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Mata Gujri College emerge chess champs
Surinder Bhardwaj

Fatehgarh Sahib, October 6
Mata Gujri College (MGC), Fatehgarh Sahib, won the Punjabi University, Patiala, Chess Championship by defeating DAV College, Bathinda, 4-0 in the final round. The two-day championship was organised at the PMN college, Rajpura.

Twenty colleges of Punjabi University participated in the tournament. Patel Memorial National (PMN) College, Rajpura, secured the second position after beating Punjabi University, Patiala, whereas Government College, Ropar, finished third after beating Public College, Samana, in the last round.

Prof Bikramjit Singh Sandhu, in-charge of the chess team, said the team of Mata Gujri College maintained the lead from the first round.

He said six players of the college Gursher Singh, Pankaj Sharma, Jaspreet Singh and Sourab Goyal were also selected to represent Punjabi University, Patiala, in the inter-university competition.

Dr Jatinder Singh Sidhu, director-cum-principal of the college, congratulated team in-charge Prof Bikramjit Singh Sandhu, players and Dr Parminder Kaur Randhawa, head of the department of physical education. Dr Sidhu said best coaching facilities would be provided to players so that they could perform well.

Three child workers rescued from bakery
Substandard food products seized, destroyed; owner fined
Attar Singh
Tribune News Service

Ambala, October 6
Officials of the district health department, assisted by those of the labour welfare department, rescued three child workers from a bakery located on the Rattangarh Road, near Ambala City, today.

The officials jointly raided Kisan Bakery after learning about poor working conditions at the bakery and the employment of child workers there. The rescued children, all below the age of 14, belonged to poor families hailing from Uttar Pradesh. They had been sent by their families to work on paltry wages.

The tall claims of the labour department of putting in efforts to check child labour in the town seem to have fallen flat with a large number of children still working at roadside dhabas, tea stalls and restaurants.

According to sources, the bakery was being run without a licence, under unhygienic conditions. A large number of irregularities were found at the bakery. The team seized a large quantity of substandard food products and destroyed these later. The team also seized three domestic LPG cylinders being used for commercial purposes. Ramesh Kumar, owner of Kisan Bakery, was fined for various irregularities.

Sources said the government, in compliance with the guidelines issued by the central government, had imposed a complete ban on the practice of child labour and prohibited the employment of children below the age of 14 as domestic workers or servants in eateries, hotels, motels, tea shops or other recreational centres.

Though efforts have been made by officials concerned to contain the malpractice, the problem seems to have worsened with more and more children being forced into it.

Deputy Commissioner Sameer Pal Srow has constituted a special team of officials, comprising Vikas Papreja of the food and supplies department, Vikas Kalia, labour welfare officer, Rishi Raj Gautam, sanitary inspector and a magistrate, to check the malpractice.

127 units of blood donated
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, October 6
A voluntary blood donation camp was organised by the Swami Parmanand Group of Colleges, Lalru, to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Parmanand Ji Maharaj here today. A team from the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, supervised the camp.

In all, 127 units of blood were collected. Doctors said the demand for safe blood was on the rise and regular voluntary blood donation was vital for effective blood transfusion services.-OC

CRIME

Five youths arrested for trespass
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 6
The police has arrested five youths, including two BTech students, for allegedly making a foiled attempt to grab the property of a non-resident Indian (NRI) in Sector 35 last night.

One of the accused Pardeep Kumar alleged that he was tortured and given electric shock in police custody. Pardeep made the allegations when he was taken to Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, for medical examination along with the other four accused. The other four accused have been identified as Ankush Sharma, Nachatar Singh, Neeraj and Anil Kumar. Pradeep and Ankush are BTech students.

Following the allegations, a panel of doctors conducted the medical examination of Pardeep. However, the report is still awaited.

The police said the accused tried to enter the house of NRI Sushil Kumar, who is currently residing in the US, after breaking the locks, but neighbours informed the police.

A case under has been registered at the Sector 36 police station.

SPORTS

Rupinder humbles Sudhanshu, makes it to semis in badminton
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 6
Local lad and fourth seed Rupinder Singh defeated seventh seed Sudhanshu Medsikar of Maharashtra to move into the semifinals for boys (U-17) category during the ongoing 21st Krishna Khaitan Memorial All-India Junior Ranking Prize Money Badminton Tournament being held at Panjab University’s gymnasium hall here.

In the quarterfinals, Rupinder defeated Sudhanshu in two straight sets 21-8 and 21-13, while in another match, top seed Arun George from Kerala outplayed Kaushal Dharmamer of Maharashtra 23-21 and 21-10 in the same category.

In the semifinals for boys (U-19) group, second seed Pratul Joshi will face fourth seed Srikanth K of Andhra Pradesh, while Abhishek Yeligar of Karnataka will play against Rohit Yadav C of Andhra Pradesh.

In the quarterfinal stage, Srikanth K tried to defeat fifth seed Subhankar Dey of Maharashtra. He lost the first game 18-21, but came back in the match after winning next two sets 21-8 and 21-12.

Abhishek Yeligar defeated Gopi Raju G 15-21 and 20-22 in 36 minutes, while Pratul Joshi overcame Neeraj Vashishth 21-14 and 21-12. Rohit Yadav C defeated Devansh Jaiswal 21-7 and 21-14 to move into the next round.

Results

Boys (U-17): Sanyam Shukla defeated Arshalan Naqvi 21-18 15-21 21-11; Arun George defeated Kaushal Dharmamer 23-21 21-10; Shreyansh Jaiswal defeated Harshit Aggarwal 21-11 17-21 21-12 and Rupinder Singh defeated Sudhanshu Medsikar 21-8 21-13. Girls (U-17): Reshma Karthik defeated Smirti Nagarkoti 21-14 21-11; Rasika Raje defeated Sindhu Bhardwaj 21-10 21-17; Revati Devasthale defeated Sri Krishna Priya K 21-14 21-17 and Meghana J defeated Anjali Rawat 23-21 22-20. Boys (U-19): Rohit Yadav C defeated Devansh Jaiswal 21-7 21-14; Pratul Joshi defeated Neeraj Vashisth 21-14 21-12; Srikanth K defeated Subhankar Dey 18-21 21-8 21-12 and Abhishek Yeligar defeated Gopi Raju G 21-15 22-20.

Girls (U-19): Gauri Ghate defeated Sara Naqvi 21-19 19-21 21-19; Arathi Sara Sunil defeated Riya Pillai 21-15 20-22 21-18; Tanvi Lad defeated Sudha Kalyani D 21-12 21-8 and Rasika Raje defeated Shruti Mundada 21-14 21-7.Boys (U-17) doubles: Rahul Yadav C and Chirag Sen defeated Adrian George and Sushrut Karmarkar 21-16 21-16; Vighnesh Devlekar and Kaushal Dharmamer defeated Ankit Chhikara and Yash Nain 21-19 21-17 17-8; Arun George and Sai Tanuj M defeated Tridip Bora and Rana Boruah 21-7 18-21 21-15; Shreyansh Jaiswal and Gangadhara Rao V defeated Kawaldeep Singh and Rupinder Singh 21-23, 21-11, 21-19.

Girls (U-17) doubles: Anuriya Das and Sanchali Dasgupta defeated Sruthi KP and Farha Mather 21-19 ,21-14; Ananya Nagar and Smirti Nagarkoti defeated Niranjana AJ and Vidhu Nair 21-11, 21-17; Sudha Kalyani D and Meghana J. defeated Agna Anto and Haritha MH 21-14 ,18-21, 21-16;Rasika Raje and Anjali Rawat defeated Vrushali G and Harika V 16-21, 22-20, 21-12.

Boys (U-19) doubles: Srikanth K and Hemanagendra Babu T defeated Renuka Kiran Mouli B and Aditya Kiran K 21-15 21-19; Rohit Yadav C and Santosh Ravuri defeated Harshvardhan Bisht and Bhaskar Chkraborty 21-18 21-15; Gopi Raju G and Shivam Sharma defeated Venkatesh B and Sriteja K 21-17 21-16; Devansh Jaiswal and Shreyansh Jaiswal defeated Ketan Chahal and Rajat Joon 19-21, 21-16, 21-13.