House gutted in Shiva Enclave Zirakpur

Zirakpur Furniture and other household goods were reduced to ashes in a fire at a house in Shiva Enclave Zirakpur on Wednesday House owner Pawan Kumar was not present when the incident occurred Neighbours informed him and called the fire brigade However before the fire brigade could come and douse the flames a lot of damage had been done TNSSnatchers target two in cityChandigarh Two snatching incidents have been reported from the city A woman reported that a motorcycle-borne miscreant snatched her gold chain near Krishna Market in Sector 41 on August 17 In another incident Parmod Kumar of Sector 56 reported that two bike-borne miscreants snatched his mobile phone in Sector 56 on August 16 TNSRape victim mother bookedChandigarh A 21-year-old rape victim and her mother have been booked by the UT police for cheating after they allegedly furnished a fake document to establish the victim as a minor The woman a resident of Mauli Jagran had filed a rape case against a Panchkula resident The woman and her mother had submitted a school transfer certificate mentioning the womans age as 15 The police had registered a case under the POCSO Act and Sections of the IPC against the suspect at the Mauli Jagran police station Later the police found that the victim was not a minor following which a case was registered against the victim and her mother at the same police station TNSVanshita wins gold medalChandigarh Weightlifter Vanshita Verma has won a gold medal in the 33rd Junior National championship She also bagged a bronze medal in the 36th Senior National Weightlifting competition in the 76 kg category Vanshita who trains under Karanbir Singh Butter from the Sector 42 Sports Complex here lifted a total of 198 kg 83 kg in snatch and 115 kg in clean and jerk The event was held at the NIS Patiala TNSSadhvi Sanjot to represent IndiaMohali Sadhvi Sharma and Sanjot Kaur of Lawrance Public School here have been selected to represent India in the World Kick Boxing championship to be held in Egypt from October 18-24 The duo was rewarded for their performance in the Nasik Kick Boxing meet held last year While Sadhvi had clinched the gold medal in the 42-46 kg category Sanjot had grabbed the silver medal in 52-56 kg competition TNSAutograph hunter Duggal awardedChandigarh Dharam Vir Duggal the nations best collector of autographed cricket bats has been awarded the commendation certificate by Commissioner Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Commissioner KK Yadav Duggal is in possession of 578 autographed bats white balls and other cricket memorabilia His collection of autographed bats include signatures of Brian Lara Clive Lloyd Sunil Gavaskar Sachin Tendulkar Kapil Dev Garry Sobers Viv Richards and many more TNSCompere Punita honouredChandigarh Prominent compere Punita Bawa has been given the commendation award by UT Administration Punita has completed 16 years as compere She has compered the proceedings in presence of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi Recently the UT Administration had invited her to compere the event in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah TNSYouth arrested with ganjaChandigarh A 23-year-old youth has been arrested by the UT police with ganja Rohit alias Bihari a resident of Dhanas was arrested from near his house A case under the NDPS Act TNSTwo held for snatching mobileChandigarh Two persons have been arrested by the UT police for snatching a mobile phone The suspects have been identified as Mohammad Sanjay alias Jaggu 20 and Vishal alias Vishu 21 both residents of Burail village Sector 45 The police said they had snatched a mobile phone from Pawan Jogi near the road separating Sector 32 and 33 on August 13 TNSDomestic help steals Rs 180LZirakpur A domestic help reportedly absconded after stealing Rs 180 lakh from a house at Savitri Greens on VIP Road here on Wednesday On a complaint of Deepak Kumar owner of the house a case has been registered against a Nepalese national Ashish The police are investigating the matter TNS