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Rocking end to zonal youth festival
Patiala, October 17 Dr JA Khan, dean, colleges of the university, was the chief guest on the valedictory function. Dr Kirandeep Kaur, head of department of education and community services, Punjabi University, and Dr Meenakshi Sharma, were the special guests on the occasion. College chairman Satish Goyal, MD Rakesh Goyal and director Jagjit Singh welcomed the guests and congratulated the winners. |
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Students apprised of importance of communication
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 17 Prof Nayar highlighted the importance of communication, its necessity, and how to improve the command over it. The professor quoted various examples from real life, so that students may follow up easily. Prof Nayar elaborated as to how even noise, violence and silence are also a part of human communication. Apart from learning about various communication skills, students were also immensely motivated. Bhavneet Kaur Kang, assistant professor, also addressed the gathering on the occasion. |
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Get your licences issued before Oct 31, DC tells travel agents
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 17 Licenses must be issued for the regularisation of their profession, otherwise they will be barred from continuing their profession, said the Deputy Commissioner, Arun Sekhri. “With the efforts of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal to curb the illegal, fraudulent, and fleecing activities of fake travel agents, emigration consultants and ticketing agents, the Punjab Prevention of Human Smuggling Act has been initiated, under which all the travel agents, emigration consultants and ticketing agents have to get themselves registered,” said the Deputy Commissioner. Form-1 for this purpose is available at all the Suvidha centres in the district. Travel agents operating from past five years have to deposit Rs 1 lakh as fee along with certain documents and an affidavit. Those who have started the profession before five years, have to deposit a sum of Rs 25,000 along with the necessary documents. The DC appealed to all to get the registration done at the earliest, to avoid any legal action. “Verify registration certificates of travel agents before dealing with them,” said Sekhri. |
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CRICKET TOURNAMENT
Patiala, October 17 Winning the toss, DCF captain posted 87 runs. Likhit scored 23 runs, Akshit made 16 runs and Ankit hit 10 runs. In 47.3 overs, DCF lost all its wickets. Abhishek claimed three wickets for five runs. Chasing the target, hero of the previous match Ibdat Thaman played a knock of 44 runs, not out, and helped BECC to chase the target in just 24.1 overs. In the prize distribution ceremony, Ibbdat Thaman was adjudged the best batsman with total 320 runs; best bowler was given to Abhishek who claimed a total of 11 wickets. Boy of the tournament was awarded to Praduman Yadav. Yadav scored a total of 194 runs and claimed seven wickets. Chairman of BECC, Commanding Officer Col SNS Chauhan awarded the prizes to the winners. Brief score DCF Delhi : 87 all out in 47.4 overs (Likhit 23, Akshit 16, Ankit 10, Abhishek three for 5 runs, Rajnesh Pandey two for 14 runs, Youraj Verma two for 21 runs) BCCE, Patiala : 88 for 3 in 24.1 overs (Ibbdat Thaman 44 not out, Sehaj Partap Singh 18 not out).
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Scribe of vernacular daily passes away
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 17 Press Club, Fatehgarh Sahib, observed two minutes silence for the peace of departed soul. Former president, Indian Media Centre, Punjab branch, Gurkirpal Singh also mourned his death. Bhatia is survived by his wife, son and a daughter. |
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Man held for killing wife
Banur, October 17 Station house officer Bikramjeet Singh said Deepak Khanna, husband of the deceased, has been arrested and has confessed to have killed his wife on October 5. He has even admitted to have thrown the body at Kufri, said the SHO. Accused Deepak Khanna would be presented in the court on Friday |
jyoti’s murder
Panchkula, October 17 When constable Siddharth, the prime witness in the case, stepped into the witness box, the public prosecutor wasted a lot of time in arranging the documents. The court snubbed the prosecution and forwarded the order to the director, prosecution. Five other witnesses Assistant Sub Inspector Jaswinder Singh, constable Balwinder, PA to the Haryana Principal Secretary and two telecom nodal officers appeared in the court today. Doon MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary was also produced in the court today. Chaudhary and four others have been accused of killing Jyoti, who hailed from Hoshiarpur. The victim was found murdered on a road in Sector 21 Panchkula. The chargesheet filed by the Panchkula police stated that since Jyoti was coming in the way of Chaudhary’s political career and wanted him to continue the relationship, he eliminated her with the help of his aides. First Jyoti was strangulated and then run over by a truck to project it as an accident. Later, the accused even destroyed evidence.
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Rape on wheels: Another witness turns hostile
Chandigarh, October 17 While earlier he had told the court that he was aware of the conspiracy that NK Jain had hatched to frame another person MK Jain in the rape case. Today, he told the court that he was not aware of any such thing. The Chandigarh police had registered a case in August, 2002, against NK Jain and four others for hatching a conspiracy to frame MK Jain in the rape case. The Shimla-based girl had alleged that Jain had picked her up from a Sector 20-based computer centre, saying he would give her a job. On their way to Panchkula, she alleged that Jain gave her a soft drink laced with drugs and later raped her, before dumping her near the Sector-33 petrol station. However, after investigations conducted by the UT police, it came to light that the victim had not been raped by MK Jain, but by the former UT home secretary, who hatched a conspiracy to falsely implicate the businessman. On August 7, 2010, the court framed charges against NK Jain, Ram Lal, Surinder Sharma, Baldev Kumar and Narvir Singh. Doctor charged with rape
The court of District and Sessions Judge, SK Aggrawal, framed charges of rape against a Yamunanagar-based doctor who was arrested for raping a medical student. Accused Dr Vaageesh Gutain, who was posted as the medical officer at the primary health centre in Buria will be facing trial for rape on the pretext of marriage and cheating. The UT police had arrested Gutain on the complaint of 25-year-old medical student, a resident of Sector 8, who had accused him of sexually exploiting her for three years. The victim had claimed to have known the accused since 2007. The victim in her complaint had alleged that the accused had raped her at her residence in March 2011. Murder charges framed
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Nazar Singh, framed murder charges against accused in two cases today. The court framed charges against Thakur, alias Amresh, who had murdered a rickshaw-puller on June 25 this year. Munshi Ram (45), was stabbed to death by Thakur, alias Amresh, with a handsaw as he suspected that the rickshaw-puller had stolen his utensils. Charges were framed under Section 302 of the IPC against him by the court. In another case, the court framed charges against two persons Raju and Rajesh Kumar who had murdered Anoop Chauhan on June 21 this year. The prosecution established that the victim had gone to buy drugs and had a fight with two persons known to him over sharing of the contraband. Anoop, a drug addict, had been missing since June 15 and his body was found on June 18 from an old government building being used by the wireless wing of Punjab in Sector 25. Anoop, a resident of Maloya, had suffered head injuries. A blood stained stone was also recovered from the spot. Commando beaten up
A Chandigarh police commando attached with the operation cell (anti-terrorism squad) was thrashed by two hotel agents, who were fighting with each other at the ISBT-43 last night. Commando Saravjeet Singh, who was on special duty at the bus terminal, was trying to pacify the two agents when both of them attacked him with an iron rod and a hockey stick. The agents have been identified as Suraj and Babban. They are yet to be arrested. The accused used to ferry customers from the ISBT to hotels in Maloya village in their autos. An FIR has been lodged.
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2 acquitted in robbery case
Panchkula, October 17 The accused identified as Arjun and Amandeep were arrested by the police, but lack of circumstantial evidences led the court to acquit them. As per the information, on the New Year eve's night last year, the victim, Madhvi Kashyap, was alone at her house with her six-month-old daughter, while her husband was away for work at a hotel in Chandigarh, when the robbers struck at the house. The accused, on the pretext of giving some material sent by her husband visited the house. As soon as Madhvi opened the door, the duo forcibly entered and held the baby girl hostage at knifepoint and fled away with cash and jewellery worth lakhs. Notably, the then station house officer of the area, Aruna Kumari, and an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police were placed under suspension after the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) holding additional charge, Nazneen Bhasin, found that the cops had initially imposed theft section on the robbery incident. The two were suspended after the Deputy Commissioner of Police came to know about the truth from the victim's husband that the cops forced them to change statements.
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Former SP acquitted in suicide case
Mohali, October 17 The challan was presented in the Dera Bassi court, but the case was shifted to Mohali. A case of abetment to suicide was registered against the SP on June 24 after 23-year-old Lovepreet Kaur had allegedly jumped off the sixth floor of Mohan Lal's apartment at Zirakpur in May. The FIR was
lodged on the complaint of Lovepreet's father Lakhwinder Singh, a Punjab Police head constable. The inquiry into the case was conducted by SP (D) Balwinder Singh. Mohan Lal was placed under suspension. The Mohali SSP had constituted a special investigation team of three officers to probe the case. Demanding a CBI probe into the case, the girl's father had filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He had alleged that his daughter was raped and murdered by the police officer. Mohan Lal had, however, denied the charges and surrendered before the Mohali police in Zirakpur on June 26.
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Registration certificate suspended
Chandigarh, October 17 The court suspended the RC of 26-year-old Gursimran for one month after he failed to produce his driver's licence. The court also imprisoned Gursimran till the rising of the court, besides imposing a penalty of Rs 3,000 for drunk
driving. He was challaned for drunk driving on October 15 at a barrier on the road separating Sectors 22
and 23. The UT traffic police sent the challan to the court and also attached the background details of the offender with it. The offender was challaned twice earlier on June 17, 2013, and August 9, 2013.
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Thieves con residents, steal laptops
Chandigarh, October 17 In both the cases which occurred in a short span of time in the afternoon at the Sector 17 parking lots, miscreants fled with laptop bags. They diverted the attention of the car owners by throwing money on a road and asking addresses. A Sector 38 resident and a psychotherapist, Simar Onkar, had gone to a salon in Sector 17. He carried his laptop along. On return, he kept the laptop bag in the rear seat. As he got into his vehicle, a youth tapped on his car's window and said he had dropped his money on the ground while simultaneously pointing towards the notes lying on the road. Simar got out of the vehicle and noticed Rs 10 and Rs 20 denomination notes lying on the road. "At first I thought, the money was mine. But then as I picked the notes, I realised that they were not mine as they totalled Rs 240. I looked around but could not find anyone. I thought I would donate the money. On reaching Sector 34, I realised that the rear door of my car was open and the laptop bag was missing which also contained my Apple iPad," he said. Simar then called up the police. A case of theft under Section 379 of the IPC was registered. He also handed over the money amounting to Rs 240 to a head constable there. A Maloya resident, Bhishan Singh, reported to the police that someone had stolen a laptop form his car (PB-29H-7550) parked near the MC office in Sector 17. He said someone asked an address from his driver. After giving the directions, he realised that the laptop was missing.
Gunshot fired
A dispute between two families in Burail turned awry when one of the family members fired a gunshot into the air. The police has registered a case. Police sources said there was an ongoing dispute between Chunky Shah and Monty Shah. They were in an inebriated state when Monty Shah opened fire following the scuffle. The other party called the police.
Casual approach
Simar alleged that the police showed a casual approach towards registering a case and it was only after he dialled 100 that he was taken seriously. Moreover, nobody responded when he called up at the police station phone number 2773951 as well as the number of the SHO 9779580917.
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Teams India, Australia in city for 3rd ODI
Chandigarh, October 17 On October 18, both the teams will attend a precise training centre at the match venue. The teams will face each other on October 19 at 1.30 pm, in the third match of the series that is leveled at 1-1. |
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Chaos marks Day 1 of athletics meet
Mohali, October 17 Following the protest, the first day of the three-day meet was disrupted for over two hours. Physical training instructors complained to the District Education Officer, Mohali, about the behavior of the AEO along with four teachers. They alleged that the assistant education officer was under the influence of alcohol. They sought action to be initiated against the official at the earliest. “We want the authorities concerned to take an immediate action,” said a teacher. The complaint was signed by as many as 84 teachers. According to reports, the additional district education officer (secondary). Lalit Kishore Ghai. has sent a report about the incident to the authorities concerned. |
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GMSSS-26 notch top spots in volleyball meet
Chandigarh, October 17 Position holders Final Girls (U-14) I-Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 26, II-Government Model High School, Sector 34, III-Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33 Girls (U-17) I-Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, II-Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, III-Government High School, Sector 32 Girls (U-19) I-Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, II-GMSSS-26, III-Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20. |
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volleyball tourney
Chandigarh, October 17 In the semi-finals played today at Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 22, Government Model High Secondary School (GMHSS), Sector 36, defeated Strawberry Fields School, Sector
26, 2-0. Manvir scored both the goals, one each in the 15th and 17th minute for the team. In the second semi-final, St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, blanked Delhi Public School, Sector 40, 2-0. Montri put the team ahead with scoring the lead in the 26th minute. And Abhinav from the team doubled the lead in the 37th minute, to lead the team to victory. |
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volleyball meet
Chandigarh, October 17 GGS College for Women, Chandigarh, secured second place in the championship. In the final league match, Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, beat GGS College for Women 3-1. Guru Nanak College for Girls, Muktsar, beat Government College, Hoshiarpur, 3-0 (25-17, 18-25, 25-22 and 25-23), to finish third in the competition. |
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Punjab corner glory in handball meet
Chandigarh, October 17 The winning side registered a 30-24 win against the rivals. Earlier, Haryana defeated Chandigarh 36-27 to finish third in the same competition. Rajwant did it for Punjab. He scored 16 goals. She was supported by Maninder, who scored five goals. Hempreet Kaur (four goals), Vanita (three goals), Ramanjot Kaur (two goals) and Harvinder (one goal) were the other main contributors to the team's win. For Chhattisgarh, Amita Rao and Matti scored six goals each while Durga contributed five goals. Later, Bhavika scored four goals. In the hard-line match, Haryana defeated Chandigarh 36-27. Anumit scored 10 goals followed by eight goals each by Pinki and Gurmail. Rimpi scored five goals, Neeraj two while Ritu contributed three goals to the team's win. For Chandigarh, Khushboo (10 goals) was the main scorer. Punjab were given a cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh while Chhattisgarh got Rs 75,000. Haryana received a cash prize of Rs 50,000. |
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Tae kwon do championship from today
Chandigarh, October 17 According to the organisers, as many as 400 students will be participating in the tournament. A total of 45 schools from Delhi, 16 from Chandigarh, 2 from Jammu and Kashmir, 1 each from Ambala and Himachal Pradesh have confirmed their entry in the championship. |
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Jyoti's father Buti Ram
(right) was also present in the court on Thursday. He alleged that the accused's aides threatened him of dire consequences. They told him to accept Rs 60 lakh. “I received calls from Ludhiana and Ropar. The callers offered me Rs 60 lakh. They said they could even buy me a piece of land. When I refused to accept the money, they told me that they would kill me," said Buti Ram. Deputy Commissioner of Police Ashwin Shenvi said if the victim's father is receiving threat calls, he could approach the police.