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Fearing police torture, youth commits suicide
Rajpura, March 2 The victim has been identified as Balwinder Singh, who worked as a helping hand at a cycle repair shop in the village. Youth’s father Pala Ram said some material was stolen from a hardware shop adjoining the bicycle repair shop last week. Some influential people in the village levelled theft allegations on Balwinder and said he would be taken to the police station for a dressing down. Fearing police torture, Balwinder consumed some poisonous substance on Monday. He was taken to the local Civil Hospital from where he was shifted to a hospital in Patiala, where he died this morning. Victim’s family said they would lodge a formal complaint with the police tomorrow and demand action against those who pressurised the youth to divulge details about the theft. Sadar SHO Manjit Singh said they had initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC. He added that action would be initiated against anyone who found guilty of abetting the youth to commit suicide. Village sarpanch Gurnam Singh said they were shocked by the suicide and the police must trace those behind the theft as well as the death of the youth.
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Major projects hang fire in Kalka
Kalka, March 2 Polytechnic
In 1995, the state government had taken an initiative to set up a polytechnic at Nanakpur village. The then Chief Minister, Bhajan Lal, had laid the foundation stone for the same. The village panchayat allocated 10 acres of land for the purpose but the project failed to take off. The human resource development ministry even released the first installment of Rs 2 crore, out of the estimated cost of Rs 12.30 crore, for the project. Tenders were also finalised in this regard. The project was to be completed in 2011-2012. Tourist centre
In 1996, the then Congress government had laid the foundation stone for a tourist centre at Kajiana village. The aim was to promote tourism in the area. The state government had even acquired eight acres of land for the purpose. However, in spite of several reminders to local MP and cabinet minister Kumari Selja, urging her to start the project, nothing was done. Mini secretariat
The project to set up a mini secretariat here has been hanging fire as the administration has failed to finalise the site for the project in the past three years. Official sources said the then Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula, and other officials had even visited the Kalka tehsil in this regard but to no avail. Kalka was in dire need of mini secretariat as the sub-division came into its existence in 1992 and since its inception most offices had been functioning from scattered buildings in commercial as well as residential areas, causing inconvenience to residents. A majority of the buildings were in a dilapidated state or even unsafe. Solid waste mgmt project
The joint solid waste management project of Kalka and Pinjore has been hanging fire for over three years. According to official sources, the Kalka municipal committee had sent a proposal to the office of the district town planner (DTP), Panchkula, four years ago for clearance. The municipal committees of Kalka and Pinjore had jointly selected a piece of land measuring five ares near Seyuri village for the purpose. The Government of India’s project was to be completed at a cost of Rs 2 crore. However, the department of town and country planning rejected the plan in 2006, as the land selected for the purpose was not permissible under the development plan of the department. The Kalka civic body again sent a proposal in this regard to the department in the first quarter of 2008. The municipal committees of the two towns were to jointly set up the facility, which was likely to be started in May, 2008. The state government had even granted Rs 1.08 crore for the project. However, the project was yet to see the light of the day. Dumping ground
The project to set up a dumping ground at Paploha village has got delayed as the villager residents have got a stay from the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the local administration’s move. |
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3 vehicles impounded by mining dept
Kalka, March 2 Surjit Singh, inspector in the mining department, said a team conducted a raid following a tip-off and found two JCB machines and a truck engaged in digging work in the fields. The soil was meant for a nearby brick-kiln. Illegal mining is often carried out on riverbeds in the area at night despite a ban on it by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. |
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Farmers to protest on March 9
Patiala, March 2 While confirming this, CIFA Punjab president, Satnam Singh Behru, said CIFA members would participate in the protest to express their resentment against the anti-farmer policies of the Union government. Appealing to farmers of the state to participate in the protest, Behru said: “In wake of the fact that Union government is not serious towards the implementation of the Swaminathan committee report, farmers are left with no option but to take to protest.” He said the central government should give Constitutional status to Agricultural Cost Commission of India. “There is a need to find a way to bail out the Punjab farmers from the financial liabilities, pending towards them in the form of loans. Majority of farmers in Punjab are burdened with huge agricultural debt and so far Union government has failed to resolve this issue,” added Behru. He further demanded that Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops should be fixed in conformity with the Wholesale Price Index (WPI).
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Body of notorious criminal recovered
Chandigarh, March 2 The 35-year-old allegedly died due to drug overdose. He was involved in over a dozen incidents of crime in the city over the last decade. The police ruled out any foul play behind his death. Sunil, who was out on bail, was accused of murdering Gunwant Singh Walia, a Sector 37 resident and an Industrial Area-based contractor, on the night of Karva Chauth in October 2003. The police had arrested him two years after the incident and had established robbery as the motive. His name figured in the bad character list with the Sector 39 police station. The police said he was accused in two attempt-to-murder cases, three snatching incidents and seven cases of violent brawls in the area. The police had also booked him in cases of robbery and theft in the area. His body was spotted around 8:45 am today in a highly decomposed condition, with maggots on it. The deceased was residing alone in the house, which was locked from inside. No suicide note was found in the house. However, the police recovered some drugs from his room. Enquiries by the police revealed that Sunil was last seen two days ago by his neighbour, Chander Pal, at 11 pm, when he could barely walk and fell five or six times on the road as he was under the influence of drugs. He also sustained some injuries on his nose as he fell on the road. After discovering foul smell emanating from his house, Chandar Pal informed the police, which went on to recover his body. The police initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC.
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Molestation Bid Tribune News Service
Panchkula, March 2 Surinder Singh was presented before the Duty Magistrate who remanded him in 14-day judicial custody at Ambala Jail. The victim had recently submitted a complaint to the Haryana DGP, levelling serious allegations against a Deputy Superintendent of Police investigating the molestation case against her father. The case was later handed over to DSP (HQ) Badri Parshan for investigation. The police station-5 has already registered a case under Sections 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC against Surinder Singh, uncle Satinder Singh and aunt Savitri Devi. On February 16, the teenage girl had alleged that her father had tried to rape her in the bathroom just a few days after her mother died in December. When she resisted, her father told her that he was under the influence of drugs and asked her not to report the matter to anyone. She had also alleged that on February 8 her father along with his brother Satinder Singh and sister-in-law Savitri Devi had brutally thrashed her without any provocation. However, Surinder Singh claimed that his daughter had fallen in bad company and he had asked her to mend her ways. He said his relatives were also misguiding his daughter, as there was some property dispute with his father and elder brother.
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Student arrested for causing death
Chandigarh, March 2 An engineering student of Panjab University, Akshay Dogra, was arrested for killing a 46-year-old man in a road accident late last night. The police arrested the 19-year-old student for causing the death of Sohan Lal, an employee with the Punjab Irrigation Department. Booked under Section 304 A of the IPC, he was later bailed out. The mishap took place on the road separating Sector 41-A and Sector 41-B. Sohan Lal, who was on his scooter, was on way to his Sector 39 residence. A Zen car, being driven at breakneck speed, hit his scooter, following which he fell on the road and sustained a grievous head injury. The driver of the Zen car fled from the spot. A passerby managed to note down the number of the vehicle. Sohal Lal died at the PGI today, following which the student was arrested. Akshay is a resident of Sector 38-A. Past week, the police arrested a 15-year-old student for causing the death of four-year-old Anshit Goyal in Sector 23. He hit him with an Innova car.
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3 booked for Rs 1 cr fraud
Chandigarh, March 2 The police acted on a complaint of Om Parkash, a resident of Sector 33, alleging that Pawan Lal Midha, Poonam and Piyush, all residents of Sector 21-D, tried to sold a house which was already mortgaged with the bank of the complainant. He also said in the complaint that the accused took a token money of Rs 1 crore. The case was registered on the directions of the court. The police has booked the accused in a case under Sections 420 and 120 of the IPC.
— TNS
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2 snatchings in city
Chandigarh, March 2 Acting on the complaint, a case under Sections 392 and 393 of the IPC was registered in the Sector 31 police station. In the other incident, three unidentified motorcycle-borne youths snatched mobile phone from Narain Yadav from Bihar. The incident took place in Sector 37. The victim was attacked by the three, who then fled from the spot. The accused were wearing helmet and the victim failed to note down the registration number of the vehicle. A case under Sections 356 and 379 of the IPC was registered at the Sector 39 police station.
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PCA Stadium Deepankar Sharda
Chandigarh, March 2 People staying in front of two entry gates to the PCA stadium are likely to face problems due to security and traffic arrangements made by the PCA authorities and police. This is not the first time that the people residing around the stadium will face a harrowing time. “We are now used to all this, we end up holding up in our own house whenever matches of national and international levels are played here. Due to no vehicle zone, we have to drop our children away form their school bus. We have to escort our maid as the police outside the security ring does not let her enter the area,” said Meenu, a housewife. Residents said they were given entry passes by the PCA authorities for their vehicles that too during the IPL matches. “Earlier, the authorities used to issue a single pass to every household, but with residents possessing more than two vehicles, the idea did not work. During the IPL matches, there was noise pollution, and now these barricades put by the police have obstructed the vehicular movement in the area,” stated JS Tandon. He said they had taken up the matter a number of times with the authorities, but to no avail. “Officials say such events are organised once in a year or six months, but they fail to acknowledge the problems being faced by the residents during such tournaments,” stated retired accounts officer JS Tandon. Residents said both the gates should be shifted to the front side of the stadium. Students, too, seemed unhappy with the arrangements. “The police do not allow any one to enter our society without a ticket, we have to go to the education building to receive our relatives and friends,” said Inderjeet a budding engineer.
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Police search at hotels
The police also checked vehicles to keep a tab on the activities of anti-social elements. A team led by the Zirakpur SHO carried out a search operation in hotels and restaurants in various localities. He told the hoteliers to maintain record of every visitor. He said it was mandatory for hotel owners to maintain identity registers and save the information for at least a few months. He also asked the hoteliers to inform the police if they found any suspicious person in their hotels.
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Shamim takes slender lead
Chandigarh, March 2 Hot favourite Gaganjeet Bhullar of Kapurthala trailed the leader by one stroke, along with Chandigarh's Roop Singh and Navtej Singh (Jamshedpur), who were tied for the second slot at five under 67. Kolkata's SSP Chowrasia, who created a history of sorts when he won the Avantha Masters last month, returned a card of 69 to be tied eighth. Jeev Milkha Singh, who teed off on home soil after a gap of almost 10 years, could muster a one-under 71 score to be placed tied 25th. A battery of photographers were on Jeev's trail as the golf icon started on a par note. He showed his class when he executed a perfect stroke along the ground to get out of a tricky situation after his ball landed between three tees. In the process he saved a certain bogey. He kept up the momentum sinking a birdie on the sixth after teeing off from the 10th hole. Two bogeys and two birdies on the back nine saw him finish at one under 71. Shamim, who finished fifth on the Rolex Rankings last year, reaped the reward for his accurate hitting on Wednesday. He landed his third shot from 112 yards to within a foot on the seventh, the longest hole on the course, to line-up an easy birdie putt. The three-time winner on the Aircel PGTI also converted a 15 feet birdie putt on the sixth. “I hit it quite close and didn’t really make mistakes. The birdie on the seventh was one of my best today as that hole is not easy. I also made a couple of good par saves on the 12th and 15th. Six under is a great start to the tournament. I will have to keep the intensity going over the next few days since the field is very strong and a lot of players have the ability to shoot low numbers,” said Shamim. Gaganjeet Bhullar’s bogey-free round was a result of some exceptional putting. He saved par with a 25 ft putt on the ninth and sank a 35-footer for birdie on the 12th. Jeev said, “It’s a decent start. I was just a little rusty to begin with and that’s probably the reason I did not hit too many good shots on my first nine (10th to 18th) today. I did hit it much better on the second nine (1st to 9th). I missed a few fairways, but recovered well. The sand wedge shot on the fourth that stopped a foot from the hole and helped me save par stood out for me. I also made a 35 feet uphill putt for birdie on the eighth.” Scores: 66 Shamim Khan; 67 Roop Singh, Gaganjeet Bhullar and Navtej Singh; 68 Kapil Kumar, Mohd Islam and Chiragh Kumar; 69 SSP Chowrasia, Nabin Mandal, Om Prakash Chauhan, Gaurav Ghei, Shankar Das, Arjun Singh Chaudhary, Himmat Singh Gill, Raju Ali Mollah and Vijay Kumar; 70 Mohd Zamal Hossain Mollah, Aditya Singh Chauhan, Harendra P. Gupta, Mukesh Kumar, Anthony Paul Choat, Abhinav Lohan, Ajeetesh Sandhu and Vinod Kumar.
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Mohali, March 2 He added that the championship was being organised according to the Gatka Rules and Regulations Book drafted and implemented by the Gatka Federation of India, an apex body, for the first time in the history. He added that gatka players would participate in their age groups and prizes would be given to the first three winning positions. “The purpose of the association is to manage, promote, standardise and popularise gatka as a sport on an amateur basis both nationally and internationally,” he added. Bhullar said the Punjab Olympic Association had accorded its recognition to the PGA. He said the PGA had also persuaded the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) to include gatka as a sport in the All-India School Games calendar. — TNS
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