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150 examined at medical camp
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, January 9
A fee medical check-up camp was held at JK Shanti Charitable Clinic, Mubarkpur.Thousands of patients were benefited. Doctors said more than 150 patients were examined and given medicines free of cost.

Office-bearers of the society said the aim was to help the poor and the underprivileged.

Kharar, January 9
As many as 1,623 students participated in the mock AIEEE 2011 test organised at Rayat-Bahra Group at Kharar today.Aimed at testing skills ahead of the AIEEE 11, mock test was organised with a bounty of prizes aimed at encouraging the students. Aspirants in engineering courses, only those with plus two non-medical/medical with mathematics, appeared for the exam.

Chairman of the Rayat-Bahra Group Gurvinder Singh Bahra said that after the success of 2009 and 2010 mock tests, institute decided to hold a mock test to give aspirants and opportunity for self-evaluation and introspection.

“Mock test was also meant to educate the students about the AIEEE so that maximum number of students appears for main exam without any kind of fear. Those students who have not opted for any kind of coaching till date could gear themselves with some crash courses,” Bahra said.

Similar mock test would be conducted on January 23 at Patiala and Jammu. Last would be in Fazilka on February 13. Rayat-Bahra had already organised mock tests in Ropar and Hoshiarpur.

Dera Bassi, January 9
Coming only a few days after the murder of a five-year-old boy, Khushpreet, who was kidnapped in Burail last month, panic gripped the family of another five-year-old child, Aryan Gupta, who was abducted in Mubarakpur near here a year and a half ago.

Family members said they feared for his life after the recent spate of kidnapping of children as, despite all their efforts as well as those of the police, there was still no clue about their child’s whereabouts. They have again demanded a CBI probe into the case for which they had filed a writ petition in the Punjab & Haryana High Court, the hearing on which is on.

The child’s father, Parveen Kumar, stated Aryan, an LKG student at the Sukhmani School, Dera Bassi, was abducted on July 23, 2009 when he was playing in front of his home. Though the Dera Bassi police filed a case of kidnapping four days later it has been unable to find any clues in the case till date.

Parveen alleged some villagers were involved in the abduction, accusing a prominent Akali leader based in Zirakpur of “supporting” the kidnappers. “Though the police were given the names of the suspects there have been no positive results due to the cops coming under political pressure”, he claimed.

Parveen said the kidnappers also demanded a ransom a few days after the incident. “I visited Ambala and Delhi with the ransom money after informing the police, but the case was not resolved”, he added.

The child’s family members also claimed though they had met top police officials the latter did not handle the case “sincerely” due to political pressure. They warned they would block road traffic if their child was not found soon.

Meanwhile, DSP Jatinder Khaira asserted the police had made all-out efforts to crack this abduction case. “Suspects were interrogated thoroughly and the CIA department also conducted a probe, but no clues were found. We are continuing our investigations in the case”, he added.

Patiala, January 9
In order to share their perspective about the basics of investing and the road ahead for the Indian stock markets, India Infoline Ltd (IIFL), a financial services provider, organised an investor meet here today.

Retail investors from the city attended the conference. During the conference that lasted for two hours, IIFL experts spoke on overview of capital markets, risk and rewards, investment avenues, equity returns over other asset class, trading options and also answered questions, during a very interactive session on the Indian stock markets.

Speaking to the media, Nitin Kapur from IIFL said, “Punjab in general and specifically Patiala is blessed with a populace which is very receptive to stock market investing and is extremely market savvy. We have plans for Punjab and have expanded our network to ensure that we are present wherever the retail investor needs us across the state of Punjab.”

Kapur said they had organised the investors’ meet in order to educate the retail investor about the nuances of investing in stock markets.

“We understand that the retail investor needs to be educated about the markets and this series of conferences across India is our contribution towards an educated retail investor base. Though, the stock market could remain volatile in the near future, we expect healthy upside in the longer term,” he added.

Chandigarh, January 9
The Punjab and Haryana High Court wants an end to the north-south divide in the city. It has asked the UT administration to provide the “same, if not similar facilities”, to residents of southern sectors.

Justice Rajive Bhalla has also directed the UT administration and the municipal corporation to ensure that the confusion over control of roads between the two bodies does not act as an impediment in providing “traffic infrastructure”.

Taking up the traffic regulation and pollution control case, Justice Bhalla asserted: “The city of Chandigarh has, over six decades of its existence, developed into two distinct parts, commonly known as northern and southern sectors.

“Eighty per cent of the population of Chandigarh resides in southern sectors. But for reasons best known to the Chandigarh administration and the municipal corporation, most of its efforts are directed towards northern sectors.

“It will be appreciated if this imbalance receives the nod of the powers that be and an honest attempt is made to rectify this imbalance. The majority of the population of the city should be provided the same, if not similar, facilities as provided in northern sectors of the city.”

In his detailed order running into three pages, Justice Bhalla added: “It is made clear that the confusion that exists in respect of control of roads and infrastructure between the municipal corporation and the Chandigarh administration should not impede the efforts to provide traffic infrastructure.”

Justice Bhalla added: “Efforts should be made, particularly with respect to southern sectors, to provide requisite infrastructure for better traffic regulation and ensure the deployment of adequate police officers.”

Justice Bhalla asked the road safety council to “prepare a report, setting out in detail the work required to be carried out by each department of the Chandigarh administration and the municipal corporation, after holding a meeting”. The council was asked to prepare the report after perusing orders passed by the high court and place it in court on January 20.

Directions were also issued to Punjab’s director of industries and commerce to file an affidavit on unauthorised mining in the Ghaggar riverbed. The directions came after the National Highway Authority of India claimed that the Ghaggar bridge had become unsafe due to illegal mining.

Taking into consideration the unauthorised accesses to national highways leading to traffic jams and hazards, Justice Bhalla asked the municipal committees of Zirakpur and Dera Bassi, along with the Deputy Commissioner and the SSP of Mohali, to submit their replies on the action taken.

Panchkula, January 9
A trader was shot at by three unidentified persons when he was returning to his home at Barwala, near here, last night. The assailants, however, fled leaving him injured after which he was taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32.

The police ruled out robbery as motive behind the incident. The victim identified as Sadhu Dutta is a native of West Bengal.

According to Inspector Jangsher Singh, SHO, Chandi Mandir Police Station, Dutta was discharged from the GMCH and now he is admitted to a private hospital in Panchkula.

On the complaint of Dutta, a case has been registered for attempt to murder and on Arms Act charges.

Chandigarh, January 9
Maintaining their winning streak, local soccer team today drubbed Manipur by 3-0 in the league Match of “A” group (boys, U-14) in the ongoing 56th National School Games at Football Stadium, Sector 17, here, today.

Girls’ team in the same age group again missed to open their account, as the team held the Match draw against Jharkhand team. No team could score any goal during the tie.

In cricket, Uttar Pradesh team registered a victory by nine wickets against Jammu and Kashmir team in a low scoring match in the U-19 section.

Batting first, UP team mustered only 55 total in 25 overs, but J&K team gave up on 52 score.

Results

Boys’ (U-14):

1 Punjab V/S Chhattisgarh: Punjab beat Chhattisgarh by 3-0

2 Maharashtra V/S Tamil Nadu: Maharashtra beat Tamil Nadu by 3-0

3 Punjab V/S Haryana: Punjab beat Haryana by 7-0

4 Maharashtra V/S Chhattisgarh: Maharashtra beat Chhattisgarh by 3-0

5 Jharkhand V/S Haryana: Jharkhand beat Haryana 
by 4-0

6 Jharkhand V/S Tamil Nadu: Jharkhand beat Tamil Nadu by 4-1

7 MP V/S J&K: MP beat J&K by 3-0

8 Tripura V/S Delhi: Match draw by 0-0

9 J&K V/S Manipur: Manipur beat J&K by 5-0

10 Uttarakhand V/S Mizoram: Match draw by 0-0

11 Chandigarh V/S Manipur: Chandigarh beat Manipur by 3-0

12 Delhi V/S Mizoram: Mizoram beat Delhi by 4-0

13 West Bengal V/S Uttarakhand: West Bengal beat Uttarakhand by 2-0

14 Goa V/S Rajasthan: Goa beat Rajasthan by 3-0

15 Karnataka V/S HP: Karnataka beat HP by 6-0

16 Assam V/S HP: Assam beat HP by 3-0

17 Karnataka V/S Goa: Goa beat Karnataka by 3-1

Girls (U-14)

1 Mizoram V/S Chandigarh: Mizoram beat Chandigarh by 1-0

2 Goa V/S Chhattisgarh: Goa beat Chhattisgarh by 4-0

3 Chandigarh V/S Jharkhand: Match draw 0-0

4 Haryana V/S Maharashtra: Haryana beat Maharashtra by 3-1

5 Goa V/S Mizoram: Match draw 0-0

6 Punjab V/S Chhattisgarh: Match draw by 1-1 
7 Manipur V/S Tamil Nadu: Manipur beat Tamil Nadu by 8-0

8 Jharkhand V/S Punjab: Jharkhand beat Punjab by 7-0

9 Maharashtra V/S MP: Maharashtra beat MP by 1-0

Cricket U-19 

1 Delhi V/s Bihar, score 79/78 (Delhi won by 6 wickets)

2 IPSC V/s Orissa, score 166/112 (IPSC won by 54 runs)

3 Goa V/s Daman, score 160/147 (Goa won by 13 runs)

4 Maharashtra V/s Punjab, score 73/136 (Punjab won by 63 runs)

5 Gujarat V/s Kerala, score 137/136 (Gujarat won by 5 wickets)

6 Madhya Pradesh V/s Haryana, score 120/100 (Madhya Pradesh won by 20 runs)

7 KVS V/S Uttrakhand, score 96/95 (KVS won by 7 wickets)

8 Uttar Pradesh V/S J&K, score 54/52 (Uttar Pradesh won by 9 wickets)

9 Chhattisgarh V/S Tamil Nadu, score 123/124 (Tamil Nadu won by 7 wickets).

Badminton

Boys (U-19), second round

1 Haryana beat Tamil Nadu 2-0

2 Karnataka beat Pudicherry 2-0

3 Gujarat beat Uttrakhand 2-0

4 Punjab beat Daman & Diu 2-0

5 Kerala beat KVS 2-1

6 Delhi beat Chhatisgarh 2-0

7 Chandigarh beat Maharashtra 2-0

8 Assam beat Madhy Pradesh 2-0

9 Punjab beat Rajasthan 2-0

U-14, (second round):

1 Maharashtra beat Bihar 2-0

2 Karnataka beat J&K 2-0

3 KVS beat Goa 2-0

4 Karnataka beat Madhya Pradesh 2-0

5 West Bengal beat Vidya Bharti 2-0

6 Haryana beat Chandigarh 2-07 Assam beat Tamil Nadu 2-0

8 Andhra Pradesh beat Uttar Pradesh 2-09 Delhi beat Punjab 2-1

U-17, (second round):

1 Andra Pradesh beat Uttrakhand 2-0

2 Bihar beat Mizoram 2-0

3 KVS beat Assam 2-1

4 Punjab beat Madhya Pradesh 2-0

5 Delhi beat West Bengal 2-0

6 Kerala beat Rajasthan 2-0

7 Karnataka beat Chandigarh 2-0

8 Maharashtra beat Haryana 2-0

Quarterfinals: Andhra Pradesh beat Bihar 2-0; Punjab beat KVS 2-0; Kerala beat Delhi 2-0; Maharashtra beat Karnataka 2-0

Semifinal: Andra Pradesh beat Punjab 2-0; Maharashtra beat Kerala 2-0

Chandigarh, January 9
The annual Customs, Excise and Income Tax North Zone Sports Meet will kick off from January 11.The three-day meet, being organised under the aegis of the Central Revenue Sports Board, New Delhi, would witness competition in 16 disciplines, including track and field events, table tennis, lawn tennis, volleyball, hockey, cricket and kabaddi.

The organisers claimed that more than 300 participants from Delhi-Jaipur, Bhopal-Indore, Kanpur-Lucknow and Chandigarh-Patiala sub-zones would vie for the top honours.

“Some renowned former and present international and national players including Vijai Mala Bhanot, Praveen Jolly, Shopat Singh (all former Asian Games bronze medallists), Amay Khurasia and Bhupinder Singh Senior (both former national cricketers), Gurdish Pal Singh, Daljeet Singh and Gurdeep Singh (all former international hockey players), Charanjit Lal and Kunwar Vinod (both national level football players) would grace the meet with their presence,” said the organisers.

The meet would be inaugurated by BS Dhillon, Chief Commissioner, Income Tax, North-West Region at the Sports Complex, Sector 7, here on January 11 at 11 am.

Events would be held in the Sports Complex, Sector 7, Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, Football Stadium Sector 17, Cricket Stadium, Sector 16 and Tau Devi Sports Complex, Sector 3 in Panchkula.

Chandigarh, January 9
Modgill Challengers (MC) lifted the Tricity Premier League trophy by beating Punjabi Tigers (PT) by 95 runs in the final match of the league at Banyan Tree School here today.

Batting first, MC team put on a total of 191 for eight in 30 overs with the help of Swapnil Modgill’s 53 off 46 and 46-run knock by Shubham Sharma.

In reply, PT team could accumulate only 96 for eight in the stipulated overs.

Scores

MC: 191 for 8 wickets in 30 overs (Swapnil Moudgill 53, Shubham Sharma 46, Chiranpreet Singh 2 for 34 and Robin 2 for 31), PT: 96 for 8 wickets in 30 overs (Shubham Arora 27, Kulwinder 2 for 8, Arunam 2 for 19 and Shubham Sharma 2 for 13).

Chandigarh, January 9
Nilachal will face Suhavini Bhullar tomorrow in the finals of the girls’ under-14 category in the YMCA Total Tennis Championship, being played at the Total Tennis Academy, Sector 11.

In today’s semifinal match, Nilachal blanked Kirti 6-0 in just 20 minutes whereas Suhavini had to fight hard against her opponent Neamat Aulakh. Finally, Suhavini got the better of Neamat in the tiebreaker 7-6 in 45 minutes.

Result

Girls (U-12): Semifinal: Aarushi Kakkar beat Nitsimran 6-1; Kriti Soni beat Aditi Dogra 6-1.

Q-Finals: Aarushi Kakkar beat Arshya 6-1; Nitsimran beat Anupriya 6-3; Kriti Soni beat Rashi Khaushal 6-3.

(U-14): Semifinals: Nilanchal beat Kriti 6-0; Suhavani Bhullar beat Neamet 7-6 (5).

Q-final: Nilanchal beat Aarushi Kakkar 6-2; Kriti beat Reva 6-1; Nehmat Aulakh beat Nitsimran 6-2; Suhavani Bhullar beat Tanya 6-3.

1st round: Aarushi Kakkar beat Arshiya 6-2; Kriti Soni beat Pallavi Hooda 6-1.

(U-18): Semifinals: Aarushi beat Aanchal 6-0; Neamet beat Sanjam 6-0.

Q-finals: Aarushi beat Suhavani 6-0; Reva beat Tanya 6-3; Sanjam beat Pallavi 6-2.

Boys

(U-10): Semifinals: Chirag beat Karan 4-0, 4-0; Avi Garg beat Jagrid 4-0, 4-0.

Q-final: Chirag beat Arjun 7-0; Karan Sharma beat Agni 8-7(8); Jahard beat Souhard 8-6; Avi Garg beat Armaan 7-0.

(U-12)

Semifinals: Sabrang beat Adeesh 4-1, 5-3; Rishabh beat Parmeet 4-1, 2-4, 4-0.

Q-final: Sabrang Sandal beat Ashish 7-3; Adeesh Bansal beat Vibhu Chowbey 8-6; Rishabh Sharda beat Abhi Grag 7-0; Parmeet Deol beat Vegam 7-1.

1st Round: Sauram Sandal beat Karan 6-1; Ashi Sopth beat Karanveer Hooda 7-2; Adeesh Bansal beat Shrey 8-6; Vibhu beat Aditya 7-4; Rishabh beat Nikhil 7-0; 6.Abhi beat Manveer 7-0; Uttgam beatArnav 7-4; Parmeet Deol beat Krishnam 7-3.

(U-14): Semifinals: Rohit beat Rishabh 5-4(1), 3-5, 4-0; Chirag beat Rohit 4-0, 4-1.

Q-final: Rohit beat Dishant 7-1; Rishabh beat Lakshay 7-0; Rohit beat Parmeet Deol 7-1; Chirag beat Sabrang 7-4.