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Theft at four shops
Ambala, November 21 The burglars targeted a jewellery shop near the Jagadhri gate. The owner of the shop, Omkar Verma, said that he found locks of the shop broken when he came to open the shop this morning. He said that three jewellery sets and 20 silver bangles were found missing from the shop. The thieves also took away a cash of Rs. 4,000, he added. Thieves broke into three other shops in the area too, and took away cash. The police has registered separate cases and has started the investigation. SHO Ram Niwas has asked the shopkeepers’ associations of local markets to depute security guards. Depute security guards
SHO Ram Niwas has asked the shopkeepers’ associations of local markets to depute security
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400 NCC cadets take pledge against dowry, drug abuse at rally
Ropar, November 21 The rally was flagged off by chief guest Brigadier Satish Kumar. Parasailing, aero modeling, drill, quiz competition, essay writing and singing competition were also organised. Various lectures were also conducted to motivate the cadets to join armed forces. NCC day will be celebrated on November 24.
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Administration imposes ban on digging of wells till Jan 15
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 21 Deputy Commissioner Yashveer Mahajan issued an order under the Section 144 of CrPC in this regard. It mandates the permission of XEN, Water Supply and Sewerage Board, for undertaking any such work. These orders would remain in force till January 15. The orders were issued to avoid any mishap while digging of wells. Meanwhile, keeping in view the increase in number of accidents and deaths due to drowning in the canal and to prevent any untoward incident by the anti-social elements, the DC has also banned the movement of vehicles on the banks of the Bhakra canal. Mahajan has also directed the cyber cafe owners not to allow anyone to use internet services without a proper ID proof. He has directed the owners to save the activity server log on the main server for six months. The DC has also directed all the house owners, who have given their houses on rent, to inform the nearby police station about their tenants. Similarly, information has to be provided about any hired domestic help. Protection home for runaway couples
Acting on the directions of Punjab and Haryana High Court, the DC has earmarked two rooms in the Bachat Bhavan as protection home for runaway couples. The home will provide protection to those couples who opt for inter-caste marriage without the consent of their parents. The Deputy Commissioner said that the newly wedded couples belonging to the district can stay at the bhavan, and they will be provided security as per the directions of the court. DC orders smooth supply
of LPG
The DC has directed the LPG agency owners to ensure a regular and uninterrupted supply of cooking gas to consumers. Addressing a meeting of District Food and Civil Supply officials, gas agency owners and other officials here yesterday, he said that the consumers should not be harassed and must be properly treated while delivering gas cylinders. He directed the owners to display the rates of gas cylinder, stock and other information for the convenience of the consumers. The meeting was called after the administration received complaints about overcharging, harassment and non-supply of gas cylinders. District Education Officer and Child Development Project Officer complained in the meeting that gas agency owners were charging commercial rates on cylinders meant for the mid-day meal and the anganwaris. The gas agency owners told the DC that as per the new policy of the Union Government, the mid-day meal and anganwaris have been kept in the non-domestic exempted category, so non-domestic rates are being charged on them. |
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Students raise voice against social evils
Dera Bassi, November 21 The rally was flagged off by college chairman Roop Singh Rana. The students visited various parts of Lalru Mandi during the rally. They raised slogans against the social evils and presented some plays on various social evils. During the rally, college lecturers also accompanied the students. NGOs, schools felicitated
To encourage non-governmental organisations and schools to participate in health programmes, a function was organised at the community health centre here yesterday. SMO Dr Daler Singh Multani distributed appreciation certificates to schoolchildren and NGOs. Dr Mulltani lauded the services rendered by NGOs and schools and stressed upon the fact that provision of health services required public participation. On this occasion Guru Nanak Public School Dharamgarh, Rotary Club Dera Bassi Town, Shelter Charitable Trust, Sun Rise Yuvak Sevavan Club, Maa Durga Pooja Samiti, Saint Attri College of Education and GMR Varalakshami Foundation toll plaza, Dappar, were honoured with appreciation certificates for their participation in the pulse polio campaign. |
Man gets 5-yr term for attempt to rape
Chandigarh, November 21 The incident occurred in May 2011 in the Bank Colony of Manimajra.
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ICICI Prudential told to pay Rs 2 lakh compensation
Chandigarh, November 21 The UT Consumer Redressal Forum has directed the insurance company to pay Rs 2 lakh to the complainant as compensation for causing mental agony, holding it guilty of deficiency in service and indulging in unfair trade practice. The complainant said while selling the policy to him, the insurance company's agents made tall claims of high returns to the tune of 20-25 per cent of the amount invested by him. The complainant had started inquiring about the status of his investments and the agents continued to give him assurances about the status of the policy. The complainant paid an amount of Rs 3,00,000 in all and the policies were issued in his name in 2007. The complainant thereafter continuously remained in touch with the agents, reminding them about the commitment and also registering his grievance. "On not getting a proper response from that end and finally feeling disgusted, he had once again mentioned that no complete information was forthcoming," stated the judgment of the forum. The complainant claimed he did not wish to continue with the different policies he had subscribed for on the advice of the opposite parties but under compelling circumstances preferred to revive the policies, after going through the required formalities of filling up the form, as well as undergoing a medical examination, as advised by the official of the opposite parties, no response was forthcoming from the respondents.
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Youth stabbed to death near Dhanas village
Mohali, November 21 Ranawat, who was working as a cash collector for Vaishno Trading Company (dealing in liquor business), was with his colleague, Parminder Singh Mann, when the incident occurred at around 8.45 pm. Police sources said, Ranawat and Parminder were collecting cash from a liquor vend near Dhanas when two unidentified youths, standing in front of the vend suddenly drove their motorbike past them. Presuming that the duo had taken away their cash, Parminder and Kaushik chased them. At some distance both the youths were caught following which the foursome indulged in a fight. During the fight, one of the youths stabbed Kaushik while Parminder sustained injuries on his thigh and chest. Both the accused managed to flee from the spot on their motorcycle. A case of murder has been registered against the unidentified youths at the Kharar Police Station (Sadar).
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Rs 4 lakh stolen from Hotel Mountview
Chandigarh, November 21 The family members reported the matter to the police after a delay of 24 hours, and it was only today that the case was registered. A case was registered at the Sector-3 police station. Over 15 such incidents of theft have occurred at weddings in the city in the past two months, and the UT police has failed to solve even a single such case. A Mohali resident, Sukhwinder Singh, former employee of the Punjab Food and Supply Department, had booked the hotel for his daughter’s wedding on Monday. The bride’s mother, who was holding the bag containing envelopes, left it unattended on a table while greeting a guest. When she returned, she could not find the bag. Surinder Singh reported to the police that the bag contained shagun envelopes and mobile phones of his wife and daughter. The incident occurred around 9 pm. The police scrutinised the CCTV cameras installed at the hotel and also the video recording of the wedding, but the footage failed to provide any clue. Police also questioned private security guards of the hotel. A police officer said a gang of juvenile thieves, who come dressed in formal dresses, is active in the city. Last month, a similar theft was reported during a wedding at Hotel Park Plaza in Sector 17. Thefts have also been reported at community centres across the city in the last one month.
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CLTA-AITA Chandigarh Open Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 21 He won the first set in a tie-breaker but Sagar managed to come back strongly in the second set and named the set to his name by 6-0. The final set went on serve till 4 all but Dhruv got a break in 9th game and held his serve at 5-4 to win the match. In another match, the second seeded Brahmjot Singh faced some resistance in the 1st set against Yuvraj Singh. Brahmjot won the initial set via tie-breaker while the next by 6-3. In the another matches, top seeded Chandril Sood defeated 5th seeded Sagar Ahuja by 7-5 and 6-1 while 3rd seeded Lakshit Sood thrashed the 8th seeded Anubhav Chaudhari by 6-2 and 6-4. In the women's quarterfinal match, top seeded Shweta Rana routed 5th seeded Victoria Chehal. Shweta took the1st set by 7-6 but her opponent rallied to win the 2nd set by 6-4. In the final match, Shweta used her experience to close out the match at 6-0. In another clash, Megha Sherawat took the1st set by 7-6 against Sayali Bhilare. Later, Sayali won the other two sets by 6-3, 6-2. Results: Main draw quarter round Men's (singles): Chandril Sood bt Sagar Ahuja 7-5, 6-1; Dhruv Goyal bt Sagar Manjana 7-6, 0-6, 6-4; Lakshit Sood bt Anubhav Chaudhari 6-2, 6-4; Brahmjot Singh bt Yuvraj Singh 7-6 (0), 6-3. Women's (singles): Shweta Rana bt Victoria Chehal 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-0; Sayali Bhilare bt Megha Sherawat 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-2; Vineeta Singh bt Varuna Chander Shekhar 1-6, 6-4, 7-5; Manya Nagpal bt Nithyaraj Baburaj 6-2, 6-3. Men's (doubles): Lakshit Sood and Chandril Sood bt Vinod Shridhar and Shiva Kumar 6-1, 6-1; Shadab Khan and Anubhav Chaudhary bt vneet Singh Saini and Sunil Kumar 4-6, 6-3, 11-9; Pardeep Deshwal and Rohit Sarwate bt Vikrant Dahiya and Shrey Gupta 4-6, 6-4,10-8.
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Stadia guards brave winter chill sans equipment
Chandigarh, November 21 A total of 52 private security personnel have been deployed at nine different coaching centres, on different shifts, to look after the belongings and surroundings of the arena. During a night visit to these stadiums, the personnel were found performing their duties without equipments. “We have sticks to safeguard the arena. No torches or any other equipment is provided to us to safeguard the arena or ourselves. Moreover, now the nights will get foggy and a stick to work with will remain the most dangerous and tedious job for us,” said a security personnel. “To cover this entire stadium, we have two halogen lights, a stick and nothing else. I am looking after gym, the store rooms and two other rooms. Now, one can easily understand the effort and concentration one needs for this job. Moreover, we have no sheds. Sometimes I catch many people doing illegal activities here and later hand them over to the police. But I always live with a fear, what if they come back and attack me,” said another private security personnel. On other hand, Chaman Lal, supervisor, security, said: “All the security personnel are provided with security equipments to safeguard the arena. Their main job is to protect the equipments and the belonging of the stadium.” But when told, about the pictorial proof, he said: “Few security personnel like to patrol without security equipments” When asked about any gear provided to security personnel to safeguard themselves from chill, he said: “They area provided with sweaters,” whereas the security personnel denied this. “The security personals do not need torches to safeguard as we already have enough lights inside the stadiums. We have big gates to stop trespassing and moreover I on my behalf requested the Chandigarh Police officials to keep a special patrolling around the stadiums,” said Naib Singh, senior manager, UT Sports Department. Security guards’ take
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Inter-Public School Championship Tribune News Service
Patiala, November 21 In girls’ section, Lawrence School, Lovedale (Ooty), clinched the trophy and Wehlam Girls School, Dehradun, were the runners-up. Shezad Singh and Jashanjeet Kaur both of YPS Patiala were declared the best athletes of the meet. PPS Nabha and Welham Boys School, Dehradun, jointly won the march past trophy. Pargat Singh, MLA, Jallandhar, and the former Sports Director, Punjab, were the chief guest on the occasion. He announced that within three to four months, PPS will get astro truff. The school headmaster, Jagpreet Singh, thanked the chief guest, players of various teams and other guests. To make the meet successful NIS Patiala provided the expertise. During the three day meet Bhavdeep Singh of PPS and Arshdeep Singh of Sri Dasmesh Academy created two new records in 400 m Hurdle and 5,000 m walk, respectively. Results: Boys’: 110 m hurdle race: 1 Bhavdeep Singh (PPS), 2 Lavaljeet Singh (PPS), 3 Ankur Agarwal (MS New Delhi). Pole Vault:1 Lavaljeet Singh(PPS), 2 Anant Singh(PPS), 3 Shivam Rana (MNSS, Rai ), Hammer Throw:1 Shezad Sidhu (YP Patiala), 2 Lovepreet Singh(PPS), 3 Harjot Singh(PPS), 100 m: 1 Sharukh Azad (MS New Delhi), 2 Harkirat Dhillon(YPS Patiala), 3 Divij Gupta (WBS Dehradun). Tripple Jump: 1 Arsh Bansal (YPS), 2 B Uday Kumar (Hydrabad Public School), 3 Ramandeep Singh (PPS), 5,000 m Walk: 1 Arshdeep Singh (SDA), 2 Ekant Tyagi (SS Kunjpura), 3 Astik Hooda (SS Kunjpura). Girls’: discuss throw:1 Sween (PPS),2 Anila (WGS Dheradun),3 Jejaswani (MCG), 5 km walk 1 Kiranjit Singh (PPS), 2 Tamana Bhaduria( PPS), 3 Saheba P (LSL, Ooty), cross country ( open): 1 Ritu (PPS), 2 Sabna S (LSL Ooty), 3 Sahiba P (LSL, Ooty), hammer throw:1 Gunveen Sidhu (YPS), 2 Nimrat Singh (WGS,Dehradun), 3 Sanjeet Kaur (PPS) 400 m hurdles: 1 Nina C (LSL) 2 Sarita (MNSS, Rai ) 3 Sonali P (LSL).
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Mohali lad brings laurels
Mohali, November 21 "My inspiration is my father and I bagged my first medal at the age of 9. I undergo a daily practice session at Sukhna Lake and also perform cycling for 13 km. I want to make my nation proud by claiming a gold medal in the Olympic Games," said Chandandeep.
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SGGS Khalsa College clinch title
Chandigarh, November 21 In the final match of the tourney, the wining side defeated SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, by 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-14). On other hand, the team of DM College, Moga, beat SCD Government College, Ludhiana, by 3-0 to secure third place in the tourney. —TNS
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GGDSD College win tennis tourney
Chandigarh, November 21 The team of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, and AS College for Women, Khanna, secured second and third positions, respectively. The host, PU Campus, team managed to attain fourth place in the competition. Results: AS College for Women, Khanna, beat PU Campus by 3-0 (Neelam beat Deepa by 1-11, 2-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-8; Manpreet beat Sunanda by 4-11, 14-12, 11-9, 11-8; Mehak beat Dilprit by 11-4, 11-6, 11-13, 9-11, 11-2) Final match: GGD SD College beat GN Khalsa College by 3-2(1. Naina beat Nirdosh by 16-18, 13-11, 11-6, 11-9; Kalyani beat Kritika by 11-8, 11-7, 11-4; Noor Paul lost to Bhumika by 3-11, 2-11, 3-11; Kalyani lost to Nirdosh by 8-11, 14-16, and 11-9, 6-11; Naina beat Kritika 11-2, 15-12)
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Basketball tourney from Nov 24
Chandigarh, November 21 Teams from Bangladesh, Punjab and Chandigarh will participate in the tournament. A total of six teams in boys' and six teams in girls' category will participate in the competition.
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PGGCM-11 celebrates annual sports day
Chandigarh, November 21 The trio displayed power breaking performance in the armed combat and self defense techniques. "Being a martial artist, we love to perform infront of youngsters. We are the students of the same college and our coaches Jatinder Kumar and BL Paswan has a lot to contribute in our skills," said the trio. A member of the team said, "The martial art is a popular sport. It helps you, in self defense and also makes you physically flexible and strong. It's been three years that I am performing martial arts," said Lakshay Sharma. |
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Col CK Nayudu Cricket Championship Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 21 Resuming with their overnight score of 106 runs for the loss of 1 wicket, the home team lost 7 wickets with their team's total score of 206 runs. Punjab bowlers sensing a sure win lost their plot when Abrar Kazi and AB Sagar contributed 132 runs for the 8th wicket which took Karnataka's total score to 338 runs for the loss of 7 wickets off 114 overs. Abrar Kazi scored 66 runs off 164 balls inclusive of 9 boundaries while AB Sagar contributed 58 runs off 137 balls studded with 9 boundaries and three sixes. Brief Score: Punjab (1st innings): 493 in 142.1 overs Karnataka (1st innings): 266 in 79.2 overs Karnataka( 2nd innings): 338/7 in 114 overs (Mayank Aggarwal 74, PU Deshpandey 53, Abrar Kaji 66 not out, AB Sagar 58 not out, Jaskaran Singh 2 for 86, Deepak Bansal 1 for 83, Gurinder Singh 3 for 87).
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Chandigarh Cricket Team beat Mohali Outfits
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 21 The wining team after electing to bat first posted 385 runs in 95.4 overs. Raman Bishnoi scored 164 runs which included 26 boundaries. Shivam Sharma scored 78 runs which included 11 boundaries. Later, Shubam Chand scored 48 runs off 32 balls while for from the bowling side, Gaurav Bedi and Arunam claimed two wickets each. In reply, the Mohali team was bowled out for 332 runs in 101.4 overs with Shubman Gill scoring 139 and Sidharth Rawat contributing 67 runs.
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