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Attar Singh
Tribune News Service

Kalka, June 19
The Kalka-Pinjore level crossing on the National Highway-22, which witnesses thousands of vehicles every day, is in dire need of an underpass.

The stretch has become a major traffic bottleneck on the highway. Traffic chaos begins as early as morning and the situations remains the same throughout the day. Things aggravate in the evening rush hour.

Long queues of stranded vehicles put motorists, especially students and patients, to inconvenience.

Ashok Bansal, a local hotel owner, feels the NHAI authorities should take a serious note of the rush on the highway. The only viable solution to cope with the frequent snarl-ups is the construction of an underpass, as hundreds of commuters and passengers remain stranded during the closing of the crossing.

Railway sources say the level crossing remains closed at least 24 times a day for the passage of trains, eating into over four hours of valuable time of road users who remain stranded there, causing traffic disruption on the Chandigarh-Shimla National Highway.

Experts in the railways’ engineering department say an underpass can be constructed on the lines of one being built near Mansa Devi Temple, Mani Majra.

They feel there is an ample space on both sides of the Kalka-Pinjore level crossing for water to flow naturally. This will also prove cheaper in comparison to the construction cost of a flyover.

According to a government survey, over 30,000 vehicles pass the national highway daily.

Residents of Kalka and Pinjore along with commuters have urged the central and state governments, besides the NHAI, to construct an underpass on a priority basis.

Chandigarh, June 19
Placing false evidence before the court in a civil case has landed litigants in a soup.

Taking note of the false affidavit presented as evidence before the court of Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Sunil Kumar, the judge has filed a complaint against Amrita Batra, her son and husband Neeraj Batra and Naresh Batra, respectively, under Section 340 of the Cr.PC.

The court has requested the chief judicial magistrate to initiate proceedings against the three accused under Sections 191, 193, 199, 200, 209 and 120-B of the IPC. The case has been adjourned till August 30.

The court stated that Dr Mahesh Batra and the accused in this case are co-owners of a shop-cum-office in Sector 17. The accused had filed a civil suit stating that a fabricated lease agreement of the property was signed by Dr Mahesh Batra with late Col AB Singh on July 26, 1999.

Naresh Batra is the chairman-cum-managing director of Batra Theatre in Sector 37.

The case was filed against Dr Mahesh Batra by Amrita Batra and others. She had also moved an application under the Order 39 Rule 1 and 2 of the CPC for grant of injunction against Dr Mahesh and Col AB Singh for restraining them from implementing and to act upon the said agreement on July 3, 1999. A status quo was imposed on the property by the court on July 9, 1999, which was allegedly violated by Col AB Singh. Amrita alleged that Col AB Singh had engaged his labour, employees and agents and had started tampering with fittings and fixtures.

In a false affidavit submitted by Amrita on July 21, 2004, it was alleged that Col AB Singh was not in possession of the property at that time. Later, they took false plea of delivery of possession on June 22, 1999.

Filing a complaint against Amrita and others the court said, “After conducting a through inquiry this court is convinced that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the accused persons had filed false application along with affidavit in this court and tendered false evidence. The accused persons had used a declaration containing false information fully knowing the same to be false.” The court held that although the affidavit, declarations were made by Neeraj Batra through his guardian but he continued to make Dr Mahesh Batra face the trial for several years.

Chandigarh, June 15
A woman identified as Asha, a resident of Sector 56, was arrested after 6-kg ganja was recovered from her possession. According to the police, she was arrested from a road separating Sector 55 and Sector 56. A case under Section 20 of the NDPS Act has been registered at Sector 39 police station.

INJURED: Silva, a resident of Sector-26, in a complaint lodged with the police yesterday alleged that a car bearing registration number CH-04B-3841 hit his scooter (PB65A-6665) on the Ambala Road. He had sustained injuries in the accident and was admitted to the GMCH, Sector 32. Silva has identified the car drive as Vishal Gupta, a resident of Sector 69. A case under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC has been registered at Sector 34 police station in this regard.

CAR STOLEN: Mahesh Gupta, a resident of Sector 23, has in a complaint lodged with the police alleged that an unidentified person had stolen his car (CH-01Q-7966) from his house on the intervening night of June 17 and 18. A case has been registered in this regard.

DOWRY: A case has been registered against Raja Abrol, a resident of Sector 67, Mohali, for harassing his wife Sweta and demanding more dowry. The case was registered on a complaint of Sweta, a resident of Sector 44, who alleged that her husband used to threaten and pressurize her for bringing more dowry. 

Chandigarh, June 19
The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) drubbed Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVNL) by 36-8 to take the champions trophy in the final of the PSCB Inter-CPSU Kabaddi Tournament, 2010, which concluded at the Sports Complex, Sector 42, here today.

The BBMB in the final match never allowed the SJVNL to settle down and defeated their opponent by 36-08. National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) defeated Powergrid by 48-14 to take the third position.

Earlier, in the first semifinal held today, the BBMB defeated Powergrid by 47-21, while in the second semifinal, SJVNL defeated NHPC by 32-27 to enter the final.

BBMB captain Surinder Singh was adjudged as the best player, whereas Rajiv of NHPC and Balwant Singh of SJVNL were adjudged as the best catcher and raider, respectively.

SC Singh gave away the trophies to the winning teams.

Chandigarh, June 19
The Stepping Stones Cricket Academy (SSCA) and DP Azad Cricket Academy (DPACA) have reached the final of the Stepping Stones Cricket Trophy here today.

In the first semifinal match, hosts Stepping Stones Cricket Academy defeated Nics XI, Patiala, by nine wickets.

Batting first, Nics XI, Patiala, restricted Patiala team on a total of 100 runs in the stipulated 30 overs with the help of a fine bowling spell by Hardik Chaudhry (four for 13).

From Patiala side, Aman remained not out on 32, whereas Lovedeep could manage to get 21 runs.

Chasing the target, batsmen of the hosts team, Hardik Chaudhry (48) and Ishan (29) built a 91-run partnership to take the Stepping Stones Cricket Academy to victory.

Hardik Chaudhry for his performance with ball and bat was declared man of the match.

In the second semifinal of the day, DP Azad Cricket Academy (DPACA) defeated GNPS & CCA by seven wickets.

Batting first, GNPS & CCA were all out for 155 runs. Harinder top scored with 43 runs.

In reply, the DPACA reached the target in 28.3 overs with the help of unbeaten knock of 65 runs by Akash.

Brief score (Match I):

Nics XI: 100 all out (Aman 32 n.o, Harshdeep 10, Lovedeep 21; Hardik 4/13, Deepanshu 2/9, Aditiya 1/16).

Stepping Stones: 102 for 1 in 19 overs (Hardik 48 n.o, Ishan 29 n.o, Nikhil 10).

Brief score (Match II):

GNPS & CCA: 155 all out (Harinder 43, Aswinder 24, Simarjeet 21, Mandeep 19; Saksham 3/35, Parminder 2/24).

DPACA: 159 for 3 in 28.3 overs (Akash 65 n.o, Saksham 26, Uday 13; Ubaid Abadullah 2/19).

Chandigarh, June 19
The Chandigarh Golf Club Academy has opened its doors to kids in the age group of 8-16 years for a five-day EGTF junior golf camp to be held here from June 21 to 25.