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Trickster dupes man of lakhs
Tribune News Service

Fatehgarh Sahib, May 31
A trickster took away a bag containing lakhs from the car of a local businessman, who had parked his vehicle in front of a stationery shop to exchange biscuits, on the Amloh road here this afternoon.

The businessman, Satnam Singh, carrying the bag, was on way to his office. He was sitting in the rear.

He told his driver to get the biscuits exchanged from the shop. A passerby told him to look at the oil leaking from the car.

As soon as the driver and the businessman opened the bonnet and checked the engine, an unidentified man took away the bag.

The businessman raised the alarm and searched for the man, but to no avail. The police was informed and senior police officers reached the spot.

A description of the man was noted down by the police and a search was on to nab him. The police failed to find any clue so far.

Police officials investigating the matter disclosed in the morning that the amount was nearly Rs 16 lakh, but said in the evening that the amount had not been disclosed yet.

The police registered a case in this connection. The amount was not mentioned in the copy of the FIR.

Patiala, May 31
Black Elephant Cricket Club (BECC) defeated APJ SS Kharar by eight wickets during the final match of the 10th Hot Weather U-14 Cricket Tournament to lift the trophy on Black Elephant Cricket Club ground.

Kharar team were all out at 177 in 32.2 overs. Yash 57, Sahil 33 and Karamjot 42 (not out) were the

main scorers for Kharar team. Atul of BECC took five wickets for 21 runs and he was well supported by Ashish Karki who claimed two wickets for 30 runs.

The hosts achieved the target in 33.4 overs after loosing just two wickets. Naman 40, Harmik Singh 61, Anmol 31 (not out) and Atul (29 not out) were the main scorers for the BECC side.

Best bowler of the tournament was Ashish Karki and Nav Karan was declared the best wicket taker.

Brief Scores:

APJS Kharar: 177 all out in 32.2 overs (Yash 57, Sahil-33, Karmajot 44 not out, Atul 5 for 21, Ashish Karki 2 for 30, Kanwar Singh Waraich 1 for 33 and Gurtek Singh 1 for 24).

BECC Patiala: 181 for 2 in 33.4 overs. (Namen 40, Harmik Singh 61, Anmol 39 not out and Atul 29 not out).

Kalka, May 31
Fed up with the post-mortem/casualty duties, PG/diploma holders, specialists, including eye surgeons, orthopedicans and ENT specialists have either resigned from the duty or have gone on deputation or long leave at the Kalka CHC.

As a result, hundreds of patients, who come from far off places to the hospital, are suffering daily.

Patients alleged that they have been facing inconvenience due to the non-availability of doctors in the hospital. The sources confirmed that out of three specialists, one has gone on leave for three months, eye surgeon has gone on deputation to a hospital in Panchkula, Sector 6, and one has resigned from the duty.

The hospital is in dire need of an emergency medical officer (EMO), the sources added. Due to EMOs shortage, the hospital has been putting specialists on post-mortem/casualty duty.

Notably, despite directives, the director general, health services, Haryana, and the financial commissioner and principal secretary to government, Haryana, Health Department, specialists in Community Health Centre, Kalka, were posted as casualty medical officer.

Sources in the hospital said the finance commissioner and principal secretary to Haryana government, health department, had issued a letter to all civil surgeons/PMOs/medical superintendents of Haryana on May 19, 2009, regarding optimum utilisation of specialists, medical officers in the hospital.

The letter also interpreted that it had come to notice that medical officers, PG/Diploma holders were being put on post-mortem/casualty duty and other miscellaneous duties in the hospitals and they were not being given an opportunity to do OPD/IPD in their respective specialty.

The letter also directed SMOs of the hospital to ensure that specialists, who could render specialist services, were not detailed for post-mortem/casualty duty and other miscellaneous duties.

The sources said on September 29, 2009, the director general, health services, Haryana, issued a letter and on January 28, 2010, a reminder regarding the violation of directives was also served upon the hospital. But in Kalka CHC, the specialists were still posted as casualty medical officers by the hospital administration, and were also deputed on special duties in sub-centres, in outreach camps and on VIP duties.

A special drive has already been launched to recruit medical officers having diploma/PG qualifications to facilitate the patients.

Kalka, May 31
Irked over the police inaction in an accidental case in which a 30-year-old died, hundreds of people of the Bangala community (slum dwellers) today blocked the National Highway-22, Gandhi Chowk, Kalka, for more than one hour.

According to sources, the accident occurred on Sunday night on the NH-22 in which a recklessly driven tanker hit a pedestrian Prema, who died on the spot.

The residents, of the Preet Nagar Bangala Basti adjacent to the Kalka Railway Station, alleged that after the accident, the body was lying on the road. The police delayed to reach the spot and also failed to register a case. Subsequently, due to the police inaction they blocked the Kalka-Shimla Highway this morning, which disrupted the traffic for more than one hour.

The traffic was resumed only with the intervention of the Kalka SDM. According to the police, on a complaint of Nachhtro, wife of the deceased, a case was registered at 1:30 am and the truck driver Vishal, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, has been arrested. 

Chandigarh, May 31
Chief judicial magistrate JS Sidhu awarded one-year imprisonment to a truck driver for killing a cyclist in a road accident.Bachan has also been asked to deposit a fine of Rs 2,500 by the court.

According to prosecution, on June 15, 2004, Bachan was driving a tipper when he hit a cyclist near Sukhna petrol pump in Sector 28.

While the driver fled the scene leaving his vehicle behind, the cyclist succumbed to his injuries. Later, the local police arrested Bachan and booked him under Sections 304 and 279 of the IPC.

Chandigarh, May 31
Patiala outclassed Chandigarh by one wicket to move into the final of Punjab State Inter District U-22 Tournament at Dhruv Pandove Stadium in Patiala.The second finalist, Ludhiana, defeated Jalandhar on the basis of first innings lead in the semifinal at Jalandhar.

In the first semifinal, the match was almost in favour of Chandigarh when Patiala came back strongly from behind with the help of 196 by Hiamnshu Chawla and surprised Chandigarh by chasing down a huge total of 504. They were at 252 for 5 when the third day play was over yesterday.

Overnight batsmen Himanshu Chawla and Amrinder took the score to 278 before Amrinder was stumped by Simrat Bawa off Anil Sihag for 14.

Chawla and Perry Goel stitched a vital partnership of 125 runs for the seventh wicket. Goel chipped in 59 off 84 balls before being trapped in front of wickets by Sihag. Patiala lads were at 403 for 7, exactly 100 runs away from the win.

Chawla was joined by Vicky Sharma and the duo added 34 runs for the eighth wicket. At this stage, Patiala needed 67 runs with just two wickets in hand. Mohit Mohindra, along with Chawla, got their act together and the two took the total to 503 just two runs away from the victory. At this stage, it came as a jolt to Patiala with Chawla losing his wicket off Anshul Tripathi. Chawla was just four runs short of his double century and his team two runs away from the victory. During his marathon innings, Chawla remained at the crease for 499 minutes and hit 23 boundaries and one towering six.

After Chawla’s dismissal, Mohindra hit Tripathi for a boundary to clinch the win for Patiala.

Anshul Tripathi (3 for 147), Anil Sihag (2 for 98) and Gurinder Singh (2 for 169) were the successful bowlers for Chandigarh.

In the second semifinal played at Jalandhar, Ludhiana defeated Jalandhar to set up a title clash with Patiala.

Brief scores:

Chandigarh (first innings): 504 all out in 196.4 overs.

Patiala (first innings): 507 for 9 in 177.4 overs (Himanshu Chawla 196, Jeevajot 75, Perry Goel 59, Kunwar Raina 49, Mohit Mohindra 36 n o, Anshul Tripathi 3 for 147, Anil Sihag 2 for 98 and Gurinder Singh 2 for 169).

Brief scores:

Ludhiana (first innings): 451 all out in 158.3 overs.

Jalandhar (first innings): 421 all out in 119 overs.

Ludhiana (second innings): 305 for 7 in 83 overs (Sunny Pandey 108, Gitansh Khera 109, Deepak Bansal 44, Yogesh Kumar 3 for 95, Himanshu 2 for 3 and Robin Singh 1 for 12).

Chandigarh, May 31
Buoyed by three goals through Gaurav, the Rock Rovers beat star studded ONGC by 4-2 in the six-a-side Dharam Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament being played at the Hockey Stadium, Sector 18, here today.

The first half went barren. But in the second half, the Rock Rovers took lead in the 20th minute through Gaurav, who in the next minute bulged the lead to 2-0 through an excellent pass from Davinder.

In the 24th minute, the ONGC reduced the margin through Arun, but the efforts of Gurdeep Junior bore fruit for Rovers, when he bulged the net in the 27th minute. Gaurav again struck in the 28th minute to make the score 4-1. In the last minute of the match, Dharmendra made it 4-2.

Gurdeep Junior was declared man of the match.

In the second match of the day, BPCL drubbed CISF by 13-6. Jarnail Singh and Karnail Singh pumped in five goals each during the course,while Sher Singh, Irshad Ali and Prabhdeep contributed one goal each.

At the half time, the score was 7-3 in favour of the BPCL. For CISF, Cyrril Ekka scored five goals, whereas Harish struck one goal.

Tomorrow’s matches:

Match 1: Namdhari vs CISF at 7 pm

Match 2: RCF vs Rock Rovers at 8 pm

Chandigarh, May 31
In a bid to achieve good results in the 47th Junior Football National Championship for Dr BC Roy Trophy (U-19), the local soccer authorities have made their players to toil hard in a month-long preparatory camp at the Football Stadium, Sector 17, here.

Perhaps, this is for the first time that the camp, which is on the verge of culmination, was stretched for a month. Earlier, it used to be held for a week or maximum for 10 days.

“The immediate target for holding a month-long camp is to qualify for the pool,” said coach Tajinder Kumar under whose supervision all preparations during the camp were done. Tajinder had also captained the Indian football team and presently is senior coach of the Chandigarh Sports Council in the state-run Chandigarh Football Academy.

“I am satisfied with the training schedule of the camp where the players used to undergo special skill and endurance training in two sessions a day. We have developed a team spirit among the probables here. I hope this time we will not only qualify for a pool but also be able to do good after that,” said Tajinder.

Notably out of total 22 probables, there are as many as 14 players from the Chandigarh Football Academy. Out of these 14 players from the state-run academy, 12 were also a part of the school national team, which had won gold in the National Games.

The selection of final 20 will take place in a day or two. The tournament will kick off from June 5 at Kolkata where the Chandigarh team will play their opening match against Gujarat.