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Patiala, October 2
Union minister of state for external affairs Preneet Kaur here today rapped the Punjab government for not properly utilising central grants and aid meant for different development works.

Interacting with mediapersons after inaugurating a computer training centre set up by Kishan Chand Goyal Memorial and Charitable Trust at Nabha Gate this morning, Preneet Kaur said the Central Government had been making huge grants to the Punjab government for strengthening of infrastructure.

This included funds for six-laning and four-laning of highways. However, many such grants were not being properly utilised by the Punjab government and in some cases, these were getting lapsed.

The MP said she had taken up with the union health minister an ambitious plan for upgrade of the Government Rajindra Hospital here to the level of the PGI, Chandigarh.

She had also taken up the matter of setting up of a super-speciality centre at Rajindra Hospital and the union government had set up a committee under the chairmanship of Dr KK Talwar, PGI director.

However, the state government was throwing the spanner in the execution of the project.

She lauded the initiative of the Kishan Chand Memorial and Charitable Trust in setting up a computer training centre for children from the downtrodden section of the society.

She called upon other social and voluntary organisations to emulate the example, which would go a long way in training youth for taking up technical jobs.

Ambala, October 2
The Karate Association of Haryana organised the Haryana State Karate Championship for black belt in the above-18 category, both men and women, in Gohana last week.

Two students from Haryana, namely Suryadev and Hemant Sharma, participated in the championship. Suryadev won the bronze medal in the below-55 kg in the 18-20 years category and Hemant Sharma won the gold medal in the below-75 kg in the above-21 (men) category.

Patiala, October 2
Punjabi University, Patiala, conducted the Inter-College Archery Championship at the university archery ground yesterday.

Government Kirti College, Patran, and Physical Education College, Bhaggo Majra, won the men and women championship, respectively.

In the individual category, Parwinder Singh from Government Kirti College, Patran, and Swati from Government Physical College, Patiala, emerged champions.

Results:

Individuals:

Men category: Parwinder Singh (Government Kirti College, Patran); Baldev Singh (Government Kirti College, Patran) and Pankaj Kumar (MM Modi College, Patiala).

Women category: Swati (Government Physical College, Patiala); Mukesh (Physical Education College, Bhaggo Majra) and Rajbir (Physical Education College, Bhaggo Majra).

Team champions

Men: Government Kirti College, Patran; MM Modi College, Patiala and Punjabi University campus.

Women: Physical Education College, Bhaggo Majra; Government Kirti College, Patran; and Government Physical College, Patiala.

Patiala, October 2
Amar Parkash Ji School (APJ School), Kharar, defeated Black Elephant Cricket Club, Patiala, by 30 runs in the first match of the Triangular Series for Punjab Foundation Cup today, which was played at the Military ground here today.

After winning the toss by Amar Parkash Ji School, Sahil, captain of the team, decided to bat first and APJ School scored 176 runs. Sarthak 42 and Vineet 35 were the main scorers from APJ School side. The Black Elephant Club managed to score 146 for seven in allotted 40 overs.

Brief score:

APJS, Kharar, 176 all out in 38.1 overs (Sarthak 42, Vineet 35, Shubham 24 and Chetan 25), (Tejpreet Singh two for 28, Anmol two for 32, Abhikaran two for 27, Rishab Puri two for 21).

Black Elephant Cricket Club, Patiala: 146 for seven in 40 overs (Simran 28, Tejpreet 26, Anmol 24 and Jashan 34 not out), (Ashish four for 24 and Shubham one for 23).

Chandigarh, October 2
A local court today sent Babloo, accused in the Indira Colony murder case, to three-day police custody.

Babloo was arrested yesterday and was produced before duty magistrate Mahesh Kumar today. He is charged with murdering Tej Bahadur, alias Kallu, of Indira Colony following a brawl recently. Following the murder, major violence sparked off in the colony after the crowd ran amok and some miscreants also tried to play up the whole incident as a communal outburst.

Requesting for the police remand for five days, the prosecution stated in court that it was to be ascertained that from where the bayonet, which the accused used for stabbing the victim, was sourced from and whether he also possesses a rifle.

Showing no signs of remorse, Babloo, after coming out of the court, said: “I killed Tej Bahadur because he refused to give a matchbox to me.”

The police also said that Babloo was involved in criminal cases in the past as well and a case was registered against him in the Mani Majra police station for allegedly confining and assaulting one Salim at New Indira Colony.

Chandigarh, October 2
A local court remanded Arvind Goyal, accused in an impersonation case, in two-day police custody here today.

The crime branch of the UT police had arrested Goyal yesterday on charges on impersonating as a senior manager with Airtel and duping students on the pretext of getting them jobs. He was booked under Section 420 of the IPC. He was produced before the duty magistrate today.

Earlier, while seeking his police remand, the prosecution stated that it was to be investigated if there were more persons involved in the case and how many persons were actually duped by him.

According to the police, the accused used to take Rs 5,000 each from aspiring candidates as processing fee and give them appointment letters confirming jobs in Airtel.

In the process, he had also allegedly duped a placement agency asking them for candidates, conducted interviews and pocketed the amount from candidates.

He was found in possession of a fake identity card of Airtel, a letterhead of the company and other documents of the company.

Mohali, October 2
Lalit Sharma and Kuljinder Singh Saini, the two accused in a year-old case of murder of a 25-year-old ice-cream vendor, Sunil Kumar, were today remanded to three-day police remand by the local courts. The accused had beaten the victim to death at Phase VIII here on August 22, last year.

Disclosing details of the case, the SSP, Mohali, GPS Bhullar, said the blind murder had been solved by a team led by DSP Swarandeep Singh and Phase VIII SHO Atul Soni.

While Lalit was a son of the Haryana police ASI, Kuljinder was a taxi driver. On the day of the incident, Sunil was walking back home with his ‘rehri’ at Phase VIII when two motorcycle-borne persons allegedly attacked him. They attacked Sunil with sticks and rods and then sped away.

A retired Army officer, Abhijeet Shahi, reportedly saw the entire incident along with another person who knew the victim. They rushed him to Fortis from where he was shifted to the PGI.

Acting on a tip off, the police arrested the two accused and during their interrogation, they confessed to their crime. On August 21, Lalit had a fight with the ice-cream vendor and the latter hit him with a rod. The next day the accused cornered the vendor and took revenge. The police was looking for the third suspect.

Zirakpur, October 2
Around 12 persons, including two women were booked for allegedly assaulting Baltana police chowki in charge Gurwant Singh and three other constables at Ravindra Enclave here late last night.

The police had gone to the area after a shopkeeper had complained that the accused were assaulting his parents.

The accused were identified as Sunny Arora, Money Arora, Jai Kumar, Aarti Aroa, Veena Arora and seven others. While Jai Parkash, Aarti Aroa, Veena Arora were arrested, others were still absconding.

Gurwant sustained fracture in his right hand and was rushed to a civil hospital while two others were discharged after first aid.

The investigating officer said the incident took place around 10 pm when Sandeep Rana, owner of Rana Confectionery, complained that his family members were assaulted by Sunny and his friends. When he came to his shop with the police, the accused fled. Rana alleged that around 11 pm Aarti Arora, along with three youths, threatened him, but heated argument turned into battle ground.

According to police, his father asked Sunny to give back his chair but they started assaulting him. Sandeep again called up the Baltana police in charge, who reached the spot along with two constables. But the accused, who was allegedly drunken, beat up Gurwant and the two other constables, Major Singh and Satwinder Singh. The chowki in charge sustained a fracture in his right arm while two cops sustained minor injuries.

Meanwhile, Chandan Suri, president of phase I Ravindra Enclave, alleged that the accused also attacked him with sticks and stones while he was saving the police from the accused. He alleged they also threatened to kill him, if he approached the police.

Zirakpur SHO Sukhwinder Singh said a case had been registered against the accused and further investigations were on.

Chandigarh, October 2
The police has arrested two persons with liquor on the dry day today. All the liquor shops were closed on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti today.

Chandigarh, October 2
A woman resident of Ram Darbar has lodged an complaint with the police alleging that Harish Kumar of the same locality tried to outrage her modesty last night.

Chandigarh, October 2
Kuljeet Singh of DAV School, Sector 15, Chandigarh, got the first position in the under-19 boys’ discus throw category during the CBSE Cluster XIII Athletics Meet (boys and girls) being organised by SD Public School, Sector 32, held at the Sports Complex, Sector 46, here today.

While, Tenzin Choying of CST Tibetans, Shimla, secured the first position in the boys’ under-16 discuss throw category.

Results: U-16 boys’ 3,000 m: Rukesh Kumar, Rashtriya Military School, Chail; Mahesh, GAV, Solan and Lakwinder, Sri Dashmesh Academy.

U-14 boys’ long jump: Mirdul Sharma, VR School, Baddi; Anand, Doon Valley, Nalagarh and Dikshit Kapil, Parwanoo.

U-19 boys’ discus throw: Kuljeet Singh, DAV, Sector 15, Chandigarh; Tejveer Singh, SA Jain, Ambala City and Arjun, St Soldier School, Sector 28.

U-19 girls’ 3,000 m: Preeti, GAV, Solan; Sapna Thakur, CST, Shimla and Monica, Chapslee School, Shimla.

U-16 boys’ discus throw: Tenzin Choying, CST Tibetans, Shimla; Aman, MIA DAV, Mehatpur and Sukwinder, Shivalik Public School, Mohali.

U-19 girls’ shot put: Choma, Bhawan Vidyalaya; Kiranpreet Kaur, GNPS 36, Chandigarh and Tenzin, CS Tibetans, Shimla.

U-14 girls’ 400 m: Rajni Sharma, GNPS, Paonta Sahib; Komal, St Soldier International School, Sector 28 and Atira, Doon Valley School, Nalagarh.

U-14 boys’ 400 m: Manoj, Rashtriya Military School, Chail; Vijay, GAV Solan and Rahul, St Soldier International School, Sector 28.

U-16 girls’ 400 m: Varsha Sharma, St Soldier International School, Sector 28; Celeste Goel, Bhawan Vidyalaya, Panchkula and Rajinder Kaur, GNMPS, Paonta Sahib.

U-16 boys’ 400 m: Simranjeet Singh, St Soldier International School, Sector 28; Rajat Rawat, MIA DAV Mehatpur and Nikhil Saini, GNMPS, Paonta Sahib.

U-19 boys’ 400 m: Avinash, DAV School-15, Chandigarh; Karanveer Singh, Laurence School, Mohali and Arvind, St Soldier School.

U-14 boys’ 4x400m relay: Rashtriya Military School, GNPS, Paonta Sahib and MIA DAV, Mehatpur.

U-14 girls’ 4x400 m relay: GAV Solan, GNPS Paonta Sahib and Sophia Convent School.

U-19 girls’ 4x400 m relay: Chapslee School, Shimla; GAV Solan and St Soldier International School, Sector 28.

U-16 girls’ 4x400 m relay: St Soldier International School, Sector 28, Chandigarh; Bhawan Vidyalaya, Panchkula and Chapslee School, Shimla.

Chandigarh, October 2
Khalin Joshi from Bangalore fired birdies on the last two holes to topple tournament favourite Ashbeer Singh Saini from Kapurthala to clinch the overall title in the Usha Chandigarh Open Junior and Sub-junior Golf Championship on the par 72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

Saini who was leading by one stroke after the 16th hole bogeyed the 17th. Joshi sank a birdie to take a one-stroke lead. The Bangalore boy kept up his momentum sinking with another birdie on the 18th against Saini’s even par to clinch the title by a two-stroke margin.

Joshi finished with a final tally of nine over 297 (78-72-76-71) with Saini finishing two strokes behind at 299 (75-76-73-75).

Akriti Singh clinched the overall title in the girls' section carding a final day card of four over 76 for a final three-round tally of 28 over 244 (88-80-76) with Ankit Tiwana finishing four strokes behind at 248.

Honey Basoya won the category B (13 to 15 years) title with the girls’ crown going to Gurbani Singh.

Chandigarh’s Feroz Singh Garewal emerged winner in the category C (11 to 13 years) with a 32 over 320 score. Piyush Sangwan finished three strokes behind at 323. Aditi Ashok was the winner in the girls’ section.

City’s Karandeep Kochhar fired yet another round of 84 to clinch the under-11 (category D) title finishing with a final score of 41 over 257. Karandeep was far ahead of the field. His nearest rival was eight-year-old Aadil Bedi, also from Chandigarh, who finished 12 strokes behind at 269.

Tarannam Bali played a 104 over 320 for the category D title among girls with Riya Ahuja finishing seven strokes behind.

Chandigarh Golf Club vice-president AS Garewal gave away the prizes.

The final leading scores:

Category A (15 to 17 years): Boys- Khalin Joshi 297, Ashbeer Saini 299, Trishul Chinnappa 302, Ankur Chadha 308; girls- Akriti Singh 244, Ankita Tiwana 248, Meher Atwal 252.

Category B (13 to 15 years): Boys- Honey Basoya 317, Arjun Singh 325, Shubhankar Sharma 327; girls- Gurbani Singh 253, Raksha Phadke 267, Amrita Sarna 268.

Category C (11 to 13 years): Feroz Singh Garewal 320, Piyush Sangwan 323, Vidit Singh and Jairaj Sandhu 329; girls- Aditi Ashok 253, Ridhima Dilawari 278, Seher Atwal 283.

Category D (under-11 years): Karandeep Kochhar 257, Aadil Bedi 269, Jaiveer Singh 272, Kshitij Kaul 273; girls- Tarannam Bali 320, Riya Ahuja 327, Vrinda Aggarwal 350.

Chandigarh, October 2
The second day of the three-day 40th KVS Athletics Meet began with a cheerful note. Boys and girls from 60 KVS of the Chandigarh region participated in events like races, jumps and throws with rejuvenated spirit and enthusiasm.

Medal tally of Chandigarh region:

Boys:

Javelin: U-19: Sailesh Kumar (KV Baddowal) gold; Umesh Thappa (KV 29, Chd) silver; bronze Sunny Hodugil (KV No 1 Halwara) bronze.

Javelin: U-17: Harcharan Singh (KV Jalalabad) gold; Dilip Kumar (KV Baddiwal) silver; Sandeep (KV Hussainpur) bronze.

High jump: U-14: Kamal Kumar (KV-3 Bathinda) gold; Akash Chahal (KV Bhanu) silver; Abhishek (KV-3, Bathinda) bronze.

Hammer throw (U-17): Jaskaran Singh (KV Hussainpura) gold, Ramandeep (KV Kapurthala ) silver; Nikhil (KV High Grounds) bronze.

Triple jump (U-17): Ajay Sondhi (KV Hussainpura) gold, Deepak (KV Hissar) silver; Vikas (KV Bhiwani) bronze.

400 m hurdle race (U-17): Ankush (No 2 Patiala) gold, Rohit Kumar (KV 3 Patiala) silver, Vinay Kumar (KV Bhiwani) bronze.

Hurdle race (U-17): Ankush (No 2 Patiala) gold; Vijay (KV 31 Chd) silver, Deepak Dhillon (KV Hissar) bronze.

Girls:

Javelin throw (U-19): Reena (KV-I, Patiala) gold, Gurdeep Kaur (KV Barnala) silver, Awantika (KV-I, Bathinda) bronze.

Javelin throw (U-17): Ayesha (KV-I, Patiala) gold, Ratvir (KV Bathinda) silver, Mohini Chouhan (KV-I, Bathinda) bronze.

High jump (U-14): Manisha Chaudhary (KV-3, Bathinda) gold, Sunita (KV Hissar) silver, Jyoti Singh (No 3, Bathinda) bronze.

Hurdle race 100 m (U-19): Pooja Kumari (KV High Grounds) gold, Neha (KV Patiala) silver, Shaweta Rathore (KV-I, Patiala) bronze.

Hurdle race 100 m (U-17) Samina (KV-I, Bathinda) gold, Ayesha (KV-I, Patiala) silver, Kirti Chaudhary (KV-I, Sirsa) bronze.

Hurdle (U-14): Sahaj Deep Kaur (KV, Barnala) gold, Madhu Rathi (KV Faridkot) silver, Arpandeep Kaur (KV Baddowal) bronze.

Hammer throw (U-19) Priya Singh (KV-I, Patiala) gold, Roopam Verma (KV-I, Patiala) silver, Manpreet Kaur (KV Barnala) bronze.

Chandigarh, October 2
Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, won the Panjab University Inter-College Netball (Men) Championship here yesterday.

While, Panjab University campus, GGDSD College, Sector 32, and SCD Government College, Ludhiana, secured second, third and fourth positions, respectively.

Results: SGGS College, Sector 26, thrashed PU campus by 29-21 in the final match.

GGDSD College, Sector 32, defeated SCD Government College, Ludhiana, by 31-18.

Chandigarh, October 2
Fine batting by Simarjit Kaur (45) and Aakriti (33 not out) helped MCM DAV College to score a win against Panjab University campus in the final match of the Panjab University Inter-College Cricket (Women) Championship held at Panjab University grounds here today.

MCM players scored 130 for all out in 42.5 overs. Harshita and Ankita, both from PU campus, took four and three wickets for PU campus.

In reply, Panjab University players were bundled out at 89 all out in 27.1 overs. Ankita 25 and Harshita 17 were the main scorers of Panjab University. Hema and Preeti took five wickets for 17 and three wickets for 13, respectively, for MCM College.

In the second match played between Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26, and Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, Khalsa College won the match by 10 wickets.

Meanwhile, Panjab University campus, Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, and GGS College for Women, Chandigarh, got the second, third and fourth positions, respectively.

Panchkula, October 2
The Panchkula Cricket Stadium Coaching Centre thrashed Hansraj Cricket Academy by a huge margin of 111 runs in the opening match of the first Under-14 Inter-Academy Khan Chand Khurana League Cricket Tournament for Reebok Cup being organised by Hansraj Cricket Academy, Panchkula, played at Hansraj Public School cricket ground here today.

Shivam Bhambri of the Panchkula Cricket Stadium Coaching Centre was declared as man of the match for his wonderful batting of 87 runs in 58 balls with three sixes and 11 fours.

Brief scores:

Panchkula Cricket Stadium Coaching Centre: 218 for 6 in 25 overs (Shivam Bhambri 87 runs in just 58 balls, including three sixes and 11 fours, Saurav 51, Gaurav 16, Ravi Kant 15, Resham 12, Animesh Goyal two for 41, Shivam Arora two for 47 and Mangesh two for 28).

Hansraj Cricket Academy, Panchkula: 117 all out in 18.2 overs (Animesh Goyal 44, Rishav Jariyal 21, Shikhar Dhyani 15, Amit Dhiman 14, Anubhav four for four, Saurav three for 24).

Chandigarh, October 2
A fine all-round display by Madan Lal (three wickets for 11 and 44) enabled the HDFC Bank XI to defeat Glacier Enterprises by 30 runs in the opening match of the Fourth MG Cup League Cricket Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 32, here today.

The HDFC Bank-XI batted first and suffered some early jolts, as they lost their first wicket on the second ball of the match itself, when Inder Singh bowled AP Singh.

However, Gurinder Saini played a useful innings and partnered with Madan Lal to build a useful partnership of 82 runs in 12 overs.

Madan Lal made 44 off just 37 balls. His innings included seven boundaries and a six. Both these batsmen fell in quick succession. Barinder and other batsmen held onto their wickets long enough to get their team to a comfortable total of 159 runs in 24.3 overs. Bharat Sharma bagged three for 30.

In reply, the Glacier Enterprises were off to a good start, as Ricky Singh and Chanchal partnered to get their team to 50 runs in just nine overs. Ricky Singh went on to make 45 valuable runs in 50 balls. The batsmen managed to hold onto their wickets but in the process the asking run rate mounted and Glacier fell behind the target by 30 runs. Madan Lal bagged three for 11 as Glacier-XI could muster only 129 for eight in 25 overs.

Brief scores:

HDFC Bank XI: 159 all out in 24.3 overs (Madan Lal 44, Gurinder Saini 29, Bharat Sharma 3 for 20).

Glacier Enterprises: 129 for eight in 25 overs (Ricky Singh 45, Bharat Sharma 36, Madan Lal 3 for 11, Balwar Pooni 3 for 30).

In the second match of the day, Sigma-XI Mohali recorded a comfortable seven-wicket win over the ICICI Bank XI. Batting first after winning the toss, ICICI were bowled out for 108 runs in 24.3 overs. Parminder Singh (three for 17) and Jaswinder (three for eight) were the pick of the bowlers. Geetesh scored 37 off 37 balls.

In reply, the Sigma-XI batsmen got to the total with ease. The target was reached in 17.3 overs with seven wickets in hand. Sanjay Jain was the highest scorer with 35 runs. Balwinder bagged two for 22.

Brief scores:

ICICI Bank XI: 108 all out in 24.3 overs (Geetesh 37, Parminder 3 for 17, Jaswinder 3 for 8).

Sigma XI: 111 for 3 in 17.3 overs (Sanjay Jain 35, Sandeep Mehta 26, Balwinder 2 for 22).