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Fatehgarh Sahib, September 6
On the call of Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers' Union, teachers of Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib, staged a dharna against the Punjab government on the college campus today.

Addressing the members of the union, Prof Bikramjit Singh Sandhu, vice-president of the college unit, alleged the state government of its indifferent attitude and delaying tactics towards the long standing demands of the teachers working in the non-government affiliated colleges.

He said their demands included implementation of pension and gratuity, lifting of ban on recruitment, covering the teachers working against unaided posts, relaxation from refresher courses as per the UGC guidelines, increase in retirement age to 65 years as per the Central Government notification dated December 31, 2008, and subsequent UGC guidelines, payment of arrears due on account of revised pay scales of 2006 from the period January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2010, and regular disbursement of revised grant meant for salaries under the 95 per cent grant-in-aid scheme. 

Ropar, September 6
The Anandpur Sahib police has arrested four persons and seized 22 grams of heroin from their possession. Inspector Sukhwinder Singh said 6 grams each of the illegal drug was recovered from Bhupinder Singh, Mandeep Singh Lakki and Gurvinder Singh, whereas four gram of heroin was seized from Gurwant Singh. One of the accused, Mandeep Singh Lakki, is the son of the Shiromani Akali Dal circle president, women wing, Anandpur Sahib.

A case has been registered under the Sections 21, 61 and 85 of NDPS Act.

Investigations were on, said a police official.

Dera Bassi, September 6
One person was killed and two youths were inured in a road mishap on the Dera Bassi-Barwala road, near Kuranwala village, on Friday evening.

The deceased has been identified as a 40-year-old, Shiv Ram, a resident of Kheri village, Panchkula. He succumbed to his injuries in PGI, Chandigarh.

The other two injured youths have been idientifed as 19-year-old Manga, a resident of Kheri, Panchkula, and Sukhvinder Singh, a resident of Toda, Panchkula. They are undergoing treatment at PGI, Chandigarh.

As per the information, the accident occurred due to a collision of the two bikes. On one motorcycle, Shiv Ram and Manga were riding, and the other motorcycle was ridden by Sukhvinder Singh.

A case has been registered against Sukhvinder under the Sections 279 and 304-A of the IPC.Investigations were on.

On the basis of eyewitnesses and injured, we have registered a case against Sukhvinder, said a police official.

The body of the deceased will be handed over to the relatives of the deceased after conducting the post-mortem.

50 take part in workshop on polio

Patiala, September 6
A continuing medical education-cum-workshop on Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP ) Surveillance and Polio eradication was held in department of paediatrics, Government Medical College, Patiala, under the patronage of the college principal Dr KD Singh today.

The workshop was conducted by Senior Medical Officer, WHO, Dr Ravinder Singh, and Dr Parveen Mittal, associate professor and nodal officer for the AFP surveillance. As many as 50 faculty members from the departments of medicine, neurology, orthopaedics, pathology and paediatrics participated in the workshop. Representatives from the district health administration, also participated in the workshop.—TNS

Chandigarh, September 6
The echo of the protests against the Delhi rape case and the action against the protesters was heard loud and clear in the Punjab and Haryana High Court after Panjab University students knocked at its doors. They were seeking the quashing of the FIR registered after they went in a silent procession to the Governor House to submit a memorandum to the Governor. At that time, they were demanding adequate security arrangements for city girls.

Taking up the petition filed through counsel RS Bajaj, the High Court has issued a notice to the UT Administration. It has also been restrained from presenting a challan in the matter.

In the petition, Divya and five other students are seeking the quashing of FIR number 248 dated December 25, 2012, registered at the Sector 3 police station under Sections 147, 149, and 283 of the IPC.

Describing them as 'honest and law abiding persons', Bajaj said the petitioners were 'all young students of Panjab University'. They were aggrieved by the highhandedness of the Chandigarh Police in registering the 'absolutely false and frivolous FIR against them'.

Going into the background, Bajaj said the nation was shocked at the barbaric act and the 'unfortunate death of the young girl and the manner in which she was attacked' led to resentment among people at large. In Chandigarh also, the public at large had the similar sentiments. In Panjab University also, meetings were held, where the students condemned the incident and demanded adequate security for girl students in the city. It was unanimously decided by the students to hold a peaceful protest march and handover a memorandum to the Governor of Punjab.

Accordingly, on December 25, 2012, about 50 students from Panjab University, including the petitioners, proceeded on a peaceful march towards the Governor House to submit the memorandum.

Caring little for the sentiments of the young students, the Chandigarh Police started 'acting in a barbaric manner'. They manhandled the protesting students and forcibly took them to two different police stations and illegally detained them.

The police also forcibly obtained signatures of the petitioners and 'other similarly situated students' on blank papers and forms. It was learnt that the police officers told them that they were only fulfilling certain formalities and they should not worry. They also assured them that no drastic action would be taken against any of the students

But in the last week of July 2013, the petitioners received calls from the Sector 3 police station, asking them to appear in connection with the FIR registered against them. The petitioners were totally shocked on hearing this because they had never ever been apprised of the registration of any case.

Chandigarh, September 6
The Additional District and Sessions Judge Preeti Sahni has awarded two-year imprisonment to a resident of Mauli Jagran for theft. The convict identified as Mangat Ram was arrested six months ago in March.

According to prosecution, Mangat Ram was arrested by the police while committing a theft at a house of an auto-rickshaw driver Ram Sharma on March 3 at Darua village. The police had registered a case under Section 454,411, and 423 of the IPC against him.Today, the Judge pronouncing the judgement awarded him two-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1,000 under Section 454 of the IPC. The convict has also to undergo one-year imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 500 under Sections 380 and 411 of the IPC . Both sentences will run concurrently.

Mohali, September 6
A local court today awarded 10-year sentence along with a fine of Rs 5,000 to a Pakistani spy Irfan Khan.

Irfan Khan was nabbed on May 29, 2010, while roaming around the Air Force Station at Mullanpur.

A case against him was registered at the Mullanpur Police Station.

Today, the Mohali Additional and District Judge DS Johal issued orders to send him to jail for 10 years.

Chandigarh, September 6
Pranav Mohindra of DAV School and Rupali of Tribune Model School won two gold medals each in the sub-junior (U-15) category of the the Chandigarh Inter-School Cycling Championship. As many as 60 Cyclists from different schools took part in various cycling events during the championship.

Pranav won gold in 5-km time trial and 7-km mass start race. In 5-km time trial, Samarpreet of Ryan International, Sector 49, and Sahil Gairola of GMSSS-32 were the first and the second runners-up.

In 10-km mass start competition (U- 17), Krishan Malhotra of Gyandeep Public School, Sector 20, bagged gold. In 15-mm time trial (U-19), Saket Malhotra of GMHS, Sector 20, bagged the first position. He was followed by Ashish Kadian of GMSSS, Sector 32, and Sumit Beniwal of St Soldier Schoo, Sector 28. Saket Malhotra also bagged gold in 25 km mass start under-19 category.

In the girls' category (U-15), Rupali Khurana of Tribune Model School, Sector 29, bagged gold. She secured the second position in 7-km mass start event. 

Chandigarh, September 6
The third round cricket match for the Katoch Shield Inter-District Trophy, which was to be played between Ludhiana and Mohali at the PCA Stadium, Mohali, from September 7-10, has been rescheduled for September 9-12 at PAU, Ludhiana.

This change has been necessitated after the Champion's League matches were shifted from Hyderabad to Mohali. The schedule of other matches will remain the same. Tomorrow, the match between Chandigarh and Jalandhar will start at the FC Sondhi Ground, Jalandhar. On the the other hand, Patiala will cross swords with Amritsar at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium, Patiala.

So far, Jalandhar with 9 points is leading the pack. Jalandhar is closely followed by Patiala (8 points) and Amritsar (7 points). Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Mohali are languishing at the bottom with 3 points each.