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Tributes paid to Dhyan Chand
Patiala, August 29 Punjabi University, Patiala, which is one of the leading sports universities in the country, organised a cross-country race for boys and girls. University Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh flagged off the marathon. They also organised a friendly women hockey match. Highlighting the importance of the day, Dr Rajkumar Sharma, director sports of the university, said the main aim of celebrating this day was to apprise the students of the significance of the day and also motivate them to excel in sports. He also gave away prizes to winners of the cross-country race. Meanwhile, DAV Public School, Bhupindra road, Patiala, celebrated the National Sports Day on the school premises. Around 200 students participated in fun sports activities like spoon-potato race, balloon race and hurdle race. |
Reply by person impleaded as party must, says High Court
Chandigarh, August 29 Miffed over the failure of the officers to do so, the high court has also sought the Chief Secretary’s intervention in the matter. Though the directions came on a case filed by a Kaithal resident, Yogesh Gaur, against the State of Haryana and other respondents, the instructions are equally applicable to the officers of the Punjab Government. Taking a note of the slip up, Justice Ranjit Singh minced no words to say: “An aspect, which requires notice is that the Secretary has filed an affidavit stating that the case has been brought to his notice for the first time in August 2011, whereas the reply on his behalf was filed long ago…“It has earlier been noticed also that though impleaded as a party, the Secretaries hardly bother to personally see the case. Time and again this court has expressed itself that wherever the Secretary is impleaded as a party, reply must be filed by him. “Still, no one has cared to comply with the requirement. The Chief Secretary is once again requested to ensure compliance of the requirement”. Making it clear that the high court would monitor the implementation of the directions, Justice Ranjit Singh has kept the issue pending. In his detailed hard-hitting order, Justice Ranjit Singh has added: “Let the Chief Secretary file an affidavit that all the heads of the departments and the secretaries of the departments have been apprised about this requirement and asked to ensure compliance”. Reiterating that “reply should be filed by a person, who is impleaded as a party”, Justice Ranjit Singh also fixed September 22 as the next date of hearing in the matter.
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Rs 4.39 lakh robbed at gunpoint
Chandigarh, August 29 The incident took place at the Mani Majra Motor Market on the road leading to Fun Republic. The robbers struck as the market was closed today, the police said. Inspector Rajesh Shukla, SHO, Mani Majra police station, said: “It appears that the accused had conducted a recce and were aware that the distributor will be on his way to deposit cash in a bank. The robbers came in a white Zen car. They hit Amit’s cycle. One of the occupants came out of the car and showed a gun to Amit. After robbing him of the bag containing cash, they fled.” A case of robbery under Section 397 of the IPC has been registered at the Mani Majra police station.
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CA’s firm sealed
Chandigarh, August 29 “It was revealed that the accused was running this firm and processes visa on fake documents. A total of 120 visas sent for processing by the firm have been rejected. Scores of his clients have been duped as a result,” said DSP Anil Joshi. Suspect files bail plea Kuldeep Singh, who has been booked for cheating in the Healthyway immigration fraud case, has filed an anticipatory bail in the district courts. He has denied being an employee of Healthyway Immigration Consultancy. The bail petition has been adjourned for September 2. A case of forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy had been registered against Amit Kakkar, Saroj Kakkar, Kuldeep Singh, Seema Dogra, Saina Nischal and Charu.
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One held in immigration fraud case
Mohali, August 29 The suspect is brother of Karandeep, alias Pargat Singh, one of the main accused in the cheating cases. Superintendent of Police (city) Harpreet Singh said after conducting raids the suspect was arrested. In the last few weeks the police has registered over 30 cases of cheating against the immigration company. The main suspects in the cases are Deepak Arora and Karandeep. Both proprietors are currently absconding. The SP said arrest warrants had been issued against them and permission was sought to search their houses. Car stolen
Panchkula: A Bolero car was stolen from house number 1367 of Sector 4 on Saturday night. The owner of the car, Bikramjit Singh, a resident of Kajheri village of Chandigarh, in his complaint lodged with the police said he had parked the car in front of the house owned by his sister at night. The car went missing in the morning, he said. House burgled
Kalka: A house was burgled at Kalka yesterday. Owner of the house Vijay Chauhan, in his complaint, said thieves decamped with some jewellery and Rs 20,000 cash from his house. The complainant, a resident of Basant Vihar Colony, said he had gone out of his house at 12.45 pm yesterday and when he returned around 1.45 pm he found the house ransacked. A case has been registered.
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Charge sheet filed against 2 accused
Panchkula, August 29 The investigation was still in process against third accused Ajay Arya, said sources in the police. On June 8, the police registered an FIR under rape and kidnapping charges against Ajay Arya, a resident of Sector 21, Chandigarh, Amarinder Singh, a resident of Mansa Devi Complex, Sector 5, Panchkula, and Kuldeep Singh under Sections 366 (kidnapping), 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC. The victim, in her statement, had stated that after her car broke down at Sector 14, the accused approached her and offered her a lift in their car. The victim had alleged that when she refused their help, they pushed her in their car forcibly and later raped her. In the case on July 5, Superintendent of Police Maneesh Chaudhary even suspended Assistant Sub-Inspector Mahmood Khan, Additional SHO of the Sector 14 police station, for not doing a fair investigation.
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Sports mania sweeps city
Chandigarh, August 29 The main function of the day was organised by the UT Sports Department, along with the UT Administration and the UT Education Department, at Sports Complex, Sector 42. It was for the first time that both departments of the UT Administration celebrated the function collectively. The main attraction was the match between Olympians and former hockey players versus the Chandigarh Hockey Academy for Girls. Veteran players defeated local girls 3-0. The team of veteran players included former international player and former coach Nariender Sodhi, international players Sukhbir Gill, Gurdish Pal Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Ajit Singh, Baljeet Singh Dhillon, Deepak Thakur, Indejeet Chadha, Baljeet Singh (Jr), Harjeet Singh Mander, Punjab Sports Director Pargat Singh and Sukhbir Singh Gill. The function started with bhangra and giddha performances by student of various government schools of the city, followed by a gatka performance and a fencing exhibition. During the day, Davinder Singh, Manjeet Singh, Ngangdm Tababi Devi, Arjun Singh Bajwa, Abhishek Rattanpal, Gaurav Rakheja, Navdeep Puri, Mukesh Kumar and Poonam and three coaches were awarded by the UT Sports Department for winning laurels during 2009-10. On other hand, the UT Education Department felicitated about 200 players, who won first three places in the recently held National Games, with track suits. After the function, Finance-cum-Sports Secretary VK Singh, Adviser to the Administrator KK Sharma and Director Sports Rahul Gupta felicitated sportspersons. In a bid to encourage sports, the authorities, after a long gap of time, organised a five-day sports festival at the Burail jail from August 25 to 29. It was a joyful time for convicts and undertrials as they got a chance to celebrate the day. “Earlier there used to be such sports events, including tug-of-war and kabaddi, but now we have planned to start afresh. Inmates will be provided with a healthy environment so that they can also enjoy sports,” Gupta said. Inmates were divided into teams. The prisoners took part in various games, including table tennis, badminton, chess, carrom, volleyball, kabaddi and tug-of-war. Inspector-General Alok Kumar distributed prizes among winners. The winners were awarded cash prizes, T- shirts and mementos. Keeping in mind the importance of the day, prisoners were offered special food for lunch. Results: badminton: men’s singles: Amit Mehra Rs 200, Ashwani Mehra Rs 100, men’s doubles: Ashwani Mehra and Manjit Singh Rs 400, Amit Mehra and Jatinder Mohan Singh Rs 200; women’s singles: Ritu Rs 200, Mohini Rs 100; table tennis (men’s singles): Ashwani Mehra Rs 200; volleyball (men): barrack 3 Rs 1,400, barrack 5 Rs 700; chess: men: Gurmeet Singh Rs 200, Narinder Gupta Rs 100; women: Rita Rs 200, Sarabjeet Kaur Rs 100; carrom: men: Yash Pal Rs 200, Ashwani Mehra Rs 100; women: Mohini Rs 200, Ravdeep Kaur Rs 100; kabaddi (men): UTP Nonny and team Rs 1,400, CTP Ashwani and team Rs 700. The department of physical education at the Postgraduate Government College, Sector 46, conducted an intra-mural football competition to mark the day. Eight teams teams of 11 students each from arts, commerce and computer applications participated in the event. BA-III students bagged the overall trophy. of BCom students were first runners-up and BA-I students second runners-up. College principal Shamlata distributed prizes among players. A match was held between non-teaching staff and teaching staff. The match was won by the non-teaching staff. The National Sports Day was also celebrated at the Postgraduate Government College for Girls, Sector 42. The department of physical education of the college organised a mini-marathon. Former hockey Olympian Baljeet Singh was the chief guest. A 3-km ‘Run for Fun’ was organised, in which more than 2,000 students and teaching and non-teaching staff participated. Principal Mani Bedi gave away prizes to winners. Government Model High School, Sector 42, also celebrated the day. A volleyball match was played at the school. During the function, many sportspersons were given free kits. The youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party organised a ‘Run for Fun’marathon at the Sukhna Lake to mark the occasion. It was organised to spread the message ‘Say no to drugs’.
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Himanshu gets better of Tarun
Chandigarh, August 29 In the 44 kg category, Nikhil of Modern Base, Sector 29, defeated Akshay of Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 30, while Harman of Shishu Niketan, Sector 22, overcame Saurabh of United Club and Mukul of SD-32 beat Robin of United Club in the same Results: 52 kg: Vikran bt Kailash; Ajay bt Arun; Kamal bt Gaurav. 30 kg: Jaikiran bt Sudhir, Gitesh bt Sachin. 32 kg: Rahul bt Anurag, Vishal bt Prabhjot, Karanvir bt Kartik. 34 kg: Vipin bt Amit, Abhishek bt Vikas, Ankit bt Vaibhav, Nikhil bt Kapil. 44 kg: Mansoor bt Akshaydeep, Himanshu bt Shavin, Harman bt Nikhil, Mukul bt Ashish. 46 kg: Shubham bt Amit, Lalit bt Karan. 48 kg: Parveen bt Vikas, Prashant bt Gaurav, Sachin bt Ashish, Shankar bt Narendra. 46 kg: Jaideep bt Govind, Shubham bt Deepak. 52 kg: Gaurav bt Mandeep, Amandeep bt Ashok, Vikran bt Sahil, Kamal bt Ajay. 51 kg: Lakshay bt Suraj, Durkesh bt Sanam, Aman bt Mohd Nahim. 57 kg: Arvind bt Rahul, Danvir bt
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Livewire Seniors book berth in final
Chandigarh, August 29 The winners defeated the rivals by six wickets. Earlier in the match, CCC elected to bat first and scored 27 runs for five wickets in the allotted six
overs. Pankaj Uppal (12) contributed the most in the team’s total. In reply, Livewire Seniors achieved the target without losing any wicket in two
overs. Brief scores: CCC, Dhanas: 15 for 5 in 6 overs (Pankaj 12, Vivek Gill; Arun Luthra 1 for 2, Manoj Rana 1 for 3).
LWCC (S): 16 for no loss in 1.2 overs (Arun Luthra 10 not out). |
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Ruby makes country proud
Chandigarh, August 29 The ace shooter, who is pursuing her studies at the Dashmesh College for Girls, Badal, Punjab, bagged the gold medal in the air pistol 10-m event. She won the medal in the team event after scoring an individual score of 371 points, along with Harveen Sarao of Punjabi University and Juhi Talwar of Delhi University. After learning the shooting skills from her paternal aunt, Seema Tomar, who represented the nation in the World Cup 2010, the niece made her proud after winning the laurels. The shooter, who hails from UP, had also played at the International Hungary Open Championship, Junior Asian Championship and Asian Championship. “I am happy with my performance in the games. This is the first time that I have won a medal, however, I failed to achieve the target in the individual category,” said the player. Interestingly, her grandmother also loves to shoot and according to her, the 65-year-old lady will also participate in the Veteran Games to be held in UP. “The girl really performed well in the games. It is due to her effort that the team bagged the medal. The directorate of sports will felicitate the player with an award soon,” said CS Grewal, director of sports department and manager of the contingent. |
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Kabaddi, volleyball tourney from Oct 15
Chandigarh, August 29
The top two positions holder in Kabaddi will be awarded Rs 21,000 and Rs 11,000 while in volleyball it is Rs 11,000 and Rs 5,100, respectively, for the top two position holders.
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