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Kalka to see neck-and-neck fight between BJP, INLD
Bipin Bhardwaj
Tribune News Service

Candidates interact through Facebook

While other contestants campaigned door to door and sought votes from the public till late this evening, Latika Sharma of the BJP and Congress candidate Manvir Kaur Gill used Facebook, a social networking site, to interact with the public. The candidates also posted their agenda on a Facebook page and received feedback and suggestions from people.

Patiala, October 14
The Shambhu police have started investigations against the management of Surya World Education Trust and College Bapror village following registration of an FIR under various sections of cheating and conspiracy for their alleged failure to pay
the contractor working in the college.

Meanwhile, the police officer investigating the case said the college authorities till date had not joined investigations, despite repeated attempts to summon them.

According to Shambhu SHO Mahinder Singh, a complaint was received by contractor Anand Avtar Patiar of Tirlok Chand and Company that their payment cheques worth around Rs 65 lakh were not paid despite completion of the work in the college.

“We have registered a case against the owners of the college for cheating and conspiracy under Sections 420, 406 and 120-B of the IPC but despite calling the owners, they have failed to turn up or join investigations,” the SHO said.

All efforts to reach to Surya World College Management turned futile.

Patiala, October 14
The Samana police raided a godown situated on the Noorpura road and destroyed a large quantity of sweets lying uncovered in steel and plastic containers. Many insects and flies were found on the sweets.

Surinderpal Singh, Station House Officer, said they learnt that the godown owner, who used to supply sweets to various shops, had prepared the eatables in an unhygienic manner. “We had informed the Health Department, but its team did not reach the spot on time. We then raided the godown and destroyed the sweets.”

Food Safety Officer Aditi Gupta reached the spot with her team and collected four samples.

Dr HS Bali, Civil Surgeon, Patiala, said their team took some time to coordinate and reach Samana. “Samples have been collected and sent for testing. We will take action against the godown owner after getting the lab report.”

Fatehgarh Sahib, October 14
The Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday nabbed a Junior Engineer of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000. Inspector Iqbal Singh said Rajdeep Singh of Chunni Kalan had complained that Shivdev Singh, JE of Badali Ala Singh, had demanded Rs 1.5 lakh for installing a transformer. A trap was laid and the deal was struck for Rs 50,000. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered.

Inspector Iqbal Singh said as soon as Shivdev Singh had accepted the marked notes of Rs 50,000 from Rajdeep Singh they nabbed the JE red-handed in the presence of two witnesses, including Lal Singh and Shamsher Singh, assistant census research officer and deputy economic census advisor, respectively. He said a case under the Corruption Act had been registered against the JE and further proceedings in the case were on.

Mohali, October 14
In the robbery that took place at Phase X last night, the Mohali police have been focussing on old and current servants of the victim family here.

Giving information, Mohali DSP Navreet Singh Virk said they were zeroing in on an old servant, who had left his job last month after an altercation with the victim, Simran Kaur, who was badly thrashed by the robbers, after entering the house last night. “The servant, whose name was Ram, had also threatened the family while leaving the job,” DSP Virk said.

Apart from that, the police have also been checking the mobile phone call details of both the servants, who have been working in the house. “Both the servants, hailing from Delhi, were present in the house at the time of incident. We are also checking their antecedents,” DSP Virk added.

Area SHO Sub-Inspector Navin Pal Singh Lehal said the CCTV footage was being procured from nearby houses. “We are checking the available CCTV footages to get clue of the accused,” said Lehal adding that a case under Sections 342, 382 and 34 of the IPC has been registered in this connection at Phase XI police station.

The police are yet to decide whether or not appropriate sections of the Arms Act have to be added in the FIR. 

Chandigarh, October 14
A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour at her residence in Dhanas Colony. The accused has been arrested. The police said Amardeep Singh, a daily-wage earner, had been arrested and sent in judicial custody.

Sources in the police said that the incident took place on late Monday night, while the victim was sleeping in her house. Her parents were sleeping in the other room at the time of incident. “On seeing the victim alone in her room the accused raped her. The victim managed to raise an alarm following which the accused was caught by the victim’s parents”, police officials said. The accused was handed over to the police. The medical examination confirmed rape. — TNS

Mohali, October 14
Following a robbery at a house in Phase X here yesterday, the purse of a resident of the same area was snatched by a two-wheeler-borne person today.

This is also the second incident in the past few days in which a woman has been deprived of her purse. The first one took place at Phase IX on Friday.

According to reports, Sunita Dua, a government employee, was going to Phase X, along with her daughter, in an autorickshaw today. When she reached her destination, she got off the vehicle and was making the payment to the autorickshaw driver. A person on an Activa vehicle came near her and snatched her purse. The accused fled after committing the crime.

Sunita Dua said her purse contained about Rs 6,000 in cash apart from a signed cheque, an ATM card and a few important documents.

On October 10, Anju Bala was deprived of her purse, which contained Rs 80,000, by two motorcycle-borne youths in Phase IX. The miscreants also took away her gold earrings and a ring.

Sikander Alo, a resident of Amlala village reported that someone had stolen his motorcycle parked in Sector 7. Ashish Thakur, a resident of Sector 42, reported that someone had stolen his motorcycle from Sector 34. Amrik Singh, a resident of Badali village reported that someone had stolen his motorcyle from Sector 42. — TNS

Chandigarh, October 14
Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART) trainee Ranjeet Singh upset fifth seed Prajval Dev to confirm his berth in the quarterfinals of the ongoing The Tribune Cup National Ranking Rs 2 Lakh Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament at the CLTA courts in Sector 10 here today.

Ranjeet claimed a 5-1 lead in the opening set however Prajval fought back and named the next three games. Keeping his nerves, Ranjeet dominated the further proceedings and took the first set 6-4.

In the next, when Ranjeet was at easy toes with a 3-1 lead, Prajval again bounced back and managed to bag the next three games. After levelling the game, both the players held serves while in the 12th game, Ranjeet broke Prajval’s serve and named the match by 6-4 and 7-5.

In the women’s category, top seed Himani Mor easily moved to quarterfinals after a straight win over Shehnaz Singh by 6-1 and 6-2.

In another match, fifth seed Nithyaraj conceded only one game against Nikita Bishnoi to move into the quarterfinals. Nithyaraj defeated Nikita Bishnoi by 6-0 and 6-1. Meanwhile, third seed Samitha Sai defeated Arushi Bhasin by 6-4 and 6-2.

Results

Men’s singles pre-quarters: Mohit Mayur bt Paramveer Bajwa 6-0, 6-2, Brahmjot Singh bt Ayush Mintri 6-2, 6-1, Dalwinder Singh bt Vilaser Khate 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, Rishi Rakshit bt Param Pun 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, Sorav Sakul bt Eklavya Singh 7-5, 6-1, Hardeep Sandhu bt Rubal Shandilya 7-6(7), 7-5, Ranjeet Singh bt SD Prajawal 6-4, 7-5, Hadin Bawa bt Uday Pratap Singh 6-1, 6-2; Women’s singles pre-quarters: Himani Mor bt Shehnaz Singh 6-1, 6-2, Nithyaraj Baburaj bt Nikita Bishnoi 6-0, 6-1, Ashima Garg bt Anjali Thakur 4-6, 6-1, 6-0, Manya Nagpal bt Sainikitha Chikkala 6-3, 6-1, Lalita Devarakonda bt Aashta Dargude 6-3, 7-5, Samhitha Sai bt Arushi Bhasin 6-4, 6-2, Rashmi Teltumbdre bt Abhilasha Vishwanath 6-0, 6-2, Nandini Sharma bt Renu Sharma 6-2 , 6-3; Women’s (doubles) round I: Sai Nikita Chikkala and Abhilasha Vishwanath bt Pious Mudgil and Preetnain Grewal 7-6(5), 6-3, Ashima Garg and Vineeta Singh bt Himani Mor and Nandini Sharma 7-6(4), 7-6(3), GS Vasavi and Preethi Sriniwasan bt Charvi Saxena and Saumya Saxena 6-2, 6-0, Arushi Bhasin and Nida Kamal bt Astha Dargude and Tanvi Bose 6-3, 2-6, 10-7, Manya Nagpal and Nithya Raj Bahuraj bt Saumya Vig and Smriti Puniani 7-5, 6-1, Sai Samitha and Rashmi Teltumbre bt Nikita Bishnoi and Anjali Thakur 6-1, 6-3; Men’s doubles round I: Manav Chakma and Mohit Mayur bt Sahil Gaware and Kunal Vajirani 6-3, 7-6(1), Shabaj Khan and Hadin Bawa bt Ranjeet Singh and Ayush Mintri 6-4, 6-4, Barahmjot Singh and Rubal Shandilya bt Nasir Malik and Mandeep Kumar 7-6(2), 6-2, Vilaser Khate and Digvijay Mehta bt Param Pun and Paramvir Bajwa 5-7, 7-5, 13-11, Jajbir Singh and Harinder Sandhu bt Nihit Rawal and Dheer Anush Bhatti 6-3, 6-3, Maninder Singh and Osama Shaik bt Shivam Dalmia and Abhay Dixit 6-2, 6-1, Sukul Saurav and Sagar Manjana bt SD Prajaval Dev and Subramanyam Raghvender 6-3, 6-4. 

Chandigarh, October 14
Punjab kicked off their campaign in the (U-16) North Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy by outplaying Haryana by an innings and 250 runs at Gurgaon and bagged seven points including, one bonus.

Punjab’s skipper Shubham Gill scripted the team’s win by scoring 187 off 212 balls. He was equally supported by Prince Balwant Rai, who scored 86 off 138 balls. Akash Dahri (60 off 93 balls) and Nirmal Singh (45 off 116) were other scorers.

Earlier batting first, Haryana was bundled out for 117 in 58.2 overs. Medium pacer Rahul Kashyap hogged the limelight by claiming 4 for 15 while off spinner Akash Dahri and Shivang Saini claimed two wickets each. For Haryana, T Bali (39 runs) and RV Gour (21 runs) were the only main scorers. In reply, Punjab scored 454 runs for nine before declaring their innings. Trailing by 337 runs, Haryana, in the 2nd innings, folded out for 87 runs in 51.4 overs. Punjab will face Delhi at the Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium in Patiala from October 15 to 17. — TNS

Chandigarh, October 14
Cagers of Tamil Nadu lifted the title of the 31st Youth National Basketball Championship in both the boys’ and girls’ category. Both the finals were played at the indoor basketball courts of the sports complex in Sector 42 here today.

In the finals of the girls’ category, Tamil Nadu defeated Kerala by 64-59. Aishwarya headed the team to bag the glittering trophy by scoring 16 points whereas Nivya Rajan reduced the margin for the losing side with contributing 19 points.

In the boys’ finals, Tamil Nadu defeated Kerala in the extra time by 75-65. For Tamil Nadu, Hariharan with his contribution of 27 points while for Kerala, Sudarshan with 30 points were the noticeable players. — TNS

Chandigarh, October 14
Recovering from uncertain health complications, former Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari feels that a span of four and half years is enough to decide his political base.

The former minister was in city on Tuesday for witnessing the finals of the ongoing 31st Youth Basketball Championship. While witnessing the boys’ finals between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Manish also expressed his deep interest for sports in city.

“The city is having a great infrastructure and it should be utilised in the right manner. The players are performing well however there is a dire need to change our perspective. Playing sports under a good environment is an advantage for the players. And it should be grabbed in best of the possible ways,” said Manish, who was a player of water polo and represented Panjab University, Chandigarh.

On asking his interest in becoming the representative of people of the city, the former minister replied, “I am attached with the politics from the past three decades and at this hour I would only like to continue as a social representative.” He was expected to be the Congress candidate from Ludhiana in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections however due to untimely health reasons he opted to stay away.

While refusing to comment on recent Shashi Tharoor’s removal from the post of party spokesperson, Manish said the Congress party would yield good results in the upcoming elections. “I would not like to comment on party’s take. However, in Haryana, I believe, that the party has done a good job in past and tomorrow the people will cast their vote in a positive manner,” Manish added.