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Dera Bassi, March 6
A blood donation camp was organised on the campus of the Punjab Group of Colleges in Lalru.

The camp was held in association with the Bharat Vikas Parisad, Dera Bassi. It was inaugurated by PK Dhawan, chairman of the Punjab Group of Colleges.

A team of doctors from GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh, visited the college campus and collected as many as 125 units of blood from students and faculty members.

Dera Bassi, March 6
A free medical and a dental check-up camp was organised at Atri Public School, Lalru Mandi, by the Sri Sukhmani Multi-Specialty Hospital and Dental College, Dera Bassi.—OC

Chandigarh, March 6
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today submitted the closure report for the second time in the multi-crore scam related to the amusement-cum-theme park project involving former UT Administration officials as the accused. The CBI had sent notice to the complainant to appear in court on March 12.

The CBI had first filed the closure report in April last year, which was rejected by the court in August after hearing the arguments. The court had then directed the CBI to re-investigate the case.

The case of corruption, abuse of power and criminal conspiracy was registered in 2010 against former UT adviser Lalit Sharma, former UT Home Secretary Krishan Mohan and former Director Tourism Vivek Atray.

The FIR registered by the CBI in the multi-crore amusement-cum-theme park project scam had stated that the Chandigarh Administration’s former top bureaucrats, in connivance with M/s Unitech Limited, indulged in criminal conspiracy and awarded 73.65 acres of land in Sarangpur village to Unitech Limited at Rs 5.5-crore fixed annual license fee and 1.1 per cent annual revenue sharing. By doing so, the FIR stated, they caused “wrongful loss to the government and corresponding wrongful gain to Unitech Limited, Gurgaon.”

It was alleged that the Chandigarh Administration ignored financial rules while inviting tenders and shortlisting companies. These officers had allegedly “ignored” the highest bidder, DLF, and allotted the project to Unitech. The case had been referred to the CBI by the CVC.

After the closure report was filed last year, the complainant, Vivek Aditya, had stated that the CBI was concealing facts from the court and had imposed softer sections on the accused. The complainant had also pointed out that even though the CVC had determined that there was a needle of suspicion towards the former UT Administrator SF Rodrigues, he was nowhere mentioned in the case.

Chandigarh, March 6
A local court today framed charges of attempt-to-murder against two constables, including a woman constable, in an attempt to murder case.

The court framed charges under Section 307 of the IPC against constable Rajesh Kumar and his accomplice Niharika for attempting to murder Santosh Devi, Rajesh’s wife.

The incident was reported in September, 2012, and the case was registered in October after a detailed inquiry by the police found the two constables guilty. The incident was reported on August 20 when Santosh Devi, wife of constable Rajesh, managed to survive the murder attempt on her and returned to her house in police lines, Sector 26.

She had then confronted her husband, who had by then cooked up a story of his wife’s death. He had told his family that Santosh died after falling in the Ganges in Haridwar “accidentally”. High drama was witnessed when Santosh returned and narrated the story of her murder attempt to her family. She told the police that her husband pushed her into the Ganges.

In her statement to the police, Santosh stated that Rajesh made Niharika sit in their car while they were on their way to Haridwar and told her that Niharika had asked for a lift. Till then, he had not disclosed her real name to her.

Santosh further told the police that her husband took her to Haridwar and then he along with Niharika pushed her into the Ganges.

Mohali, March 6
The police has arrested a student in connection with an incident in which armed men went on the rampage and damaged property in Phase XI during the night of March 3.

SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said, “The arrested student, Gurpreet Singh Brar, who was the main accused, is a resident of Badshahpur in Patiala district. He is a first-year student of DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh.”

The SSP said during investigations it was found that the complainant, Mohan Inder Singh Virk, was known to Brar. About two weeks ago, Brar’s sister got married and Virk was not invited to the wedding. However, Virk along with his friends came to the ladies’ sangeet function uninvited and damaged the DJ equipments.

The SSP said Brar and his friends attacked Virk’s house in Phase XI in order to take revenge. Brar’s friend Parry, who is also a final-year student of DAV College, Chandigarh, and five other friends were the suspects in the incident.

In the incident, furniture and windowpanes of Virk’s house were damaged apart from cars of neighbours parked in the area.

Virk told the police that he was a property dealer and a finance adviser. He said he had gone to Shimla with his friends on March 1. On March 3, he was told by a friend on the phone that some unidentified persons had barged into his house and damaged property apart from six cars of neighbours.

A case under Sections 452, 457, 380, 427, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC has been registered in this regard.

Chandigarh, March 6
Tall claims of the UT police of “safety for women, received a jolt, when a few girls were eve-teased, at the Sector 32 market, last evening.

The siblings were coming back from the market at around 8.30 pm and three men began following them in a white Honda car. After following for a distance, the miscreants started using abusive language and passing lewd comments at them.

“The men, in a white Honda car (Ch04B 4722), started honking and following us. Soon, we reached near our house. They continued to pass lewd remarks and used abusive language. After reaching home, I called up the police and filed a complaint” said the complainant. Adding further she said, “The police failed to give us a patient hearing and after a long time lodged a DDR against the culprits. There is so much we get to read in the newspapers, but when it comes to reality women are still not safe in the city. I am shocked and have to think twice before leaving my house” said the complainant.

When contacted investigation officer ASI Gurnam Singh said “I am on duty for the past 48 hours. I will not able to comment to the issue.”

Mohali, March 6
A man, who attempted to rape a six-year-old girl in Balongi, was beaten up by people and later handed over to the police.

According to the police, the mother of the girl had complained that her daughter had gone out to play and when she went out to look for her, she was told that her daughter was in Mahesh’s house. When she went there and called out for her daughter she came out crying from the house. The girl told her mother that the man had allegedly tried to indulge in indecent acts.

Victim’s mother told the police that when she went to question Mahesh, he tried to escape. However, he was caught by people and beaten up. Later he was handed over to the police. The police has registered a case in this regard. 

Chandigarh, March 6
A total of 36 soccer players participated in the trails for filling-up the post of auditors in the Accountant General office of Haryana, at football stadium of Sector 17, here. The trails remained a dull affair as majority of participants failed to live upto the expectations of the selectors. The trails were conducted under the supervision IP Nagi, soccer coach NIS Patiala and other office bearers.

The trails included skill, speed, accuracy and stamina performance followed by match temperament. "The players are talented but due to the pressure of getting a government job, they are missing their targets" said an official. Similar kinds of trails were conducted to select hockey players at hockey stadium of sector 42.

Chandigarh, March 6
As many as than 800 wrestlers including girls, will participate in the 32nd Junior Boys (Freestyle and Greeco-Roman) and 15th Female (freestyle) Junior Wrestling Championships to be hosted at the Rink Hall of Sector 10 from May 9 to12.

The Union Territory Wrestling Association general secretary Darshan Lal and vice-president Vibha Ray said, wrestlers from more than 25 states will compete in the junior nationals.

The will be two, to be used for conducting bouts at the Sector 10 Rink Hall. According to the officials, the Wrestling Federation of India will also select probables for the national coaching camps from these nationals.

The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) officials will take the samples at random for analysis by the WADA certified agency in New Delhi to contain the menace of doping among sportspersons, which has been one of the major concerns during the recent times.

Chandigarh, March 6
The Government College of Commerce and Business Administration Sector 42 celebrated its 5th Annual Athletic Meet, here. The event was inaugurated by Surinder Mahajan, an international badminton coach. During the meet, the college athletes were advised to lead a drug free and healthy life.

Chandigarh, March 6
The 26th edition of SJOBA Thunderbolt Sub-Himalayan Open Rally will be held from March 22-24. As many as 200 participants from various parts of the region and country will vie for the top honours. The rally will have 11 competitive stages and the winners will carry a total prize money of about Rs 2,50,000. The rally is open to jeeps/gypsies, cars and bikes.

The event will be organised in two major categories: 'Challenge' and 'Endurance Trial'. The endurance trial is a Time-Speed- Distance (TSD), based format and is regarded as a sober version of rallying.There will be around 60 teams in the SJOBA challenge, 25 teams in SJOBA endurance trial and 25 bikers in the SJOBA challenge moto category.

Ropnagar, March 6
The 26th Dashmesh Hawks All India Hockey Festival, Rupnagar, is to begin on March 6 at the Hawks Stadium, here. The event will be inaugurated by the Punjab Health Minister Madan Mohan Mittal while Dr Daljit Singh Cheema, MLA, Rupnagar, will preside over the inaugural function.

Before the matches start, young and budding hockey players of the Hawks Club will bring a holy torch from Gurdwara Shri Bhatha Sahib. The general secretary of the Hawks Club S S Saini said that 12 teams would participate in the festival and final match would be played on March 10. The winning team will receive a cash prize of Rs 51,000 besides the winning trophy. The runners- up will get the cash prize Rs 31,000. All The players of both the winning teams shall receive individual prizes. Besides famous Punjabi folk singers would also enthral the spectators on the occasion, he said.

Rupnagar Hawks is an exclusive club which has its own stadium and infrastructure. The club has raised Rupnagar Hockey not only to the national but the International level, during its 46 years of existence. Recently, Dharamvir Singh, a hawk, represented India at London Olympics, said Saini."