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Ambala, February 3
Motorcycle-borne two youths snatched a purse of a woman near Ambika temple at Ambala City today noon. A cash of Rs. 5,000 and some important documents were kept in the purse.

According to information, when the woman was paying fare to a rickshaw puller, motorcycle-borne two youths came there. They snatched the purse of the woman and fled. The woman raised an alarm.

Some of the passerby chased the snatchers but they managed to flee. It is not confirmed whether the woman has filed any complaint with the police or not.

Dera Bassi, February 3
The local police has booked a driver of a transport company for stealing goods worth Rs 61 lakh of a local factory during transportation. The accused had reportedly exported Indian sand in place of factory goods to Germany at the time of transportation.

As per information, Company Nector Life Sciences, situated near Dera Bassi, exported its goods made of chemical powder to Germany in 720 containers, weighing 25 kg each on dated. December 15, 2011 in truck no. HR 74 3709, belonging to Akal Transport Company for Dadri port.

The material was later forwarded by sea route. Company official Balbir Singh alleged that the company received a complaint from Germany that only 604 drums of 25 kg were received with proper material while 58 drums weighing 50 kgs each, were found mixed with 290 kg of sand. The value of the lost material was nearly Rs 61 lakh. SHO Gurdial Singh said that the sand was mixed to fulfill the weight of the stolen material. The police has booked truck driver Murtaza under Sections 406, 407, 420, 379 and 120 B of the IPC.

Chandigarh, February 3
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today set a three-month deadline for the UT authorities to decide on the issue of developing a greenbelt at Sector 45-A here.

The directions came on a petition filed by the Residents Welfare Federation against the UT Administration and other respondents.

In the public interest litigation (PIL) placed before the Bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Mahesh Grover, the petitioner, through counsel Ashok Sharma Nabhewal, had sought directions for the development of the greenbelt in front of houses 101 to 113, near Ajit Karam Singh International School.

The Bench asserted, “According to the petitioner, residents of the locality, the area was kept reserved for a greenbelt and funds provided for the purpose of development of a greenbelt in the area by the local Member of Parliament out of government-allocated funds.

“The grievance raised by the petitioner is that notwithstanding the above, no progress has been made and, in fact, the Chief Architect of the UT has, till date, not supplied the layout plan, drawings and blueprint of the proposed development work.

“The petitioner has also stated that it filed a representation to the Mayor on July 11, 2008, which was followed by representations to other authorities. None of the representations having been answered one way or the other, the petitioner was left with no other remedy but to move court under Article 226.”

The Bench ruled, “Having regard to the subject matter involved and the process which will be required to be initiated, it is our considered view that instead of entertaining this PIL at this stage, it will be more appropriate to leave the matter to the wise discretion of the authorities concerned.

“Such authorities will examine the matter, particularly in the light of the facts stated by the petitioner in its representations dated May 25, 2005, December 16, 2006, August 12, 2007, and October 18, 2007, and thereafter, proceed in the matter as may be warranted in the law.

“Necessary action by the respondent authorities will be initiated and completed within three months from the date of receipt of this order or a certified copy thereof. In the event action, as warranted in the law, is not taken by the respondent authorities, the petitioner will be at liberty to avail itself of all legal remedies”.

Chandigarh, February 3
The police today caught Ajay Kumar while stealing sanitary items from a house at Sector 38 here. The police also recovered the stolen taps and stopcock.

A case under Sections 457, 380 and 411 of the IPC was registered at the Sector-39 police station.

Zirakpur, February 3
The Zirakpur police has booked a DJ for playing loud music at a marriage palace on the Zirakpur-Kalka highway after 10.30 pm on Thursday night.

The accused has been identified as Karan Narain, a resident of Motia heights, Dhakoli.

Investigating officer Rameshwar said after receiving a complaint, he along with the police team raided Westwood Marriage Palace in Zirakpur and registered a case against him for violating the Deputy Commissioner’s orders. 

Chandigarh, February 3
Panjab University (PU) bagged the first position in the team championship in the All-India Inter-University Inter Zonal Handball (Men) Championship, which concluded here today.

Kurukshetra University secured the second position while LNUPE, Gwalior, and MG Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, secured the third and fourth position, respectively.

In the final, Panjab University, Chandigarh beat Kurukshetra University by 37-34.

In the first semifinal, PU, Chandigarh, beat MG Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanash, by 51-28 while in the second semifinal Kurukshetra beat LNUPE, Gwalior, by 31-20.

For the third and the fourth place LNUPE, Gwalior, beat MG Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, by 30-23.

Dr HS Sohi, principal, SGGS College, Sector 26, gave away medals and trophies to the winners.

Chandigarh, February 3
An all-round performance by Gaurav Gambhir (54 and 4 for 54) enabled Chandigarh to beat Amritsar by 4 wickets with 27 balls to spare in the FC Mittal Trophy held today.

With today’s win Chandigarh garnered 4 points taking its total tally to 15 points followed by Amritsar 14 points and Patiala 12 points, Mohali 7, Ludhiana 2 and Jalandhar -2 at the end of the fourth round. In view of the bad weather, the match was reduced to 48 overs a side today.

Chandigarh won the toss and elected to field first. Amritsar scored 257 for 8 in 48 overs.

Chandigarh, February 3
Jasbir and Khyati to lead boys and girls netball teams, respectively, in the 3-day 27th Sub Junior National Netball Championship to be held at Guwahati (Assam) from February 9.

Dr GP Pal, organizing secretary, Netball Association of Chandigarh, said the teams had been selected during the 15 days coaching camp being held at Mount Carmel School, Sector 47-B from January 20,

The boys team include Jasbir (captain), Paramjot, Narveer, Gurshinder, Sahil, Mandeep, Dikshant, Gurpreet, Vishal, Samir, Ravinder, and Rahul, while the girls team include Khyati Gupta (captain), Kiranjot, Arshleen, Nitika, Pallvi, Sakshi, Deepika, Kulwinder, Simran, Rachna, Ashima, Birte.

Ratinder will accompany as coach of the boys’ team Monika Gurcharan Kaur will accompany the girls team as coach and manager. R Sharan will accompany the team as the Chandigarh contingent head.