Ludhiana, December 6
A man was allegedly murdered by his beloved at Kutcha No.13 here today. According to the police, the deceased Lucky (32) was first poisoned and then strangulated by his beloved Kiran. Both of them were living together for the past one month in a rented house at Kutcha No 13 near Field Gunj.

Ravneet Kaur, the owner of the house, said she found Lucky’s body lying on the bed when she peeped inside the room through the glass ventilator at around 8.30 am. She immediately informed the police about the incident.

However, Kiran, a resident of Jawahar Nagar, managed to slip from the house in the wee hours. Ravneet Kaur said: "She told me that she is going for some urgent work along with Lucky, who is waiting outside." Lucky, a resident of Shyam Nagar, was working as a clerk in the mini secretariat.

The relatives alleged that both of them had a tiff over some issue last night after which the accused poisoned and strangulated him with a rope. Till the filing of this report, the division No. 2 police was recording the statement of deceased’s relatives. SHO Harvinder Singh said,” The actions will be taken after recording the statement of relatives."

Jagraon, December 6
Two children died and their mother had a narrow escape after they allegedly tried to commit suicide. Kamaljit Kaur (28), wife of Rajiv Kumar, a resident of Jagraon, is stated to be mentally upset due to differences between her brother and his wife. Her parent’s house was at some distance from his house at Raikot bus stand (Kothe Pona), Jagraon.

At around 10 am yesterday morning, she took her two daughters- Sandhaya (5) and Sneha (2)- along with her and jumped into the canal after throwing her children into it at Akhara village on the Raikot Road. A few sewadars of Chaman Ghat Gurdwara nearby saw them jumping into the canal. They managed to save Sneha and Kamaljit Kaur after wading into the fast current for about half an hour.

They then took them to Guru Nanak Dev Charitable Hospital, Akhara, where Kamaljit Kaur was saved but Sneha died due to choking as the water had entered her lungs. Kamaljit is survived by a three-month-old daughter that she had given to her sister for rearing up since her birth. She fell in love with Rajiv Kumar and then got married to him six years back against their family wishes.

Sources said she also had an altercation with her sister-in-law the night before and had deserted her husband due to that altercation. She was feeling guilty for this misconduct and attempted suicide after her husband went for his duty. He is working as a salesman at Indo-Canadian Departmental Store, Jagraon. Whereabouts of Sandhaya are not known. Kamaljit was shifted to the civil hospital. A case under Section 174 Cr.PC has been registered on the statement of Rajiv Kumar. Sneha’s body was handed over to the family after the postmortem. However, SSP (Ludhiana rural) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said they had booked Kamaljit Kaur under Section 309 and once she is in a position to get her statement recorded Section 302 of the IPC would be added to the FIR.

Raikot, December 6
Complying with the High Court’s orders the SDM Raikot today conducted a re-election for the post of president of the local municipal committee. Amandeep Singh Gill was elected president unopposed by SDM Mukand Singh Sandhu as the other candidate Vijay Jain along with two other BJP councillors, Satish Aggarwal and Raj Kumar, abstained from the poll. At least 11 councillors were present at the time of president’s election. He was supported by the Congress councillor and sitting Congress MLA Hormohinder Singh. However, they faced no opposition as the court had decided that only one from Amandeep Singh Gill and Vijay Jain was to be elected as president. Vijay Jain had abstained from the poll.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court after setting aside the resolution ordered repoll for the president’s post. Bench of Justice S.K.Mittal and Jaswant Singh had on November 6 ordered for the cancellation of the entire resolution passed by the House and re-poll for the president’s post by December 6 with only Vijay Jain and Amandeep Singh Gill as candidates.

The municipal council has 15 councillors out of whom one is from Congress, three from the BJP and 11 from the Akali. One vote is reserved for the Congress MLA. Both factions of the Akali-BJP were up in arms against each other for the post of president. They needed the magic number of nine for attaining the clear majority. Though the Akali faction had 11 members elected on the party support, BJP Councillor Vijay Jain gained the post of the president.

At the time of president’s election on August 27 Vijay Jain and Amandeep Singh Gill had unanimously agreed for two-and-a-half year presidentship each with Vijay Jain assuming the chair for the first half. A resolution 291/ 1 to effect was unanimously passed by the House and sent to department of the local body government in Chandigarh. But the clause of understanding of being president for half term each was dismissed by the authorities vide Section 2 rule 24 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911.

After rejecting the clause of resolution (sharing of president term) by the state government, Vijay Jain was declared president for five years term. Dissatisfied and frustrated over the order and partial cancellation of the resolution, Amandeep Singh Gill filed a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court for setting aside the resolution in full.

After announcement of the re-election, the parties indulged in horse-trading. The price of one vote of the councillor went up to Rs 5 lakh each alleged Amandeep Singh Gill. In a press conference councillor Satish Aggarwal paraded seven Akali councillors before the journalists that were in the support of Vijay Jain. Seven out of 11 councillors who fought election on the Akali support, including Buta Chappa, Nachhater, Aale Devi, Parsanni Devi, Charanjit Singh Babbu, Budh Raj and Master Atma Ram at that time vowed to support openly in favour of Vijay Jain, the earlier selected president of the council. When the situation worsened, Ranjit Singh Talwandi intervened and issued a whip to all Akali candidates to support Amandeep Singh Gill. Today at the time of election Buta Chappa, a Akali councillor also abstained form voting along with BJP councillors and Amandeep Singh Gill was declared elected unopposed as the rival candidate remained absent. The Congress councilor Neelam Rani and Congress MLA Hormohinder Singh also supported Amandeep Singh Gill. He said they were supporting this Akali councillor by rising above the party lines for the betterment of the town. He was the first to congratulate him and offered unconditional support to the new president. After declaring President Ranjit Singh Talwandi and Amandeep Singh Gill said they would leave no stone unturned in the development of the town.

Ludhiana, December 6
In another shot in the arm for the legal fraternity here, a city lawyer, Balwinder Goel, has been unanimously elected chairman of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana.

Celebrations broke in the district court complex as the news poured in at the complex here. The council is a statutory body that governs the legal fraternity in both Punjab and Haryana.

Goel has also been appointed chairman of Advocates Welfare Trust under the Punjab Advocates Welfare Act, simultaneously.

Supporters of Goel distributed sweets in the court complex. His supporters gave him a warm welcome at his residence when he reahced there. They garlanded him and later organised a party.

Goel has served as president of the District Bar Association twice.

Former Bar president Hemant Kalia, K.R. Sikri, Stevon Soni, United Cycle Parts Manufacturers association leader K.K. Seth, Harpreet Sandhu, Rajneesh Gupta, R.P.S. Bhatti, Anwar Ali, Rohit Malhotra, Baldev K. Baweja, several social and religious leaders also congratulated Goel over his success.

Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 6
Sales staff at various petrol stations here and its surrounding areas had a tough time dealing with customers today, as a majority of them insisted on calculation of slashed prices of petrol and diesel at the rate of Rs 5 and 2, respectively, taking sales tax as well as octroi into account.

However, the net reduction was less than the expected. Disparity in sales tax and octroi were cited to be reason behind the confusion.

There were also incidences where staff at certain petrol stations located in areas falling under Ludhiana district tried to charge rates at old prices.

Observations revealed that staff at a majority of petrol stations in the area faced difficulty in dealing with their customers on the first day after the announcement of reduction in petrol and diesel prices.

While customers insisted that net the reduction in prices was Rs 5 and Rs 2 for the two fuels, the staff had to include difference of sale tax and octroi tax applicable within municipal limits.

The price of petrol was thus effectively reduced by Rs 4.73 and that of diesel by Rs 1.81.

According to Avtar Krishan Sharma, an office-bearer of the local unit of the Punjab Petroleum Dealers Association, the disparity had been causing confusion among the minds of customers every time prices changed.

“As amount on account of levy of sales tax and octroi comes out to be substantially high, reduction in prices seems lesser and increase in price looks higher than that announced by the government from time to time. Though our association has been impressing upon the union government to remove the disparity, successive governments have failed to remove the difference,” said Sharma.

Dilbagh Singh Chapra, former sarpanch of Chapra village, alleged that staff at majority petrol stations had tried to charge old rates till afternoon.

When a reporter asked one of the salesmen about the anomaly, he replied that change would be effected after his employer told him to do so.

“We fail to understand how owners direct to charge any increase in prices from midnight but allow their staff to sell at old rates in case of reduction,” said Chapra.

Mullanpur Dakha, December 6
Impressed with the election process in the US, former Dakha MLA Malkait Singh Dakha today termed the election process in India the reason behind corruption and slow development here.

He said the ruling and opposition parties never indulged in mudslinging in the USA. Elections were fought on general issues and policies there. After elections, the opponents rose above party divide and worked for the development of nation, he said. “Political enmity is negligible there and their feeling of nationalism is unbeatable.”

Coming down heavily on the Akali government, he said all development work commenced under the Akali regime had actually been funded by the Congress.

All pending developments of the cities and villages had been stopped for want of funds. The money spent earlier had gone down the drain causing inconvenience to residents.

The Akalis did not adhere to the cycle of reservation in block sammiti and panchayat elections and the High Court had now ruled against them.

He said the Congress would contest the elections on issues of corruption, poverty, unemployment and nuclear deal.

He said corruption was at its lowest point during the Congress regime. NRIs were supporting the party as it advocated nuclear deal, which would boost economic development, he claimed.

He said promises under the Atta-Dal, shagun and pension schemes had not been kept.

On support from ‘godmen’, he said the existence of these ‘godmen’ was due to the failure of the SGPC.

He said all leaders visited them for their support but it was up to them to decide on whom to support in the interest of the nation.

Dakha was here to address party workers and leaders after his three-month stay in the US.

Ludhiana, December 6
Activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha today organised a signature campaign against terrorism and paid tributes to the martyrs of Mumbai attack.

BJP state president Prof Rajinder Bhandari, district president O.P. Bhardwaj, deputy speaker Satpal Gosain and leaders Rajiv Katna, Jeevan Gupta and many others were present during the campaign.

They criticised terrorism and killings of innocent human beings.

They said they started the campaign today and it would continue for the days to come. People will be urged to sign on the registers against terrorism.

Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 6
Appreciating the stand taken by US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice in asking Islamabad to cooperate with India in bringing to book the perpetrators of the attack on Mumbai, Lok Sabha deputy speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal has called upon the international community to condemn the Pakistan government for allegedly not allowing India to destroy terrorist camps across the border.

Terming killing a universal loss, Atwal maintained that those killed were not only Indians but included six Americans too.

However, the deputy speaker regretted having failed to visit terrorist affected areas of Mumbai due to his commitment to people of the Fatehgarh parliamentary constituency, from where he is preparing to contest the ensuing elections.

Talking to The Tribune during his visit here, Atwal said he wanted to visit families of victims of the recent terrorist attacks but could not do so.

“This is my 12th visit to the town during the past week so I could not visit families of those killed in terrorist attacks. However, I am planning to go there,” said an embarrassed Atwal when he was reminded of his constitutional duty at deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Atwal maintained that all laws formulated to curb terrorism should be implemented and obeyed in letter and spirit.

Samrala, December 6
The cooperative sugar mill, Budhewal, will crush 10 lakh quintal sugarcane this crushing season, which is 44 per cent less than last year. Stating this, acting chairman of sugar mill Dharamjit Singh Gill said the decline was due to the decreasing cultivation of sugarcane this year.

He said in 2007-08, the sugar mill had crushed 18,17,162 quintal sugarcane and produced sugar bags of 1,69,388. However, there was a great decrease in sugarcane cultivation this season and just 95,000 bags of sugar would be produced by crushing 10 lakh quintal sugarcane.

He said the mill started crushing season on December 2 and around 35,000 quintal was crushed till today.

He assured the farmers of releasing payment to farmers in two days. He said the Budhewal sugar mill had made payments to its sugarcane growers in the last season in time and this season too the payment would be made in time.

Gill said the prices of sugar were low at national level and mills were facing hardship in selling sugar.

Ludhiana, December 6
Mumbai attacks have affected everyone. Even celebrities are keeping the New Year’s Eve celebrations a low-key affair this year. Former Miss India Tina Chatwal will be home on the New Year’s eve, remembering those who lost their lives during the Mumbai terror attacks.

Dressed in brown dress and red scarf, Tina was in the city to inaugurate a salon in Model Town.

“Lots of shows have been cancelled and I have also decided to stay home. We have to carry on with our lives and society has to be strong to bear such losses,” adds Tina.

Glamour industry has so far been insulated from the ongoing recession, she feels. The beauty queen say nobody will stop going to parlours or stop wearing good dresses. “I am lucky to be in this line and we are safe from the ongoing meltdown in the economy,” she adds.

A qualified dentist, Tina is busy walking the ramp and has hardly any time to pursue the other profession. “I am busy with shows. My project with Yash Chopra did not happen but I am open to films if any interesting offer comes by,” she adds.

Commenting on recent flick “Fashion”, Tina opines that models work very hard and one cannot generalise the industry. “The film does not depict the story of the fashion world in general. Every model in the industry is not the same as depicted in the film,” she adds.

Mullanpur Dakha, December 6
A student has accused a local computer centre of issuing fake certificates to him. Gurbind Singh of Hissowal village in Raikot tehsil, near Mullanpur, yesterday filed a complaint with the Jagraon SSP and Ludhiana SSP accusing Rishi Computer Centre, Mullanpur, of issuing him fake certificates, gobbling up Rs 20,000 besides ruining two years of his life.

He claimed that he studied at the centre, a franchisee of STEP, GNDEC Campus, from 2002 to 2004 and cleared the two-year diploma in software engineering course for which he was issued mark sheets of all four semesters.

On April 4, he approached the STEP, Ludhiana, for a degree of the course, but the authorities refused to provide him with one.

Instead, he received a letter dated June 2 from STEP general manager J.S. Kular declaring his certificates to be fake.

He stated that when he approached the computer centre with the letter, the proprietors assured him of taking appropriate step and provide him with the certificates. The centre again issued another set of certificates to on June 16 bearing the name of another computer centre — IICE, Hebbowal Branch.

He brought the matter to the notice the Dakha police on August 7 after the STEP general manager advised him to do so. He also gave a copy of his application given to the Dakha SHO to STEP general manager so that he could get certificates.

He claimed that in spite of his repeated requests, the Dakha police failed to initiate action against the offenders.

On the contrary, they asked him to give them in writing that if the centre owners — Tersem Lal and Sandeep Kumar — provided him with genuine certificates, he would not pursue the matter further.

As he was in dire need of the certificates, he gave the undertaking in writing to the Dakha police on November 22.

They asked me to wait for five days for the original certificates to be delivered to him by the centre owners.

He said he had neither received the certificates nor had any action been taken against the accused so far. He has sought strict action against the owners of the computer centre.

Ludhiana, December 6
A seminar on Financial Management Marketing (FMM) was conducted by BCM Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh road, here today for the students of class X.

Doraha, December 6
Scholars and intellectuals from the Indian universities seem to be all set for assigning the literatures in their purely regional form, a major place in the curriculum designed for various undergraduate as well as postgraduate students of India.

In a series of seminars and lectures organised at Academic Staff College, Guru Nanak Dev University, recently, which the city teachers attended in a good number, the Trends in Indian Literature and Literary Theory was elaboratively discussed and handled by the learned resource persons from various universities of India, including Jawaharlal University, New Delhi, Panjab University and Panjabi University.

They said the Indian writings or other regional writings, especially for the promotion of Indian culture, had still not been assigned their right despite the fact that India or many third world countries had marched significantly ahead in the field of literature and literary studies.

Dr Surjeet Singh Lee, vice-president, Indian Folklore Congress, and professor of Anthropological Linguistics, Panjabi University, Patiala, Dr NK Oberoi, Dr Pushpinder Syal, Dr Anil Raina, Dr Rana Nayyar from Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dr Kum Kum Bajaj from Punjabi University, Dr Pankaj K Singh, Himachal Pradesh Universtiy, Dr Harish Narang from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Dr Parminder Singh, professor of the English department, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, suggested new horizons in the field of literature and literary theory, accepting and recognising Indian authors with their native addressability, situationality, linearity, informativity and connectivity.

Emerging trends in Indian English, Indian English Drama, Theory and Practice of translation studies, Theory of the Indian novel, Poetics of Indian Poetry, Sociology of Literature, Literary Theory and Indian Literature, South Asian Literature, Feministic Theory in vernacular context, etc were discussed during the seminars.

Mandi Gobindgarh, December 6
A colourful extravaganza was organised at RIMT Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mandi Gobindgarh, last night.

The vibrant show of Aagaaz-2008 was marked by excitement, zest and enthusiasm. The ball was set rolling with lighting of the lamp by chief guest Surjit Singh Dillon, deputy commissioner of Fatehgarh Sahib. Chairman of the RIMT group of institutes Hukam Chand Bansal enlivened the audience with his enlightening thoughts. RIMT chief director- general, S K Ahluwalia and Daisy Walia were also there.

The programme began with the Saraswati Vandana, which was followed by a scintillating cultural show that included Afghani Rabaab, ghazal, action packed songs, western semi classical dance numbers, skits, choreography and the most energetic RIMT band.

The stage was set aflame with modelling rounds of the studentsof the institute. The winners were Sahil (Mr RIMT-IET), Yashika (Ms RIMT-IET), Shiv Kaushal (Mr Maharaja Aggrasen Engineering College) and Tania ( Ms Maharaja Aggrasen Engineering College).

A two-minute silence was observed as a mark of respect for the terror-attack victims at Mumbai on November 26.

Doraha, December 6
The junior and senior teams of Guru Harkrishan Public School, Doraha, won laurels for the school by bagging the first position at the state-level shabad gayan competition conducted by the Punjab School Education Board, Mohali, at Paragoan Senior Secondary School, Mohali, recently.

As many as 12 teams participated in each of these competitions from all over the state. The members of the junior team comprised of Priya Sarwal of Class IV, Dhanuka Priya of Class V, Manav Cheema of Class V, Gursimran Singh of Class V and Samiksha Bhatia of Class V.

The senior team comprised of Arshjot Kaur of Class VII, Ravleen Kaur of Class VII, Noblepreet Kaur of Class VII, Saurab Bhatia of Class VII and Gurvinder Kaur of Class VIII.

This is the fourth time that the junior shabad gayan team of Guru Harkrishan Public School has bagged the first position and the senior team secured first position at the state level.

Principal Manjushaw Vinayak congratulated the teams and music teacher Harjinder Kaur and praised them for their hard work and dedication.

Jagraon, December 6
The police has booked six persons for attempted murder. On Thursday evening, the six — Param Jit Singh, alias Pamma, Charanjit Singh, alias Golu, Jagroop Singh, Charanjit Singh, Nirmal Singh and Bhag Singh — all of Bardeke village, had assaulted Manjit Singh of the same village with sharp-edged weapons with intent to kill.

The assailants had partially severed both wrists of Manjit Singh. The incident took place when Manjit Singh was about to enter his house.

On hearing the commotion, people of the area gathered at the scene, after which the attackers fled. After the attack, the assailants also also tried to kidnap Manjit Singh.

Old rivalry is stated to be the reason behind the attack. Earlier, village elders had tried to resolve the dispute between the two sides.

The police has registered a case under Sections 307, 324, 148 and 149, IPC, against the accused.

Jagraon, December 6
The All-India Tennis Association (AITA) Super Series Tennis Tournament began at the campus of Harvest Tennis Academy at Jassowal, Ludhiana, here today.

The first rounds of qualifying rounds for boys saw easy wins by seeds. The final qualifying round matches for boys’ under-14 and under-16 will start tomorrow at 9 am.

Results: Boys’ under-16 singles (first qualifying round): Manoj (Haryana) b Ravinder Singh (Punjab) 6-0, 2-6, 6-3; Nishant Rebello (AP) b Taranbir Singh (Punjab) 6-3, 6-2; Resham Singh(3) (Haryana) b Sandeep Singh (Punjab) 6-3, 6-3; Nischay Rawal (Chandigarh) b Jajbir Singh (Punjab) 6-1, 6-4; Nishat Eqbal (WB) b Naveen Maan (Delhi) 6-4, 7-5; Aditya Sharma (Delhi) b S.K. Mukund (4) (AP) 6-2, 6-3; Hardeep S Sandhu (5) (Punjab) b Shivam Verma (UP) 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-2; Shashank Nautiyal (Delhi) b Gulshan Gupta (Haryana) 6-1, 6-1; Hardeep S. Honey (Punjab) b Abhishek Singh (Haryana) 6-3, 6-2; Armaan Banerjee (Karnataka) b Ankit Goyal (6) (Delhi) 7-5, 6-1; Manish Kumar (7) (Delhi) b Manish Drall (Delhi) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Suraj Beniwal (Haryana) b Bhavtaran Preet Singh (Chandigarh) 6-0, 2-6, 6-1; Sushanta Mohanty (Assam) b Kanwaljot Singh (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-0; Chinmay Handa (8) (Delhi) b Gulshan Kumar (Punjab) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Ludhiana, December 6
A large number of students took part in regular and fun games in the one-day sports meet of GD Goenka Public School, Jhande village, Ferozepur road, here today.

Participants representing different houses vied with one another to stamp their superiority.

Jasjeet Singh Tiwana was adjudged best athlete, while Keats House was declared best in march past.

Dr Prem Kumar, director, Sri Aurobindo College of Commerce and Management, was the chief guest. School headmistress Deep Bedi welcomed the chief guest and parents.

Before the inauguration of the meet, students sang a patriotic song to pay homage to those who lost their lives in terrorist attacks in Mumbai recently.

The highlight of the opening ceremony was a synchronised drill by the tiny tots.

Results:

Shot put: Preksha Jain 1, Pavit Kaur 2 and Harveen 3;

Javelin throw: Jasjeet 1 and Gurjiwan 2; book balance race: Pavit Kaur 1, Haveer 2 and Harsimran 3;

Baloon race: Japjot Kaur 1 and Tripatjot Kaur 2;

Ludhiana, December 6
On the second day of the 54th edition of the Punjab State Schools Athletics Meet, being held here at Guru Nanak Stadium, hosts Ludhiana along with Gurdaspur districts today made their presence felt in the boys’ section, while athletes from SAI Centre, Badal Wing and Kairon Wing, proved their mettle in the girls’ section.

In the boys’ section, Yudhvinder Singh from Gurdaspur came out triumphant in the 3000m race in the u-17 category, while in the u-14 group, Tejinder Singh of Ludhiana bags top honours in high jump.

Similarly in the girls’ section (u-19), Priyanka of SAI Centre, Badal, won gold in discus throw and Suman Devi of the same wing won in the u-17 section. Rupinder Singh Ravi, assistant education officer, Ludhiana, was the chief guest. The education department staff included Darshan Singh Manki, Dapinder Singh, Nirmal Singh, Kulwinder Singh Minhas, Ajitpal Singh, Jagroop Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Kulbir Singh Chakohi, Birpal Singh, Sharanjit Singh, Makhan Singh Sahnewal, Singh Lapran, Parampal Singh, Satnam Singh Ropar, Harjit Singh Khera, Jagdev Singh Sekhon, Amarjeet Kaur, Sukhwant Kaur, Inderjit Kaur, Jaswinder Kaur, Jasvir Kaur and Pushpinder Kaur.

Results: Boys: 5-km walk (u-19): Parminder Singh of Amritsar 1, Manjinder Singh of Ludhiana 2 and Sukhdev Singh of Ludhiana 3; shot put (u-14): Gurpreet Singh of Moga 1, Bikramjit Singh of Gurdaspur 2 and Harchand Singh of Amritsar 3; (u-19) long jump: Arpinder Singh of Jalandhar 1, Kulwant Singh of Ludhiana 2 and Harmanjot Singh of Ludhiana 3; long jump (u-17): Gurmeet Singh of Ferozepur 1, Mahavir Singh of Taran Tarn 2 and Ishmeet Singh of Ludhiana 3; 3000m race (u-17): Yudhvinder Singh of Gurdaspur 1, Harvinder Singh of Gurdaspur 2 and Kuldeep Singh of SAI Centre, Panjgrahi in Gurdaspur 3; high jump (u-14): Tejinder Singh of Ludhiana 1, Sandeep Singh of Ferozepur 2 and Amarjot Singh of Ludhiana 3.

Girls: 5-km walk (u-19): Karamjit Kaur of Amritsar 1, Soma Rani of SAI Centre, Badal, 2 and Sandeep Kaur of Sangrur 3; 3000m race: Navneet Kaur of Sangrur 1, Jyoti Rani of Jalandhar 2 and Parminder Kaur of Ludhiana 3; 3000m race (u-17): Harpreet Kaur of Hoshiarpur 1, jyoti of Hoshiarpur 2 and Prabhjot of Taran Tarn 3; discus throw (u-19): Priynka of SAI Centre, Badal, 1, Harpal Kaur of SAI Centre, Badal, 2 and Harkirat Kaur of Kairon wing 3; discus throw (u-17): Suman Devi of SAI Centre, Badal, 1, Birpal Kaur of Ferozepur 2 and Rajbir Kaur of Sangrur 3.

Ludhiana, December 6
A large number of students took part in regular and fun games in the one-day sports meet of GD Goenka Public School, Jhande village, Ferozepur road, here today.

Participants representing different houses vied with one another to stamp their superiority.

Jasjeet Singh Tiwana was adjudged best athlete, while Keats House was declared best in march past.

Dr Prem Kumar, director, Sri Aurobindo College of Commerce and Management, was the chief guest. School headmistress Deep Bedi welcomed the chief guest and parents.

Before the inauguration of the meet, students sang a patriotic song to pay homage to those who lost their lives in terrorist attacks in Mumbai recently.

The highlight of the opening ceremony was a synchronised drill by the tiny tots.

Results:

Shot put: Preksha Jain 1, Pavit Kaur 2 and Harveen 3;

Javelin throw: Jasjeet 1 and Gurjiwan 2; book balance race: Pavit Kaur 1, Haveer 2 and Harsimran 3;

Baloon race: Japjot Kaur 1 and Tripatjot Kaur 2;