IT Chandigarh

Panchkula: Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, lifted the CBSE Football Cluster XIII trophy, defeating New Public School, Sector 18, Chandigarh, by 3-1 in the final match of the tournament at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, here today.

Sukhman of NPS scored the first goal in the 39th minute. Manoj equalled the score in the 55th minute and extended the lead 2-1 in the 60th minute. Rakesh sealed the victory 3-1 in the 73rd minute.

The match for the third position was played between Shishu Niketan School and Vivek High School, Sector 38, Chandigarh, in which the former won by 2-0. The first goal for Vivek was scored by Amreet in the 34th minute while the second was netted by Ritvik in the 39th minute.

Earlier, in the first semifinal match between Sanjay Public School and Shishu Niketan School, Sanjay team got the better of their rivals by 2-0.

NPS beat Vivek by 3-0 in the second semifinal.

Pritam Singh, director of Satluj Public School, was the chief guest.

Source: TNS

Chandigarh: The State Bank of India was directed to pay Rs 22,500 to a complainant for wrongly debiting the amount from his credit card.

The bank had earlier made a request to the consumer forum to file a reply and evidence on July 10. After this, the case was adjourned twice.

The president of the forum, L.R. Roojam, stated: “It is surprising that a bank like the State Bank of India which is extending SBI card facility to the public has not filed a written statement to the complaint to defend its case from the records.”

Trilok was sent a copy of the purchase slip of Rs 22,500 by the bank. He told them that his signature did not match with the one on the purchase slip. He also sent a photocopy of the credit card through fax to the authorities concerned but the matter was not resolved.

The forum said: “We are satisfied that the bank has wrongly debited the amount of Rs 25,500 to the complainant’s SBI card, even though he has not made any purchase. This is an established case of unfair trade practice.”

Source: TNS

Chandigarh: The district administration today suspended an assistant food and supplies officer (AFSO), Shiv Shambu Sharma, for issuing rations cards against non-existing addresses.

The director, food and supplies, has also recommended registration of an FIR against him. The suspension orders were issued on the basis of findings of an inquiry conducted by officials of the food and supplies department.

The AFSO had recently been reinstated by the administration on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The case pertained to an FIR registered by the operation cell of the Chandigarh police.

The director, R.K. Rao, said such officials would not be tolerated at any cost.

Source: TNS

Panchkula: Saketri resident Balwinder Singh was booked for fraud, arrested and remanded to one-day police custody by the district court, here yesterday. The Haryana Vigilance Bureau had nabbed Balwinder, one of the three accused of committing fraud by taking compensation from HUDA for land acquisition.

Police sources said that Balwinder Singh alias Babli along with his brother Harjinder and his father-in-law Shivram had claimed compensation of Rs 23 lakh from HUDA for Gajjan Singh’s land.

Balwinder, a lambardar, got to know from Gajjan’s relative about his death in Malaysia and planned the fraud in connivance with his brother. They decided to produce Shivram as Gajjan Singh and even submitted affidavits for it after due attestation. They allegedly pulled this off in connivance with tehsil officials and got a sum of Rs 23.12 lakh from the LAO in lieu of land acquisition. This sum was deposited in Balwinder’s account and later half of it was transferred to his brother’s account.

While Balwinder was arrested, the other two accused in the case under Sections 420, 468, 419, 467, 471 are still absconding.
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