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Day 2 in snooker goes India’s way Chandigarh, June 19 The first match was played between Rafath Habib of India and Muhammad Atiq Bux of Pakistan. In the first frame, Rafath blasted his way with an opening 58 and wrapped up the frame 89-24. Bux took the second frame 66-26. The third frame was a cliff-hanger, but Rafath showed his supremacy by taking the game with the narrowest possible margin, 62-61. Pakistan fought back immediately and Muhammad Yousuf of Pakistan slaughtered India’s Pankaj Advani 49-6, 70-0. Advani teamed up with Manan Chandra for the third match against Pakistan’s Khurram Agha and Imran Shazad. The Indian duo wrapped up the match 59-50, 78-29. In the next match, Saleh Muhammad of Pakistan was pitted against India’s Yasin Merchant. Saleh took the first frame 59-57. Yasin subdued Saleh in the next two frames 92-0, 61-12 to give India the vital 3-1 lead. Asian champion Alok Kumar of India beat Khurram Agha of Pakistan 73-20, 59-17. After this, a doubles peace match was played, in which, Saleh and Alok beat Advani and Khurram. In the fifth match, Alok and Rafath beat Saleh and Atiq 67-2,73-1. Pakistan ended the day on a winning note, with Imran defeating Chandra 71-2, 57-53. |
PSEB team raids slum colonies Mohali, June 19 The team led by the senior Executive Engineer, Mr V.K. Mahajan, started the raids in the wee hours today and by 9 am had issued notices to over 20 consumers for pilfering power. Mr Mahajan told The
Tribune that he was accompanied by both SDOs Mr Bains and Mr Sharma along with a score of junior engineers. He added that notices with fine of Rs 60,000 had been issued to the defaulters. Mr Bains said that while in most of the slum colonies the residents had connected kundis to draw power, in villages some cases of consumers bypassing meters had been detected. The areas the team raided this morning include Jujhar Nagar Colony, Mati Ram Colony and Behlolpur village. |
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