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Farmers seek payments
Suman Bhatnagar

Fatehgarh Sahib, Nov 15
Resentment prevails among commission agents and farmers at Bassi Pathana town due to the non-lifting of the procured paddy by government agencies, particularly the Markfed. The labour contractor is adding to their woes. Heaps of the bags of procured paddy can be seen lying in the Bassi Pathana grain market. There is little space for unloading paddy reaching the market.

The farmers and commission agents have to keep a watch on the procured paddy to save it from thieves, said Rajesh Singla, press secretary, Arthiya Association, Punjab. He alleged that Markfed was not lifting the procured paddy and the commission agents were facing inconvenience. He said approximately 1.5 lakh bags of paddy procured by Markfed were lying in the Bassi Pathana grain market.

He has urged the DC and other officials to ensure a speedy lifting of the procured paddy by Markfed.

Fatehgarh Sahib, Nov 16
The 304th Gurtagadi Diwas of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji was celebrated with much fan fare by the staff and students of Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University on its campus today. Bhog of ‘sehaj path’ was performed and the holy hymns from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji were recited by students.

Dr Gurmohan Singh Walia, Vice-Chancellor, motivated the students to follow in the great Gurus’ footsteps, who had done a lot for the elevation and honour of humanity. He said the students at Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University would be provided with each and every opportunity to carry on researches in the field of religion as well as emerging technologies.

Dean, Academic Affairs, Kanwaljit Singh, Registrar Pritpal Singh and Dean, Students’ Welfare, BirBikram Singh also addressed the students on this occasion.

Patiala, November 15
One needs not to be perfect for achieving feats, determination, clear-aim and a tang of motivation is enough. Coming over like a real winner is what Parul Gupta, a hearing impaired tennis and badminton player, always eyes on.

The player successfully made it to the 22nd Summer Deaf Olympics games to be held in Sofia (Bulgaria) in the month of July, next year. Parul will participate in both badminton and Tennis events of the tournament and she wanted to follow the footsteps of her favourite sportspersons, Saina Nehwal and Sania Mirza.

Expressing her gestures, over her selection, she said, I am happy with my selection. It was my father, who told me about my recent feat. It has been many years that I am giving my best in both the games and all I wanted is to see my parents proud, happy after learning their daughter has the potential like other normal kids. I just bag top honours in this international level tournament, to make it a year of success for my family and me said Parul.

Adding further, “My family supported me throughout. I underwent an operation last month. But I am recovering well and soon so that I can hold the courts again to nurture my skills said Parul.”

Notably, the player also marked her presence in Chandigarh to play the 1st Dosti Cup between Pakistan and India and bagged all top positions in the badminton category. A Class X student of a Patiala-based school has represented the state in two national games organised by the SGFI (School Games Federation of India) and also played state championships trice.

“Parul has made her own place and identity among sports fraternity and in entire the family also. She made us proud after performing her best in all the departments. We never stop her to compete, she wanted to excel in sports and we just support her in achieving the laurels. It is our duty to serve our child in special way,” said Avinash Gupta, her father.

Patiala, November 15
Black Elephant Cricket Club (BECC) defeated Rashtriya Cricket Academy (RCA), Rohtak, by 69 runs during the ongoing tournament for CSF Cup, being played at the Army Grounds here. In the two-day match that concluded today, BECC had scored 327 for 3 in 90 overs. Useful contributions came from Simran, who scored 100 not out while Anmolpreet made 102 not out. Jashan 45 and Navendu Sharma 47 were other main contributors.

In reply, Rashtriya Cricket Academy, Rohtak, started their innings on a dismal note and were all out in 79.3 overs. Tejasvi Malik played a super knock of 95 runs and he was well supported by Aman Ahlawat (37), Uttam Malik (32) while Tejpreet Singh main took 3 for 79.

Score:

Black Elephant Cricket Club - 327 for 3 in 90 overs (Simran 100 not out, Anmolpreet 102 not out, Jashan 45, Navendu 
Sharma 47).

Rastrya Cricket Academy, Rohtak- 258 all out in 79.3 Overs ( Sahil Hooda 21,Jatin Kadyan 29, Tejasvi Malik 95 Uttam Malik 32, Aman Ahlawat 37, Sahil Tomar 13; Tejpreet Singh 3 for 79, Anmolpreet 2 for 47, Navandu Sharma 2 for 70 and Gurdeep Singh 1 for 25).

Zirkapur, November 15
The police booked five members of a family, including the husband of a woman, who allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Maya Green Apartments here on Tuesday.

The body of Jyoti (24), who had been married to Munishwardutt Tiwari in January last year, was found hanging from the ceiling. Her parents alleged that she was being harassed by her in-laws for dowry.

A complaint in this regard has been lodged by Anand Prakash, brother of the victim, in which he alleged that they (the in-laws) were demanding a bike.

He also alleged that Jyoti had called up her sister in Delhi on Monday and told her that she was beaten up by her in-laws. Her sister also informed the Zirakpur police in this regard immediately.

Meanwhile, the police registered a case under Sections 304 B and 120 B against Munishwar, his two brothers Amrik and Harish Tiwari, father-in-law Girija Dutt and mother-in-law Saila Bala.

Mohali, November 15
In the police thrashing case, the local police has arrested one more accused, Iqbal Preet Singh, alias Prince, today evening. Prince (22) arrested from his residence at Phase VI, said the police.

Prince was part of the group of youngsters, which had attacked the two PCR policemen Ravinder Singh and Purshotam on October 26 following which Ravinder Singh had to be admitted to the local Civil Hospital, Phase VI, here.

Meanwhile, the police produced the already arrested two main accused, Deepinder Singh (25) and his cousin Harshveer Singh (23), in the court after their two-day remand came to end today.

The court again sent the duo on one-day remand under police custody. Deepinder Singh, who had returned from Australia last month, alleged that the policemen had misbehaved with his fiancee that night. — TNS

Chandigarh, November 15
In a match on Sunday, Competent Synergies defeated PCAC-XI by 88 runs. Batting first, Competent scored 168 for 7 in their allotted 20 overs. Rjaiv Ganger was the highest scorer (51 runs off 37 balls), while Tinu Singh scored 30 runs from 30 balls.

In bowling, Gopal took 4 wickets, yielding just 8 runs in 4 overs with one maiden, while Manoj Kholia took 2 wickets, yielding just 12 runs in 3 overs.

PCAC-XI were bundled out for 80 in 18.2 overs.

Top scorer Nabhdeep scored 30 runs from 37 balls. Thakur, Dinesh, Rajan and Anoop were out for a duck.

For the bowling side, Dinesh took 3 wickets, yielding 32 runs in 4 overs, while Chadha took 2 wickets, yielding 22 runs in 4 overs.

Chandigarh, November 15
Achieving laurels, shooters Sahibpreet Dadwal and Mehardeep Dadwal of Ryan International School have won bronze medals in each category, during the recently concluded Inter-School Shooting championship, here.

Sahibpreet won a bronze medal in the boys (U-19) 10 mt rifle event while Mehardeep bagged a bronze medal in 10 mt pistol event.