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Fatehgarh Sahib, April 24
Mata Gujri College Fatehgarh Sahib has started free UGC-sponsored coaching classes for NET/JRF examinations. It is the only autonomous college in the North India that has initiated these coaching classes.

These classes are open to all the postgraduate students, said Dr Jatinder Singh Sidhu director principal of the college. He said eminent scholars are invited as resource persons and their valuable guidance would help the students not only in UGC/NET exams but also in other competitive exams. 

Kin of lineman protest outside hospital
Blame negligence by UHVBN officials for his death

Ambala, April 24
Relatives of an assistant lineman Suresh Kumar protested at the Civil Hospital in Ambala City against the negligent attitude of UHVBN officials this evening.

Suresh while repairing 11-KV line of MES feeder near Jaggi Garden had fallen down from the pole on Monday noon and sustained serious head injury. Later, he died on the way to PGIMER, Chandigarh. Amit Sharma, son of the deceased, alleged that the UHVBN officials did not inform them about the incident on time and his father was taken to hospital two hours after the incident took place. He said that the delay in the treatment caused the death of his father. The spokesman of the HSEV Worker Union, Devi Prashad Bhatt, said that Suresh was not working on the electric pole at the time of the incident. He was just standing close to the pole along with other linemen. The broken cable hit his head and he fell down. — OC

Mohali, April 24
The District Consumer Forum, Mohali, slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Punjab National Bank (PNB) for its failure to pay its account holder Rs 10,000, the amount, which he did not get while using an ATM card at the counter of IDBI Bank.

The forum had directed not only directed the bank to return the amount in question to complainant Chandan Kumar along with fine but also ordered to pay interest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum and Rs 3,000 as cost of litigation.

The order has been pronounced by the Bench comprising BS Mehandiratta, president, Dr SS Dhaliwal and H K Ghuman as members of the forum in the case in which Chandan Kumar, a resident of Shyam Nagar, Baltana, had alleged that the PNB was not returning his Rs 10,000 which he had intended to withdraw by using his ATM card on November 10, 2009 at an ATM counter of IDBI Bank, located at Kalgidhar Enclave, Baltana.

After having withdrawn Rs 10,000 from the ATM machine, his second attempt of getting Rs 10,000 more had failed due to electricity failure. However, the slip that came out of the ATM machine showed that the second amount of Rs 10,000 had also been debited to his account.

He took up the matter with both IDBI Bank and PNB following which the IDBI bank credited the amount in question to the account of PNB. Interestingly, the PNB has not given its credit in the account of the complainant, which amounted to deficiency in service.

After its hearings, the forum directed PNB to credit to the account of the complainant, the disputed amount of Rs. 10,000 with interest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent per annum with effect from January 2010 till the date of actual credit.

The forum also maintained that in case, the complainant had closed his account with the PNB, the bank should pay the amount in question to the complainant with interest as above through a banker’s cheque within one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order

“As the bank has harassed the complainant continuously for two years and caused him mental agony for which it is directed to pay to the complainant compensation to the tune of Rs 10,000 along with the costs of litigation to the tune of Rs 3,000’ stated the order. 

Chandigarh, April 24
Calling the murder of a 26-year-old youth a shameful and heinous act, the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Preeti Sahni today sentenced a woman and her paramour to life imprisonment after convicting them for the murder of her husband.

The court sentenced Mohini and her lover Kuldeep to life imprisonment for the murder of her (Mohini’s) husband Dharam Singh in July 2010. The two have also been imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 each.

While pronouncing the order, the court stated, “Both accused were having relations with each other and entered into a conspiracy to kill Dharam Singh when he was asleep. Medical evidence and call details support the fact. The two have taken the life of a young man due to their illicit relationship,” stated the court.

The case dates back to the intervening night of July 28 and 29 in 2010 when Mohini and Kuldeep strangulated 26-year-old Dharam Singh. Dharam Singh, who worked as an electrician, was found dead on his cot in the balcony in the morning.

Public prosecutor Manish Dua argued before the court that examination of call details of Mohini and Kuldeep revealed that they were in constant touch with each other on the night the murder took place. “When Kuldeep was arrested the next day, strings and an identity card and a purse belonging to Dharam Singh was recovered from his possession. Statements of neighbour Sonia, who was taking a morning walk on her terrace, also provided crucial evidence as she told the court that there was no cot on the terrace in the morning. It then came to light that the victim’s body was later shifted to the terrace on the cot after he was killed,” he said.

Dharam lived on a second-floor rented accommodation near Samadhi Gate at Shanti Nagar, Mani Majra. The couple had been married for five years and had shifted to this place only five days before the murder. Mohini, however, had an extra-marital affair with her previous landlord Kuldeep at Dhappar village in Mohali, where they stayed for six months. The couple had gone to the village a fortnight ago, where Dharam got to know of their affair and changed his residence to Mani Majra.

As per the prosecution case, Mohini called Kuldeep from her husband’s phone around 3 am and the two tied a sleeping Dharam to the cot and then gagged him with a pillowand strangulated him with a string.

Mohini, however, initially cried that it was robbery and told the police that her husband had gone to sleep in the balcony at 2 am, while she slept inside the room. In the morning she discovered that he was dead. After sustained questioning and examination of call details of the accused’s phone, the police arrested Mohini and Kuldeep for the murder.

Chandigarh, April 24
A 24-year-old corporal with the Indian Air Force allegedly committed suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan here at his Sector-28 resdience.

The police said the reason of the suicide could not be ascertained. Amit Kumar was posted as a Corporal and a code of inquiry has been ordered into the incident.

According to information, he is married and his wife resides in Kanpur. She had delivered a child on March 1. The victim did not go to his office today and his colleagues came looking for him when they found him hanging from the ceiling of a fan at his residence .

Chandigarh, April 24
Two daylight thefts were reported in different parts of the city in the past 24 hours. A theft was reported today at the house no 526 (B) in Sector 29 (A) at around 2 pm where thieves managed to decamp with Rs 15,000 and 20-gram gold.

Complainant Gurjeet Kaur said that she had gone to pickup her son from the bus stop after locking the house, however, after 10 minutes when she returned she was shocked to see that the house was ransacked. “I didn’t even take more then 10 minutes to return however by then the thieves had escaped, which means they were waiting for me to leave the house”, she said.

A theft at flat no 143, Sector 45 (A) was reported on Monday when the owner of the house Satpal Mittal was away to Ludhiana. Mittal’s neighbours around 5 pm noticed that the locks of the front door was broken and informed the police, and the house owner, who rushed back to Chandigarh.

As per information the house was ransacked and the thieves managed to decamp with 157 US $, imported documents, including passports and valuables of around Rs one-lakh.

Chandigarh, April 24
Bringing laurels to the city Khushbir Kaur Bhullar, an alumnus of the college, clinched silver medal in the Air Pistol Shooting during the Canada Grand Prix.

Khushbir represents Chandigarh state in national and international shooting events. She was also declared the best shooter of Chandigarh with 2 gold medals in air pistol and .22 sports pistol.

Her aim is to represent her country in the Olympics and make her motherland proud. She owes her interest in shooting to her deceased father. Her hard work and determination to fructify the dreams of her father ceaselessly give an impetus to her endeavors.

Chandigarh, April 24
Local pair of Nimarat Wallia and Ayushi Gupta defeated their rivals from Punjab in the pre-quarterfinal round match of in girls (U-16) category, during the ongoing CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament for Boy’s and Girl’s (U-14 and 16), being held at the CLTA Complex and Lake Club, here today.

In a match of Girls (U-16) group, Nimrat Walia and Ayushi Gupta defeated their opponents Harleen Kaur and Komaljit Kaur in straight sets by 6-1 and 6-3. In a match of Boys (U-16), Param Pun and Paramveer Singh Bajwa got walk over against Mayukh Rawat and Eklavya Singh.

Results:

Pre-quarterfinal Round:

Boys (U-14)-Udayan Bhakar (RJ) bt Gaurang (DL) 6-2, 6-1; Mingki Talom (NTA) bt Shrey Gupta (HR) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Sanil Jagtiani (WB) bt Param Pun (CH) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Faisal Qamar (RJ) bt Chinmay Chauhan (UP) 6-4, 6-1; Paramveer Singh Bajwa (PB) bt Gurjot Sidhu (PB) 6-2, 6-1; Sumit Pal Singh (J&K) bt Sagar Bains (CH) 6-2, 6-3; Rian Pandole (MH) bt Shree Krishna (BH) 6-4, 6-2; Ishaque Eqbal (WB) bt Yugal Bansal (DL) 2-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5; Boys (U-16)-Paramveer Singh Bajwa (PB) bt Sultan Singh Atwal (PB) 7-5, 6-1; Dalwinder Singh (PB) bt Sanil Jagtiani (WB) 6-2, 6-3; Udayan Bhakar (RJ) bt Dheeranush Singh Bhatti (CH) 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7); Vasisht Cheruku (KA) bt Deepak Singh (UP) 6-4, 7-5; Ankush Arora (PB) bt Shree Krishna (BR) 6-2, 6-1; Allen Johnson Kundan (KA) bt Sumit Pal Singh (J&K) 7-5, 7-6(3); Shrey Gupta (HR) bt Divyansh Khatri (DL) 6-0, 6-2; Dhruv Pal (UK) bt Ishaque Eqbal (WB) 6-4, 6-3;Girls (U-14)-Vanshika Sawhney (DL) bt Ayushi Gupta (UP) 6-0, 6-0; Snehal Umesh Mane (MH) bt Shea Bhasin (CH) 6-0, 6-2;Shruta Kirti Gunuganti (AP) bt Bani Singh (PB) 6-0, 6-1; Nandini Sharma (CH) bt Aarushi Kakkar (CH) 6-3, 6-2; Mihika Yadav (MH) bt Neeru (HR) 6-1, 6-2; Zeel Desai (GJ) bt Sabhyata Nihlani (DL) 6-2, 6-1; Aastha Dargude (MH) bt Saranaya Nagpal (AP) 6-3, 6-4; Karman Kaur (DL) bt Shivani Ingle (MH) 6-3, 6-1; Girls (U-16)-Vanshika Sawhney (DL) bt Snehal Umesh Mane (MH) 6-2, 6-2; Nikita Bishnoi (CH) bt Aastha Dargude (MH) 6-0, 6-1; Zeel Desai (GJ) bt Charvi Saxena (CH) 6-2, 6-2; Kavita Mishra (MH) bt Aarja Chakraborty (UP) 6-3, 6-2; Kanishka Chawla (MH) bt Karishma Mehta (CH) 6-3, 6-3; Bhavya Wadhawan (CH) bt Gayatri Kumariah (CH) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Mihika Yadav (MH) bt Shruta Kriti Gunuganti (AP) 6-2, 6-2; Karman Kaur (DL) bt Shivani Ingle 6-1, 6-1; Doubles Pre-Quarterfinal-Boys (U-14)-Parikshit Somani (ASM) and Sanil Jagtiani (WB) bt Anmol Rattan Kamboj (CH) & Abhimanyu Rozra (HR) 6-0, 6-0; Ramanjot Singh (CH) and Ankush Mishra (PB) bt Udgam Aggarwal (CH) and Daksh Marwah (CH) 6-3, 6-1; Faisal Qamar (RJ) & Fardeep Qamar (RJ) bt Shramay Dhawan (DL) & Gaurang (DL) 6-1, 6-3; Raunaq Singh Marwaha (HR) & Rahul Kumar (CH) bt Savneet Singh Bajwa (PB) & Sahishnu Sharma (J&K) 6-2, 6-1;Karthik MS (TN) & Sabrang Sandal (CH) bt Chinoy Sethi (CH) & Karan Bhalla (CH) 6-2, 7-6(3); Mingki Talom (A) & Divyansh Khatri (DL) bt Chinmay (DL) & Siddharth Basnet (SKM) 2-6, 7-5, 13-11;Yugal Bansal (DL) & Mritunjay Badola (UTK) bt Jagdeep Singh (CH) & Calvin Golmei (MAN) 6-3, 7-6(3); Rishabh Sharda (CH) & Utkarsh Bhardwaj (UK) bt Shree Krishna (BH) & Vinod Vasisht (KA) 2-6, 7-6(4), 10-5; Boys (U-16)-Akhil Bansal (PB) & Sumit Pal Singh (J&K) bt Rahul Seth (CH) & K Mebta (NTA) 6-2, 6-1; Param Pun (CH) & Paramveer Singh Bajwa (CH) w/o Mayukh Rawat (UK) & Eklavya Singh (JH); Rohit Dhiman (CH) & Sachit Malhotra (CH) bt Manjot Singh (CH) & Himanshu Saini (CH) 6-3, 6-4; Girls (U-16)-Nimrat Walia (CH) & Ayushi Gupta (CH) bt Harleen Kaur (PB) & Komaljit Kaur (CH) 6-1, 6-3; Sarah Dev (PB) & Prinkle Singh (J&K) bt Neelanchal Gupta (CH) & Farhat Qamar (RJ) 6-0, 6-2; Charvi Saxena (CH) & Gayatri Kumariah (CH) bt Saumya Saxena (CH) & Raahat Manrai (CH) 6-1, 6-2; Akansha Bhan (GJ) & Shivani Ingle (MH) bt Ashpreet Kaur (PB) & Taru Ahluwalia (CH) 6-3, 6-2.