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Bend it like St Stephen’s to reach the top
Chandigarh, January 24 The (under 15) team, which returned yesterday from Goa after winning the top honours on January 20, is all set to leave for Kuala Lumpur where the Asian qualifying round will be held in June. The team had lost in the semifinals to SBHS Club, Gurdaspur, but by sheer luck got a chance to play in the final as the four teams, including finalists SSA, Mizoram, and SBHS, were scratched by the
All-India Football Federation for fielding overaged players. St Stephen’s beat Mahindra United 1-0 to lift the trophy. Excited team members Shubham, Sandesh, Nitin, Munish and Johny Chand told the Tribbune: “It was mere luck that we got a chance to play in the finals, but one can’t ignore the hard work we put in to reach the semifinals. God gave us opportunity and we just capitalised on it”. Now the determined youngsters are in no mood to leave anything to luck. “We are depending on hard work and have started practise already. We can’t waste a single minute,”said the players. Elated coach Surinder Singh and team manager Sandeep Singh said: “Top-class coordination, discipline and luck made us win. We know our grey areas, so work on those start right away.The boys need technical and tactical finesse”. The icing on the cake is that two players, including skipper Harpreet Bedi and Taranjit Kumar, have been selected for the India u-16 coaching camp at Goa where the Indian team will be selected to participate in the AFC Cup to be held at Uzbekistan in September-October. From India only two teams, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan, have participated so far in the Asian qualifying round of the tournament. The winner in the Asian qualifying round will make it to the final round of the tournament at London. |
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Kang leads in Chandigarh Golf Championship
Chandigarh, January 24 Pauline J.M. Singh was leading in the women's section although she returned a bad 14 over par 86 card to be three strokes ahead of her nearest rival Sonali Chhibber. Kirandeep Kochhar clinched the title in the under-10 category with a 25 over par 97 card while Jaipreet Ghuman was the winner in the girls' under-15 category with a 29 over par score of 101. The early morning chill told on Harjinder as he began his game soon after the inaugural tee-shot by the club course captain Sukhjeet Sing Lehal. Harjinder just could not handle his shots as he fumbled in the early morning cold to end up with a double bogey on the very first hole. But he soon got to the grips of the game sinking a birdie on the second. He repeated a birdie on the seventh and seemed to be heading for a good score. But he missed an easy putt on the ninth to finish with a par and a first nine score of par 36. Harjinder just could not get his putt shots as he missed birdies on the 10th and 11th. But then on the 15th and 16th he fumbled with his chips to concede bogeys on these two holes. He again came near to sinking birdies on the 17th and 18th, but missed them by a whisker to finish with a two-over par score of 74. His nearest rival Balbir Sing finished three strokes behind at 77. Six golfers tied at 80 for the third slot. Bur Rajinder clinched the slot because of a better back nine. Pauline who was leading in the women's section just could not get her game in order. She conceded bogeys on the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth and ended with a double bogey on the ninth for a front nine 45. It was a repeat of the bogeys on the return nine for a 41 score and the day's card of 86. Sonali Chhiber at 89 and Rima Dhillon at 92 were second and third after the first round. Mansimran was leading with a nine-over par 81 on day one in the 15 to 17 age group. Rakesh Kumar also carded an 81 to lead in the 13 to 15 age group. In all 94 golfers took part on the opening day of the championship which will resume tomorrow at 8:30 am. |
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Manish leads Amritsar to victory
Mohali, January 24 In semifinals, Amritsar beat Chandigarh team
by 80 runs, whereas Patiala district registered victory over Jalandhar by 69 runs to enter
the finals. In the match at PCA Stadium, here today, Chandigarh elected to field after winning the toss. Riding high on ton by Manish Bhatia (112 0ff 106) Amritsar piled up 302 in 50 overs. After losing early wickets of openers Rahul Mattu (5) and Vipin Kumar (20), Sumit Sharma and Manish Bhatia consolidated the innings with their partnership of 109 runs for second
wicket. Manish Bhatia slammed 112 off 106 while Sumit made 65 runs in 84 balls. After the return of Sumit, Bhatia stitched another notable partnership of 113 runs with Chandan
Madan (56). For Chandigarh, Gurkirat Singh captured three for 60 followed by Vishwas Bhalla two for 52. In reply, Chandigarh batting line up was shattered by right arm medium pacer Bharat Lumba, who finished with
figure five for 44. At one stage, the team was tottering at 72 for 7 in 20.3 overs. Gurkirat Singh
(69 off 104) and Gaurav Ganbhir (79 off 88) steered the the team to respectable total of
222 in 49.2 overs sharing partnership of 130 runs for eighth wicket. In second semifinal, Patiala scored 286 for 4 in the allotted 47 overs. In reply, Jalandhar
District were bundled out for 217 runs in 46.3 overs. Due to inclement weather the match was reduced to 47 overs. Brief Score Amritsar: 302 for 7 in 50 overs (Manish Bhatia 112, Sumit Sharma 65, Chandan Madhan 56, Gurkirat Singh 3 for 60, Vishwas Bhala 2 for 52). Chandigarh: 222 for all in 49.2 overs (Gurkirat Singh 69, Gaurav Gambhir 79, Sarul Kanwar 21, Bharat Lumba 5 for 44). |
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St Anne’s finish third
in cricket tourney
Chandigarh, January 24 Batting first, Anne’s scored 156 for 6 in 20 overs. Shivam Puri contributed 20 runs. Ashish took two wickets for 27 runs. In reply, DAV team were bundled up at 128 in 19.1 overs despite good knock of 46 runs by Sat Surmukh Singh. Pranav was the wrecker-in-chief with four for 27. Brief score St Anne’s: 156 for 6 in 20 overs (Pukhraj 34, Ashish 2 for 27). DAV Sector-8: 128 all out in 19.1 over (Sat Surmukh Singh 46, Tarun 20, Anirudh 2 for 20, Pranav 4 for 17).
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Notice to health ministry, PGI
Chandigarh, January 24 The petitioner asserted that facilities required for conducting such a course were known to be available in the institute. He added that in 1981, the Union government had approved the introduction of course for the PGI. A committee headed by the petitioner was constituted which was crucial for state pollution control boards. Quoting the findings of the committee constituted under the SC orders, he had added that 39 members of the pollution control boards of various states did not fulfil the qualifications as per the water and air pollution laws in relation to environment. |
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Award for city doctor
Chandigarh, January 24 The award-winning clinical paper explored the vital aspect of taking orthodontic treatment to the next level of facial aesthetics, the smile framework and dental appearance, according to a press note issued here today.
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Four cases of fraud registered
Chandigarh, January 24 In the first case, three persons — Sumit Kumar, manager, UT Builders and Promoters, Sector 34, Prem Midha and Raj Kumar — were arrested after investigations revealed that the three took loan of around Rs 1.5 lakh from Housing Finance, GIC, by producing complainant’s documents and using his fake signatures. The complainant, Jagdish Singh, had alleged that the three had taken documents like photograph, ration card from him to provide him with a flat. However, they failed to do so. Also, Madan Gopal Singla, who runs a stationery shop, allegedly suffered a loss amounting to Rs 4 lakh after Nand Kishore and Naveen Kumar, both directors, UDK Papers, New Delhi, supplied him with low-quality paper and also threatened him. A case under Sections 420, 406, 506 and 120-8, IPC, has been registered at the police station-17
and further investigations are on. In the third case, a fraud amounting to around Rs 14.72 lakh surfaced when Din Dayal, a resident of Sector 68, complained to the police alleging that Sukhwant Kaur took the money from him for getting him a flat. However, she both failed to provide him the a flat and return the money. A case under Sections 420 and 477, IPC, has been registered at the police station-34. Finally, Harsh Garg, a resident of Sector 37, alleged that Sunil Kumar and Anil Kumar took Rs 80,000 from him to provide coaching but they duped him. The police have registered a case.
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16-year old alleges rape by uncle
Mohali, January 24 According to the police, the girl is a student of a school in sector 69 and belongs to Mansa. Her mother had died some years ago and her father was suffering from tuberculosis. She shifted to Mohali for studies leaving her ailing father and her two siblings in Mansa. Gurvinder Singh is the second husband of Balwinder Kaur, said the police, adding that he worked as a driver. The police said on January 22 the couple left for Delhi with Balwinder’s sister who had to be dropped at the International airport. However, Gurvinder Singh decided to return home mid-way. Later, he allegedly raped the girl. The next day she reported the entire incident to her aunt who lodged a police complaint against her husband. The girl’s medical test was conducted today following which Gurvinder Singh was arrested. A local court has remanded him to 14-day judicial custody.
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Resident awarded for saving life
Chandigarh, January 24 Rahul Sinhmar, a resident of Sector 19, saved the life of Ravinder Kaur of the same locality after the latter’s children raised the alarm while she tried to hang herself. He was awarded Class-1 commendation certificate by the inspector general of police today. The honour was presented to him by SSP S.S Srivastava.
Search operation
In view of Republic Day security arrangements, a search operation was carried out at Kajheri village early this morning. Around 100 officers and jawans of the local police took part in the operation, which will be carried out in other parts of the city too, the police said.
Booth burgled
At least 16 packets of ghee, six packets of sugar, five boxes of chocolate and cash were stolen from a Vita booth in Sector 50 on the intervening night of January 22 and 23. The complainant, Kesar Singh, a resident of Sector 15, reported to the police that theft had taken place for the second time in two months at his booth. He added that the miscreants had cut the wires of streetlights before committing the theft. A case has been registered under Section 380
of the IPC.
Vehicles stolen
Yash Pal, a resident of Mani Majra, filed a complaint alleging that his motor cycle (CH 03 F 5972) parked at Leisure Valley, Sector 10, was stolen on January 22. Also, Archana Gupta complained to the police that her scooter (CH 01 U 2215) parked on the rear end of State Bank of Patiala, Sector 22, branch was stolen yesterday.
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Two-yr jail for stealing former judge’s phone
Chandigarh, January 24 Holding him guilty of stealing the mobile phone, judicial magistrate Atul Marya also imposed a penalty of Rs 500 on the accused. The prosecution said Kulbir Singh was posted as peon in the court of Justice M.M. Aggarwal in 2003 when he allegedly picked up the latter’s mobile phone. After stealing the phone, Kulbir sold it to Vijay Kumar, who sold the set further. The EMI number of the set helped the UT police trace the cell to Ambala. The judge observed: “The gravity of offence is further increased with the fact that the accused was working as servant to a sitting judge of the High Court. In these circumstances, if the accused is not dealt with harsh hand it will send a wrong signal to society and encourage such tendencies that are to be nipped in the bud. It is required not only to deter the convict from repeating offence but also others from committing such offence.”
CBI special judge Jagdeep Jain today acquitted sub-inspector of UT police Rajpal in a graft case after the prosecution failed to prove the case. Rajpal was allegedly trapped by the CBI on complaint of a tailor Kafil Ahmed. According to the allegations, Rajpal had demanded illegal gratification of Rs 2,000 from the complainant to help clear his son’s name in a criminal case in November, 2004. The court acquitted him as the witnesses retracted their statements.
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Woman hangs herself
Chandigarh, January 24 Her uncle Jairam Singh, with whom she had been staying for the past over one year, is an employee with the agriculture department of Punjab. She committed suicide by hanging herself with a dupatta. While no suicide note was found, the police said Rita had been in a state of depression. She was reportedly opposed to marrying the man she was getting engaged to. While her parents were pressing her for the marriage, she was against it as her fiance’s mother was suffering from tuberculosis, the police said. Her parents live in Attawa in Uttar Pradesh, her hometown. The police has begun investigations under Section 174, CrPC.
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Kidnapped child traced, 2 women held
Zirakpur, January 24 Addressing mediapersons at a press conference here today, Khatra said a Bihari migrant Sushila reported at the Baltana police post that her child was missing since the time Bina, her neighbour, had visited her house at 8.30 pm. While she was inside the kitchen, she heard the door close and her son Durgesh missing from the bed. A search was immediately launched by the police post incharge and SHO Ranjodh Singh. The woman and the child were traced to a slum colony in Hallo Majra. The SSP added that another woman Phoolwati alias Poohla had planned the kidnapping and was also arrested. “Sustained interrogation would reveal if the two are involved in any other kidnapping cases,” said the SSP.
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