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Fire at showroom in Ambala
Ambala, December 26 The fire, which broke out at around 1.30 AM, soon engulfed the whole showroom reducing the goods to ashes. Brij Mohan Soni, the owner of the showroom, said he received a call from the watchman that thick smoke was emanating from the shop. He immediately reached the spot, along with his brother at around 2.30 AM, and found that the fire had spread across the shop. The fire also affected the adjoining shops in the area. As many as 13 fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames, which arrived at the spot from Ambala City, Cantonment, Shahbad, Kurukshetra, Naraingarh, and Air Force Station, Kalpi. It took more than eight hours for these fire tenders to douse the fire. The Fire Department said fire fighters had to face a lot of difficulties in dousing the flames due to narrow lanes. The fire was brought under control around 8.30 AM. Ambala Cantonment MLA Anil Vij also reached the spot. He said fire-fighting staff was not fully trained to control the fire. He said a similar fire incident was reported in 1972 when nearly 20 shops in the same area were gutted due to limited space for the entry. He demanded that arrangements should be made for the proper entry of automobiles in the markets during emergencies.
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More support pours in for victim
Tribune News Service
Patiala, December 26 As many as 450 students participated in the rally. They raised slogans like “We Want Justice”, “Hang the Rapists”, “Stop Violence Against Women”. They were also holding placards with messages like “Naari Samman Rashtra Samman”, “Brake the Silence on Men’s Violence”, and “Awake, Arise and Let Darkness Not Prevail”. SR Prabhakar, principal of the school, in his address, said there was a need to address the issue, especially by youth. He said the time had come when each one of us should be vigilant and active to check anti-social activities, and to ensure that stringent laws were made for safeguarding women. Meanwhile, all Rotary Clubs in Patiala, including Rotary Club, Patiala, Rotary Club Royal, Rotary Club Patiala Mid-Town, Rotary Club Patiala Central and Rotary Club Patiala Greater, organised a candlelight march in the city to express solidarity with the victim.
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Israeli security delegation visits Shaheedi Jor Mela
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 26 A heavy rush of devotees was witnessed on the opening day of the mela. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal also came to pay obeisance at the historical Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib. The delegation minutely watched when the Chief Minister reached the Gurdwara Sahib and how security officials created a security circle around him. The delegation was accompanied by LK Yadav, DIG, Chief Minister Security, who was regularly briefing them about the system. The delegation interacted with devotees standing in long queues and watched how police constables and officers were dealing with the public. A. Eyal, security official, said India was the largest democracy in the world and they had come to study the security system for a large number of people. He said the Punjab police was doing an excellent job in providing security to the people and VVIPs. A. Eyal said after getting information, they would submit their report to the Israel government for further implementation there. LK Yadav said the delegation was getting first-hand information about the security system and he was providing all sorts of information being sought by them.
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Two arrested for illegal sand mining
Dera Bassi, December 26 The arrested accused were identified as Kuldeep Singh and Vikas. The police has registered a case against them under the Mining Act. The action was taken following the complaint of village nambardar Ramesh Singh. He complained to the police that some persons were loading sand and gravel from the samlat land. The police conducted a raid and arrested both accused. — OC
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Man booked for kidnapping minor
Dera Bassi, December 26 The case was registered following the complaint of the victim’s father, Venod Mahto, a resident of Focal Point, Dera Bassi. In his complaint to the police, he alleged that his 15-year-old daughter, who was working in a nearby factory, was kidnapped on December 13 by Mange Ram. — OC
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Dera Bassi, December 26 The police has registered a case under the Excise Act. The police has taken the liquor boxes and the car into its custody. The police said the seized liquor was brought from Chandigarh on cheaper rates to sell it on dearer rates in Haryana. — OC
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Attack on NRI: Two held near Zirakpur
Zirakpur, December 26 The two were intercepted between Derabassi and Zirakpur by a police party led by senior police officers. They were traveling in a black car. When they were signaled to stop, they tried to flee abandoning the vehicle, but were overpowered by the police. An FIR under sections 307/395/148 and 149 of the IPC and 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act had been registered at the Division No. 8 police station in Ludhiana on a complaint of Paramjit Singh against Maninderpal, Emman, Alias Aman, and Rishi Banda. Emman was also arrested by the Ludhiana police today. Senior police officials said the remaining two accused were tracked to the areas of the districts of Patiala and Mohali. Police parties were sent to these districts. The suspects would be handed over to the Ludhiana police.
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2 held with heroin
Chandigarh, December 26 Besides booking the two in a case of drug smuggling, the police has also added sections 279, 337 and 120B (rash and negligent driving) against the two accused. The police arrested Amandeep on the spot and while Dalbir tried to flee in his car. As he accelerated, he met with an accident and suffered injuries. He was admitted to the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sector 16. Meanwhile, the two were produced in court, which remanded them in two-day police custody. The police said the two were drug addicts and had disclosed that they purchased the drug for their own consumption. Last week, a student of Government College Sector 11, Radhika Vashisht, had died of overdose of heroin and the police had booked two persons in a case of culpable homicide. They had brought the drug consignment from Amritsar.
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Two injured in accident
Chandigarh, December 26 The injured were identified as Nitish Joshi and his sister Anchal. Both were admitted to the hospital with critical injuries. The police has booked the driver of the bus for rash and negligent driving under Sections 279, 337 of the IPC. Later, the accused was granted bail. The driver has been identified as Vijay Kumar, a resident of Maloya Colony. — TNS
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Punjabi varsity rowers win
Chandigarh, December 26 In men’s section Punjabi University won the top honour after securing 18 points. The Panjab University, Chandigarh, finished second with 7 points and while Kurukshetra University with 6 points, attained third place in the competition. In women section, the Kerala University won first position by 18 points followed by Punjabi University and Madras University with 9 and 6 points, respectively. The rowers of Punjabi University won the overall Championship with total 27 points whereas Kerala University finished runners-up with 18 points. The Punjab University Chandigarh attained third position with 7 points.
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Northern Railway defeat Punjab Police
Chandigarh, December 26 For Railway, Jasjeet Singh drew the first blood in the 14th minute of the game. But the opponents levelled the score through Harinder Singh in the 39th minute. The winning side again gained the lead through Jasjeet Singh, who strikes the wooden plank in the 44th minute followed by another goal by S Basen in the 62nd minute. For the Police team, Harmanbir Singh reduced the margin to 3-2 after scoring a brace in the 67th minute of the match. But Sajjan Singh sealed the match at 4-2 after scoring the last goal through an awarded penalty corner in the 69th minute. In the second match, the team of Rail Coach Factory (RCF) played well against Surjit Hockey Academy and named the match by 2-1. Surjit scored the first goal of the match with Harjeet Singh striking the wooden plank in the 31st minute of the match. But Deepak Kumar scored the equaliser in the 43rd minute for the RCF outfit. The first half of the match was locked at 1-1 but the RCF team clinched the thriller after Sandeep Singh scored the wining goal in the dying minutes of the match. In the last match, the Indian Air Force piped off ITBP by 4-1. For the Air Force team, Lovpreet (13 and 36th minute), Sanwar (22nd minute), Aalam (51st minute) and Lovpreet (64th minute) scored goals while for loosing side Lakhwainder Singh reduced scored the lone consoling goal in the 38th minute.
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Dushmant outplays Shubham in badminton
Chandigarh, December 26 In the match of boys (U-17) category, Tridip Boro defeated Saurav Tomar by 21-17,11-21, 21-18 while Gopalakrishna Reddy D beat Arjun Sachdeva 24-22, 21-12. Results: Khaja bt Vaikunth 22-20 21-16; Aswin SK bt Himanshu 21-15 21-9; Shubham, BHR, bt Aman, MP, 21-14 21-18; Umair, UP, bt Nilesh, MP, 21-13 16-21 21-15; Sanjay, MP, bt Chandrabhushan, UP, 22-24 21-15 22-20; Aibhav, UTR, bt Divyansh, HAR, 21-12 21-19; Saneem, UP, bt Satish Naidu J, AP, 21-11 18-21 21-11; Himanshu Saroha, HAR, bt Yaman Rathore, MP, 21-15 21-19; Hardik Makkar, HAR, bt Singh Deepak Patwal, UP, 21-11 15-21 21-19; Raghunad Sai D, AP, bt Prasanjit Shirodkar, MAH, 21-17 18-21 21-9; Yash Kumar, DLI, bt Nihar Kelkar, MAH, 21-10 21-17; Sahaj Minhas, DLI, bt Ayush Gautam, HAR, 18-21 21-19 21-17; Rahul Shah, UP, bt Dushmant M, ORI, 21-8 21-8; Gopalakrishna Reddy D, AP, bt Tridip Boro, ASM, 21-23 21-16 21-17; Aswin Satheeshan SK, KER, bt Khaja Fazil Ahmed Shaik, AP, 21-17 21-15; Shubham Kumar, BHR, bt Mohd Umair Siddiqui, UP, 21-16 21-16; Vaibhav Chauhan, UTR, bt Sanjay Thakur, MP, 21-10 21-10; Saneem Riaz, UP, bt Himanshu Saroha, HAR, 21-9 21-10; Raghunad Sai D, AP, bt Hardik Makkar, HAR, 11-21 21-12 21-15; Sahaj Minhas, DLI, bt Yash Kumar, DLI, 21-13 14-21 21-13; Girls (U-17)-Vidhu Nair, KER, bt Meghana Kulkarni, KTK, 24-26 21-12 21-16; Surbhi Balvir, DLI, bt Anshumita Srivastava, UP, 18-21 21-15 21-17; Maitreyee Khatri, GUJ, bt Shalini Shukla, UP, 21-13 21-9; Brinda Singh, DLI, bt Divyanshi Rathore, HAR 21-17 21-15; Rucha Rajopadhye, MAH, bt Isha Dash, DLI, 21-10 21-17; Siri Chandana O, AP, bt Gayatri Swaroop, HAR, 21-14 21-10; Noor Chhatwal, DLI bt Anagha Moghe, GUJ 21-10 21-17; Rujuta Bhagwat DLI, bt Bhavya Aneja 24-22 21-11. Boys (U-17)-Febin Dileep and Dhanush VM bt Ayush Kanungo and Kabir Yadav 21-10 21-14; Satish Naidu J and Akhileshwar Reddy K bt Shahid Iqbal and Arunanshu Patra 21-15, 21-14; Saneem Riaz and Aakash Kumar Tomar, UP, bt Rohan Parashar and Vikas Saroha, 21-16 21-19; Arjun Gupta and Saurav Tomar, DLI, bt Nilesh Choudhary and Vinayak Vyas, MP, 21-5 21-18; Kartik Jindal and Arjun Sachdeva, HAR, bt Amrish Kumar and Uday Rajan, 11-21 21-9 21-12; Vaibhav Chauhan and Lakshya Sen, UTR, bt Prajwal Mahajan and Shivam Sharma, PNB, 21-6 21-10; Sandeep and Himanshu Saroha, HAR, bt Pramesh Patidar and Sanjay Thakur, MP, 21-18 18-21 21-14; Utkarsh Choudhary and Saif Hidayat Warsi, UP, bt Harsh Jagdhane and Sahil Lokhande, MAH, 21-17 21-18; Aman Raikwar and Shashank Thakur bt Abdullah Khan and Harsh Singh, 13-21 22-20 21-11; Kiran Kumar G and Kiran M, KTK, bt Abhishek Singh and Hari Singh Abhishek, UP, 22-20 15-21 21-13; Kapil Chaudhry and Chandrabhushan Tripathi, UP, bt Mohit M and Ravi Teja S, AP 22-20 21-12;Ayush Gautam and Aman Kumar HAR, bt Atharva Joshi and Vaibhav Parikh, GUJ 23-21 21-17; Ankit Kumar and Rahul Raj Ram Naresh, BHR, bt Abhishek Saini and Rajat Saini, HAR, 21-19 21-13; Raghunad Sai D and Revanth K, AP, bt Siddharth Pratap Singh and Sujey Tamboli, CG, 21-15 21-11; Febin Dileep and Dhanush VM, KER, bt Satish Naidu J and Akhileshwar Reddy K, AP, 21-15 21-11; Arjun Gupta and Saurav Tomar, DLI, bt Saneem Riaz and Aakash Kumar Tomar, UP, 19-21 21-19 21-17; Vaibhav Chauhan and Lakshya Sen, UTR, bt Kartik Jindal and Arjun Sachdeva, HAR, 21-19 21-10; Sandeep and Himanshu Saroha, HAR, bt Utkarsh Choudhary and Saif Hidayat Warsi, UP, 21-17 21-19; Mayank Ahuja and Shivam Saini, HAR, bt Aman Raikwar and Shashank Thakur, MP, 21-14 21-13; Kapil Chaudhry and Chandrabhushan Tripathi, UP, bt Kiran Kumar G and Kiran M, KTK, 21-19 21-12.
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Driving passion for these teachers
Chandigarh, December 26 Passion and experiment are two different terms. But for these three women participating in the 4th edition of the Old Yadvindrian’s Association (OYA) Chandigarh Adventure Motocross on experiment basis turned into their new passion. A teacher by profession, 23-year-old Amanpreet Kaur, had never thought of drifting all the way to a dirt track and will secure second place while participating in the event for the first time. “I have never participated in car racing activities. Although being a regular road driver I was confident of performing well but driving down to dirttrack left me with an amazing experience. My father asked me to participate in the event and now I just wanted to be part of a regular racing team. I am looking forward to nurture my skills in the car racing world,” said Amanpreet. Another teacher, a new entry to the car-racing world added, “It was a great and memorable experience. My husband, who is part of the event, has motivated me to participate in the event. Now, I just wanted to be a regular part of the racing events. The drifts were hard to handle but as a beginner, I have justified my part,” said 38-year-old Kamal, a teacher. The two amateur drivers faced a tough resistance from the 35-year-old professional car racer, Nidhi Aulukh. “Racing is my passion and it runs out through my family. Being a sports person, it always becomes a priority to experiment new things and after marriage my husband’s interest in racing let me to opt for it. I have participated in almost six or seven professional events including Santa Banta racing, Women on Wheels and SJOBA rally,” said Nidhi.
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Shishu Niketan win cricket tournament
Chandigarh, December 26 Batting first, the winning side posted a total of 85 runs in 8 overs with Ayush Kanger contributing 29 of 53. In reply, Baptist school failed to attain the target and fell short of 14 runs. Bowler Jitender claimed 4 for 15. Earlier, in the semifinal matches, the Shishu Niketan Public School-43, defeated Vivek High School while the Baptist school overcame GMSSS-23. — TNS
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Chandigarh, December 26 Shivansh bagged the title after wining the race of boys (U-15) category. In girl’s section of triple jump, Manpreet and Parul shared the honors. Hyeon Woo won the triple jump event of boys (U-15). Results: Boys (U-14) Triple Jump-Vishesh Bansal; Boys (U-15)-Hyeon Woo; Girls (U-15)-Manpreet; Girls (U-9) Long Jump-Prabhnoor; Girls (U-11)-Gurman; Girls (U-12) Long Jump-Navleen Kaur; Boys (U-12)-Kunal; Boys (U-13)-Saman Singh; Girls (U-13)-Priyanshu; Girls (U-14) Triple Jump-Parul. — TNS
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