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Kharar, November 13
The Kharar police has arrested three persons for committing thefts in the Chhajju Majra and Desu Majra areas. The accused were deployed as sweepers and watchman at the shops they broke into.

As per the police, they had broken into four shops in the area on November 8 and ran away with valuable goods. Thereafter, the area shopkeepers made a complaint to the police about the theft.

They stated that they had hired a watchman Suresh Bahadur few days ago. Along with his accomplices, he broke into four different shops and stole Rs 11, 000 cash, two mobile phone sets, television set, fan and other valuables.

During the investigation, the police arrested Nepal residents Lal Bahadur, Dhan Bahadur and a Bihar resident Akhilesh. The police has recovered four color televisions, two DVD players, four ceiling fans, gas cylinders, gas stoves and two sharp-edged weapons from their possession.

The main accused, Suresh Bahadur, is absconding. The arrested accused were presented before the court.

Bassi Pathana, November 13
Two persons died and two were seriously injured when a car in which they were traveling collided against a tree while negotiating a curve near Chuni Kalan on Sirhind Chandigarh road this morning. Victims were returning after solemnising the wedding of their near one.

According to information, Ashok Sood, former president of Municipal council, Sirhind, had solemnised the marriage of his daughter in, Landran, last night. His son, Tushar Sood, along with his relatives, were on their way back home to Sirhind. As the car reached near Chuni, he lost control and the car collided with a tree, consequently a fifteen-year-old boy identified as Parshant Suri and his mother Mini Suri, residents of Pinjore, died on the spot, where as Tushar and other relative were seriously injured.

They were rushed to Civil Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh.

The dead bodies after postmortem examination at civil hospital, Bassi Pathana, were handed over to the relatives.

Chandigarh, November 13
Two Mohali residents were caught red-handed while snatching a mobile phone form a girl near the Sector 14 and 15 traffic lights point.

Zirakpur, November 13
The body of a 55-year-old man working as a lab technician in Dera Bassi Civil hospital was found lying on the road near Bristol hotel on Zirakpur-Chandigarh highway here late this evening.

The police was suspecting that it was a case of hit and run. The deceased was identified as Gurnek Singh, a resident of Shakti Nagar, Dera Bassi.

According to the police, a passerby informed the patrolling team that a man was seen lying near the Bristol hotel. After reaching the spot, the patrolling team took him to Dera Bassi Civil Hospital, where the doctors declared him brought dead.
The police said the body of the deceased would be handed over to the family after conducting the postmortem examination tomorrow and further investigations were on.

He is survived by his wife, three sons and one daughter. However, no case had been registered till filing of the report.

Chandigarh, November 13
Defending champions St Stephen’s Club, Sector 45, tried hard to retain their title after facing a stiff resistance from unpretentious DAV Club, Sector 8, with an aggregate 4-2 margin in a tie-breaker in final of the Chandigarh Senior Women Football Championship for Deepak Kampania Trophy being organised by the Chandigarh Football Association at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here today.

Both the teams were evenly balanced and they shared honours in the regulation period by playing a one-all draw. The organisers applied the tie-breaker rule to resolve the deadlock. Only Neha Pandey could convert her spot kick for DAV Club, Kamla, Monica and Tarni frittered away their chances.

For St Stephen’s Club, Shikha, Simran and Tanvi Bhagava converted their penalties into swift action to help their team retain the title after a tough battle in the regulation period.

Junior international Tanvi Bhargava was today tightly policed by the DAV Club defence. Still this brilliant striker was able to restore parity for St Stephen’s Club. Tanvi scored the equaliser in the 46th minute on the move initiated by Simran. She gave a through pass to Monica, who slipped the ball to Tanavi. The international forward unleashed a good shot from top of the box to catch the DAV Club defence napping.

Earlier, DAV Club took the lead in the 31st minute. Right stopper Tarni gave pass to right half Kamla, who passed it to Neha Pandey. Neha got the better of two defenders before scoring a brilliant goal.

Panjab University sports director Dr CS Grewal distributed prizes to the members of the victorious St Stephen’s Club, while Dr VK Kapoor gave away prizes to the runners-up DAV Club. 

Chandigarh, November 13
Pikka P Singh was the overall winner in gold and silver divisions of the ladies November Kingfisher Ladies Golf Medal round played on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here yesterday.

Pikka tied with S Ratia both carding nett 70 scores. But Pikka was declared the winner because she had a better back nine.

Neelu Chopra clinched the title in the bronze division scoring a nett 79. Three strokes behind at 82 was Baljinder Mangat.

According to Dalbir Sahi, handicap tournament manager of the ladies section, 21 ladies took part in the November competition. The youngsters were missing because of the approaching final examination.

Chandigarh, November 13
The Chandigarh Football Association has selected 31 players for the coaching camp to be held from November 16 to 26. The selected players have been directed to report to Narinder Thapa, coach, Sports Authority of India, at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, on November 16 at 3.30 pm.

Rakesh Bakshi, general secretary of the association, said a final team would be selected during the camp.

The selected team will represent Chandigarh in the 32nd Sub-Junior National Football Championship for Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy to be held in Gurgaon (Haryana) Group IV from November 28 to December 7. The final round will be played in Gurgaon on December 10.

In Group IV, Chandigarh have been placed with Uttar Pradesh and Delhi in Group A, Group B comprises Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.

Qualifying round fixtures of North Zone: November 28: Delhi vs Chandigarh; November 29: Uttarakhand vs Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab vs Himachal Pradesh; November 30: Chandigarh vs Uttar Pradesh; December 1: HP vs Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir vs Punjab. December 2: Uttar Pradesh vs Delhi; December 3: Himachal Pradesh vs Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab vs Uttarakhand.

Semifinal match will be played on December 5 and final match will be held on December 7.

Following players have been invited by the association for the camp: Hardeep (Shishu Niketan), Jitender (DAVSSS-8), Ben William (St Xavier’s-44), Iaskreet Singh, Ashu Yadav, Lovepreet Singh (Police Academy), Shubham (Tribune Model), Abhijeet Kataria, Pankaj (St Anne’s), Rahul Chadha (St Stephen’s), Piyush Dhingra, Shahzad Alam (Ryan International), Mohd Sajid, Umanul Haque (St Stephen’s), Karan (Mount Carmel), Gurdarshan Singh (Police Academy), Shivam Arora (Saupin’s), Gautam, Shivam Kanwar, Param Dogra (St Kabir), Varinder Thapa (St John’s), Suraj Thapa, Jimmy (St Stephen’s), Pardeep, Manish (DAV-8), Chander Mohan, Manraj (St John’s), Mehtab Singh (Xavier’s-44) and Chitmajit Singh (Mount Carmel). 

Chandigarh, November 13
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 42, Chandigarh, and Dhudial Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Patiala, will battle it out in final of the 38 ATS Nehru Junior Hockey Tournament being held at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today.

In the first semifinal, Dhudial school beat Spring Dale Senior School, Amritsar, by three goals to two, while in the second semifinal, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 42, Chandigarh, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School, Ladowali, Jalandhar, with an identical score of 3-2.

Meanwhile, about 22 senior hockey teams have arrived in the city to participate in the 46th Jindal Stel Nehru Hockey Tournament, which will be held at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium from November 14.

Teams, which will be participating in the tournament, include Air India, Indian Air Force, Western Railway, SAI-11, Rock Rovers, Namdhari 11, Indian Navy, Indian Oil, Indian Universities 11, South Central railways, BSF, CRPF 11, Maratha Infantry, Bengal 11, Central railway, Karnataka 11 Punjab National Bank, and MP 11. 

Chandigarh, November 13
DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, defeated Bal Bharti School of Delhi by 72 runs in the three-match series at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here today.

The event is being organised by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy.

DAV school won the toss and elected to bat. They posted an impressive total of 164 in 29 overs. Bhagminder Singh and Arvind Chabra contributed 26 and 22 runs.

However, the batsman, who virtually bolstered the inning of DAV school was Simranpreet Singh, who topscored with a polished knock of 60, which was laced with six fours and one six. Four of DAV school batsmen were run out. Akash (2 for 29) and Dhurav (2 for 34) were the main wicket takers for Bal Bharti School.

In reply, Bal Bharti were dismissed for 92 in 26 overs. Vishesh (14) and Akash (12) were the main scorers. Vikas Chi Chi (3 for 24), Nishant Verma (2 for 28) and Kulbir (2 for 12) restricted Bal Bharti innings with disciplined bowling.