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Goods worth lakhs gutted in factory fire
Kalka, November 19 According to an eyewitness, the incident took place at around 2.45 pm in Kalka Steels ancillary, which manufactures tractor seats. After more than two hours, four fire tenders from Kalka, Parwanoo and Panchkula managed to extinguish the fire. The reason behind the incident is yet to be ascertained. One of the factory worker said bursting of a compressor pipe might be the reason behind the outbreak of fire. While some workers believed short circuit might have led to the unfortunate incident. “We heard a thumping sound and all the factory workers ran towards the exit. Five persons were stuck inside the factory, but they were successfully rescued by other workers,” said one of the workers. A worker, however, sustained minor burn injuries. He is undergoing treatment at Kalka Community Health Centre. Even before the firemen could reach the spot, five out of 15 chemical solvent drums were destroyed by the fire. The fire was, however, controlled before it could spread towards the production unit. The in charge of the Kalka Fire Brigade, Surinder Singh, said, “Firemen managed to take out the remaining 10 drums of chemical solvents and more than 10 COC cylinder, which could have caused more damage if left inside the store.” Singh said two years back too, fire broke out in the same factory. “The factory management has installed only one fire safety equipment on the name of fire safety measure. They have not even taken any NOC in this regard,” said Singh. Fire officer Shamser Singh alleged that there were no optimum provisions for fire safety in the factory. Owner of the factory Rohit Dagar was not ready to talk to media persons. The cause of the fire incident would be ascertained only after the investigations, said a police official. |
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Rape serious blow to victim’s self-esteem, says Judge
Chandigarh, November 19 In his judgment, Nazar Singh has stated that Manjit had previously levelled allegations against the victim's lawyer. Such was the desperation that Manjit got a false FIR registered against the victim's mother and her lawyer. Manjit had alleged that the victim's lawyer had good links with then ADJ Ved Prakash Sirohi. However, the allegations were found false later, reads the judgment. Notwithstanding the U-turn taken by the victim, the judge has placed reliance on the testimony of her mother. Also, the court has made a special mention of the tactics adopted by Manjit to wriggle out of the case. "The way he chose to wriggle out of his crime by winning over the prosecutors, taking benefit of her poverty and illiteracy, which is proved to be the most aggravating circumstance, it is held that there is no reason, what to talk for special and adequate reasons, to show any uncalled for leniency," notes the order. The order reads that "the convict has committed rape upon a minor girl. Sexual violence apart from being a dehumanising act is an unlawful intrusion on the right of privacy and sanctity of a female. It is a serious blow to her supreme honour and offends her self-esteem and dignity. It degrades and humiliates the victim and where the victim is a helpless innocent child or a minor, it leaves behind a traumatic experience." Industrialist Manjit Arora was sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment by the court yesterday for raping a 14-year-old girl who worked as a domestic help with him.
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Lawyers want setting up of committee
Chandigarh, November 19 The advocates said the committee was required to tackle issues of sexual harassment and to ensure a safe working environment for women on the premises of the High Court and subordinate courts of Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana. The Supreme Court in its judgment in Binu Tamta versus High Court of Delhi, vide order dated July 17, 2013, has already ordered formation of “Gender Sensitisation & Internal Complaints Committees” in the Supreme Court. It had also asked High Courts and subordinate courts to form such committees to look into complaints of sexual harassment by any aggrieved woman. Copies of the judgment were sent to the different High Courts in the different states, so that they too may formulate their own regulations in the same manner, in order to contain harassment of women on court premises. The representation added as per the “Gender Sensitisation & Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Regulations, 2013” an aggrieved woman is defined as in relation to the Supreme Court as “any female, of any age, whether employed or not, who claims to have been subjected to any act of sexual harassment by any person in the Supreme Court of India precincts, but does not include any female who is already governed by the Supreme Court service regulations." As such, women lawyers, clerks, interns and even clients and visitors to the court will be covered under the ambit of these regulations and can submit a complaint to the committee. — TNS
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Habitual offender gets 3 years in jail
Chandigarh, November 19 As per the prosecution case, the accused has been involved in as many as eight cases of theft registered at Sector 34 police station. The prosecution stated that the accused is a drug addict commits burglary in houses. As per the police, on May 27, the accused committed a theft in Sector 45, Chandigarh, and decamped with gold ornaments and cash. Another theft was committed by him in June 3, in the house of Doctor Sumit Sharma. Sumit had alleged that he and his wife had gone to the clinic when their house was broken into
and thieves decamped with cash, jewellry and camera. — TNS
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Man convicted of fraud, gets 4-yr jail
Mohali, November 19 The police had booked Balvir Singh and Mansha Singh in April 2005, on the complaint of Lakhwinder Singh, a resident of Sector 55, Chandigarh, under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B of the IPC. The complainant had alleged that the accused had duped him of Rs 2 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad.
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Man enters into scuffle with cops
Chandigarh, November 19 Police later impounded the car and challaned the owner for driving without documents and for using black film. The incident occurred when head constable Rajdeep and constable Deepak of the UT traffic police noticed a Santro car coming from Panchkula side which had black film on it. The cops signaled the car to stop when its driver, 32-year-old Amit Nayar, a resident of Sector 12 Panchkula, tried to flee. The constable stopped him after blocking his way when the car driver got into an argument with the policemen. After heated exchange of words and a minor scuffle, the police impounded the car and challaned Amit for using black film and driving without documents. The offender is the son of a serving Army officer. This is the third incident in the last three days when traffic policemen are becoming victims of an assault. While a traffic constable was assaulted at Faidan barrier yesterday, another head constable was dragged onto a bonnet of the car on Saturday night.
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Accused gives cops the slip in court
Panchkula, November 19 According to information, a case under Section 420 (fraud) was registered against him at the Sector 5 police station, a year back. He was held guilty in the case and was awarded a year imprisonment by the local court. He, however, filed an appeal in the higher court to reconsider his case. The accused was reportedly involved in a cheating case of cheque bounce. According to the police officials, finding that his appeal would not be considered by the court, the accused gave cops the slip and fled from the spot. A search operation has been initiated to nab the accused at the earliest.
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Special children have a field day
Despite their physical and mental disability, the students showed high
level of courage and participated with a lot of vigour. The chief guest for
the event Vineeta Arora, princpial, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, declared the meet open. Special Athletes from Asha School performed dances. They also performed balloon-releasing ceremony. Asha School, Chandimandir, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, SOREM, Sector 36, Sadhana Vocational Institute, Manimajra, and Safe Hand, Sector 44 are the institutes participating in the annual meet, which has athletics as major sports event. In 100 meter run (8-11 age category), Lovy of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27 bagged the gold medal. In 12-15 age group 100 meter run, Shivam Kumar Gupta of Asha School, Chandimandir, secured the first position. In Softball event (12-15 age group), Mansher Singh of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, bagged the first spot. In the 100m walk, Jasmeen Bal secured the first spot in the 8-11 age group. In 15-21 age group, Aneesha Nayyar bagged the first spot. So far SOREM-36 is leading the chart with 21 gold, 22 silver and 20 bronze medals. Anil Sharma, director of the local committee of Special Olympics, said the purpose of the meet was to give an opportunity to the special children who are otherwise neglected by the society. “There is a general impression that these kids can’t do anything but participation by each of them today has build up immense confidence in them to participate in each and every competition,” he said. He informed that the winners of the meet would participate in the National Sports Olympics meet. |
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St Anne’s, St Kabir register victories
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 19 In the first match played today, a fine knock of 59 runs by Shiva enabled St Anne’s beat Chandigarh Baptist by 6 wickets. Electing to bat first, Chandigarh Baptist put up a respectable total of 103 runs. Mannu was the main contributor with 35 runs. In reply St Anne’s team cruised to the total in 15.3 overs. Shiva, who scored 59 runs, was supported well by Madhav who played a cameo of 38 runs off 23 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes. In the second match played today, hosts St Kabir beat Mount Carmel School, Sector 47 by 65 runs. Electing to bat first, the home team put on a huge total of 146 runs in 20 overs. Shivang Ahuja (36 runs) and Ujjwal Marriya (34 runs) were the main contributors. In reply, the other side bundled out for 81 runs. Animesh played well for his 30 runs but other players fell flat against the bowling attack of the winning team. Tomorrow, St Kabir will play against Millennium School at 9 am and DPS will play against YPS at 11:30 am. Brief scores Match 1 Chandigarh Baptist: 103 for 7 in 20 overs (Mannu 35, Ritik 16, Sehaj 1 for 17) St Anne’s: 107 for 4 in 15.3 overs (Shiva 59, Madhav 38, Piyush 1 for 1, Abhinav 1 for 20) Match 2 St Kabir: 146 for 6 in 20 overs (Shivang 36, Ujjwal 34, Dirpreet 2 for 16, Nikhil 2 for 8) Mount Carmel: 81 for 7 in 20 overs (Animesh 30, Nikhil 19, Rithym 3 for 10, Sehajbir 2 for 26).
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Rs 100 crore sports complex to come up at Zirakpur
Zirakpur, November 19 The authorities concerned have taken their first step in this direction by signing an agreement. The agreement in question was signed by Sanjeev Sharma, in charge (north zone) of Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Parminder Singh, an executive officer of Zirakpur Municipal Council, in presence of NK Sharma, the Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab. “A sum of Rs 100 crore would be spent on the complex, which would also have hostels for sportspersons and staff quarters,” said NK Sharma. Besides, over 100 qualified coaches of various fields of sports would also be engaged to impart training to the upcoming players. “Our neighbouring towns, including Panchkula and Mohali, have so many sports complexes but the sportspersons in Zirakpur area were lacking the facility. With coming up of this sports complex, the sports scenario would flourish tremendously here,” said Sharma. The land has been given to SAI on lease for 99 years. The construction work would start soon, said the authorities. |
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Cricket: Eves of Sacred Heart-26 log win
Chandigarh, November 19 In today’s match Chandigarh Coaching Centre-56 won the toss and chose to bat first. However the team bundled out at 50 runs in 12 overs due to its poor performance.
Suman’s four-wicket haul in just 8 runs helped the winning team restricting the opponent to a low score. Mahima and Ashmita took two wickets each for the winning team. Chasing the score, Sacred Heart-26 reached the target of 51 runs without losing any wicket in 10.2
overs. Ashmita scored 30 runs and Ayushi scored 10 runs. Tomorrow’s Match will be played between IS Dev Samaj School, Sector 21, Vs GMHS 41 at GMSSS 56 starting from 9.00 am in the morning. Brief score Chandigarh Coaching Centre-56: 50 runs all out in 12 overs
(Babli 15 runs, Ruchi 10 runs and Kajal 08 runs, Suman 4 wickets, Mahima and Ashmita 2 wickets each). Sacred Heart-26: 51 runs in 10.2 overs
(Ashmita 30 runs and Ayushi 10 runs). |
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Maintenance Command beat Air Headquarters
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 19 Teams are divided in two pools i.e. Pool A and Pool B. Pool A comprises of Maintenance Command (MC), Eastern Air Command (EAC), Western Air Command (WAC) and Air Headquarters (Air HQ) and Pool B includes Training Command (TC), Southern Air Command (SAC), Southern Western Air Command (SWAC) and Central Air Command (CAC) There will be 18 matches. All the matches will be played on league-cum-knock out basis. Top two teams from each pool will qualify for the semifinal. Final match will be played on November 26.
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DT Cinemas enter final
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 19 Batting first, Fun Cinemas put up a score of 134 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. The DT Cinemas team chased the target successfully by losing just 3 wickets. The 7-wicket win has given DT Cinemas an entry into the finals. The man of the match was DT Cinemas, Sanjiv Kumar, who took 2 wickets and scored 31 runs. The next league match is to be held on November 25 between Fun Cinemas and Piccadilly Square team, host of the tournament. The winner of this match will play against DT Cinemas in the final. The final is to be played on December 3 at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium.
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