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Teej celebrated with fervour
Dera Bassi, July 27 Traditional songs and dance performances were the highlight of the day and various competitions were also organised on the occasion. Neha, Soniya and Shilpa were adjudged the best hair stylist, while Aruna, Pravneet and Suman were adjudged as the best dressed. In mehandi competition, Garima, Deepika and Shilpa bagged top honours.
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Students selected at placement drive
Dera Bassi, July 27 More than 100 students of the mechanical stream participated in the drive. The company conducted a written test followed by interview and pre-placement talk.
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Woman robbed of jewellery, cash
Ambala, July 27 According to information, an elderly woman, Rama Sharda (71), is residing alone and has rented the upper portion of the house to a woman. The robber who posed as the meter reader came to her house this morning. After examining some of the power bills, he asked her to prepare a cup of tea for him. The robber tactfully mixed some sedative substance in her cup and as a result she got unconscious. The robber took away her gold bangles, bracelets and earrings. He also broke the cupboard of a room and took out cash and other jewellery. When the tenant reached home she noticed that Rama was lying unconscious. She immediately informed her relative, Harish Sasan, former chairman municipal committee, Ambala City. He took Rama to a private hospital and informed the police about the incident. SHO, Baldev Nagar police station, rushed there, but no clue was achieved. In another theft incident, thieves took away a laptop and some important document from a car parked on the main road near Prem Nagar this afternoon. The owner of a salon parked his car outside his salon. After a few hours when he came out, he found that windowpanes of the car were broken and the laptop and other important documents were missing. He reported the matter to police. In another incident, a woman was robbed of in the Civil Hospital. The police has registered three separate cases in this regard. |
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Residents protest cuts
Kalka, July 27 They raised slogans against the state government and department of electricity. — OC |
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Farmers stage dharna against power cuts, block highway
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 27 Addressing the protesting farmers, state president, Kisan Union, Pishora Singh Sidhupur, said the government should provide eight-hour uninterrupted power supply to the farmers, besides providing permanent power connection to those farmers who have installed motors and other instruments on their own. Sidhupur demanded that river water disputes should be seriously resolved through the International Riparian Law and the Central government should not devise the policy of decontrolling the prices of fertilizers, diesel, petrol, cooking gas, pesticides and should keep the power of fixing the prices of these items. Lashing out at the state government for introducing new taxes, Sidhupur said it should make arrangement for the balance payment of Rs 90 crore to the farmers towards sugarcane prices. He warned that if their demands were not accepted, they would be forced to start an agitation and for any untoward incident, the state and Central government would be responsible.
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1 held for raping minor, remanded in judicial custody
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 27 The SP said after receiving the complaint, the Sanghol police chowki in charge Baljinder Singh registered the case against the accused under Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC. The police team raided several places and arrested the accused, Harpreet, along with the girl from Fatehgarh Sahib. The police has added Section 376 in the case and the accused was produced in the district court, which remanded him to 14-day judicial custody.
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Bribery Case Hina Rohtaki Tribune News Service
Panchkula, July 27 The CBI special court had convicted the income tax officer, SK Verma, for accepting bribe of Rs 4 lakh from a businessman, Surinder Panwar at Yamunanagar, for settling his income tax issue. The case dates back to June 23, 2006, when the investigating agency had caught SK Verma accepting the bribe from Panwar. It was when Panwar contacted Verma regarding the issue, the former reportedly demanded Rs 25 lakh. Thereafter, Panwar contacted the Chandigarh branch of the CBI and a team under Jai Singh was constituted. Verma is also facing another case for having assets worth Rs 18.14 lakh, more than his known sources of income. The victim gave Rs 4 lakh laced with phenolphthalein to Verma and promised to hand over rest of the money through installments. After searching his Jagadri residence, Rs 66,000 and two locker keys were found.
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4 kidnappers convicted
Chandigarh, July 27 The four had kidnapped the boy from Sector 38 (West) on November 29, 2008, and released him the next day after getting the ransom. After kidnapping the child, the kidnappers got the name and address of his parents from him and made a call to them asking for ransom. The kidnappers had taken the child towards Dehradun. They initially demanded Rs 20 lakh but later settled for Rs 3.5 lakh. The accused had also been frequently changing SIM cards to evade the police. After getting the money, they dropped the child near the Rose Garden. The money was delivered to them in a bag near the railway station. During police investigations into the case, the description of the prime accused, Prem Singh, matched with the profile of one of the kidnappers given by the child, which led to the arrest of the kidnappers. The prosecution stated that Prem, who has a criminal background, was the mastermind of this kidnapping. There are nine cases registered against him in different police stations. The police had recovered a countrymade .315-bore pistol along with a cartridge, Rs 50,000 of the ransom and two cars (a Chevrolet Optra and a Maruti Zen), used in the kidnapping of the child, from the accused. All the four convicts were graduates and were working at the time they planned the kidnapping of the child in order to make a quick buck. Child identified kidnappers
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Build overbridge at Bitna village, HC to NHAI
Chandigarh, July 27 In a petition, Yogesh Sharma and 39 other residents had earlier claimed that the highway to the hills had left the village near the Pinjore bypass divided. The petition said Bitna village, along with Baniwala, Ramsara and Ghantiwal villages had been left on one side and on the other side is Government Senior Secondary School, government dispensary, cremation ground, community hall and anganwari centre. The petitioner added that directions should be issued to the Union of India to make an underpass to unite both parts of the village. As the case came up for hearing before by the Bench of Acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, the NHAI came out with an affidavit by project director Anil Kumar Dahiya. The affidavit said the NHAI had constructed the bypass and structures as per the scope of the "concessionaire agreement" at the present location. It added that as per High Court's earlier observations, the NHAI had proposed the construction of a foot overbridge near Bitna school.
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Find source to provide water to Sukhna: HC
Chandigarh, July 27 Taking up the Save Sukhna case, a Division Bench also directed the authorities concerned to explore the possibility of diverting water to the Sukhna Lake from Patiala Ki Rao or Ghaggar River. The directions came after UT senior standing counsel Sanjay Kaushal said water could not reach the Sukhna lake from the catchment area due to insufficient rain For quenching the thirst of parched Sukhna lake, the High Court had earlier asked the Chandigarh Administration to release water from check dams into it. Earlier during the hearing, the Bench was informed that the states of Punjab and Haryana had complied with the High Court orders issued on the previous date of hearing by deploying two JCBs each, along with a labour force of 200 men. Chief Conservator of Forest Santosh Kumar was present in the Court during the hearing. He suggested diversion of Patiala Ki Rao as it was on the higher side, near Nayagaon. He added that in all there were 48 water bodies feeding the lake. Healthy rains meant an increase in water level by half a meter in the lake. But this time, insufficient rainfall had left the lake dry. The Bench, on a previous date of hearing, had directed Punjab and Haryana to deploy 100 men each to pave way for the water to reach the lake from the check dams in Kansal. The Chandigarh Administration too was directed to coordinate with both the states. The Bench had also refused to vacate the stay on construction in the lake’s catchment area, even though a demand for the same was raised by a law officer for Punjab. The Bench had further made it clear that two JCBs each will be provided by Punjab and Haryana for carrying out the desilting process. The High Court also set a three-day deadline for Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to make the necessary arrangements.
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Two booked for forgery
Panchkula, July 27 The complainant, Gurjit Singh, a resident of Sector 15, alleged that he was duped of lakhs of rupees by the duo. Pankaj and Reema are residents of Sector 9 and are property dealers. The complaint mentions that how Singh was duped by the duo. “I showed willingness to purchase a house in Sector 15 and the price of the same was told as Rs 1.70 crore. But as I had personal relations with them, they said they would get me this house for Rs 1.50 crore,” said Singh in his complaint. The complaint further stated, “Both first asked for the token payment of Rs 2 lakh, which I gave. They said they would give the amount to the owner of the house. When I asked for the possession, they asked for further amount.” In this way, Singh paid cheques worth Rs 10.50 lakh and cash of Rs 4 lakh, which the duo agreed to pay to the owner. “Pankaj and Reema said they would directly give the amount to the owner, Balbir Kaur, and even get her signatures done on the receipt,” added Singh. Fake documents, including a fake receipt, were handed over to Singh. It was after Singh felt suspicious that he met the owner who said she had not signed any document. Though the cheques payment has been got stopped by Singh, he was duped of Rs 4 lakh. Singh approached the court, which directed the police to register an FIR in the case. A case of fraud has been registered and the duo is absconding.
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One killed in accident
Mohali, July 27 According to the police, Hans Raj had complained that his son, Rakesh Kumar, was working as a driver with the CTU, Chandigarh. When he was going back home on a motorcycle, he was allegedly hit by an unidentified vehicle near the old petrol pump at Mullanpur. As a result, the motorcycle bumped into a tractor-trolley where he died on the spot. The police has registered a case under Sections 279, 427 and 304 A of the IPC in this regard.
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Another complaint against developer
Panchkula, July 27 The victim, Ashwani Kumar Mittal, has lodged his complaint with the economic offence wing (EOW) of the police at Sector-1, Panchkula. "In fact, Mittal has said Garg took Rs 20 lakh from him in instalments and promised to give him a flat in Peer Mushalla. Mittal had paid the amount in instalments but he was not provided any flat," said Inspector Dharambeer Singh. Four teenagers
go missing
Chandigarh: Four teenagers aged between 14 and 17 years have gone missing from their residences in Kaimbwala village. While the four went missing on July 24, it was only today that their parents lodged a missing report with the police. An FIR in this regard has been registered at the Sector 3 police station and efforts are on to trace them. The police said Shankar, has stolen Rs 2,000 from his house before he went missing and thus they suspect that the boys had gone on their own. The four boys have been identified as Suraj Dubey, aged about 14 years, Rahul (15), Shankar (17) and Sunny (13). While Shanker is a school dropout, the rest of three are students of class IX in a government school.
2 cylinders stolen
Parveen Begum, a resident of Sector 50, reported to the police that two LPG cylinders were stolen from her house last night. A report has been lodged at the Sector 34 police station.
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Saupin’s thrash Little Flower
Panchkula, July 27 Batting first, the winning side posted a total of
152 runs in the allotted slot of 30 overs. Satyam scored an unbeaten 39 runs, while Manav
contributed 29 runs in the team’s total. Gaurav (25) was the other main scorer for the team. For bowling side, Nehal took three for 28, while Vivek claimed two for 33. In reply, the Little Flower Convent School bundled out on a mere total of 75 runs. Vivek (22) and Nitin (20) were the main scorers for the team. For bowling side, Sangam claimed four for 15 and Prabhjit Singh took two for 11. |
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Rishabh gets better of Sarvesh
Chandigarh, July 27 Simar of Punjab defeated Deepinder by 3-1, while Saransh beat Simrat 3-2. The Pro-Circuit League 6 Tournament Series has an exciting format with two players from different cities of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh battling it out in a total of six tournaments. The top eight players at the end of the season will meet with the top eight each from Gurgaon and Ahmedabad leagues in the final and vie for the prize money of Rs 1 lakh. Results: Rishabh (Chd) bt Sarvesh (Har) 3-2; Shrestha (Har) bt Amar Benipal (Chd) 3-0; Simar (Pb) bt Deepinder (Pb) 3-1; Saransh (Har) bt Simrat (Har) 3-2.
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