Integrated services for people on the anvil
Sanjay Bumbroo
Tribune News Service

Mandi Gobindgarh, June 2
The state government has decided to integrate and interconnect “Fard”, “Sanjh” and Suwidha Kendras (centres) by the end of this year to provide services to people in a time-bound manner. Disclosing this, Iqbal Singh Sidhu, Member Commissioner, and Jaspal Mittal, Secretary, Right to Service Commission, who were in Mandi Gobindgarh to sensitise officers, employees and citizens about the merits of the RTS Act, 2011, said under the Act, 69 services were being provided.

He said once all these services were integrated, any citizen could file his complaint in a nearby centre. After scrutiny, his complaint would be forwarded to the centre concerned. This would make the service delivery system hassle-free and transparent and would help in saving the time of people as well as the departments concerned.

Sidhu said a standardised RTS form had been devised, using this alone, anyone could avail all services. He said this form had already been uploaded on the RTS Commission’s website and soon it would be made available at all centres. He said to make the bureaucracy more accountable and to curb rampant corruption, provision had been made in the Act to punish erring officers.

He said seven officers, found guilty of committing mistakes in five different cases till March 2013, had been slapped with a fine ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 2,500. He said the commission had received 91,19,475 applications up till March 2013, out of which 89,27,473 applications had been disposed of.

Husband, his brother booked

Dera Bassi, June 2
The Lalru police has registered a case against a woman's husband and his brother under various charges, including rape and harassment. As per information, the police has registered a case against Parmjeet Singh and his brother, Bablu, both residents of Behlolpur district, Mohali, under Sections 372, 376, 498, 506, 323 and 380 of the IPC.

The case was registered following the complaint of Santosh, wife of Parmjeet Singh, who alleged that her husband was harassing her for a long time. Santosh said she was also raped by some other persons who were brought by her husband. — OC

10 booked in cheating case
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 2
The UT police has registered a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy against 10 persons for forging cheques and documents, threatening and filing a false case against the complainants.

A case under Sections 380, 403, 406, 409, 411, 413, 414, 418, 420, 423, 424, 467, 468, 469, 471, 472, 473, 474, 506 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 39 police station on the complainant of Namrta Gupta and Mahesh Gupta, both residents of Sector 37.

The case has been registered against Sanjeev Pandit and OP Sharma, residents of Sector 15-B, Chandigarh, Kewal Kishore and Sushil Mahajan, residents of Sector 7, Panchkula, Parveen Bhatnagar, a resident of Sector 39-B, Indeevar, alias Goldy Chadda, resident of Sector 38-A, Adarh Gupta and his wife, residents of Sector-46A, Chandigarh, Pardeep Narang, resident of Shantivan Radio Colony, Sector 48-A, Chandigarh, and Balbir Kumar, resident of Baltana, Punjab.

The complainants alleged that above persons cheated the complainants by filing a false and frivolous complaint against them. They stole the cheque book of the complainants and misused a few blank cheques and blank signed documents/ papers by further fabricating these in their own favour with intent to cheat the complainants for their own use in criminal conspiracy.

CTU bus driver, conductor attacked
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 2
A CTU bus driver was attacked with rods and sticks by a group of three-wheeler drivers at the Inter-State Bus Terminus in Sector 43. The bus driver objected to the parking of three-wheelers in the no parking zone when the scuffle ensued.

The police registered a case on the complaint of Didar Singh, Conductor of CTU Bus number CH01-GA-5100 and a resident of Mani Majra, Chandigarh. He alleged that the drivers of three-wheelers sped away after beating him and Surjit Singh, driver of bus, at the ISBT, Sector 43, Chandigarh, while they were on duty.

The complainant got injuries and is admitted to GMCH, Sector 32.

The police has registered a case of rioting and assault on a public servant under Sections 147, 148, 323, 332, 353, 506 and 34 of the IPC at the Sector 36 police station.

The police said the incident occurred when some auto-rickshaws were parked in the no parking zone meant for parking of buses and the bus driver objected to it. A heated scuffle ensued following which the driver parked his bus near the counter.

As many as 10 to 12 auto-rickshaw drivers attacked the CTU bus driver and conductor with “lathis”and fled away. The PCR shifted the victim to the hospital and investigations are on to arrest the accused.

Two migrant labourers die in road mishap
Tribune News Service

Mohali, June 2
Two migrant labourers were killed, while one was injured after being hit by a vehicle near Raipur Kalan village here this evening. The deceased have been identified as Chandan and Rajesh Kumar, both residents of Bihar. The injured has been identified as Dinesh Kumar, also from Bihar. Deepinder Singh, station house officer of the Sohana police station, said all of them were migrant labourers and were under the influence of liquor.

“They were walking on the road when the mishap took place. The vehicle, Optra, which hit these migrant labourers, also overturned after the incident,” said Deepinder.

The driver of the vehicle also sustained injuries and was shifted to a hospital, he said. Investigations are on to identify the deceased.

Dhruv Pandove trophy
Patiala take an upper hand against Mohali
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 2
The Patiala cricket team was bundled out for 261 runs against Mohali during the second day of ongoing Dhruv Pandove trophy for boys (U-19), today.

Sukhwinder Singh scored 60 off 57 balls, including 10 boundaries and one six. Other batsmen also made healthy contributions. Mandeep Inder Bawa scored 52 off 198 balls studded with 9 boundaries, Karan Kaila scored 38 off 87 balls, including four boundaries and Anmolpreet Singh made 31 off 53 balls with four boundaries. For Mohali, Jasinder Singh took seven wickets for 99 runs. Mohali trailing by 130 runs in the first innings were soon on the back foot in the second innings as they lost three wickets for 35 runs. Karan Kaila scalped his three victims by conceding only 11 runs.

Brief Scores

Mohali: first innings 131 all out in 66.1 overs

Patiala: first innings 261 all out in 104.1 overs

Sukhwinder Singh 60 , Mandeep Inder Bawa 52, Karan Kaila 38, Anmolpreet Singh 31

Jasinder Singh 7 for 99, Akshay Kansal 2 for 35.

Mohali 35 for 3 in 16 overs at close of 2nd day’s play.

Karan Aggarwal (17), Kinderpreet (04) and Akshay Kansal (03).

Karan Kaila 3 for 11.

In the second match, the Chandigarh cricket team was bowled out for 258 in 119.1 overs against the Amritsar team at Gandhi Grounds, Amritsar.

Brief Scores

Chandigarh: first innings 258 all out in 119.1 overs

Shivam Bhambri 33, Arjit Singh, 31, Arpit Singh 42, Talwinder Singh 57, Himank Choudhary 25.

Rohit 6 for 88, Surinder Singh 2 for 45 and Karan Sharma 1 for 6

Amritsar: 1st Innings 112 all out in 67.4 overs

Abhinav 28, Karan Sharma 18, Navneet Singh 16

Sagar Sharma 4 for 43, Arpit Singh 2 for 29, Bhagminder Singh 2 for 1, Himank Choudhary 2 for 21

In the third match played at PAU Ludhiana, Ludhiana team was bowled out for 290 in 122.2 overs by Jalandhar. Sandeep Singh remained the highest scorer with 83 off 137 balls, studded with 10 boundaries. The Jalandhar team posted187 for 3 in 67 overs at the close of second day's play.

Brief Scores

Ludhiana: 1st innings 290 all out in 122.2 overs

Sandeep Singh 83, Hartejesvi Kapoor 53, Nimit Malhan 49, Gurkaran Singh 27,Parul Mehandiratta 29.

Rohit Mariya 3 for 66, Rishin Sharma 3 for 70 and Manpreet Bhullar 3 for 85.

Jalandhar 187 for 3 in67 Overs

Rajat Sharma 17, Himanshu Sharma 58, Mansab Gill unbeaten on 53 and Anurag Prakash 42.

53 players take part in youth chess championship
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 2
Piyush Manuja, Anubhav Tuknayat and Tarini Goyal secured 4.5 points to bag the Youth (U-25) Championship, in Open and Girl (U-13) categories, respectively, during the concluding day of chess championship, at St Xaviers's Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, here today. The Championship was organised by the Chandigarh Chess Association and a total of 53 players from different schools of the city participated in this championship. The top position holders are also selected to represent the city in the upcoming national events, to be held at Kerala (Under-25), from October 1 to 10 and Pondicherry (U-13) from June 29 to July 8.

Point positions

Under-25 Youth-4.5 points: Piyush;4 points: Rahul; Simranjeet Kaur; Arunima Goyal; 3.5 Points: Prateek Munjal; 3 points: Manish Mandal;

Devender Maurya; Amartya Bhattacharjee; Karanvir Saini; Simranjeet Singh; Arshdeep Singh; Yogik Khurana; 2.5 points: Utsav Datta; 2 points: Karanveer Bhullar; Navrattan Randhawa; Tanul Dogra; Deepkiran; Krishna Kumar; Webel Singh; 1.5 Points: Gagandeep Singh; Nandini; Vijay; Harsh; Open (U-13)-4.5 points: Anubhav Tuknayat; 4 points: Jaskeerat Singh; Levanshu; Ishaan Singh Mendiratta; 3 points: Rishabh Jain; Yash Mishra; Aditya Bedi; Jaspreet; Shishir Lamba; Soumiljit Singh Gill;

Yash Yakhmi; Anhat; 2.5 points: Surbhi Singh; 2 points: Punya Garg; Nikhilesh Sood; Jairaj Singh; Aryandeep Singh; Harsh Gupta; Jashanpreet Singh; Harjeev Singh; Edha Garg; 1.5 points: Rohan Gupta; 1 point: Prankush Garg; Kanish Nakra; Anirudh Mohan; Harshul Khanna; 0 Point: Shubham Kaura; Open under-13 : Tarini;4 Points: Kashish; 2.5 Points: Surbhi Singh; 2 points: Saumya Lamba ,Edha Garg.

10-year-old hogs limelight in golf meet
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 2
Golf-prodigy, Vasundhara Thiara, a 10-year-old golfer, brought laurels to the nation as well as City Beautiful after finishing third in the US Kids Golf European Championship played at Gullane (East Lothina), Scotland.

Vasundhara held her nerves in the harsh climatic conditions and defeated her international rivals. She played an aggregate of 14 over par 230 in three days of play. As many as 550 best young golfers between the ages of 5-18 from 40 nations competed in this Europe’s premier junior golf tournament to showcase the next generation of stars.

“I am happy with my latest performance and will try to carry it in the upcoming tourneys. Back in Scotland, weather was major challenge to come over. There were strong winds and the course remained wet. But my hard work paid me off well." said Vasundhara. She further added, "In the last championship at North Carolina, I managed to finish at the 18th spot. Now, I will try to improve further and get to better rankings."

With this win, she received a direct entry to the US Kids World Championship, to be played from August 1 to 4 at Pine Hurst, North Carolina. Before this she will take part in the Callaway Junior Golf World Championship to be played from July 15 to 19 at San Diego.

“She is nurturing her natural talent in a very good shape. Probably, she is the first female child to achieve such a big success. She played some excellent shots. She faced the climatic conditions bravely and hopefully she will carry out her performance in the upcoming events also,” said Jesse Grewal, a Class A certified coach.

Livewire defeat Carriers India by 56 runs
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 2
In the ongoing cricket tournament My Daughter-My Pride cup, the cricket team of Livewire Coaching Center (LWCC) defeated Carriers India, here today. The team's innings was built up by Abhishek Bhateja, who scored 98 off 53 and his counterpart Arun Luthra, chipped in with useful 31 runs.

The team posted a score of 171 runs in 20 overs. Mitesh Bhatia and Vikas Thakur took two wickets each. Later, the losing side failed to achieve the total and could manage to score only 115 runs. For them, Vikas Thakur scored 53 runs. For the bowling side, Arun Luthra claimed 6 wickets, while Nikhil Rana grabbed 4 for 14.

In the second match, the junior side of Livewire Coaching Centre (JLWCC) defeated Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32 (GMCH 32) by 6 wickets.