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Tribune News Service

Dera Bassi, October 4
A labourer was electrocuted while grinding floors of an under-construction house in Dera Bassi on Monday evening.

The deceased was identified as 25-year-old Manglam, hailing from Bihar. As per reports, he was working for contractor Mohan in the house of Bhupinder Singh. He received a fatal shock from the grinding machine around 7 pm, following which he became unconscious. He was rushed to Dera Bassi Civil Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. The police has begun probing the incident. 

Chandigarh, October 4
Just a fortnight after the Punjab and Haryana High Court virtually passed strictures on the Punjab School Education Board for hiding behind the rules and regulations, instead of coming to the rescue of a school student duped by an agent, its secretary is now in the contempt loop.

Justice Surya Kant has directed the board secretary to remain present in the court to show cause why contempt of court proceedings be not initiated against him for disobeying the orders of September 26.

The High Court had directed the respondents to issue a roll number to the student. Directions were also issued to allow the petitioner to take the class 12 examinations, subject to the outcome of the writ petition.

Taking up the matter this morning, Justice Surya Kant directed the secretary to ensure that the petitioner is allowed to appear in the class 12 examination scheduled to commence a day later.

Justice Surya Kant also warned him against “serious consequences” in case the orders were not complied with.

The student, through her mother, was seeking the quashing of letter issued on September 24, vide which she was again treated as a private candidate.

In her earlier petition regarding class X examinations filed through her mother, Dr Indu Sharma, the student had contended that she had applied through Zee Study Point School, Manupur, Fatehgarh Sahib district, as a regular/open school candidate for the matriculation examination.

A receipt of Rs 7,400 was also issued to her by the agent before she received the roll number from the board. But, the petitioner was declared fail in the examination, as she did not pass in Punjabi, mathematics and social studies.

An inquiry into the entire affair revealed that the agent had forwarded her form as a private candidate, instead of a regular/open school candidate.

Taking up the case, Justice Rajive Bhalla asserted: “A clear finding has been recorded that the petitioner was duped by the agent, as he forwarded her examination form as a private candidate, whereas she had applied as a regular/open school candidate.

“The difference between the two types of candidates is that a private candidate is required to pass Punjabi with four subjects from group-A, whereas a regular school/open school candidate is required to pass Punjabi with three subjects.”

Chandigarh, October 4
The Vigilance sleuths today arrested two peons working at the Municipal Corporation for their involvement with the gang preparing fake driving licences which was busted two days ago.Vigilance Inspector Dalip Rattan revealed that the two identified as Dhan Singh, resident of Sahapur Colony in Sector 38 and Vikas Kumar, resident of Dadumajra village, used to act as a bridge between the gang preparing fake licences and applicants coming to the RLA office for preparing their driving licences.

Inspector Rattan said the tout used to bring prospective customers to the peons. The peons would then get the file from the applicants and complete the formalities before asking for the payment.

The police is probing into the matter as preliminary reports had revealed that more than 200 licences were procured on forged documents without completing the formality of driving test. 

Chandigarh, October 4
A snatching incident was reported at Sector 45 yesterday where unidentified motorcycle-borne youths snatched a chain of a woman near her house.

According to the police, the motorcycle-borne youths snatched the chain of Neeru Chug, a resident of house number 114, Sector 45-A, and managed to flee from the spot.

A case under various Sections of the IPC was registered at the Sector-34 police station. — TNS

Chandigarh, October 4
Bhakti Dahasahasra of Maharashtra defeated Rohini Bilawar of Madhya Pradseh during the qualifying round of ongoing 21st Krishna Khaitan Memorial All-India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament, being held at Badminton Hall of Panjab University, here today.

Bhakti overcame Rohini 21-18, 21-17 in the girls (U-17) category while Sanchi Dham of Maharashtra went down against Sri Krishna Priya K. of Andhra Pradesh 21-16, 21-16 in the same category.

In the boys (U-17) group, Sumit Sharma defeated Manajit Singh R K 18-21, 21-10 and 21-15 and Aman Kumar of Haryana overcame Surya Goel 21-13 and 21-12.

Results: Girls(U-17): Bhavya Rishi bt Anushtha Verma 21-17, 21-9; Vibhuti Agarwal bt Ananya Nagar 18-21, 22-20, 21-19;Rajni bt Seema Panchal 21-6, 21-14; Kuhoo Garg bt Lalita Dahiya 21-14, 21-11; Sreya P. bt Preeti Singh 21-13, 17-21, 21-15; Komal Antil bt Katyayni Singh 21-7, 21-12; Vrushali G. bt Niranjana AJ 21-7 ,21-7; Gargi Singh bt Navasha Khanna 21-8, 21-12; Rini Tandel bt Gayatri Swaroop 21-12, 21-18; Vidhu Nair bt Pranali Karani 23-21,19-21,21-16; Utkarsh Arora bt Aarush Setia 21-17, 20-22, 21-12; Vighnesh Devlekar bt Chirag Singh 21-17, 21-8; Sahil Sipani bt Aneeth Kumar R. 21-10, 21-12.

Chandigarh, October 4
Punjab(I) team will clash against Mumbai in the final of the ongoing All-India Invitational Cricket Tournament for Boys(U-19) for the Dhruv Pandove Trophy, here.

In the first match of the day at DAV School, Sector 8, Mumbai team got full points on the basis of the first innings lead against Punjab (II). Chasing the overnight score of 232 runs, Punjab-II team was bowled out for 158 in 55.5 overs.

Bir Kanwar (35) and Karan Kaila (49) were the main scorer for the team. For Mumbai, Mairaj Khan took 5 for 79 while Aditya grabbed 3 for 48. Mumbai team in their second innings made a total of 155 for 2 in 36 overs at the end of day’s play. Akarshit Gomel (56) remained unbeaten throughout the innings.

Brief scores: Mumbai: 232 all out in 98.4 overs (Akrishit Gumail 44, Jaideep Pardeshi 29, Akash parkar 25, Ninad Kadam 27, Aditya Dhumal 40 not out, Karan Kaila 4 for 55 and Vinay Chaudhary 2 for 79)

Punjab-II: 158 all out in 55.5 overs (Bir Kanwar 35, Karan Kaila 49, Mandeep Singh 29, Mairaj Khan 5 for 79, Aditya 3 for 48 and Akarshit 2 for 2)

Mumbai (2nd innings): 155 for 2 in 36 overs(Akarshit Gomel 56 No, Jaideep Pardeshi 46, Gandhar 18 , Pratik Prabhu 7 not out)

In the last match of (pool- A) Punjab-I team got better of MPCA on the basis of first innings lead.

Punjab-I achieved the target of 212 runs in 100 overs. Shiv Love (45) and Mohit Handa(56) guided the team to victory.

For MPCA, Abhishek Pathrod took 3 for 69 while Mayank Jain and Naman Bhatt took two wickets each.

Brief scores: MPCA : 212 all out in 77.1 overs (Mukul Raghav (60) Abhishek 29 Anuj Kumar 23,Amrit Pal Singh 4 for 95, Siddharth Sharma 2 for 21 Rahul Kanojia 2 for 36 and Sandeep Singh 2 for 48)

Punjab - I: 277 for 9 in 100 overs (Jaskaran Singh 15 and Ankit Pursharthy 21, Shiv Love 45, Rahul Kanojia 33, Mohit Handa 56, Sachin Sohal 37,Mayank Jain 2 for 55, Naman Bhatt 2 for 63, Abhishek Pathrod 3 for 69).

In another match at the Cricket Stadium, Sector 16, Hyderabad team bowled out for 203- runs while chasing Bengal’s target of 387 runs.

Brief scores:

Bengal: 387 for 9 in 100 overs (Kaushik Ghosh 55 ,Abhishek Raman 66, Sandipan Das 86, Vivek Singh 77, Abhijit Mondal 30 Akash Bhandari 4 for 110 and CV Milind 3 for 61)

Hyderabad: 203 all out in 49 overs (Akash Bhandari 56 not out, Prince Ojha 45 and Javed Ali 26, Ravikant Singh 5 for 56, S. Ghosh 3 for 44 and T. Banerjee 2 for 45)

Bengal (2nd innings):123 for 5 in 34 overs(Kaushik Ghosh 38, Sandipan Das 24, Avijit Mandal 22 not out and Amir Gani 13 not out and Nikhil Deep Reddy 2 for 31)

In another match, Kerala team bowled out for 252 in 96.1 overs. Saly Viswanath (44) and Iqlas Naha (39) was the main scorer for the team.

Brief scores: Himachal: 327 for 9 in 100 overs (Shashank Sharma 46, Monish Sharma 45, Nakul Raj 87 and Kunal Chandela 39,Abhishek Mohan 5 for 98 and Akshay Chandran 2 for 51)

Kerala: 252 all out in 96.1 overs (RS Renjith 27, Saly Viswanath 44, Nikilesh Surendran 28, Akshay Chandran 39, Abhishek Mohan 21 and Iqlas Naha 39 and Rahul Singh 3 for 34).