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40 goats found dead in temple
Our Correspondent

Kalka, April 30
As many as 40 goats died today in the historic Kali Mata Temple under mysterious circumstances. Sources said the temple administration noticed the incident when the devotees, who had come to pay obeisance in the temple, sensed some foul smell in the morning hours. When the hall, in which the goats are kept, was opened it was found that over 40 goats were lying dead.

As the news in this regard spread, people thronged in the temple and anguished over the death of the goats raised slogans against the officials of the Mansa Devi shrine board. They alleged that it happened due to inadequate arrangements.

Sources added that the incident might have happened due to suffocation and starvation. OP Sihag, EO Panchkula Corporation, Tesildar Kalka, Satish Singla, and SDM Kalka, Manita Malik, also rushed the temple to take a stock of the situation and pacified the people.

Deputy Commissioner, Ashima Brar, also reached temple. Although the temple administration has deputed two employees, who are caretaker and responsible for the arrangements of eating and other care of the goats. A committee has been formed, which would investigate the whole episode. Notably, under the faith, the devotees offer goat and wine in the Kali mata temple after their wishes are fulfilled.

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Youth held on charge of raping minor
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, April 30
The Lalru police has arrested a youth for allegedly raping a minor girl at Dappar village on Monday. Samples of medical examination of the victim has been sent for analysis by the doctors of the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi.

The police sources said that the accused has been identified as Santosh, alias Gopal, who hails from Madhya Pradesh had allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl on the night of April 27 at Dappar village. The family of the victim had been living here for the past some years and the accused was also living in the same house on rent since last month.

Ravi Thapa, father of the victim, complained to the police that the accused raped his daughter on the night of April 27. But due to threat of the accused, the victim did not tell the incident to the family.

The accused had allegedly taken the girl in his room when she had gone for bathroom at 11pm on the night of April 27 after which he raped her and threatened of dire consequences if she would tell anybody about the incident.

The accused has been booked under Sections 376 and 506 of the IPC and the police has started the investigation.

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Girl, woman commit suicide

Fatehgarh Sahib, April 30
A 22-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with a ceiling fan at her house here today. The deceased has been identified as Priyanka Verma, a BA final year student of Mata Gujri College.

The police has also found a suicide note in which she stated that no one should be held responsible for her suicide. She mentioned that she was taking the extreme step as she had continuously failed to clear her paper in the past three attempts.

Meanwhile, a woman of Suhavi village committed suicide in her house by consuming some poisonous substance. The victim has been identified as Surinderpal Kaur. — TNS

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Man held for abducting girl
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, April 30
The local police has nabbed an accused along with a minor girl, who was allegedly abducted from Kuranwala village. The accused has been identified as Manpreet Singh, a 20-year-old resident of Fatehpur Jattan village.

Manpreet was sent to Patiala jail on a 14-day judicial remand. The police had registered a case against him under Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC, while the girl has been sent to the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi, for medical examination.

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child molestation
10-yr jail for ex-Army man
Tribune News Services

Nand KishorePanchkula, April 30
The retired Army personnel, Nand Kishore, who was found guilty of physically abusing two schoolchildren was awarded a ten-year imprisonment by the local court. During the hearing today, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 8,000 on Nand Kishore, who was convicted on April 26.

The identification done by victims in the case served as major evidence against the accused.

Kishore was arrested on September 6, 2012, by the Panchkula police for physically abusing two schoolchildren, residents of Sector 19, Abhaypur, and studying in Classes II and IV, on the pretext of giving them chocolates after their school got over.

Kishore used to stand outside the school and lure children to his home, where he committed the crime.

Before committing the crime, he used to show pornographic videos to the victims.

Kishore, a widower, was residing alone in a house in Abhaypur. It was the school principal who informed the victims’ families when he saw an unidentified person taking them along.

Kishore used to threaten the children that if they told anyone about the incident, he would kill them.

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Advocate accused of domestic violence
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 30
Acting on the complaint of a 22-year-old woman alleging domestic violence by an advocate, a local court today issued notice to the advocate to appear in court on May 2. In her complaint, the girl alleged that she came from Narayangarh last year and had a matrimonial dispute with her husband.

She got in touch with advocate Arvind Thakur, who told her that he would fight her case and take it to the National Human Rights Commission and also promised for an accommodation in city.

The advocate gave her a flat to reside in Sector 38 and allegedly, started living with her. The girl further alleged that the advocate married her and later she got to know that he was already married. Thereafter, the advocate allegedly asked the woman to vacate her house, also harassed her and removed her belongings from the flat. she has also attached photographs of her with the advocate. The girl has given a separate complaint to the SSP alleging rape.

When contacted advocate Arvind Thakur stated that all the allegations were baseless and that he did not even know any such girl.

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Thieves strike at gurdwara
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 30
Thieves struck at a gurdwara at Sector 43 and decamped with the cash box last night. The complainant, Jagwinder Singh of Sector 61, reported to the police that the cash box containing around Rs 40,000 was stolen from the gurdwara.

Vehicles stolen

As many as four motor vehicle thefts were reported in the city today. In the first incident, Deepak Dhingra of Sector 15 told the police that his motorcycle (no. CH-03R-6270) was stolen from outside his house. Vinod Kumar of Sector 22-C, meanwhile, reported that someone had stolen his motorcycle (no. CH-03K-4631) from outside his house day before yesterday. Harpreet Kaur of the SAS Nagar reported to the police that her Kinetic scooter (no. PB-65E-7073) was stolen from near Sector 40-C yesterday. Manohar Singh of Sector 9-D reported the theft of his Mahindra Bolero (no. CH-03Y-8330) from the parking lot of the Sector 35-B market.

Domestic help held

A domestic help was arrested for allegedly stealing a gold chain from the Sector 47 residence of one Sarika Sharma. Meanwhile, Dr NM Gupta, a resident of Sector 36-B, reported that someone had stolen two gas cylinders from outside his house. The police has registered a case.

Gold earrings snatched

A miscreant on a Kinetic Honda scooter allegedly snatched the gold earrings of a woman in Sector 41. The woman, Pushplata, was near her house when the incident took place. Another resident of Sector 41-B, Indrawati, too, alleged that a miscreant on a Kinetic Honda scooter snatched her gold earrings.

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Youth held for raping minor at Colony No. 5
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 30
A youth was held for allegedly raping a minor girl at Colony No. 5. The victim’s mother reported to the police that 21-year-old Karan Kumar had raped and threatened her 15-year-old daughter. She said the girl was alone at home when Karan, who resides in the same colony, raped her.

In a separate incident, an attempt was made to rape a minor girl in the same colony day before yesterday. The police said a 15-year-old girl alleged that her neighbour Dalip Kumar attempted to rape her. The police is yet to arrest the accused.

4 cases of crimes against women registered

The UT police registered as many as four separate cases of crimes against women in the past 24 hours. A resident of Bapu Dham colony, Parveen Bansal, was arrested for passing casteist remarks at a girl. A case was registered against an unidentified youth at the Sector 26 police station for passing lewd remarks at a woman.

In another incident, a woman alleged yesterday a group of persons thrashed, molested and threatened her near Sector 31.

In cases registered under the Dowry Act, two women accused their in-laws of torturing them for dowry. In the first incident, a woman alleged that her husband, Ajay Chabra of New Delhi, harassed her for dowry. In the other case, a city woman alleged that her husband, Sanjay Ahlawat, and her mother-in-law were harassing her.

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Pedestrian dies in accident
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 30
A 35-year-old pedestrian was killed and another injured when a speeding truck hit them while they were crossing the main road near parking lot in transport area, Sector 26, last night. The deceased has been identified as Jai Bhagwan and injured, Satbir Singh of district Sonepat in Haryana.

The truck driver, Joginder Singh, of Himachal was arrested on the spot and the medical examination confirmed the presence of alcohol in his body. The accused was also booked under the charges of drunken driving along with death due to negligent driving. Police said both injured were rushed to GMSH-16 but doctors declared Jai Bhagwan brought dead.

Sudhir Singh, while narrating the incident wais that driver tried to flee the spot but was nabbed. The body has been handed over to kin of Jai Bhagwan after postmortem examination in GMSH-16.

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8 hurt in accident
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 30
Eight residents of Khuda Lahora village returning from Patiala after attending a wedding were injured after their car rammed into a roundabout near Batra Theatre in Sector 37. The injured include Dharamvir Narang, his son Sanjay, Sanjay's wife Monica, a domestic help and three children.

They were returning from the wedding of Dharamvir's daughter. Two of the injured, Sanjay Narang and his eight-month-old daughter Jiya, were admitted to the PGI.

Dharamvir, who was driving the car, reportedly dozed off, leading to the accident.

Bonnet of the car got completely damaged. The roundabout was also damaged due to the impact.

Dharamvir runs a hardware shop in Sector 15.

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police water sports
ITBP show their might, win 11 gold
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 30
The water-sports team of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) put up a splendid show by winning 11 gold, one silver and four bronze medals at the 12th National Water-Sport Championship, concluded at the Sukhana Lake, here this evening.

The Border Security Force (BSF) team finished runners-up with seven gold medals, five silver medals and one bronze medal, while the team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) finished third with a tally of five gold medals, six silver medals and three bronze medals. In rowing, ITBP won six gold and one silver, while CRPF bagged two gold, two silver, two bronze and the team of Punjab Police won four silver and three bronze.

In kayaking event ITBP won five gold, three Bronze while the team of CRPF and BSF won one gold, three silver and one bronze each. The Uttarakhand Police finished third with 1 gold, one silver and two bronze. In Canoeing, BSF won six gold , two silver. SSB won one gold, two silver and three Bronze while CRPF completed the day with a tally of two gold and one silver.

In the demo-skill work, ITBP’s Gyarshi lal, an international rower, claimed gold medal by finishing the patch of 100m single scull event in 4:10:70 seconds, whereas constable Nitish Kumar and Gayarshi Lal finished with a time of 3:36:50 seconds to win the double scull event of 1000m.

SN Vashistha, Director General, Haryana Police awarded the winners. The championship was organised in three categories including rowing, canoeing and kayaking.

About 300 players in 19 teams, including five of Central Armed Police Forces and 14 from State Police teams participated in this competition.

Results:

Kayaking -Francis Xavier of ITBP won gold medal- 1:57.59; Manmohan Dangi of BSF won silver medal- 1:58.39; CT. Daljeet Singh of Utrakhand Police won bronze medal- 2:03.31; Kayaking- Robindra Singh and Gurmej Singh of ITBP gold medal- 1:54.86; Renjith M and Rohit Kumar of BSF won silver medal1:55.79; S Dharmender Singh and Ashok Malik of CRPF- bronze medal- 1:57.64; Kayaking-4- Manoj Kumar, Rajender Verma, O Jayanta Singh and S Rishikanta Singh of CRPF won gold medal1:38.51; Manoj Kumar, Narender Rana, Nitesh Panwar and Dinesh Saklani of Utrakhand Police won silver medal 1:41.50; Sajo Mathew, Binshu Josheph, Pankaj Kumar and Mahender Singh of ITBP won bronze medal 1:42.93; Canoeing-1 Ankit Pachori of BSF won gold medal 2:12.74; G. Suresh of Andhara Pradesh Police won Silver Medal- 2:15.59; Haroon Stanly of SSB Police won bronze medal- 2:16.76; Canoeing -2 -Manoj Rawal and T H Nilakanta Singh of CRPF won gold medal- 02:04.02; O Premjeet Singh and K Suresh Singh of SSB won silver medal- 02:09.31; H. Doren Singh and N. Sonamani Singh of Manipur Police won the bronze medal- 02:11.80; Canoeing-4- Anun Kumar, Satish Kumar, M. Bony Singh and Ankit Pachouri of BSF won gold medal 01:51.91; G. Suresh, A Arif Khan, M Suresh Kumar and PC Prasanna Kumar of APP silver medal- 01:54.60 ; Sanjiv Lahkar, O Premjit Singh, K. Suresh Singh and CT Aswani Kumar of SSB Police won bronze medal- 01:42.93.

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Top-seeded Yuki pips Abhijeet in tennis
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 30
Local tennis star Sanam Singh withdrew his name from the ongoing ITF Men's Futures US$-15,000 Tennis Tournament after he received a wrist injury, here today. As a result of this Sagar Ahuja will play against Nischay Rawal, in the next round.

In today's rallies at CLTA courts, Sector 10, top seed Yuki Bhambri had an easy day after he defeated Abhijeet Tiwari in straight sets 6-3 and 6-1. The eighth seed Ranjeet Virali Murugesan, fought hard to register win over Vignesh Veerabadran. Ranjeet won at 6-3, 3-6 and 6-0. In another match Vishnu Vardhan had a tough first set against Vignesh Peranamallur. Vishnu bagged the first set in tie breaker by 7-6 (4) and then won the second set by at 6-3. Fifth seed Saketh Myneni routed Saurabh Patil. Saketh was trailing 3-5 but bounced back to win the first set at 7-5 and continued his run as he won the second set 6-1.

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cricket meet
Narrow win for city team

Chandigarh, April 30
The local cricket team registered an outright win over Ropar during the ML Markan trophy for boys (U-16) being held at DAV Senior Secondary school sector 8, here today. The team defeated Ropar by 15 runs and garnered 6 points.

Earlier, the local side posted a target of 217-runs in their innings and the Ropar side while chasing the target bundled out for 161-runs in 76.3 overs. Bowler, Adarsh claimed 4 for 39 while Yogesh Agawam and Raman Bishnoi claimed three wickets each. For batting side, Akashdeep Singh(34) and Mannat Verma (28) were the top scorers.

Brief scorers:

Chandigarh (1st innings)- 217 all out in 85.2 overs.

Chandigarh (2nd innings)-95 all out in 42.3 overs.

Ropar (1st innings)- 161 all out in 76.3 overs.

Ropar (2nd innings)- 136 for all in 86.3 overs(Akashdeep 34 and Mannat Verma 28. Raman Bishnoi 3 for 48, Adarsh 4 for 39 and Yogesh Aggarwal 3 for 39).

In the second match played at Ludhiana, the team of Jalandhar defeated Ludhiana by 3 wickets to garner 6 points. The host side were bowled out for 168 in 72.3 overs. Dipin Chitkara (41-runs) , Vaibhav (37-runs), J Jain (35-runs) were the main scorers . For Jalandhar, Rajeshwar took a five wicket haul whereas P Dutta claimed 3 for 41 and Amrik took 2 for 11. Later, Amrik (21-runs) and Damandeep (25-runs) guided the Jalandhar side to victory.

Brief scores:

Ludhiana (1st innings)-186 all out in 81 overs.

Jalandhar (1st innings)- 281 all out in 111 overs.

Ludhiana (2nd innings)- 168 all out 72.3 overs(Dipin Chitkara 41 , Vaibhav 37 and J. Jain 35, Rajehswar 5 for 72, Amrik 2 for 11 , P Dutta 3 for 41). Jalandhar (2nd innings)- 79 for 7 in 20.1 overs(Amrik 21 and Damandeep 25, Anmol Sharma 3 for 31, Dipin Chitkara 3 for 23).

In the third match played at Patiala, the host team beat Mohali and attained three points. For the bowling side off spinner Akul Pandove and T Singh claimed 8 wickets. T Singh ended the day with 17.4 overs, including 14 maiden, 4 runs and 5 wickets while Akul Pandove in 26 overs thrown 19 maiden with 15 runs and 3 wickets.

Brief scorers:

Patiala (1st innings)- 461 for all in 157.2 overs. Mohali (1st innings )-136 of all out(Siddharth Rawat 34 and T Singh 23. Akul Pandove 3 for 15 , T Singh 5 For 4). Mohali (2nd innings)- 116 for no loss. N Singh 49 and S. Gill 62.

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