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Rajpura, November 8
A woman got killed in an accident on the Rajpura-Ambala road near Marian village. The deceased has been identified as Komal who was riding pillion on a bike. She was on her way towards Rajpura from Ambala. Her husband Kulwinder Singh, too, received serious injuries and was rushed to the Rajpura civil hospital.

Police officials said an unidentified speeding truck hit the couple. While the woman died on the spot, her husband was rushed to the civil hospital by the passers-by.

Chandigarh, November 8
District Sessions Judge SK Goel today acquitted Swaran Singh, a meter reader with the electricity department, who had been booked for demanding a bribe of Rs 1,000.

Harish Kumar lodged a complaint with the vigilance department on June 7, 2006, that Swaran had told him that the electricity meter at his residence was slow and faulty.

Swaran allegedly told Harish to pay him Rs 500 per visit to stop the former from lodging a complaint against the latter.

On the first two visits, Harish had given Swaran Rs 500. Swaran demanded Rs 1,000 per visit, following which Harish lodged the complaint.

Chandigarh, November 8
Amid tight security, Paramjit Singh Bheora, convicted in the Beant Singh assassination case, was produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate JS Sidhu today in a jailbreak case.

Bheora and Jagtar Singh Hawara were shifted from the Burail jail in Chandigarh to Tihar Jail in New Delhi for the hearing of the bomb blasts case in New Delhi in 2004. The Delhi Police had produced him before the judge here today.

The counsel for Bheora moved an application saying that he was moved out of Tihar Jail at 2 am to the Vikas Puri police station, in violation of rules. He requested the court to ensure that Bheora was moved out at sunrise as per guidelines.

Hawara, a Babbar Khalsa International terrorist, and his accomplices Jagtar Singh Tara and Paramjit Singh, all accused in the Beant Singh assassination case, had escaped after digging a tunnel in the Burail jail in 2004. An undertrial, Devi Singh, had also escaped.

Chandigarh, November 8
The police has booked a group on charges of rioting and attempt-to-murder for assaulting a resident of Colony No. 5 here last evening.

The SHO of the Sector 34 police station, inspector Udeypal Singh, said the 25-year-old victim, Shiv Kumar of Colony No. 5, was stabbed by the assailants in connection with old enmity.

Shiv Kumar suffered multiple injuries caused by sharp-edged weapons on his forehead, back and other parts of the body. He was admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32.

The police said Shiv Kumar’s friend Vishal had an old feud with Amarjit Singh, alias Tota, Deepak and Davinder, and they had assaulted him last year.

The accused, along with seven or eight other persons, spotted Shiv Kumar and assaulted him around 8:30 pm yesterday.

The police recorded Shiv Kumar’s statement at the hospital and registered a case against the trio and their accomplices.

Chandigarh, November 8
With the arrest of four persons, the police today claimed to have busted a gang, which used to pick up passengers from bus stands in the city in their auto-rickshaw and rob them after taking them to secluded areas.

The police said the gang had been active not only in the city, but also in Mohali and other surrounding areas.

DSP (Crime) Satbir Singh said a team of crime branch officials, led by sub-inspector Juldan Singh, apprehended four members of the gang and recovered two countrymade pistols and two knives from their possession.

The suspects were nabbed from the Dhanas jungle around 9:30 pm yesterday while they were hatching a conspiracy to loot a chemist’s shop in the city.

The police impounded the auto-rickshaw (PB65T-3242), which they accused used in picking up passengers from the Inter-State Bus Termini at Sectors 17 and 43.

Satbir said the police had information that Bhupinder Kumar of Samana, Suresh Kumar of Sector 52, Parminder Singh and Anil Kumar of Kajheri village and Alok Kumar were sitting in the auto-rickshaw in the jungle.

Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the place and apprehended four persons while Alok, taking advantage of darkness, gave the police the slip.

The police said countrymade pistols were recovered from Bhupinder and Parminder while knives were found from Suresh and Anil.

A case under Sections 399 and 402 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act was registered at the Sector 11 police station.

Satbir said Bhupinder was involved in seven cases of theft and three cases of attempt-to-murder in Mohali and Patiala districts in the past 10 years.

Parminder Singh was arrested in a rape case in April this year while Suresh had been arrested in a snatching case.

The police said the accused came in contact with each other through a common friend and formed a gang.

They had so far admitted to have robbed Ankush Rattan of two mobile phones and cash at the Lahora bridge on November 4 and a case had been registered at the Sector 11 police station in this connection.

The accused were today produced in a local court, which remanded them to one-day police custody.

Mohali, November 8
Punjab team comprising Yuvraj Singh practised at the net for around three hours in the morning, while Karnataka team trained in the afternoon for the forthcoming Ranji Trophy four-day match to be held at the PCA Stadium on November 10.

Punjab team led by Pankaj Dharmani practised from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm.

Karan Goel, Sarul Kanwar, Uday Kaul, Ravi Inder Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Vishwas Bhalla, Mandeep Singh, Rahul Sharma, Sarabjit Ladda, Navdeep Singh, Harmeet Bansal, Bharat Loomba are other members of the team.

Under-19 players Sarul Kanwar and right-hand pacer Navdeep Singh were likely to make their debut in the Ranji Trophy match.

Karnataka team that arrived in the city today took the field in the afternoon. They are led by Vinay Kumar. Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Sunil Joshi, and Abhimanyu Mithun are the other team members.

Mohali, November 8
Sahil Sharma’s quick-fire 84 off 89 balls helped PCA Red defeat PCA Green in a trial match held at PCA Stadium here today.

The trial matches were being held to select the Under-14 team to represent Punjab in the North Zone Inter-State Under-14 tournament to be played in Delhi.

The probables have been divided into two teams — PCA Red and PCA Green.

Batting first, PCA Green scored 366 runs in 100 overs. Vineet Dhaka (60 off 39 balls) hitting 13 x 4s, Sanveer (68 off 97 balls) hitting 13x4s, Rajat Sharma (57 off 106 balls) hitting 10x4s, Siddharth (41 off 92 balls) hitting 7x4s were the main run-getters.

For PCA Red, Loven Kapoor was the pick of the bowlers as he claimed three wickets giving away 66 runs.

Amish Sidhu (2 for 60), Vishwanath (2 for 43), Saurav (1 for 23) and Akul Pandove (1 for 5) were the other wicket-takers.

Chasing the victory target, PCA Red scored 367 runs. Sahil Sharma (84 off 89 balls) hitting 14x4s, Mansav Singh Gill (60 off 60 balls) hitting 10x4s, Ashim (63 off 98 balls) hitting 10x4s, Akul Pandove (23 off 82 balls) hitting 2x4s, Ramandeep (35) hitting 6x4s, Shubham Chand (27) hitting 5x4s were he main scorers for PCA Red.

For PCA Green, Jasminder Saini (3 for 50), Karan Kahlon (3 for 61), Rishin (2 for 39) and Akash (2 for 43) were the main wicket-takers.

Brief scores: PCA Green: 366 runs in 100 overs (Vineet Dhaka 60, Sanveer 68, Rajat Sharma 57, Siddharth 41; Loven Kapoor 3 for 66, Amish Sidhu 2 for 60, Vishwanath 2 for 43).

PCA Red: 367 runs (Sahil Sharma 84, Mansav Singh Gill 60, Ashim 63; Jasminder Saini 3 for 50, Karan Kahlon 3 for 61).

A PCA spokesperson said another two-day match for the probables would be held from November 9 to select the final team for the tournament.

Sandeep Sawal, former Punjab Ranji Trophy player, has been appointed as coach for the under-14 team.

Chandigarh, November 8
Seasoned city golfer Amandeep Johl and Arjun Singh, and amateurs Kapil Dev, Nooraine Fazal and KK Bajoria comprising the PGTI 1 team won the LG Race to Ireland Pro-Am at the Jaypee Greens golf course in Greater Noida on Sunday.

The second round of the Pro-Am was played in the scramble format, in which each amateur player teed off on each hole. The better of the two tee shots were selected and both amateurs played their second shots from that spot.

Subsequently, the better of the second shots was determined and the third shots were played. This process continued until the ball was holed. The professional pair followed the same process.

The PGTI 1 (128-121) were declared the winners, as they ended up with a score of 249 to book a berth in the Irish National Pro-Am to be staged in 2011.

The winning professionals also walked away with a prize money of Rs 2 lakh.

Professionals Ashok Kumar and Gaurav Pratap Singh, who comprised the Avantha Group along with amateurs Padamjit Sandhu, Harsh Gupta and Yudi Bahl finished second at 253 (131-122).

Feroz Ali Mollah and Chandigarh’s Randhir Singh Ghotra won the prize for the best professional pair of round one, recording a score of nine under 63 on Saturday. They took home a prize purse of Rs 1.1 lakh.

Ashok Kumar and Gaurav Pratap Singh won the prize for the best professional pair of round two, as they recorded a score of 13 under 59 on Sunday. They also took home a prize purse of Rs 1.1 lakh.

Chandigarh, November 8
The Chandigarh police is planning to host the All-India Police Games early next year. UT IGP PK Srivastva has urged the administration to provide the police with a stadium and a parade ground to host the event.

The IGP has also said they are planning mobile phones for the beat staff to make them available to the public and strengthen the beat patrol system. The IGP unfolded his plans during the inauguration of the Raising Day celebrations at the Police Lines in Sector 26 here today.

He added that they were planning to introduce a mobile police station in the city to provide better policing to residents. The police had inducted 17 new vehicles into its existing fleet.

UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil, who was present to inspect the parade, congratulated the Chandigarh police for displaying co-ordination and discipline in the parade. He said the government would provide all facilities to it to make it a model police force in the country.

It was for the first time that the Chandigarh police was celebrating its Raising Day since its inception on November 1, 1966. The IGP said state-of-the-art complexes would be constructed on the 51.9 acres allotted to the UT police at Dhanas and 60 acres allotted to it at Sarangpur for the newly inducted Indian Reserve Battalion. He said plans to introduce new police stations in the city to cater to the ever-increasing population was under consideration.

“The responsibilities of the police are manifold and only well-trained, well-equipped and well-motivated personnel can carry out these duties effectively and fruitfully,” the Administrator said, promising to provide all facilities to make the force better. He added that the police had to devise new strategies to combat innovative ideas of outlaws.

Nine platoons of various wings of the Chandigarh police, including the riot control wing, the operations cell, the traffic police, the dog squad, the forensic wing and the mounted staff, besides women personnel, participated in the parade.

MP Singh, Secretary to the Punjab Governor, Pradip Mehra, Adviser to the UT Administrator, Ram Niwas, UT Home Secretary, Sanjay Kumar, UT Finance Secretary, Brajinder Singh, UT Deputy Commissioner, Naunnihal Singh, UT SSP, DK Tiwari, Managing Director, CITCO, Alok Kumar, UT SSP (Headquarters), HS Doon, UT SP (Traffic and Security), and RS Ghuman, UT SP (Operations and Training), were present.

Chandigarh, November 8
MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, beat SDP College for Women, Ludhiana, 10 wickets in the Panjab University Inter-College Cricket (women) Tournament held on the PU campus here today.

Batting first, SDP College for Women were restricted to a paltry 46 runs in 16 overs.

Priyana (5), Ambika Sharma (6) and Komal (4) were the main scorers for the team.

For MCM DAV, Hema was the pick of the bowlers as she took three wickets giving away just six runs.

Aarti and Noopur were the other wicket-takers, scalping two wickets each and giving away 7 and 5 runs, respectively.

In reply, MCM DAV College did not face any difficulty, scoring 49 runs without losing any wicket.

Noopur and Amita remained not out on 21 and 11 runs, respectively.

Brief scores: SDP College for Women, Ludhiana: 46 runs all out in 16 overs (Priyana 5, Ambika Sharma 6, Komal 4; Hema 3 for 6, Aarti 2 for 7 and Noopur 2 for 5).

MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh: 49 runs for no loss (Noopur 21 not out, Amita 11 not out).

Chandigarh, November 8
Panjab University’s badminton (men) team won a silver medal in the All-India Inter-University Badminton (Men) Tournament held at Dr NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada.

Stating this in a press release here today, a spokesperson said in semi-final, Panjab University shuttlers defeated strong Osmania University 3-1.

However in the final, the team lost to Calicut University 2-3 in a closely-contested match that went to the fifth set.

Team members Oscar Bansal and Saurav Kapoor, who had represented Indian team in the world universities championship held at Taiwan this year, performed excellently as they remained unbeaten during the tournament in the singles event.

The team was felicitated with silver medals and trophies.

Chandigarh, November 8
A two-day 8th Bhavan Hawk Roller Skating Carnival will be organised by Bhavan Vidyalaya at the skating rink of the school in Sector 27 here from November 12.

Stating this in a press release here today, a school spokesperson said races would be held in rink race I, rink race II and road race categories in under-4, 4-6, 6-8, 8-10, 10-12, 12-14, 14 years and above age groups.

Roller hockey matches will be held in under-12 and under-16 age category, the spokesperson added.

The last date for entries is November 11 and those interested in participating in the carnival can submit their entries with the UT school sports department during school hours or in the evening from 4.30 pm to 6 pm at the skating rink of the school.