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Panchkula & Kalka Votes 2014
BJP releases manifesto
Bipin Bhardwaj
Tribune News Service

Being a woman candidate, Latika has promised special plans to uplift women, special all-women police stations, increase in number of wo

Rana gets rousing welcome

Reminding the public about the works his did for the area and residents, Satvinder Singh Rana, the BSP candidate from the Kalka seat, today addressed public meetings at Narainwala, Magniwala, Kedarpur, Mallha, Surajpur, Kiratpur and some other villages and sought votes from residents. He got a rousing welcome from residents.

Rana had joined the BSP after the Congress denied him the ticket even after he had been campaigning in the constituency after his defeat in assembly election in 2009 from Kalka seat.

HJC-HJCP candidate gets notice

Taking a serious note of the advertisement material circulated among residents, the returning officer (RO), Kalka, has issued notice to Shakti Rani Sharma, a HJC-HJCP candidate, for violating the model code of conduct, today.

Chandigarh, October 9
It was fancy for bikes and easy money that landed two school-dropouts behind bars.

The youngsters, Titu (19) and Happy (22), used to steal two-wheelers for taking joy rides before abandoning the vehicles in different parking lots.

Last night, they were arrested by the police near Sector 40 while fleeing with a stolen motorcycle. So far, the police have recovered six stolen motorcycles.

The police have found that both the suspects are drug addicts. Gurmukh Singh, SHO of the Sector 39 police station, said the accused used to steal two-wheelers mainly from the vegetable markets to take joy rides before abandoning them at different parking lots.

The stolen bikes were recovered from different locations based on the information provided by the suspects during their questioning.

“Both the accused are drug addicts and used to commit crime to so that they could buy drugs”, the SHO said.

The suspects have also been involved in snatching incidents in the past. “They used to attempt snatchings on the stolen motorcycles. We are trying to get details from them”, said the police officials.

With their arrest, the police have solved three vehicle thefts cases and six stolen vehicle have been recovered which were left abandoned at crowed parking lots in the city.

Two cases of vehicle thefts registered at Sector 39 police station and another case registered at Sector 11 police station has been reportedly solved by the police.

The police are verifying the registration numbers of the remaining three two-wheelers.

Sources said that they are expecting recovery of more vehicles on the disclosure of the accused.

Chandigarh, October 9
Four cases of vehicle thefts and two cases of house thefts were registered in the city at different police stations.

Vishal Verma, a resident of Kharar, reported that someone had stolen his car from the parking lot of Government Multi Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16. A case at Sector 17 police station has been registered.

In another case, Lalit Kumar, a resident of Sector 11, Panchkula, reported that someone had stolen his motorcycle from the market in Sector 27, Chandigarh. A case at Sector 26 police station has been registered.

The third vehicle theft case was registered at the Sector 34 police station. Charanjit Singh, a resident of Sector-30-A, reported that his motorcycle was stolen from the parking lot of Apni Mandi in Sector 46.

In another case, Mithan Lal, a resident of Sector 7, reported that someone had stolen his scooter from Sector 32 market. A case at the Sector 34 police station has been registered.

A house theft at the PGI complex was reported. Mukesh Kumar, a resident of Dhanas, reported that someone had committed theft in House No. 8-H/8 at the PGI complex.

In another case, Vijay Kumar, a resident of Phase-II, Ram Darbar, reported that someone had stolen five mobile phones, an ATM and Rs 2,000 from his residence. A case has been registered at the Sector 31 police station. 

Chandigarh, October 9
Maharashtra defeated Punjab in the girls’ category at the ongoing 31st Youth National Basketball Championship at Sector 42 courts here today.

Trailing in first three quarters (9-22, 0-16, 2-8), Punjab dominated the final quarter (13-11) by fielding their whole bench strength. The effort, however, came too late, as Maharashtra won 57-24.

For the winning side, Shruti Sherigar scored 17 points, while Rasika Pandge chipped in with 9 points. For Punjab, Sakshi Sharma contributed 8 points and Prabhjot reduced the margin by 6 points.

In a closely contested match in the same category, Gujarat defeated Goa 32-26 (7-4, 9-5, 8-7, 8-10). Arti G scored 11 points and Saiesha Shetty bagged 8 points for the winning side. For Goa, Rachel Rapose and Rose Reha A remained the main scorers, with 8 points each.

In the boy’s category, Uttar Pradesh edged past Rajasthan by a single point (68-67). Both the outfits won two sets each (14-7, 25-15, 18-27, 11-18), but Uttar Pradesh lads were declared winners owing to the one-point lead. For the winning side, Dheeraj M dominated the proceedings with 29 points, while for Rajasthan, Abbas Ali chipped in with 22 points.

Other results

Girls: Kerala (Nimmi 13 points, Aswathi J 13 points) bt Uttar Pradesh (Pooja 10 points, Shreyasi 5 points) 66-22 (21-2, 14-4, 18-5, 13-11); Tamil Nadu (Ishwarya J 14 points, Nishanti M 10 points) bt West Bengal (Pramita 8 points) 64-11 (21-4, 11-0, 9-4, 23-3); Himachal Pradesh (Sonika 13 points, Sakshi 8 points) bt Bihar (Chairisha 12 points, Neelima 7 points) 39-23 (7-3, 12-5, 9-4, 11-11); Delhi (Simran 11 points, Shrishti 10, Gurkiran 10) bt Puducherry (A Sandhya 8 points, S Samyuktha 6 points) 53-26 (13-4, 18-4, 14-12, 8-6); Assam (Rima 15, Pushpanjali 13) bt Jammu and Kashmir (Pearl 19 points, Sarbjeet 10) 34-32 (15-10, 6-7, 8-4, 5-11); boys: Gujarat (Steve 19 points) bt Goa (Nayaab 19) 58-46 (11-12, 12-14, 21-12, 14-8); Tamil Nadu (Prakhar S 8 points, Vishal K 12 points, Shrey P 14 points) bt Uttarakhand (Vaibhav G 15 points) 57-24 (22-6, 18-4, 9-16, 8-8); Delhi (Sombir S 28 points, Hansraj H 19 points) bt Kerala (Sudarsan T 14 points, Wilson E 10 points, Jacob JJ 10) 75-59 (16-17, 12-16, 27-10, 20-16); Bihar (Govind 10 points, Abhinandan 10) bt Jharkhand (Attavl 16 points, Rahul 10 points) 41-40 (6-8, 16-11, 2-8, 17-13); Maharashtra (Mearaj 27 points, Talha 23) bt Andhra Pradesh (Neeraj 26 points, Siva Prasad 14) 100-72 (26-14, 21-15, 26-23, 27-20).

Patiala, October 9
Riding high on a fine batting display by Abhisek Singh, who scored 112 runs and was well-supported by Arshdeep Singh (60), hosts Black Elephant Cricket Club defeated SA Jain Senior Model School, Ambala, to move into the final of the Third Dussehra Cup Cricket Tournament.

Sent in to bat first, BECC put up 288 runs on the board for the loss of four wickets in 50 overs.

Youraj and Haren remained unbeated on 50 and 30 respectively.

In reply, Ambala boys kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were bundled out for 178 runs in 39.4 overs.

In the second semifinal, SCA, Sonepat, defeated Aurobindo Club by eight wickets to make it to the final. The Sonepat team restricted Aurobindo Club at 137 runs with Naman 29 and Pukhraj 25 being the main scorers. Gaurav claimed three for 17 runs. The winning outfit chased the target in 35.3 overs, losing just two wickets.

Patiala, October 9
On the second day of the 28th All-India Basketball Tournament, the Tamil Nadu Postal Circle Team won by 5 points and stopped the entry of last year 2nd runner-up team of West Bengal to enter into super league of the tournament.

Last evening, West Bengal also lost the match and Odisha Postal Circle win the match.

Gujarat defeated Haryana and Tamil Nadu thrashed West Bengal in the matches played this morning.

In the evening, Gujarat and Punjab booked their berth in the super league in the tournament.

Kulbir Singh, chief postmaster general, Punjab Circle, Chandigarh, while addressing the players yesterday said the department was going to start recruitment process to fill vacant posts of sports quota soon.