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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Ambala Cantt gets two parking lots
Aimed to ease traffic congestion
Attar Singh
Tribune News Service

Ambala, August 21
In a major initiative to ease traffic congestion in Ambala Cantt the Municipal Corporation had developed two parking lots. This was announced by Deputy Commissioner Sameer Pal Srow, who is also the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation. Srow said the parking lots had been developed by the corporation at a cost of Rs 24 lakh. One of the parking lots was on the Railway Road at the old local bus stand site. It had an area of 12,000 square feet and a sum of Rs 13 lakh had been spent on the development of this parking lot.

Srow said the second parking lot was in the Rai Market area where it was spread over about 18,000 square feet and it had been developed at a cost of Rs 11 lakh. He said with the two parking lots becoming functional, the residents of Ambala could heave a sigh of relief as parking of vehicles had become troublesome in the busy markets of the town

The narrow and congested streets in Ambala Cantt have been an irritant for the residents. The problem is at its worst in the main Sadar Bazar area, where there is no provision for parking.

Haphazard parking makes it difficult for a person to cross the street, while at times it is impossible for a person to remove his vehicle after parking it. In the absence of stringent action being taken the shopkeepers and residents alike are making no effort to help improve the situation.

It had been pointed out earlier that many shopkeepers had encroached upon the public land. While the district administration was making efforts to improve the situation, the residents did not seem to be cooperating. The problem had been compounded by the haphazard parking of vehicles.

Talking to The Tribune Sameer Pal Srow said the administration was making all efforts to improve the situation. He had already directed the Municipal Corporation staff to get the roads in the main bazaars and around the bus stand cleared of all encroachers.

Funds for link road repair misused
Parmod Mehta

Dera Bassi, August 21
The Punjab Mandi Board record shows that it has spent Rs 2 lakh to repair a link road connecting to the Dera Bassi-Ramgarh road. However, in reality not a single penny was spent on ground.

The truth came to light when panchayat of Mortikhri village, harassed due to the poor condition of the link road, sought information about the funds spent on the road. The village panchyat and residents had written several letters to officials concerned regarding the poor condition of the road, but it was never repaired till now.

Village sarpanch Balwinder Singh said information under the Right to Information Act revealed that the department had spent Rs 2 lakh to repair the road. However, villagers alleged that the road had not been repaired from the past few years.

Now, the village sarpanch had written a letter to the chief director of the vigilance bureau, Punjab, in which he had alleged that funds were misused by officials of the Punjab Mandi Board that were provided for the repair of the said link road.

The copies of this complaint were sent to the Deputy Chief Minister and the chairman of the Punjab Mandi Board. Villagers said some persons had lost their lives due to the poor condition of the road. SDM Rajesh Tripathi said he would check this matter and action would be taken after knowing all aspects of this matter.

Black Elephant register win
Tribune News Service

Patiala, August 21
Riding high on a fine batting performance by Salinder Salaria (63) and fine bowling by Abhisek Verma (5 for 7), Black Elephant Cricket Club trounced YPS Patiala by 104 runs in the preliminary stage of the Double League (under-14) Cricket Tournament held under the aegis of the Patiala Cricket Association at YPS grounds today.

BECC won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 163 runs in the allotted 50 overs. YPS Patiala started their inning poorly and kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

Only Jashan Singh could reach the double figures and scored 22 runs for his team.

Brief scores: Black Elephant Cricket Club: 163 all out in 50 overs (Salinder Salaria 63, Abhisek 13; Fateh 3 for 16, Prince 2 for 31)

YPS Patiala: 59 all out in 32 overs (Jashan Singh 22; Abhisek Verma 5 for 7, Tejpreet Singh 3 for 15).

Girl commits suicide

Dera Bassi: A 17-year-old girl, Puneeta, had allegedly committed suicide at her house on the Barwala road by hanging herself from a ceiling fan today.

The father of the deceased, Surinder, told the police that he had gone out of his house with his wife and son. When he returned home in the evening he found the body of Puneeta hanging from the fan.

The girl was reportedly upset over her study from the past few days. Puneeta was studying in Class XII in Government School, Sector 20, Chandigarh. The police was investigating the matter.

CRIME

Three arrested for rape, murder of woman
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 21
With the arrest of three persons, the UT police today solved the blind murder case of a woman, Reshma, who was found brutally done to death in Colony Number 4 on July 2.

The police arrested 24-year-old Prince, alias Gurudutt Mishra, and on his disclosure two other accused Jaswant Singh and Vinod, alias JV, were also arrested. The fourth accused Bablu is at large.

Reshma’s body was found near the jungle of Colony Number 4. The four had killed her with a sharp-edged weapon and her face was smashed with a stone. She was four months pregnant at the time she was murdered. The police had said she was gangraped before being killed.

Illicit relations of the woman with accused Jaswant Singh, alias Shahenshah, was the reason behind the murder, the police said. The accused were arrested after Prince surrendered before the police of the Sector 31 police station today and told the police that he was threatened by the other accused, who were trying to flee. The police then nabbed the two of them from near the airport.

Inspector Jaspal Singh, SHO Sector 31 police station, said Reshma, who was married, had illicit relations with Shahenshah who had brought her to Colony Number 4 that day. She told him that she was pregnant with his child. The accused then summoned his accomplices Vinod, Bablu and Prince and later took her to the forest area, where they raped her and later murdered her. The police said Shahenshah did not want to reveal his relations with the woman to anyone and thus killed her as she was pregnant.

The police said Shahenshah and Prince had criminal backgrounds. Shahenshah is involved in various theft cases and an attempt to murder case, while Prince was involved in six burglaries and a murder case.

Woman booked for murdering husband
Tribune Reporters

Mohali, August 21
The police has booked a woman, members of her family and others on murder charge, tampering with evidence and criminal conspiracy. In a complaint to the police, father of Jagveer Singh said his son was living with his wife Gagandep Kaur in Ivory Towers Society in Sector 70. He was working as a property dealer.

Jagveer had come along with his children to meet his father in Bhor Singh Wala village on July 2, 2009, and returned to Mohali on July 7.

On July 9, 2009, Gagandeep informed her father-in-law on telephone that Jagveer could not be found anywhere and his mobile phone was switched off. On getting this information Jagveer’s father came to Mohali along with his daughter.

When he met his daughter-in-law she asked him to wait for four to five months before lodging a police complaint. When he could not trace his son even after five months he suspected some foul play and made a complaint to the police.

The matter was inquired into by a DSP after which a case was registered against Gagandeep Kaur, her father Harmandar Singh, mother Harnam Kaur, brothers Pannu and Harjit Singh, residents of Asmaanpur village and others under Sections 302, 201, and 120-B of the IPC.

4 more cases against immigration company

The police has registered four more cases against Deepak Arora, who runs an immigration company, on a charge of cheating.

Chetan Singh of Ropar district had complained to the police that Deepak Arora had struck a deal with him for sending him to Switzerland for Rs 1.20 lakh. He had given Rs 60,000 to Arora, but he was neither sent abroad nor was the amount returned to him.

In another complaint, Jagpal Singh of Chandigarh had stated that he had given Rs 2.50 lakh to Arora and Dheeraj Kumar for sending his son, Parminder Singh, to Switzerland. But he was not sent abroad and nor was the amount paid back to him.

The general manager of a Malout-based company, Bharat Bhushan, had complained to the SSP that he had given Rs 2.36 lakh to Arora for sending eight persons abroad. However, nothing was done and neither was the money given back to him.

In another case Harchand Singh of Bains village had complained that he had given Rs 1.20 lakh to the company for sending his son Pardeep Singh abroad. But neither was he sent and nor was the amount returned.

The police has registered cases under Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC and Section 24 of the Immigration Act in this regard.

Forest officer obstructed from performing duty

The police booked three persons for obstructing a forest officer in the course of his duty yesterday. The accused have been identified as Bila, a resident of Mullanpur, Balvir Singh and Baljit Singh, both residents of Nayagaon.

A police official stated that in his compliant Baljinder Singh, forest range officer, alleged that he got information that the accused were encroaching the natural flow of the Tanda river with stones and fencing. Baljinder Singh alleged that when he, along with his team reached the spot, the accused obstructed their official work. A case has been registered.

One booked for fraud

The Mohali Police registered a case of fraud against Rajinder Jain on the complaint of Sawarn Singh, a resident of Palheri, Mullanpur, yesterday. The investigating officer stated that the complainant had alleged that the accused had struck a deal with a buyer to sell his land at Chhapar Chiri.

Labourer found dead

Zirakpur: An unidentified body of a migrant labourer, in his mid-20s, was found under mysterious circumstances at Peer Muchhalla here this morning.

Some villagers spotted the body along the roadside and informed the police. However, no injury marks were found on the body. The body was kept for identification at the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi, for 72 hours, the investigating officer said.

An inquest proceeding under Section 174 of the CrPC has been initiated.

SPORTS

Utkarsh outplays Atul
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 21
Utkarsh Bhardwaj overcame Atul Patel in the final of the boys’ (u-14) qualifying round in the ongoing CLTA-AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls (U-14 and U-18) at CLTA Complex and Lake Sport Complex, here today.

Utkarsh defeated Atul 8-6 whereas Amit Beniwal beat Saarush Sharma 8-3 in the same category.

In the boys’ (u-18) category, Ajay Thakur defeated Sourab Kunwar 8-3 and Yashvardhan Singh defeated Shashank Sharma 8-4.

In the final qualifying round of girls’ (u-18) category, Priya Singh and Prinkle Singh were awarded a walk over against their opponents, while in the u-14 category, Kriti Soni defeated Arzoo Chodhary and Ayushi Gupta beat Aastha Malhotra 8-6 in their respective
matches.

Results: Boy’s (u-18): Jagmit Singh b Prateek Bhandari 8-4; Ravjeet Singh b Santbir Singh 8-3; Aviraj Kamboj b Azad Singh 8-0; Raghav Talwar b Digvijay Singh Naruka 8-4; Vignesh N b Abhinav Mahajan 8-2; Uday Pratap Singh b Abhijeet Singh 8-3.

Boy’s (u-14): Sachit Malhotra b Jagjit Singh 8-1; Himanshu Mor b Swapnil Negi 8-5; Rahul Verma b Nakul Chaudhary 8-2; Kabir Kelar Singh b Karan Thind 8-3; Rishi Khirwar b Durgesh Agarwal 8-2; Gurjot Sidhu b Sagar Bains 6-0.

Girl’s (u-18): Saumya Saxena b Purnima Jain 8-4; Jasmine Singh b Sahiba Grover 8-0; Gayatri Kumaria (Bye); Yagini Kapur b Taru Ahluwalia 8-5; Samriti (Bye); Gurjot Kaur (bye).

Girl’s (u-14): Maitry Phukan b Jessica Kang 8-3; Arushi Kakkar b Prakriti 8-0; Sabrina Gill b Sandeep Kaur 8-1; Kriti Soni b Arzoo Chodhary 8-6; Ayushi Gupta b Aastha Malhotra 8-6; Seerat Kaur Pannu b Pragya Singh 8-0; Sarnaya Khanna b Akshita Singh 8-5; Kavya Gupta b Jannat Kurana 8-6.

	Sanjay romps home in golf Our Golf Correspondent Chandigarh, August 21 Sanjay Talwar romped home winner in the under-50 age group logging 36 points in the Ebson Golf Tournament played on the Chandigarh Golf Club greens here today. Trailing the winner by just one point was GS Bakshi who occupied the second slot. In the 51-64 age group KS Bhullar was a clear winner with 38 points. There was a tie for the second slot, but Satbir Singh was declared the runner-up as he had a better back nine score. Harpreet Singh clinched the title in the 65-74 age group with 39 points. SS Bains trailed the winner by two points. In the senior-most category, 75 years and above, Brig Santokh Singh triumphed with 36 points leaving his nearest rival Maj-Gen MS Kundal a good 11 points behind. Former Haryana Ranji Trophy cricketer Rakesh Jolly had the longest drive of 280 yards with Onkar Anand being nearest to the pin (7.3 inches).
	Padvi Ram fastest Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 21 Padvi Ram finished first in 10,000m race of the ongoing Chandigarh State Senior Athletics Championship, here today. Vikas Goyal and Harjinder Singh finished second and third, respectively, in the event. In 200m race, Asish Lohan finished first, while Ankit and Rahul followed him on the second and third spot, respectively, in the event Results: Long jump: 1 Sandeep Bamal, 2 Arjun Thakur, 3 Sampat Singh; 800 m: 1 Pankaj, 2 Pawan, 3 Sahil. Women: 10,000m: 1 Sunita Malik, 2 Parvesh Sharma, 3 Rimpy; 200m: 1 Puneet, 2 Renu, 3 Ranjeeta; long jump: 1 Radhika, 2 Sonu, 3 Joyti Sharma; 800m: 1 Rajshikha Malik, 2 Sandhya Yadav, 3 Pushpa.
	Gurkirat slams unbeaten ton Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 21 An unbeaten century by Gurkirat Mann (141) guided IS Bindra XI to a mammoth 413 runs against NS Sidhu’s XI during the ongoing Emerging Players Tournament for Umesh Kumar Cricket Trophy, here today. Resuming from their overnight score of 348 for 5 in 90 overs, IS Bindra XI reached 413 in 113.5 overs. Gurkirat Mann scored an impressive century (141 off 186), hitting 19 boundaries and two sixes in the process. Ankur Jund claimed five wickets for NS Sidhu’s XI. In reply, NS Sidhu’s XI lost some early wickets but Ankur Jund (55) and Harmeet Bansal (43) stabilised the team’s innings and remained unbeaten till the end of the day’s play. Brief scores: IS Bindra’s XI: 413 for 5 in 113.5 overs (Manan Vohra 34, Ravi Inder 66, Himanshu Chawla 82, Gurkirat Mann 141 not out, Taruwar Kohli 23, Gurinder Singh 23; Harmeet Bansal 2 for 56, Deepak Bansal 1 for 94, Ankur Jund 5 for 64). NS Sidhu’s XI: 233 for 5 in 64 overs (Pargat Singh 78, Vishwas Bhalla 22, Ankur Jund 55 not out, Harmeet Bansal 43 not out; Sandeep Sharma 2 for 31, Barinder Singh 1 for 49, Gurinder Singh 1 for 47).
	Shivalik blank Karnataka XI 9-0 in ONGC hockey Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 21 In a one-sided affair, local outfits Shivalik Public School, Mohali, Mehta Hockey Academy, Doraha, and Surjit Hockey Academy, Jalandhar, defeated their respective rivals during the ongoing 10th ONGC SN Vohra Memorial Hockey Tournament for Boys (U-14) at Sports Complex, Sector 42, here today. Shivalik Public School blanked Karnataka XI 9-0 with Jagjeet scoring five goals. Harjot with his three goals was another contributor to the team’s victory. In the second match, Mehta Hockey Academy overwhelmed Mumbai XI 12-1 riding on the exploits of its forward Dilap Singh (five goals), Harmanpreet (five) and Talwinder (two). For Mumbai XI, Royston scored the only goal for his team. In another match, Surjit Academy humiliated MP High School Bhiwani by giving them a 21-0 pounding. For the winning side, Shamsher, Gurpeet and Inderjeet were the main goal-scorers.