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Ambala, September 20
A four-day spiritual function organised by ISKCON concluded today in the Ambala Central Jail. Saakshi Gopal Dass, chief of ISKCON Prachar Samiti, Kurukshetra, addressed prisoners.

Rath yatra organised by ISKCON group at Ambala Cantonment. A Tribune photograph

Deputy Commissioner Samir Pal Saro, District and Sessions Judge BM Bedi, Ambala SP Bharti Arora, SP Yamunanagar Vikas Arora, Superintendent Jail SPS Chauhan and Additional SP Balbir Singh Beniwal were present on the occasion.

Saakshi Gopal urged prisoners to worship God and have positive thinking.

Several prisoners of the jail said the programme was enlightening and they repented for the crimes they had committed. One of the prisoners Bhupinder, whose three years confinement was about to complete within a week, said he had decided to work on his moral behaviour. Another prisoner Hawa Singh said such programmes should be arranged frequently. 

Fatehgarh Sahib, September 20
Sangrur girls bagged the overall trophy in the Punjab Men and Women Netball Championship held yesterday at Baba Zorawar Singh Baba Fateh Singh Senior Secondary School. Bathinda stood second, Gurdaspur third and Barnala girls were declared fourth.

Gurdaspur was declared winner in the boys netball championship.

Results: Gurdaspur first , Barnala second, Bathinda third and Patiala fourth.

Thirteen teams of women and 16 of men participated in these events, organised by the District Netball Association of Fatehgarh Sahib. SP (D) Shamsher Singh Boparai was the chief guest on the last day of the events today.

Football coach from Punjabi University, Dalvir Singh, was honoured by district netball association’s president Jatinder Sharma. Harish Kumar, secretary of the association, said such tournaments would be held in future also. 

Patiala, September 20
Raina, a 19-year-old player of Punjab cricket team, is all set to prove his mettle during the Ranji Trophy Tournament.

Raina, who got trained at National Institute of Cricket and Sports, Patiala, under the guidance of Maheshinder Singh Sodhi, a cricketer, aspires to play like Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh.

Raina at the age of 19 is credited with various achievements. He is an opening batsman and off-spinner of his team.

His team won the U-17 Vijay Merchant Trophy in Chennai (2006-07).

His recent achievement is his selection in the JP Atray Tournament that is underway in the tricity. Raina credits his coach Maheshinder Singh Sodhi for his success.

Taking about his future plans he said, “I want to play for the Indian team. Ranji camps are giving us enough exposure. We are being trained by Bhupinder and Arun Sharma. The camps focus on our technical and psychological 
fitness.” 

Mohali, September 20
The District Consumer Disputes Redress Forum, Mohali, has penalised Mahindra Renault for supplying a defective Logan to a Sector 70 resident here. While holding the car manufacturer responsible for deficiency in service, the forum directed the company to replace the defective vehicle within two months.

“If the car is not replaced, the manufacturer has to pay Rs 4.70 lakh as penalty along with interest at a rate of nine per cent per annum from the date of sale till the date of actual payment,” directed BS Mehandiratta, president of the forum, while handing down the orders.

Complainant Maninder Jeet Singh had moved the consumer forum with a complaint that Goel Motors, Phase VI, had provided him with a defective Mahindra Logan in April last year. Few days later the vehicle developed a snag that led to oil leakage. The problem was not rectified despite several visits to the car dealer.

After being tired of repeated assurances by the car dealer that the vehicle’s problem had been rectified, Maninder Jeet moved the court. He has also alleged misbehaviour by the car dealer.

Countering the complaint, the dealer said the complaint was baseless as the problem had been rectified in March. The forum had further ordered Rs 5,000 towards the costs of litigation.

Chandigarh, September 20
The Chandigarh police recently held a meeting with non-banking companies and travel agents to follow the guidelines for preventing white-collar crime.

Over 150 officials from non-banking institutions and travel agents attended the meeting convened by the economic offences wing of the Chandigarh police and was presided over by DIG (headquarters) Mahabir Singh.

The officials were told to hold their field investigation agents liable for submitting incorrect reports. They should also verify the antecedents of persons to be employed for such jobs.

The police officials told the representatives of these institutions to follow the guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India and circulate information about the perennial defaulters.

They were also instructed to install CCTV cameras at their offices.

The police instructed the travel agents to clearly mention the entire process and conditions on the agreement. No travel agency should carry out its operations without obtaining a valid licence and should not accept payments in cash, the police added.

Chandigarh, September 20
Sumit Hooda put up a fine all-round performance (42, two for seven) to enable Godrej and Boyce XI overcame a stiff resistance from the United Sports Club by 12 runs in the second Prakash Devi Arora Memorial League Cricket Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club here today.

Batting first after winning the toss, Godrej had a disappointing start, as they lost their first wicket in the first over itself when Umesh Kaira lofted an easy catch to mid-on.

Skipper Vaneet Chawla and Inderjeet followed the suit in quick succession and they were reeling at nine for three in three overs.

Sumit Hooda, who came in at seven down played a defiant innings of 42. His knock came in just 22 balls, including three fours and an equal number of sixes. His innings helped Godrej to get to a total of 133 for seven in 20 overs.

In the reply, Sumit again stung the United Sports Club, as he bagged two consecutive wickets in his very first over. Thereafter, Aatish partnered with Lakhan Shandil to get his team to 72 for three in 13 overs. Aatish remained not out 46 off 46 balls. He, however, did not get any support from his teammates and as a result the United Sports Club were short by 12 runs.

In the second match, Rana Engg brushed away the competition by the City Cricket Club. The city club, batting first, was bowled out for 96 runs in 17.2 overs. In reply, Rana Engg got the target easily in 12 overs with the loss of three wickets. Radhey was the top scorer along with Rajesh, both contributing 34 runs each.

In the third match, HDFC Bank XI defeated Azzaro XI by 40 runs.

Chandigarh, September 20
The SAI-XI, Bhopal, thrashed SRC, Rampur, by 4-3 in the first match of the second day of the 39th SN Vohra’s All-India Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament held at the Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, here.

Prabjit Singh of SRC team opened the account for their team in the eighth minute of the match. However, after a long wait second goal was scored by SAI player, Janardan, as a field goal in the 44th minute of the match.

It was Azim Baig, who scored two consecutive goals in the 55th and 59th minute, respectively, as field goals.

Then Affan Yusuf of SAI-XI hit the ball in the 63rd minute of the match and scored another goal in his team’s favour.

Havinder Singh of SRC, Rampur, scored the ultimate goal of the match in the 68th minute.

In the second match of the day, MLIRC got the better of Surjit-XI by 5-3.

It was Ganesh Patil, who scored three goals in the favour of MLIRC in the 16th, 25th and 57th minute of the match, respectively.

While, Krishna Patil and another player scored one goal each.

However, Jugraj Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Sukhmanjit Singh scored one goal each in the second, 46th and 69th minute, respectively.

In the third match, Chandigarh-XI defeated Indian Navy, Bombay, by 4-3.

Davinder Singh of Chandigarh hit the board twice in the eighth and 27th minute of the match. Bharat of Indian Navy scored the fourth goal in the 46th minute as the field goal.

However, Rajan and Shiv Ram scored the penultimate and ultimate goal in the 49th and 66th minute, respectively.

Panchkula, September 20
Nidhi of Bhiwani lead in the fourth round of the girls’ under-15 category with four points in the Haryana State Chess Championship being hosted by the Panchkula Chess Association (PCA) at St Teresa Convent School, Sector 25, here.

Nidhi was followed by Kajal (Bhiwani), Gauri Sharma (Ambala), Himanshi Gulia (Rohtak), K Koumudi (Panchkula), Preeta (Bhiwani), Samiksha Sarwari (Rohtak), Meenakshi (Bhiwani), Shikha (Bhiwani), Ambika (Panchkula), Prabhjot (Panchkula), Anshul (Panchkula), Vanie Mainra (Panchkula) and Shivani Goel (Panchkula).

In the women’s open category, Anuradha of Faridabad was the sole leader with three points at the end of the third round.

She was followed by Anita, Shweta, Smita Khera, Rakesh Singla, Mridu, Seema and Ritika Rani.

According to PCA secretary Harish Sharma, about 500 students from different districts and local schools were participating in the competitions in the age groups of under-7, U-11, U-15, U-19 and open category.

Chandigarh, September 20
Three city golfers figure in the top 10 of the Professional Golf Tour of India Order of Merit, with Harendra P Gupta continuing to lead despite falling two slots to occupy the seventh position after the DLF Masters in Gurgaon.

Harendra Gupta fell two slots as he played a miserably 78 in the second round to miss the cut in the Gurgaon tournament.

However, Ranjit Singh, who came up with a stellar performance in the Bangalore PGTI event, continues to move up. He occupies the ninth slot with seasoned Harmeet Kahlon at 10th position as the golfers go in for the next big event the Haryana Open at Panchkula to be held from September 24 to 27, with the pro-am event slated for the 23rd.

Kapurthala's Gaganjeet Bhullar clinched the Gurgaon title to be on top of the ranking leaderboard. Mukesh Kumar fell back to the third slot with Delhi's Ashok Kumar climbing up to the second position.