Amritsar, March 30
Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, (105 points) lifted the GND University Inter-College ‘A’ Division Overall General Championship (Men) Trophy during the 41st annual sports prize distribution function (2010-11) held at Guru Nanak Bhawan Auditorium of the university here.

DAV College, Amritsar, (103 points) remained runner-up. DAV College, Jalandhar, with 54.5 points got the third place. Khalsa College, Amritsar, got the fourth place with 44.5 points.

The university honoured its 350 outstanding sportspersons, who brought laurels to the university in various sports disciplines at the international, national and all-India inter-varsity levels, with cash prizes worth Rs 22 lakh.

Besides, cash prizes, trophies and blazers were also presented to the players. The president of the University Sports Committee (Men), coaches and the team managers were also honoured on the occasion.

Prof A.S. Brar, Vice-Chancellor, gave away the prizes to the winners. While speaking on the occasion, he advised the students to concentrate seriously on sports along with their studies.

During the function, the All-India inter-university winners were honoured with cash prize of Rs 7,500 each, second position holder got Rs 5,000 and Rs 2,500 was awarded to third position holders.

In the women section, the GND University Overall ‘A’ Division General Championship Trophy went to HMV, Jalandhar, (127 points). The BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar, (117 points) remained runner-up and Guru Nanak Dev University Campus, Amritsar, got the third place in the championship with 38 points. The fourth position went to KMV, Jalandhar, with 36 points.

The GND University ‘B’ Division Overall General Championship (Men) Trophy went to SSM College, Dinanagar, (20 points). Guru Nanak College, Batala (14 points) remained runner-up, while KRM DAV College, Nakodar, and Ramgarhia College, Phagwara, jointly got the third place in the championship with 13 points each.

The GND University ‘B’ Division Overall General Championship (Women) Trophy went to Hindu College, Amritsar, (30 points). SDSPM (Women), Rayya, remained runner-up with 25 points, while Pt Mohan Lal SD College for Women, Fatehgarh Churian, remained third with 21 points in the championship. SHD KMV College, Kala Sangian, remained fourth by gaining 19 points.

While presenting the annual report of sports achievements, Dr Kanwaljit Singh said during 2010-11 the university remained winners in 10 disciplines, remained runner-up in eight and got third place in eight disciplines in the all-India inter-university championships for men and women.

He said in the men’s section, the university won the all-India inter-university championships in cricket, cycling, judo, air pistol, weightlifting, yachting and archery, while remained runner-up in athletics, softball, water polo and taekwondo. It also got third position in korfball and netball.

He said in the women’s section, the university remained winners in all-India inter-university championships in power lifting, softball and yachting. In weightlifting, archery, cycling and netball remained runner-up. It got the third place in hockey, korfball, gymnastics, football, baseball and kayaking.

Jalandhar, March 30
As people remained glued to television sets indoors, the roads wore a deserted look in Jalandhar since this afternoon to watch the World Cup semifinal between India and Pakistan.

While many watched the match with their families at home, there were others who preferred to enjoy it with their friends in city hotels and clubs watching the innings on big screen.

The shopkeepers around the markets in Bhagat Singh Chowk put up a big screen outside their shops for everyone to enjoy. Hostelers at Lovely Professional University also had a gala time as they sat together having pasted their faces and hands with the colours of the national flag and enjoying every ball.

Phagwara: Roads wore a desereted look in Phagwara, Goraya, Phillaur, Apra, Bilga and Noormahal during the semifinal Cricket match between India and Pakistan today.

A few vehicles were seen on the roads. Presence of the employees remained thin in government, semi-government and private offices due to the match. Educational institutions too recorded less attendance.

Hotels and restaurants made special arrangements of LCDs to facilitate their customers to watch the match.

Special prayers were organised in temples for the victory of India in the match.

Hoshiarpur, March 30
Patron of the youth wing of the SAD and MLA Bikramjit Singh Majithia alleged that former Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Badal was a confused and opportunist person and was not aware of the basic problems of the people.

He was trying to mislead the people of Punjab by giving irresponsible statements for his selfish motive to grab power. But people of Punjab were wise and would not be misled by his false statements.

Talking to mediapersons here yesterday, he said the recent formation of a new political party by Manpreet Badal would not make any impact on the forthcoming elections to the state Assembly. The SAD-BJP would jointly contest these elections on development issue and would definitely get majority to form the next government in Punjab.

Referring to the ongoing debt on the Punjab Government, he said loans had been acquired by the state government for the welfare schemes to uplift the downtrodden. Subsidies being given in certain welfare schemes were right of the poor and should be continued in future also.

Manpreet Badal should remain thankful to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who had got him elected for four terms in the state Assembly.

Hoshiarpur, March 30
The lust for dowry took the life of a young woman at Jalalpur village in the district.

According to Parminder Singh, Station House Officer of Tanda police station, Gurbachan Singh of Begowal, Kapurthala, stated that his daughter Paramjit Kaur (26) was married with Sukhwinder Singh of Jalalpur village about three years ago. Right after her marriage, her husband Sukhwinder Singh, father-in-law Dalip Singh, mother-in-law Surjit Kaur and sister-in-law Jasbir Kaur started torturing and maltreating Paramjit Kaur for bringing more dowry, alleged Gurbachan Singh. Meanwhile, Paramjit Kaur was blessed with a son and a daughter.

On the evening of March 27, 2011, the husband and in-laws of Paramjit Kaur sprinkled kerosene on her and set her ablaze. She was taken to a hospital from where she was referred to DMC, Ludhiana, where she succumbed to her burn injuries on Monday evening.

The police has registered a case under Sections 304 B and 34 of the IPC and arrested Dalip Singh, Surjit Kaur and Sukhwinder Singh, whereas Jasbir Kaur is still at large.

Hoshiarpur, March 30
Accepting the complaint of Bahera gram panchayat, the District Consumer Court, headed by its president P.D. Goel, has ordered Jindal Sales Corporation (JSC), local Sant Bhag Singh Nagar, to refund Rs 15,840 along with Rs 1,000 as costs of litigation to the former within one month.

Bahera gram panchayat, through its sarpanch Baldev Singh, had filed a complaint against the JSC on the ground that the JSC had illegally charged VAT for Rs 15,840 on the purchase of 900 m pipe of 3" diameter, ISI mark, medium class at the rate of Rs 440 per metre for Rs 4,11,840.

The owner of the JSC raised the defence that he had paid VAT for the material purchased, so charging of VAT on the goods sold to the gram panchayat was justifiable.

The consumer court observed that the items purchased by the JSC through bill did not tally with the items sold by him to the Bahera gram panchayat. It was observed that the bill of the pipes neither bore bill number nor VAT number. Consequently, it was held that the Jindal Sales Corporation had illegally charged Rs 15,840 on account of 4 per cent VAT, as the bill issued by the JSC did not bear bill and VAT numbers, which amounted to unfair trade practice as well as deficiency in service.