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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Police DAV school shine
Tribune News Service

Patiala, September 29
Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar, hogged limelight in the All-India Mahatma Hansraj Aryan Tournament-2010 (Punjab zone). More than 1,500 sportspersons from Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Gudaspur, Mohali, Malerkotla and Nabha are participating in the tournament that commenced yesterday.

Vijaydeep Singh, badminton player, was the guest of honour. Zonal secretary and principal of DAV School SR Prabhakar welcomed guests. He said the tournament was organised in memory of Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat Singh.

He said hockey, kabaddi, volleyball, basketBall, handball, kho-kho, gymnastics, yoga, archery, lawn tennis and badminton matches were played at Government College of Physical Education, Multipurpose School, DAV Public School, Patiala, today.

Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar, won maximum number of medals. Raju Khana and Vijaydeep Singh gave away trophies and medals to winners.

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DPS emerge champs

Patiala, September 29
The four-day All-India Indian Public School Conference (IPSC) Tennis Championship for boys and girls concluded at Yadavindra Public School here today. DPS RK Puram emerged overall champions in the girls’ category, while Modern School, Delhi, emerged victorious in the boys’ category.

Result (individual): boys U-14: Siddarth (Modern School, Delhi) beat Shantanu (DPS RK Puram); U-17: Nikhil (HMPS) beat Prateek (DPS RK Puram); U-19: Ankit (DPS, Mathura road) beat Vidant (Modern School); girls: U-14: Apekshita (DPS RK Puram) beat Aashna (Welham girls); U-17: Hasan (YPS, Patiala) beat Avika (DPS RK Puram); U-19: Arzoo (DPS RK Puram) beat Aakansha (Modern School). — TNS

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COURTS
 

Dhanwantry to take part in BAMS counselling: HC
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 29
Taking up a petition filed by the Shri Dhanwantry Educational Society, Justice Ranjit Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today observed that the institute would be permitted to participate in BAMS counselling.

Justice Ranjit Singh added the institute “shall be allocated students, subject to the final outcome of the writ petition. If at later date, it is found that the admission could not have been made, the petitioner shall remain liable for the consequences”.

Justice Ranjit Singh observed: “Shri Dhanwantry Educational Society, Ayurvedic College, and Dabur Dhanwantry Ayurvedic Hospital filed this writ petition, seeking direction to the respondents, especially the Union of India, for allowing the petitioner-institution to make admission to BAMS first-year course in the 2010-2011 session.

“The plea is that the objection initially raised by the Central Council of India Medicine (CCIM) was that there is shortage of staff as 13 higher faculty members were working against the requirement of 20 teachers. The counsel for the petitioner would refer to a report now given by CCIM, where it is recorded that on a request received from the petitioner-college, Director of Ayurveda, Government of Punjab, was directed to furnish information of existing teaching staff, as per proforma of the CCIM after verification.

“After enclosing the copy of the verification report, it is stated that there are 32 eligible teachers working in the college. Despite this report, no order is being passed by the Union of India, granting the permission for making the admission to the petitioner-college”.

Justice Ranjit Singh asserted: “Rajiv Atma Ram, senior counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the last date for admission is September 30 and the petitioner-institution is running for the last 33 years. As such, it will suffer a serious prejudice in case orders in regard to grant of admission are not made. Even if there are some deficiencies, the Union of India is expected to pass an appropriate order before the cut-off date, otherwise it may lead to curtailing the legal/fundamental rights of the petitioner-institution.”

Before parting with the order, Justice Ranjit Singh issued a notice of motion for October 12.

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2 snatchers sent to judicial custody
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, September 29
The district police has claimed to solve three cases of snatching with the arrest of Dhiraj, alias Dhiru, of Uttarakhand, and Harpreet Singh, alias Sunny, of Amritsar. Both were staying at Naya Gaon village in Mohali district.

They were involved in three snatching cases which took place in Panchkula and Pinjore since April.

Two Pulsar motorcycles (CH 04B-2988 & CH 04A-7322) and three gold chains worth Rs 1,80,000 were recovered from them.

After the completion of the four-day police remand both the accused were produced in the court today from where they were sent to judicial custody at Central Jail, Ambala.

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CRIME
 

Rs 1.60 lakh, laptop stolen from car
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 29
Thieves decamped with cash and a laptop after breaking open a windowpane of a car at Hallo Majra village here today. Lalit Kumar of Hallo Majra told the police that he parked his car outside his residence. When he returned after 10 minutes, he found the rear windowpane of his car broken.

An amount of Rs 1.60 lakh, a laptop and some documents were missing. Lalit was into the sale and purchase of cars. A case was registered.

Three held

The police arrested three persons from Sector 29 here on Tuesday on charges of quarrelling at a public place.

The police said Rahul and Sanju, residents of Sector 29, and Rahul of Sector 20 were arrested after the registration of a case under Section 160 of the IPC against them.

Assaulted

GR Pilley, Joint Secretary, Agriculture Marketing Board, Sector 26, filed a complaint with the police that Vijay, Sonu, Inder and Surinder Gandhi assaulted security guards at the Grain Market in Sector 26 and threatened them on Tuesday. The police registered a case in this connection.

In another incident, Dinesh of Sector 20, Panchkula, reported to the police that Ramesh Thakur of Sector 7-B assaulted and threatened him near the Neelam cinema at Sector 17 on Tuesday. The police arrested the accused and registered a case against him.

Stolen

Rajinder Pal of Dadu Majra Colony reported to the police that his Hero Honda Passion motorcycle (CH03W-7338) was stolen from the Sector 38-C market on Monday night. A case was registered.

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Three held for robbery
Our Correspondent

Mohali, September 29
Three residents of Balongi village, who had forcibly taken away cash and mobile by threatening another resident with a knife, were arrested by the police.

According to the police, Balram, a resident of Azad Nagar, Balongi, had complained that on September 25 when he was returning home from his work he was stopped near Spice chowk and the three persons had allegedly robbed him of Rs 600 and his mobile phone by keeping a knife on his neck.

When he got to know that they were roaming around in the Industrial Area to sell the stolen items, he informed the police. The police booked them under Sections 392, 411 and 34 of the IPC and later arrested them.

Dowry case

The police has booked a resident of Rampura Phool on the charges of demanding dowry. According to the police, Rashminder Kaur, a resident of Sector 71, had complained that she had got married to Surinder Pal Singh in 1995 and since then she had been allegedly harassed for dowry. Now her husband was allegedly demanding Rs 5 lakh from her. The complaint was inquired into by the DSP and after taking legal opinion the police registered a case in this regard.

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PM relief fund for poor
Man booked for fraud
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 29
The police has registered a case of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy against an unidentified man, who allegedly tried to get money through fraudulent means from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund meant for poor patients.

The police said the miscreant, who had identified himself as Dharmendra Kumar, a resident of Khuda Lahora, to get the benefit, is yet to be traced.

A case has been registered under various provisions of the IPC after the police inquired into the matter for months.

The fraudster had applied for the grant and a sum of Rs 2 lakh was sanctioned to him.

However, the grant was not disbursed as the authorities came to know about the fraud and reported the matter to the police.

The police found out that the medical bills were forged and the address given by the fraudster was wrong.

After the fraud as detected, more such cases surfaced in which several lakh rupees were taken in a similar fashion.

The PMO, after learning about the fraud, marked an inquiry and directed the UT IGP to probe the matter.

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Gold chain snatched
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 29
Two unidentified motorcyclists made away with a gold chain of a 70-year-old woman in Sector 38 here today.

In her complaint, Swaranjit Kaur, an NRI settled in the USA, alleged that the incident occurred around 6.30 am near the Sector 39 police station when she was returning home after a morning walk. The miscreants, who were wearing helmets, snatched her gold chain. She said she could not note down the registration number of their motorcycle.

A case has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.

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SPORTS
 

CTCC
‘Shraadhs’ eclipse president’s election
Pradeep Sharma
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 29
The “Shraadhs”, Hindus’ annual ritualistic custom of commemoration for the departed souls, have played spoilsport for the election to the president of the Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC). This coupled with the visit of AICC president Sonia Gandhi to Italy has delayed the naming of the CTCC chief, whose elections were slated for September 17.

“Since major decisions are avoided during the ‘Shraadhs’, the list of state presidents is deliberately being delayed by the party high command,” a senior leader said.

Recently, Territorial Congress Committee delegates had passed a resolution authorising the AICC president to nominate the CTCC president.

The sources said the announcement about the new president would only be made in the first and second week of the next month.

Usually the Congress president is imposed from the party high command. In the past, there used to be a semblance of democracy as various candidates used to file nominations. However, this time around no nomination papers were filed by any of the claimants for the top post.

Names of various leaders, including incumbent president BB Bahl, former MC Mayor Subhash Chawla, former AITUC president Rampal Sharma and Pawan Sharma, are doing rounds for the coveted post, which assumes importance in the run-up to the civic body poll next year.

Normally, union minister for parliamentary affairs and water resources Pawan Bansal calls the shots in the nomination of the new president.

While a section of the party wanted status quo ahead of the MC elections, another section was rooting for a president who was a grassroots worker capable of inspiring confidence among the electorate.

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Gurmit Memorial Hockey
ONGC, Army XI to clash for the summit
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 29
The ONGC and Army XI will clash for the title in the 40th SN Vohra’s All-India Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament at Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, here today. The decision between the ONGC and the IOC came through tie-breaker, as both teams remained levelled at 4-4. The final score was 8-7 in favour of the ONGC.

In the second semifinal, Army XI beat Punjab and Sind Bank 2-1.

Earlier in the first match, IOC took a 2-0 lead as Hamza and Deepak struck in 10th and 15th minutes, respectively.

But the ONGC team did not lose heart and came from behind, scoring three goals in a row, with the scoreboard reading 3-2 in their favour. They scored through Jagwant (20th minute), Preet (26th) and Tryon (50th).

IOC’s Inderjit levelled the score 3-3 with his 67th-minute goal before ONGC again took lead through a goal by Vikas in the 68th minute.

Keeping the excitement level high, IOC’s Raghunath converted a penalty corner in the fag end of the game to level the score 4-4 once again.

In the second match, Ehazar (26th) and Armugam (50th) helped their team Army XI march on to the final scoring a goal apiece, while for Parminder reduced the margin for the Punjab and Sind Bank in the 54th minute.

The final will take place at 4.30 pm at the same venue.

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Shobhit clinches gold in choi kwang do
Tribune News Service


A player exhibits her skills during the choi kwang do competition at Panchkula on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

Panchkula, September 29
Shobhit Khurana won gold in defence drill, while Amit Vatsyal and Rahul had to content with silver and bronze, respectively, in the under-19 section of the Inter-School Choi Kwang Do Competition at CKD Martial Art School, Sector 16, today. The competition was organised by the Panchkula District School Education Department.

Students from different schools of the district participated in various events of the competition, including pattern, speed drill, defence drill and air shield drill.

Bhawan Vidayalaya bagged the overall first position, Amravati second and Nav Bal Niketan third in the competition, according to Rajpal Singh, assistant district education officer (sports), Panchkula.

The results: Boys’ u-19: defence drill (40-44 kg): 1 Shobhit Khurana (Little Flower), 2 Amit Vatsyal (Amravati), 3 Rahul (Nav Bal Niketan); 60-64 kg: 1 Hitesh Goyal (Amravati); 50-54 kg: 1 Mukul Kaushik (Amravati); 45-49 kg: Shivam Gupta (Amravati).

Air shield drill (40-44 kg): 1 Kamal Yadav (Nav Bal Niketan), 2 Koozan (Nav Bal Niketan), 3 Shourav (Nav Bal Niketan); 45-49 kg: 1 Sonu Bhadur (Nav Bal Niketan), 2 Arjun Thakur (Bhawan Vidyalaya); 50-54 kg: 1 Nilay Sharma (Bhawan Vidyalaya); 70 kg and above: 1 Kartik Singh (St Xavier).

Pattern: 1 Ankit Sharma (Bhawan Vidyalaya).

Speed drill: 1 Bharat Khatka (Nav Bal Niketan).

Girls’ u-19: defence drill (40-44 kg): Divya Kiranwangu (Bhawan Vidyalaya); 65 kg and above: Gunjan Katyal (Bhawan Vidyalaya).

Air shield drill (68 kg and above): Vaidehi Chauhan (Little Flower School).

Pattern: Divya Thakur (Bhawan Vidyalaya).

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Satinder to officiate at CWG
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 29
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has given another prestigious assignment to Chandigarh-based Satinder Sharma, international grade-I hockey umpire, by appointing him as an umpire in the Commonwealth Games. Satinder has been working as an officer in the State Bank of India, Panjab University branch.

He is the only Indian hockey umpire on the elite panel of the FIH and has achieved the rare distinction of holding the Golden Whistle.

After having earned the international grade-I umpire’s cap, Satinder has maintained his position at the top for almost a decade now and has regularly featured in World Cups, Olympics and other international competitions like the Champions Trophy, Asian Games, Asia cups, etc.

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Total tennis meet

Chandigarh, September 29
Total Tennis Academy will organise its 4th LD Kapoor Total Tennis Tournament at YMCA Total Tennis Academy, Sector 11, from October 2 to 4. The event will be held under boys’ under-10, 12, 14 and 18 categories and girls’ under-12, 14 and 18 categories. The organisers said players from Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh were expected to participate in the tournament. Interested players can enroll/enter themselves with Varun Kumar (9023443338, 7837668012) or Narinder Singh (9501242325) till 7 pm of October 1. The matches will be played on YMCA’s six clay courts. — TNS

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Local bodybuilders shine

Chandigarh, September 29
Three local bodybuilders — Ilyas Aahmed (below 70kg), Baljeet Singh (below 90kg) and Amrinder Singh (below 100 kg) — won silver medals, while Amanpreet Singh (below 100 kg) bagged bronze in the 11th Federation Cup National Bodybuilding Championship held at Jaipur on September 26-27. Ilyas, Baljeet and Amrinder have been selected for India “B” team for the upcoming bodybuilding championship to be held at Varanasi from October 27 to November 1. — TNS

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