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Patiala resident killed in accident
Rajpura, September 13 Three residents of Patiala were on their way towards Rajpura from Patiala when their car collided with a speeding tractor-trolley. The deceased had been identified as Guru Resham Singh while the injured were identified as Sukhwinder and Jaswider Singh. They were travelling in a Skoda car and were rushed to Rajpura civil hospital where one of them was declared dead. Police officials were informed about the accident who said action would be initiated against the tractor-trolley driver.
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Mazdoor union ends dharna
Kalka, September 13 The union staged the dharna to highlight its demands. Ashok Kumar, branch secretary of URMU, Dhoolkot-Shimla, said the Department of Railways used anti-employee policies. Preeta Ram, vice-president, BC Bhatt and Pawan Kumar flayed the government for encouraging contractual system. They urged the Department of Railways to fill the vacant posts at the earliest. Hundreds of railway employees took out a rally in Ambala Cantt. |
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Jaspreet pockets silver in shot put
Ambala, September 13 Though he stood second, he broke the national record. Total five records were shattered in the meet which was sponsored by the ONGC. The winners got a cash prize of Rs 10,000 each. The Haryana government honoured Jaspreet and gave him a cash prize of Rs 51,000.
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Experts dwell on crime against women
Ambala, September 13 Chief guest, Dr Manjula Sharma, professor, NIT, Kurukshetra, highlighted various cases of sexual harassment and accentuated how many of them go unreported. Dr Suman Gupta, professor, department of law, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, emphasised on various crimes against women from the legal point of view. Dr NP Mehta, pro-Vice-Chancellor, MM University, highlighted the occurrences of the cases of domestic violence. Dr Baldev Setia, principal, MMEC, introduced the chief guest and resource person. In his address, he appreciated the efforts of the organisers and urged the institution to have more such workshops. — OC
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Vishwas Public students shine
Ambala, September 13 Tushar, Taranjeet and Samridhi bagged gold medals, while Mokshdha, Simir and Manjeevan clinched silver medals.
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Contraband Seizure Case
Chandigarh, September 13 Prithi Singh, a retired assistant sub-inspector (ASI), confirmed this during his cross-examination in the contraband recovery case against accused Rani. The police had arrested the accused near Sector 24 on August 22, 2006. He stated that the accused, who was holding a bag, tried to turn away on seeing the police. On suspicion, a search was conducted on her by the police and six boxes containing 10 injections of Buprenorphine and Norophine, were seized. During cross-examination, the police officer admitted to having conducted physical search of the accused on the road in the presence of other police officials. He added that it was wrong to suggest that he had outraged the modesty of the accused by conducting a physical search and that he had conducted the search against the rules. The CrPC clearly stipulates that the physical search of any woman suspect has to be conducted by a woman police official. The defence lawyer said: “The police officer has outraged the modesty of the accused by conducting her physical search. They have completely ignored the provisions of the law and strict action should be taken against such erring police officials by the department.”
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2 booked for brawl at mall
Chandigarh, September 13 The police, on the other hand, claimed that it had conducted a fair probe into the matter and taken appropriate action against the accused, who had assaulted the security guards. The police arrested Sukhjit Singh, a Patiala-based property dealer, and his cousin Kulwinder Singh for causing hurt, criminal intimidation and common intention on a complaint lodged by Satish Kumar, a resident of Kishangarh village, who works as a security guard at the mall. The police said Satish sustained injuries in the assault. Sukhjit’s wife Preeti told the TNS that her husband suffered a head injury after being hit with an iron bar and had to receive stitches. She said she along with her husband and brother-in-law came out of the hall after watching a movie and accidentally went to a restricted area. A security guard caught hold of her from shoulder and pushed her back, while preventing her from going there. Offended by the behaviour of the guard, Sukhjit confronted him, which led to an argument. Other guards posted there joined their colleague and assaulted her husband. One of the guards hit her husband with an iron bar. Seeing commotion, people assembled at the scene and intervened. Preeti alleged that the police refused to receive her complaint. Suraj Mukhi Sharma, owner of a Sector 30-based advertisement agency, said he saw some security guards thrash a man, who was bleeding from his head. He called the police, which later arrived at the scene. The security guards and their manager removed the blood stained iron bar from the scene in the presence of the police, he claimed. Sharma, who took up the issue with the UT IGP, in his letter said: “The mall staff used everything in their power to manipulate the situation to their advantage. If such an incident can go unnoticed, these people can go to any extent to outrage the modesty of the common man.” The SHO said the accused were remanded in judicial custody. He refuted the allegations of acting in a biased manner, saying it was commonplace to hear such allegations against the police from the accused.
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Scorpio, Rs. 2.65 lakh stolen
Mohali, September 13 In the incident that took place at 4 pm, moments after Balwinder parked his vehicle
(PB 65 H 5169). No one noticed when the vehicle was driven away. Balwinder told The Tribune that few days ago he had bought a tractor. He had come to Mohali today to make the balance payment of Rs 2.65 lakh at a local bank. However, before going to the bank he came to PUDA office to enquire about an acquisition. Efforts to ascertain the identity of the burglars proved futile. The police has registered a case at the Phase VIII police station.
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Two killed in accidents
Chandigarh, September 13 Sources in the government railway police said while one of the victims had been identified as 26-year-old Vijay Kumar Pandey, who hails from Muzaffarpur in Uttar Pradesh, the identity of the other person, who appeared to be 26-28 years old, was yet to be ascertained. The first accident occurred in the morning while the second mishap took place late in the evening. Vijay was noticed lying severely wounded writhing in pain on the track by passersby, who informed the police. The police took the victim to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, where he later died. The police said the victim’s family had been informed about the incident. He was working as a labourer in a factory in Industrial Area, Phase II. The other accident came to light late in the evening and the police was investigating the matter till the filing of the report. Man assaulted
A group of persons thrashed a Dadu Majra Colony (DMC) resident in his locality last night. The victim, Suraj, a resident of DMC, filed a complaint with the police alleging that Tarsem, Vikas along with others had assaulted and threatened him in the colony on Sunday night. A case has been registered.
Vehicles stolen
Rama Kant, a resident of Sector 44, filed a complaint with the police alleging that his Maruti car (CH 01 Z 4933) was stolen from his house on September 8. In another incident, Dinesh Kumar, a resident of Naya Gaon, reported to the police that his motor cycle (PB 65 J 6227) was stolen from Sector 17 on September 10. Two cases of theft have been registered.
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Artistes were hired to threaten victim
Mohali, September 13 On the basis of the threat, the 64-year-old NRI was forced to give away Rs 3.25 lakh in form of cash and cheques. On August 21, the thugs had organised Meghna Naidu show at a Chandigarh-based club. Deepak and Himanshu, who are into organising stage shows, had used the artistes to threaten the NRI. Initially, both the thugs had posed as officials of reality firms who were looking for properties in Chandigarh and Gurgoan. Both the thugs nursed a grudge against Darshan Singh who had offered them an eight-marla house in Sector 46. But the NRI sold the property to someone else. The thugs not only deprived him of his cash, he was forcibly kept at Chandigarh for three days. Later when the NRI complained to the police, they issued a legal notice stating that Rs 8 lakh cheques issued to them had bounced. It was an effort to pressurise the NRI not to approach the police. Acting on the inputs given by the complainant, officials from the Phase XI police station arrested Himanshu and Deepak late last night. The police would also interrogate the artistes who threatened the NRI while posing a crime branch cops.
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Two held for raping minor
Mohali, September 13 A police team nabbed the accused from a naka. They will produce in the court tomorrow. According to the police, the girl had stated that she had come to Phase V in the town with her mother on September 5 who worked as a domestic help in some houses. When her mother had gone to a gurdwara in the area to have tea, three boys came on a motorcycle and took her away on the pretext of giving her work. At night they allegedly took her to a park where they raped her one by one. Later they left her in the park and went away. The police said the other accused would be arrested soon.
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Man hangs himself to death
Zirakpur, September 13 The deceased has been identified as Varinder Kumar, a resident of Pabhat village, who got married nine months back. Investigating official stated that Varinder’s wife noticed him hanging in the room and called the family members, who rushed him to a private hospital in Panchkula, where he died during the treatment. The body of the deceased has been handed over to his family after conducting a post mortem. An inquest proceeding has been initiated, said the police. Man found dead
A junior engineer with the Power Corporation at Zirakpur was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Monday early morning. The deceased has been identified as Arun Kumar, a resident of Mani
Majra. Police official said the matter had not come to his knowledge and the reason behind the death has not been ascertained yet and further investigations are on. According to XEN HS
Oberoi, Arun Kumar was on night duty when he suddenly got ill and left for home where he slipped at the stairs. His family members immediately rushed him to GMSH-16 where he died. However, other employees stated that he was present on duty last night. Man hit by school bus,
dies
Mohali: Amit Tewari, an employee of Godrej, succumbed to injuries at the
PGI, Chandigarh, this evening. The victim was hit a by a school bus in the morning near Phase III-A. A seriously injured Tewari was rushed to the PGI where he succumbed to his injuries.
SHO, Matour police station, Atul Soni said the eyewitness could not see the number of the school bus. In another incident a motorcyclist, Sukhwinder Singh, died after being hit by a recklessly driven Scorpio near Landran village last night. The victim, who worked in a restaurant, was going home when the mishap took place. The police has registered a case under Sections 279, 337 and 304-A of the IPC against Varinder
Chauhan. Car stolen
Amit Mittal, a resident of Sector 33, complained to the police that he had hired a driver to drive his Tata Indigo to Cheema Hospital in Phase IV here yesterday. He had to see his ailing mother at the hospital. Few hours after he landed at the hospital, he found that his car was missing. A case has been lodged at the Phase I police station. Woman
ends life
Bassi Pathana: A woman, identified as Sunita (34), a resident of Khamano and working as an ANM in the health department, today committed suicide by jumping in the Bhakra canal at nearby Dhundha village, leaving behind a suicide note, purse and mobile phone on the banks of the canal. Passersby heard the ringing tone of the cell phone lying in the purse and got suspicious. They informed the police about the purse lying there and the police reach the
spot. DSP Satinder Pal Singh told the body has been recovered. He said after the search of her purse, the police recovered the cell phone and after dialing back the missed call numbers, the police traced her parents and informed them of the incident. He said the police had also recovered the suicide note, in which she had mentioned that as she was diagnosed with “cancer”, she preferred to die instead of living. He said the police had registered a case under Section 174 of the
CrPC. Kewal Singh, brother of the deceased, said she was alright and in the morning she had gone to Bassi Pathana for some work, but they were surprised when they got a call that she had committed suicide. The body was handed over to the relatives after a post mortem at the Civil Hospital. |
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30,000 oxytocin injections seized
Zirakpur, September 13 According to Chetan Sharma, the People for Animals (PFA), Chandigarh, president, the raid was conducted after the chairperson of the PFA, Meneka Gandhi, received a fax in which it was stated that Ramesh, an owner of Mankamna Medicoz, had been selling these injections to dairy owners in Punjab and Haryana who administered the same to milch animals for inducing milk. Sharma added that members of Delhi PFA, Saurab Gupta and Gaurav Gupta, had approached the police and raided the chemist shop situated on the Panchkula road. The raid was led by drug controller Amit Duggal. The police official stated that the drug inspector had seized injections and an appropriate action would be initiated against the accused shopkeeper.
What is Oxytocin?
Oxytocin is a schedule H drug, which means it cannot be bought or sold without prescription. It is specifically banned under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, and Section 12 of the Food and Drug Adulteration Prevention Act, 1960
Why is it used?
Dairymen inject cattle with veterinary oxytocin to produce more milk when all it does is make the milk come faster. However, it destroys the reproductive system of the cattle and later they are abandoned
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Prabhjot takes PU Campus home
Chandigarh, September 13 In another match, PG Government College, Sector 11, Chandigarh, beat DAV College, Hoshiarpur, 2-0. Earlier, in the match against AS College, Khanna, the campus put up a brilliant game. Harminder encouraged the team with his first brace in the first minute of the game. It took just two minutes to double the lead as Parbhjot struck in the third minute. With two goals in the first three minutes of the match, there was no looking back for the campus team. Amanpreet extended the lead to 3-0 in the 14th minute, while Deepankar made the score 4-0 just a minute before the half time. The next goals came through Prabhjot (53rd and 73rd min), Anil Bahadur (65th min) and Jarnail Singh (85th min). For AS, Khanna, Maninder tried to save the blushes with his sole goal in the 77th minute. In the second match, Tinku scored in the 24th minute, while Pradeep scored in the 61st minute for the PG Government College, Sector 11. Volleyball (women) Results of Panjab University (women) A Division Tournament being played at Sports Complex, Sector 7: PG GCG, Sector 11, beat PU Campus, Chandigarh, 2-1 (23-25, 25-15, 25-9); National College for Women, Machhiwara, beat PG GCG, Sector 11, Chandigarh, 2-1(24-26, 25-14, 25-15). B Division: Government College, Karamsar, beat BSSG Government College, Sidhsar, 2-0 (25-12, 25-14)
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KDS Nagra appointed technical official
Chandigarh, September 13 Former national coach Nagra will also act as SIC supervisor (Games Village) during the games. Talking to TNS, Nagra said supervising such a big event was challenging. “I have coached the Indian weightlifting team during the CWG, Victoria (Canada), in 1994,” said Nagra, who is also a gold medallist in the international course for “Advance and Higher Studies in Weightlifting” from DHFK, Leipzing (Germany). Nagra also accompanied the national team as coach during the Commonwealth Championship held in Auckland, New Zealand, from where the team returned with top honours. Presently, Nagra is associated with the Chandigarh sport department as senior weightlifting coach.
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Cyclotron on September 26
Chandigarh, September 13 A total of three editions of the cyclotron have already been conducted at Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi so far. For the event, brought here by the CNBC Sport 18 under the aegis of the Cycling Federation of India, the registration has started. Interested participants can register themselves on www.herocyclothron.com. Various events like Go Air corporate ride of 20km, LG green ride of 10km, amateur ride of 20km and kids ride for children in the age group of 8 to 13 years will be held. The highlight of the event will be a 60km national elite race. “Cycling symbolises a stand for fitness and environment consciousness and Chandigarh with its greenery is an apt destination for the event. We hope that residents of Chandigarh come out in large numbers to participate in the event,” said Ram Niwas, Home Secretary, Chandigarh administration. Cyclotron is part of the World Tourism Week celebrations.
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Rain plays spoilsport
Chandigarh, September 13 Inter-school match for Saupin’s Gold Cup had to be postponed due to wet grounds here. According to Sushil Kapoor, PCA official, both matches of the tournament to be played at LIC ground, Sector 26, and Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium, Patiala, had to be postponed due to rain. “The fourth day’s play will resume tomorrow at 9.30 am,” said Kapoor. On the other hand, organisers of the Saupin’s Gold Cup Cricket Tournament had to postpone the semifinal match for the same reasons. “The next date will be announced soon,” said the organisers.
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