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55,000 hectares in kandi area to be denotified
Ropar, August 16 Forest minister Tikshan Sud stated this during the district-level Independence Day celebrations held here. He said the de-notification would mean that the farmers could till the land they had owned for years, but could not work on it due to the Act. Sud said the forest department would plant 1.3 crore saplings to increase the green cover in the state. “Efforts are being made to undertake plantation at a large level and ensure that the state remains capped with green canopies,” he said. To encourage the industry in the state, the government had so far given capital assistance worth Rs 450 crore and by year-end, Rs 50 crore more would be distributed. Also to ensure transparent and expeditious land revenue record work, the government had undertaken computerisation of land mutation centres. All tehsils and sub-tehsils in the state would have 155 computerised centres at a cost of Rs 10 crore by March next year, he said. A Naval academy was expected to come up on 25 acres to train the youth for job opportunities in the Navy and the Merchant Navy. Besides, the government had acquired land for the Naina Devi ropeway project.
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Construction near Jharmal choe causes flood in fields
Dera Bassi, August 16 Farmers of Chaundheri village alleged that flood was caused due to the construction work by Panacea biotec on the bed of Jharmal choe. They said the construction on the bed of choe had also caused flood in their fields and damaged the crops a few days ago. Now, the choe had again flooded their crops due to the obstacle in water flow caused by construction on choe. Former sarpanch and village farmer Harichand and Randheer Singh said they had been suffering due to flood water from the choe for the past several years, but concerned department’s callous attitude was the reason for flood. The company management denied the charges of farmers and didn’t comment on the issue. Meanwhile, Kuljit Singh, SDO drainage department, said the department had removed illegal construction from the bed of choe to some extent and more obstacles caused by the illegal construction would also be removed soon .
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Infant dies as hospital fails to provide ambulance
Ambala, August 16 According to information, Raman Kumar, a resident of Badhouli village, brought his son Aniket to the hospital as he was suffering from stomach pain. The doctor on duty examined him and referred him to the PGI, Chandigarh, following his serious condition. Raman met the in-charge of the ambulance and requested him to provide a free ambulance for the PGI as he was a BPL card holder. The hospital authority, however, refused to provide him ambulance free of cost as there was no stamp on the BPL card. Raman repeatedly requested the hospital authority, but they did not pay heed to his pleas. In the meantime the child died in the hospital. Raman protested against the attitude of the hospital authority. Civil surgeon Narender Choudhary persuaded Raman and provided him an ambulance to transport the body to his village. It is to be mentioned that city civil hospital has around half a dozen ambulance vans. The parents of the deceased said that they would take up the matter with deputy commissioner.
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Ritu Bahri sworn in as HC judge
Chandigarh, August 16 At a ceremony attended by sitting and retired judges of the high court, bureaucrats, relatives and 500 advocates, the judge swore to "bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established". The ceremony started with the registrar-general reading out the warrants of appointment. Hailing from Jalandhar, Ritu belongs to a family of lawyers. Her great grandfather was an advocate at Lahore, while her grandfather senior lawyer Som Dutt Bahri was a renowned advocate of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Her father Justice Amrit Lal Bahri was a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court here- May 4, 1988, to October 26, 1994. Presently, he is president of permanent lok adalat in the high court. Even after her elevation, the shortage of judges in the high court continues. With her elevation the number of judges in the high court will go up to 47, against sanctioned strength of 68. As a result of the shortage, the high court is currently reeling under a pendency of more than 2 lakh cases.
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Phase III of Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park Govt directives on land acquisition being flouted Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 16 The direction to file an affidavit by the Division Bench of Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Augustine George Masih was issued after Assistant Solicitor-General Dr Anmol Rattan Sidhu and Central government’s senior standing counsel Sanjay Joshi once again apprised the court of the special audit report on a bunch of a petitions filed by some farmers against the development of Phase III. The special audit conducted by the MHA had earlier stated that in case UT planned to initiate acquisition, it must first approach the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The administration and the MHA had taken different stands on the issue. The former had been defending the acquisition of 272 acres under phase III while the MHA, in its special audit report, had termed it completely unjustified. The MHA had insisted that since a huge chunk of plots was lying vacant at phases I and II, more acquisition was uncalled for. “The acquistion of land should reflect the actual need for taking up the process and not just acquiring land for the sake of acquiring. The audit has noticed that the UT had started the procedure for allotting land to certain companies even before receiving a request for it,” the audit report prepared by the Chief Controller of Accounts stated. The report had even stated that the keenness of the UT authorities to acquire land from farmers and allocate it to businesses without going through the prescribed procedure had put a question mark on their intention. “There is no uniformity of rates, procedures or policy in allotting land to various beneficiaries. The administration, while handling government assets, needs to exercise some care in disposing it. The safeguard of assets is one of its responsibilities and the UT has miserably failed in this,” it had stated.
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Kotak Mahindra told to pay relief
Chandigarh, August 16 Ajay Singh, the complainant, stated that he took a loan of Rs 1,50,000 from Kotak and purchased an Alto car. The loan was to be repaid in 60 monthly instalments of Rs 3,050 to Kotak Mahindra and Punjab National Bank, where his account was maintained. He repaid the entire loan amount, along with interest, to Kotak. Kotak, however, didn’t issue an NOC to enable him to get the hypothecation removed from the registration certificate. He received a notice that he had not paid monthly instalments. The forum said it was clear that the complainant had paid all instalments and if there was any delay, it was due to the fault of the opposite party, for which no penalty or other charges could be claimed from the complainant.
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Driver held for hitting pedestrian
Chandigarh, August 16 The police said an unidentified woman was hit by the car (HR 51 AB 0054) driven by Heera Vallabh, a resident of Sector 28, while she was crossing the road dividing Sectors 7 and 19. She was rushed to the PGI with multiple injuries, where her condition is stated to be critical. Former home secretary Krishan Kumar was not sitting in the car at the time of the mishap. The police has arrested Vallabh after registering a case of causing injuries due to rash and negligent driving. Arrested
The police has arrested Naresh Kancha, a resident of Burail, while travelling on a stolen Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle (CH 03 N 8928) from Sector 45 on August 14. The motorcycle belonging to Chandi Parshad, a resident of Sector 45-A, was stolen from his residence on August 13. A case has been registered.
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K Krishnan, a resident of New Timber Market, Sector 26, reported to the police that someone had stolen his truck (TN 28 AF 5157) from Phase I, Industrial Area, on August 14. In another incident, Nirmal Singh, a resident of Sector 41-D, filed a complaint with the police that his scooter (CH 01 Y 2495) was stolen from Sector 43 on August 14. Two separate cases of thefts have been registered at different police stations.
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2 youths booked for chain snatching
Zirakpur, August 16 However, the case has been registered after the identification of the accused as Sukhwinder Singh and Moni, both are residents of Bapu Dham Colony, Chandigarh. According to Usha Rani, the incident took place around 5.45 am when she was on her way to home along with her daughter-in-law. As she reached near her house, two motorcycle-borne youths had asked her for some address. She said one of the youths snatched her gold chain from her neck. Though she raised the alarm, both of them managed to flee from the spot. 2 minors held for theft
Two minor boys were caught while stealing at a house in Harmilap Nagar, Baltana, late last evening. The accused were residents of Mauli Jagran Complex, Chandigarh. They were produced in a juvenile court, Mohali, from where they were sent to juvenile home in Ludhiana. According to the complainant, Pawan Kumar, a resident of Harmilap Nagar, when he and his brother returned from their offices they found that the lock of the main door was broken and the boys were ransacking almirahs. They immediately nabbed them and informed to the police. A case has been registered.
Immigration co. owner booked
Mohali: The police today booked the owner of Healthway Immigration Consultant for passing on a fake visa to an immigrant. The owner, Kuldeep Singh, along with a woman employee Monica, have been booked in a forgery case. A case has been registered on the complaint of Amandeep Kaur, a resident of Sector 71. The police said the complainant alleged that she had applied for study visa and gave Rs 1.2 lakh to the consultant company for visa. She sent her visa to the UK embassy for approval, but her passport was seized for 10 years as the accused had given fake visa to her. A case had been registered under Sections 406 and 420, IPC, against the accused.
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Farheen, Hassan shine in carrom
Chandigarh, August 16 The tourney was organised by the Chandigarh Carrom Association. The prizes were distributed by DP Azad, first Dronacharya awardee. Results: Boys sub-junior singles (semifinals): Arish bt Yiushu Sharma 21-00, 21-03, Talib bt Ankush Taneja 21-01, 11-13, 21- 00; final: Talib bt Arish 13-05, 14-04; boys junior (semifinal): Talib bt Arish 18-03, 10-15, 14-10. Hassan bt Shaquib 21-00, 21-07,05; final: Hassan bt Talib 21-05, 21-05. Men’s section semifinals: Hassan bt Raj Kumar 16-08, 21-07, Mobasshir bt Talib 09- 21, 17-07, 21-08; final: Hassan bt Mobasshir 21-06, 11-17. 13-12; girls; sub-junior singles (semifinals): Tuba bt Manu Gupta 19-04, 07-04, Priya Sharma bt Nidhi Gupta 12- 06, 10-05; final: Tuba bt Priya Sharma 15-05, 11-05. Girls section junior singles semifinals: Tuba bt Anjali 21-05, 18-09, Farheen bt Manu Gupta 21-00, 18-00; final: Farheen bt Tuba 14-15, 21-10, 21-01;women singles (semifinals): Tuba bt Anjali 19-07, 15-10, Farheen bt Manu Gupta 19-03, 03-11, 21-00; final: Farheen bt tuba 14-15, 21-10, 21-01.
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Foreign exposure valuable, says budding shuttler
Chandigarh, August 16 Two gold and one silver medals in international events, three national gold medals and seven state-level top honours corroborate the mettle of this teenager. Rupinder stole the limelight when he bagged two gold medals (singles and doubles) at the Slovak Cup in Slovakia in 2008. The same year, he won laurels by claiming silver in the 23rd International Badminton Youth Team Tournament for the Zentiva Cup in the Czech Republic, where he was also declared best player of the tournament. Continuing his winning spree, Rupinder was first in the National School Games (U-17) Championship at Pune this year. Before this, he had clinched top honours in CBSE School National (U-19) Championship at Mohali last year and the National School Games (U-14) Championship in 2008. Talking about exposure on foreign soil, Rupinder said, “Playing against foreign players abroad is a learning experience for budding players. When you finish champion at an international tournament abroad, it gives you tremendous confidence. Foreign exposure is very important for every player who wants to make it big,” he said. Rupinder bagged gold for the first time in 2004, at the age of nine, by winning the Punjab State Sub-Junior (U-10) Championship. After that, there was no looking back for him. In 2009, he emerged champion in three events (U-16 singles, U-16 doubles and U-19 doubles) of Chandigarh State Badminton Championship and finished on top in the Junior (U-19) All-India North Zone Team Championship in Chandigarh. A student of Shivalik Public School, Sector 41 here, he was disappointed that his fine showing had failed to attract a sponsor for him so far. “My father is an employee and finds it hard to afford the expenses on the game, which are increasing. Many a time, I have to spend from my own pocket to participate in tournaments. I am looking forward to some good companies sponsoring me so that I can pursue my sports career smoothly,” said Rupinder.
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Raghav takes Little Flower home
Panchkula, August 16 Batting first, Little Flower team could muster only 95 runs in 24.4 overs. Opener Sagar Sachdeva showed some resistance with his 29-run innings and he was supported by Aishal Chaudhary, who chipped in 14 runs. Successful bowlers for Baptist team were Chatenjit Singh and Gagan Deep, who claimed two wickets each. The easy target of 95 runs was made difficult by spinner Raghav, who ripped apart the batting line-up of the rivals with his deadly spell. Baptist team’s Munish Verma (15) showed some resistance otherwise all other batsmen could not even touch the double figure except Ayush (10). Raghav, who was declared man of the match later, claimed five wickets, conceding 20 runs in the course. Baptist team were packed at 94 in 17.4 overs. Score: LFCA, Pkl: 95 all out in 24.4 overs (Sagar Sachdeva 29, Aishal Manchanda 14, Ankur Chaudhary 10, Gagan Deep 2 for 10 and Chetanjeet Singh 2 for 5). Chandigarh Baptist Academy: 94 all out in 17.4 overs (Munish Verma 15, Ayush Sharma 10, Raghav Goyal 5 for 20 and Aishal Manchanda 2 for 11).
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Circle kabaddi matches from Sept 7
Chandigarh, August 16 Stating this to the media here on Saturday, JP Sharma, general secretary of the federation, said the first exhibition match of the series would be held at Sujanpur in Hamirpur (HP) on September 7. He said a total of 15 matches would be held at various cities of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. He said Punjab would host eight matches, Haryana would host four matches, Himachal Pradesh would host two matches, whereas the final match of the series would be played in Chandigarh on September 30. He said venues of the matches were yet to be finalised, but plans were to hold matches in Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Samrala, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Mohali. He said two matches would be held at Jind and Sirsa in Haryana, while rest of the venues would be decided later. He said a cash prize of Rs 75,000 and Rs 50,000 would be awarded to winners and runners-up, respectively, after every match. He added that the winner would also be given a cash prize which was yet to be decided by the association.
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Dev Samaj eves annex title
Chandigarh, August 16 The championships in the senior section, junior section and sub-junior section concluded today at SGGS Senior Secondary School, Sector 35. In the 32nd junior championship, Government High School-46 emerged winners after beating SGGS-35 by three points in the girls section during the final match, while in the boys section, top honours went to SGGS, Sector 35, after the team drubbed DAV School Club, Sector 15, by one point. Results: Senior section (women) semifinals: Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, beat Government High School Club, Sector 38, by eight points. Second semifinals: Khalsa College Club, Sector 26, beat Unified Club by six points. Final: Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, beat Khalsa College Club, Sector 26, by six points. Senior section (men) semifinals: Chandigarh Kho-Kho Welfare Club beat MDAV Club, Sector 22, by four points. Second semifinals: PGGC Club, Sector 46, beat Unified Club by two points. Final: Chandigarh Kho-Kho Welfare Club beat PGGC Club, Sector 46, by three points. Junior section (girls) semifinals: Government High School, Sector 46, beat Dev Samaj School, Sector 21, by three points. Second semifinals: SGGS, Sector 35, beat GMSSS-44 by six points. Final: Government High School-46 beat SGGS-35 by three points. Junior section (boys) semifinals: DAV School Club, Sector 15, beat GSSS, Sector 45, by two points. Second semifinals: SGGS, Sector 35, beat GHS, Sector 38, by seven points. Final: SGGS, Sector 35, beat DAV School Club, Sector 15, by one point. Sub-junior (girls) semifinals: GMMS, Sector 46, beat Shishu Niketan Club, Sector 22, by one point. Second semifinals: GHS, Sector 46, beat Sharda Sarv Hitkari School, Sector 40, by two points. Final: GMS, Sector 46, beat GHS, Sector 46, Sub-junior (boys) semifinals: GMS, Sector 46, beat GSSS, Sector 45, by five points. second semifinals: SGGS, Sector 35, beat GMHS, Sector 22, by eight points. Final: GMS, Sector 46, beat SGGS, Sector 35, by one point.
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