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Ambala, July 11
The Ambala Central Jail officials recovered two cellphones hidden in a ditch on the jail premises this noon. On the complaint of deputy superintendent of jail, a case was registered against some unidentified inmates at the Baldev Nagar police station.

The jail authorities had received information that some mobile phones were hidden on the jail premises. Following a search drive, the phones were found hidden underground.

In the past two months, over 10 mobile phones have been recovered from the jail premises, and three cases have been registered.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court had directed the State Government to install a jammer and CCTV cameras in the jail. According to sources, the jail authorities had written a number of letters to senior officers, but all requests fell on deaf ears.

One of the retired jail officers said Ambala Central Jail said the use of cell phones could not be stopped till a jammer was installed there.

Ropar, July 11
Six-day-old strike of sanitation workers ended today after the municipal council assured the workers that their demand of regularisation of jobs would be fulfilled before August 5.

These workers had declared an indefinite strike on July 5, demanding regular services for 112 sweepers employed on contractual basis.

In a meeting held between protesting leaders, municipal councillors and municipal council executive officer Ashok Kumar in the evening, it was decided that the civic body would make efforts to give regular jobs to 22 sanitation workers.

Councillor Paramjit Singh Makkar said the state government had formulated a policy in 2011 under which it was decided to regularise jobs of such sanitation workers who had been working with mohalla sanitation committees up to April 2008, and had continued working till the formulation of the policy.

In Ropar, these committees were dissolved in the end of February 2008, but 22 workers were re-employed in April 2008.

The municipal council has agreed to take up the issue of these 22 workers and get their services regularised by August 5, said EO Ashok Kumar.

Fatehgarh Sahib, July 11
The district police arrested two persons involved in the sale of drugs and recovered 5,000 intoxicant tablets from their possession.

The police said one of the accused was nabbed at a checkpoint set up at Manheri Jattan T-point. He was identified as Paramjit Singh, alias Bittoo, a resident of Hamayunpur, Sirhind. As many as 4,000 tablets were recovered from his possession.

Another accused, Kulbir Singh, a resident of Kotla Bajwara village, was arrested with 1,000 tablets and capsules. Both the accused have been booked under the NDPS Act. 

Chandigarh, July 11
The UT police today filed a chargesheet in the court against four persons in a suicide case of a 53-year-old assistant manager with the State Bank of India, (SBI) who hung himself to death in March this year.

Sanjeev Singla, a resident of Phase 1, Mohali, had allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan of a bathroom at his SCF17-18 in Sector 22 on March 20 this year.

The police recovered a six-page suicide note from the spot, which stated that his family members had forced him to take the extreme step.

The police has filed a chargesheet against his brother, Rajiv Singla, his brother's wife, Anita Singla, their son, Chirag Singla, and mother Indira Rani.

The victim had stated in the suicide note that he was being harassed by his family members in the civil cases pending in the court against him.

As per the chargesheet, there was a property dispute within the family and the victim was also named in a case of cheating registered by his family members against him.

The chargesheet has been filed under Sections of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC.

Mohali, July 11
In the case involving acquisition of Gurdwara Amb Sahib land by Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) at Saini Majra village, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to Punjab Government through secretary, housing and urban development, PUDA, GMADA and Land Acquisition Collector to file their reply in the next hearing on August 19.

The local SGPC member Bhai Hardeep Singh had approached the High Court to quash the notification, dated December 22, 2010, and August 25, 2011, of land acquisition of the gurdwara land (around 23 acres), which was donated by some devotee for religious purposes.

“The High Court today admitted the writ petition in this regard and directed the authorities concerned to file their reply on August 19,” said Bhai Hardeep Singh.

“As the land was donated for religious purposes, it can only be used for construction of some hospital or medical college or other such institution,” said the petitioner.

Bhai Hardeep Singh alleged that the land in question now belongs to SGPC but the committee’s role was also objectionable in the case as it had not filed any objection to the notices issued by GMADA.

Chandigarh, July 11
The Vigilance Cell of the UT police today arrested Devinder Sapra, a Deputy Superintendent in the office of Labour Department (Haryana), Chandigarh, while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000.

The bribe was being demanded in order to cancel the transfer of complainant Rajbir Singh. Rajbir Singh stated to the police that his brother died a martyr’s death in the Kargil War. He was appointed as a clerk in the office of Labour Department on compassionate ground and got promotion as an Assistant in the Labour Department (Haryana), Chandigarh.

The complainant added that Sapra was demanding Rs 5,000 to cancel his transfer from Rewari to Chandigarh.

The bribe money was recovered from the possession of the accused and seized by the Vigilance team on the spot in the office of Labour Department Haryana at Sector 17, Chandigarh. Sapra, a resident of Naya Gaon, Mohali, Punjab, has been arrested in the case. — TNS

Mohali, July 11
A 34-year-old woman today allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her rented residence at Sector 70.

The police said the deceased, Rajdeep Kaur, was suffering from depression.

Rajdeep’s grandfather, Chanchal Mohan Singh, said that she got married to a UK citizen around 15 years ago. “After her divorce, she was again married in January this year to a person living in the USA. Her parents too have been living in the USA for the past 22 years,” he said.

Chandigarh, July 11
Like every other player, these students, who fall under the special children category, carry a will to win medals and make their nation proud and In order to achieve laurels in their upcoming international meet, these special children are leaving no stone unturned to prove their mettle.

A 21-member contingent of these special children left for Chennai to attend a preparatory coaching camp, here today.

The contingent will nurture their skills ahead of their Asia Pacific Regional International Meet, schedule to be held in Australia from first week of December.

These players were selected under the aegis of the Bharat Special Olympics Association (Chandigarh Chapter). A total of 21-players in various events, including athletics, cricket, table tennis, were selected to nurture their skills in this preparatory camp.

“We are very happy that our children are getting the same exposure like other players. All they need is motivation,” said Paramjeet, mother of a player.

Another parent, added, “My son has been playing table tennis for the past three years. He has done well throughout the year. The participation in Australia will be his maiden international tourney and I want him to bag some titles. These kinds of preparatory camps will surely help them in winning confidence,” said Dilpreet Kaur.

“For these special children to behave and win laurels like other normal players is not an easy task. It takes a long effort and the Chennai camp is a part of this long journey,” said Neelu Sareen, Area Director, Bharat Special Olympics Association.

Chandigarh, July 11
Seerat Pannu will face Seerat Sidhu, in the final of the girls (U-16) category, during the ongoing AITA Paragon Total Tennis Championship, being played at Total Tennis Academy, here today.

In the semifinals, Seerat Pannu outclassed Komaljeet at 6-1 and 6-1. She, earlier, downed Sabrina Gill, who had got a walk over against Prinkle Singh in the pre-quarters. In another semifinal match, Seerat Sidhu b Saumya Saxena at 6-1 and 6-2.

In the boys (U-16) semifinals, Parav defeated in-from Rishabh by 7-5 and 6-4 while Digvijay Partap defeated Sabrang at 6-2, 6-3.

Results: Girls (U-16)-Pre-quarters-Saumya b Nandini 8-0; quarterfinals-Komaljeet b Harleen 8-2, Seerat Sidhu beat Jannat 8-6, Saumya b Jahanvi 8-4; Semifinals-Seerat Pannu b Komaljeet 6-1, 6-1, Seerat Sidhu b Saumya 6-1, 6-2; Boys (U-16)-quarterfinals-Digvijay b Rahul Verma 9-0; semifinals-Parav Dev b Rishabh 7-5, 6-4, Digvijay b Sabrang 6-2, 6-3.

Chandigarh, July 11
The team of Government Model Senior Secondary Schools, Sector 37, (GMSSS-37) will face Shishu Niketan School, Sector 22, in the final of the ongoing Pre-Subroto Mukherjee Football Cup for Boys (U-17), at the Football Stadium, Sector 17, tomorrow. In a semifinal played today, the Government Model Senior Secondary Schools, Sector 37, defeated St Kabir School, Sector 26, by 7-0. Mohd Tehlil scored the first goal in the 6th minute and later Salman Lateef (18th minute), Salman Lateef (27th minute), Salman Lateef (34th minute), Mohit Lochab (42nd minute) and Balkar Changra (46th minute) and Jatinder Kumar (58th minute) completed the winning tally. The team of Shishu Niketan School defeated Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, in a tie-breaker, on Wednesday.

In the semifinals of boys (U-14) event, the team of DAV School, Sector 8, defeated Government Model High School, Sector 26, (Police Lines) via tie-breaker at 4-3. The match was sealed at 1-1 in the stipulated time. Rehman put the DAV team ahead with a brace in the 8th minute but Abhijeet levelled the score in the 34th minute. In the tie-breaker play, Rahul Chetri, Rehmaan and Rohit scored for the winning side whereas Abhijeet and Nadeen were the only goal scorers for losing side.

In the second match, the team of Government Model high School, Sector 36, drubbed Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, by 3-0. Amarjit (3th minute), Sanjeev (20th minute) and Anil (7th minute) scored for the winning side.

Chandigarh, July 11
The Chandigarh Athletics Association will conduct trials to select junior athletics team on July 15 (11 am), at the Sports Complex-46.

The team will participate in the North-Zone Junior Athletics Championships to be held from August 4 to 6. Only bona fide residents of Chandigarh can take part in the trials and are advised to take their original date of birth certificate and residential proof. — TNS

Chandigarh, July 11
Local cricket team defeated the Karnal Cricket Association during a match of the ongoing Inter-District Cricket Tournament for Boys (U-19), here today. The tourney is being organised by the Haryana Cricket Association at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19. The visiting side lost the match by won the match by 9 runs.

Batting first, the local side posted scored 109 runs before bundling out in 27 overs. Kapil Punia (41 runs) and Aseem (13 runs) remain the team’s top scorers with their respective contributions.

For the bowling side, Nitish Gupta claimed 3 for 46 while Rajat and Shivam bagged two wickets each. In reply, the Karnal side failed to achieve the target and scored 100 runs before losing all the wickets. Aparmya top the team’s score chart with his 23 runs contribution. For Chandigarh, Aseem took most of the wickets and completed his spell with 4 for 17.

Brief scores:

Chandigarh-109 for all out in 27.1 overs (Kapil Punia 41, Ankit 12, Aseem 13, Nitish Gupta 3 for 46, Rajat 2 for 18, Shivam 2 for 16). Karnal-100 for all out in 22.1 overs (Aparmya 23, Satyam 12, Rajat 28, Aseem 4 for 17, Karan 3 for 36, Gaurav Dhingra 2 for 25).