Chandigarh, September 12
The Punjab and Haryana High Court asked the Chandigarh Administration to provide the details of effective steps initiated after the approval of plan for the Sector 39 fruit and vegetable market.

The directions by the special Division Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ajay Tewari to the Administration to furnish the details came during the hearing of a suo motu case. The directions were issued after the Division Bench was told that the plan was approved in August.

The Administration had earlier informed the Bench that the UT Administration was in process of setting up a fruit and vegetable market in Sector 39.

The High Court, on a previous date, had directed the Adviser to the Administrator, to immediately convene a meeting for considering the feasibility of setting up another vegetable market in the city.

The Bench had also directed Chandigarh Administration and the chairman of the market committee to look into the mess existing in the Sector-26 grain market. The High Court had then directed the UT Administration to respond to the photographs on encroachments and to make clear its stand on the new vegetable and fruit market in Sector 39.

The UT Administration, during the course of hearing, had informed the Bench that a meeting was convened by the UT adviser on April 26 last year to discuss the issues; and decision of setting up a second grain, fruit and vegetable market in Sector 39 was taken.

A site visit was also done by the UT adviser, along with the home secretary and chief architect at Sector 26 grain market and the proposed site in Sector 39. Appearing before the Bench, advocate-cum-amicus curiae Divya Sharma had insisted that Sector-26 market was in a bad shape. It was tough to walk through the place also because of handcart and other vendors. She said the market committee was illegally allowing handcart vendors. If vendors are regularised, the market committee’s business will stop, she added.

The High Court on a previous date of hearing had asked the Chandigarh Administration to frame a policy against encroachments in Sector 26 grain market. The Division Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ajay Tewari had also directed the UT deputy commissioner Mohammed Shayin to proceed against illegal encroachments in accordance with law.

Chandigarh, September 12
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has pulled up the Punjab government, Zirakpur municipal council, Greater Mohali Area Development Authority and National Highway Authority of India for unplanned urban development in the area.

Justice Rajive Bhalla asserted the authorities were being indifferent towards the plight of the travelling public. Blaming them for “bickering among themselves on petty questions of jurisdiction”, Justice Bhalla called for the holding of a joint meeting for resolving daily traffic issues. The scathing observations came during the hearing of the traffic regulation and road safety case after the minutes of a meeting held on August 31 were placed before the Bench.

Taking on record the assertion, Justice Bhalla noted: “A perusal of the minutes of the meeting reveals that all parties were evading responsibility for the mess created beneath the Zirakpur fly-over.”

“The Zirakpur MC, GMADA, NHAI and the State of Punjab are responsible for this unplanned urban development as licences are granted without existence of access to roads and highways; and, therefore, it falls to these authorities to alleviate the misery of the travelling public.”

Before parting with the orders, Justice Bhalla directed the Secretary, Public Welfare Department, Punjab; GMADA Secretary Housing and Urban Development; the Chief Administrator and the Secretary Urban Development to hold a meeting within 15 days and find a solution “so that the general public is not troubled with daily traffic”.

The High Court, on a previous date of hearing, had asked Punjab to make clear its stand on extending flyover at Zirakpur towards the Patiala side. Justice Bhalla had asserted: “The flyover constructed at Zirakpur was apparently planned before the unplanned urban explosion in Zirakpur and Dera Bassi, particularly on part of the highway going towards Patiala, causing traffic jams.”

He had directed the NHAI to look into the matter and ensure smooth flow of traffic and file an affidavit before the court, whether it would be necessary to extend the flyover, or suggest another solution.

Chandigarh, September 12
Jet Airways has been directed to pay Rs 25,000 compensation for inconvenience caused to a complainant travelling from Indore to Chandigarh via New Delhi. The complainant was forced to travel by train from Delhi to Chandigarh, as his previous flight was behind schedule by three hours and his flight from New Delhi to Chandigarh had already departed.

The District Consumer Forum also directed the airline to pay Rs 5,000 as the cost of litigation.

The complainant, Kishore Chand Rana, and his wife, Veena Kumari, had booked airline tickets of the opposite party from Indore to New Delhi and further from New Delhi to Chandigarh.

The booking was confirmed and a sum of Rs 18,620 had been charged. The arrival time of the flight from Indore to New Delhi was 9.45 am, but due to delay, it reached Delhi at 12.30 pm.

As the flight departure of Delhi to Chandigarh was 11.05 am, the complainants approached the baggage delivery counter and asked for a change of flight which was to depart at 1pm.

The counter assistant issued new boarding passes to the complainants for the same flight, which was now departing at 2 pm instead of 11.05 am from New Delhi. The employee sitting at the counter said that this flight had already departed.

The complainants then requested the officials to change the flight, but after waiting for over one hour, they were told that no seat was available. Eventually, the complainants had to return to Chandigarh by Shatabadi.

The opposite party said the both flights from Indore and Delhi were delayed due to fog. So the New Delhi-Chandigarh flight, scheduled to depart at 11.05 am, departed at 2pm, but the complainants reported late. — TNS

Panchkula, September 12
A 30-year-old local woman was allegedly gangraped at knifepoint by four men in a car in Karnal late last night.

All four accused, identified as Kuldeep, Manju, Sonu and Vinod, have been arrested by the Panchkula police. They are residents of Indira Colony. Manju is reportedly a local party’s nominee for the Vidhan Sabha elections.

The police said the victim, a resident of Rajiv Colony, was allegedly taken to Karnal by accused Kuldeep on the pretext of a court marriage, while the other youths went as eye-witnesses.

“They parked the car in a jungle where Kuldeep violated me in front of others. He held a knife to my neck when I shouted for help,” alleged the victim.

“Kuldeep later asked his accomplices to commit the crime,” she alleged.

On seeing a vehicle approach towards the spot, the accused huddled the victim into the car and drove towards another route. However, the victim managed to flee from their clutches.

“A local resident saw me crying for help and immediately called the police,” alleged the victim.

Meanwhile, the medical examination of the victim confirmed rape. The police said the victim’s husband had deserted her some time ago and she was staying with her four children.

The police said the victim’s children were at home when she had gone to Karnal. Besides charges of rape, the police have also lodged a case of attempt to murder, assault and various other relevant sections.

Mohali, September 12
A resident of Mauli Baidwan village was arrested on the charge of raping his daughter.

According to the police, the man was arrested by the Sohana police after his 19-year-old daughter alleged that she had been subjected to rape by her father.

The girl had left home in July and the father had filed a missing report with the police. In August, the father got a case registered against Karamvir Singh and Balwinder Singh alleging that they had kidnapped his daughter.

Chandigarh, September 12
Following leads through the arrest of an accused, who allegedly committed brazen robberies in an autorickshaw, the Chandigarh Police on Friday arrested six more persons, including two juveniles, in the case.

All five accused had committed as many as seven robberies and thefts on the intervening night of September 10 and 11.

The arrested accused included Mohit, resident of Sector 25; Kishan Kumar, resident of Government Flat PGI; Sagar and Monu, residents of Sector 25; and Vishal, resident of Sector 56. The remaining two accused are juveniles.

Police said in view of the modus operandi adopted by the accused in theft incidents, a special 
team was constituted by DIG AS Cheema under ASP (South) Urvija Goel and DSP (Central) Ashish Kapoor; and comprising Inspector Malkit Singh and Inspector Gurmukh Singh.

Subsequently special teams were dispatched to search the residences and hideouts of the suspected persons.

The police had set up a barrier near Dhanas. When an autorickshaw (PB-65L-5614), coming from the Dadu Majra side, was signalled to stop, the seven accused travelling in the three-wheeler tried to flee. However, they were overpowered by the police party.

Upon questioning, the accused revealed that the number plate of the three-wheeler was fake.

The auto driver, identified as Sagar, disclosed that he along with his associates had committed robberies in different areas of Chandigarh.

Zirakpur, September 12
A differently-abled student of Government Primary School, Chhat village, was allegedly sexually harassed by a male teacher.

The incident came to light when the girl, a student of Class VII, narrated the incident to her mother. After discussing the issue with relatives, girl’s maternal uncle lodged a complaint against the accused at Zirakpur police station, today. Acting on the complaint of Mazid, a resident of Manowal village in Solan district, the police arrested the teacher, Palwinder Singh, a resident of Paswan village neat Banur.

A case under Section 354-C of the IPC was registered against the teacher at Zirakpur police station.

The police said girl’s medical examination would be conducted if required. The accused teacher would be produced before a court in Dera Bassi on Saturday.

Chandigarh, September 12
Second seed Calvin Golmei clinched the singles’ title of St Stephen’s School AITA Championship Series Tournament.

Calvin clinched the title by defeating his doubles partner top seed Rishabh Sharda.

Both the players displayed exceptional skills in the final.

The champion got an early break leading 3-1 in the first set but, Rishabh came back to level, 3-3. Both were tied at 6-6. Calvin, then, took a 3-1 lead in tie breaker. Rishabh fought back to take the tie breaker 7-5.

In the second set, Calvin raced with a 4-0 lead.

Rishabh won next two games but Calvin displayed some good strokes to move his opponent and wrong footed his opponent to win next two games and second set 6-2.

In the final set, Rishabh got an early break and was leading 3-1. Thereafter, Calvin took good control.

At 3-3 (15-0), he wrong footed Rishabh. Rishabh suffered an ankle twist and he had to retire due to the injury.

The match lasted for two hours and 25 minutes. Both the players displayed good quality tennis.

Chandigarh, September 12
The CBSE North Zone-I Girls Football Tournament being organised by PML SD Public School, Sector 32 C, Chandigarh, commenced at St Soldier International Public School, Sector 28, Chandigarh, today.

The organisers said around ten teams from North region are participating in the tournament.

Around 140 players are participating in the event.

The inaugural match was played between Vasant Valley School, New Delhi, and Ahlcon Public School, New Delhi, which ended in a 1-1 point draw.

Chandigarh, September 12
The hosts took full advantage of the home ground and claimed the title of the St Xavier’s Soccer Tournament in the under-15 category here today.

The host team St Xavier’s, Chandigarh, defeated St Xavier’s, Mohali, 3-0. The first goal was scored by Armaan in the fifth minute. Maintaining the lead, Montri scored two executive goals in the 10th and 15th minutes.

The chairman of the St Xavier’s Group of Schools, Andrew J Gosain, presided

over the grand finale and George Shear, principal, St Xavier’s Higher Secondary School, Panchkula, was the guest of honour.

Chandigarh, September 12
Sharda Sarvhitkari Model Senior Secondary School (SSMSSS), Sector 40 D, bagged the overall trophy in wrestling (U-14) with 27 points. The host team also clinched the overall trophy (U-17) with 46 points.

A player takes part in the long jump event at the Sports Complex in Sector 7, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

The joint director of sports, UT Administration, Dr JPS Sidhu, gave away the medal to the winners. Brig Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (Rtd.), MVC, was also present on the occasion.

Results

Boys (U-20)-200m- Manveer, DAVMS-15, 24.74 s, Vishal, SGGSC-26, 25.11 s, Piyush, Sports Complex, Sector 7, 25.41 s; 800m-Piyush Shukla, Sports Complex, Sector 7, 2:18.97 s, Lakhwinder Singh, DAV-10, 2:19.29 s, Sonu Sharma, PUC-14, 2:30.33 s; 1500m-Deepak, PGGC-11, 4:52.06 s, Sonu Sharma, PUC-14, 5:13.63 s, Romance, SGGSC-26, 5:14.57 s; 10000m-Sombir, PGGC-11, 37:37.30 s, Paramvir, PGGC-11, 41:53.05 s, Parkash, SGGSC-26, 42:25.80 s; Javelin throw-Rajinder, Sports Complex, Sector 46, 47.88 m, Gurpreet, SSIS-28, 43.50 m, Rajnish GMSSS- 28, 41.10 m; Long jump-Sukhsham, Sports Complex, Sector 7, 5.63 m, Arshdeep, SSIS-28, 5.60 m, Mahender, Sports Complex, Sector 7, 5.58 m

Boys (U-18)-200m-Amitoj, SSIPS-28, 24.53 s, Vikramjit Singh, SSIPS-28, 25.10 s, Chandan, GMHS-Behlana, 25.50 s; 800m-Kshitij Punj Ryan International School, Sector 49, 2:06.83 s, Bhupinder Singh, SSIS-28, 2:20.90 s, Satish, GMSSS-37, 2:22.60 s; 1500 m-Mohd Bilal, GMSSS-Mani Majra, 4:55.39 s, Karanjit Singh, SSIS-28, 5:08.87 s, Rukmandeep SSIS-28, 5:19.60 s; Discus throw-Sachin Sharma, BSC-39, 37.05 m, Prannay Kapur, St John’s School, Sector 26, 34.92 m, Siddhant BSC-39, 32.83 m; Long jump-Rahul Saini, SGGSC-26, 6.00 m, SSIS-28, 5.70 m, Bhupinder Singh, SSIS-28, 5.28 m

Boys (U-16)-200m-Rahul Khanna, GMSSS-37, 24.41 s, Bikramjit, Sports Complex, Sector 46, 25.88 s, Rishabh, KVS-31, 26.20 s; 1000m-Sumit Kumar, GMSSS-46, 2:54.71 s; Prakash, SGGSC-26, 3:03.13 s, Simranjit Singh GNKS-30, 3:04.95 s; Long jump-Sumanth Kumar, GMSSS-46, 5.37 m, Sunil Kumar, GMSSS-26, 5.20 m, Raonak GMSSS-23, 5.10 m

Boys (U-14)-600m-Uttam, SGGSCPS-26, 1:38.66 s, Harnoor, St Anne’s School, Sector 32, 1:45.02 s, Jaskaran, SDPS-32, 1:48.36 s; Long jump-Inderpal Singh, GMSSS-37, 5.10 m, Akhil Rana, GMSSS-19, 4.53 m, Ketan Vahishth, Strawberry School, Sector 26, 4.51 m

Girls (U-20)-200m-Komal, GGSC-26, 29.19 s, Kamini, PGGC-11, 32.19 s, Gurpreet, PGGC-11, 34.67 s; 800m-Tashi, PGGC-11, 3:21.07 s, Sonya, GCG-11, 3:38.06 s, Preeti, PGGC-11, 4:03.01 s; 1500m-Navneet, GGSC-26, 6:15.36 s, Prerna, PGGC-11, 6:27.06 s, Ramanjot, PGGC-11, 6:47.69 s; 3000m-Tundup, PGGC-11, 13:16.03 s, Charanjeet, PGGC-11, 14:45.01 s, Mandeep, GCG-11, 17:25.08 s; Long jump-Niharika, GGDSDC-32, 5.00 m, Gurpreet, PGGC-11, 3.73 m, Ramandeep, PGGC-11, 3.70 m

Girls (U-18)-200m-Shivani, GMSSS-37, 31.34 s, Komal, GMHS-Police Lines, 35.13 s, Shivani, GMHS-Police Lines, 36.30 s; 800m-Rajshikha, GCG-11, 3:02.4 s, Anjuman, GCG-11, 3:16.3 s, Shivani, GMHS-Police Lines, 3:31.2 s; 1500m-Rajshikha, GCG-11, 6:08.62 s, Shweta, GMSSSS-37, 6:15.39 s, Amritpal, KVS-29, 6:19.21 s; Long jump-Nikita, SSIPS-28, 3.93 m, Shivani, GMSSS-37, 3.90 m, Vandhana, SSIPS-28, 3.80 m

Girls (U-16)-200m-Divyanshi, GMSSS-33, 27.18 s, Gurveer, Sports Complex, Sector 46, 32.15 s, Neena, Sports Complex, Sector 7, 37.82 s; 1000m-Sanskriti, SSIPS-28, 5:13.23 s, Shikha, SSIPS-28, 5:13.52 s, Mehak, AKIPS-41, 5:14.82 s; Long jump-Amanjot, GMSSS-37, 4.33 m, Gurbir, Sports Complex, Sector 46, 3.90 m, Shivani, SSIPS-28, 3.80 m

Girls (U-14)-Long jump-Simran, GMHS-46, 3.63 m, Sejal, GMHS-26, 3.56 m, Neha, GMHS-26, 3.15 m.

Chandigarh, September 12
The Chandigarh Golf Club will hold the second series of the CGC Junior Golf Championship on October 5 from 7 am to 12 noon.

The organisers said the tournament will be played in six categories according to age.

Details of various categories-

Age categories-Junior Tour A (under-18); Tour B (under-15); Tour C (under-13); Tour D (under-11); Tour E (under-9); and Tour F (under-7).

Chandigarh, September 12
MBBGRGC Girls College, Mansowal, clinched the Panjab University (PU) Inter-College Kho-Kho (Women) B-Division Tournament held on the PU ground today.

Chandigarh, September 12
Dr CK Jerath, president of the Chandigarh Amateur Boxing Association, was elected as one of the vice-presidents of the Boxing India during a General Council Meeting held at Mumbai on September 11.

Dr Jerath secured 45 votes of 64 in the election.

The election was conducted under the observation of two AIBA observers and returning officer and a retired High Court judge.

All the 32 affiliated units of the Boxing India exercised their right to vote.

Chandigarh, September 12
The 23rd Sub-Junior and Senior Boys and Girls Chandigarh State Karate Championship will be held at Sri Guru Gobind Singh Public School, Sector 35-B, Chandigarh, from October 2.

The championship will be organised by the Amateur Association of Chandigarh. The championship will be organised under the World Karate Confederation rules.

The organisers said the entries will be closed at the venue at 9.00 am on October 2 and the selection of the second BR Ambedkar National Games will be held in New Delhi from October 7 to 10.