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Fake DTO nabbed
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 17 Gurpreet Singh, Superintendent of Police (Detective), said the CIA staff caught red-handed the accused who was checking the vehicles and taking money from the truck operators. The police has also seized a Swift car, number PB D 3411, with a blue light atop and a fake name plate of the
DTO. The police also recovered Rs 4,300 in cash, a name plate of vice-chairman of the Human Rights
Manch, Fatehgarh Sahib, affixed on the rear of the Swift car. Singh said during the investigation, the accused, Neeraj
Saini, had revealed that he had hired the Swift car from a taxi stand in Mandi Gobindgarh on a monthly rental of Rs 42,000. He said Neeraj’s wife, who was identified as Baby, used to remain seated in the car while he used to threaten the truck operators. The accused had also revealed that he has looted more than 50 truck operators in Ludhiana and Jagraon till now. The SP said the Swift car was driven by Neeraj’s close relative, who was identified as
Jony. He said further investigations in the case were on and if the involvement of the Swift car’s owner was found, then action would also be taken against him. He further informed that Neeraj was involved in many other cases of duping in the town. He said Baby and Jony have been arrested and investigations in the case were on. |
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Punjabi varsity’s publication on Ghadar Movement released
Patiala, August 17 The book, published in collaboration with the Ghadar Foundation of America, has been edited by such renowned scholars as Dr JS Grewal, a former VC of GNDU, Amritsar, Prof Harish K Puri and Dr Indu Banga. Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh, who has patronised the publication, a historical document, said the book was earlier presented to the Canadian audience as a mark of dedication to the heroes of the Ghadar Movement at San Francisco to mark the
centenary celebrations of the movement on July 13 last year. Divided into five sections, the book carries the authentic evidence of valiant deeds of the heroes of the Ghadar Movement, which sparked the struggle for India’s freedom on a foreign land, Dr Jaspal Singh said. The VC said Punjabis in general and Sikhs in particular had made maximum sacrifices during the movement leading to the generation of awareness about the fruits of freedom among the masses. The book will be translated and published in Punjabi as well, he said. While lauding the unique effort of the Punjabi University, Badal said this would help remind and revive the feeling of patriotism, while bringing into reference the significant role of the Ghadarites on
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Govt to refund security of Punjab rice millers
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 17 Commissioner, Food and Civil Supply, has directed the district food and civil supply controllers to retain the past two year’s securities of the rice millers and to release the rest of the securities by obtaining an affidavit. He has mentioned that the securities should be released with his prior permission and the rice millers should give an affidavit stating that they have cleared all the arrears of the government. If any recovery arises later on pertaining to custom milling, they would be bound to pay. Nakesh Jindal, press secretary of the Rice Miller's Association of Punjab, said 10 per cent of the securities was with various procurement agencies from past many years. He said custom milling bills had been cleared and millers had submitted affidavits to the district heads of the procurement agencies in this regard. |
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FAULTY METERS
Ambala, August 17 Those consumers who
voluntarily declare tampering of their meters/faulty metres installed on their premises shall be charged at a reduced penalty — at 50 per cent of the normal penalty rates as in theft cases. This penalty shall be calculated on the basis of the sanctioned load or maximum demand recorded in meter which ever is higher. The payment of penalty shall be made by the
consumer along with the application of voluntary scheme. In such cases, the existing consumer meter shall be replaced with electronic meters by the nigam at the cost of consumer. The scheme shall remain in operation till September 2. RK Sharma, SE (OP), UHBVN, Ambala, said after the closure of the scheme, a special campaign for checking the theft cases shall be launched vigorously. |
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Man arrested with 5 kg poppy husk
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 17 A police team led by Rajwant Singh, chowki in charge, had set up a naka near Bassi Pathana. The police officials directed a motorcyclist to stop and during the search operation, they recovered 5 kg of poppy husk from his possession. The police has registered a case under various sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act Act. The investigations are on. |
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Ban on hookah bars in Fatehgarh Sahib
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 17 The Civil Surgeon apprised the DM that a number of hookah bars are operational in the district, which are serving tobacco molasses containing nicotine, to people including minors. At times, there is suspicion that apart from tobacco, other harmful substances are also mixed and served in these bars, the officials said. The order would be in force till October 6 and the person, who violates the order, would be punished under Section 188 of the IPC.
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Man acquitted in kidnapping case
Panchkula, August 17 In Jiya kidnapping case, the court had particularly mentioned that the shoddy investigations were done to help the accused. It was after the three witnesses from the police department gave contradictory statements of him being nabbed from three different places in the city, that the court acquitted him. Also, the sole public witness failed to identify Ravinder to be the one who was nabbed by the police by laying a trap on the day of arrest. The case had come up for hearing before a local court today. Ravinder, has already been convicted in Jiya and Arnav kidnappings. It was recently when he was acquitted in a diamond jewellery robbery that took place at gunpoint outside the outlet of Dominoz pizza in Sector 9, Panchkula. In the diamond jewellery too, the witness from the police department had failed to confirm the place of recovery. Belonging to a well-off family, a graduate, Ravinder, owned many marriage palaces in Zirakpur which he sold in order to invest in some gambling business. Ravinder, a father of two, is a resident of Gurgaon. He was currently staying her at his in-laws house at Sector 12, Panchkula, when he started committing the crime. In 2001, Ravinder murdered his father after his father’s attempted to rape his cousin. He has been awarded life imprisonment in case of Jiya and Arnav kidnapping in Panchkula. Jiya, a daughter of the owner of a city-based gymnasium, was kidnapped on October 20, 2009, one and a-half-year old Arnav, son of a businessman, in 2010.
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NRI woman robbed of jewellery, cash
Chandigarh, August 17
The man locked the door from inside. "The victim has complained that the man threatened her and asked to hand over all the cash and jewellery," said a police official. The robbed jewellery included two gold sets, a diamond ring and separate gold earrings. The exact cash, which was robbed, is yet to be calculated. The incident took place around 11.30 am when Paramjeet was alone at home. The police came to know about the crime when the victim raised an alarm and passed on the information to the police control room. Sources said the statement of Kaur was recorded and sketches were being made to trace the accused. A case has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.
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Thieves land in police net
Mohali, August 17 The accused have been identified as Sanjam Pal, alias Sanju Bhullar, a resident of Sector 23, and Nishan Verma, a resident of Panchkula. Sanjam's elder brother is a Sub-Inspector in the Chandigarh police. The police has also recovered the stolen vehicle from their possession on which they had put a fake registration number of Anandpur Sahib. The police said both the accused had stolen the vehicle on August 15. "The accused were arrested at a check point with the gypsy," said the police. The owner of the gypsy said: "My son had parked the vehicle in a market and went to purchase some goods when the incident happened."
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One held for murder
Chandigarh, August 17
The victim has been identified as Deepak, alias, Deepu, a resident of Phase I, BDC, Sector 26. “On the checking of the record of criminals maintained by the Chandigarh police, it has come to the light that the victim was involved in several cases of theft,” the police said. The police has arrested Jagpal Singh, alias Gaggi, a resident of Phase I, BDC, in this regard. According to the police, the accused has confessed to the crime.
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GNPS win by 3 wickets
Chandigarh, August 17 St Anne’s won the toss and elected to bat first. While batting, the team piled up 86 runs for 6 wickets. Jaideep’s 30 in 36 balls and Kanishk’s 17 runs in 29 were the top scores. GNPS won the match with three wickets to spare. Brief scores St Anne’s: 86 runs
for 6 wickets in 20 over. Jaideep 30 runs in 36 balls, Kanishk 17 runs in 29 balls. GNPS: 87 runs for 7 wickets in 19 over. Anurath 22 runs in 24 balls, Bheem 11 in 19 balls. Jaideep 2 for 16, Ritik 2 for 12. In the second match, Saupin’s defeated St Joseph’s by 10 wickets. St Joseph’s won the toss and batted first. However, the poor batting performance plunged the team to all out at 53 runs in 18 overs. Subham with 15 runs was the highest scorer for the team. On the other hand, Saupin’s easily achieved the target in 8 over without losing any wicket. Next match will be held
on Monday. Brief scores St Joseph’s: 53 all out in 18 over. Shubham 15 in 26, Zoravar 10 in 10 balls. Saupin’s: 54 without loss of any wicket in 8 overs. Swapnil 28 in 18. |
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Tanmay powers St Kabir into final
Chandigarh, August 17 Batting first, Chandigarh Baptist XI scored just 62 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the 20-over match. Manav Kumar remained unbeaten on 27. Tanmay of the winning side claimed three wickets with just 7 runs. Chasing the winning total, St Kabir middle-order batsman,
Ujjwal, played sensible inning of 23 runs, achieved the target in 15th
overs. Tomorrow’s match will be played between St Joseph’s B team and
Shivalik, Mohali. Brief score Chandigarh Baptist School: 62 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs
(Manav Kumar 27, Abhisek 8, Bhagwant 8 Tanmay 3 for 7, Shivang 2 for 10). St Kabir School, Sector 26: 64 runs for five wickets in 15th overs
(Ujjwal Mariya 23, Ridham 12 Piyush 2 for 15). |
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Hockey meet from today
Chandigarh, August 17 Two matches will be played everyday during the tournament. The inaugural match will be played tomorrow at at 3 pm. The second match will be played between Chandigarh XI and Baba Uttam Singh Hoackey Academy, Khadoor Sahib, at 4.15 pm tomorrow. This is a league-cum-knockout tournament. Chandershekar, former DGP, Punjab, will inaugurate the tourney.
— TNS
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