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Weighing in for tug-of-war meet begins
He added that one of top contenders, Manipur, were expected to make it to the venue after they were stuck in a landslide. He said the tug-of-war was slowly getting recognition in India. The new management committee of the Tug-of-War Federation of India headed by him with Hari Shankar Gupta, a youth leader of Delhi, and Madan Mohan, National Youth awardee, had taken upon itself the responsibility of organising national championship for men and women regularly. These would be held in different age groups like senior, junior, under-19, sub-junior, under-17 and open-for-all categories. These championships were initially limited to two weight categories. In each of the national championship fixtures, around 575 sportspersons drawn from all parts of the country participated. They had their original membership in clubs and then created provincial teams.
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Black Elephant sneak past PACC
Patiala, June 11 Brief scores: Black Elephant: 174 all out in 37.1 overs (Atul 30, Prabjot Singh 28, Pyush 28, Abhimanu 3 for 21, Ayam 3 for 23 and Sanjeev Sharma 2 for 20). PACC: 162 all out in 34.4 overs (Dhiraj Patel 52, Jagmohan 21; Ajay Bharti 6 for 17, Ravinder 2 for 24, Gurtek Singh 1 for 24 and Prabhjot 1 for 24).
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Control room to deal with power problems
Ropar, June 11 He said in cases of power breakdown, consumers could lodge their complaints at 01881222259 and 9646698378. “If power is disrupted in rural areas for more than eight hours and in urban areas for more than 4 hours, the control room should be immediately informed,” he said. He added that in case of power cables breakdown, if there was no power in urban areas for more than six hours and in rural area for more than 12 hours, the control room should be intimated. Also if a faulty transformer was not changed within 24 hours, consumers could feel free to lodge their complaint at the control room, said the XEN. |
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16-year-old killed in accident
Zirakpur, June 11 The incident took place when Ajmer Singh was on his way to Chamkaur Sahib from Dera Bassi on a scooter with his son. While they reached the flyover, a speeding truck hit the scooter from behind. They fell down on the road and sustained severe injuries. A passerby immediately informed the police and rushed the victims to the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi, where doctors declared Rajwinder Singh brought dead while his father was admitted for further treatment. They had gone to Dera Bassi to collect their money. The truck driver absconded from the spot along with his vehicle. A case has been registered against the truck driver for negligent in driving.
Eight booked for assault
Stopping labourers from answering nature’s call at his field landed a farmer and two others in hospital, as the labourers and a contactor thrashed them brutally at Peermuchhlla here today. The police has booked the contractor and seven unknown persons for the assault in which three persons received severe injuries. The injured have been identified as Kulwinder Singh, his father Balwant Singh and their servant Krishan Singh. The injured were admitted at the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi. In his complaint to the police, Kulwinder Singh said he was working in his field in the morning when he saw some labourers working in an under-construction building answering nature’s call in his field. He said when he objected to this, the labourers thrashed him. He further added that on hearing his cries, his father and servant came for his rescue, but they, too, were beaten up badly. Kulwinder alleged that the labourers took Rs 30,000 from his father’s pocket and fled from the spot. A case against contractor Pankaj Gupta and seven others has been registered. No arrest has been made so far.
Thieves decamp with jewellery, cash
Thieves decamped with jewellery and cash after breaking into a house at Green Enclave here on Thursday. The owner of the house, Gurpreet Singh, has accused the police of inaction. Gurpreet said he had gone to pay obeisance at Anandpur Sahib along with his family on Thursday. At around 5 pm, he got the information about the theft from his neighbour. When he returned, he found the lock of the main door broken. The thieves had ransacked the house. He claimed that five tola gold jewellery, 42 silver coins, Rs 7,000, a video camera and around 150 rare coins were missing. Gurpreet, a property dealer, alleged that when he went to the police station to file a complaint, the munshi misbehaved with him and made excuses while registering a DDR.
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4 held for drinking publicly
Chandigarh, June 11 House burgled
Chuni Lal, a resident of Sector 35-B, reported that someone has stolen Rs 300, a wrist watch and other articles from his residence yesterday after breaking open the locks. A case has been registered.
Injured
A cyclist, Ram Parkash, a resident of Naya Gaon, was injured after being knocked down by an unidentified auto-rickshaw at Khuda Lahora on Wednesday. He was admitted to the PGI. A case of causing injuries due to rash and negligent driving has been registered against an unidentified auto-rickshaw driver at the Sector 11 police station.
Jeep stolen
Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Mohali, filed a complaint with the police alleging that someone had stolen his Mahindra Bolero Jeep (PB-11-K-7474) from the Sukhna Lake parking on June 8. A case of theft has been
registered.
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City’s Jaskaran hammers double ton
Chandigarh, June 11 After winning the toss, Chandigarh elected to bat first and sent Ropar bowlers on a leather hunt. The opening pair of Jaskaran Singh and Manan Vohra put on 64 runs before Manan was castled by left-arm spinner Sukhjinder Singh for 25. Naveen joined Jaskaran to share a 111-run partnership for the second wicket, taking the score to 175. Naveen was stumped by Pyush Chopra off Sukhjinder for 32. Skipper Gurinder Singh came to join Jaskaran and the two launched an all-out attack on Ropar bowlers and stitched a 147-run partnership for the third wicket in 24.4 overs. The partnership was broken by Arjun who had Gurinder snapped by Gurpreet for 67 off 82 balls. Jaskaran, in the meantime, completed a punishing double century (211 off 229 balls) with the help of 21 boundaries and five sixes. He holed out to Mohit in the deep mid-on region in an attempt to hoist medium pacer Avneep Saini out of the ground. Jaskaran was the fourth man out at 348 in 77.3 overs. From then on, Chandigarh lost wickets at regular intervals. Vishal Thind, however, remained unbeaten on 48. For Ropar, Avneep Saini (2 for 51), Sukhvinder Singh (2 for 84) and Arjun Kumar (2 for 114) were the main wicket-takers. Brief scores: Chandigarh: 430 for 9 in 95 overs (Jaskaran Singh 211, Gurinder Singh 67, Vishal Thind 48 not out, Naveen Dhiman 32 and Manan Vohra 25; Avneep Saini 2 for 51, Sukhvinder Singh 2 for 84 and Arjun Kumar 2 for 114). In the second match between Mohali and Patiala played at Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium, Patiala, Mohali won the toss and opted to bat. They could muster only 271 in 93.1 overs and lost all their wickets in the process. They were given a rousing start of 104 by Harpreet Mandher and Ankit Pursharthy before Pursharthy was caught in front of the wicket by Vicky Sharma for 37. Birkanwar then joined Harpreet Mandher and the two took the total to 150 before Harpreet Mandher was run out by Vinay for 89. After Harpreet’s dismissal, Birkanwar kept one end up, while wickets fell at regular intervals at the other end. Birkanwar was the fifth man out with the total reading 220 in which his contribution was 63. For Patiala, left-arm spinner Amaninder Singh (5 for 83) and Vikey Sharma (3 for 44) cornered bowling honours. In reply, Patiala were 43 for 1 at the draw of the stumps. They lost Vikramadit at 18. Brief scores: Mohali: 271 for all out in 93.1 overs (Harpreet Mandher 89, Birkanwar 63, Ankit Pursharthy 37; Amaninder Singh 5 for 83 and Vikey Sharma 3 for 44). In the third match played at PAU Ludhiana, Ludhiana won the toss and elected to bat. The decision boomeranged as Ludhiana lost their first three wickets for 30 runs in 15.4 overs. Then, a 50-run partnership between Abhinav Bhatia (28) and Vikash Chadha (28) garnered 50 runs for the fourth wicket before Vikas was caught by Sukhvinder off Pawan with the team’s total reading 80 for four. Abhinav Bhatia also fell at the same score with Pawan inducing an edge to wicket-keeper Mahavir. Gurinder Hara and Abhishek Talwar put on 41 for the sixth wicket and Abhishek and Jashan Sidhu contributed 42 for the seventh wicket. Ludhiana finally folded up for 185 in 66.5 overs. For Bathinda, Pawan (4 for 67), Sukhvinder (2 for 22) and Sangram (2 for 25) were the main wicket-takers who restricted Ludhiana to a manageable total. In reply, Bathinda were 62 for two in 26 overs. Dhruv (19) and Sangram (20) were together at the close of play. Amritpal Singh (1 for 26) was the alone wicket-taker for Ludhiana. Brief scores: Ludhiana: 185 all out in 66.5 overs (Abhinav 28, Vikash Chadha 28, Gurinder Hara 28, Jashan Sidhu 28; Pawan 4 for 67, Sukhvinder 2 for 22 and Sangram 2 for 25). In the fourth match between Amritsar and Jalandhar played at Jalandhar, Amritsar scored 360 for 8 in 95 overs. Shivlove (109), Amandeep Bawa (82), Mohit Handa (47) and Navneet (42) were the main contributors. For Bathinda, Siddharth claimed 3 wickets for 48 and Gurkirat Singh 3 for 124. Bathinda were 62 for 2 in 26 overs at the draw of stumps. The second day’s play at all venues will start at 7 am tomorrow. |
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Chennai Champions to take on Haryana Bulls
Tribune News Service
Panchkula, June 11 Sachin Aggarwal (28) and Saurabh Tiwari (27) were the top scorers. For Punjab Warriors, Manan Dutta, Manish Nayan and Parminder took two wickets each and gave away 14, 15, and 16 runs, respectively. Chasing the target, Punjab Warriors were bowled out for 125 with three balls to spare in the stipulated 20 overs. Harpal Oshan (32), Harkrishan Kali (17), Vikramjeet (16) were the top scorers. For Chennai Champions, Saurabh Tiwari was the pick of the bowlers as he scalped three wickets for 29 runs. Rajesh Patha and Neeraj Sharma took two wickets each, giving away 14 and 25 runs, respectively. Suarabh Tiwari with his performance with both ball and bat was declared man of the match. Brief scores: Chennai Champions: 144 for 8 in 20 overs (Faiz Ahmed 43 no, Sachin Aggarwal 28, Saurabh Tiwari 27; Manan Dutta 2 for 14, Manish Nayan 2 for 15, Parminder 2 for 16 runs). Punjab Warriors: 125 all out in 19.3 overs (Harpal Oshan 32, Harkrishan Kali 17, Vikramjeet 16, Saurabh Tiwari 3 for 29, Rajesh Patha 2 for 14, Neeraj Sharma 2 for 25). In the second semifinal, Haryana Bulls won the toss and elected to bat. Delhi Dragons batting first set the target of 114 runs. In reply, Haryana Bulls reached the target of 115 losing three wickets in 19.4 overs to enter the final. Rohit Mehra was declared the man of the match Brief scores: Delhi Dragons: 113 for 9 wickets from 20 overs. (Pardeep Chawla 40, Gaurav Goel 26; Rohit Mehra 3 for 23 and Ajay Bhardwaj 2 for 22). Haryana Bulls: 115 for 3 wickets in 19.4 overs (Dharminder Phagna 35, Pankaj Joshi 33, Aditya Jain 21; Sandeep Kumar 2 for 11, Amit Siroha 1 for 25). Earlier in the last league match, Delhi Dragons defeated Kanpur Knights by eight wickets to reach the semifinal. After winning the toss, Delhi Dragons elected to field first and bowled out Kanpur Knight in just 70 for 11.5 overs. Chasing the target, Delhi Dragons made 71 in just 9.3 overs, after losing two wickets. Brief scores: Kanpur Knights: 70 all out in 11.5 overs (Sachin Bharti 21, Rohit Dhama 10; Bablu Kumar 3 for 4, Himanshu Chawla 3 for 15, Vishal Tyagi 2 for 12, Sandeep Kumar 2 for 11). Delhi Dragons: 71 for 2 in 9.3 overs (Vishal Tyagi 25 no, Vineet Rana 21, Waseem Mirza 1 for 14, Rashid 1 for 17). Vishal Tyagi of Delhi Dragons was declared the man of the match. The final between Chennai Champions and Haryana Hawks would be held at Tau Devi Lal Cricket stadium Sector 3 at 7.30 am tomorrow.
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ITBP clinch the tie-breaker
Chandigarh, June 11 Shah Niwas of the ITBP scored the first goal for his team in the 11th minute through a penalty corner. However, the score was levelled as SGGS’s Ravi Kumar sounded the board in the 40th minute. The match ended 1-1 in the regulation period. Thereafter, tiebreaker rule was applied in which ITBP scored four goals against SGGS academy. In the second match, Rock Rovers defeated Wonderers Club 1-0. Gurjinder of Rock Rovers scored the only goal of the match in the 12th minute of the game. Thereafter, both teams tried in vain to score against their opponents.
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