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Wheat on 30 acres gutted
Ambala, April 17 According to information, the live electricity wire fell in the fields, which caused a spark. The crop, which turned in ashes, was ready for harvesting. The land was owned by Jaspal, Bhola, Manjeet, Ujagar Singh, Jasbir Singh, Kulbir Singh, Darshan Singh and Avtar Singh. All the victims are residents of Garnala village. As many as four fire tenders were rushed at the spot, but the crop turned into ashes by that time. The victim farmers have demanded compensation from the government for their loss, which was caused due to negligence of the electricity department.
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Withdraw house tax, demands BJP MLA
Ambala, April 17 However, now after Hooda had been voted to power, the Haryana government had again levied house tax. Vij further said that the house tax was a big burden on the common man and the Haryana government should immediately withdraw the tax in Haryana. He also criticised the increase in the collector rate and demanded its roll back. He said the hike in collector rate would ruin the budget of the common man. |
FCI gets rap for delay in pension to widow
Chandigarh, April 17 The forum has directed the corporation to pay 9 per cent interest on the delayed pension, compensation of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 7,000 as litigation cost. Significantly, this amount has to be recovered from the salaries of the officials who delayed the pension. Further, the commission has said that if this all isn’t done within three months, the entire amount shall be recovered from the salary of the Zonal Manger (North),
FCI. The orders were passed on the complaint of Kamini Walia, whose husband, Satish Kumar, died on January 8, 2001, while in service. She had alleged that though all requisite documents for the release of family pension were submitted on June 28, 2003, the same was released on September 7, 2010. During these seven years, the complainant claimed that she had made several visits to the FCI for the release of the pension but no one listened to her. She stated that she had even sent a legal notice on May 16, 2010, but nothing positive came out. In its response the FCI claimed that they had received the papers two and half years after Satish Kumar’s death and the same were incomplete. They said the documents were only submitted to the Employer Provident Fund Organisation on August 11, 2010 and the payment was finally released on September 7, 2010. The forum observed that it had been established beyond doubt that the FCI “not only slept over the matter of granting family pension to a widow of an ex-employee, who was burdened with the liability of rearing here two young sons, but that they have been absolutely callous, indifferent and cruel to her fate in keeping the case pending for a period of more than seven years even after submission of all FPS papers”. The forum ruled that the gross deficiency in service, as well as indulgence in an unfair trade practice, had been fully established on FCI’s part.
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Dress designer penalised Rs 28,000
Chandigarh, April 17 The amount includes cost of the dress, compensation and litigation cost for supplying the dress. The forum comprising Rajinder Singh Gill and Madanjit Kaur Sahota passed the order while allowing a complaint filed by Sector 21 resident Anjana Mehta. In her complainant, Anjana stated that she visited Hotel Taj in Chandigarh on September 3, 2010, for an exhibition, where she selected a dress and placed an order with Rimple and Mayur on full and final payment of Rs 20,000. But the complainant did not receive the dress following which she made numerous calls that were put off by the respondent on one pretext or the other. Finally, after repeated reminders, when the complainant received the dress on October 12, she was shocked to see that it was dirty and old. It rather appeared to be the piece that the exhibitors had kept for trial and had been tried by many customers during the exhibition. After hearing the complaint, the forum held that it was of the opinion that there was deficiency in service as well as unfair trade practice on the part of the dress designer. It directed the designer to refund Rs 20,000 and also told it to pay Rs 5,000 as compensation for harassment along with the litigation cost of Rs 3,000.
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Chandigarh man robbed of Santro
Zirakpur, April 17 The victim, Parveen Rana, a resident of CBI Colony, Sector 29, Chandigarh, said the incident occurred around 7.30 pm when he was returning from Dera Bassi after dropping his sister to Sukhmani Institute of Nursing in his Santro car registration number bearing CHO4J-0529. Rana said he stopped his car near the traffic light point. A youth came to him and enquired about some address. “While I was talking to him, another youth took the keys out of my car. When I tried to catch hold of the keys, their third accomplice, who was wielding a knife, attacked me. I moved a little to save myself. Meanwhile, they sat in my car and fled towards Chandigarh,” Rana added. He described that robbers aged between 26 and 28 years and were speaking in Punjabi. Zirakpur SHO Yogi Raj said a case had been registered against unidentified robbers. He said police teams had been dispatched to various places.
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Mysterious death of 14-year-old boy
Mohali, April 17 Sunder, a student of Government School, Sector 47, Chandigarh, went missing from his house on March 29. His father had lodged a missing report at the Sohana police station. But a few days later his body was found in the village pond. He said despite names of the suspects being given to the investigating officer and indications of his son being done to death, the police was not probing the matter. Some of the suspects were questioned, but were later let off. Though the police claimed that no external injury marks have been found on the body, his father claimed there was an injury mark on Sunder’s face. He lamented that he was not being provided a copy of the autopsy.
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Girls nab snatchers
Chandigarh, April 17 High drama was witnessed in the Iron market in Sector 29 when two girls on a scooter nabbed the snatcher. The snatcher tried to flee after snatching the purse from them. The incident took place at the Sectors 29/30 light point when two girls on Honda Activa were waiting at the red signal and a youth snatched the purse of the rider, Romnika. The girls gave a chase to the snatcher while screaming on the way, which alerted public and the snatcher was hence nabbed. As the girls raised a hue and cry, a youth in a car as well as the girls began chasing the accused, who was on a bike. After a brief chase, the accused was nabbed in the Iron market by the public. The police, too, reached the spot and arrested the accused, who was identified as 20-year-old Gaurav Sharma, a resident of Maloya. He is a drug addict and the police is also suspecting his involvement in other snatching cases. The two girls - Romnika Hooda and Neha - are students of MBA and were heading home on their scooter when the incident took place. The purse was recovered from the possession of the accused. He will be produced in court tomorrow. “The girls were screaming following which a youth in the car began chasing the accused. The girls, too, trailed him on their scooter, following which he was nabbed,” said investigating officer Sub-Inspector Ravinder Singh. In a separate case, Nirupma, an advocate with the Punjab and Haryana High Court and a resident of Sector 9, reported to the police that unknown persons on a motorcycle ran away after snatching her purse from near a gurdwara in Sector 19. She was going to the gurdwara when the incident took place. Her purse contained one Nokia mobile phone, Rs 5,000, one ATM card, a pan card and an identity card of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana High Court. A case has been registered at the police station, Sector 19. In another case, Manjit Kaur, a resident of Sector 15 C, alleged that a youth on a motorcycle snatched her purse containing Rs 8,000 from near the post office, Sector 18. The number of the bike could not be noted down.
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Gang of vehicle thieves busted, three held
Chandigarh, April 17 The accused have been identified as Adil Muzaffar Meer, Billar Ahmed Meer and Ajaz Ahmed Pahry. Accused Adil Muzaffar and Billar Ahmed were sent to judicial custody and Ajaz Ahmed was remanded in one-day police custody by the court today. The police said the accused were arrested near Mohali barrier, along with the stolen car (CH-03C-8913), which was being taken to Kashmir. Inspector Amanjot Singh of the crime branch said the kingpin of the group was absconding and the gang had been laying its hands on vehicles in Chandigarh recently and used to dispose off the vehicles in parts of Kashmir. He added that the accused were running shops of motor spare parts in Kashmir and used to sell engine and other parts of the stolen vehicles in the valley. There is a possibility of recovery of more stolen vehicles, especially Maruti cars from them, he added. The stolen Maruti van belongs to Satyawan Singh of Chandigarh.
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2 booked for eve teasing
Chandigarh, April 17 The victim was passing through Sector 8 in her car when two youths in another car passed remarks after their car brushed against each other. Before the victim could react, they fled. The police has traced the number of the car and is on a look out for the accused. A case of outraging the modesty of a woman under Section 509 of theIPC has been registered.
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Cricket
Chandigarh, April 17 Infosys beat Godrej CC by one wicket, while DCM team registered 40-run victory over Airtel XI in the second semifinal match. Earlier, Infosys XI won the toss and decided to field first. With getting good start of 51-run partnership between the openers, the team put on 138 for seven in the allotted 25 overs. Kulwinder Romy contributed 40 runs, while Jai Kapila scored 26. Infosys bowlers were tight in their line and length and didn’t give enough chance to batsmen to free their arms. There were only 10 boundaries hit in the entire inning. Sahil Seth and Gourav scalped two wickets each. Infosys got off to a bad start, as they lost opener Sahil Seth on the very first ball. Thereafter, Parmod Rawat (58) played sensibly and put together two successive partnerships to help the team came out of a spot of bother. The match came to an interesting moment when Infosys required three runs off the last over and Godrej just one wicket to book a place in the final. For Godrej CC, Kulwinder Romy picked up three for 21. Ravinder Malik and Vijaypal scalped two wickets each. Score: Godrej CC: 138 for 7 in 25 overs (Kulwinder Romy 40, Jai Kapila 26, Sahil Seth 2 for 20 and Gourav 2 for 30). Infosys XI: 140 for 9 in 24.3 overs (Parmod Rawat 58, Anirudh Jethi 20, Kulwinder Romy 3 for 21, Vijaypal 2 for 14, Ravinder Malik 2 for 34). In the second semifinal played between Airtel XI and DCM Engineering XI, the latter won by 40 runs to enter into the final of the tournament. Batting first, DCM scored 165 runs in 25 overs with the help of Jaspreet’s half century (50) off just 37 deliveries. Shivam Rao chipped in 36 runs. Anuj was the leading wicket-taker with three wickets to his credit. In reply, it was a poor show by the bowlers and the fielders of Airtel XI. Amandeep picked up four wickets, largely responsible for bundling out the opponents in the 23rd over. For Airtel XI, Vinay bhardwaj was the top scorer with 30 runs. The final match of the tournament shall be played between DCM Engineering XI and Infosys XI at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium on April 24. Scores: DCM Engg XI: 165 for 8 in 25 overs (Jaspreet 51, Shivam Rao 36, Anuj 3 for 40 and Alok 2 for 21). Airtel XI: 125 all out in 22.5 overs (Vinay Bhardwaj 30, Sarang 25, Amandeep 4 for 19 and Avinash 2 for 32). |
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Ashutosh wins top honours in boxing
Panchkula, April 17 The sports meet was organised by the department of Panchkula district sports and youth affairs for the sportspersons in the age group of 8 to 14 years. The sports disciplines included athletics, boxing, badminton, judo and wrestling. The results: Boxing (U-14): 32-34 kg: 1 Kamaljit, 2 Mohammad Riyaz; 34-36 kg: 1 Rishabh, 2 Belpal; 36-38 kg: 1 Amit, 2 Gagandeep; 38-40 kg: 1 Yash, 2 Gurpreet; 40-42 kg: 1 Deepak Sharma, 2 Gautam; 42-46 kg: 1 Bhavesh, 2 Rajesh. Wrestling: 32 kg: 1 Mandeep, 2 Harjeet Singh. 35 kg: 1 Taleem Khan, 2 Vishal. 38 kg: 1 Rakesh, 2 Vinod. 42 kg: 1 Bilal Ahmed, Ankit Saini. 47 kg: 1 Kamaljeet, 2 Amandeep. 59 kg: 1 Sahil Mor, Gautam. Judo (U-14) 25 kg: 1 Sonu, 2 Manav. 30 kg: 1 Narender, 2 Deepak, 3 Ashish and Ankit. 35 kg: 1 Himanshu,, 2 Komaldeep, 3 Antriksha and Manoj. 40 kg: 1 Ravi Kant, 2 Mohit. 45 kg: 1 Jitender Thakur, 2 Ishan. 50 kg: 1 Navesh, 2 Ishan. Athletics: 100 m: 1 Ramchander, 2 Nikhil, 3 Aman. 600 m: 1 Praveen, Nikhil, 3 Sunil. Shot put: 1 Akhil, 2 Sanjeev Saini, 3 Praveen. Long Jump: 1 Pankaj, 2 Ajay 3 Deepak. 4X100 m relay race: 1 Ramchander, 2 Nikhil, 3 Aman, 4 Praveen. |
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Ikrabdeep Ghai shines in golf tournament
Chandigarh, April 17 The Captain’s Day is the most looked forward event in the Chandigarh Golf Club calendar and witnesses the maximum participation by members. Participating in the 9-16 handicap category, Ikrabdeep outshone the golfers with better handicaps by playing an under-par score. He clinched the title in the two-day stroke play event with three/four handicap logging 47 points in his Vaibhav Mahen won the title in the 0-8 handicap category with 38 points with Dilmick Lamba emerging winner in the 17-24 handicap category. Course captain HS Kang said the Captain’s Day competition was held on April 16 and 17 and the members were allowed to play on any of the two days. The competition in the above-70 category was played over nine holes. Nishi Chaudhary logged 23 points to win the event. Konika Minocha triumphed in the ladies section with 38 points. In the above 85 senior citizen category, BS Grewal executed the longest drive. In a colourful prize distribution ceremony held on the Driving Range, the winners of the Captain’s Day competition, as also those who had showed good performances throughout the year were honoured. Results: Stroke play with 3/4 handicap: 0-8 handicap- Vaibhav Mahen 38 points, Mansimran Singh 37, RS Bedi 35; 9-16 handicap- Ikrabdeep Ghai 47, SS Toor 45, JS Grewal 43; 17-24 handicap- Dilmick Lamba 46, SK Sharma 45; Gurdeshpal Singh 43; Above 70 years- Nishi Chaudhary 23, Capt JS Sahi 21; Ladies- Konika Minocha 38, S Ratia 36, Rima Dhillon 33. Overall gross winner- Ikrabdeep Ghai. Longest drive (hole no. 1): 0-50 years- Rishi S Arora (227.10 m); 51 to 65 years- Dr GS Sandhu 212.30 m; 66 to 75 years- Col RS Grewal (225 m). Bumker play winner: 0 to 50 years- Rishi S Arora; 51 to 65 years- Grp Capt NS Randhawa; 66 to 75 years- Kirpal Singh. Longest drive for senior citizens (85 years and above): BS Grewal. |
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Golf camp from May 3
Chandigarh, April 17 The camp will be conducted by EGTF coach Ajay Gujral, who is also the joint director of the Chandigarh Golf Club Academy and will be open to members and non-members of the club. The focus will be on basics of the game like grip, posture, full swing, short game, putting and other fundamentals. Each participant will get complimentary golf magazines and a contest will be conducted on the last day of the camp in which prizes will be given to the winners. Participation certificates will also be given to the trainees. For details call at 9814356013. |
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300 run to ‘save girl child’
Panchkula, April 17 Age of participants varied from 10 years to 84 years who had come to exhibit their zeal in the marathon organised by Chirag Kala Academy in collaboration with Haryana Sports and Culture Association, Indian Council of Social Welfare and Shirdi Sai Seva Society, Panchkula. Addressing the participants, MLA Bansal said it was encouraging that social organisations were coming forward to create awareness against female foeticide. He also gave away cash prizes of Rs 5,100, 2,100 and 1,100 to winners of the first, second and third positions, respectively. In the ‘up to 30-year category’, Sandeep Kumar bagged the first position while Dinesh Kumar and Pankaj bagged the second and third positions, respectively. Similarly, in the 30 to 45 years category JB Singh got the first position while Sunita Malik and Chandigarh Police Inspector Parvesh Sharma got the second and third positions, respectively. In 45 to 60 years category Kamaldeep got the first position, Jailpal second and Pardeep bagged the third position. In the senior citizen category WC Goyal bagged the first position while Retd Lt Col RK Seth (84) got the second position. Special prize was given to 10-year-old Pratham, who completed the whole marathon of 10 km. |
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Red team emerge victorious
Chandigarh, April 17 After winning the toss, Chandigarh Blue elected to bat first and put on a total of 145 all out in 28 overs. Chandigarh Red overhauled the target at the loss of just two wickets in 21.3 overs. For Chandigarh Blue, Yuvrah Singh Gill hit 33 runs in 57 balls, whereas Shuvam Gulati chipped in 30 off 51. The other notable batsman was Arslan with his 24-run knock. Rajat and Shubham claimed two wickets each for 16 and 17 runs, respectively. In reply, Chandigarh Red’s Swapnil put up a brilliant show and slammed 71 runs in 57 balls. He was supported by Vaibhav Mahajan, who hit 33 runs. Kuljit claimed one wicket for 27 runs. |
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Rashid wins Nepal Masters
Chandigarh, April 17 Leading by just two strokes over Harendra, Delhi’s Rashid Khan submitted an error-free card of six under 66 to finish the tournament at 20 under 268, seven shots clear of Sri Lankan Mithun Pereira. Nepal’s best bet Shiva Ram Shreshta had an eventful final round of 70, but it was not good enough to give the leaders a scare, as he finished third with a total of 276. Rashid, for his brilliant effort, received the winner’s cheque of Nepalese Rs 6.46 lakh. Mithun was richer by Nepalese Rs 4.46 lakh, while Shiva Ram went home with Rs 2.5 Lakh. Mandeo Singh Pathania and Harendra Gupta were tied for the fourth place at 280, while Shamim Khan finished sixth at 282. Nabin Mondal had a memorable top-10 finish as he ended up in the seventh position. The final round promised a lot of fireworks as a large Sunday crowd had gathered to cheer their favourite player (Shiva). But by the end of the half-way mark, Rashid had almost sealed his victory and the rest of the field was fighting for the bridesmaid position. In the fray apart from Mithun and Shiva were Harendra Gupta and Mandeo Pathania. Rashid who kept his cool till the end said: “My game-plan was to keep the ball in play and not commit any mistakes. I had dreamt of a victory in my debut year, but I didn’t think it can come so early in my professional career.” |
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