NEIGHBOURHOOD

Two from Patiala in top 100
Gagan K Teja
Tribune News Service

Ambala,May 31
Six persons of a family, including five children, have been injured as a roof collapsed at Ghasitpur village near here last evening.Raj Kumar, a labourer, staying in the house who sustained injuries said that his five children Preeti (14), Manbari (10), Sheikhar (8), Palak (6) and Saloni (4) were injured due to the sudden collapse of the roof of their house.

They were admitted to the hospital for treatment.

Ambala, May 31
The Ambala police has busted a gang of snatchers involved in several cases of snatching in Haryana, Punjab and UP. They have arrested two youths identified as Sunil and Parkash, both resident of Muradabad in Uttar Pradesh.

Police sources said that it was trying to nab the other six members of the gang. During the preliminary investigation, both the accused admitted their involvement in six snatching cases, which include five in Ambala Cantt and one in Ambala City 
recently.

Ambala, May 31
Residents of the city have demanded the face-lift of over 150 years old holy historic Naorang Roy pond, which has been turned into a tank filled with countless polythene bags containing filth due to utter neglects by the administration.

For the past four years, the maintenance of the historic pond was handed over to a Trust and since then, the condition of the pond became bad to worse.

Sources said that, a few years back, Mohammad Shine, the then deputy commissioner of Ambala, had decided to facelift the historic pond with public and government contributions but in the mean time, he was transferred and the proposed cleanliness drive has been hanging fireever since.

The sources reveal, the condition of the pond is worsening, where the temple is being used by anti-social elements of the town and the tank is emanating foul smell and it has become a meeting place for stray animals.

An official of the Corporation held residents of the adjoining residential areas responsible for throwing household wastes into the holy pond.

Ambala, May 31
Col RS Dhindsa has become a victim of ATM card cloning as somebody has withdrawn Rs 71,600 from his bank account in the State Bank of India, Yamunanagar branch.

The retired Colonel said here today that he had filed a complaint with the district police that a total of Rs 71,600 had been withdrawn from his account from ATMs at Panipat and Kurukshetra on May 26 and 27. He said that on May 27 he was on his way to Patiala when he got an SMS from the bank that a sum of Rs 11,600 had been withdrawn from his account from the ATM.

When he contacted the bank, he was told that on May 26 a sum of Rs 20,000 had been withdrawn from his account from an ATM of the State Bank of India at Panipat and on the same day another sum of Rs 20,000 had been withdrawn from the same ATM.

The next day, a sum of Rs 20,000 was withdrawn from the ATM of the State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur at Kurukshetra. Later a sum of Rs 11,600 was withdrawn from the same ATM on May 27, he added.

Following this, the bank informed him about the zero balance in his account and told him to deposit money to maintain the minimum balance. The retried Colonel maintained that his ATM card was with him and he had not used it on the said two days. He had not made any withdrawals and somebody had fraudulently withdrawn the money from his account.

He said that he had lodged a complaint with the bank and also with the HUDA police post in Ambala City but till date no action had been taken.

Patiala, May 31
Riding high on a fine batting display by Shalinder (39 not out) and a fine bowling by Ansuman (three for 23), hosts BECC drubbed YPS, Patiala, by seven wickets in the 11th Hot Weather Under-14 Cricket Tournament, which is in progress on different grounds in the city.

After winning the toss, YPS elected to bat first and managed 111 runs for seven in the stipulated 35 overs.

Prince 49 and Chetnya 11 were the main scorers for YPS. In reply, BECC chased the target in 30.2 overs after loosing three wickets. Prabhsimran 27, Shalinder 39 (not out) and Tejpreet 22 (not out) helped BECC to chase the target. BECC remained unbeaten in Pool A and reached the semifinals.

In another match, which concluded on the BECC grounds, DCF, Delhi, got the better of DMWCC, Patiala, by 51 runs and entered the semifinals. DCF won the toss and elected to bat first.

The team scored 185 runs for five in 35 overs. DMWCC were all out in 30.2 overs after making 134 runs.

Brief scores (Match I):

YPS Patiala: 111 for 7 in 35 overs (Prince 49, Chetnya 11; Ansuman 3 for 23, Tejpreet 1 for 14, Abhisek 1 for 20).

BECC: 113 for 3 in 30.2 overs (Shalinder 39 not out, Prabhsimran 27, Tejpreet 22 not out; Jatin 2 for 21, Fateh 1 for 30).

Match II:

DCF: 185 for 5 in 35 overs (Paras Jain 51, Dhanwar 34 not out, Karan 29; Gurdeep 3 for 31).

DMW CC: 134 all out in 30.2 overs (Kunal 24, Gaurav 18, Yovraj 17; Parash Jain 3 for 20, Raunak 2 for 12, Nimish 2 for 18).

Chandigarh, May 31
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed its own appeal to hold that judicial officers with masters’ degree were entitled to additional increments.In its appeal placed before the Division Bench of Justice MM Kumar and Justice Gurdev Singh, the high court had challenged its own order passed by a Single Judge in the case of judicial officer Priya Sood and other petitioners. At the time of filing the case, Sood was posted as Gurdaspur Chief Judicial Magistrate.

In his judgment dated January 24, the Single Judge had held that Sood, a member of Punjab Civil Services (judicial branch), was entitled to three additional increments in “lieu of her higher qualification of LLM”.

Chandigarh, May 31
A factory was vandalised by a group of youths, causing extensive damage to property, at Ram Darbar here late last night. The police arrested three persons — Sunny, Rajat and Sukhdev Singh — in a case of rioting and assault on the complaint of Rakesh Gulati, a resident of Sector 8, Panchkula. Gulati alleged that his factory was trespassed by 40 persons, causing extensive damage to his property.

A security guard, Tulsi Ram, was also assaulted in the process, he alleged. The police is yet to identify the remaining accused.

A case under Sections 147, 149, 323, 452 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the police station-31.

Panchkula, May 31
Rohit Dhiman outclassed Siddhart Basnet 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinal match of U-14 in the ongoing Dikshant AITA Total Tennis Tournament being played at Dikshant Global School, Sector 12, here today.

In the roller coaster match, Dhiman displayed solid and consistent forehand from the baseline and left his rival helpless in the court. Dhiman lost the first set in a tie break 6-7 (3), but came back strongly to take next two sets 6-4 and 6-4 to move into the quarterfinal round.

Hari Om Sabarwal of Punjab beat Vaibhav Rattan 6-7 (4), 7-5 and 6-4 to move ahead in the next round of the U-14.

In U-12, Daksh Marwaha had a tough outing against Abhi Udai Singh, but the former got the better of his rival 3-6, 6-2 and 6-4 to secure berth in the quarterfinal round.

Results

Boys’ U-12: Rishabh Sharma beat Adeesh Bansal 6-0, 6-0; Shianshu Sharma bt Sarvesh Mariya 6-3, 6-1; Sabrang Sandal bt Asav Kumar 6-1, 6-4; Dhurv Sarabwal bt Ayush Deswal 6-3, 6-1; Saurabh Prasar bt Kush Arora 6-2, 6-4; Ritik Mohapatra bt Akshit Chabbra 6-3, 6-2; Daksh Marwaha bt Abhi Uday Singh 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; Anmol Rattan Kamboj bt Sm Nagratta 6-3, 6-2

Boys’ U-14- 1st round: Adhyan bt Karanvir Hooda 6-0, 6-0; Chirag Bajwa bt Adesh Bansal 6-0, 6-1; Varnit Arora bt Asav Kumar 7-5, 6-0; Hari Om Sabarwal bt Vaibhav Rattan 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4; Sachit Malhotra bt Dhruv Sabrawal 6-0, 6-2; Nihit Rawal bt Manik Dawar 6-2, 6-2; Siddarth Basnet bt Ayush Deswal 6-0, 6-4; Rohit Dhiman bt Ankit 6-0, 6-0; Ankush Nagpal bt Nikhil Kundu 6-2, 6-1; Robin Kapoor bt Sumer Sandhu 6-2, 6-1; Rishabh Sharda bt Manhar Manchanda 6-0, 6-2; Sabrang Sandal bt Sahishnu Sharma 6-4, 6-0; Ranauq Singh bt Saurabh Kalia 6-2, 6-2; Rohit kumar bt Saurabh Prashar 6-2, 7-5; Kabir Manrai bt Aditya Gupta 6-0, 6-0

Girls’ U-14- 1st round: Kriti Soni bt Taruna Walia 6-4; Abhilasha Moudgill bt Sirat Pannu 6-2

2nd round: Prinkle Singh bt Akshita sood 6-2; Ananya Sharma bt Kriti Soni 6-4; Sukriti bt Saryu Sawtantar 6-1; Arushi Kakkar bt Pargya Singh 6-1; Ishdeep kaur bt Komal Kaur 6-2; Harsimran beat Bharti Aneja 6-2; Abhilasha Moudgill bt Rubhani Alhuwalia 6-2; Nilanchal Gupta bt Arjoo Chaudhary 6-0

Girls’ U-12- 2nd round: Harleen Kaur bt Depanshi Aggarwal 6-0; Akshita Singh bt Ishdeep Singh 6-4; Taru Alhuwalia bt Pragya Singh 6-1

Boys’ U-14- 2nd round: Adhayan bt Chirag Bajwa 6-2, 6-3; Sachit Malhotra bt Varneet Arora 6-2, 6-0; Kabir Manrai bt Hair Om Sabharwal 6-3, 6-0; Nihit Rawal bt Anmol Rattan Kamboj 6-0, 6-1; Rohit Dhiman bt Siddhart Basnet 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4; Robin Kapoor bt Ankush Nagpal 6-3, 6-2; Rishab Sharda bt Sabrang Sadal 6-1, 6-2 

Panchkula, May 31
An all-round performance by Yuvraj Singh (51 and two for 14) guided the Coaching Centre (CC), Sector 3, to lift the champions’ trophy after defeating Andale Cricket Academy by five runs in the final match of the Under-16 Cricket Championship at Barwala on Sunday.

Andale team put on a total of 202 runs in 35 overs, which was chased by CC-3 at the loss of five wickets.

Shubham Arora hit 65 runs in 40 balls but the other batsmen of Andale failed to provide much support to Shubham, as most of them went back to the pavilion cheaply. Yuvraj Singh and Abhishek were the pick of the bowlers.

Both bowlers picked up two wickets each, giving away 14 and 16 runs, respectively.

In reply, Yuvraj Singh put up a vital role with his 51 runs.

Coaching Centre team received an early jolt as they lost their opening batsman in the fifth over when the scoreboard read a total of 28 runs.

Thereafter, Yuvraj Singh played sensibly and steered the team to win.

Brief scores

Andale Cricket Academy: 202 all out in 35 overs (Shubham Arora 65, Deepak 28; Yuvraj Singh 2 for 14, Abhishek 2 for 16).

Coaching Centre: 204 for 5 in 30 overs (Yuvraj Singh 51, Abhishek 28 not out; Shubham Sharma 2 for 23). 

Chandigarh, May 31
The Shri Shri Cricket Academy thrashed Eicher School, Parwanoo, by 111 runs in a match of the 3rd Ashok Kumar Vij Memorial Cricket Tournament U-14, being organised by the Professional Cricket Club at Banyan Tree School, Sector 48, here today.

Put in to bat first, Shri Shri team accumulated 213 runs in 30 overs. In reply, Eicher School team were bundled up at 102 in 20 overs.

Mayank emerged as the highest scorer with 69-run knock in 58 balls for Shri Shri academy team. He was ably supported by Ayush, who chipped in 39 runs in 54 balls.

For Eicher team, Harshdeep claimed two wickets, conceding 22 runs.

During the chase of the target, Eicher team was not in the match any moment. The entire team were all out on 102 runs in 20 overs. Abhirag and Sarthak were the main contributors with 28 and 22 runs, respectively.