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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Expectant woman dies
Was to be shifted to PGI; relatives cry foul, blame death on doctor
Suman Bhatnagar

Ambala, September 22
An expectant woman died today morning at the trauma centre in Ambala City while she was about to be taken to the PGI, Chandigarh. The agitated relatives of the deceased protested and broke the windowpanes of a ward. The relatives alleged that the negligent attitude of a lady doctor caused the death of their patient.

According to information, Tarsem Kaur, a resident of a nearby Laharsa village, had gone to the Civil Hospital for examination on September 17 as she was pregnant for eight months. Gynecologist Dr Darshna examined her and after advising her some blood tests she referred her to a physician Dr Arpita Garg. The woman was transfused two units of blood as her HB was found very low. Dr Arpita said symptoms of septicemia and anemia were diagnosed and she was given treatment accordingly.

The condition of the woman became serious this morning and Dr Garg advised victim’s relatives to take her to Chandigarh. The woman expired while she was being shifted in the ambulance and her around eight-month old feticide also died.

Jaswinder Singh, husband of the deceased, who is physically challenged, alleged that the doctor did not refer the patient on time which led to her death. On other hand, Dr Garg said she had asked the relatives of the victim two days before to take her to the PGI, Chandigarh, following her serious condition. But her relatives did not honour her advice.

Meanwhile, Civil Surgeon, Dr Vinod Gupta said he had ordered an inquiry into the matter and an action would be taken if someone was found guilty.

Bomb scare at Kalka rly station
Hina Rohtaki/Hemant Kumar
Tribune News Service

Panchkula/Kalka, Sept 22
A letter triggered a bomb scare at the Kalka railway station late this evening. It was after the train examiner saw the letter in a toilet of the general compartment of the Kalka-Barmer train, just before the train was to start its journey, that all the passengers were asked to get down and intense checking was carried out. As many as 500 passengers were shifted to the waiting room.

The train examiner, Basanti Lal Meena, was the first one to notice the letter. No name was mentioned on it. Soon, the RPF and the GRP reached the spot.

Station house officer of a GRP station Balkar Singh said: "We did check all the coaches in the train but found nothing. Not taking chances, we asked for a dog and bomb squads."

The dog squad reached the station around 10.45 pm while the bomb squad arrived at about 11.50 pm. The train was not cleared for the journey till the filing of the report.

The letter states: "Iss train me remote vala bomb hai". "Parivartan lane ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai. Dekhna hai zor kitna paison k liye apne maa, behan or betiyon ko bech dene vale netaon me hai", reads the letter.

RIMT Group of Institutes to plant 5,000 saplings
Our Correspondent

Jagdeep Singh Cheema, district president of the SAD, with students of the RIMT group of institutes while celebrating Vanamahotsava on the college campus at Mandi Gobindgarh. Photo: Surinder Bhardwaj

Fatehgarh Sahib, Sept 22
Management, staff and students of RIMT Group of Institutes, Mandi Gobindgarh, organised a function to mark the beginning of Vanamahotsava week. Jagdeep Singh Cheema, District President SAD (B) was the chief guest.

Addressing the function, Jagdeep Singh Cheema highlighted the importance of planting the trees for pollution free environment. He said people are suffering from various types of diseases only due to pollution, if we did not take the appropriate steps immediately our coming generations had to suffer. He said it was need of the hour that every section of the society should take the responsibility and wages a war against the menace of increasing pollution, which can be controlled only by planting the saplings.

Chairman of the institute said that students and staff will plant more than 5,000 saplings around Mandi Gobuindgarh, which is considered highest polluted town. He said they will also safe guard the trees.

Heritage trolley to stage a comeback
Hemant Kumar

Kalka, September 22
The heritage inspection trolley, which had been lying discarded since 1994, became functional recently and would now run on the Kalka-Shimla rail section again. Jitender Singh, Assistant Mechanical Engineer (AME), Diesel Shed, Kalka, said the inspection trolley, which had been used for inspection since the British rule on the Kalka-Shimla rail track, was damaged in an accident in 1994.

On the directions of Ashwani Lohani, Chief Mechancal Engineer (CMC), of the Northern Railway, Ambala Division, its maintenance was carried out at the Kalka diesel shed. Two trials of the trolley had been conducted successfully on August 29 and 31, respectively, between Kalka and Dharampur.

The trolley, which attracts people due to its small size, is used by railway officers and staff of the railway safety department to inspect bridges, tracks, etc, specially during landslides.

CRIME

Two arrested on charge of eve-teasing
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 22
Two girls were teased and subjected to sexual harassment in separate incidents in the city on Saturday night. A 25-year-old girl was teased by three youngsters near the Sector 22 market while she was returning home on foot. The girl raised an alarm, following which one of the suspects, identified as Nirmal Singh, was apprehended by passersby. The other two suspects, identified as Chander and Prince, escaped. The three suspects reside in a paying guest (PG) accommodation in sector 22. In another incident, a 35-year-old woman of Burail village at Sector 45 complained that Piara Singh of Sector 45 passed obscene comments about her. Piara has been arrested and case registered against him at the sector 34 police station.

Sector 22 shop burgled

Burglars stole Rs 6,968 and some important documents from a shop in the Sector 22 market on the night of September 20. The shop owner, Dalip Kumar, said burglars entered his shop after breaking the front locks and before leaving they also damaged the furniture. A case has been registered at the Sector 17 police station and investigation initiated.

Car stolen

A car was stolen from outside the Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32. Sunil Kumar of Sector 26 said he had parked his car outside the hospital. A case has been registered at the Sector 34 police station.

Purse, mobile snatched

Two motorcycle-borne persons snatched a purse and cell from Vandana near her residence on Sector 19 on Saturday night. The victim failed to note down the registration number of the motorcycle. A case has been registered in this connection at the Sector 19 police station.

Burglar arrested
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 22
The Chandigarh police has arrested a burglar, identified as Rakesh Kumar, and solved two cases of theft reported earlier this year. A team of the crime branch, acting on a tip-off, arrested the Rajesh, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, near Government School in Sector 45 on September 17. The police said with his arrest, two cases of burglary registered at the Sector 34 and 31 police stations had been solved.

The police officials stated that Rajesh was a notorious criminal and was involved in 10 other burglary cases registered in various police stations of the city.

He was produced in a court, which sent him to judicial custody.

Four sent to juvenile home

The crime branch on Saturday apprehended four juveniles who were involved in a burglary in August, regarding which a case was registered at the Sector 39 police station. After their investigation, two stolen laptops were recovered from their possession. They were produced before the juvenile court, which sent them to the juvenile home.

Youth booked on charge of abducting minor girl
Our Correspondent

Zirakpur, September 22
The local police has registered a case against a youth for abducting a 16-year-old minor girl from Zirakpur. The accused has been identified as Sohan Lal, a resident of Muradabad in Uttarpardesh.

The case was registered following a complaint by Ramchander, father of the victim, who hails from Uttar Pradesh and is presently living at Roglia Tower, Zirakpur. with family.

Ramchander alleged that a youth named Sohan Lal had abducted his daughter on September 6 this year after which Ramchander tried to search for her but in vain.

After receiving the compliant, the police booked Sohan on the complaint under Sections 363 and 366 A of the IPC.

The police has started the investigation in the case.

SPORTS

Administrator football cup
Mohan Bagan Academy log win
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 22
The 11th edition of the Administrator Football Cup kicked off at the football stadium of Sector 17 this evening. In the opening encounter, the team of Mohan Bagan Football Academy edged past Thou Academy Manipur 3-1.

The Bagan side started their tournament’s campaign on an exciting note. Building attack from the very first minute, strikers of Bagan team held the game and started penetrating rival’s defense. In the 7th minute, left-in striker, Jerry Pulamte attained the fruit when he smartly placed the ball in nets with a toe-flick over the custodian. Making their grip sturdy, the Bagan side launched an attack in the 11th minute and double the lead through C. Lal Remruta. A class-piece of header posted by Remryta from a cross by left-winger put the team ahead by 2-0.

The Manipur team, on other end, with two goals down started playing some attacking game. More of defense and non-possession made the team to fail to give their best. However, in the 22nd minute of the play, Manipur’s NG Jiten got a chance to edge past the custodian and he smartly put the score at 2-1. He reduced the margin with a brilliant shot launched through right foot. With 2-1 down the Manipur side worked hard to make a comeback. The wingers started building pressure and troubling the defenders but poor finishing mars the team’s fate. And soon, they faced the music, when Fimrong Sinson collected a miss-pass and marched towards Manipur’s defense. He posted the third goal, for Bagan, in the 52nd minute. Thereafter, the Manipur side failed to trounce back and the match was sealed at 3-1.

In another match, the team of Army Boys Company, Patna, thrashed FCC, Assam, by 16 goals. The Assam team played with seven players as 11 of their players was declared overage by the panel of doctors. Lakhai Besra scored five goals (2nd, 12th, 18th, and 22nd minute and 87th minute) while Sunit Thapa contributed 4 goals (37th, 40th, and 49th and 61st minute). Saroj Rai scored two goals in 3rd and 25th minutes while NTapas Singh scored in 7th and 15th minute of play. Praful Anish (39th minute) and Rikchen Thamang (81st minute) scored a goal each. Playing under a need of motivation, the Assam team conceded an own goal in the 73rd minute of the play.

CLTA tournament
Nitesh thrashes Ravinder 8-0
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 22
Nitesh P today defeated Ravinder Dhiman 8-0 while Abhilash Anand trounced Mohit Sangwan 8-7 (5), in the CLTA-AITA Chandigarh Open 1 Lakh Men's and Women's Tennis Tournament. CHART trainee Vikrant Dahiya moved to 2nd round by defeating Amaldev VP 8-4 while another CLTA trainee Krishna Rajput faced some resistance from Mayank Valecha. Krishna won 8-7 (1).

Results

Women’s (1st round): Shruti Dhawan bt Seerat Sidhu 8-1; Harsimran Kaur bt Priya Deetroja 8-1; Nandini Sharma bt Dhara Thakur 8-1; Aarushi Kakkar bt Sheetal Shetti 8-1; Arpit Sandhu bt Joshini Tuli 8-2; Nikita Bishnoi bt Rajshree Rathore 8-6; Saumya Saxena bt Baljinder Kaur 8-5.

Men’s (1st round): Nitesh P bt Ravinder Dhiman 8-0; Abhilash Anand bt Mohit Sangwan 8-7 (5); Harsimran Singh bt Chinmay 8-2; Ravinder Singh bt Arvind Singh (8-7) 6; Jairaj Sirohi bt Sumit Bansal 8-3; Jayesh K. bt Jayant 8-0; Rameng Mawia bt Deepanshu Garg 8-0; Uttam Phogat bt Nasir Malik 8-2; Yuvraj Singh bt Parminder Singh 8-0; Naveen Dhukhia bt Jaskaran Grewal 8-5; Kapil Guriya bt Viresh Yadav 8-4; Varun Chawla bt Azharjit Basra 8-4; Uday Mann bt Kabir Bhatia 8-4; Devinder Rawat bt Deepak Malik 8-2; Himanshu bt Sahil Saini 8-6; Vikrant bt Amaldev V.P. 8-4; Shushant Moudgill bt Sharavan Kumar 8-4; Sohrabh Kunwar bt Purva Kumar S.8-2; Sachin V. bt Yogesh Vyas 8-2; Rahul Seth bt Nitesh Guleria 8-2; Uday Chahal bt Divyansh Sharma 8-0; Ajay Pratap bt Nishant Rout 8-4; Krishna Rajput bt Mayank Valecha 8-7 (1); Mandeep Kumar bt Prakash P.S. 8-0; Sohail Singh bt Keshav Verma 8-4; Badri Narain Mishra bt Prateek Kumar 8-5; Abhimanyu Singh bt Nitin Rohil 8-2;Bishwajit Das bt Deepak Sharma 8-0; Rohit Bisht bt Yuvraj Sangwan 8-1; Mayur Borse bt Amit Bhatti 8-2; Rahul Singh btPrasad Apte 8-0; Barun Gill bt Mridul Kharwal 8-0;Sharvil Mawghare bt Pratham Bhatti 8-1; Anush Dheer Singh bt Sukhdamin Singh 8-7 (6); Rahul bhatti bt Dhanesh Gaikwad 8-2;Pranav G. Divakar bt Mayank Sharma 8-6; Akshit Chhabra bt Ikshvanku Sharma 8-1; Pankaj Ehlawat bt Gursharan Nijjar 8-6; Sachin S.Prabhjot bt Singh Kang 8-2; Vipul Sabharwal bt Amarjyoti Deka 8-3; Manjot Singh bt Ojas Rathi 8-4; Abhinav Mahajan bt Bharat Sharma 8-1; Rupesh Khokkar bt Prateek Nain 8-1; Sudhir Singh bt Amarjyoti Sharma 8-4; Prashant Sawant bt Saksham Aggarwal 8-3; Suraj Bhardwaj bt Anuj Arora 8-1; Saarthak Jain bt Vikas Kumar 8-2; Dharmender Yadav bt Sahil Vasvani 8-1; Surender Deshpal bt Tejvansh Singh 8-5;Gurinder Singh bt Ayush Joshi 8-0; Lalhmachuana bt Amit Bzad 8-3; L. Harsha Puneet bt Kathapalia 8-0.

KATOCH shield
Mohali score 246 runs against Chandigarh
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 22
The Mohali team scored 246 runs against Chandigarh team during a match of the Katoch Shield, being held at YPS School, Mohali, today. Opener Sunny Sohal initiated the team’s innings by scoring 91 runs off 159 balls inclusive of 15 boundaries. Mayank Sidana contributed 79 runs off 152 balls inclusive of 10 boundaries. For Chandigarh, off-spinner Gaurav Gambhir claimed 3 wickets by giving away 69 runs while Jaskaran and Gurinder Singh claimed two wickets each.

Brief scores

Mohali (1st innings): 246/ 8 (Sunny Sohal 91,Mayank Sidana 79, Gaurav Gambhir 3 for 69, Jaskaran 2 for 36, Gurinder Singh 2 for 56)

In another match, resuming at overnight 36/ 4, Patiala’s batsmen fumbled in front of Ludhiana’s bowling attack and was bowled out for 68 runs in 31.3 overs. Medium Pacer Amritpal Singh claimed 5 wickets by giving away 30 runs while left arm medium pacer Deepak Bansal took 4 wickets by giving away 28 runs. Rajwinder Singh (12 runs) and Sarabjit Singh Ladda (11 runs) were the main scorers for the team. In reply, the Ludhiana side scored 53 runs with the loss of two wickets in 23.1 overs at the close of 2nd day’s play.

Brief scores

Patiala (1st innings): 68/10 in 31.3 overs (Preet Kamal 17, Sarabjit Ladda 11 not out and Rajwinder Singh 12,Amritpal Singh 5 for 30 and Deepak Bansal 4 for 28)

Ludhiana (1st innings): 53/ 2 in 23.1 overs (Akhil Aggarwal 19 and Karan Goel 10,Sandeep Sharma 1 for 19).

In the third match, resuming at overnight score of 236 runs with the loss of 4, the Amritsar side bowled out for 292 in 119.1 overs against Jalandhar. Navneet Singh completed his century (105 runs) before being caught by wicket keeper Abhishek Gupta off Navdeep Singh. For bowling side, Shubek Gill notched 4 wickets by giving away 55 runs while Navdeep Singh claimed 3 wickets by giving away 49 runs. In their innings, the Jalandhar team scored 194 runs at the close of day’s play. An unbeaten stand of 122 runs for the 4th wicket between Taruwar Kohli (77 off 150 balls with 8 boundaries) and Himanshu Satyawan (65 off 86 balls with 8 boundaries) helped the team to stand tall.

Brief scores

Amritsar (1st innings): 292 /10 in 119.1 overs(Rohan Marwaha 41, Sharad Lumba 34, Arush Sabbarwal 34, Navneet 105,Taruwar Kohli 2 for 34 Navdeep Singh 3 for 49, Shubek Gill 4 for 55) Jalandhar (1st innings): 194/ 3 (Taruwar Kohli 77 not out and Himanshu Satyawan 65 not out, Sunny 2 for 43).

Atray tourney from Sept 26
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 22
The 20th edition of the JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament will start from September 26. Matches will be played at PCA Stadium, Mohali, Cricket Stadium, Sector 16, Chandigarh, LIC Cricket Academy, Sector 26, Chandigarh, St John's School, Sector 26, Chandigarh and at Government College, Ropar.

A total of 16 teams including, Baroda Cricket Association, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association, DDCA President's XI, Air India Delhi, Reliance Industries Mumbai, All India FCI Delhi, MRF Chennai, PCC, PCA Colts, State Bank of Mysore, CAG Delhi, ONGC Delhi, DASCB, Canara Bank Bangalore, BSNL Delhi, Players ITC and Income Tax-XI, have confirmed their entry for the tournament. The winners of the tournament will get cash prize of Rs 2 lakhs, while the runners-up team will be awarded with cash prize of Rs 1 lakh.

According to Sushil Kapoor, organising secretary the tournament will be played on league-cum-knock-out-basis and all the matches will be played under 50 overs format. The final match of the tournament will be played at Cricket Stadium, Sector 16. Vivek Atray, convener of the tournament said a special award for the most technically-sound young batsman will be awarded to perpetuate the memory of legendary coach DP Azad. International and national players Parveen Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Ajayankya Rahane, Chiteshwar Pujara, Siddharth Kaul, Jeevanjot Singh will play in this tournament.