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Chandigarh, April 21
Lanky city lad Sahib Malhotra has made it to the Zonal Cricket Academy (ZCA) north zone under-19 camp of National Cricket Academy, Bangalore.

The performance put up by this fast bowler during the Inter-State (U-17) Tournament for Vijay Merchant Trophy held in December-January, opened the doors of prestigious ZCA to him. In the tournament, Sahib claimed 13 wickets in five matches and was instrumental in his Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association team in reaching the quarterfinals.

The 6’3’’ tall cricketer will now attend the ZCA camp, starting from April 28 to May 31 at Dharamsala.

The elated teenager said this was the second time that he had attended the zonal camp. “I was among 24 trainees of the camp for under-17 age group last year. But unfortunately, I could not make it to the final 16, who got a chance to polish their skills at NCA,” said 16-year-old Sahib who has been honing his skills at St John’s Cricket Academy, Sector 26, under the supervision of coach Nagesh Gupta.

Lauding his trainee, coach Nagesh said, “At this age, Sahib has total control on out-swing and in-swing bowling. Besides his speed, which is over 125 kmph, the line-length he possesses, makes him a lethal bowler. His height is a big advantage as a fast bowler. Now I am working to improve his speed.”

On the other hand, the youngster said his selection in the ZCA had boosted his morale and this time he was looking forward to attract attention of the authorities with his performance during the camp.

“My immediate target is to represent the country in Under-19 World Cup,” said Sahib who has represented the HPCA in under-15 for two years under-17 in inter-state tournaments. 

Chandigarh, April 21
Cricket Stadium Sector 16 team thrashed Shree Shree Academy by nine wickets in a league match of 2nd CCA Under-13 Gold Cup Cricket Tournament at GNPS grounds, Sector 36, here, today.

In a low scoring match, Shree Shree team batted first after winning the toss. Displaying poor show, the whole team was wrapped up on just 71 runs in 20 overs. Only Harshit reached double figure with 16 runs.

In reply, Navansh and Kapil displayed firework with their willows and overhauled the target in just five overs. With the help of Navansh’s 37 and Kapil’s 17 runs, the team scored 72 runs at the loss of one wicket.

For Shree Shree team, Gurdeep took one for 21.

Brief score Shree Shree: 71 in 20 overs (Harshit 16, Akhil 1 for 6, Naveen 1 for 15)

Stadium 16: 72 for 1 in 20 overs (Navansh 37, kapil 17, Gurdeep 1 for 21). 

Mohali, April 21
The Phase IV Residents’ Welfare Association organised an athletics meet for children here yesterday.

Children between the age group of 5 to 13 years participated in a host of events.

Among those who won various athletics events include Agrim Puri, Abhijit Singh, Hitasha, Yuvraaj Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Sahil Puri, Bhavneet Kaur, Jasleen Kaur, Arshpreet Kaur, Rahul Gupta, Pankaranjit Singh, Jatanpreet Singh, Cherry, Simranpreet Kaur, Harnoor Kaur, Manmohit Singh, Prabhkaran Singh, Deepanshu Gosain, Varsha, Manvinder Kaur, Harleen Kaur, Manveer Singh, Satvinder Singh, Shibham, Gunjan, Gursharan Kaur, Ushmeet, Sahil, Vikrant, Shamsher Singh, Tamanna, Dalip Kaur, Harsheen Kaur, Gurpreet Kaur, Rehatpreet Kaur, Harnam Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Dilbagh Singh, Kuldeep Kaur, Sangeeta and Sharanjit Kaur.

Organiser Puran Singh Kirti said the athletics meet was an annual affair and this was the third meet to be organised.

Another athletic meet for children was held at Phase V. The meet was inaugurated by Anurag Aggarwal, general secretary, Mohali Industries’ Association. The meet was presided over by district public relations officer Dr Uma Sharma. Ninety boys and 53 girls participated in the meet. The winners include Mohan Kumar, Angad Singh, Sahiba, Barleen Kaur, Ish, Rinku, Pushpa, Shivangi, Ritik, Gaganjot, Khishi, Navjot, Jaskirat, Gagandeep, Sandeep Kaur, Anushpreet, Arshjot, Gurjot, Shubham, Ratanjit, Nagita, Punam, Sukhvinder, Meharban, Saurav, Varun and Sanchita.

Panchkula, April 21
The badminton hall at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 3, is buzzing with activity as national camp for doubles probables for Commonwealth Games 2010 to be held in New Delhi got underway here yesterday.

In the camp, being conducted under the aegis of the Badminton Association of India and District Badminton Association, Panchkula, 26 players are taking part. Senior coaches Sanjeev Sachdeva, S. Mahajan, Vijay Deep Singh, Ajay Kanwarand and Archana Deodar, have been imparting training to the probables.

Probables are: Boys: Dibya Jyothi Bora, Pranav Chopra, Sai Praneet (AP); Girls: Ashwini Ponnappa (KTK), Nitya Sosale (KTK), Soumya Padhe (KTK), P.Jyotshna (AP), Aparna Balan (KRL), Anjali Kalita (ASM), V.Diju (PSPB), Akshay Dewalkar (AI), Arun Vishnu (KRL), K.Tarun (AP), Ram C. Vijay (KRL), Dinesh T. (Rlys), Suraj P.H. (KRL), Bennet Antony (KRL), Alwyn Francis (KRL), Shankar Gopan (KRL), Swetna Kelkar (MAH), Daya Elsa Jacob (KRL), Lavanya (AP), Daniya Nair (Rlys), Kristi Das (ASM), Pradyna Gadre (MAH), Mudra Dahinje (MAH).

Chandigarh, April 21
Harjinder Singh Kang of Chandigarh is back from Pakistan after finishing third in the Pakistan Amateur Golf Championship that concluded on the par-72 greens of the Islamabad Golf Club on Sunday.

The four-day championship that saw action among 85 golfers of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, saw Muhammad Safdar of the host country clinch the title returning a two over par gross score of 290. Four strokes behind the leader at the second spot was Mithun Pereira of Sri Lanka, with Kang finishing third at 296. One stroke behind Kang was another Indian Vikram Rana.

Kang had problems with the putter returning a three over par 75 on the opening day. A one over par 73 on the second day and identical two over par 74 on the last two days saw the Chandigarh golfer finish with an eight over par aggregate. "My putting stabilised as the game progressed," said Harjinder.

Rain and hailstorm hit Islamabad prior to the championship. But the clouds cleared on the opening day. "The course is a perfect setting for long and short game. It has everything. It is an interesting course," said Kang.

Kang, who was off to Gurgaon to tee off for honours in the LG ITC Classic Open Amateur Golf Championship at the Jack Nicklaus designed Classic Golf Resort in Gurgaon tomorrow, said he was happy about his game. "I am hitting the ball well, thanks to Jesse Grewal, who has honed my skills," said Kang.

In the team event in Pakistan, Harjinder Singh Kang and Jasjit Singh finished third. Pakistan won the team championship with Bangladesh finishing second.

Shaveeta Sarang of India won the title in the women's event. Shaveeta's total gross score was 237. She was followed by Pakistani golfer Tahira Nazeer, with a gross score of 244 points. Third position was also taken by the Indian golfer Neha, also scoring 244 points.

Women's International Team event was clinched by the Indian side. Pakistani team remained second in command.

Chandigarh, April 21
An alleged dispute over possession of a part of a house took an ugly turn today when two real brothers clashed with each other at their Sector 9 residence, here this afternoon. Both the parties were levelling allegations at each other and the police were yet to initiate action in this regard till late at night.

The police said the house was divided between Des Raj Juneja, an octogenarian businessman and his two sons, Naresh Juneja and Ajay Juneja. Des Raj used to live with his younger son Ajay for years, along with his wife Saraswati, but began living with his elder son of late following differences with Ajay.

It all started today when Des Raj called some persons and removed some flowerpots and a cupboard, which according to him was blocking the passage. Ajay and his son Ankit intervened and stopped the persons from removing their articles and a clash ensued.

Ajay reported to the police that Naresh had called ‘goondas’ to forcibly remove the cupboard and other articles. He alleged that a group of youngsters smashed the flowerpots and assaulted his family members. On the other hand, Naresh’s wife Shusheel Juneja said it was Ankit who picked up the quarrel and broke the glasses of her house.

Varun, the grandson of Des Raj, alleged that a complaint had already being filed his grandfather regarding harassment by the Ajay Juneja. Varun alleged that Ajay had already grabbed a part of the premises and is now looking to take up possession of the entire house. “In today’s incident Ajay thrashed my grandfather and also other people who had come to help him,” he said.

Meanwhile, the SHO of Sector 3 police station inspector Ram Gopal said the matter was under investigation and they were recording statements of both the parties.

Chandigarh, April 21
The Rs 400 crore Berkeley Group today announced its foray into real estate business with the launch of its new company - Berkeley Realtech Limited. The company will provide commercial, retail and industrial space on a rental basis to corporates.

Addressing mediapersons here today, Sanjay Dahuja, director of Berkeley Realtech, said they were targeting a business of Rs 300 crore in the first year of its operations. “We will help the corporates in finding suitable space on rental basis in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula as per their requirements.

The company will also assist corporates starting from personal verification and surveying of site, proper handling of legal procedures till signing of the final agreement. We will be providing a video and photographs of the location to our clients, so that they are assured of the neighbourhood,” he said.

The company would charge one month rental from both landlord and occupant as commission for the deal, he added. “We have identified 400 such locations which can be leased out and are further looking for more space so as to cater to the emerging requirements of companies,” added Dahuja.

Berkeley Group, having interest in automobiles, insurance and finance, is looking to increase its turnover from Rs 400 crore to Rs 1000 crore by end of 2008-09.

“We are expecting our sales from other businesses to increase from Rs 400 crore to Rs 700 crore and balance Rs 300 crore would come from realty business,” said Dahuja.