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Patiala, October 1
A book comprising a collection of essays by famous writers and scholars was released on the occasion of World Geriatric Day at Khalsa College, Patiala, today. The book titled 'Sade Bazurg Sada Sarmaya', edited by Swarnjeet Kaur Ubha and Parminder Kaur Kranti, was released by Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar, former president of SGPC, Amritsar, GK Singh, Patiala Deputy Commissioner, and Dr Karmjeet Singh Sra, managing director, Markfed.

College principal Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha welcomed the guests on the occasion.

Ubha said the book has been written with a motive to guide youth to shun negative notions about the elderly. “The younger generation feels that senior citizens are an unnecessary burden, but that is not the truth,” said Ubha.

Famous writers and scholars such as Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar, Prof Acchru Singh, GK Singh, Dr Karmjeet Singh, Dr Shalini Gupta, Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha, Dr Satish Kumar Verma, Dr Harchand Singh Sirhindi, Dr Darshan Singh Aasht, Pritam Singh Rupal, Dr Kashmir Singh, Dr Ajit Singh Bhatti, Dr Surjit Singh Bhatti, Dr Gurdish Kaur, Dr Kulwinder Singh Sohal, principal Rulia Singh and Dr Jagjit Singh have contributed in the making of this book, said Ubha.

We hope this book would bring a change in the perception of the younger generation and guide them to a right path, which is to love and respect their old parents, said the editors of the book.

Ambala, October 1
City-based Rajender Garg, who has donated blood for as many as 161 times was honoured, along with seven others from across the country, by the Union Health Minister Gulam Navi Ajad, on the occasion of the Blood donation day, at a function in today.

60-year-old Garg donated blood for the very first time in 1971, during the Indo-Pak war, on the advice of Dr Jai Gopal Jolly, incharge of PGI Chandigarh Blood Bank. Since then he has been donating blood regularly after every three months. Garg has also formed a blood donation organisation named Saviours Club. He is also accredited with organising various blood donation camps.

He gave meaning to the phrase ‘Charity begins at home’. His wife, Sucheta Garg, has donated blood for 38 times while his son, Rajan Garg, has donated blood for 35 times. His daughter donated blood for 13 times and his daughter-in-law donated blood for 18 times.

Garg said that World Health Organisation had extended the age of blood donating from 60 to 65 years. He said he would continue donating blood till then. “I am disappointed that I will not be able to complete a double centaury,” said the star 
blood donor.

Kalka, October 1
A motorcycle-borne youth was injured in a road accident on NH-22, adjacent to the Kalka police station, today. The injured has been identified as Subhash, a resident of Rattpur Colony, Pinjore.

According to information, the motorcycle was hit by a recklessly-driven Himachal Roadways bus (HP-12-C 6631) in the evening on the NH. The bus in an attempt to overtake a three-wheeler, hit the motorcycle coming from the opposite direction.

The victim sustained serious leg injury and is currently undergoing treatment at the CHC, Kalka. The bus has been impounded by the police. A case has been registered. — OC

Patiala, October 1
Investiture ceremony was organised at Delhi Public School, Patiala, today. Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was also observed on the occasion. The event was presided over by director, Pre-School Springles, Sameer Pandhi.

A cultural programme was also organised. The leaders were given sashes badges and flags. — TNS

Chandigarh, October 1
A local court today acquitted two advocates in a case of brawl that occurred during a hearing of the Beant Singh murder case in 2005. The court acquitted advocate AS Chahal and advocate SS Bawa in a case of wrongful restraint, causing hurt and obstructing public servant from performing duty after the prosecution failed to prove the charges against them.

The incident occurred on August 17, 2005, when the hearing of the Beant Singh murder case used to take place inside a special court in Burail Jail due to security reasons.

The advocates were representing the accused Jagtar Singh Hawara and had come to the jail for hearing of the case when they were denied entry into the jail premises by guard Mangtu Ram, the advocates objected and claimed that they used to park their vehicles inside the jail premises on each hearing and had questioned as to why they were being denied entry. Heated arguments began which soon turned violent and the Jail Superintendent was then informed.

Mangtu Ram had made a complaint to the jail authorities against the advocates for manhandling him. The police registered a case under Sections 353, 341 and 325 of the IPC against Chahal and Bawa on the complaint of the Jail Superintendent.

“There was no scuffle as made out by the complainants and we were falsely implicated in the case. Nothing could be proved in the court as all allegations were baseless,” said Chahal.

Chandigarh, October 1
The court of Sessions Judge SK Aggarwal today acquitted a person in a case of rape after the victim turned hostile and told the court she was married to the accused and did not want any criminal proceedings against him.

The court acquitted Harish Kumar of all the charges today. The case was registered on August 12, 2011, at the Sector 17 police station, when the girl had complained to the police that Harish had allegedly raped her on the pretext of marrying her. The accused and the victim used to work in an insurance company.The accused had demanded Rs 50 lakh from the girl and when she expressed her unwillingness to pay, the accused refused to marry her.After the registration of the case, the two had then married and the girl told this to court today following which the accused was acquitted. — TNS

Panchkula, October 1
The court has acquitted Ravinder Gill in a car theft case. Gill was accused of stealing a Swift Dzire car from outside Platinum Gym in Panchkula.

Due to lack of circumstantial evidence, the court acquitted Ravinder.

He was convicted in the Jiya and Arnav kidnapping case.

Recently, he was acquitted in the Sector 9 robbery case.

Belonging to a well-off family, Ravinder owned many marriage palaces in Zirakpur, which he sold off in order to invest in some lottery and gambling business. Ravinder has two children. In 2001, the accused had murdered his father as he had tried to rape his cousin. He has learnt to have acted in various television serials.

Chandigarh, October 1
A day after DAV college girls were injured in an accident, the police has arrested the driver of the car identified as David Godra, who is a student of DAV College Sector 10 and a resident of Hisar.

Panchkula, October 1
The police today arrested the driver of the Army truck, who rammed into an Alto car, killing two youths on the spot.

The accused, Sharap Chonjok, was presented in a local court which granted him bail also produced in the court and let out on bail.

The youths, Neeraj and Satyam, hailing from Shimla, had come to the city to enquire about the health of their friend's sister.

The truck hit their vehicle at the Old Panchkula light point. A commuter followed the truck and noted down its number. The police did not arrest the driver yesterday.

Chandigarh, October 1
Usually busy in making plans to catch criminals, supervising major events and solving regular cases, Ashish Kapoor, a Deputy Superintendent of Police rank official of the Chandigarh police is bagging laurels in the world of sports.

Kapoor, who is in love with tennis and has a deep passion for the game, bagged a gold medal at the recently concluded World Police Games. He represented India in the World Police Games held at Belfast in Ireland. Adding another feather, he was the only police officer from the city to represent the nation in the competition. He had participated in men’s single event and successfully defeated all his rivals to bag the gold medal.

“I am happy to remain in touch with the game and after winning the top honors for Chandigarh and my department, I am on cloud nine. Proud moments are meant to remember and carrying the gold medal around my neck was among one of the most wonderful experiences of my life,” said Kapoor.

Notably, the Punjab cadre officer had earlier brought laurels by claiming the title of ‘Tennis Champion’ in All-India Police Games for 12 years and also by remaining champion of the +35 category (from Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh) for the past four years. He undergoes a regular practice session at local tennis courts. Also, besides undergoing training sessions, he spends some time in gym to shape up himself. When asked about his time management for game, the officer added, “One always needs to give to for passion and the same is being followed by me. I regularly attend practice sessions and go through some hard exercises to keep myself fit. I usually participate in different tournaments on my own and also like to play as a teenager. I have defeated players from Australia, Great Britain and Finland to win the title,” said Kapoor.

Kapoor also participated in the World Police and Fire Games in Vancouver (Canada) in 2009 and won silver medal.

On differences over the infrastructure in foreign countries and India, he added, “There is a lot of gap in infrastructure. The machinery and coaching aspect is advance in the western countries and it can be easily seen in the overall results of the championship. We need to work on developing infrastructure,” said Kapoor.

Mohali, October 1
On the opening day of 11th Olympian Dharam Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament, the ITBP team trounced Ratwara Sahib Academy while the Chandigarh XI team advanced to the second stage by defeating IAF side. In the first match, played at Shivalik School, Mohali, the team of ITBP defeated Ratwara Sahib Academy by 13-12 in a closely contested tie breaker. In the second match, Chandigarh XI defeated IAF by 11-10. For Chandigarh, Amritpal (4th and 19th), Dhiman (11th and 12th minutes), Gaurav Tokhi (13th, 14th, 23rd and 28th minute) ,Mukul (18th and 27th minute) and Baljot (29th minute), were the scorers. For IAF, Parbhakar,Devinder,Ravinder and Balbir scored goals.

Tomorrow’s s fixture -RCF Kapurthala v/s 3 BRD,Chandigarh ;Punjab Police v/s PSPCL.

In the second match, Mumbai team scored 339-runs against Assam. Vedik Murkar scored 107-runs.

Brief Scores

• Mumbai-339 for all in 79.2 overs (Jay Bista 80, Vedik Murkar 107, Khizar Dafedar 39, Tshar Deshpande 33, Raja Kuddin 5 for 49 and Roshan Alam 2 for 80)
• Assam-57 for no loss in 17 overs (Biplav Sakia unbeaten 21 and Jatin Malik unbeaten 25).

In the fourth match, the Bengal side put themselves at driver’s seat with scoring 126-runs against Kerala’s 106-runs.

Chandigarh, October 1
Cricket teams of Reliance-I and State Bank of Mysore won their respective matches of ongoing 20th All India JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament, being held, here today.

Reliance-I defeated BSNL with 6 wickets, at cricket stadium of Sector 16 and moved into the quarter finals. Chasing a target of 197 runs, Reliance team won the match in 39.4 overs. Skipper Sunny Singh and Avi Barot added 113 runs for the 3rd wicket and scripted the team’s win. Sunny scored 67 off 81 balls with 7 boundaries while Barot contributed 54 off 82 balls with 4 boundaries. Later, Yogesh Nagar chipped in 31 off 21 balls inclusive of 3 boundaries and 2 sixes.

Earlier, batting first BSNL team posted 197 run with Joginder Singh contributing a major share of 65-run off 69 balls with 9 boundaries and one six. Satish Kumar (31-runs) and Tukuna Sahu (24-runs) were the other main scorers for the team. For Reliance, Yogesh Nagar claimed 4 for 42 while his counterpart Kirti Anand took 3 for 42.

Brief Scores: BSNL-197 for all in 48.1 overs (Satish Kumar 31, Tukuna Sahu 24 and Joginder Singh 65,Yogesh Nagar 4 for 42, Kirti Anand 3 for 42, Pawan Negi 2 for 32).

Reliance-I-198 for 4 in 39.4 overs, (Sunny singh 67, Avi Barot 54, Yogesh Nagar unbeaten 31).

In a second match, played at Government College, Ropar, State Bank of Mysore team defeated ITC by 75 runs. Batting first, SBOM amassed 333 for 9 in the allotted slot of 50 overs. Mayank Aggarwal and Amit Verma helped the team to enlarge their score securing100 runs for the 3rd wicket. Amit was stumped by NS Bisht off Deepak Sharma for 36 off 33 balls with 4 boundaries while Mayank was caught by Amardeep off Deepak Sharma for 79 off 84 balls with 9 boundaries and 2 sixes.

Pawan Deshpandey and Anirudh Joshi added another fruitful partnership contributing 141 runs for the 5th wicket before Anirudh was claimed by Naved Hussain for a quick fire 82 off 70 balls studded with 7 boundaries and 3 sixes while Pawan was cleaned up by Amardeep for 73 off 72 balls inclusive of 3 boundaries and one six. For ITC, Deepak Sharma, Amardeep Sonkar and Naved Hussain claimed two wickets each, Chasing the target, the ITC’s openers scored 126 for the 1st wicket in 15.1 overs before opener Amardeep Sonkar was trapped in front by Anirudh Joshi for 88 off 54 balls studded with 13 boundaries and 2 sixes. His crease partner, Devinder Kanwar was the next to go after scoring 46 off 53 balls with 6 boundaries and a six. Thereafter, the other batsmen of the ITC failed to keep up the momentum and lost next four wickets on a total of 193 runs. Sandeep Bhattacharya (37-runs) and Naved Hussain (36-runs) added 55 runs for the 7th wicket and the team could managed to scored only 275 for 9 in 50 overs. For bowling side, S Arvind and Nurudeen claimed three wickets each, Anirudh Joshi of SBO Mysore was declared man of the match for his all round performance.

Brief Scores: State Bank of Mysore-333 for 9 in 50 overs (Mayank Aggarwal 79, Pawan Deshpandey 73, Anirudh Joshi 82, Deepak Sharma 2 for 56, Amardeep Soankar 2 for 88 and Naved Hussain 2 for 62).

ITC-275 for 9 in 50 overs (Devinder Kunwar 46, Amardeep Soankar 88, Sandeep Bhattacharya 37, Naved Hussain 36, S Arvind 3 for 61, Nurudeen 3 for 48 and Anirudh Joshi 2 for 23).

Chandigarh, October 1
Two trekking teams from the six Mechanised Infantry and the 14 Mechanised Infantry regiments that had undertaken expeditions in Himachal Pradesh, were flagged in at Chandimandir Military Station today.

The expedition from Manali to Bir was carried out by the six Mechanised Infantry jointly with an Engineer Brigade comprising one officer, one JCO, and 12 jawans, while the14 Mechanised Infantry team comprising one officer, one JCO, and nine jawans moved from Kaza to Kafnu.

Both the teams covered a distance of over 120 km over treacherous terrain. During the trekking expedition, the six Mechanised Infantry had crossed the Kalihani and Thamsar passes in the Dhauladhar Ranges, traversing through an altitude of 4,500 meter in 12 days, while the14 Mechanised Infantry negotiated the Pin Valley and crossed the Bhaba Pass at an altitude of 4,850 meter over 11 days.

The expedition provided opportunities not only to explore pristine beauty of Himachal Pradesh, but also to infuse a spirit of adventure, a sense of accomplishment amongst the soldiers and an opportunity to interact closely with the local population.

The Western Command Squash Team, which had won the Army Squash Championship held at the College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers, Pune, from September 3 to 5, was also felicitated today. Three squash players of the Western Command have been selected to play in the Services Championship as part of the Army team.