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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Horse riding: Gursobha steals the show
Tribune News Service

Fatehgarh Sahib, September 17
Gursobha Singh of Heritage Equestrian Sports Academy, Mohali, stood first in the children’s show jumping (normal) on the third day of the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Memorial horse show at the Nawab Sher Mohammad Khan Stadium.

Major Krishan Yadav, captain of India’s Tent-pegging and show jumping teams is also participating.

Results

Children’s show jumping (normal): Gursobha Singh (Heritage Equestrian Sports Academy) on the horse Archilles Gursobha Singh (Heritage Equestrian Sports Academy) on the horse Baavla.

Hitesh Khattar (PPS, Nabha) on the horse Thunder. Shiv Pratap Singh (PPS, Nabha) on the horse Luck Chic Luck

Open jumping normal

Jagmahinder Singh (BSF, Tikanpur) on the horse Shiva, Mahesh Singh (RVC, Saharanpur) on the horse Magic,

Angad Sahlot (ORA) on the horse Ladron, Vikram Singh (PAP, Jalandhar) on the horse Prithvi.

National Tent-pegging (Individual) Lance:

1. Jaswinder Singh (BSF) on the horse Kanchan

2. Nar Singh (Haryana police) on the horse Ranjeeta

3. Youngbir Singh (Punjab Armed Police) on the horse Meghdoot

4. Suresh Kumar (ITBP) on the horse Prio Bhandavi

National Tent-pegging (Individual) Sword:

1. Nar Singh (Haryana police) on the horse Ranjeeta

2. Krishan Yadav (NDA) on the horse Tasha

3. Dinesh Kumar (Haryana police) on the horse Apollo

4. Jaswinder Singh (ITBP) on the horse Mayur

National Tent-pegging (Individual Ring and Peg) Lance:

1. Talwinder Singh (PAP Jalandhar) on the horse Sania

2. Suresh Kumar (ITBP) on the horse Prio Bhandavi

3. Avtar Singh (BSF, Tikanpur) on the horse Gouri

4. Ram Bhan (ASC, North) on the horse Dimpal

5. Jaswinder Singh (BSF, Tikanpur) on the horse Kanchan

6. Raghuvinder (RVC, Saharanpur) on the horse Natwar

Children’s International Jumping:

1. Amanpreet Singh (PPS, Nabha) on the horse Luck Chick Luck

2. Arjun Sahlot (ORA) on the horse Ladron

Children’s Jumping Normal (Group-III):

1. Gurbaaz Singh (CHRS) on the horse Mr India

2. Punjab (Kirpal Sagar Academy) on the horse Romeo

3. Jatin Singla (CHRS) on the horse Baadal

3 hurt in tractor-auto collision
Our Correspondent

Kalka, September 17
Two women and a girl sustained major injuries in a road accident between a tractor and an auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling.

According to information, the incident took place on the accident-prone steep-gradient stretch on the Kalka-Paploha road on Thursday around 11.30 am.

The auto-rickshaw turned turtle due to the impact of the collision. Subsequently, Salma and Veena and three-year-old girl Kritika sustained serious injuries.

The victims were rushed to the local civil hospital, from where Veena and Kritika were referred to General Hospital, Sector 6, Panchkula.

Notice served on passport officer

Ambala, September 17
ATFI president Veresh Shandilaya, a resident of Ambala City, has issued a legal notice to regional passport officer, Chandigarh, today for directing him to surrender his passport issued under the Tatkal Scheme a few months ago.

The passport officer in a show-cause notice issued to Viresh Shandilaya on September 6 had stated that the office had issued him a passport under the Tatkal Scheme on May 28, 2010. It was found that a case under Sections 323, 506 IPC was registered against him and the same was under trial in the court of law. This fact was not mentioned in his passport application form, he added. Shandilaya said no case was pending against him. He said the notice had caused mental agony to him and damaged his reputation. He said if the passport officer did not clear the fact immediately he would file a defamation case against him. — OC

Mullana lads emerge tennis champs
Our Correspondent

Ambala, September 17
MM Engineering College, Mullana, emerged victorious in the men section during the Inter-College Table Tennis Tournament held at Indoor Sports Complex of Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana.

Twelve matches were held during the meet.

MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, and MM Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana, finished as runners-up.

In the women section, MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, registered victory, while MM Engineering College, Mullana, was declared the first runner-up and MM Institute of Management, Mullana, finished as second runner-up.

COURTS

Anuradha Murder Case
Victim’s brother sides with Talla
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 17
In a new twist to the Anuradha murder case, Sandeep, younger brother of the victim, deposed before the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge GC Garg stating that Anuradha had cordial relations with her husband Baljinder Singh, alias Talla.

Sandeep stated that he used to stay with the couple before he shifted to the US in 2005. He said the couple had cordial relations.

Anuradha was murdered in May, 2008. Her body was found in the bedroom of her residence in Sector 38.

Subsequently, the police had arrested Talla and his two servants, Vijay Pal Singh and Ashok, on charges of murder.

Talla, who was at a disco when the murder took place, was the alleged mastermind, the prosecution had said.

Both servants had said they had killed Anuradha at the behest of Talla.

CRIME

3 booked for fraud
Tribune News Service

Zirakpur, September 17
The police booked two officials, along with a sales executive, of Tricity Autos situated on the Zirakpur-Patiala highway for allegedly duping a resident of Mohali. The case has been registered on the complaint of Jagdeepak Singh Bedi, a resident of Phase X, Mohali. The accused have been identified as Ajay Kapoor, general manager, Dhuru Garg, managing director and William Masih, sales executive, of Tricity Autos.

Jagdeepak alleged that in 2009 he had contacted Tricity Autos, Zirakpur, to buy a Swift Desire car. The company officials had asked him to pay Rs 6,12,436 by demand draft.

William Masih and Ajay Kapoor reportedly took the demand draft from the complainant and promised him the delivery of the car on September 26, 2009.

The complainant alleged that, however, the official had given the car to another person. He claimed that even after one year, neither the accused had refunded the money nor delivered the car to him.

The police said the case had been registered under Sections 420, 406 and 120-B of the IPC further investigations were on.

Seven booked in assault case

The police today booked seven persons for allegedly assaulting a woman of Nagla village. The accused have been identified as Balbir Singh, Rajinder Singh, Dilbagh Singh, Kala, Gurpreet Singh, Jarnail Singh and an unidentified person.

The alleged incident took place last night when Karamjit Kaur was at her home. The accused had allegedly broken into her home and started assaulting her. She stated that the accused had tried to grab her land.

The investigating officer stated that after recording the statements of the injured woman, a case has been registered against the accused and further investigations were on.

1 held for illegal mining

MOHALI: Gurmeet, alias Chinto, has been arrested by the police for indulging in illegal sand mining at Nayao Goan area. Acting on a complaint filed by the forest range officer Sukhwinder Singh, the police has slapped the Land Preservation Act 1900 and Indian Forest Act on the suspect.

‘Road Rage’
Cong leader’s son thrashed
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 17
In an apparent incident of road rage, the son of a police inspector, along with his two friends, allegedly thrashed a 20-year-old son of a Congress leader from Haryana. The victim, Kamal Chaudhary, suffered injuries on his face and nose. A BA final year student, Kamal is a resident of Sector 2, Panchkula.

The police said the trio, who were in an Opel Astra car, thrashed the victim when their car collided with his motorcycle near a rotary on the road separating Sectors 16 and 23 here this evening.

The trio sped away but the traffic police stopped the car for speeding and spotting black film.

A challan was issued, but when the police found out that a car hit a motorcycle, they were taken to the Sector 17 police station.

The accused have been identified as Tarminder Rana, son of a UT police inspector, and his friends Amit Rana and Lawrence Bishnoi.

The SHO of the Sector 17 police station, inspector Jaswinder Singh, said a case of causing injuries had been registered and the matter was under investigation.

ABVP activists clash with police, 15 held
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 17
Members of the Haryana and Chandigarh units of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) clashed with the Chandigarh police at the rally ground in Sector 25 here today. The police arrested 15 students after registering a case of rioting against them.

However, ABVP representatives claimed that over two dozen students were injured following a lathi-charge by the police.

The police stated that four policemen were injured when protesters indulged in stone pelting. A police officer said only two students sustained minor injuries in the clash.

The protesters insisted on marching to the secretariat and tried to breach the security cordon, leading to a clash with the police.

The police claimed that though they issued verbal warnings to the protesters, the latter refused to budge and had to be pushed back by use of force.

Claiming otherwise, local leader Dinesh Chauhan said: “There was no provocation from our side. We were discussing our demands peacefully when the police entered the rally and started beating us up. Several party workers were injured and I am in police custody with a broken arm.”

The party had staged the protest demanding holding of student’s election in Haryana colleges and curbing the increasing commercialisation of education.

Burglary bid at liquor shop
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 17
A liquor shop owner in Mani Majra accused the police of inaction following attempt of burglary at his shop last night. The owner, Gaurav Khanna, a resident of Sector 44, said around 4.30 am four unidentified youths broke open the locks of his liquor shop in Mani Majra. The miscreants pried open the shutter of the shop but a truck driver noticed their activity and raised the alarm.

This alerted Khanna’s employees, who were sleeping in the shop, and locked themselves inside the shop.

As luck would have it, a two-wheeler passed by, forcing the miscreants to flee the scene.

The employees mustered strength to call the police only around 5.45 am once they had ensured that the miscreants had left.

They also informed Khanna about the incident after which he reached the scene.

Khanna said a police control room vehicle and later personnel from the Mani Majra police station along with additional SHO reached the scene to verify the matter.

However, no action was taken into the matter till late in the evening, with the police saying theft had not been committed there.

Mani Majra police station SHO Partap Singh said no locks were broken and the truck driver mistook some boys, who were knocking at the shutter to get liquor, as burglars.

3 held with illegal liquor
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 17
The police arrested three persons from different parts of the city and recovered 128 quarters of liquor from them here yesterday. The police arrested Anu, a resident of Mauli Complex, from near Kalagram light point while allegedly carrying 96 quarters of country wine.

In another incident, Dharambir Singh, a resident of Kajheri, was arrested with 26 quarters of liquor. Similarly, Mawa Lal, a resident of colony no 5, was held from near the road separating Sectors 50 and 51 while allegedly carrying six nips of liquor.

Three cases under the Excise Act have been registered in different police stations.

SPORTS

Hero Honda Women's Golf
City girls tied fourth
Our Golf Correspondent

Chandigarh, September 17
The city duo of Saaniya Sharma and Preetinder Kaur finished fourth, as Delhi's Nalini Singh Siwach fired another steady two over 74 card to clinch the title in the Hero Honda Women's Professional Golf Tour event on the ITC Classic greens in Gurgaon today.

Nalini finished with a three-day tally of 221, defeating her nearest rival Neha Tripathi of Kolkata, by five strokes. Bangalore's Sharmila Nicollet was another two strokes behind at 230.

Chandigarh big-hitter didn’t seem to get things in order today. She bogeyed four times, including a double bogey on the eighth to be five over 41 at the turn.

Saaniya did get back into her stride in the back nine with a one over 37, but the damage had already been done. She carded a six-over 78 for a three-day tally of 230 to finish a good nine strokes behind the winner.

Preetinder started better birdying the fifth after losing a stroke on the third, but bogeys on the seventh and eighth saw her take the turn at two over 38. She bogeyed four times for a four over par 40 back nine and a six over 78 card.

Nalini played steady golf on all the three days carding 74-73-74 to break the winning streak of Sharmila, who had won all the three titles of the Hero Honda Women's Golf Tour this season.

Scores

221 Nalini Singh Siwach (74-73-74); 226 Neha Tripathi (74-77-75); 228 Sharmila Nicollet (75-78-75); 230 Saaniya Sharma (73-79-78) and Preetinder Kaur (78-74-78); 239 Rani Sonti (85-72-82) and Nalini Singh (86-78-75), 255 Nikki Ponappa (86-84-85); 256 Pallavi Jain (87-84-85); 257 Reena Singh (87-84-86) and Mita Gowande (86-87-84) and 258 Priya Puri (84-85-89).