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Two arrested for attempt to kidnap banker
Fatehgarh Sahib May 16 While talking to The Tribune, Mandeep Singh Sidhu SSP said that one Kesar Singh, a resident of Patiala, (retd) manager in Punjab and Sindh Bank along with his friend had come to the office of Naib Tehsildar Mandi Gobindgarh town to get the sale deed register of his 6 kanal of land, which he had sold. He said that as he was about to enter the office, four car borne people attacked him. After beating him mercilessly, they kidnapped him in their car with the intention to allegedly kill him. The SSP said that his friend Atwar Singh who had come from Patiala along with him informed him. Necessary directions were issued and the police was put on alert in the district. He said that the cell phones were put on surveillance and their time-to-time the location was being monitored. He added that several nakas were laid and within 2 hours the police nabbed 2 of the kidnappers and released the manager. The SSP added that during interrogation they revealed their identity as Gurmeet Singh and Ranjit Singh step brothers of Kesar Singh. The SSP said that the father of Kesar Singh had 18 Kanal of land at Lohar Majra village, he had two wives and from one wife, he had two sons Kesar Singh and his brother, and from the other wife he had four sons.He had distributed his land equally among all the 6 sons. He said that Kesar Singh had sold 6 Kanal land belonging to him and his brother, which was objected by his step brothers and their sons, who were in possession of that land. As Kesar Singh came to get the register the sale deed, they kidnapped him with the intension to kill.
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Police seizes gold biscuits worth
Rs 12 lakh
Ropar, May 16 Giving details, Sanjeev Bhatt, station house officer of the Sadar Police Station, said that Nand Kumar was nabbed from bus stand in Khairabad following a tip-off. “The accused could not produce any document or bill related to the gold, he was carrying. We, immediately, called up the official of sales tax department and handed him over to concerned officials,” said station house officer Sanjeev Bhatt.
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No govt senior secondary school at Dera Bassi
Dera Bassi, MAY 16 Many political leaders and ministers made tall promises to upgrade the lone government high school of this city, which was set up before independence, but it failed. School head master Raghwinder Singh said that there was a need of a senior secondary school because the students of poor families could not afford high charges of private schools. Presently the school has as many as 650 students and 35 teachers. Deputy Commissioner Varun Roojam said that the issue would be taken up before the concerned authorities. He assured that Dera Bassi would have a senior secondary school very soon. Local MLA NK Sharma had assured that the issue would be taken up with the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and he agreed the need of a senior secondary school here. According to information, this is the oldest school in the area but not upgraded due to vested interests of some owners of private schools situated in the city. The school was set up as a primary school before 1930 and became middle school on the name of Ravi Sher Singh, who was a king of the then Kalsia state, and Dera Bassi was a tehsil of Kalsia state. Later, it was upgraded as a high school in 1934 and came under the control of government in 1936. It was the lone high school of the large area under the Kalsia state that would education people. According to education officials they had written to the high authorities to upgrade the school but case was returned with some objections, which were not important. Officials also admitted that vested interests of some private schools owners were working behind the problem. Block congress president Harbhajan Singh and employees’ leader Karmchand Gholumajra said it was surprising that this oldest school of the area was not upgraded till now. The poor students were bound to go to other schools, which are far from the city. People of the nearby villages and Dera Bassi city had raised the demand of up grading this school as senior secondary school with the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal when he visited Dera Bassi but no action was taken. |
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SSCB emerge overall winners
Patiala, may 16 The team got off to a brilliant start, winning the first two bouts of the day. PL Prasad (49kg) and Dheeraj Singh (52kg) notched up wins to clinch the gold medal in the light fly weight and the fly weight divisions respectively. In the summit clash of the fly weight division Dheeraj took on A Silambarasan of Tamil Nadu, the 2011 silver medallist at the Junior Nationals. The 2009 Sub-Junior Nationals gold medallist started cautiously, but soon overpowered Silambarasan with his hard hitting jabs and body blows. The final round was a mere formality with Dheeraj continuing to dominate the play. He eventually bagged the title with a 15:8 win on points. The reigning youth national champion in the light welter weight class, SSCB boxer Deepak Tanwar, gave a brilliant performance securing the gold medal in style. Tanwar, who has also featured on the senior tour and bagged the silver medal at the 2011 Super Cup in Mumbai, was in great nick and hammered Akash Kumar of UP in the finals (15:9). Sandeep Sharma of the SSCB successfully defended his junior national title against Kailash Gill of Chandigarh in the middle weight category. He dominated the proceedings from the go and went on to claim his second successive junior nationals gold medal with an 18:9 victory. Services boxers Abhishek Beniwal (81kg) and Deepak (91kg), playing in the light heavy weight and the heavy weight category respectively, had to contend with a silver medal finish after losing out in the final round of the championship. Beniwal, a silver medallist at the Youth Nationals last year, suffered defeat at the hands of Naveen Kumar from Bihar in a hard fought contest. Deepak, on the other hand, was completely at bay against the powerful hitting of silver medal winner at the 2011 youth men’s nationals Amritpreet Singh of Punjab. Haryana claimed the runner’s up trophy with three gold medals. Aman Indora beat Md Hussain Uddin of Andhra Pradesh (13:12) to take the gold in the bantam weight division while Manjeet Singh Panghal drubbed Gurleen Singh of Punjab (7:6) to win the welter weight title. Narender Berwal hammered Hitesh of Meghalaya into submission to claim top honours in the super heavy weight class.
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280 players participate in handball trials
Patiala, May 16 General secretary of the association, Sher Singh Bath, said that the camps for mini boys, sub-junior and junior girls are starting from today at Sangrur Public School, Mangwal, (Sangrur) and the camp for the women senior team is scheduled at Guru Nanak University, Amritsar. The camp for the senior men is to be held at Raja Bhalindra Sports Complex from May 17.
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UT awaits copy of HC order
Chandigarh, May 16 An official of the UT Administration said they were waiting for the certified copy and only after reading the detailed order would they decide their future course of action in connection with the mobile towers. Focusing on Chandigarh, the Bench had taken note of the UT counsel's assertion that 180 towers have been erected in residential areas of Chandigarh and notices have been served on the respective companies. For them, the last date for the removal of the illegal structures is May 18. The court had stated that the survey report to assess whether the other towers conform to the norms fixed by the committee should be placed before it on the next hearing. Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner, Brijendra Singh, in his report submitted to UT Finance Secretary VK Singh, had pointed out that more than 300 mobile phone towers in the city were illegal. The UT Administration had asked for the report after receiving directions from the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it should notify its policy on mobile phone towers in the residential areas in two months. The High Court had made it clear that it wanted these towers to be shifted out of the residential areas in a phased manner. The draft policy on mobile phone towers, which was prepared in 2004, makes it clear that no such tower would be allowed in residential areas. Such towers would be allowed on commercial buildings, which had completion certificates and sanctioned building plans. The policy further reads that the commercial buildings should have sewerage connections and should be inspected by the Estate Office staff. The owners of mobile phone companies had challenged the other provisions and directions in the policy. The policy could not be notified since the court had stayed it. The litigation was sent to the SCand was subsequently reverted to the High Court.
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Man jailed in murder-bid case
Chandigarh, May 16 The court convicted Gurvinder Singh in a case under Section 307 of the IPC. He was booked for stabbing his cousin Sukhbir in Mani Majra on August 2 last year. Jammu CBI team arrests official
A team of CBI sleuths from Jammu has arrested Mukesh Khurana, assistant defence estate officer and resident of Rajiv Vihar, in a trap case. The team from Jammu arrested him at the Sukna Lake parking last evening. He was today produced in the CBI court which granted his transit one-day remand. He was caught taking a bribe of Rs 50,000.
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One held for abducting minor
Chandigarh, May 16 The Police Control Room (PCR) received a call at 11.30 am from a woman resident based in sector 25 informing that her daughter has been abducted by a rickshaw-puller. The police said the woman told them that the minor girl was wearing cream-colour clothes while the rickshaw-puller was wearing blue trousers and a shirt. The PCR vehicles rushed to the spot and launched a hunt for the rickshaw-puller. After a few minutes, a PCR vehicle nabbed the rickshaw-puller near the Dhanas bridge and recovered the abducted girl. The rickshaw-pullar has been identified as Krishan, hailing from Karnal district. The police has registered a case under section 366A of the IPC at the police station, Sector 11.
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2 held with pistol
Zirakpur, May 16 According to the police, Vadda Fauji had been involved in several robbery and snatching cases. With his arrest the police hoped to solve several other such cases. Vadda Fauji, a resident of Panchkula and Naata from Nandiali village was riding a motorcycle when both the alleged accused were intercepted at a ‘naka’, laid at Baltana. Police sources added thatVadda Fauji was also involved in a robbery of Rs 2.45 lakh at a petrol pump. Not only that he was also wanted in a snatching of thousands of rupees at Panchkula and had looted a jeweler at gunpoint in Chatt village. The police officials further added that Vadda Fauja was also wanted by the Punjab and Haryana police in several other cases. The police has started the investigations.
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Experts fume at PU decision
Chandigarh, May 16 As per the new guidelines, the authorities will consider only those sportspersons under sports quota who will represent the state in national tournaments. And the players playing under inter-state, inter-school, inter-college or inter-department championship will not be entertained under the reserved category. What makes the process even more baffling is the fact that the two main sports departments of the city - the UT sports department and the Sports Department of Panjab University - will have their own guidelines, leaving all the players in the lurch. In what is said to be a situation of one state following two different policies, the officials are running down the importance inter-school and inter-college of tournaments. Notably, the sports department of PU has kept its own organised tournament (inter-college) out of the gradation policy. The tournament is known to be the base for selecting inter-university teams. On the other hand inter-school tournaments are also known to be the platform for selecting teams of various national tournaments. "If the PU's sports department will consider its own tournament as 'nothing', we believe that no one will be interested to play in it. The tournament has been started to tap the talent for inter-university competitions. If the officials wanted only national level players to represent the campus in various tournament then why are other players selected in the campus team? Why scholarships are awarded to players who win the inter-college tourneys?" said a coach, pleading anonymity. "If the officials will prefer only national level players in the PU, then what will happen to team games?" One cannot have a 17-member team in one go. The inter-college is organised for selecting a proper team. One cannot judge a players performance in a two-day trial. The power will still remain in the hands of the selection committee of four or five people, leaving scope for favouritism," he added. Another expert said: " No doubt that the department wants only the cream to get admission in the campus and for that some amendments are necessary. The inter-school part is acceptable but the inter-college part should be changed. The inter-college is like the Olympics of colleges and if a player will not come to participate in it, colleges will be left with nothing. Then how would one make an inter-university team?" said the coach. "If the department wants amendments, they can consider only first two position holder or only the winner of the competition in the C -Category," he added. On the other hand, experts feel that many players were unhappy by the recent decision of the Panjab University. "If they wanted to change the rules, they could have introduced that only the winner of the tourney will only be eligible for the category. If the authorities are giving 'authencity' as the reason behind the decision, they should understand that the 'jack holders' can use their resources to get selected even in the national level team. There are many cases where sportspersons got selected after playing only one national, while deserving players were left out, " said a player. I was not there in the committee, but as per my knowledge and discussion, the changes have been amended on a trail basis. If the department or Panjab University face any difficulty, then re-amendments will follow. There is no question of losing the authenticity of any
tournament The PU sports department is an independent body. They have made amendments while keeping in mind their own problems. The UT sports department will continue to follow the old policies. They have the power to make amendments. I hope they made the amendments keeping in mind the interest of the
players The department can make changes in the interest of the players. But the inter-college competition should be included in the C-
category The amendments can be revised if found that they are not working in the right direction. The players should be given what they deserve. The officials should ask for a supporting certificate with national or inter-college competitions. The inter-college is the only tournament for the college players to prove their iron and it should remain the
same We don't know about the right perspective but the officials must understand the part of inter-college in inter-university tournaments. I think the trials are the easiest way to evaluate the players~ Instead of making the rules easier, the officials have made them more perplexing. Sportspersons should be given the right to get admitted under the quota. At least the winners should be provided with all the facilities. The inter-college is the only tourney which the campus organises and thorough such events the players display their mettle~
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National sub-junior kick-boxing tourney from May 18
Chandigarh, May 16 20 teams have confirmed their participation in the national tourney. Also, during the competition top performing players would be selected to participate in a coaching camp to prepare for the upcoming sub junior world championship to be held at Slovekia from September 8 to 15.
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Chandigarh outplay Ludhiana
Chandigarh, May 16 Opener Jaskaranjeet Singh made a brilliant 92-run innings and built a partnership of 74-runs for the second wicket with Simaranpreet Singh(28) to help Chandigarh achieve the total of 286-runs in the allotted 50 overs. Arjit Singh (62) and Udit Hari Mehta (40) were the other main scorers for the team. For the bowing side, Amritpal Singh claimed 4 for 47 while Sandeep Singh took 2 for 50. In reply, the Ludhiana team was bowled out for the total of 156-runs. Chirag Mariya (35) and Gursharan Singh (36) topped the score chart for the team. Ankit Bhatia was the pick of the bowlers, taking 4 for 23, whereas Abilash Sharma took 3 for 34. Brief Scores: Chandigarh: 286 for 8 in 50 overs (Jaskaranvir Singh 92, Simranpreet Singh 28, Arjit Singh 62 , Udit Hari Mehta 40, Amritpal Singh 4 for 47 and Sandeep Singh 2 for 50) Ludhiana: 156 in 40.2 overs (Mayank Bagria 32, Chirag Mariya 35, Gursharan Singh 36, Ankit Bhatia 4 for 23, Abilash Sharma 3 for 34) In the second match played at Burlton Park, Jalandhar, the home team tasted defeat against Patiala. Batting first, the Jalandhar team scored 206-runs with Tarun Sreen (44) and Vaibhav Sharma (31) contributing the most runs. For Patiala, Sukhwinder took 3 for 40. In reply, Patiala chased down the target losing four wickets, and attained four points. Prabhjot Singh (43) and Manpreet Singh (65) guided the team to victory. For Jalandhar, Sahil Malhotra, Karan Bhargav, Kanwaljot Singh and Bhupinder Singh claimed one wicket each. In the third match, Mohali defeated Amritsar by three wickets. Brief Scores: Amritsar: 257 for 8 in 50 overs (Harmandeep 28, Abhinav Sharma 45, Vikramjeet Singh 42, Vinay Chaudhary 51 not out, Anmoljeet Singh 3 for 29) Mohali: 258 for 7 in 49.5 overs (Pukhraj Singh 101, Manender Singh 43, Abhijeet Garg 32, Sanjeev 4 for 55, Vinay Chaudhary 3 for 42).
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Handball trials today at GMSSS-19
Chandigarh, May 16 The selected team will represent the city in the upcoming 18th north zone handball championship for men and women to be held at Bilaspur (Himachal Pardesh) from May 25 to 28.
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Probables for u-15 cricket tournament selected
Panchkula, May 16 Probables: Neeraj Dahiya, Saurav, Raghav Arora, Yuvraj Singh, Vaibhav Sharma, Gurtez Singh, Vinod Kumar, Harvinder Singh, Satvik, Parshant, Sachin Kumar, Shamsher Singh, Shubham, Ramesh Gautam, Akash, Saurav Kumar, Arun Kumar, Mohit, Himanshu Sharma, Atulya Tiwari, Akash Singh, Abhimanyu Bhardwaj, Shubham Jaitely, Aman Kumar, Rahul Chaudhary , Abhisek Parmar, Shivam Gulati, Deepak Sharma, Satyavrath, Rishab Jaitely, Amit Kumar, Tushar Tomar, Jainender Sharma, Harsh Pathak, Divij Kulshreshta, Sahil Rana, Manish kumar, Satish Kumar, Mohit Singhla, Deepak Malik, Rahul Chandharu, Saurabh Aggarwal, Harshit Sharma, Rahul Soni, Tanmaey Gupta, Mohit Jain.
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Chandigarh, May 16 Electing to bat first, the losing side posted a total of 68-runs before getting all out in 20 overs. Opener Janvi was the highest scorer for the team, making 27-runs. For the bowling side, Soni, Shalu and Manisha took two wickets each. The winning side achieved the target with three wickets in hand. Manisha scored an unbeaten 42 runs to help the team reach the target while her teammate Rajni contributed 13-runs. Bowers Manvi and Ashmita claimed one wicket each. — TNS
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