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Volvo conductor killed as truck rams into bus
Driver, passenger suffer serious injuries in mishap
Attar Singh
Tribune News Service

The Volvo bus of Haryana Roadways stuck in a ditch after a truck crashed into it, killing its conductor, at Ambala Cantonment on Sunday. A Tribune photograph

Ambala, October 9
Japinder, a conductor with Haryana Roadways, was killed and two others seriously injured when a speeding truck crashed into a Volvo bus here today.

The Volvo bus belonging to Haryana Roadways was on its way from Chandigarh to Gurgaon via IG International Airport, New Delhi, when the accident occurred.

The bus was crossing the Ambala-Delhi flyover when it was hit by a truck from the rear around 9.15 am.

The truck driver sped away as the bus driver stopped his vehicle.

According to sources, the driver and conductor, along with a passenger, alighted from the bus to assess the damage to the bus when another truck crashed into the bus after running over the three.

The conductor, Japinder, a resident of Karnal, died on the spot, while the driver, Sushil, sustained serious head injuries. The passenger, MS Johar, also sustained injuries in the accident.

The impact of the crash was such that the stationary bus was pushed down the berm and got stuck in a ditch. It was a close shave for the other passengers, who escaped unhurt as the bus did not overturn.

The injured driver and the passenger were taken to the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantonment.

Soon after the accident, a team from the Parao police station, near the flyover, arrived at the scene and impounded the truck.

The driver of the truck, Harbhajan Singh, hails from Solan and has been arrested. The police has registered a case in this connection.

Chandigarh, October 9
A 17-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted with a sharp-edged weapon by a group of over five youths in a park in Sector 52 last night.

The victim suffered grievous wounds in the arm and stomach after being stabbed repeatedly.

The victim is a class-IX student of Government School at Kajheri village.

Ajay was attacked by some persons known to him, as he had a scuffle with them earlier in the evening.

The victim’s family members accused the police of imposing milder sections against the accused, claiming that the boy was stabbed with a sharp-edged weapon.

Moreover, none of the accused had been arrested even as they had been identified as Sonu, Rohit and others, they added.

A case under Sections 323, 324, 506 and 34 of the IPC has been registered.

Mohali, October 9
The police has booked Deepak Arora of Jet Immigration Placement Service for duping 102 persons of Rs 78 lakh on the pretext of sending them aboard. Over 50 cases have so far been registered against Deepak Arora for cheating.

In three cases registered at the Phase I police station, Harmel Singh, a resident of Patiala, complained to the police that Deepak Arora took Rs 23.60 lakh from 37 persons, but never sent them abroad. Similarly, Jagtar Singh complained to the police that Deepak Arora took Rs 27.79 lakh from 45 persons. In the third case, Man Singh, a resident of Sector 37, complained to the police that Deepak Arora took Rs 16.14 lakh from 20 persons. Other names in the case include Karandeep Arora, Sanjeev Sharma, Madhu, Raseek and Kriti.

Panchkula, October 9
Crushing the Indian challenge in the final match, Bangladesh lifted the 8th Rajiv Gandhi Under-17 International Cricket Tournament at the Cricket Stadium, Sector 3, here this evening.

After winning the toss, Bangladesh decided to bat first and battered the Indian bowling with shots all over the ground.

Sandesh Yadav for India struck early and removed opener Moniruzzaman on the second ball of the inning.

Ashish Rai picked up another wicket in the fourth over to give the Indian team a good start, as Bangladesh struggled at 13 for 2 in 4 overs. Thereafter, Rafsan Al Mahmud took charge and showed some aggression with the bat.

He partnered with Littin Kumar Das and then Shah Arfan Shakil to put up two 50-run partnerships.

Rafsan hit 88 runs, frustrating the Indian team with his stroke play. He did not take any chances in his innings and dealt mostly in singles and doubles.

Ashish finally removed him in the 34th over when he had Rafsan mistime a pull to mid-on. Littin Kumar Das contributed 29 runs Arfan scored 40 runs. Bangladesh put up 206 runs in their 35 overs for the loss of nine wickets.

For India, Ashish Rai was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets for 34 runs.

Chasing a required run rate of almost 6 runs per over was never easy for the Indian team. The task was made harder by the lackluster performance of the Indian batsmen.

Nur Alam Bappy struck in his first over by removing Indian skipper Sumit Hooda cheaply. This set the tune for the rest of the Indian innings.

Opener Ajay Duhan was the only ray of hope for the Indian team even as wickets kept falling at the other end. Ajay Duhan scored 38 runs off 41 deliveries. He failed to get any support from his teammates.

Once Ajay fell, it did not take much time for the rest of the team to crumble. Sandesh Yadav held on to his wicket for a little time, but it only delayed the inevitable.

Sandesh along with Nitish Arvind put up a fight for 10 overs before Nitish was caught out in the last over.

The Indian team was bowled out for 112 runs, falling short by 94 runs. For Bangladesh, Siratun Adnan walked off with the best bowling card of three for 19. Moyunuddin Mamun, Shahelin Shad and Sajid Akhtar picked up two wickets each.

Brief scores: Bangladesh: 206 for 9 in 35 overs (Rafsan Al Mahmud 88, Shah Arfan Shakul 40, Littin Kumar Das 29; Ashish Rai 3 for 34, Amit Choudhary 1 for 29).

India: 112 all out in 34.4 overs (Ajay Duhan 38, Sandesh Yadav 22; Siratun Adnan 3 for 19, Sajid Akhtar 2 for 15, Shalehin Shad 2 for 23, M Mamun 2 for 27).

The Governor of Haryana, Jagannath Pahadia, who was the chief guest, gave away the prizes.

Rajya Sabha MP V Hanumantha Rao and Cricket Federation of Haryana general secretary Amarjit Kumar were among those present.

Chandigarh, October 9
Malkit Singh of Mani Majra Club and Kanchan of Sector 30 Club won the Ist Chandigarh State Senior Kickboxing Championship in boys’ 48-kg and girls’ 60-kg weight category, respectively, here today.

Over 150 players took part in the championship organised by the Amateur Chandigarh Kickboxing Association.

Brief results: Boys: below-9 years: 1 Kartikey Bhaskar, 2 Shubham, and 3 Shail and Arpit.

10 to 12 years: below-30 kg: 1 Akash Pahwa, 2 Yogesh and 3 Sudhir and Arjit; below-40 kg: 1 Ishan, 2 Kshitij and 3 Manan and Monu; below-60 kg: 1 Harnoor, 2 Parveen, and 3 Ajay and Harshit.

13 to 15 years: below-44 kg: 1 Sandeep, 2 Parkash, and 3 Rahul and Arshdeep; below-50 kg: 1 Mansoor Ali, Vikash and Rajkumar and Rahul Tiwari.

15 to 18 years: below-44 kg: 1 Shubham, 2 Jaydeep and 3 Naveen and Pankaj; below-48 kg: 1 Samardeep, 2 Ramesh, and 3 Akshay and Deepak; below-52 kg: 1 Gourav, 2 Deepak, and 3 Amandeep and Sachian; below 56-kg: 1 Brijesh Kumar, 2 Manoj Sharda, and 3 Amandeep Singh and Durgesh; below-60 kg: 1 Kamal, 2 Bhavneet Riyan, and 3 Akhil and Mehar Singh.

Senior men: below-48 kg: 1 Malkit Singh, 2 Pardeep, and 3 Sahil and Karan; below-52 kg: 1 Mohit, 2 Raju, and 3 Hari and Shubham; below-60 kg: 1 Rajneesh, 2 Ravi Kumar, and 3 Neelesh and Harvinder; below-70 kg: 1 Nikhil, 2 Raman, and 3 Ramkrishan and Verpreet; below-80 kg: 1 Takdeer, 2 Abdul Karim, and 3 Rajesh Kumar and Vijay.

Girls: below-9 year: 1 Ishika, 2 Balpreet and 3 Jasleen and Ritisha;

10 to 12 years: 1 Radika, 2 Asha, and 3 Dhriti and Joity; 13 to 15 years: 1 Kirti, 2 Manti, and 3 Kanval Preet and Arshdeep.

Girls: 15 to 18 years: 1 Jasleen, 2 Hema, and 3 Jagriti and Lovesha.

Senior women: below-44 kg: 1 Vishv Bharti, 2 Shalu Soankar, and 3 Meena and Komal; below-48 kg: 1 Komal Chaniyal, 2 Naveeta, and 3 Kusum and Poonam; below-52 kg: 1 Anju, 2 Francina, and 3 Parabhjot and Sangeeta; below-60 kg: 1 Kanchan, 2 Rena Ghai, and 3 Alka and Himani.

Chandigarh, October 9
DAV School, Sector 26, and Sacred Heart, Sector 26, emerged winners in the boys and girls team championship of Mini Olympics held at The Banyan Tree School clay courts in Sector 48 here today.

Sacred Heart girls beat The BTS 2-0 in the final, while DAV School-15 snuffed out a tough resistance from DAV School, Sector 8, 2-1 in the final to win the boys’ trophy.

In the opening singles of the boys team championship, Digvijay Naruka beat Rohtas Singh 6-3, 6-2 to give DAV-15 a 1-0 lead. However, Udai Singh Mann neutralised the lead after he beat Samrat Rana of DAV-15 by 6-4, 6-3. In the decider, Digvijay and Samrat prevailed over Udai and Rohtas 6-3, 7-6 (10-8).

For third and fourth places, The BTS-48 bt St Peter’s-37 2-1 (Kabir Manrai bt Rahul Seth 8-6, Vishrant lost to Vishvajeet Singh 2-8, Rahul Seth and Vishvajeet Singh bt Kabir Manrai and Vishrant 8-2).

Chandigarh, October 9
Punjab-I got the better of Mumbai to win the All-India U-19 Dhruve Pandove Trophy which concluded at Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala, today.

The fourth day’s play was enlivened by punishing a third wicket stand of 162 runs off 156 balls between Jaideep Pradeshe and Akash Parkar. Jaideep blasted 92 off 95 balls studded with seven boundaries and three lofted sixes before he was snapped by Sidharth Sharma of Rahul Kanojia. Akash, however, went on to hit an unbeaten hundred of 90 balls inclusive of 11 boundaries and two sixes. Mumbai declared their second innings at 336 for 3 in 74.3 overs, setting a target of 297 for Punjab in 73 overs.

Punjab in the second innings were at 220 for five in 79 overs. Vikramdit 63 Lovekumar 61 and Sachin Sohal 48 were the main run getters for Punjab. For Mumbai, Aditya Dhumal 2 for 66 and Mairaj Khan 2 for 57 were the main wicket takers.

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Member of Parliament, gave the trophy and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh to Punjab team, while Mumbai got the runners-up trophy and a cash prize of Rs 50,000.

Man of the match was Akash Parkar of Mumbai. He was also declared the best batsman, while Amritpal Singh of Punjab was named the best bowler. Mohit Handa of Punjab was declared the best all-rounder and Rahul Kanojia was declared man of the series.

Brief scores:

Mumbai first innings: 259

Punjab first innings: 299 all out

Mumbai second innings: 336 for 3 in 74.3 overs (Gondhar Bhatawdkar 44, Akarshit Gomel 79, Jaideep Perdeshi 92, Akash Parkar 100 not out Rahul Kanojia 2 for 118).

Punjab second innings: 220 for five in 79 overs (Vickramdit Singh 63, Love Kumar 61, Sachin Sohal 48, Aditya Dhumal 2 for 66, Mairaj Khan 2 for 57).

Chandigarh, October 9
Shivalik Public School (SPS) emerged overall winners as they defeated St John’s School (SJS) 2-0 in the under-19 Chandigarh Mini Olympic Badminton Championship at Mohali today.

The runners-up trophy was bagged by St John’s School, while New Public School (NPS) and Govt Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, got the third and fourth position, respectively.

Rupinder Singh of the SPS won the singles and doubles events in the boys’ under-19 category. In the singles event, Rupinder defeated Kenneth Wong of the SJS 21-17, 21-15, while pairing with Kawaldeep he lifted the doubles crown by defeating Kenneth and Azzez 21-11 and 21-15.

In the girls’ category, Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh, emerged overall champions, defeating New Public School 2-1.

The runners-up trophy was secured by New Public School. The SPS and Manav Mangal Smart School Mohali (MMSS) bagged the third and fourth position, respectively.

In the singles event, Kailash of NPS defeated Mehak Sood of the SHS, while Sanya Sethi equalised the score 1-1 by defeating Shreya of NPS 15-21, 22-20 and 21-13. In the doubles event, Sanya Sethi and Mehak of the SHS defeated Kailash and Amit of the NPS 18-21, 22-20 and 21-18. Chief guest Manmohan Sharma, Superintendent of Police, Rajpura, gave away the prizes worth Rs 25,000 to the winners and the runner-up.

Chandigarh, October 9
Mayank Kapoor won the boys’ doubles and mixed doubles titles in the Mini Olympics 2011 Table Tennis Tournament at Manav Mangal Smart School in Mohali today.

In the boys’ doubles final, Mayank and Pareen defeated Pankaj and Anviksha 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7. Mayank Kapoor and Mayank Rawat (DAVS-8) beat Dinkar and Kashish (Shishu Niken) 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 in the boys’ doubles final.

Mayank Kapoor also stormed into the boys’ singles final. In the semi-final, Kapoor overcame a stiff resistance from Mayank Rawat in six games 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8.

Kapoor will now face Prasoon, also of DAVS-8, in the final. Prasoon ousted Dinkar (SN-22) 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 5-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9. Dinkar beat Mayank Rawat 11-9, 8-11, 10-12, 5-11, 12-14 in a match to decide the third and fourth places.

Kalyani and Meghna will lock horns in the girls’ singles final. In the semifinals, Kalyani beat Pareen 11-9, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7 and Meghna outplayed Naina (Carmel Convent) 11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 11-8, 11-4. Naina downed Pareen 11-4, 11-4, 16-18, 7-11, 11-8 to capture the third position.

Results: Girls’ doubles (semifinals): Kalyani and Meghna b Pareen and Anshki (DAVS-8) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9; Naina and Rajeshwari b Anviksha and Richa (MM-21) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9).