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‘Torture’ of jail inmates
Ambala, October 13 The alleged incident had taken place a few days ago. In his reply, SPS Chauhan refuted the charges of jail inmates and said they had themselves inflicted injuries to put pressure on the jail administration. He said some inmates had earlier been found using mobile phones on the jail premises and the administration had recovered four mobile phones from their possession. When the jail administration observed strictness, inmates levelled false allegations against them. The judge directed the jail superintendent to conduct a detailed probe into the matter. Meanwhile, three prisoners, including Gurjant Singh and Rajeev Bagri, filed an application through their counsel in the court today alleging that they were tortured by jail officials. Three other inmates - Amit Suri, Mohit and Bhupinder Rana - were taken to the Civil Hospital for medical examination on the directions of the court. Vikas Kumar, Surender, alias Ganja, and Gulshan, alias Sonu, had accused the deputy superintendent of jail and another officer of beating them up on October 8. Their medical examination was conducted at the Civil Hospital and were admitted to the hospital. On the complaint of the jail administration, the Baldev Nagar police station had registered a case against eight prisoners on charge of manhandling jail officials.
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Youth fest begins at Cordia College
Bassi Pathana, October 13 More than 700 students from different colleges of the zone are participating in various competitions. Yashvir Mahajan, Deputy Commissioner inaugurated the mega event, where as Satish Verma, director, Youth Welfare Department, Punjabi University, presided over and Rupanjali, IAS, SDM, Khamano, was the guest of honour. Deputy Commissioner appreciated the efforts of college management for organising the event. He said ideal mind is devil’s house, so students must get themselves involved in recreational activities for the development of society. He said along with studies, students must participate in co-curricular activities like cultural programmes and sports etc. Satish Verma, director, Youth Welfare, said youth welfare department of the university had produced not only world-class artists like Gurdas Mann and Om Puri, but also bureaucrats, police officers and administrators. Pawan K Singla, controller examinations, Punjabi University, presided over. He appreciated the quality of the cultural activities. On the opening day of the fest, students participated in events like giddha, classical dance, group shabad, classical vocal solo, quiz, clay modelling, rangoli and on-the-spot painting.
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Engineers wear black badges in protest
Ropar, October 13 Protesters wore black badges, urging the Chief Minister to fulfil the promises made before the unbundling of the erstwhile Punjab State Electricity Board. The engineers said the government had wrongly awarded the Gidderbaha project to the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and infringed upon their bonafide right to perform. They added that the government had jeopardised their service conditions by not signing the tripartite agreement.They urged the government to review its decision and scrap the MoU with the NTPC and sign a tripartite agreement, failing which they would be forced to intensify the agitation. |
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Patiala, October 13 Jaspal had died on October 2 after a fight at the village. The protesters, led by sabha president Paramjeet Singh Kainth blocked traffic at the bus station. Kainth said the police had failed to provide justice to the bereaved family of Jaspal Singh and said they would stage indefinite dharna outside the SSP’s office from tomorrow. — TNS
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Army men donate blood
Ambala, October 13 To cultivate the concept of service and sacrifice, 300 ranks of the corps of the military police voluntarily donated blood at the camp organised by the troops of 2 Corps Provost Unit, 40 Arty Division Provost Unit and PH & HP (1) Sub area Provost Unit. The camp was inaugurated by Brig AP Bam, Station Commander, Ambala. Medical Corps of the Army as well as the District Red Cross Society of Ambala assisted in the event.
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Manpreet’s Facebook friends stand by him
Patiala, October 13 Every few minutes a message flashes on Manpreet’s wall post on the social networking site on which he has an account with 4,035 friends. The contents of most of the messages show that people have been appreciative of his political actions during the past few days. Besides appreciating Manpreet for taking up the cudgels for improving things in the state, some of the messages on his Facebook page reflect the apparent venting of anger of his friends against Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Badal. One of them, Rupinder Singh Bawa, wrote: “Manpreet ji hope this setback (maybe it’s a blessing in disguise) doesn’t dissuade you from doing the great work you’re doing. We need people like you in politics, not politicians in the garb of private entrepreneurs.” Another comment by Anmohar Singh Chauhan reads: “You proved yourself to be a real 'son of the soil', a true and brave Punjabi - keep it up!” Extending “moral support” to Manpreet, another Facebook friend, Jaspal Bajwa, wrote: “Manpreet ji never lose your confidence please. Keep it up! All people of ‘youngistan’ are with u, it’s not a party decision but Sukhbir’s decision.” Notably, Manpreet is well connected on Facebook with not only politicians but also people from all walks of life. Though support for him on his Facebook page began pouring in on the day the debt waiver issue hit the headlines, his page seems to have been virtually flooded with the messages after the announcement he had been dropped from the state cabinet. After a thorough perusal of the messages it came to light that people were supporting the arguments put forward by him with respect to the debt waiver issue. “Manpreet, such things come in the way. A man with a vision is always criticised by people who don't have such a level of thinking”, wrote Dharminder Singh on Facebook, after getting to know that Manpreet had been dropped from the cabinet. Another Facebook friend, Bhupinder Singh, posted a message that reads: “We are and always have been with you. You should quit the Akali Dal and form a new party in which you can have like-minded people who want to do good for the state.”
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Man caught stealing from car
Chandigarh, October 13 Kamal Kumar of Yamunanagar reported to
the police that Ansul Goyal of Sector 15 was caught red-handed stealing his bag, containing
Rs 8,500 and some documents, from his car (HR05Z-0347). The accused was handed over to the police, which arrested him and registered a case.
Snatched
Kamaldeep Kaur of Baterla filed a complaint with the police that two unidentified motorcyclists snatched her
gold chain at the village on Tuesday. A case was registered.
Theft
case
Vikar Alam of Raipur Khurd reported to the police that someone stole
six mobile phones, 15 mobile phone batteries, a pen drive, a memory card and some other
articles from his shop at Sector 19 after breaking open the locks on Tuesday. A case was
registered.
Assaulted
Sonu of Phase I, Ram Darbar, lodged a complaint with the police that Tinku, Ajay Kumar and Krishan, residents of the same area, threatened and beat him up at a market in the locality on August 15. A case was registered.
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35-yr-old motorcyclist killed in accident
Chandigarh, October 13 Meanwhile, two persons, including a 13-year-old schoolboy, were injured in separate road accidents in the city in the past 24 hours. The victim in the fatal accident has been identified as Bharat Lal, a resident of Sector 41. He was on his way back home when the mishap occurred. “It seems that the accident occurred when Bharat Lal tried to avoid hitting a vehicle or a stray animal and lost control over the bike,” Janak Rana, SHO of the Sector 39 police station, said. The victim was rushed to the PGI, but was declared dead on arrival. The postmortem examination would be conducted tomorrow. In a separate mishap, Prem Pal of Sector 15, Panchkula, was injured after a Mahindra pick-up truck hit his motorcycle near the level crossing at Daria village yesterday. The victim has been admitted to the Sector 32 GMCH. The truck driver, Ram Bahadur, a resident of Sector 19, Panchkula, has been arrested on charges of causing injuries due to rash and negligent driving. In yet another accident, a cyclist identified as 13-year-old Subhneet of Manimajra was injured after being knocked down by a truck near the Shastri lights in Manimajra yesterday. The victim, who is a student of DC Model School, Panchkula, has suffered head injuries and has been admitted to the PGI. The police has arrested the truck driver, Ajay Kumar, a resident of Hisar, after registering a case against him.
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PSEB
Mohali, October 13 According to the police, Sagar Singh Randhawa, who is contesting employees’ union elections as president, was allegedly caught red-handed by the police. At least 30 gm opium was seized from his possession. The elections are slated for tomorrow.
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College student dies
Panchkula, October 13 Abhishek’s friends who took him to the hospital said they had to force open the door of his room after they failed to elicit any response from the inside despite repeated knocking. They said the victim might have taken an overdose of some drug that resulted in his death. Abhishek was taken to a private hospital in Barwala from where he was referred to the General Hospital here. They said they had informed his parents who arrived at the hospital later. The police has registered a case in this regard. The body was handed over to the victim’s parents after a post-mortem examination.
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One arrested with 5-kg opium
Rajpura, October 13 The accused was identified as Alam Badosh who was carrying the contraband near Rajpura Railway Station. As per police officials the accused alighted from a bus on way to Ludhiana from Delhi near Rajpura bypass and was walking towards railway station where a police official suspected him and frisked his bag, which he was carrying on his back.
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Company director arrested for excise duty evasion
Chandigarh, October 13 Talking to The Tribune, Commissioner, Central Excise, Chandigarh (I), HK Thakur, said, “Director of Bhawani Castings Limited, Tajinder Pal Singh, was arrested for violation of provisions of Central Excise Act, 1944, for allegedly evading excise duty.” He said, the unit was showing huge stocks of duty paid inputs on papers without having any physical stocks of the goods. “There was a shortage of 30.144 metric tonne of finished goods and a shortage of 10,158.647 metric tonne of scrap,” said Thakur adding that company paid an amount of Rs 2 crore after the evasion was detected. Further investigations in this case are in progress, he said. “We have earlier arrested people for violation of law pertaining to customs but this is the first instance when arrest is made for evasion of central excise duty,” senior official of the department said. Explaining the modus operandi of duty evasion, Thakur said the company was involved in misuse of Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT) by taking credit on the basis of document without receipt of inputs (duty paid scrap). “We have planned to conduct more anti-evasion activities in Mandi Gobindgarh as there are reports of large-scale evasions of duty in the Iron and Steel Units,” said Thakur adding that they wanted to send a clear message that such evasions would not be tolerated. The preventive wing of Mandi Gobindgarh division, under the supervision of Additional Commissioner (Prev), Yashwant Mahawar and Assistant Commissioner, MM Verma booked a case against the company.
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Tennis: City girl in U-12 quarterfinals
Chandigarh, October 13 The other winners in the section were Shriya Kalia (HP), Tanysha Dussabje and Sarah Dev, who beat their respective opponents in today’s matches.
Other Results Boys U-12 Singles pre-quarterfinals 1 Param Pun (CHD) bt Digvijay Pratap Singh (CHD) 4-2, 4-2 2 Uttkarsh Bhardwaj (UT) bt Sagar Bains (CHD) 2-4, 5-4(5), 4-2 3 Siddharth Basnet (CHD) bt Yugal Bansal (DLI) 1-4, 4-0, 4-2 4 Paramveer Singh Bajwa (CHD) bt Sacchit Sharrma (DLI) 4-1, 4-2 Boys U-16 Singles pre-quarterfinals 1 Sachin Kumar (CHD) bt Pranav Suri (CHD) 6-3, 6-1 2 Uday Singh Mann (CHD) bt Nirbhay Singh Soin (GUJ) 6-4, 6-2 3 Dheeranush Singh Bhatti (CHD) bt Allen Johnson 6-3, 7-5 4 Ranjeet Singh (CHD) bt Andrew Pardeep (CHD) 6-4, 6-2 Girls U-12 Singles pre-quarterfinals 1 Saumya Saxena (CHD) bt Bani (PB) 2-4, 4-1, 4-1 2 Shriya Kalia (HP) bt Aastha Malhotra (CHD) 4-1, 4-0 3 Tanysha Dussabje bt Neelanchal Gupta (CHD) 4-0, 4-1 4 Sarah Dev bt Bakul Negi (DLI) 5-4(7), 2-4, 4-2 Girls U-16 Singles pre-quarterfinals 1 Pooja Mourya (PB) bt Simerjeet Kaur (PB) 7-5, 3-6, 6-0 2 Bhavya Wadhawan (CHD) bt Nandini Sharma (CHD) 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 3 Nimrat Walia (CHD) bt Valentina Shikhar (KAR) 6-3, 7-5 4 Kavita Mishra (MAH) bt Charvi Saxena (CHD) 6-4, 6-2 Boys U-12 Doubles quarterfinals 1 Param Pun (CHD) and Paramveer Singh Bajwa (CHD) bt Rohit Kumar (HR) and Digvijay Pratap Singh (HR) 4-2, 4-0 2 Rishabh Sharda (CHD) and Sagar bains (CHD) bt Sabrang Sandal (CHD) and Uttkarsh Bhardwaj (UTR) 4-2, 5-3 3 Kabir Manrai (CHD) and Arman Anand (DLI) bt Jagdeep Singh (CHD) and Angrez Singh (CHD) 4-0, 4-1 4 Yugul Bansal (DLI) and Sacchitt Sharrma (DLI) bt Gaurav Seth (CHD) and Himanshu Bansla (CHD) 4-0, 4-0 Boys U-16 Doubles quarterfinals 1 Pranav Suri (CHD) and Sean Yip (CHD) bt Dhruv Puniani (CHD) and Barun Singh Gill (CHD) 4-1, 4-2 2 Vikas Berwal (HR) and Dheeranush Singh Bhatti (CHD) bt Yashvardhan Singh (HR) and Parasdeep Virk (HR) 4-2, 5-3 3 Sachin Kumar (CHD) and Nirbhay Singh Soin (GUJ) bt Prabhsimran Singh Bal (CHD) Aditya Deswal (DLI) 4-1, 4-1 4 Ranjeet Singh (CHD) and Udai Singh Mann (CHD) bt Rishabh Dahiya (DLI) and Prashant Solanki (DLI) 4-1, 4-2 Girls U-16 Doubles quarterfinals 1 Bani (PB) and Harsimran Kaur (PB) e/o Sharishty Dhanda (HR) and Nimrat Walia (CHD) 2 Valentina Shekhar (PB) and Kavita Mishra (PB) bt Sarah Dev (PB) and Tanysha Dissanke 4-1, 4-0
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CWG
Patiala, October 13 Heena, who was leading the event till the end, lost the gold medal to her Malaysian competitor by a narrow margin of 0.3 points in the last two ends. Before this, Heena, a third year student of BDS at Gian Sagar Dental College, won a gold medal at the women’s 10m air pistol pair event yesterday. Her father Rajbir Singh Sidhu and mother Rominder Kaur Sidhu had no words to express their delight. Talking about her achievement, her father said Heena had once again proved her mettle and he was happy with her achievement. “After winning a medal in the pair event, this individual medal has established her as a good international shooter. I was always sure about her success and this double win has made me a proud father,” he added. Thanking her sponsors Mittal and Sahara Group, who helped her continue the practice at her personal shooting range in Khalsa College Colony, Patiala, Rajbir Singh said this would not had been possible without their co-operation. “When Heena expressed her desire to learn shooting, I was a confused because we didn’t have any shooting range in Patiala, but then I decided to go ahead for her sake and got a range at our own house. When she started doing good, she got sponsors who have helped her since two years,” he said. The entire sports fraternity at Patiala felt it was a remarkable achievement. Patiala players, including shooter Heena, archer Gagandeep Kaur and athlete Harminder Singh have established their supremacy during the Commonwealth Championship, which would motivate budding players to follow their footsteps and bring laurels to the country.
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Patiala’s archer gets royal welcome
Chandigarh, October 13 A number of persons from sports fraternity, along with the family members of the player, were present at the local airport to receive Gagan here this afternoon. Welcoming the archer on behalf of the state, Gurpreet Singh Raju Khanna, chairman of the Youth Development Board said Gagan had made the state proud with her achievement. Gagan had won bronze medal in Compound round team event at the Commonwealth Games. While Khanna announced a cash award of Rs 3 lakh for the archer, Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University Dr Jaspal Singh said the university would honour her by giving a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh. The proud coach Jiwanjot Singh said this was just a beginning for the promising archer. “I am sure that she will bring laurels to the country in future,” said the coach.
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Ishan helps team drub hosts
Chandigarh, October 13 PG GC Sector 46, posted 207 runs in 40 overs for nine wickets. Besides Ishan, Anil Kumar and Kuldeep contributed 55 and 27 runs, respectively. In reply, PU Campus, were all out at 134 runs in 32.1 overs. Score: PGGC, 46: 207 for nine in 40 overs (Ishan Ali 78 no, Anil Kumar 55, Kuldeep 27, Amit two for 37 and Raghav two for five). PU Campus: 134 all out in 32.1 overs (Raghav 26, Shashank 26 no, Ranjeet 14, Parmod four for 20 and Ishan Ali three for 43). |
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Water sports festival postponed
Chandigarh, October 13 According to sources in the Chandigarh Sports department, the festival had been postponed due to some unavoidable circumstances.
— TNS
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Dev Samaj College emerge victorious in wrestling
Chandigarh, October 13 With nine points, MGKMSS College of Physical Education, Jhakroudi, (Samrala) won the second position, while Postgraduation Government College, Sector 11, Chandigarh, (eight points) and Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana, (eight points), respectively. Results 48 kg: 1st Amanpreet Kaur, Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur, 2nd Gaganpreet Kaur, Postgraduation College, Sector 11, Chandigarh, 3rd Ravneet Kaur, GN Girls College, Ludhiana, 3rd Yashoda, MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh 51 Kg: 1st Neetu Singh, Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh, 2nd Ramandeep Kaur, MGKMSSPE, Jhakroudi, 3rd Gurpreet Kaur, MG Kh. College for Girls, Kottan, 3rd Raman, Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur 55 Kg: 1st Paramjit Kaur, Postgraduation College, Sector 11, Chandigarh, 2nd Karamveer Kaur, Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur City, 3rd Karamjeet Kaur, MG Kh. College for Girls, Kottan, 3rd Heena Verma, MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh 59 Kg: 1st Veerpal Kaur, Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur, 2nd Balvir Kaur, MGKMSSPE, Jhakroudi 3rd Amandeep Kaur, MG Kh. College for Girls, Kottan, 3rd Sukhman Kaur, AS College for Women, Khanna 63 Kg: 1st Sukhvinder Kaur, Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur, 2nd Renuka, BSH Kh. College for Women, Abohar, 3rd Harpreet Kaur, GN Girls College, Ludhiana, 3rd Asha, PG GCG Sector 42, Chandigarh 67 Kg: 1st Suman, GN Girls College, Ludhiana, 2nd Navdeep Kaur, Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur, 3rd Dimple, PG GCG Sector 11, Chandigarh, 3rd Lakhveer Kaur, MGKMSSPE, Jhakroudi 72 Kg: 1st Harwinder Kaur, Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur, 2nd Monika, BSH Kh. College for Women, Abohar, 3rd Kiranjeet Kaur, MGKMSSPE, Jhakroudi, 3rd Bharti, PG GCG Sector 11, Chandigarh Gymnastics: Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, Chandigarh, won the top honours in Panjab University Gymnastics Championship garnering 93.60 points, while the host PU Campus, Chandigarh, had to satisfy at the second position with a total of 58.60 points. The third and fourth spots were secured by Govt. College for Women, Ludhiana (42 pts) and PG GCG Sector 11, Chandigarh (40 pts), respectively. Apparatus championship
Vaulting Horse: 1st Deepika Rawat, GGD SD College, Chandigarh, 2nd Shallu, PG GCG Sector 11, Chandigarh, 3rd Sarita, PU Campus, Chandigarh Uneven Bars: 1st Deepika Rawat, GGD SD College, Chandigarh, 2nd Sarita, PU Campus, Chandigarh, 3rd Kavita, Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh Balancing Beam: 1st Deepika Rawat, GGD SD College, Chandigarh, 2nd Sarita, PU Campus, Chandigarh, 3rd Nirmal, Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh Floor Exercises: 1st Deepika Rawat, GGD SD College, Chandigarh, 2nd Nidhi, Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh, 3rd Shallu, PG GCG Sector 11, Chandigarh Individual all-round best gymnast
1st Deepika Rawat, GGD SD College, Chandigarh, 2nd Sarita, PU Campus, Chandigarh, 3rd Kavita, Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh Squash: DAV College, Chandigarh, beat GGD SD College, Chandigarh, 5-0 |
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