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Fatehgarh Sahib becomes first dist in state to implement scheme
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 17 “Three districts of the state, Fatehgarh Sahib, Gurdaspur and Nawan Sahar, were among the 51 districts of the country selected by the Union Government to launch the pilot project of the DCT Scheme,” said Yashvir Mahajan, Deputy Commissioner. He said that till March 1 in Sirhind block under the Dhan Luxmi Scheme and the Matric Technical Education Scholarship scheme Rs 1.28 crore has been deposited in the accounts of 3,668 beneficiaries. He said at initial stage the cash amount was being directly transferred to the bank accounts of 25,948 beneficiaries belonging to12 welfare schemes.
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Strike: Lawyers should not turn lawbreakers The recent strike by lawyers has once again brought them in news for wrong reasons. It was shameful act as the law keepers turned themselves into lawbreakers. The lawyers need to be more disciplined and maintain dignity of their designation. What example will they display for their juniors if they themselves exhibit such unruly behaviour? This lawlessness and indiscipline call for strict rules and regulations stating code of conduct. The ones violating the rules should be suspended and fined suitably. To serve the purpose, counselling classes should be conducted to remind them of their duties so that such incidents do not occur in future. Every problem has a solution and they should have adopted a peaceful manner to display their demands. Being public servants, the common man should be their priority. Vineet Kapoor, PanchkulaLitigants should not be made to suffer It is not for the first time that the lawyers in the city have gone on strike. The rules for performing the duties are framed by the rule making authorities and the subordinates are simply to implement these rules. As a matter of fact, it becomes obvious that rule/lawmakers themselves play a key role in the simultaneous brutalisation and emasculation of India’s police force. While implementing the rule/laws, there is a greater need to exercise restraint that the police personnel, especially at the lower level need to have a change in their colonial mind set. Though we all have sympathies with the lawyers, who have allegedly been insulted, but not at the cost of the litigants, as in the past it has become a routine affair to observe strike even on a slightest pretext by the lawyers fraternity little knowing that large number of cases are pending in various courts and how much expenditure costs the exchequer for one day’s absence. With this aim in view, even the Apex Court had curtailed the conventional summer vacations .It is proved beyond any iota of truth that on the one hand there is a lengthy and cumbersome procedure of our judicial delivery system and on the other lawyers want to go on strike. SK
Khosla, Condemnable act The recent strike by lawyers to get their demands fulfilled was condemnable. They should have opted for some peaceful method. Common man suffered a lot in their strike. The public servants should not forget their duty and their sole duty is to serve the public. The lawyers have to be much more disciplined and responsible towards the duties assigned to them. There should be a certain code of conduct and the ones violating the norms must be suitably fined or punished. Training sessions must be held at regular intervals to remind them about their duties and responsibilities. Dr Shruti
Kapoor, Ugly situation could have been avoided It is sad that the fight between the lawyers and the police had taken an ugly turn in the city. It is also shameful that a small incident has taken the form of a wild fire. Had the Advocate General in question shown his smart card as his ID proof to the policeman at the gate before entering the High Court premises, as was the norm, such an ugly situation would not have taken place at all. The public in the form of litigants must not be harassed and fleeced by the lawyers and the police together as was done in the recent strike by the lawyers. RK
Kapoor, Lawyers should learn to obey rules The trade unions resort to strike and disrupt normal functioning of the work that causes in numerable difficulties and inconvenience to the general public. No sane person would approve the conduct of the lawyers who brought thousands of the litigants to face the music. This kind of action must be condemned and deplored and the lawyer community should first learn to obey the sanctity of the rules rather than displaying their might over a trivial matter. Satish Chandra Sharma, OPEN HOUSE QUESTION Union Railway Minister and Member of Parliament Pawan Kumar Bansal’s statement regarding UT officials not focusing on city development during their stint in the city has thrown open a serious debate about the accountability of officers coming on deputation from the Centre, Punjab and Haryana and lack of control by their political masters. Write your suggestions to openhouse@tribunemail.com.
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Auto driver, kin among five arrested with fake currency
Mohali, March 17 The facts came to light during the interrogation of the five members of a gang, who were arrested yesterday by the Mohali Police with fake currency of Rs 94,000 and 1 kg of poppy heads. The miscreants used to get the drugs from Uttar Pradesh. The police said this was the third consignment of the gang members. “Earlier, they got fake currency of Rs 25,000 and Rs 35,000 from Nepal,” said the police. Today, Tarlochan Singh, his wife, Kailash Kaur, and son, Harjeet Singh, along with Naresh Kumar and Sanjay Kumar, both brothers and residents of Sector 45, Chandigarh, were produced before the court. They all were sent to a three-day police remand. Tarlochan Singh told the police that they used to dispose off the fake currency at petrol pumps or small shops.
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Police releases sketch of accused
Chandigarh, March 17 The victim is a resident of Sector 47 and her father is a junior warrant officer in the Indian Air Force. According to the complaint, the victim was forcibly pushed into a Maruti car by three persons around 7 pm when she had gone to the Sector 47 market along with her mother. The miscreants tried to rape her in the moving car. For over two hours, the car kept roaming in different parts of the city. The accused threw her out of the car near Sector 26 after she raised a hue and cry. Passersby informed the police and the victim was rushed to the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital in Sector 16 and her medical examination stated that she was subjected to sexual assault. The provocation behind the incident was that the girl had slapped one of the accused in the Sector 47 market on March 14 after he passed lewd remarks about her. A case has been registered at the Sector 31 police station. Two eve-teasing cases registered
The police has arrested Shambhu, a resident of Rajasthan, who intended to outrage a girl's modesty near the inner market of Sector 9. In another incident, a girl alleged that two unknown persons riding a Pulsar motor cycle (CH-03Y-8417) passed lewd remarks about her and also threatened her near the gurdwara roundabout in Sector 34. A case of obscene acts and songs, word, gesture or act intended to insult a woman's modesty and act done by several persons under sections 294, 509 and 34 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 34 police station.
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Retired cop commits suicide
Zirakpur, March 17 The police said body has been handed over to his family after conducting the post-mortem. The deceased was mentally upset and got early retirement from his job.
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Man robbed in grain market
Chandigarh, March 17 Shiv Kumar, a resident of Shimla, reported to the police that three persons, who were riding a Pulsar, took away Rs 5,000 from him near Dharam Kanta, Grain Market, Sector 26. A Case under sections 382 and 34 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 26 police station. The police has arrested one of the accused, Mustak Ali, a resident of Bapu Dham Colony.
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This 10-year-old boy is a diehard fan of Team India
Chandigarh, March 17 The Class V student of a local school was livewire of the terrace block of the PCA Stadium, Mohali, during the ongoing third test match between India and Australia for Border-Gavaskar trophy, here. His presence enthralled the gathering and he has been watching the match from the past three days. Named as ‘Chotta Bhim’, he was cheering from team India, from the pavilion end. In his efforts, he is leaving no stone unturned, from flurrying the national flag to hooting at peak and from clapping loud to blowing the conch. “I am in love with the game since 2006 and haven’t missed a single match held here in Mohali. My favorite players are Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, MS Dhoni.And Shikhar Dhawan is a new edition to my star list. I am a die-hard fan of the game and will go anywhere to cheer my team,” said Adarsh. Even the telecasters of the match could not stop them to conduct a live interview with him during the lunch break. “He is a great enthusiast of the game. In future, if he opts to plays cricket with same zeal and confidence, he could surely become a successful player,” said a spectator, in stands. Busy in cheering the Indian side, he refused to comment on opting cricket, as his future-career. When he slapped an Australian fan The 10-year-old, full of energy, Adrash, reportedly slapped an Australian team supporter after the latter allegedly abused him. The incident left the police to take action as he and his other two pals were shifted to members-block chairs from terrace-block. “An Australian fan abused us and he just slapped him slightly. After that gesture, the police personnel shifted us to stands of members block,” said Sudhir, Sachin’s fan. Pretty faces
On the third day of the ongoing match, the TV crew set up at the PCA Stadium,
Mohali, found some pretty faces for the small-screen spectators. Although the stadium was not fully equipped with the spectators but last night’s dream debut by Shikhar
Dhawan, attracted ample number of eves to witness the day. “I just came to watch Shikhar Dhawan but he was dismissed early. He is a new face of cricket in his very debut, so I came to watch him,” said a spectator, Anjana
Kapur.
Early dismissal of Sachin, Dhawan
The early dismissal of last day’s hero Shikhar Dhawan and a short innings of Sachin Tendulkar made the local crowd to sit back home. Shikhar Dhawan added only 2 runs in his 187 runs total while Sachin scored 37 runs. “Earlier, Dhawan gifted his wicket and before lunch Sachin got dismissed, so there was no use to going to the stadium and watch the match,” said Aulakh Singh.
Police vehicles spotted with tinted glasses
Cars of Punjab police personnel, with tinted glasses, outside the PCA Stadium, are turning out to be a perfect example of law breakers. Even the CCTV van, deployed outside one of the gates, is among the vehicles with black filming windowpanes. An Alto car (near gate No. 11), Scorpio police-gypsy and a white color Tata Sumo (near gate No. 1) were seen with tinted glasses. “The police personnel coming from other districts are he one who own these cars, with tinted glasses,” said a police personal, seeking anonymity.
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Pune boxers lift overall trophy
Chandigarh, March 17 The team of Indian Navy scored 19 points to finish second while the team of Madhya Pradesh secured 18 points to finish third in the competition. Davender from Indian Army was declared as best boxer while local boxer Shubham Singh was declared as the best looser. Results: Men’s Light Fly (46-49kg)-Davender, Ankur Bansiwai, Sudeep and Gagandeep Singh. Men’s fly (52kg)-Tarseem Kumar, Sandeep, Sumit Kumar and Sadish Kumar. Men’s Bantam (56kg)-Vijay Yadav, Manjeet Kumar, Deepak Singh and Rahul Yadav; Men’s light (60kg)-Sandeep Kumar, Shahanshar, Akashdeep and Deeraj; Men’s light Welter (64kg)-Duryodhan Singh, Naresh Kumar,Dushyant and Vijender; Men’s Welter (69kg)-Roshan Lal, Nitish Shukla, Bhupender Singh and Shubham Singh. Men’s middle (75kg)- Arun Kumar, Harpal, Dewanshu and Jitender. Men’s light heavy (81kg)-Akash Kumar, Surender, Gaurav Pawar, Tek Chand. Men’s heavy (91kg)-Sujeet Kumar, Brijesh Yadav, Varbhya Kumar and Vikas Singh. Mean’s super heavy (+91kg)-Arun Kumar, Rajvir, Ali Asgar and Balljinder Singh.
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Garima claims top spot in 70-kg category
Chandigarh, March 17 In the same event, Sarah Majid of Mumbai University, Mumbai, secured runners-up place. Ramandeep of Ch. Devi. Lal University, Sirsa, and Ranjeeta of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, attained third place in the competition. Results: Monika Malab of Kota University, Kota (Rajasthan); Manal of Punjabi University, Patiala; Rimple of Ch. Devi. Lal University, Sirsa; Nippu Jamwal of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; 52 Weight Category-Rajeshwari Chanu of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Varsha Roy of Panjab University, Chandigarh; Neha of Delhi University, Delhi; Ankita of Ch. Devi Lal University, Sirsa.
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GCG Club register win in netball tournament
Chandigarh, March 17 The team of Khalsa College club beat the GCM Club by 18-15 to attain third place in the championship. In the finals of men’s section, the team of Panjab University Campus defeated Sri Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, Sector 26, by 36-30 while the team of Government Model Senior Secondary School Club, Sector 20, trounced Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11, by 20-18, to attain second runners-up position during the Senior State Netball Championship.
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