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Rishab, Mayank enter badminton final
Our Sports Reporter
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 10
Vikas Kundu upset Akash Sethi in a three-game thriller today to sail into the last four of the men’s singles of the Chandigarh State Badminton Championships being played at the Sector 42 indoor hall. Vikas won 15-4,14-17,15-4. In another tough quarter-final tie played today, Pawan got the better of Gurjit in three games, with scores being 6-15,15-10,15-4. Others who entered the semi-finals of this section include Ashish and Vivek.

Earlier, Rishab Rana and Mayank outwitted their rivals Lakshya and Nalin Judge to enter the final in the under-10 category. In the girls under-10 quarter-final, those who made it to the semi-finals are, Diksha, Lavanya, Pooja and Shreya.

In the under-19 boys matches, Mandeep, Neeraj, Vinay and Oscar Bansal proved their mettle by advancing into the last four of the meet.

The under-13 girls singles quarterfinals also had four players, Tanupriya, Neha, Gunjan and Nisha while in the boys under-13 section, Tushar, Mohit, Ravi Setia and Aman Sethi moved ahead into the last four.

Lawyers’ badminton championship

Manbir Singh (above 40 years) and Sanjiv Pandit (below 40 years) clinched the men’s singles titles in the Chandigarh Lawyers’ Badminton Championship played today on the Panjab University campus.

Men’s singles: final — above 40 yrs — Manbir b Sanjay Judge 15-9,15-7; below 40 yrs — Sanjiv Pandit b Sukhdeep Sidhu 15-1,15-10; mixed doubles — above 40 yrs — G.S. Sawhney and Naveen Malik b Pawan and Nirmaljeet Kaur 15-1,15-7.
Men’s doubles: above 40 yrs — final — Sanjay Judge and Hitesh Puri b T.P.S. Mann and Manbir Singh 15-1,15-3; below 40 yrs — final — Sanjiv Pandit and Raman Garg b Vishal Sharma and HS Bedi 15-7,15-4.

Chess meet

The Chandigarh Chess Championship in the below-11 and below-17 age groups began at St Kabir Public School, Sector 36, today. There are 74 participants in all.

Results: under-11 — boys: one point — Himal, Prateek, Sahil, Akhil, Ishit, Ishjeev, Shivansh, Sangeet, Aditya, Satbeer, Dhruv and Shivam.

Girls: one point — Aashna, Srishti, Ayooshi, Ravneet, Tasmeen, Arvinder and Pal Gill.

Under -17 — boys: one point — Anmol Razdan, Himal, Simranjeet, Abhishek, Rahul, Gagandeep, Sahil, Ravi, Ravish, Ashudhir, Ishaan, Ashutosh, Karandeep, Amanveer, Dharamveer, Robin and Shishir.

PU, DAV College table tennis winners
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, September 10
Panjab University campus and DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh won its respective matches against DAV College, Malout and Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh by identical margins of 3-0 in the PU Inter College Zonal Table Tennis tournament played here today at PU Gymnasium Hall.

In another match of the day, SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh beat BAM Khalsa College, Garhshankar 3-1.

Earlier in the Panjab University Inter College Softball (women) tournament played here,GN Girls College, Model town, Ludhiana gained first place followed by MCM DAV College for women, Sector 36,Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Chandigarh and Government College for Girls, Sector 11 at second, third and fourth place respectively.

Under-12 cricket trials

The BCCI- Chandigarh Cricket Association academy will hold the selection trials for under 12 and under 15 boys at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium tomorrow at 8 am. According to Mr Vivek Attray, Coordinator of the academy, the trials will be held under the supervision of coach Mr Varinder Bhatnagar.

Under-15 cricket trials

The trials to select the Chandigarh Under 15 district Cricket team will be held tomorrow at 2.30 pm for the Haryana state Inter District Cricket meet beginning September 15. Meanwhile the Panchkula District Cricket team selection trials (under 15) will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula. The Panchkula team thus selected will also play in the Haryana State Inter District Cricket meet.

3 school buses impounded
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, September 10
The Chandigarh Police today impounded three school buses for violating traffic norms. The buses and a scooter were impounded early morning, opposite Kalagram, by a police traffic team led by Inspector Jagbir Singh. The team also booked 61 other offenders during a 2-hour-long drive starting at 6.30 am.

The drivers were challaned for overspeeding, plying buses without documents and the mandatory first-aid boxes. Drivers were not in their uniforms. The first-aid box of a bus was found locked. When the driver was asked to open it, he said he had forgotten the keys at home.

Kids were taken to their school in police vehicles. The drive started at 6:30 am and it continued till 8:30 am.

The police impounded a bus of Sukhmani Engineering College for flouting the guidelines. The bus was transporting school kids illegally as it was registered with the college, said police officials.

The police challaned four vehicles for using red light without permission while 43 other vehicles were challaned for overspeeding.

Free parking scheme launched in Sector 34
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 10
The Chandigarh police today offered a free parking alternative to the paid parking by introducing a token system in the commercial complex area of Sector 34. Now, a visitor to the market will have to get a token at either of the six entry and exit points in the market and return it at any of these points.

Nothing will be charged for parking. The six points will be maintained by the Chandigarh police. The same token will be used for any of the 16 parking lots in the market. The scheme was inaugurated today by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Rajesh Kumar, in the presence of the Municipal Commissioner, Mr M. P. Singh, and the SSP, Mr Gaurav Yadav, among others. Mr M. P. Singh, however, expressed doubts over the success of the scheme, saying that a similar effort had been made in Sector 17, but it failed, leading to the imposition of paid parking there.

Under the new parking arrangement, the parking area has been divided for four and two-wheelers. Parking lots have been marked with paint and cones and barricades.

The DSP (South), Mr S. S. Randhawa, said the area would be manned round-the-clock in three shifts.

Mr Rajesh Kumar urged the people to cooperate to make the scheme a success, which would gradually be extended to other parking lots to reduce vehicle thefts and prevent traffic chaos in parking lots.