Chandigarh, November 21
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Chandigarh Administration to provide basic amenities to residents of Dhanas Milk Colony, without failure. At the same time, the bench refused to interfere in the conversion of premises allowed by the Administration.

Disposing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by colony residents, the High Court directed the Administration to ensure that the basic amenities and other facilities required to breed cattle were provided.

The petitioners had earlier challenged the UT Administration’s decision to allow the colony’s use for residential purposes on payment of Rs 1,000 per square yard.

The petitioners had contended the area was allotted exclusively for breeding cattle and could not be converted into residential premises.

Chandigarh, November 21
Jaskaran Estates and Builders have been penalised for violating conditions of Memoradum of Understanding (MoU). District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the company to pay Rs 1 lakh as compensation to the complainant.

A Sector 36 resident, Vinod Kumar Sharma, alleged that he entered into a MoU with the respondent for construction of a plot in Sector 36 and a sum of approximately Rs 72 lakh was paid to the opposite party, as the total cost against the bills raised.

According to the complainant, as per agreement the respondent was to look after the discrepancies or construction faults towards minor defects for two years and major defects for a period of five years, but it failed to rectify the cracks developing on boundary wall, water seepage on walls, broken and defective door and window handles, bent doors and windows.

The court observed that the flooring and driveway could be repaired by dismantling and re-laying few selected patches.

The respondent alleged that the driveway was not part of the MoU signed.

Consumer court fines firm for delaying possession of flat

Omaxe Limited has been penalised for delaying possession of flat to a customer. The company has been directed to provide compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the resident of Sector 49.

The complainant, Sandeep Luthra, alleged that he booked a residential flat in a Group Housing Project under the name and style Omaxe Parkwoods, Baddi – II, to be developed and constructed on a piece of land situated at Baddi, in Solan district, Himachal Pradesh.

The complainant alleged that till date the legal possession of the said plot has not been delivered to him, despite his repeated requests.

After hearing to both the parties, the court directed Omaxe Limited to deliver the possession of the plot in Group Housing Scheme under the name of Omaxe Parkwoods, Baddi-II situated at Baddi to the complainant, to pay interest at the rate of nine per cent per annum on the payments made by the complainant from August 24, 2010 till the handing over of the possession of the plot to the complainant and to pay compensation to the tune of Rs 1 lakh to the complainant for causing physical as well as mental harassment

Chandigarh, November 21
In the murder case of daughter-in-law of former Mayor of Patiala, Justice Anmol Rattan Singh today directed the special investigation team (SIT) to obtain call details of another phone number allegedly used by the former mayor and present it on November 28.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court had observed that the probe, carried out by the Punjab police, into the murder case was biased towards the former mayor, Jaspal Singh. The orders came after the counsel for the petitioner informed the bench about another mobile phone which was being used by the former mayor. The counsel alleged that SIT had not obtained the call details yet.As the matter came up for hearing, state counsel Anupinder Singh Grewal said the SIT was conducting the probe in a fair manner, and had not given a clean chit to anyone in the case so far. Parampreet Kaur was found dead on February 23.

The matter was brought to the High Court’s notice after a petition was filed by the father of the victim. — TNS

Mohali, November 21
Local court today acquitted an accused involved in a rape case which had allegedly taken place around two-and-a-half years back.

The accused has been identified as Vijay Kumar. He was accused of raping a married woman. Vijay had been lodged in the jail since then as his bail application was not granted. According to information, the alleged rape incident had taken place on October 17, 2010. A case was then registered at on April 18, 2011.

Chandigarh, November 21
Six theft cases were registered from across the city, here today. Bablu of Kajheri village alleged that his motorcycle (CH-04-L-6634) was stolen from Sector 22, on November 20. Later, the police arrested Sandeep of Mauli Complex in the case. Sunder Sharma of Mani Majra reported that someone had stolen his motorcycle (HR-03H-5215) from outside his house.

LS Roop Rai of Sector 44 reported that someone stole four tyres of his Verna car from outside his house. Vikramjit Singh Kalsi reported that someone stole his mobile phone, near the UIET, Sector 25. Ranjit Singh, a resident of Patiala, reported that someone had stolen motorcycle PB65-N-2913, from GMSH-16 on November 18. Kavisha Dube of Sector 19, reported that someone stole his Alto car DL5CH-6163, from near her house on November 20. The police have registered separate cases of thefts under Section 379 of the IPC.

Mohali, November 21
A 45-year-old agriculturist today committed suicide after he shot himself dead this afternoon. The victim has been identified as Nirmal Kumar, a resident of Jhehruheri village in Mohali district.

Kumar was found dead by his family members. According to the police, he shot himself in the temple with his licensed revolver.

The victim was reportedly under depression from a very long time. A case has been registered at the Sohana police station. The police are conducting investigations under Section 174 of the CrPc.

No suicide note was recovered from the spot.

Mohali, November 21
A couple has been booked by the local police for duping their close relatives of Rs 26 lakh on pretext of settling them in Canada.

A case of cheating has been registered against Mandip Kaur and her husband Avtar Singh, both residents of Mahadian village, Fatehgarh Sahib, at Sohana Police Station on the complaint of Gurnam Singh, a resident of Raipur village.

Gurnam Singh is Mandip’s brother-in-law.

Gurnam Singh alleged that he and his wife were left behind in Georgia, USA, on tourist visa, by the accused. They had to stay for a month there before finally returning to their city.

“Mandip and Avtar both had assured me that they will make my family settled in Canada in just 90 days with the help of a Chandigarh-based travel agent, in exchange of Rs 30 lakh,” said Gurnam.

“They had taken a total amount of Rs 26 lakh so far. I had paid the amount in four installments. They got visa of Georgia for both of us and took us there with a promise that they would take us to Canada from there. But we were left there on our own,” alleged Gurnam Singh.

Avtar Singh and his wife has not returned the money that we gave to them and neither did he fulfil the promise of sending us abroad, said Gurnam Singh.

Refuting the charges, Avtar Singh stated to police that he had purchased 43-acre land in Georgia, following which Gurnam too asked him to get him a piece of land there.

“He asked me if i could help him with buying a land in Georgia as well. I just helped him by making him meet the agent who helped me,” said Avtar.

“He (Gurnam) had given three cheques to a Chandigarh-based agent, through whom I had purchased the land in Georgia, to purchase 12- acre land there,” claimed Avtar Singh.

Further investigations are on to ascertain the truth.

“We have already begun with the investigations, We will find out the truth at the earliest,” said a police official.

Mohali, November 21
A 38-year-old man died after his bike collided with another bike in Gega Majra village here this evening.

The victim, Jaswinder Singh, was travelling with his nephew when another biker identified as Najjar Singh rammed into his bike. A case has been registered against Najjar. — TNS

Chandigarh, November 21
Rao Jai Singh and Shanta H Singh Memorial Basketball Tournament-2013 is going to start tomorrow here at New India Public School in Sector 18.

In the Rao Jai Singh Memorial Basketball Tournament held for boys, there are eight teams divided in two pools. Pool-A has teams, including The New Public School, Chandigarh, St John’s School, Chandigarh, Kimberley International, Barwala, and Army Public School, Dagshai.

Pool-B has BKSP, Bangladesh, Police DAV Public School, Amritsar, Guru Nanak Public School 36, Chandigarh, and Vivek High School, Chandigarh.

In Shanta H Singh Memorial Basketball Tournament held for girls, Pool-A has teams, including Guru Nanak Public School, Chandigarh, The New Public School, Chandigarh, Vivek High School, Chandigarh and Chakwal National School, Kurali. Pool-B has Sacred Heart Sr Sec School, Chandigarh, St Kabir School, Chandigarh, and GGMSSS, Sec-20, Chandigarh.The matches for both the boys and girls will start tomorrow.

In Rao Jai Singh Memorial Basketball tournament, St John’s School will play against Kimberley International in the inaugural match. BKSP will play against Vivek High School in the second match. DAV Public School will play against Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, in the third match and The New Public School will play against Army Public School in the last match of the day.

In the first match in the Shanta H Singh Memorial Basketball Tournament at 3.30 pm, Guru Nanak Public School will play against Chakwal National School. The New Public School will play against Vivek High School and Sacred Heart Sr Sec School will play against GGMSSS, Sec-20. 

Chandigarh, November 21
The 61st Annual Sports Festival of Post Graduate Government College began today with march past by students from various streams.

College principal, Dr JS Raghu, welcomed the chief guest, Rajpal Singh, an Arjuna Award winner, and former captain of the India National Hockey Team.

The guest of honour, Pradyuman Singh Chohan, was the best athlete of the college in 1960. Rajpal said a sport is such an activity which paves the path and gives crucial lessons for life and obedience is the key determinant to success.

In 5,000 mt, Sombir bagged the first spot. In high jump, Khem Singh was the first spot. In 1,500 mt Sombir Grewal was the winner. In shot put, Sourav Rana was the winner. 

Chandigarh, November 21
SGGS College, Sector-26, Chandigarh, won the Panjab University Inter-College Boxing (Men) Championship for the session 2013-14 with 24 points held at Punjab University’s Gymnasium Hall, Chandigarh.

GGDSD College, Sector 32, Chandigarh, DAV College, Chandigarh, and AS College, Khanna, secured second, third and fourth positions with 20, 10.5 and 6.5 points, respectively.

On the other hand, Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana, won the Panjab University Inter- College Wrestling (women) Championship for the session 2013-14 with 19 points. Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur, BSH Khalsa College for Women, Abohar, and GN College for Girls, Muktsar, secured second, third and fourth positions with 18.5, 11.5 and 8 points, respectively.

In the individual category, results for men section, Anand Singh from GGDS SD College, Chandigarh, bagged the gold in 46 to 49 kg weight category. While Vijay Kumar, DAV College, Chandigarh, bagged second position, Harpreet Singh of SGGS College, Chandigarh, and Shubham of Govt College, Muktsar was tied up for third spot Karandeep Singh from LLR Govt College, Dhudike, was on first spot in 49 to 52 kg weight category.

In 52 to 56 kg, Ashish Sharma from AS College, Khanna, bagged gold. Manish Kaushik from GGD SD College, Chandigarh, was the winner in the 56 to 60 kg. Harmeet Singh and Jipender from SGGS College, Chandigarh, bagged gold in 60 to 64 kg and 64 to 69 kg.

In 69 to 75 kg, Sukhdeep Singh from Sri Ram College, Dalla, was the winner. Rakesh Saharan from GGDSD College, Chandigarh, bagged gold in 75 to 81 kg weight category. In 81 to 91 kg, Kanwarpreet Singh from SGGS College, Chandigarh, was the winner while in 91 kg above weight category, Rajbeer Singh from GGD SD College, Chandigarh, bagged gold.

In the women section, Bharti Sharma from BSH Khalsa College, Abohar, bagged gold in 48 kg. In 51 kg, Sweety from GNGC, Ludhiana, was the winner. Paramjeet Kaur, PGGC-11, Chandigarh, bagged the gold in 55 kg.

In 59 kg, Charanjeet Kaur from BSH Khalsa College (W), Abohar, was the winner. Karamjit Kaur, GNCG, Muktsar, bagged gold in 63 kg. In 67 kg, Mandeep Kaur from Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur, bagged the gold. Suman from GNGC, Ludhiana, was the winner in 72 kg.

Chandigarh, November 21
St Kabir Public School, Sector 26, and Millennium School, Mohali, reached the semifinals of the Under-12 St Kabir Trophy being played at St Kabir Public School, Sector 26. In the first match played today, an all round display by Aayush Goyal enabled Millennium School beat Mount Carmel-47, by 6 wickets. Electing to bat first, Mount Carmel, Sector 47, did not play well and could pile up 81 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Animesh with 28 runs was the only contributor with the bat. In reply, a quickfire knock of 39 unbeaten runs off 26 balls helped Millennium chase the total in only 9.4 overs. In the second match played today, a fine spell of bowling by rhythm Jindal (3 for 23) enabled his team to dismiss Strawberry World School, Sector 26, for only 76 runs. Only Viren (16 runs) and Sarthak (15 runs) contributed with the bat. In reply, St Kabir team chased the total with six wickets left in 15.4 overs. Dev (18 runs) and Ujjwal (17 runs) played well for their team. For the strawberry team viren 2 for 22 was the most successful bowler.

Brief scores

First match-Mt Carmel: 81 for 8 in 20 overs. Animesh 28, Aayush 2 for 8, Gurjot 2 for 14.

Millennium-85 for 4 in 9.4 overs. Aayush 39, Gurjot 18, Divpreet 2 for 19.

Second match-Strawberry: 76 for 8 in 20 overs. Viren16, Sarthak 15, Rhythm 3 for 23, Sehajbir 1 for 11.

St Kabir: 78 for 4 in 15.4 overs. Dev 18, Ujjwal 17, Viren 2 for 22, Arav 1 for 7. — TNS

Chandigarh, November 21
Journalist Surinder Singh Bajwa Memorial Football Club was formed after a meeting of prominent football lovers and players was held today at the Chandigarh Press Club at 1 pm.

In order to promote football in and around Chandigarh, it was decided to form a football club, named after S Surinder Singh Bajwa, a renowned journalist.

Sports kits were also distributed to the players of the club which are going to participate in All-India FSC Football Tournament being played at Ponta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh). The team will play its first match on 22-11-2013.

Chandigarh, November 21
Trials for selection of the Chandigarh senior fencing team for girls for the upcoming 24th Senior National Fencing Competition at Jammu will be held tomorrow at 11.30 am at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10.

The trials for selection of the Chandigarh senior fencing team for boys will take place on November 23.

The players in proper kit and with their weapons will only be allowed to take part in the trials. The selected players will attend a 20-day coaching camp. 

Chandigarh, November 21
Eastern Air Command (EAC) team thrashed Air Headquarters (Air HQ) on the third day of the Air Force Hockey Championship 2013-14. Two matches were played at 3BRD AF Chandigarh Hockey Astro turf today. In the first match played between Eastern Air Command and Air Headquarters, Eastern Air Command team won the match 4-0.

The second match was played between the Western Air Command (WAC) and Maintenance Command (MC) in which Western Air Command (WAC) team won the match 5-1. There will be two matches tomorrow on the fourth day of the Championship. First match Training Command (TC), vs Central Air Command (CAC) will start at 8 am. Second match Southern Western Air Command (SWAC) Vs Southern Air Command (SAC), will start at 10 am. A total of 8 command teams from all over the Air Force are participating in the championship scheduled. Top two teams from each pool will qualify for semifinal. Final match will be played on November 26.