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180 candidates contest Ambala MC election
Suman Bhatnagar

Ambala, May 23
As many as 15 school children sustained minor injuries when a Tata Magic van collided with a truck on GT road near Ambala Cantt today morning. The injured students included Karan, Amandeep Singh, Amanpreet Kaur, Jaipal, Paramveer, Tarika, Vikas, Manjeet, Akash, Anoop and Karamjeet. The van was ferrying the students of a public school located in Ambala Cantonment area.

The van rammed into a divider and overturned after it was hit by a truck. Most of the children travelling in the van belonged to nearby villages. They were brought to the Civil Hospital and were discharged after the first aid treatment. 

Kalka, May 23
As the Panchkula MC elections come closer, scheduled on June 2, as many as 47 candidates are in the fray for Ward No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Kalka, Pinjore Zone, whereas 26 candidates withdrew their nominations forms here today. Notably 73 cadidates had filed their nominations and none of the forms was rejected after the scrutiny on Wednesday. The Assistant Returning officer, Manita Malik, SDM, Kalka said that following were the contestants from Ward No 1, 2 and 3.

From Ward No 1, Ashok kumar, Som Nath, Krishan Chand, Sant Ram, Mohan Kumar, Sunil kumar and Om Parkash. From Ward No 2 Ujala Bakshi, Sunil Dutt, Ghanshyam , Sucha Ram, Ashok Kumar Kuku and Sangat Singh Nanda and from Ward No 3, Rajesh Kumari, Krishna Devi, Parvesh Surjit Kaur and Harpreet Kaur and Kusum Lata.

The Assistant Returning Officer of Ward no 4, 5 and 6 of Pinjore Zone, BDPO , Raj Kumar Sharma said that from Ward No 4, Surinder singh, Krishna Devi, Kesar Singh, Gurcharan Dhiman, Satinder Singh Toni, Gurdev Singh, Gurbhag Singh, Parkash Singh , Bhim Singh, and Sucha Singh and from Ward No 5 Gafur Mohammed, Bhaga Ram, Krishan Lal Lamba,and Navdeep sharm, Maan Singh, Mohinder Singh, Robin Vashist and Sanjiv Kumar were the candidates.

He also announced that from Ward No 6, Kanchan, Sunita Devi, Suman, Mamta, Saroj Devi, Monica Chaudhary, Neetu Devi, Simaranjit Kaur, Mamta Rani, were the candidates. The candidates were also allotted elections symbols today.

Fatehgarh Sahib, May 23
Arun Sekhri, Deputy Commissioner has an order under Section 144 of the CRPC to impose a ban upon the digging of wells and digging of earth to further deepen the tube wells and motors without the prior written permission of XEN Water Supply and Sewerage Board.

Keeping in view the increase in number of accidents and deaths due to drowning in the canal and to prevent any untoward incident by the anti-social elements, DC has banned the movement of vehicles on the banks of Bhakra canal in the district. He has also directed the cyber café owners to not allow any one to use cyber café services without proper ID proof and registering their names in register.

The DC has made it mandatory for all the landlords to give the lists along with addresses of their tenant to the nearest police station. DC has also banned the plying of rickshaws, trolleys, tractors, cycles and every type of vehicle without reflectors during the night. The DC has directed to guard the towers, transmission lines, sub-stations, transformers, Railway lines, Government. buildings, food grain storage complexes, petrol pumps, canal, bridges, banks, post offices.

He has also banned the plying of loud speakers and orchestras in marriage palaces from 9 pm to 6 am. These orders would remain in force till 21st of July 2013. 

Dera Bassi, May 23
The SAD- BJP combination has swept the panchayat samiti and zila parisad elections in the Dera Bassi block. The duo won 22 seats of panchyat samiti out of total 23 in this block.

The primary opposition party congress has won only one seat of panchyat samiti. All the four seats of zila parishad went in favour of SAD-BJP combination. It is worth mentioning that the SAD-BJP defeated their rivals candidates with big margin on all the seats.

The SAD candidates of zila parisad, who secured victory in different zones are Karmjeet kaur from Dharmgarh zone, Karnail Singh from Jaula kalan zone, Neelam Sharma from Mubarakpur zone and Gurnam singh from Bhankarpur zone. In all SAD party won 21 seats of panchayat samiti, whereas, the seat of Tiwana zone had gone in favour of BJP. On the other hand congress could win only one seat of Paragpur panchyat samiti zone . Notably six seats of panchyat samiti were already won by SAD candidates in the absence of opposite candidates. Chief parliamentary secretary NK Sharma said that development policies of SAD was the prime cause their victory besides hard work put by the party workers.

Meanwhile, the Congress leader Manpreet Kaur Dolly has alleged that SAD had used government machinery to win the elections. She further alleged that bogus votes were used to ensure the victory of SAD candidates. 

Patiala, May 23
Even as the summer temperature has touched over 47 degrees, Patiala residents are facing an acute shortage of water supply, thanks to the hollow claims of the Municipal Corporation for the last few years to increase the quantity of water in city. The royal city now faces acute shortage of water with taps running dry in majority of the areas and the MC authorities trying to buy more time before new tube wells are installed.

Over a dozen localities in the royal city are facing shortage of water. As per estimates, the water supply has been decreased from five hours a day to an hour. “Everyday we read that the ground water in Punjab is getting contaminated but ironically, shortage of water has left us no other option”, said RK Bansal, a resident of Ghumman Colony.

Even the last summers, we had the same problem the MC authorities had claimed to solve the problem in a few months, but nothing has been done so far. In Patiala, ground water is the only source of water supply and the civic body has installed tube wells in different parts of the city. The water is taken out through pumps and later supplied after the chlorination process.

According to the city residents, the areas of Ghumman Nagar, Seak Colony, Desi Mehmandari, Punjabi Bagh, Lehal Colony, Model Town, Officers Colony, Chotti Baradari, areas inside the walled city, New Lal Bagh, Guru Nanak Nagar, Tripuri and some other colonies are facing shortage and irregular water supply. While the common man is suffering, those who can afford have already dug their personal submersible pumps to meet their daily water needs.

Confirming that the water supply had been hit due to the falling water table, Patiala MC Commissioner Gurlovleen Singh Sidhu told The Tribune that process to dig over a dozen new tube wells had been started. “Until we make some new arrangements, the city residents will face some inconvenience”, he stated.

Sample this: Out of 130 tube wells 15 are out of order, whereas, the tender process to install 15 more has recently been completed. “We will surely get enough water supply once the new tube wells get going”, said SDO (Water Supplies) Suresh Kumar.

Accepting some lapses, Patiala Mayor Amarinder Bajaj said that the problem had been pending for the last few years, but due to the paucity of funds, the problem could not be resolved till date. “However, now we are determined to initiate steps and solve the problem of drinking water at the earliest. Till then the city residents will have to bear the brunt of water scarcity”, he added.

Chandigarh, May 23
An eight-year-old boy was allegedly kidnapped and sodomised in Mauli Jagran.

The accused, Suresh Kumar of Baltana, kidnapped the minor from Vikas Nagar and sodomised him. The police said the accused knew the family of the victim.

The police got the medical examination of the boy conducted which confirmed sodomy.

A case has been registered. — TNS

Panchkula, May 23
A body of a 25-year-old youth was found under mysterious circumstances at his residence in Sector 15, Panchkula.

The victim, identified as Vijay Sharma, was taken to general hospital where he was decalred brought dead.

Panchkula, May 23
The Panchkula police arrested two more persons in the sector 4 dacoity. The accused have been identified as Rahul Ankush from Mumbai and Seikh Imran from Jaipur.

The accused were also produced before the court today and thereafter they were sent to the police remand of six days.

Notably, five persons have already been arrested in this case and mobile phones, silver utensils have also been recovered from them.

It was on May 13, when as many as six persons, including two women barged into a house of a businessman at Sector 4 and took away gold and silver jewellery items and other valuable goods and cash after overpowering the persons present there. 

Chandigarh, May 23
The Minerva Cricket Academy will face the LIC Club while the Himachal Club will take on the Stadium XI team in the semifinal matches of the ongoing UT T20 Cricket League.

In the first quarterfinal match at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, Minerva Cricket Academy defeated Chetna Club by 2 runs. A star-studded performance by Gurkirat Maan helped the team achieve a big total of 205 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Gurkirat scored 62 runs with the help of 10 boundaries and 2 sixes. Later, Jaskaran scored 42 runs while Michael Vishal chipped in with 39 runs. Former international player Dinesh Mongia and Jatinder claimed two wickets each.

Chasing the target, Ankit Choudhary and Amrip Pal scored 63 runs for the opening wicket partnership. Ankit scored 35 runs and Amrip contributed 25 before returning to the pavilion. Later, Dinesh Mongia, using all his experience, scored an unbeaten quickfire knock of 83 runs off 34 balls, which included 7 boundaries and 6 sixes but his valiant knock proved to be in vain. For the bowling side, Bhupi claimed two wickets.

In the second quarter-final match played between Himachal Club and VNC Club, the former registered a 7-wicket victory over the rivals. The losing side was bowled out for 119 runs with Faiyaz and Suraj scoring 29 runs each. For Himachal side, Hira Singh claimed 4 wickets while Gagadeep and Nipun claimed 2 wickets each.

In reply, Himachal Club chased the target with Sarthak (51 runs) and Gagandeep (34 runs) and scripting the team’s win.

Chandigarh, May 23
In the first match of the ongoing 2nd Brother McCann Cricket Tournament for boys (U-17), St John’s High School defeated Mount Carmel School by 143 runs at St John’s School, Sector 26, today.

Electing to bat first, the winning side scored 243 runs in the allotted 20 overs. The team's innings was studded by a brilliant unbeaten century by all- rounder Vaibhav Kaushik. Vaibhav scored 115 runs off 57 balls. His innings was studded with 19 boundaries and 2 sixes. He was also supported by Tejas Kang, who scored 94 runs in 48 balls with 12 boundaries and 3 sixes. The duo also pilled up 212 runs for the 3rd wicket. For the bowling side, Karan remained the only successful bowler with 2 wickets in 56 balls.

Chasing the target, the Mount Carmel side was bowled out for 99 runs in 16 over. Rahul (28 runs off 44 balls) and Amrit (17 runs off 18 balls) were the main scorers for the team. For the bowling side, Arjun Sharma took a five-wicket haul for 9 runs while Tejas took 2 wickets for 40 balls.

In the second match, the YPS team defeated Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, by 35 runs. The former, batting first, posted 120 runs before being bowled out in 20 overs. Gurinder took the charge and scored 52 runs off 46 balls while Anam scored 17 runs off 18 balls. The bowling side was helped by Jitender, who claimed 3 wickets for 9 balls while Amar took 1 wicket for 11 balls.

In reply, the team of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, was bowled out for 85 runs in 16 overs. Anish (28 runs off 29 balls) and Aslam (19 runs of 21 balls) was the main scorer for the team while Anam claimed 3 wickets for 13 balls.

In a match, boys (U-14) category, the Saupin’s School, Sector 32, defeated St John’s School, Sector 26, by 27 runs. The wining side scored 122 runs with Gauravdeep scoring 38 runs off 38 balls. Atul and Jakshu scored 19 and 10 runs, respectively. Bowler Sapnandan took 2 wickets giving away 8 runs. On the other end, the losing side could only score 95 runs in 15.5 overs.

Tanish (13 runs) and Angad (11 runs) were the main scorers for the team. Prabjeet took 3 wickets giving away 13 runs whereas Arpit Jakshu and Satayam picked up 2 wickets each. In the second match, the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, defeated Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 29, by 30 runs. 

Chandigarh, May 23
The cricket teams of Chandigarh and Ludhiana registered win against Jalandhar and Mohali, during the ongoing Dhruv Pandove Trophy for boys (U-19), today.

In the first match, the local side defeated Jalandhar by 95 runs to garner 6 points. The latter while resuming from 95 runs for 5 wickets in 41 overs were bowled out for a mere total of 139 runs in 56 overs. Anurag Parkash (47 runs) along with Rohit Chohan (23 runs) was the only top scorer for the team. For Chandigarh, Himank Choudhary took 5 wickets for 54 runs and Arpit Pannu took 5 wickets for 99 runs. In the second match, the team from Ludhiana beat Mohali by 7 wickets to bag 6 points. At the end of the 3rd round, the Chandigarh team is leading the table with 15 points followed by Patiala (14 points) and Ludhiana (12 points).

The PCA management has decided to postpone the remaining two round matches by a week due to hot weather conditions.

Chandigarh, May 23
As many as 30 badminton players, including 21 boys and 9 girls from Panjab University coaching centre, attended a high altitude training programme for 10 days at Shilaroo in Himachal Pradesh.

The camp was organised by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in collaboration with the Directorate of Sports, Panjab University. The local association sponsored the Yonex shuttles for the camp. Narinder Singh and Hemant Modi (two trainee coaches) from SAI, Bangalore, along with SAI coach Surinder Mahajan imparted training to the badminton players of various age-groups.

The off-season camp aimed at physical fitness, development of strokes and consistency of strokes on court.

The players performed physical fitness programmes, medium speed endurance work, weight training sessions and multi-shuttle training. Seven badminton courts in the centre were utilised for these talented players.