NEIGHBOURHOOD

Mughal tradition comes alive
Our Correspondent

Participants during the Heritage Festival at Yadavindra Gardens in Pinjore on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

Kalka, December 18
On the second day of the Heritage Festival at Yadavindra Gardens, Pinjore, thousands of visitors and tourists enjoyed the festival.Performances like puppet show, Rajasthani kachi ghori, traditional Haryanavi orchestra, Haryanavi folk dances were the main attractions.

It was a treat for eyes to watch Craft Bazaar especially crafted on the bastion of Mughal Gardens to remind people of Old Mughal traditions.

It was a shopping paradise for the visitors, who thronged these gardens.

A total of 35 craftsperson from all across the country participated. Around 12 traditional dance troupes are participating in the festival.

Around 4,000 visitors had visited the Yadavindra Gardens till the second day of the three-day festival.

OP Jain, Minister of Tourism, Hospitality, Transport and Civil Aviation, Haryana, was the chief guest.

The gardens wore a festive look and displayed its glorified past. The flavour of the floral décor was specially planned to give the entire stretch an ethnic look.

Qawwali contest

Audience was treated to “Sham-E-Qawwali Muqabla” by Ustad Yusuf Aazad and Baby Naaz.

They enthralled the crowd with their unique style of qawwali singing. Various competitions were also held.

Ambala, December, 18
BJP Ambala unit burnt the effigy of Rahul Gandhi at Ambala city today to protest against his statement disclosed by Wikileaks in which he said the radical Hindu groups could pose a bigger threat to the country than militant groups.

The BJP workers raised slogans against the Congress. Former MP Rattan Lal Kataria, former MLAs Veena Chibber, Faquir Chand Aggarwal, Jasbir Mallore and BJP leaders Sandeep Sachdeva, Vinod Garg, Bharat Bhushan Aggarwal, and Chander Mohan Fauji were present on this occasion.

Kataria, while addressing the party workers, said Rahul had defamed the Hindu organisations and hurt the sentiments of crores of Hindus. His statement had offered boost to militant groups. Kataria said the price hike in petroleum would affect the common man and the Congress had to pay heavy price for it, he added.

Ambala, December 18
Police DAV Public School organised its annual sports day on Saturday. Ambala SP Shashank Anand was the chief guest on the occasion.

Various events like flag race, lemon race, banana race, yoga and aerobics were organised. Students also presented a colourful cultural programme. The chief guest urged students to take part in co-curricular activities. Principal of the school Vikas Kohli and others addressed students.

Zirakpur, December 18
The police today booked four persons in a forgery case on the complaint of Harpal Singh Sodhi, a resident of Kalgidhar Enclave, Baltana.The accused have been identified as Balbir Singh, Jasmeet Singh, both residents of Sector 16, Panchkula, Devta Din Yadav, a resident of Colony no. 4, Chandigarh, and Bal Chand, a resident of Indira Colony.

The police had arrested Balbir Singh, Jasmeet Singh and Devta Din Yadav, while Bal Chand managed to flee.

The investigating officer stated that in his complaint Harpal Singh Sodhi alleged that a few days ago his relative Shalinder Singh, a resident of Jarnail Enclave, told him that four property dealers had come to his house and talked about sale of disputed land around 4 kila 13 biswae for Rs 1 crore per kila at Nabha village.

The officer said the accused told Harpal Singh and his relative that the land was on the name of Bhupinder Singh, a resident of Mansa.

They represented Jasmeet Singh as Bhupinder, 60-year-old. They had shown his fake voter identity card of Mansa district and other fake documents related to the land.

Later, Harpal had verified the land and visited Nabha village, along with his relative, where they met Harbhajan Singh, a resident of Nabha village, who told him that the land belonged to Bhupinder Singh (19), a resident of Mani Majra, whose grand father was a resident of Nabha village, the officer added.

Suspecting some foul Harpal informed the police.

Chandigarh, December 18
Two unidentified motorcycle-borne youths snatched a gold chain from a Patiala resident in the Sector 46 residential area here today.The victim, Jaspal Kaur, had come to the city from Patiala to meet her relative and was buying peanuts from a rehri when two youths intercepted her near House Number 3215 in Sector 46. The suspects were wearing helmets and she failed to note down the registration number of the motorcycle.

Before she could react, the youth riding pillion on the bike pulled her gold chain. She raised an alarm, but the suspects managed to flee. The police reached the spot and recorded her statement.

A case under Sections 356 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Sector 34 police station. 

Chandigarh, December 18
Striker Club began its campaign on a winning note by thrashing Government College for Girls Club, Sector 11, 11-1 in the 25th Senior Chandigarh State Softball Championship 2010-11.

In the 23rd Sub-Junior and Junior Chandigarh State Softball Championship 2010-11, Saint Anne’s Convent School lost to Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10, 1-15.

Results

Sub-junior boys: Nine Famous beat GH School, Sector 11, 09-01; sub -junior girls: GMSSS, Sector 10, beat St Anne’s 15-01; Nine Famous beat Striker Club 5-01; junior boys: Khalsa Club beat GMSSS, Sector 10, 3-01; Nine Famous beat DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, 5-0; junior girls: GMSSS, Sector 10, beat Striker Club 13-02; senior boys: Nine Famous beat Khalsa Club 8-0; Chandigarh Coaching Centre beat PGGC, Sector 11, 03-02; senior girls: Striker Club beat GCG Club, Sector 11, 11-01; Nine Famous beat GCG, Sector 42, 10-0.

Chandigarh, December 18
Chandigarh Cricket Academy (CCA), Sector 19, beat Millennium Cricket Academy, Mohali, by 86 runs in a Pool A match of the Haier Cup Cricket Tournament, being organised by Chandigarh Cricket Academy at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, here today.

Electing to bat first, CCA team scored 139 runs in 30 overs.In reply, Millennium was restricted at 52 all out in 20 overs.

Earlier, CCA opener Sagar Sharma provided a good start with his 32 runs, whereas Treyaksh Bali scored 24 runs. For Millennium team, Aman took two wickets for 15 runs.

Anmol was the maximum wicket taker with three for 20.

A terrific bowling spell by Rahul enabled CCA to dismiss Millennium for 52 runs.

Besides, Rahul, Sandeep and Raman also bowled well to pick two wickets each.

Earlier, Punjab and Haryana Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal inaugurated the match.

Scores

CCA-19:139 all out in 30 overs (Sagar 32,Treykash 24, Aman two for 15 and Anmol three for 30)

Millenium: 52 all out in 20 overs (Ishant 24, Rahul four for four, Sandeep two for 20 and Raman two for 13)

Chandigarh, December 18
Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 20, and Khalsa College, Sector 26, won their respective matches in the women section on the opening day of the 7th Challanger Kho-Kho Championship at MDAV School, Sector 22, here today.

GMSSS-20 beat Government College for Girls, Sector 42, in a nail biting contest by a margin of one point (9-8), Khalsa College got the better of Dev Samaj Club by 8-6.

Earlier, UT Mayor Anu Chatrath inaugurated the tournament.

Results

U-14 Boys

1st MDAV School, Sector 22, beat Vidya Niketan School, Mohali, by 13-11

2nd Government Middle School, Sector 46, beat Laxmi Tara Rathor Public School, Sialba Majri, by 15-10

3rd Government Model High School, Sector 41, beat Government Model High School, Sector 22, by 6-5

U-14 Girls

1st Government Middle School, Sector 46, beat Government Model High School Sector 20, by 12-8

2nd Government Model High School, Sector 45, beat Chandigarh Baptist School, Sector 45, by 4-3

U-17 Boys

1st Chandigarh Baptist School, Sector 45, beat Laxmi Tara Rathor Public School, Sialba Majri, by 15-9

2nd Government High School, Sector 45, beat Century Public School, Naya Gaon by 14-10

3rd Khalsa School, Sector 35, beat Government High School, Sector 46, by 12-5

U-17 Girls

1st Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, beat Century Public School, Naya Gaon, by 9-2

2nd Government High School, Sector 46, beat Government High School, Sector 44, by 6-2

Mens’ Section

1st Chandigarh Kho-Kho Club beat Government College-46 by 12-8 points

2nd DAV Club, Sector 10, beat MDAV Club, Sector 22, by 8-6

Womens’ Section

1st Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, beat Government College for Girls, Sector 42, by 9-8 2nd Khalsa College-26 beat Dev Samaj Club by 8-6.

Mohali, December 18
Manveer and Ashav Kumar moved into the quarterfinals of The British Total Tennis Championship for juniors being played at The British Total Tennis Academy, Sector 70, here today.

Results

Boys’ U-10 pre-quarterfinals: Arnav Ghai beat Indresh 6-1, Ashav Kumar beat Ranamanav 6-0, Sahishnu beat Naman Gupta 6-4, Manveer beat Anmol Verma 6-0, Daksh Marwaha beat Tanmai 6-0, Jasjit beat Jaspreet 6-0.

Boys’ U-10 quarterfinals: Ashav beat Arnav Ghai 6-4, Shresth beat Madhwaan 6-1, Manveer beat Sahishnu 7-6 (7-5), Daksh Marwaha beat Jasjeet 6-1

Boys’ U-12 pre-quarterfinals: Agrim Gupta beat Jasjit 6-1, Manveer beat Akashbeer 6-0, K Aditya beat Vaihab rattan 6-2, Sohraab beat Jasjot 6-2, Karan Sharma beat Tanmai 6-1, Karanbir beat Jaskaran 6-3, Hari Om beat Gursahib 6-2

Boys’ U-10 quarterfinals: Anumanit beat Agrim Gupta 6-0, K Aditya beat Manveer 6-4, Sohrab beat Karan Sharma 6-2, Hari Om beat Karanbir Singh 6-1

Boys’ U-14 pre-quarterfinals: Hari Om beat Robin 6-2, Nikhil beat Aftab 6-0, Chandan beat Abbey 7-5, Vaibav Rattan beat Mathew 6-0, Anumanit beat K Aditiya 6-2, K Sehgal beat Ronak 7-5, Hirdey beat Arush 6-1 and Rohit beat Jaspreet 6-0. — TNS