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MoU signed for global exchange programme
Ambala, March 9 The collaboration aims at encouraging students to go abroad for work programme and live projects during graduation and postgraduation, including the USA, Australia and Africa. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between team leader of global exchange organisation and chairman of E-max Group of Institutions. — TNS
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Thief stuffs 13-yr-old
into bed box after gagging him
Kharar, March 9 The incident took place between 11:30 am and noon when Amrit, a class 6 student of St Xavier School, returned home after appearing for an examination. On his way he met his mother who told him she would be back at the house soon. Amrit told the police when he entered his home closed the door behind him he heard someone knocking on it. When he opened the door he found a man standing, who told the boy his father had sent him to paint something in the house and collect payment. The moment the man stepped inside he tied a muffler around the boy’s mouth to silence him and then shoved him into the bed-box. The police feel the suspect had some accomplices waiting outside the house to warn him whenever the boy’s mother came back. However, when she turned up eventually she did not find Amrit at home and noticed all the doors and windows were open. She looked for the boy on the rooftop also but could not locate him. She then heard voices coming from inside the bed-box. To her horror she found her son gagged and lying inside the box in a semiconscious state. Amrit’s father, Gurpinder Singh Brar, who owns a motorcycle dealership on Landran Road, told the police nothing was missing from his home. The family members think the suspects must have sensed the boy’s mother approaching the house and fled without stealing anything. “They wouldn’t have anticipated she’d return so soon”, said some relatives of the boy. The boy was examined by doctors in Kharar and is said to be “normal but quite terrified”. Police officials said a case in this connection would be filed.Meanwhile, according to the cops, Amrit had identified the man who entered his home. In his statement to the police he said the suspect had undertaken the task to paint doors at his home. “The suspect told Amrit as the latter’s father had not paid him Rs 2,000 for the paint job he (Amrit) was being targeted,” said police officials
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Rajpura MC employees block road
Rajpura, March 9 The agitators also held a strike on Monday wherein they forced the MC officials to stay out from their offices. Even the officials deployed on the Census duty were forced to sit on ground to carry out routine paper work. The monthly meeting of the councillors was also held in the PWD rest house instead of the MC office. Executive officer of Rajpura Municipal Council Varinder Jain had stated that employees on strike did not allow anyone to enter the office in view of the state-wide strike. “Though the strike was observed in other districts also, its intensity was high in Rajpura,” said the executive officer. The employees were demanding hike in their salaries. The charter of their demands read that the government was not increasing their salaries and safai karamcharis, clerks, pump attendants and drivers were working under immense pressure at a meagre salary between Rs 1,500 and Rs 5,000 for the past many years. — TNS
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Pair of Asiatic lions reaches Chhatbir Zoo
Chhat (Banur), March 9 Earlier, the officials have brought animals from Bangalore, Mysore, Himachal Pradesh and Lucknow. Zoo officials, including a veterinary doctor, pharmacist, two drivers, zookeeper, block officer and a cleaner had gone to bring the lions. While talking to TNS today, they said that though it seemed to be a difficult task but their experience helped them a lot in bringing the pair of lions from Rajkot safely. They used to cover a distance of 400 to 500 km in a day depending upon the behaviour of the animals. The condition of the animals was checked after every two or three hours. Moving at snails pace they reached Chhatbir from Rajkot in 72 hours. The officials said that animals were given water, chicken and mutton on the way. Though increased traffic during peak hours would upset the animals at many places especially while exiting Delhi. The animals however, remained calm and did not show any resistance and also did not require medicine during the journey. Before leaving Gujrat zoo, their medical examination was done and on reaching Chhatbir they were fine, as they were taking their meals regularly. The zoo officials said that they were told to remain tightlipped, as the Punjab Forest Minister would formally release the animals in their cage for the visitors on March 13.
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Woman attacked by wild animal
Ambala, March 9 She got injuries on her face and hand. She said her younger sister Renu came to her rescue and hit the wild animal with a sward cutter. Later, the wild animal disappeared. Three days ago, residents of Badi Ghel had informed the Deputy Commissioner, Ambala, that some of the villagers had seen a leopard in the village. The Deputy Commissioner had taken up the matter with the Wildlife Department and a team from the wildlife Department visited Ghel. Later, the DFO (wildlife), RK Sharma, said that there was no sign of a leopard in the village. He said that the footmarks seen of the animal were that of a dog. The Wildlife Department has ruled out the possibility of a leopard in the area but the villagers are still terrorised. Most of them were not coming out their houses late at night.
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Census officials forced to sit
on ground
Rajpura, March 9 Executive officer of Rajpura municipal council Varinder Jain said the employees did not allow anyone to enter the office in view of the strike. “Though the strike was observed in other districts too, it was total in the town,” the executive officer said. Employees sitting outside the MC office said the agitating employees prevented them from entering the office in view of the strike. The employees are demanding a hike in their salaries. In their charter of demands, they have alleged that the government is not increasing their salaries as a result of which safai workers, sewer staff, clerks, pump attendants and drivers are being forced to work under immense pressure at meager salaries for the past many years. The agitating employees said they would intensify their agitation if their demands were not met soon.
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3 students fall sick after eating hostel food
Ambala, March 9 According to information, the students took their meal brought from college mess last night. After taking the meal, three of them complained of giddiness. The hostel authorities immediately took them to the local civil hospital. The hospital sources said that it could be a case of food poisoning. On the other hand, the hostel authorities said that the girls who got sick might have brought food from outside. The warden of the hostel claimed that hygienic and quality food was being given to hostel students, while one of the relatives of the sick girl alleged that the hostel girls were not getting hygienic food. |
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DC inspects govt offices
Kalka, March 9 The sources in SDM office said after conducting inspection at the SDM office, she along with SDM Kalka Vandna Disodia also inspected the tehsil office and BDPO office here. The inspection continued till evening. —
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Class X student run over by train
Kalka, March 9 An eyewitness informed the Government Railway Police
(GRP), Kalka , which handed over the body of the boy to the relatives after conducting ane autopsy in the civil hospital,
Kalka, and a case has been registered. Notably this is the third incident of such type in the past 10 days. |
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‘Women homemakers as well as bread
earners’
Patiala, March 9 Sukmeen Sidhu, a renowned educationist and activist, was the key speaker, she highlighted the role of women from being suppressed to the modern day when she was working at par with men and playing a pivotal role in the society. “More than development of women in political circles, there should be financial independence of women, which would go a long way in empowering women and giving them all basic rights of life”, she added. She further said that the aim of celebrating International Women's Day was to generate awareness among the people and develop an empathetic understanding towards issues like female foeticide. Sukhmeen also talked about the spirit of compassion and sacrifices made by women since ages when she was an ideal homemaker, and now she was a homemaker and also an earning member of the family. Meanwhile, Rajinder Kaur said that there was an urgent need of shaping public opinion so that women got the best possible care and treatment in society. “Women are now more confident and their situation is improving. However, more efforts will improve things further”, she added.
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Residents being supplied contaminated water
Kalka, March 9 The residents told the Tribune that the inhabitants of the area were forced to drink muddy water, as the department of Public Health had been supplying contaminated water to them since the past more than two weeks. The residents fear that some epidemic
might break in the area. They have urged the local administration to take serious
note of the problem.
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Man robbed of Rs 25,000 at knifepoint
Chandigarh, March 9 Rohit is working with a Zirakpur-based factory and hails from Haldwani in Uttarakhand. He was returning after paying a visit to his friend in the area when the incident took place. The police was informed and a case of robbery under Section 392 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 31 police station.
Chain snatched Two unidentified motorcycle-borne youths snatched a gold chain from a Sector 41 resident today. The incident took place near the residential area of Sector 40. The victim has been identified as Suresh Singla. Both the accused were wearing helmet and the victim failed to note down the number of the vehicle. A case under Sections 356, 379 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.
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Burglars decamp with money, jewellery
Zirakpur, March 9 The police said after receiving the complaint of Rajesh Kumar Jain, a resident of 106, Silver City, a case has been registered and investigations have begun.In his complaint to the police, Rajesh Kumar stated that he along with his family had gone to Ludhiana for his daughter’s marriage on Sunday.He said a security guard of the society informed his wife over phone on March 6 that the grill lock was broken. He immediately called his executive who was in Zirakpur at that time and told him to check as to what had happened.Jain said when the executive entered the house, he found that the grill was broken and things were scattered in all rooms.He claimed that Rs 80,000 cash, one gold set, silver ornaments and $ 1000 from his son’s bag were missing. .
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16-yr-old hangs herself to death
Mohali, March 9 According to police, the body of Balwinder Kaur (16), was found hanging by her mother. The police was informed, which later reached the spot and removed the body. The body was then sent to the Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination. However, no suicide note was found from the room where the teenager took the extreme step. The police said the deceased lived with her mother and brother at a rented accommodation in the village. When Jaswinder Kaur didn’t see her daughter for a long time, she went to her room to look for her, but found the door bolted from inside. She knocked at the door, but did not get any response. Then she peeped into the room from a window and saw the body of her daughter hanging from a ceiling fan. A case under Section 174 of the CrPc has been registered. Forgery case
Mohali: A day after being booked in a case of cheating and forgery by the Mohali police, Yadwinder Singh Bhuttar, a confidant of Manpeet Badal, had alleged that he was implicated in a false case as he was a key figure in the forthcoming rallies of Manpreet Badal. He claimed that he was being implicated in a politically motivated case as he was organising the March 13 rally of Manpreet at Gurdaspur. The police had booked Bhuttar on Monday, along with Kulwinder Singh and Raghbir Singh on a complaint of Amanpreet Singh of Malout. In March 2008, Bhuttar, along with the two other persons, reportedly took Rs 10 lakh from Amanpreet on assurance that he would return Rs 15 lakh to him. Despite repeated requests, the money was never returned. In August 2010, a complaint was lodged with the police. After investigating the matter, the case was registered. Bhuttar claimed that the police had no proof to prove that he had cheated Amanpreet.
Two held for false complaint
Kharar: The police arrested two persons, who falsely registered a case, claiming that they were looted at a gunpoint near Bhago Majra village on Tuesday. In his complaint to the police, Rohit Kumar Joshi of ward no. 3 near Shiv Nanda School, Morinda, alleged that he was going to deposit Rs 3 lakh at ICICI Bank, Kharar, with his friend Mohan Singh. The money belonged to Anu, brother of Morinda liquor contractor Balram Singh and Rohit was asked to deposit the same at ICICI Bank. Rohit claimed that when they reached the liquor vend near Bhago Majra village, four motorcycle-borne youths looted the money from them at a gunpoint. SI Anil Kumar, in-charge Gharauan, conducted an inquiry into the case. During investigation it was found that complainant and his friend Mohan had concocted the entire story to embezzle the amount. The police has recovered the looted amount and arrested the two accused. 4 DJs booked
Zirakpur, March 9 The police team along with naib-tehsildar raided the Sohi Banquet, Occasion resort, Gobind residency and Richmond garden and stopped the music. The police said four separate cases had been registered . —
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West Indies vs Ireland
Chandigarh, March 9 While the Caribbean team worked out in the morning session, the Irish team underwent training during afternoon. Both teams were seen working hard on the nets, as March 11 match is important for both teams to move up in the points tally. Earlier, the West Indies team after a long warm-up session on the ground went straight into the nets. Kieron Pollard was observed trying his hand in the straight flat shots. As the player likes to send the ball over the boundary through flat smashes, he seems to be blissful after his practice on the nets. Team’s captain Darren Sammy and batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan also spent more time on the nets, as they both have yet to come up with a brilliant knock from their bat. On the other hand, pace bowler Kemar Roach bowls out a long spell, as he is looking forward to bother the Irish with his bowling attack. Left arm leg spinner Sulimen Benn after bowling in the nets was noticed practicing some sweep shots. Later, in the afternoon, the Irish team joined the nets. The Irish team was notably seen aggressive, while batting in the nets. Kevin O’ Brien, the century-hitter in just 50 balls, spent a long time while batting in the nets before vigorously bowling. Eighteen-year old young left arm spinner George Dockrell and right arm fast bowler Boyd Rankin was also present in the nets where they firmly worked on the bowling. Taking time out for noble cause
The West Indies players also met HIV+ people living in Mohali under the scheme of ICC and UNAID slogan of “Run out AIDS”.The Caribbean team took out time from its practice session to support the “Think Wise” campaign. Campaign ambassador Ramnaresh Sarwan and skipper Darren Sammy called for a greater understanding for the people affected with HIV.The players met 10 HIV affected people living in Mohali. “It was interesting to get the opportunity to meet these people and understand some of the issues that they face on a day-to-day basis, the interaction was that people affected by the disease are no different and that they must not be discriminated,” said Sarwan. The players also played a fun match with them. The players also presented them their autographs. Date with St Soldier students
The under-14 cricket team of St Soldier International School was also among the students, who interacted with the players, whereas the junior team of the school interacted with the Ireland team during the net session. The local players were seen taking autographs and clicking pictures with the international cricketers. Young bowler George Dockrell, who admires Daniell Vitorie, also gave away bowling tips to the budding cricketers. After the interaction, the city-based players got a chance to practice with the Irish team and their favourite player, Kevin O’ Brien. Some children also got official T-shirts signed by the players. “It was a proud moment for us to share the ground with our favourite players. They treated us like their team only and we also got gifts from them, we will remember this moment throughout our lives,” said Vivek, Ashish, Sahil, Manjeet and Arnav, members of the local school team. |
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World Cup evokes mixed response at PU hostels
Chandigarh, March 9 In the evening, when a majority of Indians were glued to India-Netherlands clash, Girls Hostel No. 7 had tuned into a news channel for the latest nation updates. “Girls in my hostel are not interested in watching cricket matches at all and even I am not a cricket fan. The prime time is taken over by reality shows. Besides, “Pyaar Ki Ek Ye Kahaani” and “Geet Hui Sabse Paraayi” are a big hit among girls here. Their favourite is a popular reality show “Shaadi 3 Crore Ki,” said Kuljeet Kaur Kangura, a hostel inmate and a student of physics department. A few girls were not even aware of the ongoing series of World Cup matches, particularly the India vs Netherlands match. Asha, a clerk in the hostel, said: “Since girls are busy with their coaching classes or departmental activities, only a few girls watch cricket matches. Only one out of 100 girls want to watch the cricket matches.” From indifference to World Cup at girls’ hostel to a totally opposite reaction of interest in cricket was witnessed at girls Hostel No 3, Sarojini Hall, where a group of girls were watching the cricket match. “Though I am not a die-hard fan of cricket, I am following the matches in this World Cup. The last two or three matches have been quite interesting and several girls in our hostel watch them,” said Srishti Chauhan of department of laws.
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Hockey: PNB drub Chandigarh XI 3-2
Chandigarh, March 9 PNB defeated Chandigarh XI by 3-2. Navdeep Singh opened the account for the winners in the seventh minute of the game. Gurjant Singh of Chandigarh XI equalled the score with a strike into the goal in the 25th minute of the match and later Gagandeep Singh of Chandigarh XI doubled the margin by 2-1 in the 31st minute of the match. In second half of the match, Damandeep of PNB contributed two goals for his team, a goal in the 65th minute and later he converted a penalty corner into goal in the 68th minute of the game. — TNS
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