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CM’s wife reaches Darbar in jathas
Tribune News Service

Fatehgarh Sahib/Rajpura, December 3
Surinder Kaur Badal, wife of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, today urged people to re-connect with the Sikhism and find solace in the lap of religion.

She was addressing a gathering held under scores of religious lectures being held in various gurdwaras in the state. The congregation today was held at gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib.

She urged people to reach Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, in jathas (groups) with daily-need items like wheat, pulses and cereals that could be used to serve lakhs of devotees there during langar.

On December 11, devotees from various villages of Fatehgarh Sahib and Rajpura will leave for Darbar Sahib to perform sewa. The SAD leaders assured the devotees would hold langar on December 12.

During her speech she said the people should

atleast devote two days in a year at Darbar Sahib. They should also spend some portion of their earnings at the temple, she said.

Surinder further said langar and kirtan darbar were held in the Muktsar, Bathinda and Faridkot areas during the past few days under this campaign. The campaign has been launched in a bid to reunite the people with Sikhism.

SAD leaders Charanjit Singh Atwal, MP Paramjit Kaur Gulshan, Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra and deputy speaker of Lok Sabha Charanjit Singh Atwal were also present there.

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To visit Pak on Dec 5
Our Correspondent

Mohali, December 3
Surinder Kaur Badal, wife of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, appeared before a court here today to get her passport as she is leaving for Pakistan on a religious tour.

She was handed over the passport and asked to submit it back in the court after she came back from Pakistan. She is going Pakistan on a tour from December 5 to December 31.

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Badal’s wife stuck up in protest rally
Tribune News Service

Patiala, December 3
Surinder Kaur Badal, wife of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, had a harrowing time when her cavalcade got jammed in the protest rally being staged by BSc nursing students at the Patiala-Sangrur Road in front of the Government Rajindra Hospital, president of the Young Organisation of India (YOI), Rajwinder Singh said, here today.

Rajwinder said CM’s wife should have met the students and listened to their grievances. However, the students of College of Nursing, Patiala, continued their hunger strike for the second successive day today. Nearly 200 sat on a chain hunger strike from 10 am to 5 pm in front of the office of the Medical Superintendent of the Government Rajindra Hospital protesting against the non-provision of stipend and demanded notification of their college.

Navkiran Kaur, president of the Nursing Students Association and also incharge of college unit of YOI, confirmed that the nursing students also met the director of Research and Medical Education yesterday in the city and added that the officer flatly refused to fulfill the demands put up by the nursing students. She said the director told that stipend would be given according to pay scale only when the students enter their fourth year.

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Employee bodies honour new president
Tribune News Service

Patiala, December 3
All employee associations of Mulazim wing, the SAD (B), including the Employees’ Federation of Punjab, the PSEB, the Adhyapak Dal, the Karamchari Dal (Bhagrhana), the Veterinary Pharmacist Union, the Sugar Mill Union, the PRTC, etc. assembled at Arora Palace here today to honour their newly elected president Surinder Singh Pehalwan and secretary general Harpal Singh Teja.

Akali leaders Captain Kanwaljit Singh, finance minister, Punjab, Surjit Singh Rakhra, president NRI wing, the SAD (B), Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra, general secretary of the SAD, Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar, ex-president of the SGPC, Ajaib Singh Makhmailpur, district president of the SAD, ex-minister Harmail Singh Tohra, Gurpreet Singh Raju Khanna, state president of the SOI, Indermohan Singh Bajaj, chairman of the Improvement Trust, Patiala, Tejinder Pal Singh Sandhu, ex-chairman of SS Board, Punjab, and Karamjeet Singh Bhagrhana were also present on the occasion.

Everyone prayed for the victims of the Mumbai attack and demanded immediate action against the bodies that support these terrorist organisations. Captain Kanwaljit Singh appreciated the efforts of the Mulazim wing that works for the uplift of the employees. He said the financial condition of Punjab was improving and the long-pending demands of the employees would soon be fulfilled.

Chandumajra also supported the demands of the employees. On the occasion, Pehalwan thanked the associations for keeping faith in him and assured the employees that he would take up all their problems to the Chief Minister and get them solved as early as possible.

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Parwanoo residents demand bus stand
Our Correspondent

Kalka, December 3
Parwanoo, the industrial town and gateway to Himachal Pradesh, lacks the facility of a bus stand since last more than three decades.

The residents said the town came into existence about 40 years back, which was earlier known as ‘Baroti’ before the establishment of industrial units. No state government or political party has taken any initiative to set up a permanent bus stand in this industrial town since then.

Due to non-availability of a bus stand, thousands of daily commuters have to face a lot of inconvenience. “We have to go to Kalka to board buses for other states,” said one of the commuters. Thousands of people commute from Kalka, Pinjore and its vicinity to Parwanoo everyday.

The daily commuters say that the long-route buses do not allow them to sit. In fact, all roadways buses, including Himachal Roadways, go to Shimla via Parwanoo as NH-22 passes through the town.

The state government should take a serious note of the problem, urged the local residents.

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‘Kalakh Hanere’ staged at theatre fest
Tribune News Service

Patiala, December 3
“Subedar Kartar Singh-Jaswant Kaur Beti Bachao Theatre Festival”, organised by the National Theatre Arts Society (NTAS), Patiala, in collaboration with the State Bank of Patiala and the Janhit Society presented “Dairey” and “Kalakh Hanere” at the Central State Library here yesterday.

Harkesh Singh Sidhu, municipal corporation commissioner, Patiala, was chief guest and A. P. S. Virk, additional deputy commissioner, presided over the function.

Earlier, a programme of music and dance was also presented by Nemat Sabharwal, Shivani, Sanjay Sinha and Shadab Khan.

The artists were honoured by the chief guest by presenting mementos and cash prizes. The NTAS also paid tributes to the martyrs and victims of the Mumbai terror attack.

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Pvt company under scanner for detaining cashier
Tribune News Service

Derabassi, December 3
A case of alleged illegal detention of a cashier by the Derabassi-based private yarn company has come under the scanner of the police here today.

According to the police, the company cashier, Om Prakash, had lodge a complaint to the police alleging that he had resigned from the company in the month of September but was asked to serve for few months by the company. When he finally resigned from the job, he was told that he would have to pay Rs 2 lakh to the company for some misappropriation.

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MP flays BJP for politicising terror act
Tribune News Service

Patiala, December 3
Preneet Kaur, member parliament, Patiala, criticised the BJP for politicising the Mumbai terror act. Stressing the need to maintain communal harmony and presenting a united front, she called upon the people to discard the communal forces who have been dividing the society for political gains.

The District Congress Committee (Rural and Urban) have also condemned the saffron party for driving political gains from the terror activities. Both the committees appreciated the stand taken by the Muslims clergy for refusing to bury the terrorists on Indian soil.

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Pile-up due to fog on GT Road
Tribune News Service

Fatehgarh Sahib, December 3
As many as 10 vehicles collided with each other due to dense fog on the G.T. Road this morning and a motorcyclist was killed in an another incident near Mulepur due to the fog.

A bus collided with a truck and some cars and other vehicles coming from behind also collided with each other around 6.30 am. Nobody received injuries, however, all vehicles were damaged in the accidents. Some bus passengers were rushed to the civil hospital from where they were discharged with first-aid.

Nobody was hurt in the collision. However, Satnam Singh, a resident of Badoshi village, was killed on the spot when his bike collided head-on with a school bus near Mulepur this morning.

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Tributes paid to victims of terror attack
Our Correspondent

Bassi Pathana, December 3
The Hindu organisation of the town hold a condolence meeting here yesterday to pay tributes to the security personnels and people killed in the terrorist attack in Mumbai.

A large number of people from all walks of life attended the meeting. Two minutes silence was observed for the peace of the departed souls.

Addressing the gathering Pardip Rupal and Manoj Banda, president and general secretary, respectively, called upon the people to wage a united war against the anti-social elements and to maintain communal harmony and peace.

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Compensating crime victims not on states’ agenda
HC to summon home secy in case of failure
Saurabh Malik
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
The issue of compensating the victims of crime is apparently not on the priority list of the Punjab, Haryana and Central government.

Eight months have lapsed since the Punjab and Haryana High Court asked the three governments to mull over the issue of compensating the victims in monetary terms and empowering them. Yet, not even replies have been filed.

Taking a serious view of the matter, the Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice L.N. Mittal made it clear that further delay in filing the replies would see the home secretaries summoned to the court.

The Bench observed: Though a period of eight months has lapsed, no response is coming from the Union of India. We give last opportunity to file reply by December 15, failing which we have no option, but to direct the home secretary, Union of India, to remain present and explain why no response is being given, in spite of repeated opportunities in the matter of such a serious nature.

“The states of Punjab and Haryana are also given last opportunity in same terms, clearing indicating that on failure to file reply, the home secretaries will be required to remain present in the court”. The case will now come up for further hearing on December 22.

The Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice S.D. Anand had initially sought directions to treat the matter as a public interest litigation. The Judges had ruled: “We consider it appropriate to draw the attention of all concerned to the need to remedy a serious flaw in the administration of criminal justice; namely failure of justice to the victims, particularly when the crime goes unpunished.

“It is a paradox that the victim of a road accident gets compensation under no-fault theory, but the victim of crime does not get any compensation, except in some cases where the accused is held guilty ….

“There may be cases where the crime goes unpunished. How a victim is to be given justice in such a situation is the question for consideration....

“Only 30 to 35 per cent of all criminal cases end in conviction, while 90 to 95 per cent of the matters, involving heinous offences, end in acquittal. And, there are other serious handicaps, such as long delays, in the disposal of criminal trials, which contribute to frustration in the mind of the victims... Apart from monetary compensation , various other forms of assistance can be focused upon by the sate. These include counselling, victim empowerment, public education, sensitisation and crime prevention,” the Bench concluded.

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3 convicted for food inspector’s murder
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
Additional district and sessions judge Raj Rahul Garg today convicted Tittu of Shahpur Colony, Ravi of Dadu Majra village and Sandeep alias Kaka of Maloya village for murdering Mustkeen Singh, inspector with Punjab’s Food and Civil Supplies Department. The quantum on the sentence will be pronounced on December 8.

According to the prosecution, the food inspector was found murdered beside his motorcycle near Markfed office in Sector 35 around midnight of August 4.

The police solved the blind murder case after one-and-a-half month of the crime following the arrest of the accused from Maloya village on September 23, 2005.

The telephone call details helped the police in cracking the murder case. Mustkeen Singh of Khanna was coming from Mohali on his motorcycle after having drinks with his friends.

He was “dead drunk” and could not ride. When the accused noticed Mustkeen staggering and struggling to push the bike, Tittu offered help. He then rode the motorcycle with Mustkeen riding pillion.

The food inspector was taken to a secluded place near Markfed building as the other two followed them on a rehri.

Tittu stopped the bike behind a parked bus and they tried to rob the victim. As they were about to remove the gold ring, Mustkeen reportedly regained his senses and objected.

Apprehending identification by the victim, they smashed his head with a concrete slab lying nearby and escaped from the spot. Thereafter, they dined out in a Sector 22 dhaba.

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Consumer Courts
Insurance company told to pay Rs 2 lakh
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum directed National Insurance Company to pay compensation of Rs 2 lakh for causing a delay in the finalisation of the claim to a resident of Roopnagar.

Manjinder Singh, the complainant got his Ford Ikon car insured with the insurance company for Rs 6,55,000. However, his vehicle was stolen on August 12, 2004 from Sector 22, Chandigarh, and FIR was registered.

The company was also informed and the matter was inquired from an independent investigator. Though all the formalities were completed the claim was not settled.

Denying any delay on their part, the insurance company pleaded that the complainant did not fulfill the requirements and not cooperated during the investigation.

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Undertrial’s death: Probe on

Chandigarh, December 3
Judicial magistrate Mahesh Kumar on Wednesday conducted an inquiry in the death of an undertrial. Kulwant Singh, who was booked in an accident case died on December 1. The deceased was brought to the district courts for the hearing of his case on December 1. He was then taken to the jail where he felt uneasy. When taken to a hospital, he was declared brought dead. — TNS

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Drug peddler gets 5-year term
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, December 3
A drug peddler was sentenced to 5-year imprisonment and fined Rs 50,000 by additional sessions judge, Sanijiv Jindal, here today.

In case of not depositing the amount of fine, the guilty Rajiv, will have to serve 15-month of additional sentence.

The district police had a tip that Rajiv was waiting for a customer in a hotel at Raipur Rani on August 29 last year. The police caught him at Raipur Rani- Trilokpur chowk and recovered 500 grams of charas.

It was also found that he was first time offender in the case.

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Thieves decamp with cash, valuables
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
The local police has registered a case on a complaint filed by a Mohali resident, Harinder Singh, alleging that his cash worth Rs 8,000, 10 batteries and other valuables were stolen from his plot at Industrial Area during the intervening night of November 1 and 2. A case under Section 380 of the IPC has been registered at Sector 31 police station.

In another incident, Abinav Aggarwal, a resident of boys’ hostel no. 6, Panjab University, lodged a complaint alleging that his laptop was stolen from his room yesterday. The police has registered a case under Section 380 of the IPC at the Sector 11 police station.

In a separate incident, Arvind Kumar, a resident of Sector 20, filed a complaint alleging that his motorcycle (CH-03-D-4892) was stolen from Sector 22. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 17 police station.

In a similar case, Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Sector 26, has filed a complaint alleging that his Yamaha motorcycle (CH-01-M 7359) was stolen from his house last night. A case under section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 26 police station.

The local police has registered a case on the complaint filed by Aroon Sood of Sector 30, alleging that has bag containing gold chain was stolen from the Himachal Bhavan in Sector 28 during the intervening night of December 1 and 2. A case under Section 380 of the IPC has been registered at Sector 26 police station.

The police has registered a case on the complaint filed by Ramesh Chand of Sector 20, alleging that his two gold chains, three gold rings and two silver ornaments were stolen from his residence between November 15 and 21. A case under Section 380 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 19 police station.

Accident

Pushpinder Sharma of Sector 8 has filed a complaint with the police alleging that Ranbir Shukla of Panchkula hit the Scorpio (HR-02-P-0066) with his vehicle (CH-03-U-1895) near the Sukhna bridge yesterday. Two persons - Vasudev and Amit - were injured and admitted to the PGI.

A case under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 26 police station. The accused was arrested and released on bail.

Man held

The local police arrested Dawinder Singh of Mohali, along with Honda Activa Scooter (CH-03-P-1593) with fake number plate, from the rotary of Sector 1-2-3-4. A case under Sections 411 and 473 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 3 police station.

Arrested

The local police arrested Raj Kumar, a resident of Ram Darbar for consuming liquor at public place, from dividing road of Ram Darbar and Hallo Majra yesterday. A case under the Excise Act has been registered at the Sector 31 police station. The accused has been bailed out.

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Two held for robbery
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, December 3
The police has claimed to have arrested two juvenile delinquents for allegedly stealing a bag of an Australian NRI couple containing valuables worth Rs 10 lakh on October 6 in a wedding function here today.

The police had got a clue about their involvement after screening of pictures clicked during the wedding ceremony. However, nothing has been recovered from them so far.

Both the children, a boy (10) and girl (9), however, were produced before the magistrate and were sent to Borstal jail, Sonepat, later.

Pradeep Verma along with his wife Mona had come to attend the wedding of his brother-in-law on October 5 from Australia. According to Pradeep, his wife’s purse was nicked during one of the wedding functions at Sector 10. The bag was reportedly containing $15,000 and jewellery worth $10,000.

A similar incident was reported from a hotel in Sector 5, where the thieves decamped with money and jewellery last year. Also, the thieves absconded with ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh at a ring ceremony at Hotel Taj, Chandigarh, in January.

The Panchkula police, however, was not sure whether these children had any role in other incidents in the region

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1 killed, another injured in accident
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
In yet another accident, a young man has lost his life in Industrial Area here this evening.

Ravi Kishore Pandey (19), who was riding pillion with his cousin Arvind Kumar, was died when their motor cycle Hero Honda (UP 72 A- 0104) was hit by a tipper (CH04A 8979) near light point near Colony No 4 at 5.10 pm.

According to SHO of Industrial Area Yash Pal, Ravi was declared brought dead when he was taken to GMCH, Sector 32, by the driver of the tipper, Gurbaz Singh and others.

Meanwhile, Arvind Kumar (22), who was driving the bike, received multiple fractures in his arm. He is also under treatment at the hospital.

Both were the residents of Raipur Khurd village.

However, after taking the deceased to the hospital, Gurbaz Singh fled from there while the police seized his tipper from the spot.

A case under Sections 279, 337, 304 A of the IPC has been registered at the Industrial Area police station.

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Jewellery, cash worth Rs 25,000 stolen
Tribune News Service

Zirakpur, December 3
Thieves decamped with jewellery and cash after breaking into the locked house at Green Enclave here today.

According to the local police, Ranjana Prasher, a resident of Angel Apartment, Green Enclave, who was out of station from past few days alleged that she found the locks of her house broken when she came back.

The owner told the police that the jewellery was worth lakhs and cash around Rs 25,000 was also missing. The house was ransacked, police added. The police has registered a case and investigations are on.

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Student injured
Our Correspondent

Mohali, December 3
A student of the government college sustained injuries after he was allegedly attacked by a group of boys while coming out of the institute.

According to the police, Gurdeep Singh of Ballomajra village got injured after a group of nearly 15 boys allegedly attacked him. He was taken to the Phase VI Civil Hospital from where he was referred to the GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh. The police was not able to state the reason of the attack.

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Gauri surges ahead in golf meet
Donald Banerjee

Gauri Monga Chandigarh, December 3
Fifteen-year-old Gauri Monga of Delhi tightened her grip on the 16th Punjab Open Ladies’ Amateur Golf Championship title firing a three over par 75 to take a seven-stroke lead over her nearest second placed trio of Gurbani Singh, Shreya Ghei and Neha Tripathi at the midway stage of the competition at Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

With back-to-back triumphs in the Army Open and the Southern India Open to her credit this Delhi girl has improved a lot. She started badly today double-bogeying the first hole. But then he sank a birdie on the fourth to take the turn at 37. Gauri began the back nine with four pars and a birdie on the 14th. But then a double bogey on the 15th and a bogey on the 17th saw her finish at three over par 75 and a two-day aggregate of five over par 149.

Gauri's coach Ashok Kumar has brought about a lot of change in the 15-year-old's putting. In six months she cut down her handicap from 16 to two. Now with a lead of seven strokes after two days she is all set to march ahead.

Neha Tripathi, who has being doing well on the circuit, played badly today. She could sink only one birdie as against six bogies and one double bogey for a two-round aggregate of 12 over par 156.

Shreya Gill played a bad five over par front nine, bogeying the first and following it up with a double bogey on the second. But a one over par back nine saw Shreya climb to the tied second spot with Neha Tripathi.

Joining the duo at the second spot was Gurbani Singh who took the turn at two over. She sank one birdie and conceded four bogeys on the back nine for a five over par 77.

Local challenger Rabiya Gill, who plays with a handicap of six, carded a 12 over par 84 to occupy the eighth position.

Former lady captain and the seniormost player in the gold division Pauline J.M. Singh fired an eight over 80 playing three under her handicap of 11.

Local junior Jaipreet Ghuman carded an 86 to be on top of the leader board in the silver division. Two shots behind her is the trio of Ekam J. Singh, Amrita Sarna and Millie Saroha.

Bela Phadke continued to lead in the bronze division followed by Dalbir Sahi, who emerged winner in the super senior category with a gross score of 204. Rama Khanna won the net category in super seniors at 158.

The nearest to the pin winner in the gold division was Neha Tripathi, who hit 7 ft from the pin on the eighth hole. Ashu B. Singh hit it 2 ft from the pin on the 11th hole in the silver division. Bela Phadke won the nearest to the pin prize on the 14th hole in the bronze division.

The tournament is being sponsored by Som Datt Builders.

The results:

Championship bowl (0-12): Gauri Monga 149, Gurbani Singh, Shreya Gill and Neha Tripathi 156 each.

Silver salver (0-12) Net: Mehar Atwal 147, Akrati Singh 149.

Challenge bowl (13-24): Gross-Jaipreet Ghuman 177, Amrita Sarna 179; Net-Deepu Dhanoa and Ritu Lumba 147 each.

Bronze plate (25-36): Gross-Bela Phadke 185, Dalbir Sahi 204. Net-Neelu Chopra 149, Seerat Grewal 150.

Junior shield (under 18 years): Gross-Gauri Monga 148, Shreya Ghei 156. Net-Neha Tripathi 146.

Sub-junior trophy (under 14 years): Gross-Gurbani Singh 156, Millie Saroha 164.

Senior challenge: Gross-S.Ratia 190.

Net-Deepu Dhanoa 147.

Super senior challenge (65 years and above): Gross winner Dalbiri Sahi 204. Net winner Rama Khanna 158.

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M’rashtra sneak past Chandigarh
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
Maharashtra XI today got back to its stupendous form and edged past Chandigarh XI by 4 wickets to annex the Twenty-20 Challenge Cup-2008 being played at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium, which was organised by the All-India Cricket Association for Mentally Challenged to celebrate the World Disability Day.

After wining the toss, Maharashtra put on the hosts to bat. Their openers could not provide a good start to the team and fell to a meager score. The middle order batsman, Jatinder (25 runs), was the only player who could stay on the pitch for sometime. At the end of the innings, the team scored 142 for 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. For Maharashtra, Manoj and Ismile claimed two wickets each.

Batting second, Maharashtra too did not have a good start but their tail ender did the job for them, as Ravinder (33 runs) and Ananta (31*) in the later part of the over achieved the target at the loss of 6 wickets. For Chandigarh, Prabjot (2 wickets) and Pappu (3 wickets) were the pick of the bowlers.

Man of the match: Pappu of Chandigarh

Man of the series: Mazar Khan of Maharashtra

Best baller: Pappu of Chandigarh

Best batsman: Jatinder of Chandigarh

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YMCA tennis meet gets underway
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh December 3
Almost 300 participants from all over the region are participating in the YMCA Total Tennis Championship that kick started on the Total Tennis Academy’s Sector 11 premises here yesterday.

The championship started with boys’ under-10 category. Jasman, Rehan, Sabrang, Rehan Sareen, Viksit Verma, Arvind Sethi, Prabhman Singh and Vaibhav Rattan have entered to the second round to be played tomorrow with ease.

Results:

Boys’ under-12 first round: Jash beats Kashish Sehgal 6-2; Aditya beats Aditya Srivastva 6-0; Sahil Rawat beats Akshit Khungar 6-0; Divyaansh Pandey beats Sushant Verma 6-0; Sachit Malhotra beats Akhil 6-5 (3); Ankrish beats Viksit 6-5 (4); Jaskirat Singh w/o Sabrang; Sidharth Bhardwaj beats Abhjit Gill 6-1; Rahul Seth beats Gursehaj Singh 6-1; Swasthak Bhardwaj beats Anchit Gupta 6-0; Rehan beats Sunny 6-2; Utkarsh Khosla beats Palvinder Singh 6-1; Ayush Grover w/o Arvind Sethi; Gurpratap Agam beats Raghav Mittal 6-2; Rishabh Khanna beats Yaanish 6-1; Sameer Vatts beats Prabhman Singh 6-3; Ratik Setia beats Anumanit 6-2.

Boys’ under-14 first round: Ranjit Singh beats Andrew Pardeep 6-3; Rohin Vinayak beats Simar Duggal 6-0; Kanwal Bhatti beats Swasthak Bhardwaj 6-0; Pallav beats Shubham Vij 6-2; Millind Mehta beats Ankush Thakur 6-5 (5); Mannat Singh beats Sunny 6-5 (6); Karan Prakash beats Sushant Sethi 6-0; Sachin Kumar beats Uday Shergill 6-3; Ranjodh Singh beats Nikhil 6-0; Manav Poddar beats Abhjit Gill 6-4; Anish Goel beats Ratik Setia 6-5 (2); Utkarsh Khosla w/o Ankush; Divyaansh Pandey beats Chandan Agnihotri 6-0; Sharan beats Jasamrit 6-1; Akhil beats Shashant Poddar 6-3; and Nishat Eqbal beats Dhruv Puniani 6-2.

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Tata Open PGTI Tournament
City lad Ajeetesh fires 6 under in golf
Our Golf Correspondent

Chandigarh, December 3
Fresh from a tied second finish in the Haryana Open at the Panchkula Golf Club, 20-year-old Ajeetesh Sandhu of Chandigarh set the par-70 Golmuri greens on fire.

He carded a six-under par 64 to trail Feroze Ali Mollah by one stroke on the opening day of the Rs 20 lakh TATA Open PGTI event in Jamshedpur today.

Kolkata’s Feroze Ali, sank birdies on the first, fifth, ninth, 11th, 13th, 15th and 16th for a flawless seven-under par 65 on the par-72 Beldih golf course. The TATA open is being played on two courses.

Today half of the golfers played on the par-72 Beldih course while the other half completed their round on the par-70 Golmuri course.

Tomorrow, the golfers will switch the courses.

Ajeetesh, who had his grooming at the David Leadbetter Academy, fired an eagle on the par-5 16th and sank birdies on the fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth and 12th. His lone bogey came on the third for a six-under 64 on the par-70 course. Ajeetesh, thus, trails the leader by one stroke.

The Chandigarh-based professional said: “The greens at the Golmuri course are in a great condition and the course provides a number of birdie opportunities. The eagle on the 16th came from my four-iron second shot that landed six feet short of the pin.” Shamim Khan, Ali Sher and Yusuf Ali were joint third with identical scores of four under.

While Shamim and Ali Sher returned scores of four- under 68 at Beldih, Yusuf Ali carded four-under 66 at Golmuri.

Chandigarh’s Uttam Singh Mundy, who won the pro-am event yesterday, was tied sixth with a three-under par 67 on the par-70 Golmuri course.

Haryana Open winner Mohd Siddikur Rahman of Bangladesh and Chandigarh’s Ranjit Singh were tied ninth with two-under scores of 70 and 68 on the Beldih and Golmuri courses, respectively.

Chandigarh’s Harmeet Kahlon was tied 20th after returning even par 72 (Gollmuri).

Defending champion and PGTI Order of Merit leader Mukesh Kumar posted a one-over 71 (Golmuri).

Mukesh was tied 24th along with C Muniyappa (73) and Chandigarh’s Harendra Gupta (71), both of whom also registered scores of one over at Beldih and Golmuri, respectively.

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2000 take part in forest games
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
Around two thousand forest sportspersons are participating in the 17th All-India Forest Games and Sports Meet that kicked off to a flying start on Panjab University grounds here today. The meet will be held till December 7, in which various sports events will be held at different venues in Chandigarh.

The opening ceremony started with a game torch that was lit by a team, including gold medallist at the Forest Games Kulvinder Bhullar, Nidhi Srivastava IFS, Davinderpal Singh and Baljinder Singh. This was followed by an impressive march past by the forest sportspersons accompanied by the police band offering salute to the games flag. A colourful cultural programme was also presented that mesmerized the gathering. The occasion was graced with the presence of Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Punjab, and Olympian Abhinav Bindra. The CM said Punjab conferred a cash prize of Rs 1 crore to the Olympic gold medallist and Abhinav Bindra is the first recipient of this honour. Abhinav Bindra expressed happiness, as the 17th All-India Forest Games are being organised in Chandigarh. He said Chandigarh was the only city in which 35 per cent area was under the Tree Cover that was much more than the national average.

Results:

March Past: 1. Chhattisgarh 2. Jammu & Kashmir 3. Punjab

Kabaddi league matches:1. Tamilnadu beat Gujarat by 96-35 and Chhattisgarh beat Maharashtra.

Volleyball League matches: Gujarat bt Jammu & Kashmir 3-0

Cricket League matches: Gujarat bt Meghalaya by 8 runs. (Gujarat 103 runs, Meghalaya 95 runs)

Badminton league matches: In men’s Veteran Singles Rakesh Kumar of Punjab beat DFE, Dehradun.

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Uttam’s team win pro-am event
Our Golf Correspondent

Chandigarh, December 3
Uttam Singh Mundy of Chandigarh and his team of three amateurs clinched the pro-am title in the Rs 20 lakh TATA Open Professional Golf Tour of India at Jamshedpur yesterday.

The pro-am event provided amateur golfers from Tata Group and Jamshedpur an opportunity to play alongside some of the top professional golfers of the country. Among the amateur participants was former Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda.

Ranked 25th in the PGTI Order of Merit, Mundy and his team, comprising Farzan Heerjee, S. Phillip and Udit Sarkar, logged 110 points in the event played in the modified stableford format. Stableford points were worked out on a gross score and then these points and the player’s handicap aggregated towards the total points scored.

Naman Dawar’s team finished second three points behind at 107. Sanjeev Paul, Sarwadeep Singh and R.Aditya were the amateurs in Dawar’s team.

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Probables for cricket nationals
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, December 3
The Cricket Federation of India (CFI) announced the probables for the seven-day coaching camp for the upcoming all-India under-19 nationals to be held in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) from January 12 to 15.

According to Amarjit Kumar, honorary general secretary of the federation, the camp will start from December 14 to 20 at Hans Raj Public School, Sector 6.

All the players should report to coach Jai Kapila (mobile no. 98142-12773) at 10 am on December 14. The final 16-members team will be selected after the performance of the camp.

List of players:

Himodak Arora (Chandigarh), Jay Deep Bose (WK) (Panchkula), Amar Preet Singh (Ambala), Gourav Goswami (Ambala), Rahul Bali (Haryana), Hitesh Kumar (Haryana), Kawaljit Singh (Haryana), Karanbir Singh (Haryana), Shivam Bhardwaj (Haryana), Rahul Tiwari (Haryana) Munish Maini (Haryana), Kulwinder Singh (Punjab), Raman Kumar (WK) (Haryana), Rahul Mehra (Sirsa), Gursaran Singh (Punjab), Kapil Rana (Chandigarh), Parvesh Kumar (Jalandhar), Amit Kumar (Jalandhar), Vinay Kalia (Chandigarh), Rohit Kashyap (Punjab), Vikas Chaudhary (UP), Ashish Roy (Punjab), Harpreet Singh (Chandigarh), Abhinav Goswami (Chandigarh), Ajay Malik (Chandigarh), Deepak Sharma (Haryana), Shubham Rai (Mohali), Manpreet Singh (Mohali), Chan Preet Singh (Chandigarh), Dilraj Singh (Ambala city), Aryan Bali (Chandigarh), Krishna Ahuja (Punjab), Sahil Badhan (Jalandhar), Sarabjit Puri (Ludhiana), Parshant Chaudhary (Himachal), Anay Kumar (Himachal), Sanjeev Kumar (Haryana), Rahul Dhiman (Ambala).

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SGGS bags trophy in softball
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
Showing their dominance, the spirited SGGS College, Sector 26, annexed the Panjab University Inter-College Softball (Men) Championship for the session 2008-09 on the Panjab University grounds here today.

SGGS today outplayed GGD SD College, Sector 32, by 4-2 home runs. For the winning team, Rupesh, Brij Bhusan, Amit and Gurmangat all bagged a point each. While for SD, Davinder and Mukesh were the only to score one point each.

In the second match of the day, Ramesh (3 points) and Vir Ek Love (2 points) played a pivotal role in the triumph of SCD Government College, Ludhiana, over DAV College, Sector 10, by 7-2 home runs.

Meanwhile, in the women softball championship, Ramgharia Girls’ College, Ludhiana, blanked GCG-42, 11-0 home runs in a knockout match here. Loveneet and Luxmi both scored two points each to steer their team to a one-sided win.

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Boxing meet from tomorrow

Chandigarh, December 3
The following players will represent Chandigarh in the 24th Sub-Junior National Boxing Championship to be held at Gangtok ( Sikkim ) from December 5 to 11.

1993 Born Group: 1) Barinder 52 Kg, 2) Inderjit 60 kg, 3) Kulbir Singh 62 Kg, 4) Paras 64 Kg, 5) Vishal 68 Kg

1994 Born Group: 1) Sumit 44 kg, 2) Vipin 48 Kg, 3) Arvinder 52 Kg.

Born Group 1995: 1) Vishal 40 kg, 2) Balwinder 44 Kg ; 1996 Born Group: Shuvam 34 Kg

1997 Born Group: Parminder 38 Kg

Officials: 1) Om Parkash - coach (Pb Police) manager, Jagdeep Singh and Dr C K Jerath, honorary secretary, CABA. — TNS

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Skating Meet
Gurnoor Singh bags gold

Chandigarh, December 3
Gurnoor Singh, a student of KG, Ankur Nursery School, bagged a gold medal in under-6 rink race event during the Chandigarh Roller Skating Championship 2008-09, which was organised by the Chandigarh Roller Skating Association here at KB DAV School, Sector 7. He has already won 14 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals in different skating championships in Chandigarh has been associated with this game for the past 2 years. — TNS

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