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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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 ).

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.