IT Chandigarh

Chandigarh: Department of Physical Education, Panjab University will organise Mini Marathon Race for campus students to commemorate the birth day celebration of Major Dhyanchand on Wednesday. Prof. Naval Kishore, D.S.W. (Men) and Prof. ParamjitTewari, D.S.W. (Women) will be the chief guests for this event and will start the Mini Marathon at 6.30 a.m.

The second event of Sports Day Celebration will be organized at 11.00 am in the Department of Evening Studies Auditorium. Prof. R.C. Sobti , Vice-Chancellor, will preside over the function to felicitate the sportspersons who have brought laurels to the University last year by winning medals at the International, National and Inter-University level.

Source: Express News Service

Panchkula: Two youths, both named Om Prakash who were involved in a case of theft at Panchkula Sector 4, were remanded to CIA custody. While one Om Prakash is a resident of Budhanpur village in Sector 16, Panchkula, the other is from UP. The two were arrested by the police on a tip off and produced in the court today.

“On July 5 both of them decamped with a DVD and a mobile phone from a Sector 4 residence of a doctor. They were arrested from a liquor shop at Majri chowk in old Panchkula. They were produced in the court today after which they were sent for a day’s police remand,” said ASI Surjit Kumar. He added that both the stolen items have been recovered from them and they would be produced in the court again on Wednesday.

Source: Express News Service

Chandigarh: The son of a UT Police Head Constable Sakattar Singh, Baldeep Singh alias Bunny was arrested on charges of sexual harassment and outraging the modesty of a GCG-11 student. According to the police, Bunny was arrested when he had gone to apologise to the girl, for the incdent last week when he had slapped the girl outside GCG-1.

“During the course of the investigations, We received information that the accused’s father was a Chandigarh police man, and a resident of the Manimajra police colony. We finally managed to nab the accused near GCM-11 when he was reportedly going to apologise to the girl. He was later released on bail”, said investigating officials at police station-11. Bunny is a B.A. first year student. He said that the incident occurred after the girl mistook him for an eve teaser and abused him. The girl was called to identify the accused.

Source: Express News Service

Panchkula: With Panchkula SP Sandeep Khirwar all set to strongly pursue paid parking in the city, the city may soon introduce the system on the pattern of Chandigarh to tackle the ever increasing problem of parking.

Khirwar has directed his officials to strongly take up the matter with the DC, Neerja Shekhar and the Municipal Council so that the system could be put in place as early as possible.

“As the problem of traffic and parking is taking up an ugly shape in the city, various traffic control steps are being taken by the police. One of the major ones among them is the system of paid parking,” said Khirwar.

He said, “It would be only after a survey that it would be ascertained as to where all the system needs to be put in place. We may not go in for paid parking in all the city sectors but only where it is required the most like sectors 7, 8, 9, 11 etc.”

However, for MC president Manvir Kaur Gill, paid parking is too early to be imposed on the city residents.
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Panchkula: In an embarrassing tale for the Panchkula police, a 24-year-old resident of Sector 56, Chandigarh, Deepak Mehta, was picked up by the Sector 5 police officials in a theft case and allegedly tortured despite the fact that an anticipatory bail had been given to him by the district court a few days ago. While the mother of the youth has filed an appeal in the court, police officials are tight-lipped over the issue.

“Despite getting anticipatory bail from court, my son was forcibly taken by the police in a theft case. The worst part was that even after the bail orders were shown, they not only misbehaved with me but took my son and tortured him,” claimed the mother, Sunita Kumari. She said she has filed an appeal in the case which would be heard by the court tomorrow.

The police not only received a scolding for this by the sessions court, they were also ordered to get the medical of the youth done. However, Panchkula SP Sandeep Khirwar said, “It is totally wrong to say that the police tortured the youth. As far as the bail is concerned, police were not aware of it and the moment we came to know aboutit, we let him free.”
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Chandigarh: The District Consumer Forum has ordered a Sector 22 based , financial consultancy company to refund Rs 90,300 along with 9 per cent interest with effect from October 2006 to the Mohali based brothers who had sought its service to get a loan of Rs 1.5 crore.

The brothers Jaswant Singh and Gurdev Singh, resident of Bhagmajra village in Mohali had paid Rs 1,40,300 to the R S Financial Consultants as the processing fee and other charges. However, when their loan case was rejected, the company only refunded them Rs 50,000.

The complainants said that they had approached the consultancy for a loan of Rs 1.5 crore for purchasing lands.

The consultancy fir agreed to advance a loan of Rs 1.25 crore instead and prepared five different files in their names. The brothers also paid the Financial Consultants Rs 1,40,300 as the processing fee for which they were issued five receipts of Rs 25,000 while no receipt was paid for the remaining Rs 15,300.

The complainant averred they were informed that the loan cannot be advanced to them due to some reasons and the loan case has been rejected.
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