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NEIGHBOURHOOD

SAD ticket battle hots up
Surinder Bhardwaj

Fatehgarh Sahib, December 12
Swords have been drawn between the two main contenders for the SAD ticket from Fatehgarh Sahib. Supporters of Didar Singh Bhatti, sitting MLA, today organised a show of strength at Sirhind and also in the Khera block. Hundreds of residents of Sirhind as well as panches and sarpanches were present. They said he had served the constituency well.

The speakers warned that if party high command allotted the ticket to an outsider, they would revolt and work for the defeat of the candidate.

They expressed solidarity with the MLA and urged the party high command to give the party ticket to him.

Bhatti’s seat was being challenged by party general secretary Prem Singh Chandumajra. He had been camping in the constituency.

He had informally launched his election campaign. He had covered almost half the constituency. He had visited residences of prominent persons at Sirhind.

His son and relatives were touring the constituency, contacting people and arranging meetings. Rivals of the MLA had extended support to Chandumajra.

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Banur is sub-tehsil
Covers 32 villages, is under Mohali subdivision

Tribune News Service


Prithpal Singh takes charge as naib tehsildar at Banur on Monday. Tribune Photo: JS Virdi

Banur, December 12
A long-pending demand of Banur residents for a sub-tehsil covering 32 villages was met today. Prithpal Singh, who was naib tehsildar at Mohali, was given charge as naib tehsildar at Banur.

The 32 villages, that earlier formed a part of the Rajpura subdivision in Patiala district, had been transferred to Mohali district past year on the demand of residents of the area, who faced problems in commuting to the district and subdivisional headquarters.

Of these 32 villages, 18 were under the Dera Bassi subdivision and 14 under the Mohali subdivision, but now, all these were brought under the Mohali subdivision, that would control the sub-tehsil.

Local MLA Raj Khurana conducted the formal inauguration at the market committee office here. Mohali SDM Amit Talwar was also present on the occasion.

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Three arrested for murder
Our Correspondent

Ambala, December 12
The Ambala police has claimed to have solved a case of murder at Dhanora village, where the beheaded body of a youth was recovered from a field on August 10.

Deputy Commissioner (Rural) Praveen Mehta said miscreants murdered the youth and threw his beheaded body in the field.

The beheaded body could not be identified at that time, but a few days back, the body was identified as that of Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Ambala Cantonment.

During investigation, the police got a clue, which led to the arrest of Jasvinder, Bansi Lal and Sunil Kumar.

After they gave information, the head of the deceased was recovered from a riverbed near Khera Kalan village.

The three accused were produced in a local court, which granted two-day police custody of the accused.

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Man assaulted
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, December 12
Unidentified persons have attacked Haji Anwar Ali during ‘namaaz’ at his house here. The incident occurred after a clash in front of his house. He was admitted to the Civil Hospital here.

The police registered a case against four unidentified persons under Sections 452, 223 and 34 of the IPC.

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COURTS
 

Consumer courts
ICICI Bank fined Rs 50,000
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 12
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I has slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on ICICI Bank for illegally raising foreclosure charges, prepayment charges of Rs 5,00,825 from a resident of Sector 11, who foreclosed the loan in view of the higher rate of interest.

The district forum-I comprising president PD Goel and members, Rajinder Singh Gill and Madanjit Kaur Sahota, also directed the respondents to pay Rs 25,000 as costs of litigation to complainants.

The complainants, Yash Paul Singla and others, submitted that in August 2007, they availed a loan of Rs 1.70 crore from the opposite party against a shop-cum-office in Sector 26, Chandigarh, at an interest of 13.5 per cent per annum and paid Rs 95,506 as processing fee. A total of Rs 75 lakh were disbursed in September 2007, while the balance was disbursed in June 2008 due to which the installment was increased from Rs 1,38,487 to Rs 3,22,078 per month.

They alleged that the opposite party without their consent enhanced the rate of interest from 13.5 per cent to 14.5 per cent per annum on July 8, 2008, which was again increased to 15 per cent. It has been averred that on their persistent requests, the opposite parties decreased the rate of interest by 0.5 per cent in January 2009 and 0.25 per cent in August, 2009. They said the opposite parties were now charging 14.25 per cent per annum, whereas other financial institutions are charging 12 to 13 per cent interest. Ultimately, they decided to foreclose the loan and the opposite party charged prepayment penalty of Rs 5,00,825 on the principal outstanding amount, which is illegal and arbitrary and the same was not refunded to them despite their repeated requests and visits.

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SPORTS

Veteran athletes hog limelight
Win 6 medals in Punjab Masters Athletics Championship

Deepankar Sharda
Tribune News Service

Mohali, December 12
Local veteran master athletes, Advocate GS Sidhu and his younger brother, PS Sidhu, have won six medals in the recently held 32nd Punjab Masters Athletics Championship held at Banga earlier this month.

With age no bar, the players won over 100 medals in athletics while participating in various national and international-level tournaments.

After giving their best performance in the tournament, both brothers are selected for the Veteran National Championship to be held in Bangalore from February 23 to 26.

In the recently held national-level competition, both players won three medals each in shot put and hammer throw events in the plus 75 and plus 65 categories.

Senior Sidhu bagged three medals, including two gold medals in shot put and hammer throw and a bronze medal in discus throw, whereas PS Sidhu bagged gold, silver and bronze medals in hammer throw, discus throw and shot put, respectively. Elated over their achievement, the duo said, “We are looking forward to win gold medals in the upcoming grandmasters international events.”

Earlier senior Sidhu added another feather to his cap after winning top honours in the shot put during the Asian Championships held in 2006 and 2008.

“We might not face a good competition here, but in foreign countries, there is always a tough fight for winning a medal. One should always give their best to prove the mettle,” said GS Sidhu.

The junior Sidhu, on the other hand, has also clinched a gold medal in hammer throw during the 31st National Masters Athletics Championship held in Chennai last year and also won a bronze medal in the 
World Games held in Sydney, Australia.

“These medals are the sweet fruits of my efforts and I will continue to work hard to win more laurels. Playing under this age is not an easy task but one should never give up,” said PS Sidhu.

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HP score 304 against Punjab
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 12
Bowlers of Punjab team bowled out Himachal Pradesh (HP) team on the second day of the ongoing Vijay Merchant Cricket Trophy for Boys (U-16) being held at Patiala today. After resuming from their overnight score of 207 runs for two, HP team were bowled out for 304 in 153 overs.

The visiting team lost their first wicket of the day on the total of 232 after Harpreet Brar took Saurav Dhiman for 37 off 140, including five boundaries.

After that, the team lost quick wickets, but Money Sharma (36 off 107) helped the team to surpass the total of 300 runs. Harpreet Brar was the pick of the bowler for his four for 96, while Arpit Pannu and Anmol Singh took two wickets each.

In reply, Punjab openers Bhagmender Singh along with MS Bawa put a 48-run partnership for the first wicket before MS Bawa was caught by Hitender Bamnotra of Shubham Negi on 16 runs. Bhagminder Singh scored an unbeaten 34 off 108, while Vineet Dakka scored unbeaten 19 off 24.

Brief scores:

Himachal Pradesh: 304 all out in 153 overs (Priyanshu 116, Vijay Dogra 45, Saurabh Dhiman 37, Shubham Negi 36, Money Sharma 36; Harpreet Brar 4 for 96, Arpit Pannu 2 for 49, Anmol Singh 2 for 13).

Punjab: 72 for 1 in 34 overs (Bhagmender 34, Vineet Dhaka 19, MS Bawa 16; Shubham Negi 1 for 1).

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St Kabir, St Joseph’s to cross swords
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 12
The host team, St Kabir School, Sector 26, will lock horns with St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, while St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, will face New Public School, Sector 18, in the semi-final (boys’) clashes in the ongoing Chandigarh Inter-School Basketball Tournament, being held here.

On other hand, Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, will face St Kabir School whereas St Anne’s School, Sector 32, will cross swords with Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, in the semi-finals of girls’ category.

In the first match of boys’ category, the team of New Public School registered win over St Xavier School, Mohali, by 15-7.

In a low scoring affair, Parvesh scored 6 points while Abhishek contributed 4 for the winning side while for the Mohali outfits, Deepak gathered four points.

In another clash of league stage, DAV, Sector 15, routed Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, by 33-12.

Aman and Sushant, taking full advantage of their skills guided the DAV team to victory.

Aman secured 14 points and Sushant scored ten. For Mount Carmel School, Aashish and Shivam reduced the margin after contributing four points each. In girl’s category, Guru Nanak School ousted St Xavier’s School by 35-13.

Amrinder and Sukhmani put the team in the semi-final berth after gathering nine and six points, respectively, whereas on other hand, Aliya got five points for the loosing side.

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Rishabh, Manveer log wins in CLTA-AITA series
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 12
Local lad Rishabh Sharda outclassed Sahishnu (4-0, 4-1), while Manveer Shohi defeated Shrut Mohan Nagrera of Punjab (4-1, 3-5, 4-2) in the boys’ 
(u-12) category of the ongoing St Stephen’s School CLTA-AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament at the CLTA and Lake Complex, here today.

In the boys’ (u-16) group, Rahul Seth beat Ramanjot Singh 6-1, 6-2 and Mritunjay Badola of Uttarakhand thrashed local lad Sagar Bains 6-1, 7-5 to move into the next round.

Results: Boys (u-12): Rajdeep Koura (Chandigarh) b Chaitanya Chaudhary (Haryana) 4-0, 5-3; Calvin Golemit (Sikkim) b Harshit Yadav 4-2, 4-2; Sanchit Sikka (UP) b Ishan Khushu (Delhi) 4-1, 4-1; Savneet Bajwa b Chiraz Singh (Chandigarh) 0-4, 5-3, 4-1; Ritik Mohapatra (Chandigarh) b Daksh Marwaha (Chandigarh) 4-2, 4-2; Asav Kumar (Chandigarh) b Laksh 4-2, 4-0; Vikshit Verma b Saurabh Prashar (Chandigarh) 5-3, 4-2; Abir Hiranandani (Chandigarh) b Amitoj Sachdeva 4-0, 4-0; Akshit Chabra (Chandigarh) b Sahej Sidhu (Chandigarh) 5-4, 5-4; Sabrang Sandal (Chandigarh) b Naman Sehrawat (Delhi) 4-0, 4-0; Abhimanyu Rozra (Haryana) b Bhavesh (Haryana) 4-0, 4-2; Ishan Anirudh b Abhiuday Singh (Chandigarh) 5-3, 4-0; Sarvesh Maria (Punjab) b Kanav Khanna 4-0, 4-1; Anmol Rattan Kamboj (Chandigarh) b Shreyas Chopra (Chandigarh) 4-2, 4-0.

Boys (u-16): Mayank Sharma (Chandigarh) b Yogesh Dogra (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-4; Samrat Rana (Chandigarh) b Lakshay Bharti (Haryana) 6-3, 6-4; Kabir Manrai (Chandigarh) b Raunaq Marwaha (Haryana) 6-3, 6-1; Anmol Singh Sanhu (Chandigarh) b Ankur 6-0, 6-0; Ravjeet Singh (Punjab) b Abhimanyu Rozra (Haryana) 6-0, 6-0; Digvijay Pratap Singh (Chandigarh) b Rupesh Khokhar (Haryana) 6-3, 6-4; Karandeep Singh (Punjab) b Shubham 6-1, 6-0; Santbir Singh (Chandigarh) b Raghav Talwar (Chandigarh) 7-5, 6-3; Sachit Sikka (UP) b Saurabh Prashar (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-1; Parasdeep Singh Virk (Haryana) b Harshit Yadav (Delhi) 6-0, 6-0; Abhinav Mahajan (Chandigarh) w/o Barun Gill (Chandigarh).

Girls (u-12): Shpreet Bajwa b Misha Sood 4-1, 5-4(5); Jahanavi Shivram (Haryana) b Sukhmani Sahota (Chandigarh) 4-0, 4-1; Garima Mann (Chandigarh) b Rohani Mago (Chandigarh) 4-0, 4-2; Sahejpreet Kaur (Chandigarh) b Veda Singh (Chandigarh) 4-0, 4-0; Seerat Sidhu (Chandigarh) b Anananya Bhargava (UP) 4-1, 4-0; Itika Sharma (Rajasthan) b Samkiti Jain (Chandigarh) 4-0, 4-2.

Girls (u-16): Arushi Kakkar (Chandigarh) b Shea Bhasin (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-0; Seerat Sidhu (Chandigarh) b Komalpreet Kaur (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-2; Karishma Mehta (UP) b Harleen Kaur (Punjab) 6-0, 6-0; Nimrat Walia (Chandigarh) b Sabrina Gill (Chandigarh) 7-5, 6-2; Yashi Saksena (UP) b Arshpreet Kaur 6-0, 6-2; Ayushi Gupta (UP) b Saumya Saxena (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-1; Rahat Manrai (Chandigarh) b Nimrat Kaur Kang (Punjab) 6-3, 6-1; Prinkle Singh (J&K) b Nilanchal Gupta (Chandigarh) 6-2, 6-0; Seerat Pannu (Punjab) b Gurleen Singh (Punjab) 6-4, 7-5; Alisha Menon (Punjab) b Sandeep Kaur (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-0; Gayatri Kumariaha (Chandigarh) b Itika Sharma (Rajasthan) 6-2, 6-0; Nikita Bishnoi (Chandigarh) b Akshita Singh (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-1; Saryu Sawatantra (Punjab) b Ashmita Jaladali (Chandigarh) 6-4, 6-1; Mehakdeep Kaur (Chandigarh) b Aarzo Choudhary 6-3, 7-6(5); Charvi Saxena (Chandigarh) b Rubani Ahluwalia (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-2.

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MDAV-22, GMS-46 claim kho-kho titles
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 12
The kho-kho team of MDAV School, Sector 22, drubbed Government Model High School (GMHS) by 20 points in the final of the 8th Challenger Kho-Kho Championship for Boys and Girls (U-14 and open category) being held at Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, here today.

In another match of the day, Government Model School, Sector 46, defeated Sharda Sarvhitkari School, Sector 40, by five points to finish third in the tournament.

In the final of the girls’ category, GMS, Sector 46, routed Government Model High School, Sector 37, by five points to win the title.

Sharda Sarvhitkari School, Sector 40, attained the third position after overcoming MDAV School, Sector 22, by two points.

Results:

Open category (men): Chandigarh Kho-Kho Welfare Club bt Khalsa Club by 10 points; DAV Club bt Eagle Club by 2 points.

Women: Government Model High School, Sector 46, bt Chandigarh Club by 10 points; Chandigarh Club bt GMSS-33 Club by 2 points.

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Top national players to compete today
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 12
Top female golfers of the nation are all-set to compete in the USHA All-India Ladies Amateur Golf Tournament to be start at Chandigarh Golf club, tomorrow, here.

Vani Kapoor, current leader of the Indian Golf Union’s Ladies order of merit, will face a tuff competition from Gurbani Singh, Aditi Ashok and Mehar Atwal.

While Gursimar Badwal, Raksha Phadke, Millie Saroha, Anisha Padukone and Tvesa Malik will be the leading players participating in the event. The competition is amongst oldest amateur events of the world.

Ladies Order of Merit:

Points (best 6 events)-Vani Kapoor (227); Gurbani Singh (211); Aditi Ashok (2090; Mehar Atwal (198); Gursimar Badhwal (153); Raksha Phadke (139); Millie Saroha (121); Anisha Padukone (115); Tvesa Malik (112); Gauri Monga (102).

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Volleyball meet
Athletics Club, GGSC-26 register wins
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 12
The Athletics Club of Sector 7 and GGSC, Sector 26, won the Senior State Volleyball Championship trophy in men and women’s category, respectively, held here today.

In the final match of the men’s category, defending champion Chandigarh Police went down against Athletics Club.

The tough-settled match witnessed a neck-to-neck fight. The Athletic Club gained a two-point lead with the help of Sanjay Mallik and won the first set by 25-23.

In the final set, players of the Athletics Club took a vital lead of 25-13 to win the match. Blocker Sanjay Malik was adjudged as the best player of the tournament. In the final of the women category, GGSC, Sector 26, beat Khalsa Club, Sector 30, in straight three sets by 25-18, 25-19 and 25-14.

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Golf camp from Dec 17
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 12
The Chandigarh Golf Club will hold a month long Junior Golf Camp (6 to 18 years) for members and non-members, at the golf club grounds, from December 17.

The camp will be held on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) where the young players will be given coaching to develop golf skills under the supervision of professional coaches.

Interested players can enroll their names with assistant director, golf academy, Manjit Kochar (981-555-4788).

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