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5 booked for assault
Zirakpur, June 14
Four days after a youth was attacked, the police today registered a case of causing hurt by dangerous weapons against five youths. Sewak Singh, a BCA student of Chitkara college, Rajpura, was injured when one of the youths allegedly attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon on his back near Patiala light point on June 10.
Cousins robbed of cash, jewellery
Kharar, June 14
Unidentified armed robbers looted villagers of Rs 1 lakh
cash and jewellery worth thousands of rupees in the wee hours today. In their complaint to the police, Gurmeet Singh and Prem Singh, both cousins and residents of Bajheri village, said their family members were sleeping on the roof top and came down around 3.30 am to provide fodder to the cattle.
PSEB Class X Results
Kharar girl tops in Mohali district
Kharar, June 14
Amandeep Kaur, a student of Government Senior Secondary School, Kharar, has secured first position in Mohali district in Class X exams conducted by the Punjab School Education Board
(PSEB).
Amandeep Kaur, who secured top position in the PSEB class X examination, celebrates with her
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Sonia bags top spot in Patiala
Patiala, June 14
Patiala girls once again outshone boys in the Punjab School Education Board’s merit list of Class X that was declared today. As many as 15 students of the district have made it to the merit list, out which 13 were girls and two boys.
Special kids to compete in dance at Shimla on June 21
Patiala, June 14
The on-going summer coaching camp for special children, which is being organised by Rainbow Society for Special Children has received a lot of appreciation.
Special kids dance during a summer camp in Patiala on Monday. A Tribune photograph
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Tug-of-War Meet
Punjab lift 600-kg title
Patiala, June 14
Punjab teams dominated the Senior National Championship Tug-of-War for Men held at the Sports Complex, Punjabi University, which is being organised by the Tug-of-War Association of Punjab and Punjabi University under the aegis of Tug-of-War Federation of India.
Youngsters flout traffic rules at Phase VI in Mohali on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
One killed, another hurt in road mishap
Rajpura, June 14
One person was killed while another was injured in a road mishap in the wee hours today.
According to information, Ramesh Kumar Goldy and Bhupinder, both residents of old vegetable market, Patiala, were on their way towards Patiala when the car they were travelling in
collided with a stationary truck near the Rajpura-Patiala bypass.
Senior citizens honoured
Ambala, June 14
Central Phoenix Club, Ambala Cantt organised a function on the occasion of Father Day in which 20 senior citizens were
honoured. Secretary to Haryana Governor Mohinder Kumar was the chief guest.
Dowry Death
Husband sent to judicial remand
Chandigarh, June 14
A local court today remanded Naresh Kumar, a resident of Sector 27, to judicial custody. Kumar was arrested on charge of dowry death yesterday after his wife died under mysterious circumstances at the Sector 16 Government Multi Specialty Hospital (GNSH) on Saturday.
Stabbing Case
Victim cries foul
Accuses cops of diluting the case
Chandigarh, June 14
Raju, a 26-year-old vegetable vendor, who was allegedly stabbed a fortnight back, accused the local police of dragging its feet to initiate action against his assailants.
The victim, a resident of Maloya, who was operated upon and received over 24 stitches on his wound, accused the police of diluting his case, which was registered three days after the incident.
Two held on snatching charge
Chandigarh, June 14
The police has arrested two persons on charge of snatching a mobile phone and other articles form a Jalandhar resident.
Raj Kumar, a resident of Jalandhar, reported to the police alleging that Suresh Kumar, a resident of Colony No 5, and Radhe Sham, a resident of Sector 52, along with others had
snatched $ 12 (Rs 800), a mobile phone, and other articles form him near Burail Jail yesterday.
Dhruv Pandove Trophy
Jalandhar score 375 for 7
Chandigarh, June 14
The timely partnership of 216 runs between Mandeep Singh (junior) and Mandeep Singh (senior) helped Jalandhar team to muster 375 for seven in their first inning against Chandigarh team in the Punjab Inter-District Under-19 Tournament for Dhruv Pandove Trophy at the Sector-16 Cricket Stadium, here today. |
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| A match between Chandigarh and Jalandhar in progress at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik |
Open spaces instead of playgrounds at govt schools
Chandigarh, June 14
Sports upgradation seems to be last in the UT administration’s priority list. Dilapidated condition of playgrounds in several government schools is enough to expose the lackadaisical approach of the authorities concerned towards sports.
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| (Top) Wild growth on the playground of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 38, and a basketball pole without basket at Government Model
High School, Sector 37. Tribune photos: Pradeep Tewari |
Sahib selected for BCCI academy
Chandigarh, June 14
Chandigarh-based pacer Sahib Malhotra has been chosen for the BCCI-backed Pace Academy at the PCA Stadium, Mohali, here. With this chance coming his way, Sahib would be able to sharpen his bowling skills under the hawk eyes of specialised trainers and professional bowling coaches like Karsan Ghavri, former Indian cricketer, in the 20-day long camp starting from June 20.
Hockey
City girl for national coaching camp
Chandigarh, June 14
Local soccer player Tanvi Bhargava, former India junior captain, has made it to the national coaching camp for India U-16 girls, starting at Gandhinagar (Gujarat) from June 20 to July 31.
Asia-Pacific Golf
City lad finishes second
Chandigarh, June 14
Karandeep Kochar finished as the runner-up in the D category of the Asia-Pacific Junior Golf Championship held at the Eagleton Golf Resort in Bangalore recently.
The Class VI student of St John's School here rubbed shoulders with the cream of junior golfers from Hong Kong, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Tai
Pei, Philippines, Thailand and India.
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