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Fatehgarh Sahib Nov 25
Strong resentment prevails among the social, religious and Hindu organisation of Bassi Pathana town against the resolution passed by the local municipal council to sell prime land of Dasehra ground to generate income for the development of the town.

Hundreds of residents including representatives of Mandir Committees, social organisations, Dasehra Committee, Brahmin Sabha, Ram Lila Committee and other trader's organisations today held a meeting under the leadership of Ashok Gautam and decided to oppose the decision of the council to sale a portion of Dussehra ground.

They declared to launch an agitation if the resolution passed by the council was not rejected by the local bodies department. They also condemned the role of local MLA Nirmal Singh for supporting the resolution during meeting as he had promised to give ownership rights of Dasehra ground to Dasehra Committee.

While talking to the media persons, advocate Manpreet Singh Sahi and Ashok Gautam said that it is unfortunate that councillors in its meeting passed a resolution to sale a portion of Dasehra ground to generate income. They condemned the role of Nirmal Singh MLA and newly elected council president Raman Gupta for supporting the resolution and appreciated the role of Pritpal Singh Dharni and Anu Jhanjhi councillors for opposing the resolution.

They said that the decision of the council has heart the religious sentiments of the residents, particularly Hindu community. They said that there was only one Dasehra ground in the town and it has been in the possession of the Dasehra Committee since 1966. They added if a front portion of Dasehra ground is sold, there wouldn’t be any space left to celebrate the festival. They declared that the social, religious and Hindu organisations would not allow the sale of the ground at any cost.

Lashing out at MLA they said that while presiding over prize distribution ceremony of Ram Lila, MLA had announced to hand over the Dasehra ground to Dasehra Committee. But now he got passed a resolution to sell it. The residents have appealed to the Chief Minister and to local bodies minister not to allow the sale of Dasehra ground portion, which may disturb the hard earned peace of the town.

Moreover, the development should not be at the cost of hurting religious sentiments. They warned to initiate agitation if the council did not withdraw the resolution.

Fatehgarh Sahib, Nov 25
Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University Fatehgarh Sahib has appointed Prof Indi Seehra from University of Cambridge as visiting professor in the Department of Business andCommerce. He is a fellow of the Judge Business School and Director of Human Resources of the University of Cambridge and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management of Cambridge University, said Dr. Gurmohan Singh Walia, Vice-Chancellor, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, while talking to the media persons here today.

He said that Prof Indi Seehra is actively involved with the European research council and member of an expert group focusing on research mobility in the world. His association with Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, will give impetus to the teaching and research activities of the students and faculty of the department of business management.

He will visit the university twice a year for 10 days. He said that it would be his endeavor to appoint eminent scholars in respective fields. He said that more such appointments are in the pipeline.

Dera Bassi, November 25
Thieves decamped with cash and jewellery from a house situated on the Gulabgarh road, Dera Bassi, on Saturday night.

Owner of the house, Ashwani Sharma, said that about Rs 7 lakh cash and jewellery worth Rs 3 lakh were stolen when his family had gone to Chandigarh for shopping. On their return, they found that the house was ransacked and that a grill of a window was broken.

A case has been registered and the police has started the investigation.

Chandigarh, November 25
An 18-year-old girl reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Industrial Area, Phase I, here today. The police said the victim was alone at home when she took the extreme step and no suicide note was found at the spot.

According to the police, the incident came to light at around 11.30 am when the members of the victim’s family returned home from the market. They informed the police about the incident. The girl used a scarf to hang herself from a ceiling fan.

“No suicide note has been found at the spot. We took the victim to the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, where doctors declared her brought dead. The body has been kept in the mortuary of the hospital and it will be handed over to the girl’s family after a post-mortem examination,” said a police officer.

In the meantime, the police has registered a case at the Industrial Area police station.

Panchkula, November 25
In an interesting twist in the Jyoti murder case, the name of a political leader from Himachal Pradesh is also coming to the fore. During the investigations, the youth, who claimed to be the cousin of the leader, said that he was just attending to the phone calls of the leader during the election time.

Yesterday, the police had rounded up two suspects from Baddi whose calls were reportedly seen on Jyoti’s cell phone number. The police is picking up all the youths who were in touch with Jyoti.

It was on Thursday, Jyoti, a 24-year-old girl was found murdered on the Sector 21 Panchkula road. The victim was staying as a paying guest at house number 3295, Sector 21/D, Chandigarh, with 15 other girls.

Jyoti was pursuing her B.Ed from a private institute in Mohali and was also working at a security agency in Mohali. “We interrogated from both the youths but one of them who claims himself to be the cousin of the leader said that he is no where in the picture and was just handling the phone calls during the election time,” said a police official requesting anonymity.

It was today, that one of them took a U-turn. The two had given the statement yesterday that they were good friends with Jyoti and often used to meet her. Attempts were made to contact the political leader, but his number was switched off.

On the other hand, the family of the deceased alleges slow action on the part of the police. “It shows how irresponsible the police is. It has been five days and the police have not been able to make any breakthrough till now,” said Buti Ram, the father of the deceased.

He further added, “We are spending sleepless nights. I keep thinking every minute as to who has killed my daughter. Whatever the case may be, no one has any right to kill my daughter.”

The postmortem examination of Jyoti had revealed that she had terminated her pregnancy a month ago and was suspected to be in relationships for the past two years.

Chandigarh, November 25
Godrej defeated Airtel in a thrilling encounter by one ball to spare of the CII-Tata Motors Corporate Cricket Cup played today in Chandigarh.

Batting first, Airtel scored 150 runs for 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, Godrej chased the target of 151 in 19.5 overs with one ball to spare.

In another match, the Chandigarh Police defeated Ranbaxy by 7 wickets. Ranbaxy, while batting first were all out for 97 in their allotted 20 overs. In reply, Chandigarh Police made 98 / 3 in 17.3 overs.

In the third match of the day, Vodafone thrashed Dabur by 30 runs. Vodafone batting first made 204 for 5 wickets in the allotted overs.

While chasing, Dabur could not set up the pace and were all out in 174.

Chandigarh, November 2
Blame it on lethargic bureaucracy or lack of interest in sports, which led to the delay in laying the new AstroTurf Field, at the Hockey Stadium of Sector 42, here. The Tribune has been highlighting the matter in its columns. But it seems that the UT Sports Department is still struggling to get bidders for laying the new field, here.

As per information, the life of presently laid Astroturf had expired during the year 2008-09 and the officials are still working on inviting tenders.

The new field was expected to be laid by the end of year 2011. But later, it was delayed due to a review of the demand notice inviting tender (DNIT) specifications and till date, the present year, towards its end, witnessed only deadlines.

“If it took a year or two to come up with the basic requirement for a game, one can easily judge, the interest of officials in promoting sports, here. The present condition of hockey field is not as per international standards and needs to be upgraded soon,” said a coach, on condition of anonymity.

On the other hand, Sunil Bhatia, director sports said, the department is still going through the process of inviting tenders. “We are working on all aspects and also working some specifications. Hopefully, we will come over the hurdles soon and invite the tenders,” said Sunil Bhatia, director sports, UT Sports Department.

The new turf is expected to be of blue playing arena with pink border including specifications like 2 ball rebound (vertical) mean 100 mm-400 mm, ball roll mean 9m to15m, individual tests +10 per cent from mean deviation 3 degree, underfoot friction coefficient of friction 0.6-1.0 individual tests +0. One from mean, impact response 40 to 65 per cent, individual tests +5 per cent from mean, pile pad deformation 40 per cent individual tests +2 per cent from mean, 7 pitch dimensions and markings will be kept in mind, including friction of the turf, ball moving, ball blockade, ball run and water retention.