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Student sends threat mails to cops, officials; booked
Patiala, December 15 The police are yet to arrest the accused, while the FIR also mentions the name of New Galaxy Photostat, Bhupindra Road, for not verifying the id card of the accused before allowing him their services. The police said that the accused, a third semester student of MBA department, identified as Gaurav Gupta, was not happy with his performance in the first year exams and wanted to clear it in the supplementary exams. “However when he could not do so he got furious and in a fit of rage he sent threatening mails to senior police officers of Patiala, including IG, DIG and SSP that he would take revenge from Punjabi University and no one could stop him”, they said. Investigating Officer Karansher Singh told TNS, that the accused used a cyber café and sent a mail, which was later located through the IP address in the mail. “However, we reached dead end of investigations after the cyber café from where the mail was sent showed that he had no record of the user who mailed on November 30”, he said. “The café owner had accepted no id proof from the accused but had just written the address of the accused, which was later found to be incorrect”, Singh said. “However the accused later sent messages using a sim card registered with an Internet site”, he added. Son of a bank manager in Patiala, the accused has been booked under Sections 419, 420 and 506 of the IPC and Sections 67-A and 68 of the IT Act. Meanwhile, sources in the police department said that the accused had not been arrested as he had his exams and further investigations would reveal if his real intentions were more than what had come to light. “We are moving slow as the accused is a student and has his whole career in front of him”, they said.
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Unattended road barricades pose risk to commuters
Patiala, December 15 During recent the traffic police have been putting up ‘nakas’ at various locations and using the barricades to divert traffic and slow down movement of vehicles. The barricades are lying unattended near Fountain Chowk, Leela Bhawan, Sirhind Road, Rajpura Road, Shera Wala Gate and Sangrur Road, among other places. Police officials deputed at one such ‘naka’ said due to staff shortage they had to immediately move from one place to another and were thus unable to remove the barricades. “We also don’t have enough people to load these iron grills in a vehicle. Therefore we usually take them away only when we have to shift them to a new place”, one of them added. Commuters rued the barricades were an unnecessary hassle, leading to congestion of vehicular traffic. “In the morning and afternoon there is chaos on the streets as everyone has to move in a single lane. The other lane is not used as the police have set up ‘nakas’, which are not needed there”, said Sunpreet Singh Sidhu, a lawyer. A motorist, who had a narrow escape on Sirhind Road after he failed to notice a barrier being set up by the cops at midnight, said he could all have lost his life in an accident. “The ‘naka’ was set up on the main road and there was nothing to mark it”, he added. Patiala traffic police in charge HS Badungar said: “The barricades that we put up are always removed after the duty hours are over as we know they can result in accidents. However, sometimes other police stations also block roads through barriers and we’ve no role there”. — TNS
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Development works initiated
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 15 After visiting the area, he announced that the problem of dirty water in drains of various localities would be solved in the coming few days or so. Raju announced that a sangat darshan programme would soon be organised at Amloh wherein huge amount of money would be disbursed for developmental works. He added that a new road would be laid in the coming days between the Nabha bus stand and main market. Raju further claimed that any government official found to be lenient over developmental works would not be spared by the government. He said the developmental works would be completed within the fixed time frame.
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Encroachments razed from markets
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Case against Shiv Temple closed
Panchkula, December 15 After carrying out an inquiry to probe solemnisation of marriage ceremonies of runaway couples on the directions for the court, the city police had given clean chit to officials running the Shiv temple. The police had submitted its report before the District and Sessions Judge PL Ahuja. District and Sessions Judge PL Ahuja on October 23, had raised doubts over the solemnisation of marriages of runaway couples at the temple. He had directed SP Maneesh Chaudhary to conduct an inquiry and inspect the records of the temple as well. The police report mentioned that the temple priest had been registering marriage for the past many years and there was nothing illegal about it. The matter had surfaced during the hearing of the protection plea filed by a couple. The judge had dismissed the protection plea of Kalka resident Vijay and Pinjore resident Aarti as they had failed to inform the court about their castes, age and date of marriage. Ahuja in his order had questioned the temple on issuing a marriage certificate without even caring to know about the age and caste of the bride and the groom after the couple in their petition had stated that they had tied the nuptial knot on October 13 at the Shiv Temple at Rally village. The court had further stated that majority of couples coming for protection in the city courts were coming with marriage certificates issued by the management of Shiv Temple.
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3 held for stealing Rs 3.5 lakh
Chandigarh, December 15 In similar incident, the locked house of Krishan Kumar in Sector 45 was burgled on the intervening night of December 13 and 14. The complainant alleged that someone has stolen jewellery, Rs 40,000 and some clothes from his residence after breaking the lock. Vehicles stolen
Anil Chaudhary, a resident of Sector 39, reported that someone has stolen his Pulsar motorcycle (CH-04J-7036) from the Sector 40 market on December 7. The police has registered a case under Section 379 of the IPC at the Sector 39 police station. In another incident, someone has stolen a Maruti car (PB-08-0071) of Parveen Kumar, a resident of Sector 19, from the market of Sector 9. The police has registered a case under Section 379 of the IPC at the Sector 3 police station.
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UP-based criminal held for theft, burglaries
Chandigarh, December 15 Sanjay, who is said to be member of notorious Nadeem gang, was arrested from Sector 42 around 12.30 pm on a tip-off. He was riding a black Pulsar motorcycle, bearing fake registration number CH01-AC8968 (actual number CH01 AC 2417). The police recovered a country-made .315 pistol and two live cartridges and a screwdriver, especially made to break internal locks of shutters, from him. The police claimed that Sanjay had confessed during interrogation that he had committed around 12 burglaries in various parts of the city. Giving details police sources added that Sanjay, along with his accomplices, was involved in theft in four houses in Sectors 40 and 41, six in the area of the Sector 36 police station and two burglaries in the jurisdiction of the Sector 34 police station. “Apart from this, he was also responsible for many thefts in Raipur Khurd village and Industrial Area,” said the police. “The gang members used to have selected their targets during their Reece between 6 pm and 10 pm. After rechecking the target houses and shops around 12.30 am, they broke into those between 2.30 am and 5.30 am,” said UT SSP Naunihal Singh. Sanjay was lodged in Ambala Jail about four months ago and the Chandigarh Police had already nabbed him on the charges of snatching and robbery before, added the police. Notably, the Nadeem gang has been active in the area for the past four years. Meanwhile, the local court sent six accused, Karam, alias Happy, Gurpreet Singh, Manjit Singh, Sanjay, alias Sanju, Baljinder Singh, alias Balli and Harpreet Singh, arrested yesterday, on a two-day police remand. “We hope that more cases of theft, robberies and snatching would be worked out,” said the SSP.
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Thieves break car’s windowpane, steal
Rs 10.5 lakh
Mohali, December 15 The thieves searched the car after getting access into the vehicle. Bloodstains on many parts of the car, including the dashboard, were noticed. The bag containing the cash and some important documents and stereo system were taken away. Bhupinder Singh Saini, an architect and a property agent, who had come to attend the “dinner meeting” of the Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal at Dara Studio last night, said that the amount belonged to someone else and was to be used for getting the registration of some property done. He had come to attend the meeting along with his wife Ranjana Saini who is a municipal councillor in the Dera Bassi civic body. Saini, who was given a state award in 2000 in Amritsar for social service, said that he had come in his Innova car, which had a central locking system. He had come around 8.30 pm and left at about 11.15 pm. The thieves had fiddled with the bonnet of the car probably to make the locking system ineffective, he added. He made a compliant to the police last night. Investigations were being carried out.
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Minor held for theft at wedding function
Chandigarh, December 15 However, the police could recover only a gold ring. The police said the minor was a resident of Madhya
Pradesh. The theft took place on December 11 during a wedding function. The bag contained around Rs 4.5
lakh, two mobile phones, two gold sets, a gold ring, a gold chain and other articles. The CCTV clippings have shown that one more person accompanied the minor. However, the police is yet to arrest him. The minor has been sent to Juvenile Home by a local court.
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Thieves decamp with Rs 10,000
Panchkula, December 15 A team of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory arrived at the site. Vikas Kumar, owner of the restaurant, in his complaint to the police said the accused had entered the restaurant through a chimney as their foot prints could be seen on the side wall of the restaurant. — TNS
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Three injured in firing incident
Mohali, December 15 She said Madan Lal, who worked in hotel Mountview in Chandigarh, had complained to the police that Parwinder Singh and Sunny, who were armed with a pistol and a big knife, had come to their house late last night. They rang the door bell thrice, after which his wife went to see who was there. Madan Lal, who had followed her, was allegedly fired at. On hearing shots, his two sons, Ashwini and Ajay, also came out of the house and were attacked. All three were taken to a hospital. One of them had received a shot in the chest. The police had arrested Parwinder and Sunny, who were also injured.
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DP Azad Academy beat CCA-19 lads
Chandigarh, December 15 After winning the toss, CCA-19 decided to field first. Put into bat first D.P. Azad team were given a fine start by opener Sidharth Rawat (43 runs) but thereafter, lost four wickets in quick succession. Sidharth choudhary played the knock of the innings with 70 runs off only 52 balls) and helped his team reach a respectable total of 192 runs in the allotted 35 overs. For CCA, Rahul took two wickets for only 25 runs. In reply, the CCA team after losing three wickets, got back into the game through 10-year-old Haryana under-14 state player Aayush Sikka who made 32 runs, including 5 boundaries and Divjyot Singh who played the innings of the match making 91 runs off 51 balls. His innings included 17 boundaries and one six. For the DP Azad team Junaid took 3 wickets for 30 runs while Amol took two wickets for 25 runs. Brief scores D.P.Azad Academy: 92 for 9 in 35 overs (Sidharth Choudhary 70, Sidharth Rawat 43, Rahul 2 for 25) CCA-19: 184 all out in 33.4 overs (Divjyot 91n.o, Aayush 32, Junaid 3 for 30) Fixture CCA-19 will face Millenium cricket academy on December 17 at 9.30am.
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City girl strikes silver
Chandigarh, December 15 Vasundhara won a silver medal in the E Category (girls and boys). Players from eight countries, including the UAE, South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand and Australia, participated in the eight-day tournament. A student of Vivek High School, Vasundhara said, “It has been a great year for me. I am trying to focus on reducing strokes in every round.” Vasundhara set the course on fire. She started the first hole with a birdie and continued playing par on the next four holes. Vasundhara said she was concentrating on playing 18 holes. Vasundhara is presently being trained by Class A certified coach Jesse Grewal, who is also director of the National Golf Academy of India and CGA Hero Honda Golf Academy. She secured the first position at the CGA Juniors Tournament 2010 held on February 12 and 13, 2010, at Chandigarh Golf Course. — TNS |
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Pranav, Hardeep enter semis
Chandigarh, December 15 Pranav Suri beat Kamal Kishore 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, while Hardeep Singh Sandhu beat Dheeranush Bhatti 6-1, 7-5 to move into the semifinals round. The other players, who have moved into the semifinals, include Ranjeet Singh and Jajbir Singh, who beat Sachin Kumar and Raghav Talwar, respectively. Results: Boys’ U-12 (Quarterfinals): Paramveer Singh Bajwa bt Sabrang Sandal 4-0, 4-1; Sumitpal Singh bt Rohit Kumar 4-0, 4-0; Udyan Bhakar bt Karandeep Singh 2-4, 4-0, 4-0; Param Pun bt Yugal Bansal 5-4 (3), 4-2. Boys’ U-16 (Quarterfinals): Ranjeet Singh bt Sachin Kumar 6-3, 7-5; Pranav Suri bt Kamal Kishore 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Hardeep Singh Sandhu bt Dheeranush Bhatti 6-1, 7-5; Jajbir Singh bt Raghav Talwar 6-3, 6-2. Girls’ U-16 (Quarterfinals): Prabhuti Singhania bt Gayatri Kumaria 6-0, 6-2; Charvi Saxena bt Ayna Arora 6-4, 6-2; Nikita Bishnoi bt Valentina Shekar 6-0, 7-5; Bhavya Wadhawan bt Nandini Sharma 7-6 (6), 6-7 (6), 6-2. Girls’ U-12 (Semifinals): Saumya Saxena bt Shea Bhasin 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3); Prinkal Singh bt Harsimran Kaur 6-3, 6-2. Boys’ U-12 doubles (Semifinals): Rohit Kumar & Calvin Golmei bt Anmol Rattan Kamboj & Saurabh Parashar 7-5, 6-4; Ankrish Khanna & Naval Avasthi bt Abhay Sarna & Amitoj Singh 6-1, 3-6, 10-7; Himanshu Bansal & Gaurav Seth w/o Parmeet Singh Deol & Sameet Vats; Rishabh Sharda & Rishi Khirwar bt Sahej Punj & Ravsehaj Puri 6-1, 6-0. Boys’ U-16 doubles (Pre-quarterfinals): Sachin Kumar & Ranjeet Singh bt Sumitpal Singh & Paramveer Singh Bajwa 6-3, 6-2; Ishaque Eqbal & Nishat Eqbal bt Parasdeep Singh Virk & Diviansh Pandey 6-2, 6-3; Uday Singh Mann & Pranav Suri bt Manjot Singh & Nikhil Kashwan 6-2, 6-4; Hardeep Sandhu & Jajbir Singh bt Rahul Seth & Ishan Kakkar 6-3, 6-3.
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South Africa rout Delhi Public School
Panchkula, December 15 After winning the toss, DPS team decided to field first. South Africa scored 201 runs for the loss of six wickets in their stipulated 20 overs. James 87 off 62 balls and Dhillon 72 off 52 balls were the main scorers. For DPS, Deepak and Rohit were the only bowlers who took two wickets each giving away 22 and 43 runs, respectively. In reply, DPS team failed to achieve the target and could score only 175 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their stipulated 20 overs. Rajat 59 in 43 balls and Vanish 34 in 11 balls were the main scorers. For South Africa, Dillon was the pick of the bowlers who took five wickets giving away only 20 runs. Anieo was the other bowler who took two wickets for 35 runs. Score: South Africa: 201 for 6 in 20 overs (James 87 in 62 balls, Dillon 72 in 52 balls, Deepak 2 for 22 and Rohit 2 for 43). Delhi Public School-Pinjore: 175 for 9 in 2 overs (Rajat 59 in 43 balls, Vanish 34 in11 balls, Dillon 5 for 20 and Anieo 2 for 35. Tomorrow’s fixture South Africa v/s Delhi Public School in Pinjore at 9.30 am.
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AITA meet from tomorrow
Panchkula, December 15 Stating this in press note, Birbal Wadhera, chief coach, Chandigarh Club Tennis Academy, said the matches would be held in various categories of under-12 for both boys and girls. He said the qualifying sign-in would be held at the tennis courts on Manav Mangal School premises on December 17 and further added that qualifying matches would take place on December 18 and 19. The main draws would start from December 20, he added. Wadhera informed that Sandeep Sardana is tournament director and for any information, the players should contact director coaching or chief coach at 9815658917, 9915797403.
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Smriti takes lead in golf
Chandigarh, December 15 Smriti played the day’s only even par back nine of 36 after being two over par 38 at the turn on a day when the sun brightened up the course and a cool breeze wafted across the greens. At 152, Smriti has a four-stroke advantage going into the final round tomorrow. Overnight leader Sharmila Nicollet of Bangalore conceded four double bogeys but managed to occupy the second slot carding a nine over 81 score for a two-day tally of 156. She trails the leader by four strokes. Another stroke behind at 157 is Kolkata’s Neha Tripathi, who conceded nine bogeys. Nalini Singh Siwach conceded 10 bogies and a double bogey for a 10-over 82 card to end the day at the fourth position at 158. Local girl Saaniya Sharma, who had a dream run of four under par 69 on the last day of the sixth leg at Panchkula, started with three even pars. She lost a stroke each on the fourth and ninth to be two over par 38 at the turn. She got a stroke each on the 12th and 15th before sinking a birdie on the 16th. But then a bogey on the 17th followed by a double bogey on the last hole saw her finish the day with a six over 78 card for a two-day tally of 159. Eighteen-year-old Tanya Wadhwa, a new entrant to the pro circuit, failed to get her game in order returning a six over 78 card. She remained tied with Saaniya Sharma at 159 for the fifth slot. Scores (after second round):152 Smriti Mehra (78-74); 156 Sharmila Nicollet (75-81); 157 Neha Tripathi (77-80); 158 Nalini Singh Siwach (76-82); 159 Saaniya Sharma (81-78) and Tanya Wadhwa (81-78); 161 Nitika Jadeja (81-80); 167 Preetinder Kaur (81-86); 169 Pallavi Jain (84-85).
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Basketball meet begins
Panchkula, December 15 Schools from the tricity, including Delhi Public School, Ryan International School, St Xavier’s School, Shishu Niketan School, Army Public School, Moti Ram Arya School, Aurobindo School, Satluj Public School and Holy Child School, are participating in the two-day meet. The final of tournament would be held tomorrow. Holy Child School girls’ team has been winning the tournament for the last four consecutive years.
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