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300 examined at camp
Bassi Pathana:
More than 300 patients turned up at a medical check-up camp organised by Mehar Baba Charitable Trust (MBCT) on Sunday. Trustee HS Mejie inaugurated the camp. A team of doctors led by Dr JS Gill examined patients.
Insurance firm told to recalculate claim
Chandigarh, September 12
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum yesterday directed ICICI Lombard Insurance and ICICI Motor Insurance to recalculate the claim of a music system considering its depreciation as per the age of the vehicle and release the balance payment to a complainant.
3 youths arrested for rape, blackmail
Mohali, September 12
Three youths, arrested last night by the Mullanpur police for allegedly raping a minor and circulating her video on MMS, were remanded to police custody. The victim, a student of class XI at a Mullanpur school, was given cold drink laced with sedative before she was physically abused near Kaheval village last month.
Woman hit by car, in hospital
Chandigarh, September 12
A 24-year-old woman was injured when she was allegedly knocked down by a car at Sector 26 here this evening.
The police said the victim, Nirmala Devi, a resident of Mullanpur, was crossing the road when she was hit by a white Toyota Corolla car.
Youth succumbs to injuries
Zirakpur, September 12
A 30-year-old pedestrian succumbed to injuries here today at the GMCH-32 where he was admitted after being hit by a speeding mini bus near Bishanpura village on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway on September 9. The deceased has been identified as Moti Lal, a resident of Bishanpura village, hailing from Uttar Pradesh.
Man caught stealing
Chandigarh, September 12
A Sector 34 resident was caught stealing a wallet from a car in Sector 35.
Nipun shoots gold
Chandigarh, September 12
St John’s Nipun Nagpal scored 537/600 to earn the top honours in the air rifle sight (ISSF) event in junior men section, while Sacred Heart’s Anjum Modgil won the gold in air rifle peep sight event with a score of 387/400 in the junior women section of the 12th Chandigarh State Inter-School Shooting Championship-2010 at Shooting Range, Sector 25, here today.
Thinking beyond wheelchair
Panchkula, September 12
When it comes to toughness, this differently-abled Commonwealth Games aspirant surely knows how to scrum. For, Amit Siroha (26) is out to promote rugby in the country.
Talking to The Tribune, Amit, who was in the city to participate in the Paralympic National Games, says he along with friends has been promoting the game among the physically challenged defence personnel in
Pune, Bangalore, Ghandhinagar and other parts of the country. The only quadriplegic player in the country, Amit says the government should make available wheelchairs, costing around
Rs 3 lakh each, being used in the game. In the absence of government support, it is difficult to promote such a sport in the country.
He adds that he has spent Rs 1.5 lakh from his own pocket on the wheelchair, as no sponsorship has come forth to help him get the sophisticated chair, which is used by
differently-abled players.
City to host hole-in-one contest
Chandigarh, September 12
The Chandigarh Golf Club has scored another first. Barely two weeks after bagging the first Maxpower Longest Drive contest, it has been chosen as the country’s first Dream Shot course, which will enable one lucky golfer to have a try at the $ 1 million cash prize for a hole in one.
Cricket in Fix
Board to act tough, says Pandove
Chandigarh, September 12
An international report alleging an Indian batsman of being involved in match fixing during recently held IPL
matches has left the BCCI perturbed. “We are taking the reports seriously, though it is difficult to prove the involvement of any player in match fixing on his on-field performance on any given day,” viewed MP
Pandove, BCCI’s treasurer.
Basketball runs in his blood
Chandigarh, September 12
As a school-going boy, he had one aim — to represent the country like his father did in basketball. It did not take much time for this calm but gritty youngster to realise his dream.
At just 16, Amanjot Singh was part of the squad that went to Russia to participate in the Youth Basketball Championship in 2008.
Currently, Amanjot is part of an ongoing camp to prepare for the Youth Asian Basketball Championship to be held in Yamen next month. “I am hopeful of my selection in the Indian team,” says a confident
Amanjot. Basketball is in Amanjot’s blood, as his father earned fame in the game while representing the country at senior-level many a time.
“I always wanted to follow in the footsteps of my father so I started playing the game at an early stage while studying in Ajit Karam Singh Public School. Then I shifted to New Public School, Sector 18, and honed my skills there. My performance in several state-level tournaments earned me a place in the team for youth championship in Russia, where we finished fifth,” adds
Amanjot, who is now part of the Ludhiana Basketball Academy and has been pursuing his studies in SCD Government College, Ludhiana.
Rain washes out play
Chandigarh, September 12
Soggy outfields at both venues — Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium, Patiala, and LIC grounds, Sector 26 — forced the calling off of play on the second day of the two ongoing matches of Emerging Players Tournament by the Punjab Cricket Association here today.
SGGSC-26 claim handball title
Chandigarh, September 12
SGGS College, Sector 26, emerged champions in the Panjab University Inter-College Handball (men) Championship for 2010-11 at PG Government College, Sector 11, here today.
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