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Traffic Blockade
Bassi Pathana, October 21 Tension prevailed in grain market, as procurement of paddy and lifting of procured paddy has become a bone of contention between the commission agents and rice millers of the area causing inconvenience to farmers and labourers. Local SDM today called for a meeting of both the parties and according to sources allegations and counter allegations were levelled at the meeting. The procurement of paddy process has been affected due to the tassel between commission agents and rice millers. It is learnt that very little paddy was purchased since the tassel started and the lifting of procured paddy has come to a standstill, as both the rice millers and government agencies are not lifting the procured paddy from the past two days. The farmers and labourers are the worst sufferers. Farmer Swarn Singh said he had been sitting in the grain market from the past three days, as his paddy had not been purchased. Labourers alleged that they had been cleaning the heaps twice or thrice even then the staff of procurement agencies and rice millers rejected their paddy. They said they were paid cleaning charges for one time and now they had to take the job twice or thrice. They said labourers had been deserted from the mandis and if this continued there would be acute shortage of labour.
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Manpreet visits temple
Kharar, October 21 Chamkaur Sahib MLA Charanjit Singh Channi accompanied him during his visit. Manpreet said he would visit Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh and Durgiana Mandir in Amritsar on November 14 where his supporters would take part in a rally. The former finance minister said he had worked for the welfare of the state and had made people aware of financial crisis the state had plunged into. The state was caught in a quagmire of debt and it was a Herculean task to bail it out. Manpreet added that he had tried to take Punjab to new heights but the Badals’ had got infuriated over it. He said all right-thinking politicians of the state should help him bring prosperity to the state. Those present included former MC president Sukhwant Singh, Avtar Singh Sidhu, Roshan Lal, Ram Rattan Singh, Amrik Singh Baidwan and Randhir Kaur. |
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MP lauds role of Punjabis in state’s growth
Ambala, October 21 He was speaking at a function organised by the Punjabi Mahasabha Haryana at BPS Planetarium here yesterday. He said the state government had approved the setting up of a memorial at Kurukshetra to those killed in communal violence that broke out after the Indian subcontinent was divided by the British empire into India and Pakistan Punjabis have played a key role in Haryana’s progress after migrating from Pakistan at the time of Partition. General secretary Surinder Juneja said the organisation had been founded to cater to the needs of Punjabis. The mahasabha aims at setting up a
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Escalators at Ambala railway station soon
Ambala, October 21 According to sources, the proposal for the installation of escalators at Ambala Cantonment and Chandigarh railway stations estimated at Rs 20 lakh have been sent to the railway headquarters for finalisation of the project. Earlier, the railway board had sanctioned 100 escalators for installation at category “A” stations. The work at Ambala and Chandigarh railway stations would be completed in two phases after approval from the railway headquarters, a senior railway officer said. The move comes at a time when dwindling strength of porters at stations, after their promotion as gangmen, has left passengers and senior citizens with no choice but to carry the luggage themselves. The idea is to provide relief to the elderly and ensure faster movement of passengers with luggage and de-congest the station, he said. The facility will also come as a boon to the disabled. Sometime back, the railway minister had declared to make Ambala Cantonment a world-class railway station in the country. The senior officer in the railway department said the work to facelift nearly 150-year-old railway station would commence soon and there was a proposal to upgrade the condition of all seven platforms. To review development works, a team of officials of the DRM office inspected the railway station along with technical staff and selected pending works to be carried out at the railway station to provide it a new look. The works included attractive shades over platforms, benches for passengers and air-conditioned paid waiting rooms on platform No. 1. The escalators will be installed near the UTS counter on platform No. 1 and on platform No. 7, as both platforms witness maximum rush. The sources further added that a modern restaurant on platform No. 1 and fast-food counters on all platforms to offer all type of tasty foods to passengers and drinking water would soon be made available.
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Cultural bonanza at engg college
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 21 Girls wearing colourful dresses enthralled the audience during the programme. Davider Kaur Panjoli was the chief guest. In the
programme, Navneet Kaur, Sukhbir Kaur, Gagandeep Kaur, Maneet Kaur and Preeti Singh presented dance items, while Anita Singh, Prabhdeep Kaur and Navneet Kaur presented songs that brought the audience to cheerful mood.
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Impersonation
Chandigarh, October 21 The court also imposed a fine of `11,500 on them. Another accused in the case had died earlier this month. Pronouncing the orders, the court sentenced them to three-year RI under Sections 467 (forgery of valuable security), two-year RI under 420 (cheating), two-year RI under 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), two-year RI under 471 (using as genuine a forged), two-year RI under 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence), two-year RI under 477-A (falsification of accounts) and two-year RI under 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC. The court further specified that all sentences would run concurrently. The court has also convicted them under Sections 13 (1) (d) and 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The court observed, “The convicts being senior officials of the AG office have misused official position by preparing false pension payment order in connivance with Tarjinder Singh, who impersonated as Maldev Singh. The offences being serious in nature, the convicts are held guilty.” The trio had impersonated a Rajasthan police head constable, Maldev Singh, who had retired in 1991 and died in 1993. The suspects continued to draw his pension till the fraud came to light in 2002. According to the complaint, Maldev claimed his pension after retiring from the police force. As he belonged to Sonepat, his pension papers were transferred to the Haryana Advocate General’s office. However, he died while his pension papers were being processed. After Maldev’s death, the suspects managed to forge his papers and continued to draw his pension till the fraud was detected after the Central Bureau of Investigation was tipped off by an unidentified source. Later, it was found that Nagpal and Gupta had asked Tarjinder to impersonate Maldev to claim the latter’s pension and they prepared all fake documents as well. Tarjinder posed as Maldev in Hissar and claimed the latter’s pension from 1996 to 2002, which amounted to Rs 2.5 lakh.
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Five get 5-yr jail for planning robbery
Panchkula, October 21 The court also slapped a fine of ` 5,000 on each of the accused in the case
that dates back to June 24, 2009. The court awarded punishment to Narender (27), alias Sonu, and Kunal (22), both residents of Sultanpuri, Delhi; Jeevan (28), a resident of Bihar; Mahesh (29), alias Ganja, a resident of Delhi; and Pinto (25), a native
of Rajasthan. The police said they had got a tip-off that the accused were planning a robbery at a petrol station on June 24. A police team raided the parking area of Suraj theatre and arrested Jeevan, Narender, Pintu and Kunal. The police also seized a knife and an iron bar from their possession. The police later arrested the fifth accused, Mahesh.
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Rs 2.5 lakh snatched from money exchanger
Mohali, October 21 Kewal had withdrawn the money from the Mohali branch of HDFC Bank yesterday and was taking it to his office for payment. While recuperating at Silver Oak Hospital, he told the police that at 9.25 am, four youths came in a red-coloured Tata Indica car and snatched his bag. He said he could read the complete registration number of the car. To verify Kewal’s claim, the police also checked the CCTV footage of HDFC Bank. The police has registered a case under Section 382 of the IPC against the accused.
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Gang of car thieves busted
Zirakpur, October 21 A case has been registered against 12 persons on the complaint of Gyan Singh, an official in CIA. The accused have been identified as Sukhwant Singh, a resident of Dahabalpur village, Chetan Kumar and Daljeet Singh, both residents of Zirakpur, Sunny, a resident of Bhago Majra village, Harpreet Singh, a resident of Kajheri, Chandigarh, Iqbal Singh, a resident of Muradabad (UP), Bhagat Singh, a resident of Amritsar, Raju, a resident of Delhi, Kalu, a resident of Saharanpur (UP), Gursewak Singh, owner of Jeet Motors, Pabhat village, and Rajesh Verma, an owner of Verma Motors, Dera Bassi. According to the police, they got the information that the accused had changed the chassis and engine numbers of a stolen car with the chassis and engine number of accidental “total loss” vehicle. The accused said he had tampered with the chassis and engine numbers of several vehicles and had sold them. The accused used to buy “total loss” vehicles along with the registration certificates from the insurance company and then remove the engine and chassis number plates. The police added that the gang used to steal vehicles from Punjab and UP and sell these cars in other states. A senior police official said the police had been sent to various places to nab them. A case under Sections 379, 411, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120 of the IPC has been registered. “We are hoping that a large number of cars would be recovered from their possession”, the police added.
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Woman held for thrashing minor domestic help
Chandigarh, October 21 The SHO of the Sector 31 police station Bakshish Singh said the employer, Vandana Sabharwal, was arrested and a case under Sections 374 and 323 of the IPC was registered against her. The victim, Balma, who hails from Uttarakhand, was working in Sabharwal’s house for the past one year. The matter came to light, when another domestic help, Seema, who is working in the same locality, spotted Balma crying. On being asked, Balma said her employer had thrashed her. Seema took her to Vandana’s house and also informed the police. Vandana told the police that she had scolded her after she had gone out of the house without informing anyone.
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Man held for misusing domestic LPG cylinders
Chandigarh, October 21 Sunil Kumar Gupta, Inspector, Food and Supply Department, Chandigarh, reported to the police alleging that Lalit Saini, a resident of Phase 3B2, Mohali, was caught using two domestic LPG cylinders for commercial purposes at Sector 26 Grain Market yesterday. The police arrested the accused after registering a case under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 at Sector 26 police station. Car stolen
Sagar Jain Mola, a resident of Sector 40-B, lodged a complaint with the police alleging that someone had stolen his Maruti car (HR 03 C 2818) from in front of his house during the intervening night of October 19 and 20. A case of theft has been registered.
Injured
Surjit Singh, a resident of Sector 7-C, reported to the police alleging that a driver of a car (UP 93 H 1360) identified as Baljit Kumar, a resident of Bapu Dham Colony, Sector 26, rammed his vehicle into him and his wife Kusum in Sector 7 yesterday, they were crossing the road at that time. They were injured in the mishap and were admitted to the PGI. The police has arrested the car driver after registering a case against him.
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Vijay tightens grip on Haryana Open
Panchkula, October 21 Sri Lanka's Anaura Rohana was five strokes behind the leader at 136 in the Rs 40 lakh prize money PGTI event presented by Unitech, Ireo, HUDA and Panchkula Golf Club. Occupying the third slot at 137 are Mukesh Kumar, Ashok Kumar and Md Zamal Hossain Mollah. Chandigarh's Harinder P Gupta shared the best card of the day, a six under 66, with Vijay, as he climbed up to share the tied sixth slot with overnight second-placed Balwinder Singh Mattu of Jalandhar and Amardip Singh Malik at 138. About 51 professionals and two amateurs made the cut which was declared at five over 149. Vijay, who is yet to register a win on the PGTI this season continued the good work he had done on the opening day to be 13 under 131 (65-66) after the second round. Vijay began with a bang landing his lob wedge shot from 60 yards within a few inches for a birdie on the first. He executed a similar shot on the fifth landing the ball three feet short for another birdie. He sank two more birdies on the seventh and eighth to be four under par 32 at the turn. A hat-trick of birdies on the 10th, 11th and 12th made the score seven under. He bogeyed the 15th and 18th with a chip-in birdie on the 17th to close at 66. Anura Rohana’s (66-70) second round of two under 70 featured five birdies and three bogeys. Rohana, who lost out in a playoff to Sujjan Singh of Chandigarh at the Panchkula Golf Club earlier this year, ended the day in second place thanks to some consistent putting. C Muniyappa is placed tied ninth at five under 139, while Gaganjeet Bhullar’s second round 68 placed him tied 17th at one under 143. Score (after round two) 131 Vijay Kumar (65-66); 137 Anura Rohana (66-70); 137 Mukesh Kumar (70-67), Md Zamal Hossain Mollah (67-70) and Ashok Kumar (67-70); 138 Harendra P Gupta (72-66), Balwinder Singh Mattu (66-72) and Amardip Singh Malik (67-71); 139 C Muniyappa (69-70), Manav Jaini (68-71) and Toran Bikram Shahi (71-68); 141 R Murthy (71-70), Shankar Das (68-73), Abhishek Jha (67-74) and amateur player Angad Cheema (71-70); 142 Shamim Khan (73-69); 143 Gaganjeet Bhullar (75-68), Chiragh Kumar (73-70), Raju Ali Mollah (67-76), Ranjit Singh (72-71) and Rajiv Kumar Jatiwal (68-75).
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Table Tennis Meet
Mohali, October 21 Over 400 players from 37 schools from Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana are participating. The matches will be played in three categories- U-14, U-16 and U-19 for both boys Results (pre-quarterfinals) 1 Manav Mangal, Chandigarh, beat Gurukul Global, Chandigarh (3-0); Snigdha bt Vibhuti, 11-3, 11-9; Himani bt Kavya 11-7, 11-0, 11-1; Meenu bt Tavisha 11-5, 11-8, 10-12, 11-1 2 The Scholars Home, Paonta Sahib (HP) bt DPS-40, Chandigarh, (3-1); Shubhangi bt Mugdha 11-5, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9; Simran bt Soumya 11-5, 11-1, 11-0; Niharika bt Aayushi 11-8, 11-7, 11-9; Mugdha bt Saoumya 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 3 Durga Public School, Barog, bt Shemrock Senior Secondary School, Sector 69, Mohali, (3-0); Amita bt Mehek Joshi 11-7, 11-2, 11-4; Sonali bt Nistha 11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4; Shreya bt Arshita 11-2, 11-3, 11-3 4 DAV Public School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, bt DHD SD Public School, Ambala Cantonment (3-0); Pareen bt Simran 11-3, 11-4, 11-2 Anshuki bt Aabha 11-2, 11-3, 11-4; Ritika bt Mitali 10-12, 10-12, 13-11, 11-7, 11-4 5 Bhavan Vidyalaya Chandigarh bt Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh (3-2); Bhavika bt Ishita 11-2, 11-5, 11-4; Alish bt Shivangi 11-0, 11-4, 11-2; Rashneet bt Jasmine 3-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4; Alish bt Bhavika 11-6, 11-3, 11-3; Shivangi bt Ishita 11-4, 11-8, 11-8 6 Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, Chandigarh w/o against JK Public School Jammu 7 Rainbow International School, Nagrota, HP bt The Millennium School, Mohali, (3-0); Mudita bt Paruiata 11-4, 11-0, 11-6; Muskan bt Alisha 12-10, 11-5, 11-8; Shreya bt Amanpreet 11-1, 11-1, 11-0 8 Manav Mangal School, Panchkula, bt The Gurukul, Panchkula; Kanchi bt Samridhi 11-5, 11-2, 7-11, 8-11, 11-5; Radhika bt Aashita 11-2, 11-1, 11-2; Sanya bt Joydeep 11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 11-3. |
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