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Two factory workers killed, one injured
Dera Bassi, June 11 5The deceased were identified as Veerpartap and
Dinesh, both from Uttar Pardesh. Presently they were living in Kuranwala village near Dera Bassi and working in the factory. Another worker
Santosh, who was present at the time of the incident, also suffered injuries.
The boundary wall, which was 40 feet long and 8 feet in height, collapsed during the strong dust storm. After the incident, the victims were rushed to the GMCH Chandigarh, where they were declared brought dead. The bodies of victims would be handed over to relatives after the postmortem. Factory manager Vijay Tiwari said that the wall collapsed due to the strong winds. He said that deceased were not on duty at the time of the incident and were out of the factory, standing near the boundary wall. The victims were not employees of the company and were working through a contractor, the manager
added. SHO Dera Bassi Gurdyal Singh said the police had taken action under IPC Section 174 following the statements of the relatives of the victims. He said that the reason behind the accident could be the strong winds. Leaders of labourers have demanded compensation for the families of the victims. This is the second incident which occurred in the factories of this area in recent times. Eight factory workers were killed and a
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PSEB Class X results
Patiala, June 11 Pooja Gupta from Dayanand Model High School, Samana, and Chamaneet Kaur from Sun Flower Model High School, Tripri, Patiala, are second and third with 94.46 and 94.23 per cent marks respectively. Their state ranks are 16th and 19th respectively. Other students in the merit list are Richa of Prem Dham Sarvhitkari Vidya Mandir (93.77 per cent), Dalfi of Dayanand Model High School, Samana (93.53 per cent), Ratanjot Singh of Government Model Senior
Secondary School, Civil Lines (93.53 per cent), Manpreet Kaur of New Daffodil Public High School, Patiala (93.53
per cent), Gunjan of Dayanand Model High School, Samana (93.46 per cent), Lavina of Model Public Senior Secondary School, Saman (93.38
per cent), Sarabjit Kaur of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Rajpura Town (93 per cent),
Mandeep Kaur Saini of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines (92.92 per cent). Suman Rani of Dayanand Model High School, Samana (92.84 per
cent), Pooja of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Rajpura Town (92.76 per cent)
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Patiala village girl 10th in state
Patiala, June 11 School headmaster Kulwant Singh Sarala said Jasvir Kaur was a very sincere and intelligent student. “Despite featuring in the merit list of Class VIII, Jasvir decided to discontinue her studies due to financial crisis. I personally went to meet her father and convinced him that his daughter was a brilliant student and they should allow her to continue her studies,” said the headmaster. “Impressed by her hard work, her teachers Harpreet Singh and Devinder Singh started giving extra classes to her before school hours and her hard work has paid off,” added the headmaster. Unable to believe that she has secured 10th rank in the state, Jasvir gives the credit of her success to her teachers and family. “I had never thought about it. I just focused on my studies because I enjoy studying. Now, I am opting for medical stream in Class XI and hope that with the help of scholarships, I will become a doctor one day and make my parents proud,” she added. Her parents and brother back home are equally excited about her achievement. Her younger brother, who is also studying in Class X in Government High School, Gadapur, said, “I shall be more happy if I can follow her footsteps.” |
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Students of rural areas shine
Banur, June 11 They attributed her success to the hard work of their child and the school staff. Other two students of the same school, Amandeep Kaur (93.15 per cent) and Manpreet Kaur (92.85 per cent), stood fifth and
seventh in the district, respectively. Rajvinder Kaur of Government High School, Dharmgarh, secured the fourth position in the district with 93.23 per cent marks.
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MC polls
Patiala, June 11 The defeat of the Patiala BJP president Arun Gupta, who was in the election fray from municipal ward number 19, has given a big jolt to the party. Gupta lost to Suraj Bhaan of Congress. Notably, marred by the factionalism within the party, the base of BJP has been constantly shrinking in Patiala. Sources within the party have stated that by ignoring the grass root level workers and crucial organisational issues are the main reasons behind the party’s poor performance in the civic polls. It is also pertinent to mention that in the past two years, two BJP councillors - Navneet Kaur (ward number 25) and Sarita Gera (ward number 7) had resigned, accusing rampant corruption in Patiala MC and the humiliating treatment being meted out to them by the BJP leaders, including the Senior Deputy Mayor Anil Bajaj, as the reasons behind the decision. The gravity of the problem could well be gauged from the fact that Sonia Devi of BJP, who was Deputy Mayor, had resigned from the primary membership of the party. It is on record that when Sonia resigned, she had submitted in writing that Anil Bajaj was not only acting in a "dictatorial" manner but was deliberately creating hurdles in the developmental works to be undertaken in ward number 34 represented by her. “The defeat of the party’s present district president Arun Gupta is shameful and the number of the seats going down by two is certainly a matter of concern,” said many BJP activists. While it was already clear during the Assembly elections that there is dissidence within the party, no concrete steps were taken to set the house in order. “It is time for the party leadership to do some introspection to ascertain the reasons behind the party’s dismal performance as compared to the 2007 civic polls,” said a senior BJP leader. |
Mahindra & Mahindra told to pay Rs 60,000 as compensation
Mohali, June 11 The forum held that the company sold a vehicle to the complainant with a faulty engine, which not only led to mental and physical harassment of the complainant but also loss of income. The complainant Harbans Singh alleged that he had purchased a commercial vehicle, Mahindra GIO LC, from the company’s authorised dealer Goel Motors located at Phase VI, Mohali, after paying Rs 5,22,000. He had taken a loan of Rs 4,44,000 to buy the vehicle. ”The vehicle had some snag in its engine and was consuming excess engine oil,” alleged Harbans Singh adding that despite getting service from the service station of Goel Motors, the vehicle failed to work properly. Finally the dealer informed Harbans that the engine required to be replaced. Harbans left the vehicle with Goel Motors in January this year as the dealer had failed to deliver the vehicle to Harbans despite his repeated visits. Harbans had served a legal notice in Fabruary 2012 following which he was told to pick his repaired vehicle within two days. The complainant also furnished an affidavit that he had suffered a loss of Rs 45,000 (Rs 1,500 daily) due to undue delay in repairing of the vehicle by the company. After hearing both the parties, the forum held that Mahindra and Mahindra company was guilty of deficiency in service. The forum ordered it to pay Rs 45,000 for causing loss to the complainant, Rs 10,000 as compensation for harassment and Rs 5,000 as litigation costs.
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NIA court rejects petition by Samjhauta blast accused
Panchkula, June 11 According to information, Chauhan had challenged his illegal detention claiming that he was picked from Dipalpur police station in Indore on February 10 this year but his arrest was shown on February 13 from Noida. He had also challenged the jurisdiction of the court stating that his case should be tried at Indore as he was arrested there. The special NIA court rejected the petition on both the counts and fixed the next date of hearing as June 25. The NIA had maintained that Kamal Chauhan had planted briefcases containing explosives in the cross-border train near Dewana railway station in Panipat district in February 2007 which resulted in the death of 68 people. On February 14, when Kamal Chauhan was produced in the court in Panchkula, he had confessed his involvement in the blasts.
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4 held in accident case
Chandigarh, June 11 The incident led to arguments between both
car drivers. Gurvinder in her statement to the police stated that the car driver allegedly started misbehaving with her on which the police was called. The police stated that the car driver called his friends at the spot to support him. Meanwhile, Gurvinder’s husband Parminder Singh Randhawa also reached the scene. According to the police, four persons, identified as Prem, Pran, Sanju and Bittu, reportedly hit Parminder with a rod on his head, following which he received head injury. SHO Mani Majra police station Rajesh Shukhla said the four had been arrested, who would be produced in the court tomorrow. Meanwhile, an inquiry has been
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railway
exams
Chandigarh, June 11 According to the police, Anand Kumar Yadav, a resident of Madhubani district, Bihar, and Sandeep Sharma, a resident of Dholpur district in Rajasthan, were arrested while appearing on behalf of other candidates. Invigilators on getting suspicious informed the police and it was discovered that two were impersonating as genuine
candidates. A case under Sections 419, 420 and 120-B of the IPC has been
registered at the Sector 3 police station and investigations are on.
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Gang of vehicle thieves busted
Mohali, June 11 Both of them belong to Malerkotla and were living in Mauli
Baidwan. A case under Sections 411, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC was registered against them. According to Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, SSP, a team had laid a naka in Sector 71 after information was received that both the suspects were moving about in the area, looking for a buyer to sell a stolen car. They were both arrested. On questioning them, the police recovered 5 cars and a motor cycle. The police said that both the arrested persons also used to prepare fake registration documents for selling the stolen vehicles.
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U-22 inter-district cricket tournament
Chandigarh, June 11 Gaurav scored 112 off 152 balls, studded with 15 boundaries and two sixes, to help to overcome the follow-on before he was caught by Yogesh off Raghu. Resuming from their overnight total of 126 for 2 in 51 overs, the team lost their third wicket after Naveen Dhiman was caught by Sharma off left arm spinner Yogesh for 25 off 49. Veer Karan Goyal and Naveen Dhiman put on 50 runs for the third wicket before Veer was snapped by Mandeep Singh off Pargat for 68 off 208 balls. Then Simranpreet Singh and Gaurav Puri put on 113 runs for the fifth wicket to save the team. Simranpreet was caught by Himanshu off Yogesh after scoring 51 off 149, studded with five boundaries. On other hand, Gaurav continue to play well with skipper Gurinder Singh and the duo clobber 88 runs for the sixth wicket in 12.2 overs. The team posted a healthy score of 413 in 128.1 overs. For Jalandhar, left arm spinner Yogesh Kumar claimed 4 for 122 while Raghu took 3 for 122. Jalandhar scored 58 for 1 in 15 overs till the end of the day's play. Nitish (28) and Love Kumar (21) will open the team's innings tomorrow. For the bowling side, A Bharti claimed 1 for 22. Brief scores: Chandigarh (First innings)- 186 all out in 73 overs (Veer Karan Goyal 23, Simranpreet 22, Naveen Dhiman 30, Gaurav Puri 38, Vishal Thind 25 not out, Yogesh Kumar 4 for 48, Subek Gill 2 for 20, Raghu 2 for 59). Jalandhar (First innings)- 221 all out in 67.4 overs (Mandeep Singh 60, Abhishek Gupta 66, Love Kumar 30, Gurinder Singh 6 for 80 and Aman Bharti 2 for 60). Chandigarh( Second innings)- 413 all out in 128.1 overs (Jaskaran Singh 50, Veer Karan Goyal 68, Naveen Dhiman 25, Simranjit Singh 51, Gaurav Puri 112, Gurinder Singh 35 and Udit Hari Mehta 27, Yogesh Kumar 4 for 122, Raghu 3 for 122). Jalandhar (Second innings)- 58 for 1 in 15 overs (Nitish 28 not out, Love Kumar 21 not out, A Bharti 1 for 22). In the second match played at Gandhi Grounds, Amritsar, resuming from their overnight score of 13 for 2 in 9 overs, the home team was bundled out for 204 in 69.5 overs today. The team lost their five wickets at the total of 28 in 15.3 overs. Pacer Robin Dhillon and his partner Beant Singh accounted for all the five dismissals. Skipper Aman Bawa saved the team scoring an unbeaten 87 off 144 balls, including 11 boundaries. Later, the 59 run partnership for the last wicket between Arush Sabbarwal (30) and Sunny (19 off 64) helped the team to go past the 200 mark. The Patiala team need 177 runs for an outright win in 127 overs. For the bowling side, pacer duo Robin Dhillon and Karan Kaila took three wickets each while Beant Singh and Sukhvinder claimed two wickets each. Till the end of the day's play, the Patiala team scored 97 for 1 with Jeewanjot (44) on the crease. Bowler Rahul Kanojia captured 1 for 49. Brief scores: Amritsar (First innings)- 231 all out in 92 overs (Rahul Khosla 62, Rohan Marwaha 39, Abhinav Sharma 47 and Aarush Sabharwal 38 Robin Dhillon 3 for 47, Sukhwinder 3 for 51 and Karan Kaila 2 for 30) Patiala (First innings)- 259 all out in 84.1 overs (Prabhjot Singh 75, Jeewanjot Singh 33, Karan Kaila 31, Mohit Mohindra 29, Vikrant Sirohi 29, Ashwani Kumar 5 for 43, Rahul Kanojia 2 for 68, Sunny 2 for 80). Amritsar (Second innings)- 204 all out in 69.5 overs (Aman Bawa 87 not out, Aarush Sabbarwal 30, Robin Dhillon 3 for 59, Karan Kaila 3 for 42, Sukhwinder 2 for 48, Beant Singh 2 for 27). Patiala (Second innings)- 97 for 1 in 32 overs at the close of day's play (Jiwanjot not out 44, Manpreet 13 not out, Rahul Kanojia 1 for 29). In the third match at PAU Ludhiana, chasing Mohali's first innings total of 414, the home team scored 369 for 7 in 140 overs at close of the third day's play. Resuming at the overnight total of 124 for 3 in 44 overs, Ludhiana's Ashish Kumar and Anil Sihag put on 140 runs for the fourth wicket before Anil was snapped by Harpreet off Mehnaz for 67 off 175 balls. Ashish Kumar was later run out by Gurpreet for 87 off 217. Thereafter, Devinder Sidhu scored unbeaten 34 and Gurinder Hara added unbeaten 21-runs. Ludhiana team is still 45 runs away from taking the vital first innings lead with 3 wickets in hand. Bowler Harpreet Singh took 3 for 135, while Mehnazpreet Singh claimed 2 for 63. Brief scores: Mohali (First innings)- 414 all out in 144.1 overs (Sachin Sohal 72, Ankit Pursharthy 67,Pukhraj Singh 88, Harsrup Singh 98, Bir Kanwar Singh 47 Himanshu Shailey 2 for 80, Sukhjinder Singh 5 for 85). Ludhiana (First innings)- 369 for 7 in 140 overs (Sunny Pandey 27, Akhil Aggarwal 23 and Nikhil Chaudhary 41, Ashish Kumar 87, Anil Sihag 67, Gitansh Khera 21, Himanshu Sheily 22, Davinder Sidhu 34 not out and Gurinder Hara 21 not out, Harpreet Singh 3 for 135 and Mehnazpreet Singh 2 for 63). |
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CLTA-AITA Tennis tournament
Chandigarh, June 11 In the boys (U-12) category, the ace player overcame his rival by 4-0 and 4-0 while in another match of same category Sehaj Sidhu beat Roshan Paul by 4-2 and 5-3. In boys (U-16) category, Manjot Singh overcame Sachit Sikka in straight sets by 6-4 and 6-4, while Rohit Dhiman managed to defeat Kashish Kalra by 6-2, 6-0. Sultan S Atwal registered a three set win over Sachit Malhotra by 4-6, 6-3 and 6-2. Results- Boys(U-12): Rishab Sharda bt Yuvraj Singh Kooka 4-0, 4-0; Sehaj Sidhu bt Roshan Paul 4-2, 5-3; Chiraj Singh bt Vaibhav Kundu 4-2, 4-0; Abhimanyu Rozra bt Udgam Aggarwal 4-1,4-2; Anmol Rattan bt Shreyas Chopra 4-1, 4-0; Akshit Chabra bt Vansh Kapoor 1-4, 4-1,4-2; Neeraj Yashpaul bt Manvir Sohi 4-0, 3-2 (conceded); Sarvesh Maria bt Chaitanya Chaudhry 4-1, 4-1; Asav Kumar bt Pranav Chopra 4-0, 4-0; Dhruv Sharma bt Akash Ahlawat 4-0, 4-2; Satyakam Kohli bt Udayvir Singh 4-0, 4-0; Sanchit Sikka bt Daksh Marwaha 4-1, 4-0; Sahishnu Sharma bt Jasmol Arora 4-0, 4-0; Savneet Singh Bajwa bt Advik Singh 4-1, 4-2; Mohan Nagreta bt Naman Sehrawat W/O; MS Karthik bt Rashbeg Singh 4-0, 4-0. Boys(U-16): Vikrant Dahiya bt Raunaq Singh Marwaha 6-2, 6-1; Shramay Dhawan bt Abhijit Singh 6-3, 6-2; Sagar Bains bt Kabir Manrai 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Nihit Rawal bt Sriragh Sathyan 6-3, 6-1; Rahul Seth bt Ishan Kakkar 6-4, 6-0; Manjot Singh bt Sachit Sikka 6-4, 6-4; Rohit Dhiman bt Kashish Kalra 6-2, 6-0; Sultan S Atwal bt Sachit Malhotra 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Ragav Talwar bt Adhayan 4-6, 6-0, 6-1; Mritunjay Badolauk bt Daksh Manglick 6-2, 7-5; Sabrang Sandal bt Ramanjot Singh 6-2, 4-6, 6-0; Param Pun bt Rohit Kumar 6-4, 6-2; Santveer S Bhangoo bt Anmol S Sandhu 6-3, 6-0; Mahin Puri bt Aaryan 6-3, 6-0; Yuvraj Singh bt Digvijay S Partap 6-3, 6-2; Paramveer S Bajwa bt Harjasleen Singh 6-3, 7-5. Gilrs (U-12): Hunsal Brar bt Shivi Singla 5-3, 4-2; Sehajnoor Dhillon bt Muskan 5-3, 2-4, 4-2; Taru Ahluwalia bt Kriti Arora; Tanisha Bansal bt Ashwal Bhydham 3-5, 5-4 (9), 4-1; Vanshika bt Ray Laavanyn 4-0, 4-0; Hargun Kaur bt Priya Ghuman 4-1, 4-0; Shreya Gulia bt Harleen Kaur 4-2, 4-0; Alisha Menon bt Edara Sanya 4-0, 4-0; Hansika bt Bhavya Sangri 4-0, 5-4 (2); Anubhuti Singh bt Hrishikesh Veda; Nimrat Kaur Kang bt Khusbeen Kaur 4-0, 4-2. Gilrs (U-16): Charvi Saxena bt Tanya Batra 6-3, 6-2; Karishma Mehta bt Aastha Malhotra 6-1, 6-4; Neelanchal Gupta be Anmol Prashar 6-0, 6-4; Tanvi Shivrani bt Ikshika 6-2, 6-2; Prinkle Singh bt Sandeep Kaur 6-0, 6-0. |
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Hockey stadiums in city lack infrastructure
Chandigarh, June 11 In the era of high-tech stadiums, when hockey is being played on new astroturf of a uniform colour (light blue with pink border) as per the recommendations issued by the International Hockey Federation, the local hockey players are still struggling on grass ground at the hockey stadium of Sector 18. Notably, as per records only 11 players have enrolled themselves for undergoing practice session at the stadium. The stadium was constructed in 1960 and many tournaments, including All India Gurmeet Memorial Hockey tourney, National Women Hockey (1989), All India Invitation Hockey Tournament, matches of Canadian and England clubs, have been held here. But the stadium is yet to receive any of the modern facilities, including new Astroturf and proper sitting arrangement. "Every sportsperson wants to be in the cream of the nation for which he or she needs to have all modern facilities to hone their skills. No one likes to play on the grass grounds these days. However, many junior level tournaments are organised here but only a few students opt to undergo practice at that hockey stadium," said an official. A player added, "The ball fumbles a lot on grass. Moreover, standard tournaments are organised on turf only. Being the oldest stadium of the city, it should have all the facilities," said a player. On other hand, even the hockey stadium of Sector 42 does not have the new type of astroturf. The project to lay down the new turf at the hockey stadium of Sports Complex is on papers from March 2011. The officials have been working on the specifications from past one year and are yet finalise the review of e-tendering and the demand notice inviting tender (DNIT). According to sources, the hockey stadium of Sector 18, will get a synthetic layer of six-a-side size only when the Sector 42 stadium gets the new turf. "For a junior player, the grass ground is a learning platform. There is a need to upgrade the stadium and the department is working in that direction," said JPS Sidhu, joint director sports. "Due to an unwanted delay, the project of new turf at the main stadium is pending. We have gone through a long process and hopefully will buy the turf in two months. Hopefully, the local residents will witness the World Series Hockey (WSH) matches on the new astroturf field," said Sidhu. |
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Chandigarh Football League
Chandigarh, June 11 In another match, the team of International Villagers crushed FC Barcelona in boys (U-14) group. Making it a one sided affair, the team posted a 7-0 victory over the rivals. Half-backs Lucky and Vishal scored a hat-trick each to ensure the team’s victory. The match between Snatching Strikers and Manchester FC ended in a draw even after Manchester FC taking a lead through Ankit Malhotra in the second half of the game. The Snatching Strikers came back in the match with Akshay scoring the equaliser. In boys(U-16) category, the Blue Bolt Club register a 3-1 win over Spartans FC. Gagandeep scripted the team’s victory scoring two goals. In another match of the same category, Prabsharan guided the Predators FC to defeat All Stars by a solitary goal. |
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Tennis tourney from June 16
Panchkula, June 11 The competition will be conducted from June 16-18. Interested players can contact Miraj (9872722369) and Sunil (9814998290) before June 15 (6:00 pm) to enrol themselves.
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Cricket trials
Panchkula, June 11 The organisers will select four teams in each category and will organise a league tournament. The tournament will be held from June 16 to 25. For further enquires, the players can contact Sarpreet Gill, coach, at Satluj Public school. |
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