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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Trade unions merge with CITU
Tribune News Service

Ropar, July 28
A number of trade unions have joined the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) during a convention held here today.

These include Asha Workers Union, Punjab; Class IV Employees Union, Punjab; Punjab Small Scale and Export Corporation Employees Association, Multipurpose Health Contract Employees Union (Female), Chandigarh Industrial Workers Union, Chandigarh Spun Pipe Workers Union, Mahesh Engineering Workers Union, SAS Nagar; Karkhana Workers Union Chanalon, and Khadi Bhandar Workers Union, Punjab.

CITU Punjab general secretary Raghunath Singh and vice-president Chander Shekhar, welcoming the trade unions in the CITU fold, said their joining the CITU would increase the strength and prestige of the organisation.

One killed in accident
Our Correspondent

Banur, July 28
A man was killed in a road accident near Banur on Saturday. He has been identified as Jatinder Singh (28), a resident of Dwali Kalan near Rajpura.

The accident took place when a Maruti car hit the Activa being driven by Jatinder from the rear side near Rampur Kalan on the Rajpura-Zirakpur Road. The man died on the spot.

The police has registered a case against the car driver under Section 279 and 304 A of the IPC.

Residents of 28 villages face inconvenience
Parmod Mehta

Banur, July 28
The residents of over 28 villages in Banur have been facing inconvenience due to their link with other two districts, Patiala and Mohali. The residents have been demanding that they should be attached with their old district, Patiala, as they are already linked with the Rajpura assembly constituency that falls in Patiala district and are bound to visit the region for all kinds of works relating to the police department or the panchayat department.

Residents alleged that they have to visit Mohali for revenue related work. Due to this reason Banur police station was dismantled a few months back and the villages were attached with Lalru, Sohana and Zirakpur police stations. Government officials said that this action was initiated as a result of ill functioning of the administration as it was linked with two districts already.

Following a protest by the residents of the area against the dismantling of the police station, government has started an inquiry of the issue.

Lalru women begin fast over demands

Dera Bassi, July 28
Women of Lalru, who have been struggling for the past few days, began a fast in favour of their demands in front of the Municipal Council office, Lalru, on Sunday. The strike would continue till their demands were not met, said the protesting women.

Congress leader Manpreet Kaur Dolly and Darshni Devi, who are leading the protest, said the women had been protesting in favour of their demands for the past few days, but Municipal Council officials have not accepted their demands.

The women said their problems included supply of unsafe drinking water, poor condition of streets and roads, delay in widow and old-age pensions and holding of municipal council elections even after three years of its existence. — OC

Hepatitis Day observed

Dera Bassi, July 28
On the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, a function was organised today in Lalru to spread awareness about the dreaded disease. Addressing the gathering, the SMO in charge CHC, Lalru, Dr Daler Singh Multani said, “Some types of hepatitis are self limiting, some require an extensive treatment and some can be cured through vaccinations.”

Some informative material was also distributed to the public.— OC

Plantation drive for MGNREGA workers in Fatehgarh Sahib
2 lakh saplings to be planted in district
Our Correspondent

Fatehgarh Sahib, July 28
To provide employment to the MGNREGA job cardholders during the rainy season, the district administration has decided to involve them in planting over 2 lakh saplings in the district, said Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Baljit Singh Sandhu.

He said 40,000 saplings would be planted in each block of the district and all five blocks would be covered simultaneously.

He said 1.25 lakh Burma lilac (deak), 60,000 eucalyptuses, 12, 000 cesium (tahli), 6,000 sagwan and 17,000 other type of medicinal and fruit able saplings would be planted on vacant
panchayat lands, schools premises and other government places. He instructed the officials to keep a regular check on the ongoing MGNREGA work and to make online accounts of the job cardholders and attach them with Aadhaar cards.

Giani Ditt Singh Welfare Society formed
Our Correspondent

Fatehgarh Sahib, July 28
To launch campaigns against social evils and initiate social welfare projects, hundreds' of youths formed a Welfare Society based on the philosophy of a renowned Sikh scholar and architect of Singh Sabha Lehar, Giani Ditt Singh today.

The president of the Giani Ditt Singh Welfare Society, Amandeep Singh, said, "The deprived students would be extended support to enable them to pursue higher studies. The society will work for the promotion of games among the youth, organise a blood donation camp; launch a campaign against drug addiction, female feticide; help the underprivileged to get pensions and benefits of government funded schemes, provide financial assistance to the destitute and widows, and also solemnise marriage of the girls belonging to deprived families." The society would garner support from all the political parties in the pursuit of this social cause, said Amandeep.

During the meeting Gurpinder Singh has been elected as the senior vice president of the society, Balwinder singh as the vice president, and Gurpal Singh as the general secretary. Gurmanpreet Singh has been chosen as the treasurer, Jaspal Singh as the deputy treasurer; and Advocate Gurmeet Singh Sony has been voted as the press secretary.

CRIME

Murdered woman identified
Tribune News Service

Mohali, July 28
The Mohali police today claimed to have identified the migrant woman, whose headless body and head were found at the local Sewerage Treatment Plant last week.

The Mohali SP, Swarndeep Singh Singh, said the woman’s name was Mamta, who had gone missing from her resident at Dugri, Ludhiana, in March.

Her husband had filed a report in this connection at the Dugri police station on March 26.

The SP said her husband, named Dharminder, had confirmed that his name was tattooed on the left arm of his wife. Notably, a tattoo was found on the left arm of the body.

Mamta was a mother of two minor children. The couple hailed from Kalanaur, near Rohtak, Haryana.

The area DSP, Ajinder Singh, said: "Dharminder has told us that Mamta had gone missing all of a sudden. We have called him tomorrow for further investigations".

Man killed in accident

Chandigarh, July 28
A 30-year-old pillion rider was killed in a hit-and-run case last night. The incident took place at the road separating sectors 52 and 53 at around 10.45pm. Pillion driver Durga Kumar was killed while Umesh Kumar suffered injuries.

They were rushed to the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, where doctors declared Durga dead. Umesh is said to be out of danger. Durga was a resident of Kajheri and is survived by his wife and two children. — TNS

Five booked for fraud

Zirakpur, July 28
A resident of Panjokha, Ambala, Vishal Sharma was duped of Rs 2 lakh by five miscreants on pretext of sending him abroad.

A case was registered following the complaint registered by Vishal. He alleged that some persons had duped him of his money by making false promises to him. The accused, Vikrant Arya, his wife Nimrata and mother-in-law and sister-in-law, all residents of Zirakpur, and Pawan Kumar have been booked under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC. — OC

Decomposed body found

Panchkula, July 28
A decomposed body was found in the Ramsar village of Pinjore in Panchkula this morning. According to the police, a black coloured bag was also found from the spot which contained a sealed bottle of liquor, a brown coloured uniform and a belt, suspected to be that of a peon.

“The person seems to be in his late thirties. Since the body is badly decomposed it is difficult to tell whether it is case of suicide or murder at this stage,” said a police official. —TNS

SPORTS

Soccer tourney stopped midway
Remaining matches to be held later as St John’s team wants to participate in another tourney
Deepankar Sharda
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 28
Providing VIP treatment to a local private school, the UT Education Department has postponed the ongoing Inter-School Football Championship for boys (U-17). Reason-the team of St John’s School, Sector 26, one of the semifinalists, wants to participate in a private tournament.

The tourney was ceased at the semifinal stage after the respective school wanted to participate in some other tournament, held annually, for all the convent schools. The step of the UT Education Department has left the other semifinalists red-faced. St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, DAV Public School, Sector 8, and Delhi Public School, Sector 40, are the other semifinalists of the soccer cup.

Fearing interference of the top officials, one of the chair-bearers of District Education Office, said, “The school has informed the UT Education Department about their participation in the private tournament. The request was forwarded to the District Education Officer (DEO) a month ago and the permission letter was forwarded to the respective department in no time,” said the official, seeking anonymity. But when questioned about the fact that if the respective team was well-aware that they will reach the semifinals (a month prior to the tournament) and about the standard of the private tournament (in comparison to inter-school tournament), the official maintained, “You (the reporter) can contact the DEO, he is the best person to comment.”

However, the concerned official was not available for comments despite repeated attempts. Education Secretary and the DPI of the schools were also not available for their comments.

Interestingly, the decision was taken at the eleventh hour and the other participating schools were given no written intimation about the postponed dates. The coaches of the respective teams only received a phone call, on the night prior to match, by the tournament in-charge. Not only the tournament but also the trials to select probable team for the upcoming national championship for boys (U-17), scheduled to be held on last day of the tournament, were also postponed till the further orders.

A coach of a school, added, “We have not received any intimation in a written communication by the education department. If the department was too sure about their participation, they must have conducted the tournament according to the dates that suit the school. There is no disclosure of any new dates and why the school is being benefitted with all this?” asked a coach. Another coach of a convent school, added, “Why should other teams suffer, if one team is not willing to participate in the state championship conducted by the education branch of the UT Administration? The team is not representing the city, neither the nation in the respective tourney so why they are exempted for m this tourney. Will any principal allow his or her students to leave the examination in-between in order to attempt other examination and then return back after a week?” questioned a coach of a semifinalist convent school.

When contacted the school authorities, the respective coordinator said, "Yes, the team is away to play in the tournament. But not sure about the inter-school tournament is being postponed due to that. Principal is the ultimate authority to comment on this, but she is out of the city for attending a conference," said coordinator Likhari.

Jaskeerat, Tarini, Jaspreet, Shrushti win chess titles
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 28
Jaskeerat Singh Ahluwalia, Tarini Goyal, Jaspreet Singh and Shrushti Fulzele won the competition, in their respective categories, during the concluding day of State Chess Championship, being held at St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, here today. Jaskeerat of Delhi Public School, Sector 40, won the open category (U-15) with 6 points while Tarini of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, bagged the girls (U-15) category with 3 points.

Jaspreet Singh of Saupins School, Sector 32, won the Under-9 open category and Shrushti Fulzele attained first place in the Under-9 girls category. The organisers have also selected the top position-holders to represent Chandigarh in their respective categories in the nationals to be held in Kolkata, West Bengal (Under-15) from August 5 to 14 and Chennai (Under-9) from November 8 to 17.

Final standing-6 points-Jaskeerat Ahluwalia; 5 points-Anubhav Tuknayat; 4.5 points-Archit Gupta, Amartya Bhattacharya; 4 points-Manish Mandal, Rishabh Jain, Utsav Dutta, Akash Bhardwaj, Yash Yakhmi, Levanshu, Gagandeep Singh, Rahul Gupta, Jashan Khurana; 3.5 points-Yogik Khurana, Simranjeet Singh, Soumiljeet Singh, Lakshay Munjal; 3 points-Ishaan Singh, Manav Gupta, Navrattan Randhawa, Abhinav, Vansh Chawla, Kunal Arora, Saksham Mahendru, Rishit Gupta; 2.5 points-Aryandeep Singh, Rishabh Ramsisaria; 2 points-Ansh, Raunak Singhal, Aaryan Sethi, Tanuj Sharma, Devasya; 1 point-Jashanpreet Singh, Vansh Bansal, Rohan Syal, Rohan Gera, Shaurya Walia, Harsh Rawat, Arman Lakhni; Girls (U-15)-3 points-Tarini Goyal; 2 points-Kashish Kaushal, Anahat Preet, Aditi Ramsisaria, Saumya Lamba; 1 point-Inayat Kaur, Alamdeep Kaur, Edha Garg; 0 point-Mitali Saini; Open category (U-9)-5 points-Jaspreet Singh; 4.5 points-Anhat Singh; 3.5 points-Shishir Lamba, Shivom Sood; 3 points-Vyomm Khanna, Punya Garg, Aayush Raj Kapoor, Pratyaksh Goel; 2 points-Jairaj Singh, Harjeev Singh, Ayushman Bhardwaj, Yuvraj Singh, Raghav Prinja, Shaunak Chaudhary; 1.5 points-Krish Gupta; 1 point-Arinjay Goyal, Piyush Mehta; Girls (U-9)-3 points-Shrushti Fulzele, Surbhi Singh.

Selected players-Open category (U-15)-Jaskeerat Singh Ahluwalia, Anubhav Tuknayat, Archit Gupta, Amartya Bhattacharjee; Girls (U-15) category-Tarini Goyal, Kashish Kaushal, Anahat Preet, Aditi Ramsisaria; Open category(U-9)-Jaspreet Singh and Anhat Singh; Girls (U-9)-Shrushti Fulzele and Surbhi Singh.

Nidhi lifts carrom title
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 28
Nidhi Gupta of the St Mary’s School, Sector 46, won Sub-Junior Girls’ Singles title after overcoming Maryam of Government Model Secondary School, Sector 46, in straight two games by 21-05 and 20-00, during the ongoing State Carrom meet held at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here today. In the semifinals, Nidhi defeated Komal Gupta by 21-04, 21-05.

In the semifinals of girl’s junior category, Farheen outclassed Priya Sharma at 25-21 and 18-08 while Tuba defeated Gulshan by 25-06, 25-10.

Results

Girls’ Sub-Junior Singles: Quarterfinals-Nidhi Gupta beat Drishti Jain 25-00, 20-00, Komal Gupta beat Aakanksha Bhatia 14-07, 13-00, Maryam beat Ashu 18-00, 09-03, Sanya Chadha beat Meena 21-00, 21-00, semifinals-Nidhi Gupta beat Komal Gupta 21-04, 21-05, Maryam beat Sanya Chadha 12-10, 14-08; Final-Nidhi Gupta beat Maryam 21-05, 20-00; Girls’ Junior Singles-Quarterfinals-Tuba beat Vrinda Gupta 21-00, 21-00, Manu Gupta beat Sanya Chadha 19-04, 21-09, Nidhi Gupta beat Gurkiran 23-04, 17-02, Priya Sharma beat Maryam 21-00, 18-00; Women’s Singles quarterfinals-Farheen beat Sanya Chadha, Priya Sharma beat Nidhi Gupta 21-17, 24-11, Gulshan beat Manu Gupta 25-14, 09-25, 21-14 beat Tuba beat Bhavneet 25-00, 25-00; Semifinals-Farheen beat Priya Sharma 25-21, 18-08, Tuba beat Gulshan 25-06, 25-10; Boys’ Sub-Junior singles-Pre Quarterfinals-Chirag C beat Omkar Singh 21-00, Aditya Gupta beat Pushpeet Modi 12-07, Aditya Goel beat Anmol Bhatia 20-08, Sahil Thakur beat Atul Yadav 07-00, Rishu Sharma beat Aditya 16-00, Manish beat Aryan Dhaka 13-04, Gurrahmat Singh beat Ayush Malik 12-00, Mihir Yadav beat Ayush Malik 21-00; Boys’ Junior Singles-second round-Pushpinder Singh beat Ishan Dhir 11-00, 08-00, Sankalp beat Himanshu Garg 16-00, 15-01, Aarish beat Shubham 21-00, 21-00; third round-Talib beat Abhishek Sharma 22-00, 21-06, Paras Arora beat Sahibpreet Singh 01-08, 11-06, 20-00, Yishu Sharma beat Kartik Malik 21-00, 21-00, Ankush Taneja beat Sanyam Goel 21-04, 21-04, Rishu Sharma beat Shanu Goel 13-08, 20-15, Ayush Kumar beat Preet Kamal Singh 17-15, 21-00, Tasavar Ali beat Pushpinder 21-00, 21-00, Aarish beat Sankalp Sharma 21-00, 23-00; Men’s singles-second round-Hassan beat Riyasat Ali 17-12, 25-16, Gursharan Singh beat Sandeep Singh 23-03, 25-01, Paras Arora beat Gautam Kundrai, Raj Kumar beat Shahnawaz 25-00, 19-04, Mazhar Khan beat Abhishek Sharma 25-00, 25-00, Prikshit Vashisht beat Mohammed Yusuf 25-06, 12-04, 20-19, Talib beat Neeraj Bharti 13-18, 18-16, 25-00, Mohammed Aarish beat Shashi Kant 25-00, 25-00, Umeed Ali beat Shanu Goel 25-14, 25-02, Anish beat Qayyum Khan 25-03, 25-11, Saquib beat Mohammed Dilshad 16-06, 25-04.