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Victim’s parents, villagers protest
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 10 Family members of 26-year-old Gagandeep threatened to launch an agitation against the police for not arresting any family member except Gagandeep’s husband. She was found dead at her in-laws’ house in Himmatpur Dhakaula village, near Zirakpur. It was alleged that she was strangulated by her in-laws for not bringing enough dowry. Gagandeep was married to Kulwant Singh, a property dealer at the village. Though the Zirakpur police had booked her mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law and husband under various sections of the IPC, only her husband had been arrested while the others were still at large. The family members were accompanied by a large number of villagers, who blocked the Sirhind-Chunni road after the ‘bhog’ ceremony. The father of the deceased, Sukhdev Singh, said they would launch an agitation if the Zirakpur police failed to arrest other members of Kulwant’s family soon. He said he had spent enough money to arrange the best marriage palace. He added that he had organised delicious food, served in centrally air-conditioned halls to guests, during the marriage function. He alleged that they had demanded more money after solemnising the marriage. On June 30, they received a phone call from Kulwant’s family, claiming that their daughter fell on the ground while preparing tea, but they need not worry. “Many people had gathered in front of Kulwant’s house when we reached there. Our daughter was dead and scars of injury were visible on her body. It seemed that she was strangulated with a piece of cloth,” said the wailing father. |
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Punjab’s education policy draft ready
Bassi Pathana, July 10 Soon after taking over as Education Minister, he had asked the Education Secretary to bring him the education policy. The Education Secretary had replied that there was no education policy and no predecessor of his had ever asked for it. A surprised Sekhwan had then directed the Education Secretary to form a committee immediately to prepare the education policy of the state. The seminar was attended by school committee chairpersons, sarpanches, teachers, students and political leaders. Sekhwan said the draft of the education policy, applying to elementary as well as higher education, had been prepared. He said efforts were being made to get it implemented before the model code of conduct came into force. He claimed that the state would become the leader in education after implementing the policy. He said Punjab was the only state which had no library Act, adding that he had formed a committee to draft an Act, after the implementation of which every village would have a library. He said another committee had been formed to change the syllabus as the syllabus at present was outdated. He said the syllabus would be made in a manner that students could compete at the world level. He said 90 per cent of students at the NDA and the IMA were earlier from Punjab, but the figure had now come down to a mere 1.5 per cent. He said the present education system had failed in terms of moral values. He urged the teaching community to help the government eradicate copying. Highlighting the achievements affecting the department, Sekhwan said the state government had recruited 54,000 teachers, restored the pension of teachers at aided schools and settled issues concerning 68 teaching and non-teaching unions. He further stated that 1,500 principals and 450 head teachers would be promoted shortly. The minister honoured a number of students who had excelled in academics, sports and cultural activities. |
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Six computer teachers booked
Kharar, July 10 These teachers blocked traffic near Khanpur and lifted the dharna after the administration promised them an audience with the Chief Minister before July 17. The police booked computer teacher association president Gurvinder Singh and others under section 283 of the IPC.
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3 accused acquitted
Chandigarh, July 10 According to the prosecution, the 22-year-old victim, a resident of Panchkula, had alleged that the accused had abducted her from Sector 22 and had taken her to an undisclosed location where she was repeatedly raped for two days. The victim had alleged that she was brought to the city by the accused, but the traffic police at the Sector 7 and 8 roundabout intercepted their car. The car was stopped as it had tinted windowpanes. The girl raised the alarm on seeing the police and narrated her story to the policemen, who arrested the accused.
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Chain snatched
Zirakpur, July 10 Two youths stopped their black motorcycle, bearing a Chandigarh registration number. One of them enquired about some address from her. When she turned back, one of the youths snatched the chain. She said the youths were without helmet and one of them was wearing a grey shirt. Though she raised an alarm, the youths fled from the spot. She later submitted a complaint in writing to the police.
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Jewellery, valuables stolen from Sec-30 house
Chandigarh, July 10 The house owner and his family members were away at the time of the theft. The police said the thieves entered the house after breaking the lock of the front door. A case was registered at the Industrial Area police station. Man robbed
Two unidentified persons attacked and robbed a Sector-38 resident near a rotary in the sector last night. The victim, Varinder Singh, was walking towards his house when two youths attacked him and robbed him of his purse and a cell phone. The purse contained Rs 500 in cash, an ATM card and other documents, the police said. A case of robbery has been registered at the police station-39.
Man held for theft
The police arrested Raju of Dhanas village and recovered a stolen motorcycle bearing a fake registration number last night.
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MC seeks nod for sports facilities in 4 sectors
Chandigarh, July 10 The municipal corporation has sent a proposal to the UT Chief Architect to convert piece of waste land in these sectors into basketball and badminton courts. With this, children can now look to get better sports facilities in their area. A senior official confirmed that the authorities would come up with replicas of the Sector-35 facility in other sectors. “The corporation has taken the decision after seeing the success of the pilot project. The corporation has decided to use wasteland for the purpose and a proposal has already been sent to the Chief Architect for final approval,” the official said. The corporation as well as respective resident welfare associations will look after the facilities. “There was a need for a playing premise in our sector, so we decided to build a basketball and a badminton court in the area, in consent with the neighbours. After the approval of the Chief Architect, we finally came up with the arena. Also, a similar project is coming up in Sector 44,” said Harjinder Kaur, former mayor and councillor from the area. speaking out
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— Ashmeet It will be a good thing for us. My friends and I plan to fix a time to use the facility and play badminton there. — Harshita
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Tejas, Arunima pocket U-17 chess titles
Chandigarh, July 10 In the boys’ (U-17) category, Tejas Nagpal won the top honours after scoring 3.5 points. Anubhav Tuknayat of Vivek High School finished as a runner-up with 3.5 points in the event. In the girls’ (U-17) group, Arunima Goyal won the match by 3 points, whereas Kritika Kapila of same school finished second in the event. Both girls have been selected to represent the city in the upcoming National Chess Championship for Girls to be held in Puducherry from July 16 to 27. Results: 3.5 points: Nagpal Tejas, Anubhav Tuknayat, Abhinav Bansal. 3 points: Arunima Goyal. 2.5 points: Jaskeerat Singh, Sachleen Singh. 2 points: Amartya Bhattacharjee, Kritika Kapila, Kashish Kaushal. 1.5 points: Ishaan Singh, Kaushal Tanya, Rishab Jain. 1 point: Shivika Jain, Arshjot Kaur, Anhat Singh, Jayesh Vij, Shubham Aggarwal. Zero point: Javed Ahmad.
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Kandhari is gymnastics body chief
Chandigarh, July 10 RP Ranot, general secretary, Himachal Gymnastics Association, and Gurdip Singh of the Chandigarh Sports Council attended the meeting as observers. — TNS
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It is a good step as my parents do not allow me to play in the street. With the coming up of the facility, I hope my parents will allow me to play
there.
My friends are really excited about getting a facility close to their homes. I will invite my friends over to play matches at the facility near my
home.1
Finally, we will have a place to go and play. Also, it is close to our house. No one will be able to stop us from playing there
now.