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300 units of blood donated
Tribune News Service

Dera Bassi, October 16
NSS volunteers and staff members of the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology (SSIET) donated 300 units of blood at a camp organised on the institute premises, here today.

Apart from this, a free medical check-up camp was also organised by the Sri Sukhhmani Multi-Specialty Hospital for the students, faculty and staff members.

Prof Avtar Singh, chairman of the Sri Sukhmani Group, who was the chief guest on the occasion said: “Voluntary donation of blood is a holy gesture to save lives of the needy.”

Kanwaljit Kaur, director of the group, applauded the girl donors, who came forward for the noble cause.

Chandigarh, October 16
Two days after differences between the Bench and the Bar surfaced in a case involving former cricketer Yograj Singh, Justice K Kannan of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today refused to transfer the matter to another Bench.

Justice Kannan also directed in the open court the imposition of Rs 10,000 costs. Detailed orders are not yet available.

Justice Kannan also stayed investigations in the matter.

As the case came up for resumed hearing, an application for transfer of case was placed before Justice Kannan following the verbal spat that took place about two days ago. Taking a solemn view of the matter, Justice Kannan dismissed the plea.

About a month ago, former cricketer Yograj Singh was allegedly involved in the brawl with a former DSP. His NRI cousin Kuljit Kaur then moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court for initiation of action against the cops, who failed to register the case under appropriate sections of the IPC.

The brawl between Kuljit Kaur’s family and the retired DSP, Ashanand, and his two sons had allegedly taken place on August 24. Appearing on Kuljit Kaur’s behalf, senior advocate Puneet Bali told the Bench that an attempt to rape case under Section 354-B of the IPC was not registered despite the chest and neck injuries.

Bali added that Section 166A in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, also made it clear that police officers refusing to register a case under the relevant section of the IPC were to be proceeded against.

Kuljit Kaur has already submitted a handwritten statement to a DSP, narrating the incidence of brawl between her family and the retired DSP and his two sons on August 24.

In her complaint to the officer, Kuljit Kaur had alleged that police officials were unwilling to lodge her complaint, even though she showed the bruises she and her children suffered. She also alleged that she along with Yograj Singh, Bhupender Pal Singh, Aaron and Tanya were made to sit in illegal detention for the whole night of August 24 at the Sector 5 police station. But the police allegedly did not detain the retired DSP Ashanand and his two sons the same night, but arrested them only the next morning.

Chandigarh, October 16
The UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed DLF Homes Panchkula Private Limited, Sector 8-C, Chandigarh, through its director, sales and marketing, Ananta Singh Raghuvanshi, to pay Rs 20,000 compensation for deficiency in services, unfair trade practices and causing mental agony and harassment to the complainant.

The builder has also been directed to pay Rs 2,02,698, along with interest at 9 per cent to the complainant.

The complainant, Kamal Kumar, a resident of Sector 14, Panchkula, purchased an independent floor measuring 1,450 sq ft in the project ‘DLF Valley, Panchkula’ and was allotted property for a total consideration of Rs 57,56,500.04. Execution of the Independent Floor Buyer’s Agreement and payment of a total amount of Rs 17,71,945 was made by the complainant.

It was alleged that after the execution of the agreement, the builder sent a letter dated July 8, 2013, whereby the complainant was informed that in compliance of the order of the Supreme Court, the construction activities at the project site have been stayed and no further construction activities were carried out pursuant to the said directions.

It was stated that in such matters of delay, the company was not liable for performance of its obligations and that it would endeavour to complete the project subject to the delay of 12 months, which had occurred due to the stoppage of the work. Hence, it was requested to the complainant to confirm that whether he would agree to the above condition for additional time to be taken for completion of the construction. It was further informed that in case the complainant did not agree, then the builder would cancel the allotment and refund the amount paid by the former along with simple interest calculated at 9 per cent per annum.

Pursuant to above, the complainant had sent his consent to withdraw the allotment and had requested for cancellation of the property and refund of the paid amount with interest on July 18, 2013.

It was alleged that the amount deposited for the service tax had not been refunded with interest and he was not satisfied with the amount received.

The total amount along with interest refunded to the complainant by the DLF was Rs 19,65,188. The complainant has contended that the builder have, therefore, made less payment of Rs 2,02,698 to him.

The company was found deficient in giving proper service to the complainant and having indulged in unfair trade practice, the forum said. 

Chandigarh, October 16
A court today deferred the hearing in a defamation case filed by two Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel following their arrest on the charge of possessing fake currency notes, which were actually genuine, to December 11. The UT police and the SBI had prayed for dismissal of the suit saying that no legal notice was served nor entire court fee was paid by the complainants while filing the case.

The two ITBP personnel, Nain Singh and Amar Singh, had been arrested and kept in police custody for two days only to be released later as their case was found genuine. The suit was filed after the UT police, on May 17, 2013, arrested them and claimed to have busted a ‘fake currency racket’and recovering ‘fake’ notes amounting to Rs 91,000.

Amar Singh had procedurally drawn salaries of 70 ITBP men, amounting to Rs 11 lakh, from Jalandhar on May 16. The personnel were here for a training course at the ITBP’s Ramgarh centre. Of these, 23 men had given Rs 3 lakh to be deposited in their accounts at the SBI’s Chandigarh Air Force Station branch. The branch manager allegedly found that 91 currency notes of Rs 1,000 were ‘fake’. The two ITBP personnel were arrested. But the RBI checked the notes two days later and found them genuine. Based on the report, the judicial magistrate Aashish Saldi, on May 20, discharged the ITBP men.

Chandigarh, October 16
The Chandigarh Police have booked a 35-year-old man for attempting suicide by setting himself on fire on Wednesday. Police sources said the accused has been identified as Ravinder Kumar, a resident of Sector 52. The accused is admitted at the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, and his condition is said to be stable.

In her complaint to the police, Gayatri Devi, the accused’s wife, stated that Ravinder was alcoholic and used to fight with her for money to buy liquor.

“On Wednesday afternoon also, he came home and demanded money for alcohol. Since I did not have money, he started arguing with me and used foul language,” stated Gayatri Devi in her complaint.

On not getting money, Ravinder poured kerosene on him and set himself afire. People rushed to his rescue and police was summoned.

The police rushed Ravinder to a hospital.

A case against Ravinder Kumar has been registered at the Sector 36 police station and investigations initiated.

Chandigarh, October 16
The Chandigarh police have booked three people in two different cases for submitting false affidavits regarding the ownership of properties in the tricity.

According to the police, two allottees of the Young Dwellers Cooperative House Building 1st Society in Sector 49 were booked for the malpractice. The allottees include Agya Ram Aggarwal, Rajinder Singh and others. The two have been booked under Sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (conspiracy) at the Sector 17 police station.

In another case, GC Bhardwaj, a resident of Radio Colony Cooperative House Building 1st Society Ltd, Chandigarh, was booked for concealing a fact that he already owned a plot at the time of allotment of flat in the said society in 1991.

Action against these allottees was recommended by the Registrar (Cooperative Societies)-cum-Deputy Commissioner, who had also cancelled the allotment of the flats after the cases of cheating were discovered earlier this year. 

Chandigarh, October 16
Two motorcycle-borne miscreants snatched a purse from a woman at a parking lot in Sector 40 D here.

Archana, a resident of Sector 5, Chandigarh, reported that the robbers snatched her purse containing important documents, an ATM card and Rs 1800 in cash. The complainant failed to note down the registration number of the motorcycle. A case has been registered at the Sector 39 police station. — TNS

Mohali, October 16
In two cases of land fraud worth around Rs 22 lakh, the Kharar police booked three persons here. In the first case, the police have booked Ashwani Kumar and Munish Kumar on the complaint of a Chandigarh resident, Anil Kumar.

In his complaint to Mohali SSP Inder Mohan Singh Bhatti, the complainant alleged that he had given Rs 11.33 lakh to the duo to purchase a 113-yard plot at Kharar, which they claimed to have owned.

“After getting the payment, the duo lingered on the registration of the plot in his (Anil) name. Later, I came to know that the plot did not belong to them”, alleged Anil.

He also claimed that the duo had returned him Rs 45,000 along with two cheques, which were bounced later.In the second case, the Kharar police booked Rajinder Singh on a similar complaint made by Jagroop Singh, who alleged that the accused had taken Rs 11.50 lakh as advance money on the pretext of selling a plot at Mundi Kharar for Rs 35 lakh.

Jagroop Singh alleged that Rajinder Singh had already sold it to another party by cheating him.

The police have registered two cases in both incidents against the accused for cheating and criminal conspiracy at the Kharar police station. — TNS

Fact file

In two cases of land fraud worth around Rs 22 lakh, the Kharar police booked three persons. In the first case, the police have booked Ashwani Kumar and Munish Kumar on the complaint of a Chandigarh resident, Anil Kumar.

Chandigarh, October 16
In the ongoing Third Annual Athletics Meet of Tribune Model School, Sector 29, Aditya (Class II) and Sourav (Class III) notched top spots in the boys’ hurdle event. In the girls’ hurdle event, Khushpreet (Class II) and Kritika (Class III) secured top two spots here today.

In the 50m boys’ event, Sanyam (Class II) and Sourav (Class III) won the top honours while, in the 50m girls’ event, Mamta (Class II) and Kritika (Class III) stood first and second, respectively.

In the 100m boys’ event, Harsh (Class IV) and in the girls’ category, (100 m) Pushpa claimed the top spots.

Chandigarh, October 16
Saupin’s School, Sector 32, defeated St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, by 52 runs while, St John’s School, Sector 26, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40, by 21 runs in the matches held during the inter-school tournament for boys (U-17) at DAV, Sector 8, here today.

In the first match, after electing to bat first, Saupin’s side scored 89 runs in the allotted slot of 20 overs.

Kunal scored 30 runs off 25 balls while, Varun and Prabhjeet contributed 15 runs and 10 runs, respectively, to the team’s total.

For the bowling side, Rythm and Aniket claimed two wickets each.

In reply, St Joseph’s school mustered up on a mere total of 37 runs in 12.3 overs with Aniket scoring 15 runs.

For Saupin’s side, Prithvi and Yuvnahar claimed three wickets each while, Hardik and Prabhjeet claimed two wickets respectively.

In the second match of the cricket tournament, while batting first, St John’s School, Sector 26, posted 104 runs target against Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40.

Garry (34 runs) contributed the lion’s major share while, Narun supported him with contributing 28 runs off 38 balls.

For the bowling side, Archit (two for 14 runs) and Shubham (two for 10 runs) showed good performances and claimed two wickets each.

In reply, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40, scored mere 83 runs with Shivam (20 off 17) and Abhishek (18 off 44) scoring the major share.

For the bowling side, Garry and Sahil claimed two wickets each.

Angad bagged one wicket.

Chandigarh, October 16
Top seed pair Manav Chakma and Mohit Mayur overpowered Sukul Saurav and Sagar Manjana to bag the title of the men’s doubles category during the final of ‘The Tribune Cup National Ranking Rs 2 Lakh Men’s & Women’s Tennis Tournament at the tennis courts of the CLTA, Sector 10, here today.

In the final of the mens’ (doubles) category, Manav and Mohit defeated Sukul and Sagar in straight sets 6-3 and 6-2 to claim the title.

In the final of the mens’ (single) category, top seed Mohit Mayur will clash with Hadin Bawa tomorrow. In the men’s semifinal, Mohit Mayur defeated qualifier Rakshit Rishi. He marched ahead in the final by conceding only three games at named the match at 6-1 and 6-2. In the second semifinal, Hadin Bawa, while maintaining his good track record, logged win with defeating Hardeep Sandhu in straight sets, 6-2 and 6-2.

In the women’s category, during the first semifinal, eighth seed Manya Nagpal upset fifth seed Nithyaraj Baburaj. Manya raced to a 5-2 lead and was serving 40-15 when Nithyaraj came back strongly and levelled the set 5-5 and further claimed the lead 6-5. In the tie breaker, however, Manya performed well and taking full advantage of Baburaj’s errors, he sealed the first set 7-4. In the second set, Manya took an early break and won the game 6-3.

In the second semifinal, Rashmi Teltumbdre defeated third seed Samhitha Sai without conceding a single game. She named the match with ease 6-0 and 6-0

Results

Men’s singles semifinals-(1) Mohit Mayur beat Rishi Rakshit 6-1, 6-2, Hadin Bawa beat Hardeep Sandhu 6-2, 6-2; Women’s’ singles semifinals-(8) Manya Nagpal beat (5) Nithyaraj Baburaj 7-6 (4), 6-3, Rashmi Teltumbdre beat (3) Samhitha Sai 6-0, 6-0; Women’s doubles semifinals-GS Vasavi and Preethi Sriniwasan beat Sagrika Phadke and Chandershekhar Varunya 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2), Arushi Bhasin and Nida Kamal beat Sai Samitha and Rashmi Teltumbre (concd.); Men’s doubles semifinals-(1) Manav Chakma and Mohit Mayur beat Vilaser Khate and Digvijay Mehta 6-2, 6-3, Sukul Saurav and Sagar Manjana beat (3) Jajbir Singh and Harinder Sandhu 7-6 (4), 4-6, 10-6.

Chandigarh, October 16
Panjab University Campus won the Panjab University Inter-College Yachting Competition for Women at Sukhna Lake here today.

The MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, and the PG Government College for Girls, Sector 42, Chandigarh, claimed the runners-up and third spot, respectively.

The GGS College for Women, Sector 26, Chandigarh, secured fourth position in the same championship.

In the mens’ category, DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, bagged the winning title followed by SGGS College, Sector 26, and Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11 that claimed the joint runners-up spot. Panjab University campus side secured fourth spot.

Results

Women: 600m-1st Jyoti Sharma and Nisha, PU Campus, Chd, 2nd Diksha and Suman, PG GCG, Sector 42, Chd, 3rd Harpreet and Ashpreet, PGGC, Sector 11, Chd

1200m-1st Jyoti Sharma and Sandeep, PU Campus, Chd, 2nd Dimple and Baljeet Kaur, MCM DAV, Sector 36, Chd, 3rd Anita Mishra and Karishma, PG GCG, Sector 42, Chd

1800m-1st Pushpa and Sandeep, PU Campus, Chd, 2nd Dimple and Baljeet Kaur, MCM DAV, Sector 36, Chd, 3rd Manpreet and Kanika, GGS College (W) Sector 26, Chd.

Men: 600m-1st Dalbir and Munish Kumar, SGGS College, Chd, 2nd Gaurav and Rahul Bisht, PGGC, Sector 11, Chd, 3rd Tarsem and Sunil, DAV College, Chd

1200m-1st Amarjeet and Gurmej Singh, DAV College, Chd, 2nd Sandeep and Sharambir, SGGS College, Chd, 3rd Malkeet and Kartik Saigal, PU Campus, Chd

1800m-1st Kushal Verma and Sanjay, PGGC, Sector 11, Chd, 2nd Bajinder 
and Balwinder, DAV College, Chd, 3rd Malkeet and Kartik Saigal, PU Campus, Chandigarh.

Chandigarh, October 16
Skaters of the Rolling Tigers, Panchkula, bagged around 37 medals in different categories during the recently concluded CBSE North Zone-I Roller Skating Championship held here. The skaters of the academy won 15 gold, eight silver and 14 bronze medals.

Winners in a jubilant mood at Sector 10 in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

A total of 14 skaters from the same academy have been selected for the CBSE National Games which will be held in Sonepat (Haryana) during the second week of November.

Medal winners- Under-19 boys (Inline)

Shubham Aggarwal-Gold in rink 3 and in road race

Anuj Sud-Silver medals in rink 3 and in rink 4

Under 14-16 boys (Quads)

Mukul Verma-Bronze medal in road race (3000m)

Under14-16 girls (Quads)

Manvi Goel-Gold medals in rink 1 and rink 2

Under 12-14 boys (Quads)

Sanyam Gupta-Gold medal in rink race 2 and road race

Saksham Bansal-Gold medal in rink 1 and silver in road race

Under 12-14 girls (Quads)

Sumedha Parihar-Bronze in road race

Under 12-14 girls (Inline)

Chhaya-Gold in road race and bronze in rink 4

Under 10-12 boys (Quads)

Aditya Dabas-Gold medals in rink 2 and road race

Kartik Jindal-Gold in rink 1 and bronze in rink 2

Under 10-12 girls (Quads)

Vidushi Rawat-Gold medal in rink 2 and road race

Tisha Jindal-Bronze medal in rink race 1

Under 10-12 boys (Inline)

Haren Chaudhary-Silver medal in rink 3 and bronze in rink 4

Under 10-12 girls (Inline)

Seerat Chugh-Silver medal in rink 1

Under 8-10 boys (Quads)

Nitansh Singla-Bronze medal in rink 1 and rink 2

Under 8-10 girls (Inline)

Tamanna Punchouty-Bronze in rink 4

Nanki Sandhu-Bronze in road race

Under 8-10 boys (Inline)

Sidh Garg-Bronze medal in road race

Under-8 boys (Inline)

Tanay Gulzar Singh Chauhan-Gold medal in road race and silver in rink 3

Under-8 girls (Inline)

Maurvi Malik-Gold medal in rink 3 and silver in rink 4

Under-8 girls (Quads)

Chahat Grover-Silver medal in rink race 2 and bronze in rink 1

Shukti Sharma-Bronze medal in rink 2 and road race.

Chandigarh, October 16
The sports branch of the UT Education Department will conduct trials to shortlist players for the 60th National School Games. The trials will be held on October 17 and 18 in both boys’ and girls’ categories.

Events and venues

Basketball-(U-17), October 17 for girls (9 am), October 18 for boys (9 am) at Sports Complex, Sector 46

Gatka-(U-19), October 17 for girls (9 am), October 18 for boys (9 am) at GN Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Sector 30

Circle kabaddi-Boys (U-17 and U-19) at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23; October 17 (9 am) for boys (U-17), Weight below 70 kg; October 18 (9 am) for boys (U-19), weight below 80 kg

Swimming-October 17 (9 am) for boys (U-14, 17, 19); October 18-(9 am) for girls (U-14,17, 19).