjoining Kalka.

RK Sharma , Divisional Wild Life Officer, told the Tribune that one of the wildlife guard received a call from a local resident of the same village that some of the migrants were drying the skins in the sun. A team of Wildlife And Forest Department headed by Inspector Jai Veer rushed to the spot and seized the skins.

The accused tried to manhandle the team. The Inspector of the team immediately informed the local police. With the intervention of the police, the skins were recovered, said Sharma. The police nabbed two of the accused and while 6 others fled from the spot. A case under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, has been registered against all the accused, who hail from Karnataka .

Sharma further told the Tribune that all 39 skins would be sent to the Laboratory of Forest Research Institute at Dehradun for confirmation of authenticity of all the skins. Accused Surjan and Vairmaila told the Tribune that the skins were pirated and were of bulls, cows and calves. They use to purchase skins from Jalandhar, Punjab, and by using chemical and paints they changed these skins into panther skin and sold them.

Bassi Pathana, May 24
The local unit of BJP in its meeting held here today strongly condemned the attack on its former district president Lal Chand Jindal at Mandi Gobindgarh town yesterday.Rajiv Singla, local president said the members passed a resolution for the immediate arrest of the culprits and threatened that if the police did not arrest them, the BJP would organise dharna at the district headquarters.

Rajesh Kumar Jindal, son of Lal Chand Jindal, former district president, had an altercation with his neighbour Devi Dayal Parasher, president, Brahmin Sabha, Punjab, over the issue of erecting tents on the street. After heated arguments they had a scuffle and in the melee Rajesh got injured and was admitted to civil hospital. The district unit of BJP immediately called a meeting and boycotted the function being organised by Devi Dyal.

The police had registered a case against Devi Dyal and his two sons Balram and Dishant. No arrest has been made.

Patiala, May 24
The DMW Cricket Club registered their second victory in a close match when they defeated National Institute Cricket Sports (NICS), Patiala, by just one run during a match that was played at YPS ground, Patiala.

Winning the toss and electing to bat first, DMW mustered a total of 176 in 34.2 overs. Tanish Gill (63) and Nikhil Mahajan (58) were the top scorers for DMW. NICS boys started their innings on a sound note with Mandeep hammering 80 runs with the help of nine boundaries.

He was well supported by Mayank (25) and Gagan (24), but other batsmen could not chase the target and missed it by just one run.

In another match, which concluded at the Black Elephant Cricket ground, APJSS, Kharar, defeated Cantt XI, Patiala, by nine wickets.

The Cantt XI, Patiala, won the toss and elected to bat first. The Cantt XI scored 167 for nine in 35 overs. APJSS achieved the target in just 18.1 overs after losing one wicket of Sahil (33), who opened the inning with Arpit.

Brief score I

DMW CC: 176 all out in 34.2 overs (Tanish Gill 63, Nikhil Mahajan 58, Mayank took 3 wickets for 33 runs, Akash 3 for 34 and Naman 1 for 24).

NICS: 175 all out in 35 overs (Mandeep 80, Mayank 25, Gagan 24, Ratnesh took 3 wickets for 35 runs, Parminder took 3 wickets for 12 runs).

Brief score II

Cantt XI: 167 for 9 in 35 over (Jashan 37, Royal Puri 25, Tejpreet Singh 23, Nitesh 16, Yash took 2 wickets for 39 runs, Sahil 2 for 41, Anish 1 for 22, Arpit 1 for 25 and Arjit 1 for 30).

APJSS: 168 for 1 in 18.1 over (Sahil 33, Arpit 62 not out, Yash 52 not out, Tejpreet took 1 wicket for 32 runs).

Chandigarh, May 24
A CBI court today sent sub-inspector Nirmal Singh to judicial custody. He will now have to appear in the court on June 7.Sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had arrested Nirmal yesterday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against the accused on a complaint of Subash Kumar, a resident of Sector 48. 

He had alleged that Nirmal had been demanding Rs 5,000 from him for dropping his name in the chargesheet in a case registered against him. Nirmal was caught at the police station where he had called the complainant to give him the money.

Nirmal had registered a case of assault and trespass on a complaint lodged by Rajinder Kaur of Sector 44 against Jasbir Singh, Jagga Singh and Subash Kumar on May 18.

Rajinder Kaur had a dispute with her brother and cousin over a house in which she was living. Subash Kumar was arrested and later released on bail. Nirmal Singh had allegedly told him that he would “dilute” the case and sought Rs 5,000 from him.

The owner of the house, Sant Vinod Singh, had bequeathed it to Rajinder Kaur, Jasbir Singh and Jagga Singh. Jasvir Singh and Jagga Singh allegedly made a power of attorney in the name of Subash Kumar, triggering a dispute.

A civil suit had been lodged in a local court. Subash Kumar had gone there on May 18 and an altercation followed.

Chandigarh, May 24
Seven years after a case was registered against them, head constable Janender Kumar and constable Jai Pal, who were allegedly involved in the escape of a convict, were acquitted by a local court here today. They had filed an appeal against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence passed by the then Judicial Magistrate. The duo had been convicted and sentenced to three-month imprisonment under Section 223 of the IPC.

A convict, serving sentence in Burail jail for dacoity and also facing murder and theft trials, had escaped from the police. The convict, Amit, alias Bengali, a resident of Kajheri, was taken to the PGI for treatment. The convict went to toilet and did not come out for a long time. When the cops went downstairs, they saw a small window at the rear of the toilet was open. The convict had climbed down a pipe and escaped.

While passing the verdict Additional District and Sessions Judge GC Garg observed: “It cannot be said that Janender and Jai were negligent in performing their duties. The accused, Amit, escaped from the toilet and nobody could think that the convict would escape this way. Benefit of doubt goes to the accused. The impugned judgment and order of sentence against the appellants is set aside and both the applicants are acquitted of the case.”

Panchkula, May 24
A head constable in the 37 Battalion of the ITBP, Ram Niwas, shot at and injured his 20-year-old daughter Sonia after he had an altercation with her over some issue.

The ITBP officials immediately rushed the victim to General Hospital, Sector 6, here, in an unconscious condition. However, the doctors refereed her to PGI, Chandigarh, after giving her first aid.

A case under Section 307 of the IPC has been registered against Ram Niwas at the Chandimandir police station on the complaint of an Assistant Commandant.

SHO Janghsher Singh said that during investigations the accused told the police that his daughter was injured as his service revolver went off accidentally during cleaning.

Singh said that the victim was still unconscious and would record her statement after she regained consciousness.

Panchkula, May 24
A newspaper hawker was attacked with sharp-edged weapons by six persons in Industrial Area, Phase-II, here this morning.

The injured, who has been identified as Gautam (24), a resident of Sector 33-B Chandigarh, said he was on his way to distribute newspapers on his Honda Activa scooter at 5.30 am when a few car borne persons attacked him in Industrial area. He received injuries on his hand, back and head.

The police said they had recorded the statement of Gautam and had started the investigation.

Gautam told the police that his friend Praveen had some heated arguments with some youths a few days ago and had tried to settle the matter but to no avail. He said these youths who came in an Alto car attacked him with swords and baseball bats.

He suspected that Rahul and Chahal, residents of Sector 20, and Khopa resident of Maheshpur who were involved in a brawl with his friends could be involved in the incident.

Chandigarh, May 24
The police arrested eight persons for trespassing and rioting at a showroom by breaking open its locks in Sector 30 here this morning.

The police said there was a dispute over the showroom and the matter was pending in a local court, which had ordered a status quo in this regard.

The SHO of the Industrial Area Police Station Inspector Dilsher Singh said the owner of the showroom Col JS Kang lodged a complaint alleging that Narinder Singh of Sector 29, along with his brother Sukhwinder Singh and others, including Rajinder Sharma, Sanjay Chauhan, Jatinder Sharma, Pardip Tewari, Ranjit Singh and Daya Baksh broke open the locks and entered into the disputed property.

The police reached and took both the parties to the police station where they again had an altercation. The police booked them under Sections 107 and 151 of the CrPC and booked Col Kang and Narinder’s mother Surjit Kaur under Sections 107 and 150 of the CrPC for creating ruckus.

Chandigarh, May 24
A two-day Pitch and Putt Golf Tournament will be played at British School in Sector 44-B here from May 29.According to sources, this is the first tournament that will be organised by the British School Junior Golf Academy and the competition is open to students of the tricity for which entry forms are available on the school premises as also at the Chandigarh Golf Club.

Entries will close on May 27. For more details contact 98155 54788.