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Station house officer of the Kalka Police Station Inspector Ajay Disodia said the investigations are on in this regard.

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A shobha yatra had passed through the same place where the accident took place. It was only a few minutes ago that the yatra had passed from Lower Bazaar.

Chandigarh, March 28
A day before the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, was to address a political rally in Sector 34 here, a petition challenging the venue was today returned by the Punjab and Haryana High Court registry following technical objections.

In her petition, advocate Mandeep Kaur Deep had referred to a news item in a vernacular newspaper stating that the permission to organise Modi’s political rally had been granted by the UT Administration.

Deep said the news report clearly mentioned that about 50,000 people were expected to attend the rally. As a result, the entry points would remain clogged. The worse-affected sectors included 20, 21, 33, 34, 35, 44 and 45.

The petitioner added even religious functions were not being allowed in Sector 34 for the last six months due to an apprehension of traffic jam in the vicinity.

She further submitted that already a ground in Sector 25 had been earmarked for holdings rallies, but “the respondents have ignored the fact for the reasons best known to them”. — TNS

Panchkula, March 28
Three robbers were awarded five years imprisonment by a local court in a carjacking case. The accused have been identified as Harjeet, Daljinder and Jagdeesh.

Last year, Vinay, a resident of Maheshpur, was going in his Ford Ikon car when he was forcibly stopped by some persons near Sector 12 A. The accused also took the laptop and valuables of the victim and dumped Vinay at Banur.

The court held the accused guilty yesterday and also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on them. — TNS

Mohali, March 28
A BDS student of Rayat and Bahra Institute, Sahauran, was injured when he was allegedly attacked by some students of the same institute last night.

The police have registered a case against Shivam, Sachin Kaushik, Sumit Singh and two unidentified persons on the complaint of Gagandeep Singh under various Sections of the IPC and the Arms Act.

Gagandeep Singh, who was admitted to the Kharar Civil Hospital, told the police that the three students had come to his hostel room last night and started hurling abuses at him. He followed them when they left the room and found a car parked near the gate. He was allegedly attacked again by five persons with sharp-edged weapons. One of the students even fired into the air, he added.

Mohali, March 28
Jewellery was seized by the police during the checking of a bus at a naka in Lalru, near here, today. The estimated cost of the jewellery is said to be Rs 1.25 crore.

As per reports, the police were checking a Haryana Roadways bus at the Lalru naka and came across a big suitcase that allegedly contained 29 boxes of gold jewellery. There were 528 jewellery items in the boxes. The bus was coming from Delhi to Chandigarh.

The owner of the suitcase did not reveal his identity to the police. The police was carrying out checking in view of the Lok Sabha elections.

The suspect told the police that the jewellery had come from a jeweller in Mumbai.

The police then called Excise and Taxation officials and handed over the suitcase and the owner to them. They have, however, so far not assessed the exact cost of the seized jewellery. — OC

Chandigarh, March 28
A Sub-Inspector with the UT police was injured after he was hit by two persons at the Housing Board light point last night.

The police arrested two Mauli Jagran residents, who are brothers, for hitting the victim at a checkpoint near the Housing Board light point. The SUV belonging to the two accused has been seized. The police arrested the accused, Jaspal Singh and his brother Suman Kumar. Both have been remanded to two- day police custody.

The incident occurred when the two were coming from the Chandigarh side on when they were signalled to stop but the driver, Jaspal, accelerated the vehicle. As a result, SI Krishan Kumar was hit and was later rushed to a hospital. He sustained minor injuries and was discharged today. The police suspect that the act of the accused indicated that both had might be involved in some criminal activities. Hence, they had made an attempt to escape after spotting the cops at the naka.

The victim was deployed with the Crime Branch. The police had laid the checkpoint after a tip-off that the accused were smuggling liquor, to be distributed during the elections ,in a car.

When the SI tried to stop the car on suspicion, the accused accelerated the car after knocking him down. Both were immediately arrested. A case under various sections of the IPC has been registered. — TNS

Chandigarh, March 28
A a static surveillance team headed by Executive Magistrate Parveen Mittal along with SI Jai Singh seized Rs 5 lakh from Ranjodh Singh, a Sector 37 resident, today.

The team had set up a naka near the furniture market on the road separating sectors 53 and 54, Chandigarh, where the BMW car (CH-01AK-3877) of Ranjodh Singh was stopped. The team seized the cash after it did not get satisfactory replies to the queries pertaining to the money.

The team also stopped a Bolero car (PB-23K-5976) carrying Rs 1.33 crore in cash. During investigation, it came to light that the said car was on bank duty and the cash belonged to the ICICI Bank. The cash was released after necessary verification. — TNS

Chandigarh, March 28
During the concluding ceremony of the two-day annual sports meet of Gian Sagar Group of Institutions near Banur, today, Pallavi, an MBBS student, Gian Sagar Medical College, was adjudged best athlete in the girls’ category. Pallavi has been winning the title for the fourth consecutive year now. In the boys’ category, Charat Singh, BDS third year student of Gian Sagar Dental College, received the best athlete title.

Students of Gian Sagar Medical College, Gian Sagar Dental College, Gian Sagar College of Nursing and Gian Sagar College of Physiotherapy, participated in different events on the occasion.

Chairman of the Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust Dr Barjinder Singh was the chief guest on the occasion. He distributed prizes among the winners.

Addressing the gathering on a positive note, Dr Barjinder said students of different branches of Gian Sagar colleges would continue to leave their mark in the fields of academics and sports. “Our studens ensure that they participate in the events and leave an impressive impression behind,” said a faculty.

Chandigarh, March 28
In the first match of the 34th Senior State Handball Championship, GNKSSS defeated GMSSS-23 by a close margin of 24-23 at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23.

In the second match, Coaching Centre GMSSS-19 defeated Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, 14-09.

In the junior category (boys), Coaching Centre GMSSS-23 beat GMSSS-28, 23-19. The main scorer from the winning side, Tarun Thakur, scored six goals, while Sandeep Kumar and Sumit both scored four goals each.

In the second match under the same category, GNKS-30 logged win by defeating GMSSSS-16, 25-21. The main scorers from the winning team were Gurinder Singh, Deep Verma and Shubham Bhardwaj. Krishna was the top scorer from the losing side.

In another category (women), CC GMSSS-23 beat GMSSSS-28, 18-12. The top scorer from the winning team was Nancy Rana, followed by Kusum, Kavita and Kajol.

In the last match of the day, CC-42 defeated GMSSSS Behlana, 18-16. Khusboo, Deepa and Jyoti exhibited good skills and remained the top scorers for the team.

Chandigarh, March 28
Local junior teams (both boys and girls) will not take part in the upcoming National Hockey Championship. The championship is scheduled to start on March 29 in Madras.

According to the honorary general secretary of the Chandigarh Hockey Association, Anil Vohra, the teams are unable to mark their presence in the meet due to the ongoing examinations of the players. “A written consent has also been received from local coaches in this regards,” said Vohra.

Since the players were unavailable, no preparatory camp was held.

Meanwhile, some players claimed that their examinations had finished much before the date of the tournament. “It is only because of some other players, who are yet to get over with their examinations, that we will have to miss the chance of playing in the nationals,” said the players.

Chandigarh, March 28
City lad Karandeep Kochhar returned a card of one-under par 71 in the third and final round of the Asian Tournament of Champions (ATOC) and finished fourth in the under-14 category at the Springfield Royal Country Club at Cha-am in Thailand on Friday.

The 14-year-old from the City Beautiful picked up four birdies, but dropped a stroke each on three holes to sign in a card of 71. He followed a par card in the opening round with a six-over 78 on Thursday and conceded third place to Thailand’s Parathakorn Suryasri by two strokes.

Japan’s Tomohiro Ishiazaka won the tournament with a three round total of seven under 209 and one stroke from Thailand’s Atiruj Winaicharoenchai.

Kochhar’s exhibition of great playing skills in the tournament has already won plaudits from city golf lovers.

Chandigarh, March 28
Trainees of Total Tennis Academy YMCA, Sector 11, Chandigarh, Shekhar Sharma from Panjab University, Sahil Yadav from DAV-15, Aayush Chandel from Lawrence Public School, Sanawar, Vindhya Kapoor from Carmel Convent School and Zuber Chawla from Strawberry Fields World School will be representing the country in RABO Bank Indoor Tennis Championship.

Pawan Kappor, an employee of CITCO and a former ATP ranked player, and Amitabh Chandel, an international player, have also been selected to represent the country in the tennis championship.

The championship is being held in Holland. It started from March 28 and will conclude on April 7.

Chandigarh, March 28
In the first match (mens’ category) of the 25th Senior National Circle Championship for Men and Women at Maloya, Rajasthan defeated Karnatka 21-7.

The championship is being organised by the Punjab Amateur Circle Kabaddi Association. In the second closely-contested match, Maharashtra defeated Jharkhand 16-15. In the womens’ category, eves from UP lost to Karnataka, 18-10. In the last match of the day, Bihar eves defeated Tamil Nadu. — TNS

Chandigarh, March 28
Some former international soccer players, senior players, experienced coaches, football lovers and current football players of the city formed the Football Players Association of Chandigarh (FPAC), here today.

Members said, “The association will extend monetarily help to players of the city. The organisation is dedicated to provide players with a right platform to attain their set goals.” — TNS