NEIGHBOURHOOD

Civil Hospital ailing
Parmod Mehta

Dera Bassi, May 4
One person was killed and another was injured in road accidents near Lalru and Banur on Saturday.

Sources said an accident occurred near Lalru on the Ambala-Chandigarh National Highway on Saturday in which a motorcyslist youth was killed. The deceased has been identified as 23-year-old Ankush, a resident of Yamuna Nagar. The accident occurred when a tractor trolley hit the victim’s mobike. The victim was rushed to the GMCH-32, Chandigarh, in a serious condition where he succumbed to his injures.

The police has registered a case against the tractor driver under Sections 279, 337 and 304 A. The body of victim has been handed over to his relatives.

Meanwhile, in another such accident, one person was seriously injured when a truck crushed him while he was sleeping near road side here on Satruday morning.

The victim was admitted to the PGI, Chandigarh, in serious condition. As per information, the accident occurred in a liquor factory near Banur when a truck was turning to enter the factory premises and suddenly it hit the victim, who was sleepin on the roadside.

Dera Bassi, May 4
A chemist was caught while selling the MT (abortion) pills illegally near Lalru at Jeoli village.

A team of the health department had raided the said chemist shop and seized abortion related pills. The shop had come in the notice of the health department when a labourer from a brick kiln came to the CHC, Lalru, today morning who has taken the MT pills purchased from the said chemist shop.

Taking a serious note of the condition of the patient caused by the MT pills, Dr Daler Singh Multani, SMO in charge of the CHC, Lalru, informed the Civil Surgeon Mohali, Dr Rajiv Bhalla, who promptly formed a team which included drug inspector Sudha Behal and SMO Dr Daler Singh Multani to raid the medical shop in Jeoli village.

The team seized the MT pills kits named pregnot and fentose being sold by the chemist, Lokesh Kumar, and it would be submitted in the court for further action.

Dr Multani said that Lokesh, who is not even a pharmacist, has admitted that he was selling the pills illegally and further it is surprising that Lokesh is the proprietor and the pharmacist has been hired only on papers. Dr Multani added that this is a common practice which should be abolished and only the qualified pharmacists should be allowed to open a chemist shop.

Ambala, May 4
The Ambala police has arrested a youth of the Ambala Cantonment for allegedly raping a minor girl, who was alone at her house at the time of the incident. The victim is a student of class VII.

According to information, the victim’s mother had gone to market to purchase some eatables.

The girl was all alone in the house. The accused came in the house of the victim in the absence of her mother and raped her.

After an hour, when victim’s mother returned, the girl narrated the entire episode to her who reported the matter to the police.

Baljinder Singh, ACP, Ambala Cantt, while confirming the incident said the medical examination of the victim has been conducted in the Civil Hospital. A case has been registered against the accused.

The accused was produced in the local court today which sent him to judicial custody.

Ambala, May 4
The Congress workers of Mullana constituency stated to be the supporters of HPCC chief Phool Chand Mullana burnt the effigy of Ishwar Singh, MP (Rajya Sabha) in Saha and Mohra village today to protest against the statement of the Congress MP in which he stated Phool Chand Mullana anti-dalit.

It is to be mentioned that Mullana has already sent a complaint against Ishwar Singh for his anti-party statement to the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi.

The Congress workers gathered at Saha Chowk located on the Ambala-Jagadhari road led by Saha block president, Surjan Singh, and burnt the effigy of Ishwar Singh. In Mohra village too, the workers led by block president of the Ambala block-1, Ram Mohan Rana, protested against the Congress MP.

Rana said Phool Chand Mullana is a senior leader of Congress and he had done much work for dalits. He said the Congress MP had been labeling false allegation on Mullana to defame him. He threatened that the Congress workers would ghero Ishwar Singh if he did not stop anti-Mullana campaign.

Chandigarh, May 4
A couple residing in Sector 56 was attacked last night. Paramjit Kaur, a resident of Sector 56, reported to the police that she and her husband, Dharaminder Singh, were approaching their home in a car when they noticed one motorcycle parked on the road and a boy, namely Sahanay, of their locality was talking on his cellphone. Then, her husband blew the horn and asked Sahanay to get aside his motorcycle. But, the boy did not move the motorcycle and Dharaminder again blew the horn. On this, Sahanay got aggressive and a heated argument began.

Chandigarh, May 4
A city resident had a narrow escape after his Scorpio car, parked near his residence at Sector 46, caught fire here today.

Baljit Chaudhery, PUSU chairman, alleged that it was the work of some miscreants owing to some student rivalry as a bottle of petrol was also found near the car.

The incident came to light at 3 am when a thick black smoke was noticed. As Baljit rushed out, he found that car was on fire.

Zirakpur, May 4
The local police has registered a case against two persons for firing into the air during a marriage party at Bhullar Banquet hall last night here.

The police sources said that a case has been registered against Nitinpreet Singh Brar, a resident of Issar singh Wala, district Barnala, and Amandeep Singh, a resident of Talwandibhaike, district Ferozepur. The case was registered under section 336, 186, 34 IPC and arms act. — OC

Chandigarh, May 4
Fifth seed Saketh Myneni defeated Vijayant Malik to lift the final of ITF Men's Futures $15,000 Tournament, held at CLTA courts, here today. A former trainee of CHART and member of Davis Cup team Vijayant Malik started the match with an early service breakthrough to bag the first set 6-3.

Saketh, on other end, bounced back in the second set and broke Vijayant's service three times to win the set 6-1. In the final set Vijayant broke Saketh's serve in the second game but Saketh returned with a stunning reply and broke Vijayant's serve to take an essential lead of 5-3. But Vijayant Malik, who held his serve to make it 4-5 to stretch the match a bit further before he lost in the last game and eventually the match. Saketh won the match 3-6, 6-1 and 6-4.

Justice S.S. Sodhi (retired) former Chief Justice, High Court of Allahabad awarded prizes to the winner and runners- up players.

Chandigarh, May 4
The star-studded team of Royal Challengers Bangalore reached the City Beautiful, here this evening, ahead of their match on May 6.

The team is schedule to play against Kings XI Punjab, at PCA Stadium Mohali, on Monday.

The team landed the city in the absence of their skipper Virat kohli, nevertheless, the ton-master Chris Gayle marked his presence along with other team members.

The team's owner Siddhrath Mallya, also accompanied the team.

The team of King XI Punjab also returned home last night and will play their home encounter at Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium, Mohali.

Both the teams will attend a practice session tomorrow.

Chandigarh, May 4
Starting her year on a perfect note, this 10-year-old golfer Vasundhara has bagged six tournaments so far. She achieved the feat after finishing over by single digit. Ranked among the top 20, she has a Green status, that advantage her to qualify for playing in the European Championship and the 2013 World Championship along with a number prestigious international tournaments. Ranked 18th in the world and No 2 in India, the junior golf prodigy has made her own place in the Indian Golf Union Order of Merit for Girls Category-D 2012.

These days, Vasundhara is training under her coach Jessie Grewal, who has been preparing her to do well under the Scottish conditions. In Scotland she would be playing the European Championships on Gullane No 3.

Vasundhara plotted her way around the courses and also played the dangerous Par-4's, in all the tournament she has played so far. According to her coach, Jesse Grewal, she is striking the ball well and much longer than the previous year. Her short game and putting has improved tremendously and with so many wins behind, her confidence is high. Pauline JM Singh, Lady Captain of the Chandigarh Golf Club and the North Zone Representative of the Indian Golf Union mentioned the ace golfer was full of passion, determination, dedication.

Chandigarh, May 4
Arshita Garg of DAV School, Sector 8, defeated Varvita of The Millennium School, Mohali, during a match of Tricity Inter-school Table Tennis Tournament, being held here today.

In the girls cadre, she defeated Varvita 11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8 (3-1). More than 150 students from around the tricity confirmed their entry.

In the boys' category, Hrishkesh of Panchkula beat Vasjot Singh from Manav Mangal Scool.

Results:

Cadet girls - Quarter finals: Vasundhra (Gurukul -Manimajra) beat Driti (Gurukul- Mohali) by 11-5, 11-7,11-5 (3-0); Arshita Garg (DAV-8) beat Tanvi (Gurukul) by 11-8, 20-18, 11-7 (3-0); Deevakshi Chawla (Gurukul -Manimajra) beat Tanisha (Gurukul-Mohali) by 12-10, 11-6, 11-7 (3-0); Parvita Singla (The Millennium School, Mohali) beat Dhara (Rajpura) by 11-7, 11-6, 11-7 (3-0).

Semifinals: Arshita (DAV-8) beat Vasundhra (Gurukul- Manimajra) by 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 (3-0); Parvita (The Millennium School) beat Deevanshi Chawla (Gurukul) by 11-9, 11-9, 11-6 (3-0).

Cadet boys: Quarter-finals: Ishan kapoor (DAV-8) beat Pavan Singh (DAV-8) by 11-7, 11-6, 11-9 (3-0); Abheek Arora (Bhavan Vidyalaya- panchkula) beat Sanchit Saini (Dav-8) by 11-4, 12-10, 14-16, 11-8 (3-1); Vaibhav (Manav Mangal, Panchkula) beat Himanshu by11-4, 11-1, 11-1 (3-0); Hrishkesh (Panchkula) beat Vasjot Singh (Manav Mangal, Mohali )11-3, 11-5, 11-8 (3-0).

Chandigarh, May 4
The Rayat Institute of Management (RIM), has launched BCom (Professional) course here.

Announcing the introduction of the new course Dr Suresh Seth, director of RIM, said that this innovative program had been designed with a view to supplement the theoretical knowledge of commerce and accounting along with practical work and IT tools.

“An industrial training module of eight weeks has been added into the programme to make it relevant for the corporate world,” the RIM director stated.

Chandigarh, May 4
The cricket team of HDFC Limited defeated Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) by six wickets during the CII Corporate Cricket Cup, held at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, here today.

While batting first, the CII team posted 132 runs in their allotted 20 overs. Vinay and Nishant scored 19 runs and 14 runs respectively.

For the bowling side, Gaurav claimed 3 for 4 while Umesh and Dhiraj claimed a wicket each.

In reply, the HDFC team achieved the target with six wickets in hand. Sandeep Saini with his knock of 80 off 37, including two sixes and 14 boundaries, guided the team to victory. Vikas Gupta was the other main scorer with his contribution of 23 off 23, including four boundaries. For CII, Vinod took two wickets.

In the second match, the FCI team defeated Punjab Secretariat (PS) by 68 runs. While batting first, the winning team scored 182 runs in their allotted slot of 20 overs. For them Winkle made a healthy contributiion of 75 off 50 while Kulwinder Singh scored 38 off 22. Chanchal ( 3 for 14) and Neeraj ( 2 for 5) were the most successful bowlers for PS.

In reply, the PS team bundled out for 114 in 16 overs with Chanchal (24 runs) and Gajendra (23 runs) contributing lion’s share. Bowler, Madan claimed three wickets while Kulwinder, Arun Sharma and Winkle took two wickets each.

In the last match, the team of Quantum Solutions defeated Akzo Nobel by 40 runs. The winning side piled up 175 runs as Shobhit scored 40 off 13 and Shrey Chauhan chipped in with 28 off 15 balls. Jitender from Akzo Nobel took three wickets. In reply, the losing side bundled out for 135-runs. Sandeep Kumar contributed 40 off 16.