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Chandigarh, January 16
A day after the police arrested two students from Barnala for firing shots at the police, the accused were remanded in a four-day police custody.

The police had arrested Nitin Preet Brar and Gurpreet as they brandished a pistol at the cops stationed at a barricade on the road separating Sectors 50 and 5 and fired six rounds. The barricade was set up near Burail Jail in the wake of Republic Day. The two youths from Barnala were overpowered and were taken into custody.

The two have been booked for attempt to murder under Section 307, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty 353 and 25/54/59 Arms Act at the Sector 34 police stations.

Man gets two-year jail

The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, VP Sirohi, today sentenced a senior assistant in the office of DPI in Sector 17 to a two-year imprisonment in a bribe case.

In 2007, Rakesh Kumar, had demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 500 for attesting documents of a student, Charanjeet Singh, and had been held guilty.

A fine of Rs 15,000 was also imposed on him.

The student had approached the Central Vigilance Department in 2007 and filed a complaint against Rakesh Kumar who had been demanding a bribe from all those who wanted to get a file moved or attestation done. After investigations were done by the department, the official was arrested in a case of demanding and accepting bribe.

Mohali, January 16
The police has booked a resident of Kangra district on charges of cheating and forgery.

The police said Inderpal Singh, a resident of Sector 70 here, complained to the police that Vikram alias Mandy Burgaza, a resident of Sokni Ghat village falling in Kangra district, had allegedly cheated his daughter.

He further said Vikram became friendly with his daughter and told her that his parents stayed in Switzerland and were citizens of that country. He allegedly took her into confidence and got deposited Rs 3.89 lakh in a fake account opened by him. The amount was not returned back.

The complaint was inquired into by the in charge of the EO Wing and opinion of the district attorney was also taken.

Later, a case was registered in this regard.

Chandigarh, January 16
SHSM College for Women, Chella Mukhsuspur, (Hoshiarpur), beat Guru Nanak College for Girls, Muktsar, by 3-0 in the ongoing Inter-College Football (Women) Tournament being held on PU grounds, Chandigarh. For the winners’ side, Parvir Kaur scored 2 goals, while Harjot Kaur made one goal.

In another match, GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar (Ludhiana), beat SGHRS College for Women, Chabbewal (Hoshiarpur), by 9-0.

For the winning side, Veerpal Kaur scored the maximum 3 goals followed by Gurpreet Kaur (2 goals), one each by Manpreet Kaur, Jagdeep Kaur, Sumandeep Kaur and Sandeep Kaur.

Chandigarh, January 16
More than 100 couples from all over the country will converge on the Sector 10 skating rink campus in Chandigarh on January 27 to display their dancing skills in the first Chandigarh Open Prize Money Dance Sport Championship.

Giving this information, Gursharan Singh, secretary general, Chandigarh Dance Sport Association, said the championship had received a good response. Interest among dance enthusiasts of the Latin American and standard dance forms had gone up following the inclusion of dance sport as a medal sport in the Beijing Asian Games.

This dance sport has also been included in the Olympic Games as a demonstrative sport and will be included in the Olympiad as a medal sport very soon. This sport is a mega spectator event, drawing as much crowd as figure skating in the Winter Olympic Games.

Three girls of “Jhalak Dikhla Jaa” fame, which focuses dancing skills on the small screen, will be the main attraction in the one-day mega event. These include Priti Gupta, who holds the world record for dancing non-stop for the longest time, Tanushree and Arpita Ranadev.

Priti Gupta has also taken part in the Asian Dance Sport Championship at several venues, along with Shanon Benjamin, where the two finished fourth.

The star-studded evening will also include a Rock "n" Roll performance by the famous Tanushree group. This event has also been included as a separate event in the Asian Games.

Mohali, January 16
A well-known marathon runner, Fauja Singh (102), today led a run organised in protest against rapists and in favour of giving women due respect in society. The run, named as “jagat janani”, was organised by a Punjabi newspaper and started from the Phase I Industrial Area. After crossing various areas, the run culminated at the Phase VII market.

MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu, international runner Maan Kaur (96), her son Gurdev Singh (76), Pal Singh (60), Brig Kuldeep Singh (retd) and schoolchildren were among the participants.

The mini-marathon was flagged off by Arjuna Awardee and SP (Traffic) Sunita Rani.

Fauja Singh said one should fight social evils unitedly and create a new and healthy society. He also urged the youth to keep away from drugs. — OC

Chandigarh, January 16
SC Khanna, founder member of both Chandigarh Hockey Association and Rock Rovers Hockey Club, died here this afternoon after protracted illness. He was 75.

He was also the treasurer of the Chandigarh Hockey Association and vice-president of the Rock Rovers Club. He will be cremated tomorrow at the Sector 25 cremation ground at 12.30 pm.

Chandigarh, January 16
Chandigarh fencing team of the Education Department gave a thundering performance at the 58th National School Games, which concluded in Jalgaon (Maharashtra) on January 13.

The team won 24 medals (3 gold, 14 silver and 7 bronze) in the event. While the U-19 girls’ team won the overall trophy, the U-14 girls’ team won the runners-up trophy.

U-17 boys and girls finished with the overall third position. Seventeen states participated in the tournament and Chandigarh fencing team was declared second in the overall category.

Director of Public Instructions (Schools) Upkar Singh, Deputy Director Schools Chanchal Singh, Assistant Deputy Director Saroj Mittal, DEO Ram Kumar, Principal GMSSS-10 Indra Beniwal and coach Charanjeet Kaur congratulated the fencers.