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Prize distribution function at school
Bassi Pathana, January 11 Deputy Commissioner Surjit Singh Dhillon was the chief guest while council president Kulbhushan Malhotra presided over the function. The school has to its credit leading doctors, engineers and former Miss India Gul
Panag. The alumni were honoured by the school management. Surjit Singh appreciated the efforts of the management for providing quality education in the school. He called upon the students to come forward to eradicate the social evils like female
foeticide, drug abuse, AIDS and dowry from the society. He urged them to develop a spirit of competition and work hard for their overall personality development.
Amardeep Singh Dharni, director of the school, highlighted that the school management had now been taken over by the NRI society from Kuldeep
Chaudhry, who started the school in 1968. Dhillon further said efforts were being made to impart the high-quality education and to start international courses along with traditional ones. Simardeep
Kaur, principal, read the annual report of the school and highlighted its achievements in
various fields. The students presented a cultural programme and the DC honoured the alumni, especially Hasan
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Blight Attack
Rajpura/Sirhind, January 11 According to farmers, late blight has affected their crop around 15-20 days back. "The blight has taken over the entire fields and has completely damaged the green leaves of potatoes and also affected potatoes," said Gurdarshan Singh of Rajpura. He said he had sown potatoes in 13 acres of land and now 4 acres have completely been damaged due to blight attack. Despite repeated use of various kinds of pesticides and taking all other measures, the disease was still spreading in fields, he added. He said the use of chemicals had hit the farmers hard. "We end up spraying pesticides worth from Rs 1,000 to 1,500 per acres," he said. Villages Khaspur, Mathiara, Buta Singh Wala, Jangpura, Gharama and Hulka, Mauvi, Karala and that of Sirhind, Amloh, Khanna and its adjoining areas have reported the potato blight. The farmers said it was for the second time that the blight had attacked during the past three months. They also said they were selling potatoes at a cost of Rs 165 per quintal and were earning only Rs 100 out of it. Rest of the money was being spent over transpiration and other expenses for selling the fruit. As per experts, the late blight can destroy entire potato crop within a week under the favourable weather conditions. The disease gets passed on to the seeds stored for next season, rendering farmers bereft of not only the crop but the seeds also. The agriculture-department officials said the farmers had been advised to ensure that the potato tubers kept for seed purpose should make free from infection. "They must remove the infected tubers from the seed lots before sowing," said the Chief Agricultural Officer at Fatehgarh Sahib, Sarabjit Singh Kandhari. He said farmers of Amloh area had grown maximum potatoes in the district. He admitted that blight had affected the crop. |
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Two hurt in accident
Bassi Pathana, January 11 Surjit Singh, SHO, said a private bus of Ambala Bus Syndicate was on its way from Morinda
to Sirhind. Due to heavy fog, the driver of the car could not see the bus and rammed it in the bus
from behind. Passengers from the bus came down to save the occupants of the car. Meanwhile, the truck coming from the same direction hit the car from behind, injuring some passengers. Two persons Gurpal Singh of Gharuan village and Gopal, a resident of Bihar, were rushed to the PGI, whereas others were discharged after first-aid at Bassi Pathana
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Six labourers trapped, rescued
Patiala, January 11 Sources revealed that at least 19 persons were working at the basement at the site when suddenly six of them got trapped in the debris. They were finally rescued after efforts put in by people of the area. At the time of filing this report, all were admitted to Amar Hospital. The injured had been identified as Jawahar Mandal, Ram Chander, Tribhuv Mandal, Vijay Mandal, Bal Kishan and Ram Chander. Deputy Commissioner Vikas Garg said two of the labourers were still critical and the condition of the four were stable. The police was still investigating how six of the labourers got trapped in the debris. Police sources disclosed that the contractor absconded, when the news spread that six people had been trapped. The SHO of the Civil Lines area Pritpal Singh immediately reached the spot with a team of officials. The DC, who reached the site, has ordered an inquiry into the entire incident. |
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Minor sisters raped
Rajpura, January 11 In her complaint to the police, the mother of the victims alleged that the two brothers raped her daughters with the connivance of Charanjit Kaur. She alleged that Charanjit encouraged her sons to pick up the minor sisters from their house on Wednesday. The police recovered both sisters after registering a case under Sections 363, 366-A and 120-B of the IPC at the sadar police station. One of the accused, Karamjit, has been arrested in this connection. The police got the medical examination of the girls conducted. |
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Kids, parents enjoy free tank rides
Patiala, January 11 The exhibition was inaugurated by Lieut Gen JP Singh, General Officer Commanding on Friday. The exhibition, organised in connection of the Army Day celebrations, got more response than expected. Hundreds of kids and youngsters turned up alongwith their parents, as the news spread like wild-fire in the city that rides in tanks, on bofors and in hot air balloons were being provided by the army authorities free of charges. A dog show was another highlight. The best part of the exhibition was display of arms and ammunition for common people, including machine guns, AK 47s and rocket launchers apart from the mountaineering equipment used by the army at snow clad borders. A stall educating youngsters about careers avenues in the army was an added attraction, said Anil, a student. Earlier, on Friday Lieut Gen JP Singh asserted that the army was ready to tackle any onslaught against the country.
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Robber held
Bassi Pathana, January 11 On receiving the information, the police started the search operation and recovered two motorcycles from nearby fields. The police arrested one of the culprits, Swarn Singh, a resident of Churmajra in Chamkaur Sahib. He revealed four of his accomplices were at large. |
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Senior citizen urges
PUDA to follow forum’s order
Patiala, January 11 The senior citizen Ranjit Aggarwal has pleaded that a water supply pipe, which he claims comes under the jurisdiction of the PUDA and through which water was supplied to his Urban Estate, Phase-2, residence, had bursted, leading to water logging. He claimed that he had urged the PUDA authorities to rectify the leaked pipe. However, he added, the PUDA authorities washed their hands off the issue by saying that the water supply pipes did not fall under their jurisdiction. Claiming negligence on the part of the PUDA, he himself had to get the water pipe repaired and simultaneously moved the district consumer forum against the alleged indifferent attitude of the PUDA authorities. As a result, the district forum directed the PUDA to pay Rs 1,935 to Ranjit, which he had incurred when he got the pipe rectified. |
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Lohri celebrated for girls
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 11 |
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Undertrial attempts suicide in jail
Ambala, January 11 The prisoner, Baljeet, belongs to Yamunanagar and a criminal case was registered against him around a year back. Later, he was remanded to judicial custody in this jail. The court had held him guilty in the case a few days back, for which he was under stress. When one of the prisoners noticed that blood was leaking from his hand in huge quantity, he immediately informed the matter to jail authorities. The jail officials sent him to the hospital. The sources said he had broken his steel glass, supplied by the jail for drinking water, and used it as a blade. The matter was also reported to the police. |
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Kalka Demarcation: No relief for residents
Panchkula, January 11 The residents have contended that the road going through the town is not less wide than that on the both ends of the town at Parwanoo and Pinjore side. It proved that the buildings in the town, located on the sides of NH-22, were not encroachment on the highway, claimed the residents before the committee. The demarcation committee, this week on the directives issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in connection with the proposed widening of National Highway-22, scrutinised documents related to the ownership of shops and residences. Even the residents had moved to Supreme Court against the notices, following which the apex court, ordering stay on recovery of possession, remitted the case to the High Court for consideration in January last. Now, on the orders of the High Court, the district administration has to submit over the demarcation to the court on January 15. The sources in the administration, however, said during the demarcation, it had found that the buildings on both sides of the highway had been an encroachment on government land and they had to submit the report to the High Court and the next course of action would only be according to the orders of the court. |
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Thieves decamp with 50 music systems
Chandigarh, January 11 The thieves reportedly broke two locks of the shop and when they could not break the centre lock of that showroom, they broke the locks of Goyal Automobiles, Sector 28, in the neighbourhood, alleged the owner of the showroom. According to Pawan Goyal, the shop owner, the theft came to light in the morning when he found the locks of the shutter broken. He alleged that the thieves broke open the locks, and decamped with the costly music systems and the amount of the stolen products is yet to be estimated. The police was informed about the incident, and experts from the central forensic sciences laboratory reached on the spot to collect the samples. A police officer said they had asked the complainant to provide records of music systems, which would be tally with their stock. Raghubir Singh, SHO Sector 26 Police Station, said: “A case of theft has been registered and the matter is under investigation.”
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Woman beaten up by neighbours
Chandigarh, January 11 Stolen
Gagandeep Kaur, a resident of Sector 11, filed a complaint with the police alleging that his laptop was stolen from her car (DL-8CF-3030) from her house, during the intervening night of January 9-10. A case has been registered in this regard at the Sector 11 police station. In yet another incident, a resident of Mani Majra lodged an FIR alleging that two televisions have been stolen from his shop, during the intervening night of January 9-10. A case has been registered at the Mani Majra police station.
Arrested
A case has been registered against a cyber cafe owner at Maloya for not maintaining the identity register of the visitors. Dawinder Singh, owner of the cyber cafe, has been arrested and bailed our later on. In yet another case, a resident of Mani Majra filed a complaint with the police alleging that Sanjay Jain and Dharam Singh of Mani Majra threatened him, near railway crossing, Daria, yesterday. He was injured and admitted to GMSH, Sector 16. A case under Sections 323, 506, 34 of the IPC has been registered and both the accused have been arrested.
Gambling
The police has registered a case against Anil Kumar and Ishwar, a resident of Sector 25, for gambling at a public place and seized cash Rs 540 from their possession, yesterday.
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One hurt in clash
Chandigarh, January 11 Harsimran Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib got some stitches in his head and filed a complaint with the police alleging that Satwant Singh of the same town attacked him with sharp-edged weapons outside the discotheque. The police said that there was an old rivalry between the two as both were studying here. According to the police, as many as 20 cops were deployed outside the discotheque and they had not seen even any mishap there. One police official said as per the complaint, the accused had been arrested and after producing him before the court, had been sent to judicial custody for 14 days. While denying the allegations to the police, Satwant said: “I have not hit Harsimran. He might have met with an accident and is falsely trying to implicate me in the case.” Har Sahai, SHO, Sector-3 police station, said: “The victim was rushed to the GMSH, Sector 16, and he received some stitches in his head. A case has been registered in this regard.
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Man succumbs to injuries
Chandigarh, January 11 According to the investigation officer, Ajay was drunk and had an argument with Devinder, during the intervening night of January 4-5 that turned violent. Earlier, the police has registered a case of causing grievous injuries and Section 304 of culpable homicide after his death.
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Youths fire in air, one arrested
Chandigarh, January 11 The police traced the number of the car and found it to be of Vishal Aggarwal, a resident of 641, sector 16, who owns a service station and a pet shop in the sector. The car has been registered in his wife’s name. He was nabbed by the team comprising CIA in charge Prem Kumar, SHO Janak Rana, additional SHO Hukam Chand and SI Ram Rattan from his house at Sector 16. “We nabbed Vishal who was in an inebriated state. The rounds seemed to have been fired from an air gun. We searched his car and seized a glass of liquor, water bottle and quarter of liquor.” The car also had identification sticker stating Press but the validity had expired long ago. Investigations are going on to nab the other accused,” said Janak Rana. However, Vishal’s father KK Aggarwal denied having any such gun and could not throw much light on the incident. “Vishal had gone to Panchkula and the moment he stepped in home, the police came looking for him.”
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Three burglars nabbed
Zirakpur, January 11 After nabbing the burglars, they were handed over to the police. The Mullanpur police recovered a stolen Maruti car (CH 01 N 8593) from the burglars. The suspects are Amandeep, Balwinder and Satnam. The car had been stolen from Mohali. More stolen items are expected to be recovered from the burglars. Meanwhile, the Mohali police has arrested a security guard at a BSNL store in Phase 8 here for allegedly trying to steal wires. The suspect, Avtar Singh was arrested while trying to smuggle out the wires by the SDO, telephones. A case of theft has been registered by the police. In another case, a shopkeeper of Sector 66 complained to the police that burglars took away Rs 5,000 cash, mobile recharge coupons and grocery items worth Rs 70,000 from his shop. The theft was noticed in the morning when the shopkeeper, Gulab Chand came to open his shop. The shopkeeper had the total loss worth rupees one lakh.
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National School Games
Chandigarh, January 11 Efforts of Gujarat’s agile player, Sandeep, who netted six goals, went into vain as other team failed to impress with the ball and the pressure kept on mounting on the team. The winning team was ahead by 9-5 till the half time and in the next half, the highest scorer of the match, Pargat Singh, with his stint of 10 goals ensured Punjab’s win. Punjab girls too, keeping in tune with their ongoing performance, snuffed out a spirited challenge of Andhra Pradesh by 23-18 in an under-19 handball quarterfinal match. Till the half time, the winning team was leading by 10-06. Joginder of Punjab scored six goals, whereas Janki of AP scored nine goals for her side. The EPEE boys’ individual event in fencing was held today at skating rink, Sector 10, today. Lamba of Manipur defeated Nitish of Punjab by a slender margin of 15-12 in the first semifinal match. Second semifinal match was won by Gautam of Manipur, who defeated Charanjeet of J&K by 15-08. In the final match, Gautam overpowered Lamba by 15-13. The gold and silver medals were won by Manipur and the bronze was shared by Nitish of Punjab and Charanjeet of J&K. Table Tennis results: Girls (U-19): West Bengal defeated Assam by 03-00; Tamil Nadu defeated Kerala by 03-00; Assam defeated Pudduchery by 03-02; Gujarat defeated Karnataka by 03-00; Delhi defeated KVS by 03-00; Maharashtra defeated UP by 03-00; Karnataka defeated Delhi by 03-02. Boys (U-19): Gujarat defeated Assam by 03-01; West Bengal defeated Maharashtra by 03-00; Tamil Nadu defeated Haryana by 03-01; Maharashtra defeated Tamil Nadu by 03-01; Punjab defeated AP by 03-01. Boys (U-17): Andhra Pradesh defeated Manipur by 03-01. Girls (U-17): Assam defeated Gujarat by 03-01; Tamil Nadu defeated West Bengal by 03-00; Chandigarh defeated Rajasthan by 03-00; Maharashtra defeated Delhi by 03-00. Girls (U-14): West Bengal defeated Maharashtra by 03-00. Fencing: EPEE team (Boys): First Position - Manipur Second Position - Chandigarh Third Position -Punjab Third Position -Assam Event: Road Race-I (Quad) Girls: Age Group U-11: First-Rachita, Haryana, 4.48.98 min; Second - Prerana, Haryana, 4.49.94 min; Third - Dhairya Taneja, Delhi, 4.54.03 min. Age Group U-14: First-Aishwarya Sharma, Delhi, 4.48.72 min; Second -Dhvani Shah, Gujarat, 4.48.97 min; Third-Shalmali, Maharashtra, 4.49.84 min. U-17: First - Paras Thakur, J&K, 7.12.47 min; Second -Shriya, Punjab, 7.12.56 min; Third - Astha Malhotra, Delhi, 7.22.81 min. |
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