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Tantrik held in Ropar
Tribune Reporters

Gurdeep Singh, son of deceased Manjit Kaur, said his mother had died yesterday and she was cremated at 12.30 pm today. When he along with other relatives visited the cremation site in the afternoon, Sanjay was found tampering with the pyre.

Proclaimed offender arrested

Dera Bassi: The Lalru police arrested a proclaimed offender yesterday. The accused, Jagdeep Singh of Batouli village, was booked under Sections 341,323 and 506 of the IPC in September 2010. Later he was declared a proclaimed offender by the Dera Bassi court.

Ropar, June 3
Kulwinder Kaur of Swami Sivanandan Sarvhitkari Senior Secondary School, Morinda, stood first in the district in the PSEB Class X exams, the results of which were declared today. She is among the 15 students from the district who got a place in the merit list.

Kulwinder got 94.31 per cent and was placed 15th on the merit list. Amandeep Sharma from DAV Public School, Ropar, got 19th position on the merit list scoring 93.69 per cent. Payal (93.38%) of HDN Senior Secondary School, Bhanupali, stood third in the district and 21st on the merit list.

Patiala, June 3
None of the government school students from Patiala district made it to the Class X merit list of the PSEB. Contrary to last year, when 14 students had made it to the merit list, only two students from Patiala district, both girls from private schools, succeeded.

While Tanya Goel of Lucky Public Modern School scored 93.5 per cent marks with the overall state ranking of 22, Harmandeep Kaur of Guru Gobind Singh Public School, Bina Heri, Nabha, scored 93 per cent to make it to the merit list. — TNS

Fatehgarh Sahib, June 3
The Bassi Pathana unit of Bharat Vikas Parishad installed a water cooler at the cremation ground today.

Amandeep Kaur Sandhu, CEO, Mehar Baba Charitable Trust, inaugurated the installation ceremony. She said, in the scorching heat, visitors will get cold drinking water from the newly installed water cooler.

She called upon all the social organisations to come forward and together to wage a war against social evils such as drug abuse, female foeticide and dowry. — OC

Fatehgarh Sahib, June 3
For the registration of vehicles in Fatehgarh Sahib, a new series, PB-23P, is being introduced. An auction of vanity numbers from this series will be held on June 7.

District transport officer Mahesh Garg, in a press release issued today, stated that the reserve price for the auction of PB-23P-0001 is Rs 50,000.

For the numbers from 0002 to 0009 the reserve price id Rs 10,000, and from 0010 to 0100, the reserve price is Rs 3,000.

For the remaining vanity numbers, it is Rs 1,000. To apply for these numbers, all drafts must reach the DTO office by June 5.

During the auction, the highest bidder will be allotted the number, stated the press release.

Dera Bassi, June 3
A farewell party was organised on the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology campus. Various cultural events including solo dance, group song and western dance marked the occasion.

Ankit from IT department and Chirta Bajaj from ECE department were named Mr And Ms Sukhmani respectively. A dance party was also organised. — OC

Mohali, June 3
A local court today issued orders to the Punjab Police to provide security to Manjit Kaur, widow of ETO Ranjit Singh, who had committed suicide in 2011 after he was allegedly falsely implicated in a corruption case.

Manjit Kaur sought security, claiming that her life was in danger, as suspended Superintendent of Police (vigilance) Amandeep Kaur along with four other accused have been booked in the case by the police.

Today, Mohali additional district and session judge (senior division) PP Singh issued directions to the police to provide security to Manjit Kaur.

A case under Sections 306, 120-B, 166, 167, 195, 218, 332 and 353 of the IPC was registered against Amandeep Kaur, constable Harminder Singh, Rajinder Singh, alias Gopi, Rajiv Sood and Paramjit Singh on August 18, 2012, following orders of the then additional district and session judge Rajinder Aggarwal.

Chandigarh, June 3
The Court of District and Sessions Judge SK Aggarwal today acquitted a landlady and her daughter in an abetment to suicide case. The court acquitted Kailasho and her daughter Mamta for abetting the suicide of their tenant Shakuntala.

As per the prosecution theory, Shakuntala had hung herself to death on July 6, 2011, at her rented accommodation in Darua village. The police had recovered a suicide note from the spot which blamed her landlady Kailosho and her daughter for harassing her and forcing her to take the extreme step.The suicide note stated that Kailasho and her daughter used to trouble Shakuntala for water and used to disconnect her connection. They used to trouble her daily and were forcing her to vacate the house and she could not take it anymore and thus ended her life.

The police had then arrested Kailasho and her daughter in the case of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC.

During the trial, Shakuntala’s husband Manoj told the court that there was no such harassment inflicted upon him or his wife Shakuntala by their landlord and thus they could not be held responsible for his wife’s suicide. The court acquitted both Kailasho and Mamta.

Chandigarh, June 3
During the resumed hearing of the infamous judge bribery case involving former Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High court Nirmal Yadav as the accused, the CBI today sought dismissal of the application filed by Sanjiv Bansal, former Additional Advocate General, Haryana, who is also an accused in the case.

The CBI told the court that there was no merit in the plea for discharge filed by Bansal and it should be dismissed.

The court deferred the hearing on arguments on discharge application to July 1, after Bansal sought time to submit arguments on the reply. On July 1, the court is expected to hear the arguments on the application of Bansal seeking discharge.

The court also directed the CBI to file a reply on June 7 to an application filed by Delhi-based hotelier Ravinder Singh Bhasin also an accused, seeking the release of documents seized by the CBI.

The CBI had filed a chargesheet in the case on March 4, 2011, against Justice Nirmal Yadav and four others, under Sections 11 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA), Section 120B (criminal conspiracy), Section 193 (related to false evidence) read with Section 192 (fabricating false evidence), Section 196 (using evidence known to be false) and Section 199 (false statement made in declaration) of the IPC.

Sanjeev Bansal, Ravinder Singh Bhasin, a Chandigarh-based businessman, Rajiv Gupta, and Nirmal Singh are also named as accused in the case.

The case rocked the judiciary in August 2008 when a packet containing Rs 15 lakh was wrongly delivered at the address of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur while it was allegedly meant for Justice Nirmal Yadav.

Nirmaljit Kaur had reported the matter to the police following which it came to light that the money was actually meant for Justice Nirmal Yadav. The case was then handed over to the CBI.

Chandigarh, June 3
A local court today issued summons to nine officials of Vodafone telecom company, including Marten Pieters, Chief Executive Officer of the company, taking cognizance of the criminal complaint filed by an advocate alleging wrongful gains.

Advocate Lalit Gupta has accused the telecom company of cheating the general public for wrongful gains by causing wrongful losses.

Gupta has accused the officials of cheating by tampering the electronic record of the account. Gupta in his complaint had alleged that he had purchased a post paid connection. He alleged that the company without his consent activated and illegally charged for the value added services on his number and even international SMS had also been put on the SIM. He claimed that he had neither opted for nor used that service.

The advocate added that he made a representation and asked the company to disconnect the service and refund the security but the accused in connivance with each other generated illegal bills and kept on sending those illegal bills to Gupta for payment.

The petition demands amounted to fraud, misrepresentation, breach of trust and cheating by causing wrongful losses to him. The case will now come up for hearing on August 28.

Chandigarh, June 3
The cyber crime cell on Monday recovered a total of 138 cellphones which included expensive Apple I-phone, Samsung Grand, Samsung Galaxy etc. the phones which were worth Rs 7 lakh, were misplaced or lost by owners in the past one year.

The investigation revealed that the phones were either misplaced, or they were purchased from different mobile vendors or were found lying at different locations.

Rajesh Kalia, DSP (cyber cell), said while many cellphones were traced through putting IMEI and cell numbers of phones on surveillance, high-end cellphones were traced through software applications, which were already installed in these phones.

Police officials said that there was a dire need to make people aware about the usage of software applications, which were useful in locating the mobiles and the owners could themselves trace the phone on their own.

The police said that since January 2013, the Chandigarh Police had received a large number of complaints regarding missing/lost mobile phones at various police stations/ police posts. Taking a serious note of the situation, a joint team of l/C MTMC and l/C CRU, had been constituted under the supervision of the DSP (cyber cell), who was entrusted the responsibility of recovering these mobile phones.

“These days, a number of software applications are provided by the manufacturing companies (especially in high-end phones) which are very useful in locating the mobile phones and the user himself can trace his phone. The Chandigarh Police would advise the customers to make use of such applications so that theft or loss is prevented,” said Kalia.

Chandigarh, June 3
A 13-year-old girl, a resident of Daria village, allegedly committed suicide after consuming a poisonous substance here today.

The girl, Sonia, was upset after her mother scolded her for breaking a mobile phone. The girl then consumed a pesticide in a fit of rage.

Sonia was a class VII student at a government school and her father was running a small shop in the Industrial Area. The incident occurred at around noon when Sonia picked up a mobile phone and it slipped from her hands and broke.

Her mother Geeta Devi scolded and threatened her that she would tell her father about it. Sonia went to another room where pesticide was lying and gulped down the bottle.

The family members came to know that the girl had consumed poison when she started vomiting and fell unconscious.

She was rushed to the hospital where she was declared brought dead.

Inderkant, father of the deceased, said he was shocked and he could never imagine that his daughter would take such an extreme step.

The deceased is survived by an elder sister Sushmita, who is a class IX student. The police has initiated inquest proceedings and the postmortem of the girl will be conducted tomorrow.

Chandigarh, June 3
A pedestrian died after being hit by a motorcycle near a railway light point on Sunday. Giving details, the police said Mohd Naushad, a resident of Daria village was riding a motorcycle UP-20-AD-0034 when he hit pedestrian Ram Kirpal.

The 40-year-old was rushed to General Hospital, Sector 16, where he was declared brought dead.

The police has registered a case of causing death due to rash and negligent driving under Sections 279, 337 and 304-A of the IPC at the Mani Majra police station against Mohd Nausad.

Mohali, June 3
A multi-purpose sports stadium, being built at a cost of Rs 19.30 crore at Sector 78, Mohali, is all set to be completed by June-end for hosting national and international events .

Disclosing this here today, Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu, Deputy Commissioner, Mohali, said the final touches were being given to the wooden works and the installation of the required sports infrastructure.

He said the Punjab Government was developing Mohali as the sports hub of the state with the twin objectives of creating facilities to host important sports events besides providing a world-class infrastructure to budding players.

He said six more international-level sports stadiums were being constructed in the city at a cost of Rs 66 crore to boost sports in the region.The Deputy Commissioner said with the completion of all these stadiums, Mohali was all set to become the first city of the country that would have seven international-level stadiums.

Outlining the facilities being created at the multi-purpose stadium, the Deputy Commissioner said the stadium would have a swimming pool, toddlers' pool, gymnastics hall, table tennis hall, badminton court, boxing ring, wrestling ring, athletics track besides hockey and football grounds.

Besides, a lawn tennis court for competitive events had also been prepared. The stadium would also have an international-level synthetic track to host national and international events. This stadium would have a hostel and a residential complex to provide accommodation to 200 players and coaches.

The indoor stadium will be lit by flood lights on the pattern of stadiums hosting the Olympics.

"The stadium would play a significant role in promoting the sports culture not only in the city, but also in adjoining rural areas by providing top-class sports infrastructure and coaching facilities. Special galleries has been constructed for spectators. Appropriate parking facilities are also being set up for the public," The Deputy Commissioner added. 

Patiala, June 3
Following their wins, Cantt XI Patiala and LDCA Ludhiana qualified for the semifinals of the 12th Hot Weather (U-14) Cricket Tournament being organised by the Black Elephant Cricket Academy.

In the first match, LDCA defeated Amritsar XI by 257 runs. After winning the toss, LDCA performed well with Jaish Jain playing a fine knock of 210 runs (not out) taking the team to 308 for 4 in the 40-over match. In reply, the Amritsar team bundled out for just 51 runs and could not play 40 overs. From the Amritsar side, none of the batsmen could reach the double-figure mark.

In the second match, Cantt XI Patiala defeated Rastriya Cricket Academy (RCA), Rohtak, by seven wickets and entered the semifinal. Batting first, RCA, Rohtak, managed to score 148 before being bundled out in 36.1 overs. In reply, Cantt XI Patiala chased the target without any trouble in 25.3 overs for three wickets.

Brief score:

Ludhiana District Cricket Association: 308 for 4 in 40 overs (Jaish Jain 210 not out, Lovish 35, Vaibhav 12, Shil 1 for 52, Akshdeep 1 for 37).

Amritsar XI: 51 all out in 15.2 overs

Match 2:

Rastriya Cricket Academy, Rohtak: 148 all out in 36.1 over (Ankit Kaushik 54, Yash 22 Rahul 15 Nishant 15, Harjoot Singh 5 for 33 Haren Goyal 3 for 30 Moksh 1 for 18)

Cantt XI Patiala: 150 for 3 in 35.3 overs (Abhisek Singh, 55, Abhisek Sharma 37, Haren Goyal 31 Not out, Ankit 1 for 14, Pyush 1 for 21 Rahul Kundu 1 for 26) 

Chandigarh, June 3
Over 300 players are set to participate in the 19th North Zone Kho-Kho Championship (men & women) from June 7 to 9 at Government College for Girls, Sector 42, Chandigarh. The Championship will conducted by The Chandigarh Kho-Kho Association. Nine states-Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Chandigarh- will participate in the championship.

JS Bajwa, MD, Sunny Enclave, will inaugurate the tournament while Rashpal Singh, president, Chandigarh Group of Colleges will preside over the function at the closing ceremony. 

Chandigarh, June 3
Chandigarh Cricket Association (CCA), Haryana, registered a massive win against VAR Cricket Academy, Delhi, in the first match of the Under-14 CCA CUP Cricket Tournament today. The match was played at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19.

After winning the toss, CCA (Haryana) elected to bat first and put up a good total. With the fine batting performance, the team piled up 211 for 8 in 30 overs.

VAR Cricket Academy, Delhi, faltered while chasing the target and bundled out on 91 in 26.4 overs. CCA, Haryana, won the match by 131 runs. Vivek was declared the man of the match.

Scores :

CCA (Haryana): 211 for 8 in 30 overs- Saurav 44 (56 balls); Vivek 51 ( 46 balls ); Manan 34 ( 28 balls); Vasu 2 for 42; Aryan 2 for 34; Dhruv 2 for 47.

VAR Cricket Academy, Delhi- 91 all out in 26.4 overs - Karan 24 (28 balls ) , Anshul 23 ( 25 balls ).

Bowli ng: Prithvi Lohtiya 3 for 24, Prince 3 for 11, Anikat 3 for 13.

Partap Cricket Academy win

In the second match of the day, Partap Cricket Academy, Sonepat, defeated Saupins Cricket Academy, Chandigarh by 1 wicket.

After winning the toss, Saupins Cricket Academy, Chandigarh elected to bat first and put up 134 for four in 25 overs. Chasing the target, Partap Cricket Academy managed to win the match by one wicket in 24 overs.

Scores :

Saupins Cricket Academy : 134 for 4 in 25 Overs. -Nikhil 42 (35balls); Satyam 35 (26 balls, ); Akshay 2 for 19

Partap Cricket Academy, Sonepat - 135 for 9 in 24 Overs - Mohit 48 (23 balls ); Aakash 41 (31 balls); Rahul 3 for 19, Prabhjeet 2 for 20, Sukhman 2 for 34.

Today’s clashes

Tomorrow VAR Cricket Academy, Delhi will play against Partap Cricket Academy, Sonepat at 7. 30 am and CCA (Haryana) will face Saupins Cricket Academy, Chandigarh at 12.30 pm. 

Chandigarh, June 3
HDFC bank defeated SERCO Global Services by 19 runs in the ongoing CII Corporate Cup, organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, today.

Batting first, HDFC Bank put up a target of 187 for three in 20 overs, backed by Amandeep Saggu’s magnificent knock of 65 off 58 balls. Harjinder Singh scored 42 from just 14 balls. Rajeev Bansal supported the team with 25 off 26 balls.

In reply, SERCO were all out for 168 in 19.4 overs, falling short by 19 runs. Jagsir top scored brilliant 44 off 30 balls. Pardeep stuck 34 off 24 balls, hitting 5 fours and a six. From HDFC Bank, Harjinder Singh took 3 wickets by giving 35 runs in his 4 overs and Charanjeet Singh scalped 2 wickets. In another match, Ranbaxy Labs crushed HDFC Ltd by 46 runs. Batting first, Ranbaxy put up154/8 runs on board in 20 overs. Chasing the target, HDFC Ltd were bundled out for 108 in19.1 overs. Dheeraj managed to score 32 runs off 32 balls while Tarun scored 28 off 30 balls. Nikhil, GS Raina, Shishpal and JS Pahwa grabbed two wickets each from Ranbaxy. In another encounter of the day, Quantum Solutions defeated HK Enterprises by a huge margin of 52 runs. While batting first, Quantum Sol scored 179/6 in their allotted 20 over. backed by Davinder Kumar remained unbeaten on 40. In reply, HK Enterprises got all out for 127 runs.

Chandigarh, June 3
The local tae kwon do players brought laurels to city beautiful after winning a total of three medals in the recently concluded Tae kwon do Mini-State Championship. Ankit, Akul, Nitkarsh and Anurag won top honours during the championship. The team of Punjab secured second place in the championship. 

Chandigarh, June 3
The second day of the Chandigarh Football League saw some close encounters in the Under-17 age group. 7 Warriors defeated Oasis 2-1 with Robin and Gagandeep scoring fabulous goals. In the U-14 category, Avengers took the league by a storm by scoring 7 goals against Youth Warriors. 12-year-old Yash Chauhan scored a hat trick while Akshunya and Shivam Pandey scored two goals each. Pratik scored the solitary goal for Youth Warriors. In the other encounters, Yellow Rangers defeated YFC 3-0. In the U-12 age group, Black Ops and Blue Sharks scored 3 goals each as Blue Sharks recovered twice after lagging behind 2-0 and then going down at 3-2. Manav (Black Ops) and Alankaar (Blue sharks) scored hat-tricks for their respective sides. — TNS