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Gold chain snatched
Our Correspondent

Ambala, December 2
Two motorcycle-borne youths snatched a gold chain of a teacher of Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 3 at Ambala Cantonment this noon.

According to information, Nisha Malhotra was going home on her Kinetic Honda scooter when two youths on a motorcycle snatched her chain and fled from the spot. Nisha lost control of the two-wheeler and fell down.

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Nari Niketan Case
Protect identity of victim’s child: HC

Chandigarh, December 2
To protect the identity of the Nari Niketan rape victim’s child, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the UT administration not to disclose the name of the playway school where she will be admitted.

The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Augustine George Masih asserted: “The identity of the Nari Niketan victim’s child should not be disclosed to other children and the name of the playway school where she will take admission should not be disclosed.”

The directions came soon after amicus curiae in the case, Tanu Bedi, gave a report in sealed cover.

On the previous date of hearing, the administration had stated that the victim and her daughter were being provided with proper clothing by the authorities concerned. Bedi had earlier asserted that the girl child was being given torn clothes. — TNS

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Woman’s body found

Chandigarh, December 2
A woman’s body was found at the railway track in Chandi Mandir area here today.

It was suspected that the woman in her 30’s was murdered before her body was thrown on the track. The GRP has registered a case of murder against an unidentified accused and send the body for a post-mortem. — TNS

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football meet
St Stephen’s bag title
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 2
Defending champions of St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, after displaying a skill and match temperament, bagged the Chandigarh Sub-Junior Football Tournament, at St Kabir School, Sector 26, here today.

In the final match of the tourney, St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, defeated host St Kabir School vie a tie-breaker after a goalless draw in the stipulated period.

Both the teams failed to score even in the allotted extra time but the winning side named the match by 4-2 in decider penalties.

Notably, the school has bagged the title for the seventh consecutive time.

For winning side, Shaiza converted first spot kick while Arjit doubled the lead with Akshit and Jashandeep Singh contributing in the win. Peanjal Kaura and Akash scored for St Kabir’s team.

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CRPF thrash JCC
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 2
Continuing their winning, the CRPF streak team registered a win against Jugraj Coaching Centre in the match of the ongoing Senior State Basketball Championship, being held at New Public School, Sector 18, here today.

In the third day match of Men’s category, the CRPF team defeated Jugraj Coaching Centre by 64-45.

After trailing by 20-28 in the first half, the wining team came back in the match through Balraj, who gathered a total of 18 points. He was equally supported by Rajbir (13 points).

For loosing side, Abhit (10 points) and Puneet (14 points) reduced the margin.

In the second match of the SDC team defeated Air Force by 62-46. Rao (16points) and Sartaj (10 points) guided the team to victory whereas for the Air Force team, Vinod scored 09 points and Ashutosh Rai collected 13 points.

In the women section, PUCC overcame GPGC club by 48-32. GPGCC team failed to maintain the first half lead of 16-17 and lost the match. Kiran and Rani collected 12 and 14 points, respectively, for the winning side while for the opponents Harpreet (17 points) and Sudha (10 points) were the main contributors.

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Rahul logs victory in billiards championship
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, December 2
Ace striker of table ball, Rahul Sharma, booked his berth in the pre-quarter final stage of the ongoing 26th Haryana state sub-junior, junior, senior billiards and snooker championship.

In the first round match, Rahul trounced Nikhil Arya of Rohtak while in the second round, he routed Shreshth Roshan.

The ace cueist overcame Nikhil Arya by 3-1. Rahul received an early shock after loosing first frame but he came back strongly and won next three frames by breaks of 37, 44 and 39. Whereas in the second round, Rahul thrashed Shreshth Roshan again by 3-1 after potting the pink and ball black.

In another game top seed, Aneesh Saini overcame Ankit Gupta by 3-0 to advance in the pre-quarter stage.

Results: Senior Snooker-Rahul Sharma b Nikhil Arya by 3-1; Rahul Sharma b Shreshth Roshan by 3-1; Aneesh Saini b Ankit Gupta by 3-0; Anil Sharma b Anand Sharma by 3-2; Aseem Arora b Ankur Nanda by 3-1; Vipin Thakral b Rajbir Singh by 3-1.

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NPS-18 cagers shine
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 2
New Public School, Sector 18, (NPS-18) defeated DAV School Sector 15 in the first match of Col Balraj Singh Memorial Basketball Tournament for Boys and Girls (U-13), being held here.

In first league match, NPS-18 team thrashed DAV by 23-6 (16-0, 1-2, 6-2, 0-2).

In girl’s category match, St Kabir Public School, Sector 26, trounced Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, by 22-39 (1-6, 2-15, 13-8, 6-10). Ridhi gathered 12 (points) for the winning side while Preetika scored 8 points for the losing side.

Results:

St John’s School, Sector 26, defeated Little Flower Convent School, Sector 14, Panchkula, by 20-27 (6-10, 8-10, 4-4, 2-3); Strawberry Field World School defeated Gurukul Global School, Manimajra, by 8-19 (1-6, 5-5, 2-4, 0-4); St Kabir Public School, Sector 26, defeated St Xavier Public School Sector 44, by 18-26 (4-8, 6-4, 2-4, 6-10); Girls-Strawberry Fields World School, Sector 26, defeated New Public School, Sector 18, by 25-8 (11-0, 4-2, 8-4, 2-2); Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, defeated Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, by 15-3 (2-4, 0-2, 0-7, 1-2).

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First world speed skating tourney
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 2
The Gurukul World School, Mohali, will organise the 1st World Speed Skating Tournament, at the skating ring on its premises from December 10 to 11.

The interested skaters from tri-city can participate in the events of rink and road races under the boys’ and girls’ (U-4 to U-16) categories.

The participants can submit their entries along with their birth certificate at Gurukul World, Sector 69, Mohali, before December 8.

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Ankit propels Customs to victory
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 2
The cricket team of Customs and Central Excise qualified for the All-India Central Revenue Sports Meet after defeating the team of customs and central excise Indore in the finals of the competition. The All-India Tournament will be held at Kolkata in January next year. In the final match, Ankit Rawat was declared as the man of the match for his all-round performance.

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Sports meet for special kids
Our Correspondent

Fatehgarh Sahib, December 2
Physically challenged persons can do wonders, if we provide them an opportunity to show their hidden talent and skill, said Deputy Commissioner Yashvir Mahajan while inaugurating the sports competition of physically and mentally challenged children at Mata Gujri College here today.

Dr Jatinder Singh Sidhu, a noted psychologist and educationist, presided over the ceremony. The competition is organised by the District Special Olympics Association, Fatehgarh Sahib.

Dr Jatinder said with the scientific training, we could enable the special children to live a better life without any feeling of burden on society further adding patience was required to deal with them. He said new course of bachelors of education had been started at various places to teach such special children.

Amarjit Singh Ghuman, DSP Fatehgarh Sahib, was the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony.

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Manul hammers ton, fashions Blue’s victory
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 2
The Mohali Blue team defeated Mohali Green in the ongoing match of Mohali Premier Cricket League being played at Mohali, here today.

In the match, the Blue team defeated the opponents by 42-runs.

Batting first, the winning side scored a total of 223-runs. Manul Jain scored an unbeaten ton off 117 while Anmolpreet scored a quick fire 71 off 67.

In reply, the green outfits failed to achieve the target and bundled out on the total of 181-runs in 37 overs.

Kinderpreet Singh (58) and Manjot (33) were the main scorers for the team.

Brief Score

Mohali Blue-223 for 5 in 40 overs (Manul Jain 100, Anmolpreet 71, Maninder Singh 30, Deepak 1 for 16).

Mohali Green-181 all out in 37 overs (Kinderpreet 58, Manjot 33, Surjit 3 for 17, Anmolpreet 1 for 28 ).

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Gymnastics tourney from Dec 22
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 2
The Chandigarh Gymnastic Association will conduct the 38th Chandigarh State Gymnastics Championships at Sports Complex, Sector 7, from December 22 to 24.

The tournament will be organised under all the age groups (sub-juniors, juniors and seniors) in all the events including artistic gymnastic, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics and aerobics gymnastics.

The interested participants and teams can submit their entries at the venue with gymnastic coach, N Shashi, before December 20.

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