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HC: Decide ‘preferably’ within two months
Govt accommodation for District, Divisional Town Planners
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Adviser to the UT Administrator to decide ‘preferably’ within two months the issue of providing a District Town Planner and a Divisional Town Planner government accommodation akin to architects and executive engineers.

The deadline was set by the Bench of acting Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Rajiv Narain Raina on a petition filed by Pankaj Bawa and another petitioner against the UT and another respondent. The directions came after senior standing counsel for UT Sanjay Kaushal accepted the notice on the asking of the court.

The Bench observed, “The petitioners, who are working as District Town Planner and Divisional Town Planner, have approached this court with a prayer that they be considered for allotment of government accommodation similar to architect and executive engineer because they are drawing the same pay scale.

“In that regard, reference has been made to the amendment dated August 20, 2010, carried in the Government Residences (Chandigarh Administration General Pool) Allotment Rules, 1996, where the post of architect was added for allotment of house in category IX (old).

“To that effect, the petitioner has already sent a representation to the respondents on August 20, 2010, which is still pending with the Adviser to the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh.”

Before parting with the order, the Bench further added, “Keeping in view the nature of the prayer made, we are of the opinion that it will be appropriate to issue directions to the Adviser to the Administrator to take cognisance of the representation and decide the same expeditiously, preferably within a period of two months, by passing a speaking order. The writ petition stands disposed of with the aforesaid directions.”

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Six booked for fraud
Tribune News Service

Zirakpur, October 31
Three persons have been duped of lakhs of rupees by a local consultant on the pretext of sending them to Singapore on work permit.

The police has registered a case against six persons of Mappel Consultant Company on the complaint of Santosh Singh, Surinder Singh and Deepinder Singh, all residents of Rajasthan.

The accused have been identified as Mahinder Sharma, Ramesh, Puja, Nitish and Vijender Kumar. In their complaint to the police, the complainants alleged that they were lured by advertisements published in various newspapers by the accused. The complainants stated that they had given Rs 5,000 and Rs 7,000, but the consultant officials had asked them to give Rs 35,000 more.

Zirakpur SHO Yogi Raj said they had received several complaints in this regard.

He added that the accused had given advertisements in Rajasthan and Delhi-based newspapers and most of the victims belonged to Rajasthan and Delhi. 

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3 booked in dowry cases
Tribune News Service

Mohali/Zirakpur, October 31
The police has registered two dowry cases in Zirakpur and Sohana. In Sohana, the police has booked two persons, including a woman, on the complaint of Hardeep Kaur, a resident of Sohana. The police said the case was registered against Raja and her mother-in-law after an inquiry. The accused would be arrested soon, he added.

While in Zirakpur, the police has booked the husband in a dowry case on the complaint of Apurva Banerjee, a resident of Zirakpur. In her complaint, she said she tied the knot with Saurav Banerjee, a resident of Dehli, in 2009.

She alleged that her husband harassed her for bringing more dowry. A case was registered against the accused.

Robbery

Balongi: The police today booked Avtar Singh, who was living on a rented accommodation in Balongi, for snatching a bag containing money on a gunpoint from a gas supplier. The case was registered on the complaint of Naval Kishore, a resident of Sohana. The complainant told the police that he went to deliver the gas cylinder at Balongi where the accused asked him to give the bag containing cash. When he refused, the accused pointed out a gun towards him and managed to flee after snatching the bag.

A police official stated a case has been registered and the accused would be arrested soon.

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Theft at shop
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, October 31
Thieves broke into a garment shop in Swastik Vihar and took away cash and goods worth Rs 80,000 last night. 

The accused, however, fled the spot after leaving an old car. SHO Dalip Singh said owner of the shop had installed CCTV cameras and a security alarm. The police said the thieves had left the place after the alarm went off. 

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Woman held in ‘princess’ kidnap case
Carmel Convent girl was abducted on October 11
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31
The police today arrested a woman for her alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a student of Carmel Convent School here on October 11. Kamal, who is the mother of a friend of the prime accused Inderjit Malik, was arrested in the case registered at the Sector 3 police station today

She is a resident of Sector 36 and will be produced in the court tomorrow. The woman is accused of facilitating the kidnapping of the girl.

Inspector Poonam Dilwari, Station House Officer (SHO) of the Sector 3 police station, said Kamal was the mother of Arjan, who was a friend of the prime accused Inderjit Malik.

Besides, she was also close to the co-accused Sangeeta, a PGI doctor, who was absconding and had allegedly also helped her in the kidnapping.

They are accused of assisting Inderjit Malik in the abduction of 16-year-old ‘princess’ Durgeshwari. More than a fornight after she was kidnapped, the police has still not been able to trace either the girl or the prime accused.

Inderjit Malik allegedly abducted the girl from her school in Sector 9 and police investigations established that the abductor and the victim stayed in a cottage near Manali for four days.

The police also said the girl was a ‘princess’ of an erstwhile province in Himachal Pradesh.

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3 juveniles surrender
 Ram Darbar teen’s murder
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31
A day after the police arrested three members of a family for the murder of a 19-year-old youth at Ram Darbar, three more accused, all juveniles, surrendered before the police today. The police said the three juveniles, relatives of prime accused Jaspal Singh, were sent to the juvenile home.

Makhan Singh, alias Lakhwinder, was bludgeoned to death on Saturday night. The police arrested Jaspal and his son Vijay and son-in-law Munish Kumar for the murder yesterday.

The accused had attacked Lakhwinder and smashed his head with bricks and stones. They then fled, leaving the victim in a pool of blood. The victim was rushed to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, where he succumbed to his injuries.

The police said the accused had a brawl with Lakhwinder on September 14, when he, along with his family, attacked Jaspal. The police had arrested Lakhwinder then and he had been released out on bail recently. According to the police, Jaspal and others planned to avenge the attack.

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Youth dies in accident
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31
A 30-year-old youth died in a hit-and-run accident at the Sector 16-17 light point here the previous night. The victim, Rajkumar, succumbed to his injuries at the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital in Sector 16 later.

A resident of Mohali, he was returning from discotheque at 2.30 am when the mishap occurred. The police said Rajkumar worked as accountant with a Sector-8 firm.

He was riding an Activa when an unidentified vehicle hit him. He received a serious head injury and was rushed to the hospital.

He stayed with his brother at Mohali. A case of causing death due to negligence under Section 304- of the IPC ws registered at the Sector-17 police station.

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GGDSD-32 lift overall boxing trophy
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31
Boxers of local GGDSD College, Sector 32, bagged the overall trophy of Panjab University Inter-College Boxing Tournament for Men, held at PU Gymnasium hall, here today. The SD college won the title after securing 34 points while the SGGS college secured second place after getting 16.5 points and Gobindgarh Public College, Alour, finished third with 14 points. DAV-10 finished fourth with 12 points. 

Results: (48 Kg)-Sumit Hooda, SGGS College, Chandigarh, defeated Sandeep Kumar, MMD DAV College, Gidderbaha;( 51 Kg)-Rohit Nagar, GGD SD College, Chandigarh, defeated Manjeet Singh, MRS College, Malout; (54 Kg)-Naveen, GGD SD College, Chandigarh defeated Manpreet Singh, Government College, Muktsar; (57 Kg)-Khushdeepak Kumar, GTB National College, Dakha defeated Surender, GGD SD College; (60 Kg)-Ashish Singh, GGD SD College, defeated Kulbir Singh, DAV College; (64 Kg)-Parveen, SGGS College, Chandigarh defeated Virender Rana, DAV College, (69 Kg)-Saajan Malkat, SGGS College, Chandigarh, defeated Shamshad Ali, Government College, Muktsar; (75 Kg)-Arun Sharma, Gobindgarh Public College, Alour, defeated Sandeep Kumar DAV College, Abohar; (81 Kg)-Vishwajeet, PU Campus, Chandigarh defeated Vikas Kumar, GGD SD College, Chandigarh; (91 Kg)-Naveen, GGD SD College, defeated Nipun Uppal, Gobindgarh Public College, Alour; (+91 Kg)-Vijay, GGD SD College, defeated Channpreet Singh, Malwa College, Bondli, Samrala.

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Selection trials for sports fest for women
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31
Chandigarh sports department will hold trials to select women’s team to represent the city in the upcoming 37th National Sports Festival for Women to be held at different places.

In Group I, the trials would be conducted for Basketball, Gymnastics and Swimming, to be held at Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) from November 25 to 28.

In Group II events, trials of Handball, Hockey and Tennis will be organised at Jalandhar (Punjab) from December 17 to 20.

Trials of Athletics, badminton and table tennis, covered in the Group III, will be held at Ranchi (Jharkhand) from November 17 to 20 while in Group IV, Chikkamangalore (Karnataka) will host the events of Kabaddi, Kho-Kho and that of Volleyball, from November 27 to 30.

The interested players should attend the trials as per below mentioned schedule in their respective discipline. The players should be of less than 25 years as on December 31, 2011.

Trial details:

November3, at 4 pm

Athletics at Sports Complex, Sector 46; Badminton at Badminton Hall, Sector 42; Table Tennis at Table Tennis hall, Sector 23; Kabaddi at Kabaddi Coaching Centre, Sector 42; Kho-Kho at Kho-Kho Coaching Centre, Sector 42; Volleyball at Volleyball Coaching Centre, Sector 42.

November 4, at 4 pm

Basketball at Sports Complex, Sector 46; Gymnastics at Sports Complex, Sector 7; Swimming at All Weather Swimming Pool, Sector 23; Handball at Handball Coaching Centre, Sector 42; Hockey at Hockey Stadium, Sector 18; Tennis at Tennis Coaching Centre, Sector 42, Chandigarh.

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Harbhajan to lead team
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31
Ace spinner Harbhajan Singh, who is struggling with his performance, will lead the Punjab team in the upcoming Ranji Trophy matches Punjab team will face UP in the first match at PCA Stadium, Mohali on November 3.

Honorary Secretary, PCA MP Pandove with consideration of other members, today, announced the team.

During the competition the team will face Orissa in their second match from November 10 to 13.

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Jiwanjot’s ton helps Punjab score 451 runs
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31
A ton by Jiwanjot Singh and 97 runs by Preetkaml helped Punjab team score a total of 451 runs against Tamil Nadu on the third day of ongoing Col CK Nayudu Trophy being held at Dhruv Pandove Stadium Patiala.

Punjab team resuming from their score of 176 for 1 scored 451 for 9 in 157 overs till the close of day’s play.

Earlier, Preetkamal Singh was the first to go after he was caught by Vijay Shankar off Pritiban on 97 off 229 studded with 13 boundaries.

Himanshu Chawla contributed 25 off 15 balls and Gurkirat Mann contributed 17 runs. Jeevanjot completed his century off 291 balls studded with 17 boundaries.

For the sixth wicket, Anil Sihag and Gurinder Singh contributed 91 runs, while Gurinder Singh scored a vital unbeaten 84 off 169 inclusive of seven boundaries and a six.

For Tamil Nadu, Bharat Shankar, Inderjith B and Aushik B Srinivas took two wickets each. Punjab have a lead of 167 runs.

Scores

Tamil Nadu (first innings): 284 all out in 106.5 overs (Suryapparkash 44, Vijay Shanker 28, Aparjith B 59, Pratiban AC 60 Aswin Crist 20, Siddharth Kaul 3 for 56, AS Sohi 2 for 52 and GH Singh 2 for 57).

Punjab (first innings): 451 for 9 in 157 overs at close of day’s play (Kunwar Raina 25, Jiwanjot Singh 126 , Preet Kamal 97 , Himanshu Chawla 25, Anil Sihag 39, Gurinder Singh 84 not out,Bharat Shankar 2 for 39, Inderjit B 2 for 26 and Aushik B Srinivas 2 for 127). 

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Rahul outdoes Nimesh
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31
Local player Rahul Seth overcame Nimesh Khandelwal of Delhi during Manav Mangal AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls (U-16) being held here.

In the boys category, Rahul overcame Nimesh 6-0, 6-1, while Yogesh Dogra defeated Daksh Manglick 6-4, 7-6(7).

Results

Harjasleen Singh (PB) defeated Ayush Grover (HAR) 7-5, 6-2; Yogesh Dogra defeated Daksh Manglick (HAR) 6-4, 7-6(7); Param Pun defeated Rishabh Khanna (CHD) 6-1, 6-2; Shrey Gupta (HAR) defeated Josh Bhasin 6-1,6-0; Prateek Bhandari (HP) defeated Raunaq Marwaha (HAR) 6-4, 6-4; Manjot Singh (PB) defeated Ankush Arora(PB);Ishan Kakkar (PB) defeated Abhishek Sardana (HAR) 6-1, 6-4; Raghav Talwar defeated Jagmeet Singh (HAR) 6-2, 6-4; Abhinav Mahajan defeated Abhijeet Singh (CHD) 6-3,6-2; Anmol Singh Sandhu defeated Anirurdh Kaushik (CHD) 6-0, 6-2 and Santvir Singh (CHD) defeated Karan Thind (HAR) 6-0, 6-2.

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SGGS-26 lads pocket kabaddi title
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31
Kabaddi team of SGGS College, Sector 26, won the Panjab University Inter-College Kabaddi National Style (A-Division) tournament for Men held at PU grounds, here today.

In the team championship, RSD College, Ferozepur finished as the runners-up while Government College, Muktsarm, secured third place in the competition. SPN College, Mukerian, managed to secure  fourth position in the tournament.

Results: RSD College, Ferozepur, defeated SPN College, Mukerain, by 33-07; SGGS College, Chandigarh, defeated Government College, Muktsar, by 31-17.

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Manav Mangal School hog limelight in gymnastics

Chandigarh, October 31
Manav Mangal School, Panchkula, won the Haryana State Inter-Centre Gymnastics Championship for Boys and Girls held at Bhavan Vidayalaya School, Panchkula.

Results: Boys (U-12 to 14)-Keshav (MMS, Panchkula) 15.80 points, Rohit ( Sirsa) 13.80 points, Umesh (Rohtak) 10.90 points; Women-Shruti (MMS, Panchkula) 17.05 points, Neha ( Sirsa) 12.80 points, Jyoti (Jhajjar) 10.85 points; Mix Pair-Jaideep and Diksha (MMS, Panchkula) 18.00 points, Vipin and Neha (Sirsa) 12.80 points, Umesh and Diksha (Rohtak) 12.55 points; Trio-Jaideep, Diksha, Amitabh (MMS, Panchkula) 14.80 points, Vipin, Rohit and Sahil ( Sirsa) 12.70 points, Preeti, Luxmi and Pooja (Jhajjar) 7 points; Men (U-14 to 17)-Purujit (MMS, Panchkula) 17.80 points, Akashdeep (Sirsa) 14.35 points, Pankaj (Ambala) 12.80 points; Individual Women-Jagriti (Panchkula) 16.60 points, Damini (Sirsa) 12.40 points, Payal (Rohtak) 11.25 points; Mix Pair-Brij and Anisha (MMS, Panchkula) 16.35 points, Parveen and Sudha (Rohtak) 13.50 points, Akash and Monu ( Sirsa) 12.45 points; Trio-Taniya, Manmeet and Anisha (MMS, Panchkula) 17.60 points, Rahul, Ombir and Sanam ( Sirsa) 12.80 points. — TNS

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Football meet from Nov 2
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31
The Youngsters Club, Chandigarh will organise 6th Kanwar Harbans Lal Memorial Football Tournament in junior and senior category from November 2 to 11 at Football Stadium, Sector 17. 

In the junior category, 11 teams from tri-city and a team from Solan have confirmed their entries while in the senior group teams including Youth Football Club, Rurkakalan, District Football Association, Ambala, Friends Football Club, Mohali and Chandigarh Police will participate. The tournament of senior category will be played on league cum knock-out basis.

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Mahesh to be referee in ICF
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31
The International Carrom Federation has appointed general secretary of the Chandigah Carrom Association Mahesh Sekhri, as the chief referee for the 6th ICF Cup Carrom Championship to be held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from November 9 to 13.

The championship will be organised by the Malaysian Carrom Association under the aegis of the International Carrom Federation.

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