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5 armoured regiments to be awarded ‘Standards’
Security beefed up ahead of President’s visit to Patiala on November 27
Umesh Dewan & Aman Sood
Tribune News Service

Patiala, November 22
With a fleet of as many as 300 tanks participating in the parade before President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil on November 27, the royal city of Patiala will get a rare distinction of becoming the second place in India, post-Independence, wherein the President would present “The Standards” to the five armoured regiments (5 Armoured Regiment, 6 LANCERS, 70 Armoured Regiment, 73 Armoured Regiment and 74 Armoured Regiment), under the aegis of the Headquarters 1 Armoured Division.

During the ceremony, besides the tanks, Bofors guns would be positioned at artificially created dunes.

The presentation of “The Standards” by the Supreme Commander of the armed forces is an apt recognition of the service rendered by the regiments for serving the nation and serves as a motivating factor for the regiment to continue to serve the country with valour, courage and sacrifice.

Considered to be a rare honour, "The Standards" would be presented to the armoured regiments in the presence of the Chief of the Army Staff Gen VK Singh. Once the regiment gets the "The Standards", it becomes a distinguished identity of that particular regiment.

Meanwhile, in the wake of the scheduled visit of the President and the Chief of the Army Staff and other dignitaries, the Patiala police has made tight security arrangements.

The Central security agencies are already camping in the city. The state agencies are coordinating with them to ensure fool-proof security for the ceremony.

A dress rehearsal for the ceremony was held today with the Patiala SSP Gurpreet Singh Gill, Punjab DIG Counter intelligence SS Srivastava and other senior officers, visiting the venue.

Senior Army officers from the military intelligence also visited the airport on the Sangrur Road, where the President is expected to land on November 27.

“The security agencies would seal all the roads leading to the Army headquarters and the venue one hour prior to the event and security has been tightened from today itself”, said Patiala SSP Gurpreet Singh Gill.

"No one without valid permission would be allowed inside or near these venues", he said.

What is “The Standard”

Only indigenous and high-quality silk/khadi silk is used in making “The Standard”. Gold and silver threads are used for embroidery, which is done on both sides of “The Standard”. The pike used is of high quality ash-wood with French polish, which is fluted in the middle for a mounted regiment and the tassels are appropriate mix of gold and crimson colour. The colours being the reward for group heroism have always symbolised the heart of a regiment. They epitomise the history of the regiment and symbolise the undoubting spirit of the regiment and its acts of valour forged in sweat and blood.

COURTS

University Business School
Hearing in HC on PhD admissions today
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 22
The crucial case of PhD admissions is scheduled to come up for hearing before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday. The high court has already restrained the University Business School (UBS) from making PhD admissions on the basis of its final list after students approached the court seeking quashing of the list.

When the UBS released the list in September, three students appealed to the Vice-Chancellor pointing out that students lower in merit were granted admission bypassing the students who had passed out from UBS. They complained that this amounted to victimisation as M.Com. students of UBS had protested against the then chairperson for using obscene language with girl students.

Nothing came out of that complaint apart from delay of two months. After two months, UBS again put up the original list in which students from outside UBS were given admission ignoring the merit in university’s PhD entrance test and marks in M.Com. examination.

The students approached the high court which restrained the university from making admissions on the list till further orders.

Kidnap accused gets bail
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 22
A local court here has granted bail to Inderjit Singh Malik (21), the main accused in the kidnapping case of a teenager, who belonged to an erstwhile royal family from Himachal Pradesh.

The case hit the headlines on October 10. The police arrested Inderjit on November 3 from Giddarbaha in Punjab. He was sent to judicial custody on November 6.

According to Harinder Singh, the defence lawyer, they moved the bail application on Monday on the grounds that the medical examination of the girl had not been conducted so far and the police could not find anything concrete in the case.

Inderjit allegedly abducted the girl from her school at Sector 9 here on October 10, with the assistance of his friends and their families.

His parents, Surinder Malik and Paramjit Kaur, were also wanted in this case, but had been granted anticipatory bail earlier by the court.

Inderjit had also attempted suicide while he was in police lock-up. A case had been registered against him in this regard and the court granted him bail.

Sources said the girl had admitted that she had gone with Inderjit on her own. The copy of her statement was confidential and would come up during court evidence.

Drug peddler gets 8-yr RI
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 22
A local court today awarded eight-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a drug peddler in a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act dating back to July 24, 2008.

According to the police, the accused, identified as Lakhwinder Singh, was arrested with 4-kg heroin by Narcotics Control Bureau sleuths from near the airport here.

According to the prosecution lawyer, he had to supply the contraband to local drug peddlers, who did not reach the spot, and he was arrested while he was waiting for them.

3-day police remand for visa fraudsters
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 22
The two immigration fraud accused were produced in a local court today and sent to three-day police remand. The accused, Vikram Sharma of Chandigarh and Vinay Chadha of Zirakpur, were arrested on November 18.

They used to assist their clients, especially those whose visa applications had been rejected earlier, by locating local residents with similar names and then applying for visa by using their names and addresses.

These facts came to light following the arrest of the duo, who used to operate in the name of the Sector-32 Atlantic Overseas Consultancy and charge between Rs 6 lakh and Rs 8 lakh each per tourist visa.

CRIME

Gang of thieves busted, 3 held
Rajiv Bhatia

Mohali (Kharar), November 22
With the arrest of three persons, including a minor, the Central Intelligence Agency of Kharar has claimed to have solved eight cases of snatching, robbery and theft that occurred in Zirakpur, Matour and Mohali.

The accused, identified as Damo, alias Sonu, and Anuj (name changed), both residents of Dera Bassi, and Heera Sharma, also a resident of Dera Bassi, were nabbed on November 20.

Four motorcycles, two laptops, six mobile sets, three LPG cylinders, one music system and gold jewellery were recovered from their possession.

Mohali SSP GPS Bhullar stated that goods worth Rs 5 lakh were recovered from them. On receiving a tip-off, a police team laid a naka and arrested the accused, he added.

During interrogation, the accused revealed that they had stolen Rs 7,500 in cash and two mobile phones from the house of one Yoginder Singh, a resident of Modern Enclave, Zirakpur; a laptop from the house of Mukesh Kumar, a resident of Preet Colony, Zirakpur; a mobile phone and household goods from the house of Vinod Kumar, a resident of Bishanpura.

The accused also confessed to have stolen an LPG cylinder and two mobile phones from the house of Banwari, a resident of Sukhna Colony, Zirakpur, and a DTH service set box from the shop of Amit Kumar Tripathi.

The police said the accused had also stolen jewellery and cash from the house of VK Mahajan, a resident of Phase VII.

The accused again struck at the house of Amrit Singh in Mohali and made away with two LPG cylinders. They also snatched a gold chain from a woman on November 18 after showing her a sharp-edged weapon.

The motorcycles were stolen from Kalka, Chandigarh and Barwala. The accused were produced in a local court, which sent them a two-day police remand. The minor was sent to the juvenile home in Ludhiana.

The police said Damo had a criminal background and a theft case was registered against him at the Dera Bassi police station.

Cash, valuables worth Rs 2 lakh stolen from house
Tribune Reporters

Panchkula, November 22
Keeping the police on its toes, burglars once again struck at a locked house in Sector 21 and took away cash and other valuables worth Rs 2 lakh.

According to information, owner of the house Vijay Kumar Anand was out of station, along with his family.

On return, Vijay found the house ransacked. He immediately informed the police which arrived at the site within minutes. A team from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory also visited the site to take possible fingerprints of the accused from the house. A dog squad was also pressed into service.

The accused had taken away Rs 7,000 in cash, 50 to 55 silver coins, an LCD, a laptop, four foreign make whisky bottles, besides ration stored in the kitchen, including dry fruits. In-charge of the Sector 21 police post Balwan Singh said the house had possibly been burgled about two or three days ago and the thieves had entered the house by removing the grill of a window. He said a case had been registered against the unidentified accused and the investigations were on to nab the culprits.

SPORTS

Kabaddi Coaching Centre claim title
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 22
Kabaddi Coaching Centre, Sector 42, defeated Dadu Majra Club to lift the title of in the men’s category during the ongoing Chandigarh State Kabaddi Championship (NS) being held at kabaddi ground of sports complex in Sector 42 here today.

The winning team defeated Dadu Majra Club 14-10, whereas Unified Club secured the third position in the same category after defeating Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11.

Maloya Club will face Saket Club in the final of girls (junior) category. In the semifinals, Saket Club drubbed Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, 3-15.

A total of 26 matches were played on the second day of the tournament, whereas about 500 players from different parts of the city participated in the tourney.

Results- Girls(sub-junior): Government Model High School, Sector 39, defeated Saket Club, 33-07; Government Model High School, Sector 22, defeated Government Model High School, Sector 32, 35-07; Government High School, Sector 41, defeated Government Model High School, Sector 39, 53-46; boys (sub-junior): Government High School, Sector 40, defeated Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 45, 34-17; Government High School, Sector 41, defeated Government High School, Sector 12, 34-15; Government High School, Sector 39, defeated Government High School, Sector 22, 24-10; Government High School, Sector 41, defeated Chandigarh Club 27-17; Government Model High School, Sector 39, defeated Government Middle School, Indra Colony, 48-33; Government Middle School, Sector 46, defeated Government Senior Secondary School, Maloya, 22-17; boys(junior): Chandigarh Club defeated Government High School, Sector 46, 25-05; Unified Club defeated Government High School, Sector 41, 40-11; DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, defeated Ajit Karam Singh International Public School 30-04; Maloya Kheda Club defeated Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 45, 47-21; women (section): Post Graduate Girls College, Sector 42, defeated Saket Club 31-11; Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40, defeated Government Model High School, Sector 22, 11-03; Coaching Centre, Sector 42, defeated Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, 34-17.

Rishabh, Utkarsh down opponents in tennis
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 22
Local lad Rishabh Sharda and Utkarsh Bhardwaj, hailing from Uttarakhand, overpowered the duo of Calvin Golmei and Rohit Kumar in the quarterfinals of boys U-12 doubles category during the Shivalik Public School CLTA-AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament for boys and girls(U-12 & U-14) being held at the CLTA here.

The winning pair defeated the rivals 3-6, 6-2 and 10-8, while Sagar Bains and Himanshu Mor defeated Sarvesh Maria and Chiraz Singh 6-3 and 6-2 in another match.

In the girls (U-14) category, Akanksha Bhan of Gujrat defeated Jannat Khurana of Punjab 6-1 and 6-3.

In the pre-quarterfinals of boys (U-12) category, Rohit Kumar of Haryana defeated Vipul Mehta of Delhi 4-2, 4-1b while in another match Abhimanyu Vannemreddy of Tamil Nadu overcame Aryaman Agarwal of Uttar Pradesh 3-5, 4-2 and 4-0.

In the girls (U-12) category, Shreya Kalia of Himachal Pradesh defeated Sukanya Biswas 4-1, 4-0, whereas Seerat Kaur Pannu of Punjab went down against local girl Rubani Ahluwalia 4-1 and 4-2.

Results

Single (pre-quarterfinals)

Boys(U-12): Himanshu Mor (HAR) bt Piyush Salekar Sunder (MAH) 4-0, 4-1;Rishabh Sharda (CHD) bt Calvin Golmei (SKM) 4-1, 4-0;S. Dakshineshwar (TN) bt Ashutosh Tiwari (UP) 4-2, 4-1;Sacchitt Sharrma (DLI) bt Sanchit Sikka (UP) 4-1, 4-1;Amit Beniwal (HAR) bt MS Karthik (TN) 4-1, 3-5, 4-1;Utkarsh Bhardwaj (UTK) bt Danish Ahmad (DLI) 5-3, 4-1;boys(U-14)-Paramveer Singh Bajwa (CHD) bt Sidharth Basnet (SKM) 6-3, 6-4;Adhhyan (CHD) bt Krishna Rajput (CHD) 7-6(6), 6-4 ;Nihit Rawal (CHD) bt Utkarsh Bhardwaj (UTK) 6-2, 6-1;Rohit Kumar (HAR) bt Raunaq Marwaha (HAR) 6-2, 6-2;Arjun Singh (UP) bt Keshav Vasudeva (DLI) 6-1, 6-2;Karandeep Singh (PB) bt Rishabh Sharda (CHD) 6-1, 6-4 ;Aryaman Agarwal (MP) bt Manik Dawar (UTK) 6-0, 6-3;Param Pun (CHD) bt Rahul Verma (CHD) 6-1, 6-3;girls (U-12)-Yubrani Banerjee (WB) bt Tanya Batra (CHD) 4-2, 4-2; Sabhyata Nihalani (DLI) bt Stephen Chelseas (KAR) 4-0, 4-1;Chetna Kumari (HAR) bt Agrima Sharma (DLI) 5-4(3), 4-5, 4-2;Prinkle Singh (J&K) bt Jannat Khurana (PB) 5-3, 4-2;Aarja Chakraborthy (UP) bt Manu Sharma (HAR) 4-0, 4-1;Akanksha Bhan (GUJ) bt Neeru (HAR) 4-0, 4-0;girls(U-14)-Nimrat Walia (CHD) bt Yashi Saxena (UP) 6-1, 6-3 ;Aarja Chakroborty (UP) bt Yubrani Banerjee (WB) 6-1, 6-1;Gayatri Kumariah (CHD) bt Mehakdeep Kaur (CHD) 6-1, 6-2;Aarushi Kakkar (CHD) bt Tanya Batra (CHD) 6-4, 6-2;Saumya Saxena (CHD) bt Prinkle Singh (J&K) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3;Sabhyata Nihalani (DLI) bt Rhea Verma (UP) 7-5, 6-1;Aayushi Gupta (UP) bt Shea Bhasin (CHD) 6-3, 6-0

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals)

Boys(U-12): Calvin Golmei (SKM) & Rohit Kumar (HAR) bt Ayush Deswal (DLI) & Saurav Kalkal (DLI) 6-2, 6-2;Sehaj Sidhu (CHD) & Akshit Chabbra (CHD) bt Daksh Marwah (CHD) & Sahishnu Sharma (J&K) 7-5, 6-3;Amit Beniwal (HAR) & Abhimanyu Rozra (HAR) bt Sacchitt Sharrma (DLI) 6-4, 3-6, 10-4;MS Karthik (TN) & Abhimanyu Vannemreddy (AP) bt Piyush Salekar (MAH) & S. Dhakshineshwar (TN) 6-2, 6-3;Udgam Agarwal (CHD) & Abir Hiranandani (CHD) bt Sohrab Kalia (HP) & Ashutosh Tiwari (UP) 6-3, 5-7, 10-8;Sarvesh Maria (PB) & Chiraz Singh (CHD) bt Rustam Dahiya (HAR) & Vipul Mehta (DLI) 6-4, 6-3;boys (U-14)-Sachin Kumar (CHD) & Aman Pandoh (J&K) bt Zoravar Singh (CHD) & Naval Avasthi (CHD) 6-0, 6-0;Rahul Verma (CHD) & Jagdeep Bajwa (CHD) bt Raghav Chadha (CHD) & Harinder Sidhu (CHD) 6-3, 6-2; Raunaq Marwah (HAR) & Sehaj Somani (DLI) bt Saurav Prashar (CHD) & Ankrish Khanna (CHD) 6-1, 6-4;Durgesh Agarwal (UP) & Krihna Rajput (UP) bt Gaurav Seth (CHD) & Karan Bhalla (CHD) 6-2, 6-4;girls(U-14)-Bhavya Wadhawan (CHD) & Gayatri Kumariah (CHD) bt Rubani Ahluwalia (CHD) & Yashi Saxena (UP) 6-0, 6-4;Agrima Sharma (DLI) & Jannat Khurana (PB) bt Komaljit Kaur (PB) & Harleen Kaur (PB) 6-2, 7-5;Aarushi Kakkar (CHD) & Ayushi Gupta (UP) bt Sukanya Biswas (UP) & Sandeep Kaur (CHD) 6-1, 7-6(1);Saumya Saxena (CHD) & Prinkle Singh (J&K) bt Hanshika (CHD) & Shivi Singla (PB) 6-1, 6-0;Sabhyata Nihalani (DLI) & Aarja Chakraborty (UP) bt Alisha Menon (PB) & Nimrat Kaur Kang (PB) 6-2, 6-0;Shea Bhasin (CHD) & Sabrina Gill (CHD) bt Akshita Singh (CHD) & Yubrani Benerjee (WB) 6-2, 6-3;Aarzoo Chodhary (CHD) & Garima Mann (CHD) bt Akanksha Bhan (DLI) & Tanya Batra (CHD) 6-2, 6-0;Nimrat Walia (CHD) & Shreya Kalia (HP) bt Chetna Kumari (HAR) & Asha Yadav (HAR) 7-5, 6-2.