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Bank Robbery According to a sensational as well as funny news published in TOI two men robbed the State Bank of India branch(Noida) of Rs 10.8 lakh in cash on Friday by using a toy gun. It is not the first such incident. According to the Noida Police sources it was the same due who had earlier on Thursday had looted Rs 4.8 lakh from a Canara Bank branch in Sector 63 by using a toy gun. In the first incident they had left the toy pistol behind after looting the bank. They committed the crime by 4.30 pm. At that time bank had been closed for the public and official work and counting of cash was going on.

Incident Police suspects that in both of the incidents same people were involved. They have formed this theory on the basis of eyewitness’ accounts of the robbers. They snatched the bank guard’s gun at the ‘gun point’ and then forced the bank employees to put all the cash in two polyethylene bags after which they fled. In the first incidents they had used helmets as masks to prevent their identity from revelation. But in the second incident they had not done it. According to the bank employees,they have looted an amount of  Rs 10.8 in cash in their second robbery. Police have claimed that the targets were carefully chosen as both are the newly opened bank branches and does not have a working alarm system. Involvement of any bank employee also can not be denied.

Security Bank robberies are very common in India and in most of the cases it has been found that bank employees help directly or indirectly to commit the crime. If this crime has been committed by some new and inexperienced ‘criminals’ then they will be caught very soon. But some times terrorist organization also commit bank robberies to fund their cadres to carry out destructive activities. If it has been committed by some terrorist organization then it is a matter of serious concern. In recent times several bank robberies have happened and in most of the cases security guards were overpowered by the robbers. All is indicates that security guards are ill equipped and lack required ability. And at the other end bank staff, too does not have any kind of weapon that can be used to counter such situation.

Punjabi Boxers Three Punjabi boxers succeeded to reach in finals of their respected categories in the  55th National boxing championship held at the Giani Zail Singh Stadium in Bathinda (Punjab). All the three boxers were Amandeep Singh (48kg), Amandeep Singh (75kg) and Kuldeep Singh (75Kg).

First Boxer Amandeep Singh (48kg) was the first Punjabi boxer to reach the final of the light flyweight category in the championship. He defeated defending champion Sanjay Kolte with the huge margin of 20-7 in the semifinal. He dominated throughout whole of the match and remained well ahead of his opponent even form the start of the bout.  His opponent could not stand against his assault of right-left combination. He kept his opponent at the bay and gained maximum points.

Kuldeep Singh The second Punjabi boxer to reach the final was his namesake, Amandeep Singh who defeated Sanjay Tokas in the semifinal of the lightweight category (60kg). He defeated his opponent with the margin of 16-6 points. But one of the most interesting and tough bought was fought between Punjab’s Kuldeep Singh and Railways’ G Thygarajan in the middleweight category. It was one of the toughest bout as both were evenly placed until the last 15 seconds of the last round. But in the dying moments Kuldeep regained his power and launched a vigorous assault on his opponent. He Scored four moments which also turned the match in his favor. Later on all the three Punjabi boxers won the finals of their respected categories. And it was once again the middleweight category in which fierce fight was fought. Despite a cut below his right eye, Kuldeep Singh won the bought by 6 the margin of 6 points. He defeated Haryana’s boxer Manjeet.

Awards In the awards distribution ceremony, Defending champions, the Railway Sports Promotion Board was once again adjudged the winner of the Overall Championship title of the 55th Senior Men National Boxing Championship. Railways’ pugilists have won four gold medals. Services were adjudged the runners-up as they had won three gold medals. Though Punjab also had won three gold medal but it got third position in the tourney.

Attraction of the day were Bollywood super-star Sanjay Dutt, Olympic bronze medalist Vijender, Olympians Akhil and Jitendra, who attended the ceremony.

Caught Recent developments indicate that stars are not in favor of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan, who is also called King Khan or SRK in the entertainment industry. His cold war with other Bollywood superstars, Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan is well known to every one. This time he is in trouble again and the reason is again smoking at public place. According to the Indian news papers he was spotted smoking on the premises of the Khalsa College, Amritsar where he had was doing shooting. Despite Indian government’s ban on smoking at public places, smoking is also strictly prohibited in the College premises. Indian government has passed this rule only in the 90s while smoking is banned in the college premises ever since it was established.

Announcement Last month Shahrukh Khan, during an interview had announced to quit the smoking for his children’s sake. He told that he had started smoking when he was 22. In the past he has been criticized by the National Organization for Tobacco Eradication and Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss for smoking at public places. In November 2007 Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss had sent him a legal notice for smoking at public place. He was spotted smoking during the Hindustan Times Leadership summit. It is not only SRK who had faces such charges many other film stars had to face the similar problems. Screening of smoking scenes is prohibited in the Indian films. Smoking at public places in India is not allowed in India and if someone is caught then he can be sentenced to six month’s rigorous imprisonment and some fine also.

Punjab Government According to the rumors Punjab government has filed a complaint against him after the incident. It must be learnt that Amritsar is one of the main Sikh religious center. Smoking and consuming of liquor is prohibited in the main Sikhism related places. Though this rule, is not strictly followed. But on Thursday Punjab government had denied about any knowledge of the matter and any complaint about it to the Union Health Ministry. Some news papers has published, that on the basis of Punjab Government’s complaint, Union Health Ministry had issued a notice to the Bollywood star. There are millions of people in India who smoke at public places, but celebrities are always the target of the anti-smoking drive. Probably it is done to set examples and to encourage the people to quit smoking.