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SAD leader’s husband booked for beating up woman
Rajpura, February 26 City police station in charge Krishan Kumar Panthe said the police acted following a complaint from a woman from Amritsar. A case under Sections 354, 323, 506, 364, 509, 295-A, 148, 149 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered against the accused, who are still at large. In her complaint to the police, Preeti Mehta, a widow, alleged that she was beaten up after being thrown out from her husband’s house in Dashmesh Colony last night. She said that her husband died around five months ago and before that she lived in the house with him for nearly four years. Children from the first marriage of Preeti sold off the house without her consent even as a case in this regard is pending the court, she told the police. Those who purchased and sold off the house allegedly shunted her out of the house though she squatted in front of the house and refused to leave. She alleged that the accused tore off her clothes and thrashed her. Her two relatives, Khajaan Singh and Gurmel Singh, also received injuries in the attack. Gurmel could not be traced after the quarrel while Preeti and Khajaan are undergoing treatment at the Rajpura Civil Hospital, said the police official. The complainant alleged that the accused are politically connected people as wife of one of the main accused Jagdish Jagga is a councillor in Rajpura MC and are well connected with senior SAD leaders. |
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Rajpura flyover: Emergency services crippled
Useless! Nine head of cattle loaded in a truck lost their lives last month due to fire and suffocation near the Rajpura Veterinary Hospital, as fire tenders could not reach there in time due to closed railway lines and the almost useless flyover
Rajpura, February 26 However, with the width reduced from actual 24 feet to mere 16 feet the very purpose of flyover got defeated as risky barricades were made on both sides of it few years ago to ban heavy vehicles. Also there are basic engineering faults in it, which has led to large number of accidents in the past. The flyover is also termed by the residents “khooni” flyover. Nine head of cattle loaded in a truck lost their lives last month due to fire and suffocation near Rajpura Veterinary Hospital, as fire tenders could not reach there in time due to closed railway lines and the almost useless flyover. The fire tenders have to take a longer route to reach the other side if the barricades on the level crossing are down. Manminder Singh, fire officer at the Rajpura fire department, said the iron blockades on both sides of the flyover force them to take a longer route to reach the other side of the town. “The delay has cost fire victims dear in the past. There seems to be no solution to this problem despite apprising the senior functionaries of the problem,” said the fire officer. Jaswinder Singh, a resident of Rajpura, who witnessed the incident in which a truck loaded with cattle was up in flames, said the firemen had a tough time to reach the burning truck. Area residents demanded that the barricades should be removed for at least ambulances, fire tenders and other emergency vehicles. |
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Two-day seminar on development in Punjab
Patiala, February 26 Dr MS Sidhu from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, was the chief guest. He pointed out that education in rural areas needed to be reformed. “The status of women and issues of female foeticide, drug menace etc. needed immediate attention and said farmers were under a lot of stress due to the debt burden”. Dr RS Ghuman, head, department of economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, stressed on the fact that at present, Punjab's agricultural sector was going through a rough phase. Earlier, college principal Dr Jarnail Singh welcomed the dignitaries and other guests. He emphasised on the fact that the state government must formulate some new policies and ensure social and economic progress of the agrarian community.
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No-confidence motion against MC chief
Dera Bassi, February 26 The letter was signed by councillors Vipin Thaman, Seema Sharma and Baljinder Kaur. Due to the infighting of councillors, Dera Bassi could not witness any development activity for the last one-and-a-half year. Nearly nine councillors were opposing the council president out of total 13 and no resolution could be passed for development works in the town. When Dera Bassi residents held a protest against the councillors on development issue, MLA Jasjit Singh Bunny had asked the council president, who belongs to the SAD, to resign from the post to resolve the controversy. However, the council president did not submit her resignation. Executive officer of municipal council Sarbjeet Singh said that following the requisition letter for no-confidence motion, council president would be asked to convene the meeting of members within 14 days. |
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‘Need to develop positive attitude among students’
Patiala, February 26 The education system should respond to the changes in our education institutions and convert existing classrooms into smart classrooms equipped with interactive digi-board system, he said. Patil said education was not complete if one was not capable of understanding life itself. Stressing on positive thinking, the Governor, advocated the need for developing positive attitude among the students. He said if positive attitude were developed then the future would be bright. Patil said more attention should be given to quality education, which would enhance capabilities to achieve excellence through commitment, vision, determination and hard work. He appealed the luminaries and members of the Academic council to act as catalysts and create new opportunities for the youth in different disciplines of education, research and development programmes. Patil also gave away prizes to the students who excelled in studies and sports. Prominent guests who spoke on the occasion included Stanley Vinod Kumar, Dr Harish S Dhillon, the Principal, and the Board of governors of the school. |
Company told to pay Rs 20 lakh
Chandigarh, February 26 The couple, Yash Paul and Lata Singla, in separate complaints had stated that they had submitted applications for the allotment of residential plots in “Mohali hills” in Sector 105 at a basic price of
Rs 10,000 per square yard in 2005 and had paid a booking amount of the
Rs 6 lakh each. Subsequently, they paid more instalments totalling Rs 20.70 lakh each. They claimed that in 2007, the developer revised the allotment rate from
Rs 10,000 to Rs 11,500 per square yard and allotted them a plot in Sector 109, Mohali, instead of Sector 105, for which they had invested the money. In its reply, the company denied the allegation and claimed that they had not asked for any booking amount and the same was charged by certain property dealers who were promoting their sales. They also claimed that they issued legal notices to all such property dealers. Defending the allotment of the plot in Sector 109, the company said no commitment was made for allotment in Sector 105. The complainant counted the argument by stating that there was no mention of Sectors 108 and 109 in the advanced registration form and the Punjab government had only cleared Sector 105 for development. The commission observed that notices issued to the property dealers were not in order as neither the postal receipts nor the acknowledgements were placed on record. Taking note of advertisement given in various newspapers regarding pre-launch of plots by the company. The commission stated, “It appears that these notices have been introduced by the opposite party to make a defence in papers only to avoid penalty. But one thing is certain that pre-launch registration had been started by the company.” The commission also did not find any merit in the argument for changing sector and held that till September 2006, the company had not received permission for change of land use in Sectors 108 or 109 by the Punjab government. Therefore, they could not book a plot in these sectors.
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Statements recorded in NK Jain case
Chandigarh, February 26 Jain was booked in a gangrape case and criminal conspiracy, along with four others in 2002. The case dates back to August 14, 2002, when a Shimla-based girl was raped and thrown out of a car near a petrol station in Sector 33. The accused NK Jain, along with Ram Lal, Surinder Sharma, Baldev Kumar and head constable Narvir Singh were booked under Sections 376-G (gangrape), 389 (putting a person in fear of accusation of offence in order to commit extortion), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.
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Scribe assaulted, 7 booked
Dera Bassi, February 26 According to information, some unidentified youths barged into the journalist’s house late in the evening and started assaulting them with sharp edged weapons. Ashwani and Ashok were admitted to the GMCH-32, Chandigarh, in a serious condition. Other injured were admitted in the Civil Hospital, Dera
Bassi. The police had booked seven persons under Section 307 of the IPC in this regard. One booked for fraud
Mohali: The police booked Jagdish Kumar, a resident of Phase 3B2, for selling a house after showing fake allotment documents. The case has been registered on the complaint of Mukhtiyar Singh, a resident of Dashmesh Nagar, Nayagaon. The police said Mukhtiyar had alleged that Jagdish told him that he had an allotment letter of the house number 1657, Phase 3B2, and took Rs 5 lakh as a token money. Later, Mukhtiyar found that the house had two occupants already. Jagdish duped him of Rs 5
lakh. A case had been registered against Jagdish and hunt to nab him
was on. ‘Explosive was a
firecracker’ Zirakpur: The Mohali police today claimed the bomb-like object found on the ‘rehri’ in a busy market of Zirakpur yesterday was a firecracker of low intensity. Though it raised suspicion, thorough probe revealed it was a harmless cracker, the police said. The police did not rule out the possibility of some anti-social elements placing the fire cracker in the market to create panic among the residents of the area. The investigations were on. Five booked
The police booked two property dealers, along with three unidentified persons for trespassing into a house of Dr Navdeep Kaur, a resident of Sector 8, Chandigarh. The case has been registered against Devinder Singh, Ranjodh Singh Mann and three unidentified persons. The complainant, Dr Navdeep Kaur alleged that she had a house in Phase 3-A. On February 24, when she came to check her house, she found that the miscreants had locked her house and tried to encroach the house, she alleged. The police said after investigation, a case has been registered against them on the complaint of Dr Navdeep Kaur.
Two arrested
Suresh Kumar and Sandeep Charan, both residents of Dashmesh Nagar, were arrested here yesterday and a scooter (CH-01-X-9026) was recovered from their possession. The police said the accused had stolen the scooter from Tanda Karora village. A police team laid a naka and nabbed the accused with the stolen scooter. A case under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC has been registered against them.
Contractor booked
ZIRAKPUR: Chiranji Lal, a contractor of parking area, was booked on the charges of breach of trust. The case has been registered on the complaint of Mohit Aggarwal, a resident of Sector 45, Chandigarh. In his complaint, Mohit said he had come to attend a marriage function at Westwood marriage palace, along with his family members. He parked his Balero car inside the palace in the parking area. He alleged that when he returned from the function, he found that the car was missing. He asked the contractor about the car, but Chiranji did not respond properly. He suspected that the contractor would be involved in the theft. Police official stated that after receiving the complaint, a case has been registered and started further investigations.
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19-year-old student stages kidnap drama
Mohali, February 26 After spending the day at Chandigarh Railway Station, the boy returned home when the police exerted pressure on his friends. On finding Abhishek missing suddenly last night, his parents pressed the panic button and approached the police at 2 am today, stating that their son had been kidnapped by one Paramjit Singh to whom he owed Rs 3,000. The caller demanded the money from the boy’s mother. The entire drama unfolded this evening when the police tracked down two mobile numbers (from which the extortion calls were made to Abhishek’s mother) and found that they belonged to the boy’s friend Harsimran. On being questioned, Harsimran confessed that on Abhisek’s insistence he had posed as Paramjit Singh and demanded the money from his mother, said Superintendent of Police (City) Harpreet Singh. Inquiries revealed that the boy had not been doing well in his studies and had appeared twice to qualify in the first semester. His lectures were also short as he was not regular in attending his classes. Fearing that his parents would scold him, he enacted the entire drama. But before he could get the money, his plan was exposed and he ran away from his home only to return later.
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P’kula doctor escapes fatal attack
Panchkula, February 26 Gupta, in his complaint to the police, said he was going towards Panchkula after closing his clinic at 7 pm in his Mahindra Logan car. When he reached near Adarsh petrol station, some persons fired shots at him. He said he had a miraculous escape as a bullet passed through windowpanes.
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Anmol first in 400m race
Mohali, February 26 Ada Gupta won the principal’s trophy, march past trophy was awarded to Patiala House, while Tagore House bagged the champions trophy. Results 4x100m (U-17 girls): Aitchison House, Nalagarh House and Ranjit House; 200m (U-14 girls): Daanish Ghuman, Kushnaaz Brar and Harleen Deol; 200m (U-12 girls): Rishu Taneja, Avneet Kaur and Guneet Kaur; 1,500m (U-19 girls): Harshini Madan, Ada Gupta and Palakpreet Bajwa; 800M (U-17 girls): Amandeep Benipal, Palak Gupta and Maetry Gupta; 100m (U-14 boys): Naehep Sharma, Youngpreet Singh and Ikrabdeep; 4x100m (U-17 boys): Tagore House, Aitchison House and Ranjit House: 1500m (U-14 boys): Ikrabdeep Ghai, Parth Kohli and Armaan; shot put (U-19 girls): Harshini Madan, Aarti and Neelam Sidhu; 4x100m (U-17 girls): Aitchison House, Ranjit House and Tagore House; 4x400m (U-14 girls): Ranjit House, Tagore House and Patiala House; 4x400m (U-14 boys): Tagore House, Ranjit House and Nalagarh House; 4x400m (U-17 boys): Tagore House, Aitchison House and Nalagarh House; 100m (U-19 girls): Anya Gupta, Mannat Dhaliwal and Ada Gupta; 4x400m (U-19 boys): Patiala House, Tagore House and Ranjit House.
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Madras University beat PU 2-0
Chandigarh, February 26 Madras University defeated the host by 2-0. In singles’ category Neena Reddy defeated Simer in straight sets by 6-4 and 6-3, whereas in a tough match Preethi Srinivasan defeated Noor Paul by 6-1, 2-6 and 6-3. In the second match of the day, Calcutta University defeated Mumbai University by 2-1. In the singles’ category Supriya Mallya defeated Dipti Srivastva by 3-6 and 3-6, while Danielle Jones defeated Radhika Jadhav by 7-6 and 6-2. In doubles category, Dipti and Danielle defeated Supriya and Siyraddha by 7-5, 4-6 and 6-3. |
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ICC World Cup
Chandigarh, February 26 Due to bad whether, the PCA authorities have started working on the terrain early, so that it gets hard before the forthcoming match. According to Diljeet Singh, curator of the pitch at the PCA, the hard wickets add pace to the surface, which according to experts is fine for the one-day game. “It is not ideal to start preparing the wicket so early, we usually start preparing the wicket before a few days of the match, but due to the bad whether, we started working on it so that it become hard,” said Diljeet Singh. Adding further, he said the pitch had always given the best for each game played here. “Mohail wicket as always is expected to give the best this time also, it will help both batsmen and bowlers and the pitch will also have a little grass over it, but not green,” said Diljeet. According to information, two league matches will be played on two different pitches of the ground. “The first league match will be played on the pitch, in which a test match between Australia and India was played, whereas the second match will be played on the pitch where Punjab and Tamil Nadu U-19 match was held,” said Singh. Further adding, “The authorities will observe both pitches during the matches, the surface, which will come up with the better results, will be preferred for the semifinal match schedule here,” stated Diljeet. Giving his views about the upcoming match, “If the South African team get a chance to bat first on this pitch, they will definitely score an undefeatable score against the Netherlands, whereas the Windies are not the same team, which it was earlier, so one cannot expect much from them,” said Diljeet. |
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