NEIGHBOURHOOD

Dera Bassi bus stand a shambles
Parmod Mehta

Architect Renu Khanna, who had made the map of the memorial to Banda Bahadur at Chhappar Chiri was preparing the outline map of the bus-stand project. After it is completed, work to float tenders would be started, they added.

Admn decides on 100 new parks to beautify Ambala City
Our Correspondent

Ambala, April 8
The local administration has decided to develop around 100 parks in various parts of Ambala City.

Around six herbal parks have already come up in Sena Nagar, Jail Land, Aggarsain Chowk and near MDSD College.

Two days ago, local MLA Venod Sharma had laid the foundation stones of 29 parks in Preet Nagar, Manali House, Vijay Nagar, Prem Nagar, Kanshi Nagar and Kailash Nagar. An amount of Rs 2 crore has been earmarked for the purpose.

Venod Sharma said vacant plots in the area had become a safe heaven for anti-social elements. He said a proposal regarding the beautification of parks had been approved by the authorities.

Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Shekhar Vidyarthi said new parks would be developed in Preet Nagar, Inder Nagar, Shahzad House, Vivek Vihar, Manali House, Vijay Nagar, Prem Nagar, Kanshi Nagar, Model Town, Kailash Nagar, New Kailash Nagar, Badshai Bag Colony, Baldev Nagar, Ram Nagar and Bank Colony. He said the funds had already been sanctioned.

Rajinder Singh Harry was elected joint secretary while Nischal Gaur became treasurer of the association. The president said addressing the problems of advocates would be their priority.— OC

Chandigarh, April 8
The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Kotak Mahindra Bank to pay Rs 50,000 to Dula Ram Khimta, a resident of Shimla district, on account of mental agony, harassment and costs of litigation during issuance of the NOC for his Mahindra Bolero vehicle.

He had taken a loan of Rs 3 lakh and given blank cheques to the company in return for his financing benefits. The company reportedly gave him trouble even after he had made the due payments for issuance of the NOC.

Khimta alleged that he was made to sign certain loan documents having blank columns. He had also given 38 blank cheques for Rs 10,000 each to the company. Despite paying the entire amount, the company did not issue the NOC to Khimta. He issued a legal notice to the insurance company for not providing him the NOC. The Bank, on its part, too, issued a legal notice to him saying that Rs 35,323 was still to be paid by Khimta instead. Khimta gave a reply but there was no development on the issue because of which he moved the consumer court.

President of the forum PD Goel, Rajinder Singh Gill and Madanjit Kaur sahota, both members, in the order of the consumer court pronounced that "the NOC was issued to the complainant one and a half years after filing of the complaint in the forum." This worked out to roughly eight years after its due date. The forum awarded Rs 35,000 and Rs 15,000 as compensation and litigation costs, separately, to Khimta.

CRIME

Two shops raided
Seven packets of duplicate electricity cables recovered
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, April 8
On the complaint of officials of Havells India Ltd, the police raided two shops in Sector 4 last night and seized seven packets of duplicate power cables.

The police said it had raided two shops in the area after receiving the complaint from the company officials about the duplicate power cables being sold at these shops.

The company officials had also complained to the Deputy Commissioner of Police that Arora Electronics and Bansal Electronics were using their company’s name for selling duplicate power cables. The DCP immediately issued orders to the Sector 5 police station to raid the shops.

Sector 5 SHO Ajay Rana said they had received the complaint from the officials of the Havells company and found discrepancies during the raid.

He said action would be taken against the shopkeepers under the Copyright Act.

Chandigarh, April 8
Tennis player Sonali Bansal today outclassed Naemat Aulakh to win the girls’ (U-18) title during the ongoing AKSIPS Total Tennis Championship, being held at the school courts in Mohali.

In the final of the girls’ category, Sonali Bansal gripped the match from the very first minute of the match and wrapped up the game in 50 minutes. In the first set, Sonali displayed solid ground strokes to down Naemat by 6-2 and later also she won the second set 6-2 to register win in straight sets.

Earlier in the semi-finals of the tourney, Sonali defeated Aditi Dogra 6-0.

In the final of the boys’ (U-10 ) category, Asav Kumar defeated his practice partner Pranav Chopra in straight sets 4-0 and 4-0 to win the event while Sahishnu Sharma won the boys’ (u-12) title after defeating Asav Kumar 5-3, 4-1. In the final of the boys’ (U-14), Aniket Khosa registered win over Karan Bhalla 6-1 and 6-3.

Results:

Girls (u-18) semifinals: Sonali Bansal bt Aditi Dogra 6-0; Naemat Aulakh bt Abhisha Jindal 6-3; boys’ (U-18) quarterfinals: Sachit Malhotra bt Anumanit Singh 6-1; Chandan bt Hari om Sabarwal 6-4; Karan Bhalla bt Nikhil Sandhu 6-4; Rohit Dhiman bt Manik Kaushal 6-2; semifinals: Sachit Malhotra bt Chandan 4-0, 4-1; Rohit Dhiman bt Karan Bhalla 4-0, 4-0.

Chandigarh, April 8
Bollywood stars, martial arts experts, models displaying round’s number, loud music, they all failed to attract the attention of the local masses during the star-studded and highly claimed as ‘attractive’ Super Fight League, at the Circus Grounds at Sector 17 last night. And what the masses might have missed is the new technology used for the comfort of the audience.

Easy to shift, comfortable and moreover durable, new T-Box technology stands, were set up by the organisers with the aim of making the event more attractive and comfortable. The stands were used in the city for the first time at an event taking place in the open.

Popularly known as “mobile stands”, these stands, which are made of light steel, are regularly used at various boxing championships in Mumbai and also at international football stadiums. Not only at the open games but the stands are also used in many indoor stadiums.

“These stands are specially made to provide comfort to the audiences keeping in mind the aspect of the organisers also. The stuff is a mixture of light steel and aluminium. The main advantage of the stands is that they are easy to ferry as also helpful in allotting more space to the audiences. These stands were successfully used at the Moruleng stadium in Rustenburg during practice sessions for the England football team during the FIFA World Cup 2010,” said Nupur Vaidya, general manager TansStadia.

Chandigarh, April 8
The annual gymnastics fest, ‘Sunday gymnastics’, was held at DAV College, Sector 10, here today. In the boys’ category, the gymnasts of DAV School, Sector 8, bagged the first position to win the overall trophy.

The team of Government Model School, Sector 10, bagged the second position while the team of DAV College, Sector 10, won the third place in the tourney.

In the girls’ category, Government Model School, Sector 12, lifted the trophy while Government Model High School, Sector 11, finished runners-up.

The following are the results.

Boys (sub-junior): Table Vault- 1.) Sandeep Bhist, 2.) Laxman, 3.) Abhishek; Floor Exercise- 1.) Sandeep Bisht, 2.) Abhishek, 3.) Laxman.

Boys (junior)- Floor Exercise - 1.) Vikas Bhist, 2.) Sandeep Sharma, 3.) Arun Kumar; Roman rings - 1.) Anil Bhadur, 2.) Devinder, 3.) Sandeep Sharma; Table Vault- 1.) Arun Kumar, 2.) Vikas Bisht, 3.) Sandeep Sharma.

Girls (junior): Floor Exercise - 1.) Ritika, 2.) Neel Kamal; Balance Beam- 1) Ritika, 2.) Neel Kamal.

Chandigarh, April 8
The host team of Live Wire Coaching Centre (LWCC) defeated Gallant Cricket Club (GCC) by 82 runs to lift the Shaheed Cricket trophy in the final match held here today.

Earlier, after electing to bowl first, the bowlers of Gallant Cricket Club failed to stop the batsmen of the LWCC team from scoring a total of 156 runs.

Batsmen Sikander Rana was the main scorer for the team with 47 runs off 27 balls. He was equally supported by Vinay Bansal 29 off 26 and Kishore Bhatt 23 off 13. For the bowling side, Sanyam was the pick of the bowlers who took 3 for 37 while Neeraj and Prabhjot Singh claimed two wickets each.

In reply, the Gallant team lost five wickets while reaching 13 runs. Later, Siddhant Tripathi (29) and Sanyam (26) managed to take the team up to the total of 83 runs but failed in their effort to achieve a big total. Bowler Karun Thakur took 3 for 19 while Chander Shekhar, Sikander Rana and Vinay Bansal took two wickets each. Sikander Rana was declared the Man of the Match.

Brief Scores:

LWCC -156 for 7 in 20 overs (Sikander Rana 47, Vinay Bansal 29, Kishore Bhatt 23, Sanyam 3/37, Neeraj 2 for 20, Prabhjot 2 for 42). GCC- 83 all out in 14.1 overs (Siddhant Tripathi 29, Sanyam, 26, Karun Thakur 3 for 19, Chander Shekhar 2 for 15, Sikender Rana 2 for 10, Vinay Bansal 2 for 4)