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Tribune News Service

Ambala, April 19
At least 50,505 tonne wheat has arrived in all 14 mandis of Ambala district so far. Stating this, Deputy Commissioner Sameer Pal Srow said as many as 50,505 tonne wheat had arrived in the mandis of Ambala district during the current Rabi season up to April 18.

Enumerating the wheat procurement, he said 15,584 tonne wheat had been procured by the Food and Supplies Department, 31,147 tonne by Hafed and 3,743 tonne by Confed.

He said 505 tonne wheat had arrived in Ambala Cantonment, 4,600 tonne in Barara, 393 tonne in Bhareri Kalan, 1,170 tonne in Kesri, 3,274 tonne in Mulana, 5,500 tonne in Nanoela, 2,100 tonne in Naraingarh, 3,734 tonne in Saha, 343 tonne in Sardaheri, 880 tonne in Shehzadpur, 1,012 tonne in Talheri Gujran amd 400 tonne had arrived in Ugalla.

Chandigarh, April 19
Just more than a fortnight after the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that the UT District Magistrate and the Inspector-General of Prison prima facie had shown scant regard for court orders in a parole matter, the two officials appeared before the Bench.

After recording their presence, the Bench of Justice Satish Kumar Mittal and Justice M Jeyapaul fixed April 27 as the deadline for them to file their reply to the “statutory contempt notice”.

The two, on the face of it, were held blameworthy for wilfully disobeying the orders in at least three cases.

Issuing “statutory contempt notice”, the Bench had asked them to show-cause “why contempt proceedings be not initiated against them for wilfully disobeying the orders passed by this court”.

The directions came on three petitions filed by Parveen Kumar of Sector 33 and two others.

As the case came up for hearing, counsel for the petitioners informed the Bench that the prayer for their release on parole was initially rejected on the ground that the owner of the house, where the petitioners wanted to avail the parole facility, declined to vouch for them.

After they challenged the orders, the High Court allowed the petition with a direction to the respondents to reconsider the case for temporary release within two weeks. The counsel asserted the respondents again rejected the prayer on the ground the house of the convicts was found to be locked and as per inquiry the address of the father of the petitioners was not known.

The counsel added: “In the subsequent orders, the authorities have not considered the directions given by the High Court.”

The Bench had asserted: “On perusal of the earlier orders as well as the impugned order, we prima facie come to the conclusion that the ruled UT District Magistrate as well as the Inspector-General of Prison, have exhibited scant regard to the orders passed by the Bench of this court and have not cared to comply with the direction issued earlier by this court.”

“Both the authorities appear to have wilfully disobeyed the order passed by this court not only in this case, but in two other cases also where similar orders were passed by this court. The conduct amounts to contempt.”

Chandigarh, April 19
A 4-year-old boy was critically injured after being hit by an unidentified vehicle while an auto-rickshaw driver had a miraculous escape after his auto fell down a bridge in Dhanas today.

The first incident took place in the wee hours of today. The police said a rashly driven Skoda car rammed into the auto driven by Harjinder Singh on a bridge in Dhanas and it fell over the bridge.

The police was informed and the victim was rushed to Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sector 16 where his condition is said to be stable. The police has arrested the accused, identified as Roopinder Singh. He was later released on bail.

In another incident, which took place around 4:15 pm, Sukut Ali, child’s father, told police that his four-year-old son was playing outside their house in Dhanas when a vehicle hit him and fled from the spot.

The child suffered serious injurious and was rushed to Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sector 16 from where he was later referred to the PGI where his condition is said to be critical. — TNS

Chandigarh, April 19
The police arrested a Bihar resident and recovered 10 kg of contraband from his possession.

Chandigarh, April 19
A fine century by Parvesh Sharma (107 off 119) steered the Chandigarh Red team to a 49-run victory over Chandigarh Blue team in the ongoing Chandigarh Premier League (U-14) at Banyan Tree School ground, Sector 48, here today.

Put in to bat first, Chandigarh Red piled up 310 for six in the stipulated 40 overs. The highlight of the innings was a fine century by Sharma, who was supported by Rahul with his 64-run knock off 36 ball. Yogesh, too, contributed 46 runs off 37. For Blue team, Ridul snapped two for 53.

In reply, Chandigarh Blue gave a good fight to their rivals. Ridul put up a good show with bat and hit valuable 114 off 109, while Pardeep slammed 50 runs. But their effort went in vain as they were restricted to 261 for six in 40 overs.

Divyanshu took two for 36, while Parvesh Sharma sent one batsman back to the pavilion for 43.

Brief scores: Chandigarh Red: 310 for six in 40 overs (Parvesh Sharma 107, Rahul 64, Yogesh 46, Ridul 2 for 53).

Chandigarh Blue: 261 for six in 40 overs (Ridul 114, Pardeep 50; Divyanshu 2 for 36, Parvesh Sharma 1 for 43).

Chandigarh, April 19
For the players and coaches of the state-run Chandigarh Hockey Academy in Sector 42, there are enough reasons to cheer. The academy's product Rupinder Pal Singh has been named in the 18-member squad for the prestigious Azlan Shah Tournament, starting from May 5 in Ipoh, Malaysia.

Full back Rupinder Pal Singh, who had honed his skills in the academy for seven years, has impressed everyone with his abilities in deep defence and drag flicking.

"We are happy with the success of Rupinder. He has represented India several times at junior level. But this is surely a big chance for him to draw all attentions with his abilities," said Jasbir Bajwa and Alpinder Singh, both coaches at the academy.

Rupinder was selected for the Commonwealth camp last year with two other players from the academy -- forward Dharamvir Singh and centre half Preet Inder Singh. However, Rupinder could not make it to the Indian squad that time while Dharamvir was selected in the Commonwealth team. Later he (Dharamvir) also represented the country in Asian Games at Guangzhou in China. But this time he was not called for the camp as he was preparing for his college exams.

Rupinder's coaches felt that as the national squad consists of mainly inexperienced and young players, Rupinder would have a good chance to showcase his talent if given chance to play.

Chandigarh, April 19
Mohit, a student of Class X, and Sushma of Class XII, were adjudged the best athletes in the boys and girls’ sections, respectively, during the annual sports day organised at Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1, Chandimandir Cantonment, here today.

Shivaji House bagged the first position in the overall tally, while Raman House and Tagore House stood second and third, respectively. In the primary section, Ashoka House secured the first position followed by Shivaji House and Tagore House, which finished as second and third, respectively.

Earlier, great enthusiasm among the students marked the sports day. The meet commenced with the hoisting of the Vidyalaya flag, which was followed by various events, including group-wise races, long jump, cricket ball throw, shot put and inter-house relays in the secondary section.

Tiny tots in the primary section displayed great fun and excitement in the dress-up race, frog race, book balancing race and back-run race in addition to 50 m and 100 m races for the students of Classes I to V. 

Mohali, April 19
The Kings XI Punjab team management today deposited Rs 25 lakh as entertainment duty with the district Excise and Taxation Department.

The Kings XI Punjab team management has applied for the permission for all four matches but the no-objection certificate (NOC) for conduct of the match scheduled for April 21, sources said the NOC was likely to be issued by the Deputy Commissioner, Mohali, on the basis of report to be given by the Excise and Taxation Department.

However, the Excise and Taxation department has given the permission to serve liquor during the matches to be held on April 21 and May 8.