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2 killed in mishaps
Tribune News Service

The victim was crushed under the wheels of the truck. The driver fled, leaving the vehicle behind. The police registered a case and impounded the vehicle.

Man killed in accident

Panchkula: A 55-year-old resident of Saketri was killed when a vehicle hit him here on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sahu Baba. He had a shop near the Mansa Devi temple.

He was on his two-wheeler when the vehicle, which could not be identified, hit him near the Parade Ground at Sector 5. He was taken to the General Hospital at Sector 6, where he was declared brought dead.

Chandigarh, September 22
The Chandigarh police has registered a fresh case against Amit Kakkar, owner of Healthyway Immigrations. In the fresh FIR registered at the police station-36, the police has named 46 complainants who were allegedly duped by the company in 2010.

This is the 10th case registered against owners of Healthyway Immigrations. DSP Anil Joshi said the case was registered after scores of complainants approached them after the booking of Kakkar in a similar fraud case. The total amount of fraud is estimated at over Rs 30 lakh. All complainants alleged that they were duped by the company on false promises of easy migration overseas. The UT Police will now move an application in the court seeking his police custody again.

Chandigarh, September 22
Local lad Sachin Kumar will face Udayan Bhakar of Rajasthan in the final match of the boys (U-14) category during the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls (U-14 and U-16) held here today.

During the semifinals of the category, Sachin defeated Iashaque Eqbal 6-2, 6-2 and Udayan Bhakar overcame Paramveer Singh Bajwa 7-6 (5), 6-2. In the boys’ (U-16) event, Ranjeet Singh defeated Alex Solanki 6-2, 6-0 and Dheeranush Singh Bhatti defeated Dhruv Pal 6-1, 7-6 (7) to clash in the final of the competition.

In the girls’ (U-14), Pranjala Yadlapalli defeated Himani Mor 6-3, 6-4 and Vanshika Sawhney defeated Karman Kaur 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, while in the girls (U-16) category, Pranjala Yadlapalli defeated Himani Mor 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 and Vanshika Sawhney defeated Aboli Gogahari 6-1, 6-2.

Results:

Boys (U-14): Param Pun and Paramveer Singh Bajwa bt Ishaque Eqbal and C Vasisht Cheruku 4-6, 6-3, 10-3.

Boys (U-16): Sachin Kumar and Ranjeet Singh bt Dhruv Pal and Dheeranush Singh Bhatti 7-5, 6-1.

Girls (U-16): Sruta Kirti Gunuganti (AP) & Pranjala Yadlapalli (AP) bt Snehal Umesh Mane (Mah) & Victoria Chahal (Har) 6-1, 6-1.

Chandigarh, September 22
The Chandigarh Badminton Association has selected a 17-member team to represent the city in the upcoming All-India North Zone Badminton Championship to be held at Panchkula from September 24 to 26.

Team: Boys (U-19): Rupinder Singh, Kawaldeep Singh, Kenneth Wong, Rishabh Rana.

Girls (U-19): Muskan Sohi, Kailash, Shreya Chadha, Mehak Sood.

Men: Oskar Bansal, Ashish Sharma, Pankaj Nathani, Rupinder Singh, Tushar, Vivek Sharma, Abhinav.

Women: Nisha, Purnica Bhandari, Muskan Sohi, Kailash; Surinder Mahajan would be the manager-cum-coach and Geeta Aggarwal has been appointed as female coach.

Chandigarh, September 22
Panjab University Campus team overcame GGS College for Women to finish first in the Panjab University Inter-College Netball Tournament for Women being played at PU grounds here yesterday.

PU team drubbed GGS College by 23-07. For the third place in the tournament, PG Government College for Girls defeated PG Government College, Sector 11, by 20-19. — TNS

Chandigarh, September 22
After one player of the local outfit was declared overage by a panel of doctors, the Chandigarh Football Association XI (CFA-XI) team played a draw against Sahayatri Football Academy of Howrah in a match of the 9th Administrator’s Challenge Cup Football Tournament for Boys (U-17) being held at the Football Stadium, Sector 17, and Sports Complex, Sector 42, here today.

Both teams failed to score in the stipulated time of 70 minutes, while in another match of the day, Dalbir Football Academy, Patiala, and SAS, Mizoram, also played a goalless draw on the opening day of the tournament. Both teams failed to convert the chances.

Meanwhile, debutants JJ Football Academy, Bengaluru, started their campaign by defeating Steadfast Academy of Mumbai 7-1. The winning side opened the account in the 31st minute through Stephen, while Chander doubled the lead in the 34th minute of the game followed by a goal in the 48th minute by Kiran.

Madan (52nd, 87th), Chander (60th) and Ravi (89th) increased the victory margin for Bengaluru outfit, wile Shanon Pereira scored the consoling goal for the Mumbai team in the 81st minute of the game.

In the group B match, Indian Football Association, Mumbai, defeated IPFA, Colaba, by 4-2. Papan Majumdar put IFA-XI in the lead after scoring in the 18th minute of the game. Sukhen Bag scored the second goal in the 35th minute and after two minutes, Mainak Das scored the third goal for the winners.

IPKA reduced the margin through Jitendra Tandel just before the lemon break.

Rahil Akbar reduced the margin for IPFA’s after scoring in the 48th minute but Sukhen Bag scored a goal in the 65th minute to ensure the team’s victory.

Chandigarh, September 22
Local lad Rajat Khaneja went down to Dilip Kumar of Tamil Nadu during the six-red snooker championship held here today.

Dilip defeated Rajat 3-4. Rajat after winning the first frame by 35-31 went down in the second and third frame by 31-5 and 41-0, while in the fourth frame, Rajat win with a break of 36 to win 45-0 and in the fifth frame, Rajat lost at black by 36-24.

In the sixth frame, Rajat again played with touch and potted well to win 59-6, but in the last and final frame, Dilip overcame the rival easily. Other local lad, Sumit Talwar also went down against Shankar Rao of Andhra Pradesh 4-2.

In another encounter, Praveen defeated Rupesh Shah of PSPB 4-3, while G Raghuvendra of AP defeated Vipin Premi of UP by 30-16, 52-26, 22-34, 31-38, 38-15 and 33-24. Gunjab Patel of Gujarat got the better of Aman Preet Singh of Delhi by 52-17, 47-28, 12-28, 7-32, 25-8 and 80-51, while Lucky Vatnani defeated Abhimanyu by 4-0.

In another nail biting encounter, Altomosh Saifi managed to overcome Vinayak of Punjab 4-2.

Chandigarh, September 22
Saksham Verma defeated Kanwar Sharma 5-0, 5-0, while Preet Kanwal overcame Pushpit Modi 15-0, 17-0 during the first day of the 21st Chandigarh State Carrom Championship being held at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here today.

During the tournament, the top eight position holders in both boys and girls will be awarded ranking points.

Results:

Singles boys (sub-junior): Punjay bt Aaryanan Chhikara 06-00, 10-00; Daksh Garg bt Sunpreet 06-00, 05-00; Abhishek Roy bt Sajju Ahalawat 10-00, 05-00; Shivam bt Azroyer Singh Brar 07-00, 08-00; Mohd Aarish bt Saksham 19-00, 25-00; Varun Sharma bt Gaurav Malhotra 16-00, 17-00; Yishu Sharma bt Punjay 17-00, 11-00; Aayush Kumar bt Abhishek 15-00, 12-00; Ankush Taneja bt Shiram 08-00, 07-00.

Boys (junior): Aayush Kumar bt Aayush Kumar 25-00, 25-00; Shanu Goyal bt Chirag C 15-08, 14-08; Yishu Sharma bt Rahul Sharma 21-05, 14-08; Yishu Sharma bt Rahul Sharma 21-05, 00-23, 15-10; Mohd Aarish bt Ranjan 21-00, 21-00; Mohd Talib bt Harsh Negi 25-00, 21-00; Abhishek Roy bt Daksh Garg 23-00, 08-04; Preet Kanwal bt Pushpit Modi 24-00, 24-00; Ankush Taneja bt Punanjay Modi 25-00, 25-00.

Men’s singles: Yishu Sharma bt Deepak Singh 25-00, 25-00; Raj Kumar bt Jitesh 25-00, 25-00; Ayush Kumar bt Kuldeepak 21-05, 20-03; Ojhal Anand bt Kunwar Sharma 24-00, 23-00, Preet Kanwak bt Gaurav Malhotra 25-00, 25-00; Neeraj Bharti bt Rajnish Chaudhary 25-02, 25-06; Mohd Aarish bt Shravan 18-04, 21-07; Ranjan bt Harkamaljeet 25-00, 25-09.

Girls (sub-junior): Sanya bt Bhumika Anand 07-00, 00-13, 15-09; Aastha Gandhi bt Samaksha 07-00, 05-00; Nidhi Gupta bt Muskan 07-00, 08-00; Aakriti bt Pankuri Garg 14-00, 16-00; Tuba bt Asmita 17-00, 16-00.

Girls (junior): Sanya Chadha bt Pankuri 17-11; Aashita Garg bt Samaksha Sharma 21-00, 18-00; Farheen bt Aakriti 21-00, 21-00; Gurkiran bt Priya Gupta 20-00, 09-05; Nidhi Gupta bt Sanya 25-00, 23-00; Priya Sharma bt Mahak Gupta 25-00, 25-00; Aastha Gandhi bt Samaksha 07-00, 05-00.

Women (singles): Gulshan bt Aastha 25-00, 25-00; Anjali bt Ashmita 25-04, 25-00; Nidhi Gupta bt Aastga Garg 24-00, 23-00.

Chandigarh, September 22
Teams of PCC, India Cements, Air India and Mohit-XI booked berth in the semifinals of the ongoing 18th All-India JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament being held here today.

In the first match of the day, PCC defeated IOC by 102 runs at GMSSS, Sector 26, to top the pool. Batting first, PCC scored 376 for six in 50 overs. Openers Ishan Malhotra and Ravi Inder contributed 92 runs for the first wicket before Ravi Inder got out on an individual score of 37 runs.

Ishan Malhotra partnered with Karan Goel to made a 82-run partnership for the second wicket before Ishan Malhotra was bowled out by left arm spinner Vinay Chaudhary after scoring a 116 off 90 studded with 11 boundaries and seven lofty sixes.

Karan Goel (67 off 60) and Mayank Sidana (76 off 53) were the other main scorers. For the bowling side, Ankit Rajput took two for 38.

In reply, IOC was bowled out on 274 for six in 50 overs. Shalab Srivastava made an unbeaten century (116 off 126) studded with 10 boundaries and three sixes. Rajwinder Singh took two for 28.

In the second match of the day, Mohit-XI registered a win against Canara Bank by 178 runs. Mohit-XI were bowled out for 314 in 45.1 overs. Puneet Bisht (98 off 78) and Yashpal Singh (69 off 58) were other main scorers for the team. K Gowtham took four for 74.

Chasing the target, Canara Bank was bowled out for 136 in 27.4 overs. C Balaji (30) and BN Bharet (33) were the main contributors. JP Yadav and Avinash Yadav took three wickets each for the bowling side.

In the third match of the day, PCA Colts lost to India Cements, Chennai, by seven wickets. PCA Colts set a target of 221 for nine in 50 overs. Mohit Mohindra (72 off 98) and Gurkirat Mann (75 off 81) guided the team to build the total.

Chandigarh, September 22
Yadavindra Public School (YPS), Mohali, defeated Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hissar, during a basketball match of the ongoing Indian Public School Conference Tournament for Boys and Girls being held at YPS grounds here today.

The hosts overcame Hissar school by 26-7. In another match, Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, outnumbered Bhavans’ Sawan Public School, Delhi, by 47-33; Punjab Public School, Nabha, beat Pinegrove School, Subathu, by 38-31. In the last match of the day, Birla Public School, Pilani, defeated BRCM, Bahal, by 54-42.

In the girls (U-19) category, Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, defeated Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls School, Jaipur, by 36-25, while Punjab Public School, Nabha, defeated Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior, by 18-14.

The Daly College, Indore, thrashed Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, by 39-5, while Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer, defeated Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hissar, by 33-10.

Results:

Cricket: Boys (quarterfinals): Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, bt YPS, Patiala; YPS, Mohali, bt Bhavans’ Sawan Public School, Delhi; Vallabh Ashram, Valsad, bt Delhi Public School, RK Puram, New Delhi; Modern School, New Delhi, bt The Daly College, Indore.

Chandigarh, September 22
Like the shorter version of cricket, the six-red ball format of the game will also help to popularise snooker among the youth of the nation, feels Asian billiards champion Alok Kumar.

In the city to play the ongoing six-red ball nationals, the spiky striker of the table ball, who won the Asian Billiards Champion in April this year, said it was the right time to uplift the game by organising various competitions.

“The country has a lot of talent. All one needs is to find and polish that and there is a need to increase the standard of the game also by organising the shorter version,” said Alok Kumar.

In the recently held Asian Championship at Iran, the second rank holder defeated Pankaj Advani in the quarterfinal stage. He also got the better of Peter Gilchrist of Singapore and Praprut of Thailand in the semifinals and final of the tournament, respectively.

Alok is a six-time national snooker champion, four-time national billiards champion and has also won the pool game thrice.

Earlier, he has bagged the title of Asian Snooker Championship in 2004 and also won a silver medal in billiards at the Busan Asian Games, including bronze medals in the World Snooker Championship (2006) and Indo-Asian Games in 2007.

The player, who lives in Mandi Gobindgarh (Punjab), said India lacked specialised pool players. “There is a need to increase the number of tournaments, especially in the northern belt of the country, to popularise the game. Being the secretary of Punjab Billiards and Snooker Association, we are also planning to organise various tournaments to increase the level of game,” said the champion.