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Students stage protest
Tribune News Service

Kharar, August 27
Alleging that they were not allowed to sit for the examination by the college management, around 100 students of Rayat and Bahara Engineering College agitated on the campus here today. All the students are pursuing their final year of BTech at the college. The agitating students were seen stopping other students from taking their midterm examinations that commenced today.

Dr Sandeep Kaura, joint managing director, said only those students, whose lectures were found short, were stopped from taking examinations.

The students finally called off their agitation when the management decided to allow them to sit in the coming exams. “We have decided to hold a separate exam for the students who have missed today’s exam,” said Dr Kaura.

Khalsa College students excel in UGC-CSIR exam
Our Correspondent

Patiala, August 27
Bringing laurels to Khalsa College, six students of the department of mathematics have cleared the UGC-CSIR National Eligibility Test conducted in June this year.

The students who excelled include Rashi Bansal, Gurninder Singh, Manita Rani, Aashim Kumar, Tarun Kumar and Vanita Sharma. Vice-Chancellor of Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, Dr Gurmohan Singh Walia, and College principal Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha congratulated the students and staff of the department of mathematics on their efforts and achievement.

Dera Bassi presents a picture of neglect facilities given a miss
Parmod Mehta

Dera Bassi, August 27
Lack of basic amenities in health care system is a major problem that the residents of Dera Bassi are facing. There is a 30-bed community health centre which lacks adequate number of doctors and other emergency services. Patients in critical condition are referred to hospitals of Chandigarh. SMO Dera Bassi Dr JK Bansal said that this hospital was promoted as sub-division hospital but doctors and infrastructure could not be provided till now.

Four other community health centres at Antala, Lalru, Banur and Dhakouli also lack doctors and basic infrastructure. Along with health, education in the area is also suffering in absence of adequate teachers. The town has one government degree college which is facing shortage of teachers. Students prefer to go to Chandigarh and Ambala for higher education than studying here. Residents have been demanding one government vocational college particularly for women.

Two other major problems are traffic and pollution. Traffic problem was mainly caused by the absence of over bridge on national highway. Over bridge could not be constructed due to the controversy between Centre and state governments over the cost-sharing. National highway authority was demanding 50 per cent cost of this project from the state government. The state government did not give its consent regarding this till now. Even no proper crossings were set up on national highway which leads to accidents and traffic jams.

Although industry forms the backbone of the town but some chemical factories and slaughter houses have been creating pollution. Discharging of wastage in open has caused water and air pollution. Residents alleged that they had complained to authorities concerned about the pollution problem but no result has come out so far.

SDM Dera Bassi Inderjeet Kaur Kang said traffic and pollution problems would be checked and these would be resolved soon. Industries which were involved in discharging waste products would be identified and strict action would be taken. Vice-president of Municipal Council Harjinder Singh Rangi said nearly Rs 32 crore would be spent on water supply, sewerage, streetlights and five parks in Dera Bassi and these projects would be completed by December 31.

Workshop imparts human values
Surinder Bhardwaj

Fatehgarh Sahib, August 27
A human being is a co-existence of self and body; while, self requires relations and feelings, the body requires physical facilities, said Dr Jagmeet Bawa, head of the department of human values of Punjab Technical University, while addressing the concluding session of a workshop on human values at Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College here today.

The first need of every human being was the development of a right understanding, followed by the relations and finally the facilities; so, it was of utmost important for a human being to understand the needs for facilities in the right manner and to live accordingly, Dr Bawa said. This understanding lead to the development from animal consciousness to human consciousness, which is the ultimate goal of education, he told the participants.

All the speakers on the occasion emphasised on proper understanding of needs to develop human values. Speaking on the occasion, Prof Bhanu Pratap Singh said the modern era had witnessed a pre-conditioning that promoted happiness as being equivalent to the excitement, while in reality happiness was the state of harmony within oneself. He added that the basic reason for contradiction at the level of family and society was the lack of understanding of the relations and fulfillment of the same.

Prof Rajul Asthana, in his address, said that in the past few decades, education had worked thoroughly on the accumulation of physical facilities and now was the time for the human beings to rise to the occasion and develop the right understanding and start fulfilling the relations in the right way.

Two held for bribing Rs 80,000 to police
Our Correspondent

Banur, August 27
The Banur police has arrested two persons for black marketing and trying to offer bribe to the police here. The persons were loading electrical material and pipes into a truck when they were apprehended. The police also recovered Rs 80,000 from the truck owner, who made an attempt to bribe the police in order to get away. The accused were identified as Ranunki Singh, a resident of Hargowal in Hoshiarpur district, and the truck owner Somnath, a resident of Majari near Phagwara. They were booked under Sections 420, 120B of the IPC for indulging in black marketing and for trying to give bribe to the police. Later, the accused were taken into a 14-day judicial custody.

10-kg poppy husk recovered

The Banur police has recovered 10 kilograms of poppy husk near Rampur Khurd village. Iqbal Singh, who was carrying the contraband, was also arrested. The accused belongs to Butta Singh Wala village.

DPS Jalandhar lifts trophy
Suman Bhatnagar

Ambala, August 27
In the final match of Inter-DPS Basket Ball Tournament 2012 (boys' open), DPS Jalandhar has defeated DPS Bathinda here today. Around two-dozen teams from Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab had participated in the tournament.

The DPS Bathinda got the second place, whereas, DPS Pinjore was the runner-up. Master Vanshay Dixit of the DPS Bathinda was declared the best player of the tournament. SS Phulia, ADC, Ambala, was the chief guest for the closing ceremony and a warm welcome was extended to the chief guest. The chief guest gave away the prizes to the winners and appreciated the sportsmanship, maintained by all the teams, during the tournament

COURTS

Case to come up for hearing today
Land acquisition for Phase II, III of Rajiv Gandhi Information Technology Park
Rajinder Nagarkoti
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 27
The crucial case of land acquisition for the Phase II and III of Rajiv Gandhi Information Technology Park will come up for hearing tomorrow. During the last hearing, the Supreme Court had directed the UT Administration and petitioners to submit documents in support of their claims.

The Supreme Court had already ordered status quo on the land acquisition for Rajiv Gandhi Technology Park. Many senior officials of the UT Administration have already reached Delhi to attend the hearing on Tuesday.

The bunch of petitions had challenged the acquisition of land by the Administration for public purpose, namely for the provision of city level-infrastructure, regulated urban development of the area between Chandigarh and Mani Majra, and planned development and expansion of Chandigarh Technology Park in Mani Majra which is popularly known as the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park. The petitioners had alleged that the project was being set up without clearance from the ministry of forest and environment even though it was close to the ecologically sensitive lake. As per the petitioners, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had dismissed their pleas without considering the relevant material.

The UT Administration had acquired the farmers’ land ostensibly for public purpose, but was utilising the land for favouring real estate companies. About 10 per cent of the area was meant for constructing residential premises for IT professionals, but not a single flat had been allotted to them so far, the petitioners had claimed.

The audit report by a six-member committee had gone into the alleged irregularities committed in the first two phases of the park, particularly by the authorities. The audit had been conducted in the light of the findings of a one-member committee of A Ramanathan. The findings had been submitted to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), which in turn had asked the home ministry to conduct the audit.

CRIME

11 gamblers arrested, Rs 3.39 lakh recovered
Tribune News Service

Zirakpur, August 27
The local police has arrested as many as 11 persons under the Gambling Act here today. They have also recovered Rs 3.39 lakh from their possession. The gamblers, identified as Raman Sharma, Kapil Batra, Jatinder Kumar, Mohit Kumar, Varinder Kumar Aneja, Nitin Nagpal, Shani Nagpal, Jaskaran Singh, Manjit Singh, Daljit Singh and Kaku, were arrested from a hotel room.

“A special drive is underway against the gamblers under which we are conducting raids at various places,” said Tarlochan Singh, station house officer of Zirakpur police station adding that such raids will be carried out by the department to curb the crime.

Flesh trade racket busted, 8 arrested
Tribune News Service

Mohali, August 27
The local police claimed to have busted a flesh trade racket by arresting eight persons, including two women, from a Phase-XI flat here today. The accused, identified as Manjinder Singh and Jaswinder Singh, both residents of Mohali, Anil Kumar from Ambala, Balwinder Singh from Mandi Gobindgarh, Gurmukh Singh and Mohammad Taufiq from Fatehgarh Sahib.

According to Harjinder Singh, station house officer of Sohana police station, the immoral business was being run at the flat, which the accused rented about one-and-a-half-month ago. The police got a tip-off following which a customer was sent at the spot. “The deal was fixed at Rs 1,000. We nabbed the accused red-handed,” said Harjinder Singh.

Harjinder Singh added that Mohammad Taufiq and Gurmukh called up at a pimp’s mobile phone and demanded girls. “I called them at the spot and both were arrested from there,” said the SHO.

Both the arrested girls (aged 25) were divorcees. “We are investigating whether or not more persons were involved in the racket,” said Harjinder Singh.

23-yr-old girl commits suicide

Mohali, August 27
A 23-year-old woman committed suicide by hanging herself with a ceiling fan at her in-laws’ residence at Balongi village here today. The deceased has been identified as Sapna, wife of Partap Singh.

The couple got married 16 months ago. Police recovered a suicide note in which it was mentioned that she was ending her life at her own will and nobody was held responsible. Investigation are on. ––TNS

SPORTS

CLTA boost for local students
Will provide tickets at the lowest price
Deepankar Sharda
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 27
The Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) is all set to bring bring smiles on the local tennis lovers as the city is gearing up for the Davis Cup, which is world's most prestigious inter-country tournament, from September 14-16. The association has decided to provide tickets to the local students for Rs 100 only.

While looking into the interest of the local youngsters towards the game, the association has decided to provide tickets at the lowest cost to the students of the city. According to the organisers, out of 4500 seats 2000 seats have been reserved for the local students. The sale of tickets will start from next month and the tickets will be available at various branches of State bank of Patiala.

"In a bid to popularise the game among the youth of the City Beautiful, the organising committee has decided that the tickets for the students will be available for Rs 100 only and can be bought from any branch of State Bank of Patiala after showing a student identity card" said Rajan Kashyap, chief patron of CLTA. "The aim is to generate an interest for the sport among the youth of the city. "The city has immense potential and we have many players, enroling themselves for the local tournaments. I hope we will receive an overwhelming response form the local youngsters," Rajan added.

Top tennis players of India and New Zealand will face each other in the upcoming tournament. The CLTA in the past two months have laid two synthetic courts for the matches. The courts contain nine layers of cushioning; the same cushion is being used for tennis courts in the Grand Slam tournaments.

"The tournament will witness five matches, including two singles, one doubles and two reverse singles. We are hopeful that everything will happen according to plan. Although no big name is participating in the competition, yet Sanam, the local lad, will be the star attraction." said Rajan. When asked about the arrivals of the teams, he added that the teams would arrive a week before the tournament.

The draw for the matches will be pooled on September 13 in a function at Punjab Raj Bhawan, which will be attended by players, the officials of ITF, All India Tennis Association and the CLTA. The CLTA was also running Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART) and the tournament would provide an exposure to them, added Rajan.

Rishab defeats Ankush, marches into third round
Tribune News Service

A match in progress during the CLTA-AITA championship in Chandigarh on Monday. A Tribune photo

Chandigarh, August 27
Rishab Sharda, a local lad, defeated Ankush Mishra while Paras Dahiya beat Vatsal Chauhan in the second round of ongoing CLTA-AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament here. The tournament is being played under boys' and girls' (U-14 and U-18) category at the CLTA Sports Complex. In the boys category (U-14), Paras Dahiya overcame Vatsal Chauhan by 8-4 while Rishabh defeated Ankush Mishra by 8-1. In other matches, Rohit Kumar defeated Bhavraj Singh by 8-2 and Rahul Kumar overcame Shreyas Chopra by 8-2.

Results:

Boys (U-14)- Manikr Dawar bt Manvir Sohi (8-0); Ankit Rao bt Navneet Singh (8-3); Bharat Bhanger bt Kanav Khurana (8-1); Harshdeep Mehta bt Udyam Sachdev (8-1); MS Karthik bt Amitoj Singh (8-5); Shubham Malhotra bt Aditya Dhawan (8-0); Arnav bt Tushar Aggarwal (8-3); Devashish bt Anand (8-4); Keshav Sharma bt Ayush Deswal (8-6); Raunaq Marwaha bt Udgam Aggarwal (8-0); Nitish Kumar bt Robin Kapoor (8-1); Aniket Khosla bt Anmol Singh Arora (8-5); Digvijay Pratap bt Anirudh Koshal (8-0); Sabrang Sandal bt Gurfateh Brar (8-1); Sahishnu Sharma bt Sehaj Sidhu (8-1); Anmol Kamboj bt Utkash Panvar (8-2); Harshit Yadav bt Vaibhav Rattan (8-1); Anuj Malik bt Sehj Punj (8-0); Uday Goel bt Aaditya Kumar Yadav (8-6); Ramanjot Singh bt Parmeet Deol (8-7); Sanjit Pahuja bt Nishant Kakkar (8-0); Amit Beniwal bt Teg Karan Brar (8-5); Anirud Ishaan bt Akhil Nand (8-1); Sanket Tomar bt Rhythm Malhotra (8-1).

DAV wins table tenis championship
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 27
The table tennis players of DAV Public school, Sector 8, has defeated Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, in the final of inter-School Table Tennis Tournament for Girls' (U-17), here today. The wining side defeated the rivals by 3-2.

In the semifinals of the competition, DAV Public School, Sector 8, had defeated Manav Mangal, Sector 21, by 3-0 while the team of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, overcame Bhavan Vidyala, Sector 27, by 3-2.In another match Bhavan Vidyla secured the third place after defeating Manav Mangal School by 3-1.

Local girl shines
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 27
In the ongoing Inter-School Archery Tournament, Kiran of Shishu Niketan School, Sector 22, stood first in under-14 category while Vandana of Government Model Senior School, Kaimbwala and Ravleen of Saupins' School, Sector 32, came third and fourth in the same category, here today.

In the girls' (U-17) category, Jasmine Jain, Jairoop Kaur and Gurveen Kaur bagged top three positions while in the boys' (U- 19) age group, Accharpal, Husanpal and Damandeep grabbed first three places.

DAV lad sets new record
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 27
Swimmer Karan Brar of DAV College, Sector 10, had achieved a remarkable feat when he bagged the first place in the ongoing PU Inter-College Swimming (men & women) Championship here today. He took 0:27.70 seconds to secure the first slot in 50 m butterfly stroke event.

In the same event of 50 m butterfly stroke, Jashandeep Singh of PU Campus team finished second with 0:28.24 seconds while Amarpal S Grewal of KLSD College, Ludhiana, stood third with 0:28.51 seconds.

Meanwhile, In the 100 m breast stroke event, Jashandeep Singh of PU Campus, secured the first place with 1:16.88 minutes while Ravi of DAV College, Sector 10, was runner-up with 1:20.00 minutes. Vinay of the same college completed the race in 1:27.24 minutes to finish third in the competition.

Results:

100 meters free style- Jashandeep Singh (0:56.88 sec); Vinay Saharan (0:58.09 sec.); Sumit Dalal (0:58.25 sec.); 100 meters back stroke- Sumit Dalal (1:10.02 min); Pankil Sharma (1:13.74 min); Rohit (1:15.41 min); 50 meters butterfly stroke( women)-Harsimran Kaur (0:34.88 sec); Arshpreet K Grewal (0:37.41 sec); Himanshi (0:45.13 sec); 100 m breast stroke- Harsimran Kaur (1:33.66 min); Naveen Kumari (1:41.18 min); Shruti (1:47.06 min); 100 m free style-Harsimran Kaur (1:09.53 min); Arshpreet K Grewal (1:17.17 min); Pooja (1:22.91 min);

100 m back stroke-Harsimran Kaur (1:31.60 min); Arshpreet K Grewal (1:32.54 min); Himanshi (1:35.52 min).