Panchkula, December 14
The women, who had stolen a newborn from General Hospital in Sector 6 here on the intervening night of December 5 and 6, have been sent to judicial custody. The police had also recovered the clothes of newborn from the two accused identified as Rekha and Nisha, residents of Sanaur in Patiala district. The two were arrested by the police on December 10 and were sent to a three-day police remand. The two were produced in the court today, which ordered to send them in judicial custody at Central Jail Ambala.

Chandigarh, December 14
Acting on a petition challenging BJP candidate Raj Kishore’s candidature for the municipal corporation (MC) poll from ward 19, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the declaration of result from the ward.

Issuing a notice of motion, the Bench also made it clear that the election would be held as per schedule. The directions by Justice Mehinder Singh Sullar came on a petition filed by local resident Ravi.

In his petition, Ravi had claimed that Raj Kishore could not be included in the Scheduled Caste (SC) category here as he was not mentioned therein, though he was included in the SC category in Bihar.

The High Court had earlier directed the returning officer to decide the issue within a week on merit. The petitioner’s counsel, Manu K Bhandari, contended that the returning officer dismissed the petition, but not on merit. The case would now come up on January 6 for resumed hearing.

The Bench, on the previous date of hearing, had observed, “After hearing the counsel for the petitioner, going through the record, with his valuable assistance, considering the entire matter deeply, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and taking into consideration the nature and urgency of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of, with the direction to the returning officer, Election Commission, Chandigarh, to treat copy of writ petition filed by the petitioner as representation and to take appropriate action, in accordance with law, within a period of one week positively, from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this order.”

Chandigarh, December 14
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has directed Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering and Technology to refund Rs 42,480 after deducting administrative charges of Rs 1,000 to a Sector-17 resident.

The forum comprising president Lakshman Sharma and members Madhu Mutneja and Jaswinder Singh Sidhu has also directed the opposite party to pay Rs 10,000 as compensation, besides Rs 7,000 as costs of litigation to the complainant.

The complainant, Ashima Soni, submitted that she took admission in Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering and Technology for academic session 2009-2010 and deposited Rs 43,480 as fee on July 12, 2009. She averred that on August 9, she got admission in another college in electronics and communication stream. She added that as she never attended any class, she immediately approached the opposite party on August 10, 2009, asking the latter to refund her fee, but to no avail. She said the opposite party also failed to refund the fee even after serving a legal notice on April 21, 2010.

The counsel for the opposite party pleaded that she left the course after joining the course for a few days. As per record of the opposite party, the complainant surrendered the seat on August 4, 2009, due to personal reasons and the complainant was not entitled for the refund of fee under AICTE Rules, as the seat surrendered by her remained vacant for the whole session.

The forum observed that as per instructions issued by the AICTE, it was apparent that the universities, including deemed universities and technical institutions, were duty bound to refund the fee in the event a student withdraws before the start of the course. The notice issued by the Registrar, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, said the counselling for the existing vacant seats was held from September 7. So it was evident that the course had not started by that date and under such circumstances, the complainant was entitled for the refund of full fee deposited by her after deducting Rs 1,000 as administrative charges.

Chandigarh, December 14
A fortnight after the police arrested five members of a gang, who used to steal valuables worth lakhs loaded in trucks, the police has recovered a truck, mobile phones worth lakhs and 78 batteries from Dimapur, Nagaland, where the accused had stored the goods.

On December 1, the police arrested five members of a gang, who were adept at stealing goods worth lakhs loaded in trucks and selling the same in Dimapur, Nagaland.

The gang members used to show fake identity cards and get hired as drivers with transporters and then flee with trucks loaded with goods worth lakhs on finding an opportunity.

Sunil Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Shamsher Singh, Narinder Kumar and Varinder, all residents of Rohtak in Haryana, were nabbed. The police said besides stealing goods, the accused sold vehicles, including a Tata-407, Scorpio, Pajero, Alto cars, Tata 1109.

SHO of the Sector 39 police station Inspector Charanjeet Singh said a team was dispatched to Nagaland from where a stolen truck, 52 mobiles worth Rs 15 lakh and 78 batteries were recovered.

Chandigarh, December 14
The state election commission has issued a show-cause notice to the BJP on the complaint made by Congress councillors Pardeep Chhabra and Devinder Singh Babla for counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes as violation of Model code of Conduct.

The complaint made by the councillors stated that the BJP had distributed currency notes, which referred to as notes, resembling the currency notes of Rs.1,000 issued by the Reserve Bank of India. The printer of the said notes have tried to print the said notes in such a manner that it looks exactly like Rs.1,000 notes issued by Reserve Bank of India. The colour combination is the same as that of the real currency notes of Rs.1,000. Taking a serious note of this violation, the Election Commission directed the party to file their reply within next two days to the commission with a fact that as to why no action had been taken against them under relevant rules. — TNS

Panchkula, December 14
The host team of Satluj Public School overcame Little Flower Convent School, Sector 14, in the ongoing 1st Satluj Cricket League Tournament for Boys’ (U-13), being held here today. Satluj Cricket Academy defeated the opponents by one run. The winning team, after elected to bat first, scored a total of 129 for 3 in the allotted slot of 20 overs with Prabhjeet Singh scoring 45-runs. In reply, the little flower team failed to achieve the target and felt short of a single run to win the match. Nitin (66) and Shaksham Gupta (24) contributed the most runs for the team. For the winners, Abhishek Sharma and Hardik Choudhary were the pick of the bowlers for grabbing three wickets each. Brief Score:

Satluj Cricket Academy: 129 for 3 in 20 overs (Prabhjeet Singh 45, Manav 25, Shravan 19, Abhishek Sharma 15, Shaksham 2 for 29).Little Flower Convent School: 128 for 8 in 20 (Nitin 66, Shaksham Gupta 24, Abhishek Sharma 3 for 26, Hardik Choudhary 3 for 23, Sahil Vashisht 2 for 12).

Chandigarh, December 14
The gatka team of Guru Nanak Khalsa School, Sector 30, secured first place in boys’ (U-14) demonstration event during the 1st Chandigarh State Gatka Championship, being held, here today. The team of GMSSS 47, attained second place while team of GMSSS, Mani Majra, secured third place. A total of 150 students participated in the tourney.

Results:

Boys’ (U-14 individual); Manpreet Singh, Amanjot Singh, Amarjeet Singh, Inderjit Sing girls’ (U-14 demonstration): GMSSS, Karsan; Gatka Training Centre, Sector 47; Guru Nanak Khalsa School 30; girls’ (U-17): Gatka Training Centre, Sector 47; Gatka Training Centre, Sector 47; GMSSS, Karsan.

Chandigarh, December 14
The Haryana Golf Association (HGA) will organise the Haryana Golf Festival (HGF) in state from December 15 to 18.

The inaugural round of the festival will be held at Golf Course of Panchkula while the second round will be held at Tarudhan Valley, Golf Resort, at ITC classic golf resort.

The final of the festival will be held at the DLF Golf and Country Club, Gurgaon.

More than 400 golfers including will vie in the tourney.

“The festival is being held with the aim of promoting the game. The festival would be played out at the Panchkula Golf Club, Tarudhan Valley Golf Resort, ITC Classic Golf Resort and DLF Golf and Country Club,” said Ajit M Sharan, president HGA.

Chandigarh, December 13
The last day of the match between Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, went to the visitors, as the team after taking a first innings lead over the host, secured nine points, at the DS stadium, Patiala, today. In the ongoing match of Vijay Merchant Cricket Trophy (U-16), bowlers of the Himachal team bowled the batsmen of the host team on 210-runs.

Himachal will now face Haryana while the Punjab team secured 10 points from all the league matches. Earlier in the match, the Punjab team was bowled out for 210 off 105.5 overs with Bhagmender Singh (48) and Vineet Daka (40) contributing the most runs. For Himachal, PP Jaswal and AP Sharma grabbed three wickets each. Later in their second innings the opining pair of Himachal team scored 8 runs before the match ended. Brief Score: Himachal (1st innings)-304 all out Himachal (2nd innings)-8 for no loss Punjab (1st innings)-210 all out in 105.5 overs (Vineet Daka 40, Bhagmender Singh 48, Shivam Bhambri 38, Anmolpreet 22, PP Jaswal 3 for 62, AP Sharma 3 for 31 , HK Bamnotra 2 for 52).

Chandigarh, December 13
The Western Command team lifted overall trophy in the recently held 6th National Combat Forces Shooting Championship (NCFSC) at Infantry School, Mhow.

Over 600 shooters from nine teams of the defence services and para military forces participated in five shooting matches comprising of combat shooting.
The Western Command team was adjudged as the overall champion after securing the highest points and also claimed the 88th Carnatic Infantry Memorial Gold Cup including a prestigious NCGSC Banner.
The team won three out of five matches and was awarded the Chaudhury Trophy, Cariappa Trophy and the Rootes Group Cup. This is for the third time that Western Command won the coveted championship.

Mohali, December 14
The Mohali red team defeated their counterparts, Mohali green, in the match of Mohali premier cricket league, held at MCA ground, here today.

After elected to field first, Mohali Red restricted their opponents in the total of 221-runs. Maninder Singh completed his half century off 65 to remain the top scorer for the team.

In reply, the winning team achieved the target with eight wickets in hand. Harpreet remained unbeaten on the individual score of 87-runs while Sumit contributed 32-runs in the team’s total.

Chandigarh, December 14
The District Roller Skating Association of Panchkula will conduct District Roller Skating Championship at the Skating Rink of Bhavan Vidyalaya School, Sector 15, Panchkula from December 18 to 19.

The skaters will be selected to represent the district in Haryana State Roller Skating Championship. Interested participants can submit their entries to gen. secy of the association, contact number 9417292456 and 9878925557, before December 16.